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Vol. 30, No. 8 | Richmond Suburban Newspapers | June 26, 2013
STOPS AT EVERY HOME IN TOWN
Tomato tradition continues By Melody Kinser mkinser@mechlocal.com
Committee – the Black Creek VFD, Herald-Progress and The Mechanicsville Local – the festival now attracts upwards of 40,000 people to Pole
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David Harris, David Lynch and Drew Moser hammer a support in a wall demonstrating a Hanover Habitat for Humanity project.
Photo submitted by C.B. Arnett
Fourteen Hanover County boys take time to pose for a photo before boarding their buses to American Legion Boys’ State 2013. Representing the four Hanover County high schools and Maggie L. Walker Governor’s school are: Ethan Boroughs, John Connock, Jake Harris, Logan Healy, Devon Jones, Dalton Luffey, Clayton Neal, James Pollard, Jack Prillaman, Peyton Robinson, Caleb Rose, James Shaw, Dylan Vrana and Jonathan Willing.
hirty-five years after the Black Creek Volunteer Fire Department decided to sponsor a fundraiser by selling Hanover tomatoes and offering a few – very few at the time – attractions and vendors, the Hanover Tomato Festival has become the largest single event in Hanover County. With the Hanover County Parks and Recreation Department working hand-inhand with the Hanover Tomato Festival
Green Park. The 2013 Hanover Tomato Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, at the park, which is located at 8996 Pole Green Park Lane in
Off to Boys’ State 2013
Mechanicsville. This year’s edition officially kicks off on Sunday, June 30, with the Little Miss and Tiny Miss Hanover Tomato Pageant. Tiny Miss contestants, for ages 3 and 4, will join director Lynn Watson starting at 3 p.m. at the East Hanover Volunteer Fire Department at 8105 Walnut Grove Road in Mechanicsville. Little Miss, ages 5 to 7, follows at 4 p.m. A reception also is held during the pageant. see TOMATO, pg. 4
Technology brings own sets of issues By Jim Ridolphi for The Mechanicsville Local Emerging technology and how to best use it in the classroom is a subject not only confronting Hanover County Public Schools officials, but systems throughout the nation. During the June 11 meeting of the Hanover County School Board, technology issues
trumped discussions on several important matters. After more than a decade in some instances, Hanover County high school students will be receiving new social studies textbooks this year. With more and more information available online, publishers are scrambling to find a see TECHNOLOGY, pg. 4
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