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As chairman of the Barnesville-Lamar County Chamber of Commerce, Mark Farmer will preside over the 37th annual Buggy Days festival. He is pictured with his wife Lane and daughters Morgan and Macy alongside an original Barnesville buggy.

Buggy Days in full swing

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Walter Geiger
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Saturday, September 18. 2010
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The 37th edition of Barnesville Buggy Days gets in full swing today, beginning with the Buggython Road Race at 8 a.m.

The race includes a 5K, 10K and two-mile fun walk. The starting line is at Summers Field.

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#1 Anonymous on 09/18/10 at 07:57 AM
any updates on the cause of death of the woman at found at Lamar Inn & Suites? Why were comments blocked on that article?
#2 anon on 09/18/10 at 10:18 AM
Why were they blocked? Seriously, you have to ask! Did you read the garbage folks were posting.
#3 NOT Shelia Tolley on 09/18/10 at 10:32 AM
It was in the print edition. If I remember correctly, it said that they found a lot of sexual paraphernalia around the room.

I think they are just waiting for the autopsy report to see if the evidence aligns with auto-erotic, suicide, or sexual homicide.
#4 Anonymous on 09/18/10 at 02:46 PM
attendance appears down for bug days this year
#5 Anonymous on 09/18/10 at 03:33 PM
can someone do something about the rednecks riding around in the trucks and mashing the accelerator until it hits the rev limiter. There are families walking around with small children in strollers and they have their redneck trucks exhaust facing the sidewalk doing this. I may just snatch someone out of the truck today. Stay tuned for more details.
#6 Anonymous on 09/18/10 at 04:02 PM
Purdy girls
#7 Anonymous on 09/18/10 at 04:36 PM
Attendance was down and vendors are getting fewer and fewer....
#8 Anonymous on 09/18/10 at 04:39 PM
I Love Wagon Wheel Daze....
But I Miss The street Drunk...
#9 Anonymous on 09/18/10 at 09:51 PM
Are you talking about Red Haywood?
#10 Ted on 09/19/10 at 07:53 AM
Are Mark and Jay brothers?
#11 Anonymous on 09/19/10 at 11:24 AM
impossible. the police have zero tolerance on stuff like that. do it next weekend...you'll see
#12 Anonymous on 09/19/10 at 04:13 PM
I came to the realization this weekend that this city and county has went to hell in a handbasket. It is over populated with too many of a certain kind of people. You can read between the lines and fill in the blank if you will. I can assure you that once this economy picks up in the least amount, we will be listing our home for sale. Im sure hardly any will miss us and we feel the same so you can save those smart comments. You all can have all of this disaster and mass breeding that is going on around here.
#13 J.D. Westenhimer on 09/19/10 at 04:41 PM
I don't feel like saving my comment, LEAVE you racist, ignorant twit. Pack up your single wide and head to the deep part of Montana they could use a few more rednecks like you out there. Oh and let me guess you go to church every sunday and love the lord right. Your the worst kind of hypocrite there is. If you would like to talk more about this come and find me.
#14 Anonymous on 09/19/10 at 05:14 PM
perhaps forced immigration and labor was not such a good idea after all.
#15 Anonymous on 09/19/10 at 05:22 PM
it's sunday...dang i miss red
#16 Anonymous on 09/19/10 at 06:31 PM
you speek the truth my friend.and it will NEVER GET ANY BETTER.let the savages have it.and they wonder why no business will locate in lamar county.
#17 kathy s. on 09/20/10 at 04:59 AM
I think it is a shame that some ppl blame and entire race on the actions of a few. Nuf said!
#18 Lickola 420 on 09/20/10 at 07:32 AM
Hey, how much did those lame fireworks cost the city or should I say Chamber anyhow?
#19 Anonymous on 09/20/10 at 07:36 AM
Kathy, these blog are to be read for pure entertainment. You can't begin to consider the opinion of such ignorance in this small hick town.
#20 Lickola 420 on 09/20/10 at 07:42 AM
So why is that Farmer boy in the paper every week anyway? Is it cause he is so tight with the media and Chamber???
#21 Anonymous on 09/20/10 at 08:46 AM
White after labor day?
#22 wally tolbert on 09/20/10 at 09:36 AM
comment #8.3 fits you.and i'm sure your an upstanding person of the communty.let me guess your just another black person with a chip on their shoulder that cant see the problem with your culture.oh by the way i'll be glad to talk to you..any time
#23 Anonymous on 09/20/10 at 10:02 AM
There are issues with the redneck culture as well.
#24 Anonymous on 09/20/10 at 10:19 AM
a few equals 3 or more. At what point would you consider the term " few " an understatement. It sounds good but doesnt really give a full view of how things are.
Here are the 2008 statistics for Barnesville
http://www.city-data.com/city/Barnesville-Georgia.html
Our highschool is about 50/50 or real close.
Here are some stats from the neighboring county.
http://www.city-data.com/county/Pike_County-GA.html
I bet moving there is like going to a tropical island. You all can be all politically correct if you want and recite the " I have a dream " speach but I too have a dream and it is to get the hell out of here will all of this foolishness that goes on. This county and school system goes down each year.
#25 Anonymous on 09/20/10 at 10:21 AM
no doubt about it. I got tired of hearing the trucks this weekend rev their engines up. We can put a stop to that. There is no way to stop the other.
#26 Anonymous on 09/20/10 at 10:23 AM
just a rough estimate is $1,000 per minute. So a 17 minute show is about 17k. I have done firework shows in the past and it is really a blast literally.
#27 Eric on 09/20/10 at 02:02 PM
instead of fireworks next year we should all assemble around and admire a statue of Dane.
#28 Anonymous on 09/20/10 at 03:53 PM
KIP PELT OUGHT NOT BE ALLOWED TO LET THAT BUNCH CONGREGATE AT HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS.ALL THEY DO IS CAUSE TROUBLE,YET EVERY YEAR THEY RETURN TO THEIR USUAL SPOT
#29 wondering on 09/20/10 at 07:09 PM
That bunch that congregates up there never ask anyone if they could sit up there.
#30 wondering on 09/20/10 at 07:12 PM
Asked Kip about this and he said no one ever ask if they can set up camp out there in his parking lot by the road. They just do it.
#31 Ted on 09/20/10 at 07:47 PM
Set in middle of town so it will be the center of attention and then have the statue lead the parade, IT WOULD BE AWESOME!
#32 20 on 09/20/10 at 08:22 PM
If you want to hear racism, listen to 107.9 fm. This morning they were talking about keeping their race pure.
And to Kathy S. 8.4... There was flooding in New Orleans and flooding in Utah, which one had looting?????
#33 fashionista on 09/20/10 at 09:15 PM
White after labor day? They wouldn't know any better. Guess Hilda should've bought them new outfits, cause everybody knows their Momma don't know any better. FYI: They were all probably drunk when they got dressed for this photo.
#34 Anonymous on 09/21/10 at 03:02 AM
sure, no one probably officially ask but its employees of his (past and present) and im sure his family members come and go also with their other halfs. They sure did clean out that crap hole of what they call a parking lot for the crowd to have enough room. That place looks like hell all year then all the broke down junk gets taken somewhere for the weekend.
#35 open container on 09/21/10 at 06:16 AM
Are you guys nuts? A statue of "The Great One" would have to have 24-7-365 protection. It would be coveted by the entire world, and always a target to aquire.
#36 Anonymous on 09/21/10 at 06:28 PM
Whats up with that statement? Ms. Hilda has more taste than a lot of the people that walk the streets. So what if they are dressed in white its a h--l of a lot better than seeing these young people walk around in their pajamas or with their bootie shorts and tank tops with everything they got showing. Or with these boys that wear their pants hanging way down below their asses. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THEIR DIRTY DRAWERS OR THEIR BUTT CRACKS!!! Get some pride and repect in yourselves before you go knocking what any one else is wearing.
#37 HAG on 09/21/10 at 10:15 PM
I'm thinking I might not be able to wait till the economy picks up to sell my house and get the heck out of this town. I might just see about making my house Section 8 and using the rental income for my new house payment...in Pike Co.
#38 shane on 09/22/10 at 09:00 AM
hellz yeah!!!!! thats wat im talkin bout its all about the loudness!!
#39 Angela Cleveland on 09/13/11 at 02:13 PM
What seems to be going on in the old hometown! Haven't been for a while, but was planning on a BD weekend.
#40 Angela Cleveldn on 09/13/11 at 02:18 PM
Why are my comments not posted! They are not as bad as the ones I read.
#41 Holly Warren on 09/13/11 at 02:59 PM
They don't come here because of the trash they read on the blog...maybe Walter needs to require you to put in your full information just as you would do if writing a letter to the editor. Maybe it would clear up the blog a bit...
#42 Holly Warren on 09/13/11 at 03:04 PM
Don't let the county line hit you where the good Lord split ya!
#43 cats on 09/13/11 at 03:20 PM
Um, this is a thread from last year.
This ugly commentary doesn't need to be revived for this year's Buggy Days......
#44 fish on 09/13/11 at 05:36 PM
they need to have golf carts so they can shuttle us around i like buggy days
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