Every 'mater for itself

Well ya’ll, it’s hotter than a pepper sprout in these parts, which means The 12th Annual Waverly Tomato Showdown is right around the corner. Save the date, water your tomatoes (or don’t, if that’s your style), put on some linen and come out to The Waverly Local at 1465 Patrick St., Waverly, on Saturday, July 27, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

According to Waverly lore, the Showdown was born at Wickles Pickles’ World Headquarters 12 years ago when the boys got to debating over who had the best tomatoes and how to grow them. To settle it once and for all, the only way to do it was to make it official – with judges and everything. Wickles rarely does anything low key, so to make the contest an even bigger deal they had a glass-blown tomato trophy made.