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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. Subscribe. Your name goes on the label in this box 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. ©2022 THE HERALD GAZETTE, BARNESVILLE, LAMAR COUNTY, GA 30204, 770.358.NEWS