ʻOi aku ma mua o 20,000 poʻe i hele mai i Huber Park ʻAukake 4-6 e hoʻohanohano i ka ʻōmato me nā hana mele, nā meaʻai, nā holo carnival a me nā mea hou aku.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reynoldsburg Mayor Joe Begeny i kēia makahiki ʻaʻole i hōʻeha ka lehulehu o ka Hui Tomato, ʻoiai he ua ma ʻaneʻi.
"ʻIke wau ua ʻoi aku ia ma mua o kā mākou i ka makahiki i hala, akā ma mua o ke ʻano o nā pae i ka wā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia ke kūlanakauhale, ʻaʻole wau maopopo," wahi āna. "Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe he nui kēia i hoʻomanaʻo iā lākou i ka wā i mālama ʻia ai ka ʻahaʻaina ma Civic Park."
Ua mālama ʻia ka ʻaha Tomato mua i ka makahiki 1965 no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ke kūlana kaulana o ke kūlanakauhale ma ke ʻano he wahi hānau o kahi tōmato momona a hiki ke ʻai ʻia, i hana ʻia e Alexander W. Livingston i ka makahiki 1870.
Ma kahi o 17,000 poʻe i hele i ka ʻahaʻaina o ka makahiki i hala, e like me ka mea hoʻonohonoho.
Ua kāpae ʻia ka hanana ma 2020 ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi coronavirus COVID-19.
ʻO ka ʻahaʻaina 2019 ka mea i mālama mua ʻia e ke kūlanakauhale ma hope o ka hiatus ma 2018. Ma mua o ia manawa, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Reynoldsburg Festivals Inc. no kekahi mau makahiki.
Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale, ua hoʻihoʻi ka Tomato Festival i nā kaʻa carnival, hoʻohui i nā hana mele aupuni a hoʻonui i ka leʻaleʻa e hoʻokomo i nā hana ʻano ʻōmato.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi Tomato Wars maikaʻi, he mea leʻaleʻa ia," wahi a Begeny. "Ua hana mākou i kekahi mau mea hou i kēia makahiki. Lawe mākou i ka hoʻokūkū ʻai spaghetti, he mea kupaianaha. He mea kupanaha loa ia no ka mea hiki iaʻu ke kū ma ka ʻaoʻao a nānā a ʻaʻole komo. "
ʻO ka Tomato Wars ʻo ʻAukake 5 ma Davidson Drive, kahi i komo ai nā hui ʻelima, i hoʻolako ʻia me nā maka aniani palekana a me nā mea kaua me nā ʻōmato, i komo i ka hoʻokūkū ʻano dodgeball.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia nā kālā i loaʻa mai nā uku hoʻopaʻa inoa hui he $25 i ka HEART Food Pantry.
ʻO nā ʻoliʻoli nui o kēia makahiki, ʻo ia ka North to Nashville ma ʻAukake 4, Morris Day ma ʻAukake 5 a me ka Plain White T's ma ʻAukake 6.
"ʻO ka lā Morris ma mua o nā huaʻōlelo," wahi a Begeny. “ʻO ia ka lehulehu nui loa aʻu i ʻike ai ma kahi ʻaha Tomato. A ʻo ka poʻe e hele ana i nā ʻahaʻaina, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ka lehulehu nui loa a lākou i ʻike ai. Ua aneane like ka Plain White T me lākou.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 8,000 poʻe i nānā i ka lā Morris, e like me Jennifer Clemmons, nā hanana kūikawā a me ka hoʻoponopono media.
Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka ʻahaʻaina o kēia makahiki i ka hopena pule mua o ʻAukake e kōkua ai i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā kaʻa kaʻa, wahi a Begeny.
"Manaʻo wau he hopena koke ia i ka hele ʻana," wahi āna. "He mau keiki kāu ma laila i ka manawa a pau. Nui ka leʻaleʻa. Nui nā hana no nā kamaliʻi ʻōpio ma kā mākou Kids Zone akā no ka poʻe ʻōpio mua, ua leʻaleʻa mākou i nā pāʻani e pāʻani ai a me nā holo e holo ai.
Hāʻawi ka ʻahaʻaina i kahi "manawa sensory" ma ka Pōʻalima no nā ʻohana "me nā lālā (nā keiki a me nā pākeke) me nā maʻi hoʻoponopono sensory a me nā maʻi spectrum makua," wahi a Clemmons.
Ke hoʻolālā nei ke kūlanakauhale no ka hanana o ka makahiki aʻe.
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