Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

Tuesday, September 20,2022 ®Ijt l)era(t) <J5a>cttr 3A Buggy Days 2022: Rolling with pride THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER Big crowd on hand for Buggy Days parade This photo, taken from the stairs at the Stafford Block building, shows the crowd lining Thomaston Street as the Buggy Days parade wound down Saturday afternoon. The festival, blessed with beautiful weather this year, bounced back from two years of COVID restraints and cancellations. That Buggy Days bounce THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER Grand Marshal enjoys the ride Young McKinzIe Kent was all smiles as she tried out the bungee jump in the Buggy Days kids park Saturday morn ing. The 48th annual festival was blessed with almost perfect weather all weekend long. The community’s 2021 Citizen of the Year Andy Bush served as grand marshal of the Buggy Days parade. Last year’s parade was cancelled due to COVID. The 2022 Citizen of the Year Niall Matthison humbly declined to ride in the parade. Large crowds lined the entire parade route Saturday afternoon. Little firetruck wows the big crowd The miniature firetruck from the Lamar County Fire Department is always a big hit at the parade and this year was no exception. Piloting the little red contraption are volunteer firefighter Adam Andrews and his daughter Annaleigh.