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Tuesday, September 13,2022 barnesville.com Barnesville, Ga. 30204
Days #48 ready to roll
HERE’S THE
SCOOP
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Sanders, 9, loses
brave fight with
brain cancer.
SEE PAGE 5A
Marching
Trojans
to hold
reunion
The Lamar County
Marching Trojans will
hold a reunion for past
and current band mem
bers, friends and family
on Friday, Sept. 30 at the
Trojan Stadium. The $20
registration fee is due by
Monday, Sept. 19 and in
cludes a t-shirt and meal.
Cash and checks can be
delivered to the band
director or dropped off at
the front office. Payment
can be made via debit by
contacting Justin Miller
at 770-358-8641 ext. 116.
To register visit https://
forms ,gle/b319VAp6t-
14datjG8.
Rehearsal dates are
Thursday Sept. 22 from 6
p.m. - 8 p.m. and Thurs
day, Sept. 29 from 6 p.m.
- 7:30 p.m.
Buggy
The 48th annual
Buggy Days festival gets
underway in earnest
Thursday with a kickoff
party downtown. Lamar
Arts is hosting a ticket
ed cocktail reception at
the Depot Gallery from
5-7 p.m. Many down
town businesses are
joining in with special
deals, extended hours,
and live music.
Saturday morning’s
Buggython Road Race
with its signature can
non start will kick off
the main event week
end. Races include a
10K, 5K and 2-mile walk.
Participants should
park at the Gordon lots
off College 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
sponsored by the recre
ation department.
The arts and craft
vendors will display
their wares downtown
Saturday and Sunday.
Hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday and noon-
5p.m. Sunday
The antique cars will
be displayed downtown
on Saturday morning
and take part in the big
parade that begins at 2
p.m. Leading the parade
will be grand marshal
Andy Bush, the 2021
Citizen of the Year. The
parade will form up at
the Gordon parking lots
off College Drive.
The big fireworks
display will launch on
Saturday night at 9:30
p.m. at Summers Field
Park.
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.
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.
Official Buggy Days t-
shirts are $15 and avail
able at the chamber of
commerce office.
For more informa
tion, see our Buggy
Days section on pages
1B-2B of this edition.
Scarecrows
to return to
downtown
Barnesville
Still on that never-end
ing quest for brains, the
scarecrows will reappear
in downtown Barnesville
this fall as part of a pro
motion. The decorations
were a huge hit in their
debut last year.
Scarecrows will be on
display downtown Sept.
22-Nov. 11. Individuals and
entities are encouraged
to enter a scarecrow. The
registration fee is $35.
Prizes will be awarded to
the top three entrants.
Pick up a registration
packet at House to Home
Interiors at 102B Main St.
or e-mail Heather Stanley
at heather@sipmroofing.
com.
Crows need not apply.
Homecoming
parade
participants
sought
The LC homecom
ing parade will be held
Thursday, Sept. 29 and the
community is invited to
participate by attending
or entering a parade float.
The parade will form up at
the Gordon College park
ing lots beginning at 4:15
p.m. and set out at 5 p.m.
Entry forms can be
found on the LC website.
For more information,
contact Summer Shurling
at 770.358.8641.
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
The head honcho and her family
As chairman of the chamber of commerce board, Raychel Allen is overseeing her second Buggy Days festival this
week. She was in charge of last year’s event that was scaled back due to COVID. She is pictured with her husband Taylor
and daughter Everly.
They posed for the traditional festival week photo in a buggy owned by Scott Leverett.
Hailey McKneely learning to fly Army Blackhawks
Hailey McKneely, a 2010 graduate of LCHS, is well on her way to becoming an Army
chopper pilot. She is currently stationed at Fort Rucker where she is in flight school training
to fly Blackhawk helicopters.
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KAY S. PEDR0TTI
kayspedrotti@gmail.com
A 2010 graduate of
Lamar County High
School, Warrant Officer 1
(WOl) Hailey McKneely,
is on her way to becom
ing a pilot of Blackhawk
helicopters for the
United States Army She
describes the versatile
aircraft as “the one 1 felt
drawn to work toward,
since Blackhawks can
handle such a variety of
missions.”
Prior to her pres
ent duty station at Fort
Rucker, Ala., her first
Army job was Petroleum
Supply Specialist. Then
she transitioned to a
Civil Affairs Non-Com
missioned officer, after
a rigorous assessment
and selection process,
followed by a year-long
training pipeline for
three years prior to
going to flight school
at Rucker to become a
UH60 Blackhawk pilot.
The celebrated chop
pers, she said, keep the
skies above Fort Rucker
busy with learning expe
riences. Mckneely says,
“Blackhawks can be
used for moving troops
and supplies, medical
evacuations, search and
rescue, command and
control, armed escort,
and additional duties
as well.” She joined the
Army in 2012. She had
occasionally found life
during high school dif
ficult for her but played
softball and held a num
ber of different jobs after
graduating.
It was early 2015 when
she became an NCO in
Civil Affairs, deployed in
areas of both East and
West Africa. She speaks
French and was able to
communicate with the
local children, doing
volunteer work at an
orphanage and on other
occasions. The soldiers
provided school sup
plies and dental needs
for the local children,
also helping with school
work, “and it gave me a
chance to practice my
French while bolstering
relations with the local
populace.”
Hailey grew up on
McKneely Road in
Barnesville. She has a
brother, Taylor, who is
one of the pastors at
Rock Springs Church.
The 30-year-old Hailey
has worked hard to get
to Blackhawk school,
signing on with the Army
for another 10 years
after her training is com
plete. Upon her gradua
tion she will be stationed
in Seoul, Korea. She has
bet her career on being
a Blackhawk pilot; most
anyone who knows her
believes she will suc
ceed.
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