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Tuesday, September 13,2022 barnesville.com Barnesville, Ga. 30204 Days #48 ready to roll HERE’S THE SCOOP Madeline Monroe 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. Subscribe. Your name goes on the label in this box 96852 78853 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. ©2022 THE HERALD GAZETTE, BARNESVILLE, LAMAR COUNTY, GA 30204, 770.358.NEWS