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Buggy Days kicks off with pageant Saturday
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
LC homecoming
t-shirts
available
The Lamar County
Trojans will host the Pike
County Pirates Sept. 20
and that game has been
designated homecoming
with all the attendant
festivities.
Commemorative t-
shirts are now available
online at a-j-screenprint-
ers.printavo.com/merch/
LChoco22.
Short-sleeved shirts
are $15. Long-sleeved
shirts are $20. Shirts
must be ordered by mid
night on Sept. 20.
For more information,
call the high school at
770.358.8641.
Input sought on
future of Myles-
Wimberly Park
The City of Barnes-
ville is seeking input
from citizens on the
future and renovation of
Myles-Wimberly Park.
A gathering is planned
for Sunday, Sept. 11 from
2-5 p.m. at the park. City
representatives and
students from the UGA
College of Environment
& Design will be on hand
to gather input.
Also on the agenda
are food and fellowship.
For more informa
tion, call city hall at
770.358.0181.
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The 48th annual Bug
gy Days festival kicks
off this weekend with
Saturday’s Miss Buggy
Days beauty pageant. It
begins at 9 a.m. at the
Lamar County Fine Arts
Center. Admission is
$5. There are multiple
age divisions. This is a
chamber of commerce
event.
Miss Buggy Days will
win $150 in cash. Info:
770.358.5884.
Buggython:
The Buggython
Road Race with its
signature cannon start
will kick off the main
event weekend Satur
day, Sept. 17 at 8 a.m.
Races include a 10K, 5K
and 2-mile walk. Par
ticipants should park at
the Gordon lots off Col
lege Drive and gather at
Summers Field Park.
The entry fee is $20
for adults, $15 for those
12 and under. The walk
fee is $10.
The race is spon
sored by the recreation
department. Info:
770.358.5800.
Arts & Crafts
Festival:
The craft vendors
will display their wares
downtown Saturday
and Sunday, Sept. 17-18
downtown. Hours are
9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday
and noon-5p.m. Sunday.
Antique Car Display:
The antique cars will
be displayed downtown
on Saturday morning
and take part in the big
parade that afternoon.
Info: 770.358.5884.
Fireworks:
The big fireworks
display will launch on
Saturday night at 9:30
p.m. at Summers Field
Park.
Ongoing events:
Music and dance
groups and other enter
tainers will perform all
weekend downtown.
The Buggy Blast Kids
Park will be located in
the United Bank parking
lot. Wristbands are $10
per day.
Lamar Arts will host
an exhibit at the Depot
Gallery with works by
local artists.
And, it wouldn’t be
Buggy Days without the
food. The food booths
and trucks will be
located in the Stafford
Block parking lot all
weekend.
Buggy Days t-shirts
are $15 and available at
the chamber of com
merce office.
All smiles despite the heat and the score
Cheerleader Finley Eubanks did her best to keep a smile on her face and fire up the fans despite searing heat and
a lopsided score last week as the LCMS Trojans fell to Henderson 28-0 at Trojan Field. Temperatures were right at 100
degrees on the turf for the game.
"Co-creating" with two
renowned local artists
ROGERS BURNS
1 96852 78853 8
KAY S. PEDROTTI
ksmithpedrotti@gmail.com
Lamar Arts opens an
imaginative, compelling
exhibit of works by Pat
DeVane Burns and Bam-
bi Rogers, both lifetime
artists who have made
this area home; the
show starts Sept. 9 with
the usual reception, 6-8
p.m. at the Depot Gal
lery in Barnesville.
Burns is well-known
nationally and interna
tionally, because she
has many contacts
through people whom
she has known as she
traveled or developed a
new method of creat
ing her art. Mary Leslie
(Hartman) Studios
in Colorado is work
ing with her on a cast
bronze animal sculpture
display, creations that
reflect Pat’s lifetime
love of animals.
“1 always took in
something,” Burns said,
“a cat or bird or rab
bit or whatever. 1 used
to spend hours on the
farm watching cows
and horses. It really
does help develop that
knowledge you need
when you re-create a
living animal in a static
form.” Many say that
Burns’ animals “look
like they want to speak
to you.” She has re
ceived many honors,
including being Artist
in Residence one year
at the Georgia National
Fair in Perry.
Pat is married to
Leon Burns and they
have three children and
eight grandchildren.
Her art is faith-based;
she says she knows
when she has failed
to “let go and let God”
when one of her works
doesn’t turn out as she
wanted.
Bambi Rogers lived
in High Falls for years
before moving into
downtown Barnesville.
She says her style is
“always changing,”
because she loves to
challenge herself with
new approaches and
possibly new subjects.
She and Burns are very
close friends. During
the course of the inter
view, Bambi showed
Pat three of her first
attempts at depicting
children in watercolors
- her forte - two girls
and a little boy with his
hat pulled down over
the upper part of his
face.
Bambi said, “1 just
can’t find this little boy,
and 1 do want to depict
his little personality. I
can’t think why.” Pat
replied, “It’s because he
has no eyes - you can’t
see into him because
his eyes aren’t show
ing.” Bambi promptly
agreed. This is how
artists work together,
they both agreed; both
acknowledged their
reliance on God in their
work.
Rogers said she had
a tough time convincing
her parents she wanted
to be an artist. She at
tended Carnegie Mellon
University and has held
a number of different
jobs, “and 1 loved every
one of them - especially
drafting, and design
ing electronics.” Before
all that, she said she
“always had a box of
Crayons and had my
favorite colors ready for
me.” Bambi is a widow
who has one daughter
and a grandson.
For more information
on the show, call the
Depot at 770-358-5888
and leave a message.
Injured
motorcyclist
at fault in
horrific crash
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
A 43-year-old Lamar
County motorcyclist who
was lifelfighted to a Macon
trauma center after a
high-impact crash with
an equipment trailer on
Piedmont Road Aug. 28
remained hospitalized in
fair condition last week.
A Georgia State Patrol
report on the crash lists
Shaun Ray Williams, 41, of
583 Forsyth-Yatesville Rd.
as the at-fault driver in the
crash which totally de
molished the 2007 Suzuki
GSXR bike he was operat
ing.
According to GSP, Gregg
Martin was driving a 1999
Dodge Ram 3500 pickup
pulling the trailer south
bound and was in the
process of pulling into his
driveway at 626 Piedmont
Road. A car was stopped
in the southbound lane as
the truck and trailer pulled
into the drive.
Williams drove into the
northbound lane to pass
the stopped car and hit
the trailer at a high rate of
speed. The bike went over
the trailer and landed on
the other side of it. Wil
liams was thrown some
55 feet onto the eastern
shoulder of the road.
Martin’s wife Bonnie
was a passenger in the
truck. Neither of the Mar
tins was injured.
According to the report,
Williams passed the
stopped vehicle improp
erly, was following said
vehicle too closely, lost
control of the bike and was
driving on the wrong side
of the road. Drug and alco
hol testing was not done
on Williams at the scene.
The trailer was not
significantly damaged. The
Suzuki was removed from
the scene by John Shore of
280 Willis Road, The Rock,
Ga. The accident occurred
at approximately 5:30 p.m.
Lamar deputies did
traffic control at the
scene. Firefighters and
first responders attended
Williams, who was con
scious and speaking, and
set up the landing zone for
the medical evacuation
helicopter.
Trojan football
coverage on
barnesville.com
This edition of The Her
ald Gazette went to press
early due to the Labor Day
holiday so Trojan football
coverage is not included.
All the action from the
Dublin game will be posted
at barnesville.com.
The 9.13.22 print edition
will include extensive cov
erage and players of the
week from both the Dublin
and Manchester games.
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