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Vol. 31, No. 25 | Richmond Suburban News | October 22, 2014
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Hanover County Ag Day
Fall Fellowship Festival brings out thousands By Jodi Deal jdeal@mechlocal.com
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Hundreds of Hanover County third graders got an opportunity to learn about farming, livestock, forestry and conservation during the 22nd annual Hanover County Ag Day held on Thursday, Oct. 16, at Poor Farm Park. Sponsored by a group of Hanover County businesses, farms and organizations, and supported by the Hanover Ruritan Club, the field trip included stations that taught students about vegetables, timber, aquaculture, horses, nursery and greenhouse operations, the dairy industry, grain, land conservation and farm animals. Here, Alec Panten, 14, of the Varina Rising Stars 4-H Club introduces Sierra, a 3-month-old piglet, to Elmont Elementary students, from left, Chaeli Baughan, Landon Dempsey and Taevon Gilpin.
The Hanover County Sheriff ’s Office’s first Fall Fellowship Festival, which was held on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Hanover County Government Complex, had all the atmosphere of a traditional autumn gathering — kids got their faces painted and bounced in bounce houses, adults greeted friends and examined antique cars as music played. However, this festival had another angle. Churches, school groups, civic clubs, libraries and other faith-based, nonprofit and community organizations
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High school students Drashty Mody, Savanna Dennis and Amanda Elrod chatted with attendees Saturday at the Fall Fellowship Festival about an upcoming Community Drug Forum at Hanover High School.
were behind the petting zoo, barbecue stands, games, cake
walks and various tents set up see FELLOWSHIP, pg. 17
Outcry over 9-11 video leads to policy lesson for county and school leaders By Jodi Deal jdeal@mechlocal.com Members of the Hanover County Board of Supervisors and Hanover County School Board
got an in-depth lesson at a recent meeting of the two bodies’ Joint Education Committee on how concerns over controversial materials should, according to policy, be handled. The discussion was spurred by the recent
outcry over the showing of a clip from the documentary “Searching for the Roots of 9/11,” a 2003 documentary that aired on the Discovery Channel, in Hanover High School classes. The documentary analyzes the origins of rage toward
the United States and the Western World behind the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Hanover County Public Schools superintensee OUTCRY, pg. 15