The Mechanicsville Local – 01/13/2021

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Vol. 36, No. 42 | Richmond Suburban News | January 13, 2021

Chamber supports Christmas Mother

By Dave Lawrence Richmond Suburban News WARSAW – Thursday I got the jab – the first round, anyway. For those of you unfamiliar with British slang, what I mean to say is I got the first round of Moderna’s COVID19 vaccine. So far, other than a sore shoulder – that is much better as I write this Saturday – I feel fine. As an emergency medical technician who volunteers in King & Queen County, I was invited to join a throng of first responders from all across the

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Three Rivers Health District – which includes Essex, Gloucester, King & Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond and Westmoreland counties – who got the first of two shots needed to provide some immunity to COVID-19. see VACCINE, pg. 4

Photo submitted by Amanda Bosher Porcher

Chamber Nights at Illuminate, Dec. 8-10, was a safe and family-friendly way to celebrate the holiday season and give back to the community. Through the support of sponsors and those who purchased Illuminate tickets through the Hanover Chamber of Commerce, the organization presented the Hanover Christmas Mother with a check for $2,000 this year. The donation helped to provide toys, gifts, clothing and food to local families and seniors in need. Shown are 2020 Chamber Nights at Illuminate Sponsors: Ed Coleman and Tracy Haggerty of Cavalier Rifle & Pistol Club; Burnlie Montaigne the Hanover Christmas Mother; Kenny Janes of UBS Financial Services; Amanda Bosher Porch of Village Bank (Chamber Board president); and Tim Tsutsumi of Ai Technology Professionals. Fatmia Caldas of Fire Solutions also was involved in the event.

County Dems: Trump and Wittman need to resign after Capitol insurrection

Dave Lawrence, sports editor of The Mechanicsville Local and Ashland-Hanover Local and his security detail, Smoochie, sit in line in a drive-through COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Thursday, Jan. 7, at Richmond County EMS in Warsaw.

(Editor’s note: The following was submitted by Mary Anne Pugh, Ph.D., corresponding secretary, Hanover Democratic Committee.) The Hanover Democratic Committee adds its voice to those of Sen. Mark Warner and Sen. Tim Kaine along with many other Virginia leaders in asking for the removal of Donald Trump as President of the United States because of the insurrection in which he encouraged support-

Republican Party of Virginia chairman condemns actions at the U.S. Capitol. turn to page 4.

ers to carry out on Jan, 6. He invited his militant supporters to Washington, D.C., to block the Jan. 6 ceremonial counting of electoral votes certifying Joe Biden as the President-Elect of the United States and

Kamala Harris as Vice President-Elect. Donald Trump’s illegal and subversive actions in organizing a coup with extreme right-wing supporters such as the Proud Boys, whose sole purpose was to end democracy in the United States of America, proves that he is, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, “unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” This insursee RESIGN, pg. 3


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