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Vol. 28, No. 35 | Richmond Suburban Newspapers | December 28, 2011
STOPS AT EVERY HOME IN TOWN
Election and rescue effort top news in ’11 By Melody Kinser mkinser@mechlocal.com The changing face of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors tops the list of stories in Hanover C o u nt y for 2011. On Nov. 8, voters ousted two members and brought in a couple more to fill seats incumbents chose not to seek. In the Mechanicsville District. W. Canova Peterson replaces Deborah B. “Debbie”
Winans, a one-term supervisor who has held the office of chairman this year. Wayne T. Hazzard bested long-time supervisor and former School Board member John E. Gordon Jr. in the South Anna District. Angela C. KellyWiecek and Sean M. Davis are assuming the seats Robert R. Setliff, Chickahominy District, and Charles D. McGhee, Henry District, opted not to pursue. Kelly-Wiecek defeated James M. Ellis Jr., while Davis surpassed Patti A. Jackson. Longtime Cold Harbor supervisor Elton J. Wade Sr. kept his seat by beating Carol S. Cash and Jeffrey E. “Jeff ” Kyte. Ashland District supervi-
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sor G. Ed Via III returns for a second term with his win over Kevin R. Damian. IncumROBERT WOOD JR. bent Aubrey M. “Bucky” Stanley ran unopposed for the Beaverdam District seat. Constitutional officers and Hanover County’s delegation to the Virginia General Assembly hold their seats, having run
He’s home!
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Cole Sydnor is surrounded by friends after a welcome home assembly on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Atlee High School. He was paralyzed in an accident in August in the James River. For more on the Mechanicsville teen’s return home, turn to page 14.
see ELECTION, pg. 5
Bass Pro Shops: ‘three really good years’ By Jim Fields jfields@mechlocal.com (Editor’s note: A three-part series on economic development concludes today, with the success of Bass Pro Shops.) Since Bass Pro Shops opened its doors in the Winding Brook development near Ashland, general manager Greg Bulkley said the store has enjoyed “three really good years.” “While a lot of people think of us as a store for hunters and fishermen, we look at ourselves as a family store. We have some-
thing for everyone, including children here.” When the store opened, it was supposed to be one of the anchors in the commercial development, which also was going to feature a 60-store BULKLEY outlet mall. It was scheduled to open in 2010, but, due to the economy, construction has yet to begin.
Representatives of Holladay Properties recently announced that they expect to break ground on the outlet mall sometime in 2012 and hope to have it open in 2013. “It’s a disappointment that more of Winding Brook hasn’t been finished,” Bulkley said. “When you are in a location with something like the proposed outlet mall across the street, you feed off one another. We have customers that also would go there and they have customers Jim Fields/The Local who would also stop by our store.” Bass Pro Shops has experienced “three really good years” see BASS, pg. 4
since opening in the developing Winding Brook area near Ashland.