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HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009
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Festival
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15, at the Victoria Belle
Special Events Center.
An aggravating misty
rain and cool temperatures
failed to dampen the antici-
pated event.
Chef Sammy Deusch, of
Pappa Grasso's Italian Bistro
in Hogansville, prepared an
amazing number of delec-
table delights for the dinner,
including mini canoles guar-
anteed to do serious damage
• to a diet.
The Hummingbird Fes-
tival Dinner includes a Silent
Auction with an amazing
number of items offered over
the years.
Proceeds from the Silent
tured over 200 booths con-
taining arts and crafts, and
other wares.
The food court, located in
the parking lot across from
the Royal Theater, included
a mix of old favorites and new
offerings.
Family entertainment is
a large part of the festival,
with a number of musicians
and musical groups singing,
playing and performing at the
food court stage and the 1910
House stage.
THE ANNUAL Hum-
mingbird Festival is operat-
ed by the Hogansville
Charitable Trust. Money gen-
erated by the festival has
been used to leverage over
$1.5 million in improvements
to the city.
The festival owes its suc-
FESTI /AL FoN -,.Top e Zhe.Silent Auction h0id during Auction , lia e berfefffe'd ;a, cess to the many volunteevs
tlrribei: 2 who offertk eir time and tal-
the Hummingbird Festival Dinners provides an opportuni- izations. This year, pr0ceeds ents, and their efforts were
ty to help raise money forvarious charities plus an oppor- from the Silent Auction ben- recognized during last
tunity to socialize. Shown here, Donna Arnold chuckles at efited the Hogansville Boys Monday's city council meet-
something BJ Boyer said. and Girls Club. ing.
Special praise was
Top right, members of SHOUT enjoy Paw Paws Express, ALSO NEW this year, the offered to Mary Stankiewicz
theminiaturetrainoperatedbyMikeBishopthatcanbefound Hummingbird Festival waswho worked tirelessly on the
at many festivals in the area. SHOUT, of First United opened with the singing of 2009 Hummingbird Festival.
Methodist Church, provided entertainment during the the National Anthem by Council member Charlie
Hummingbird Festival. Monica Pearson- WSB-TV Frank Martin told council
news anchor and wife of members that Mrs.
Hogansville Assistant Police Stankiewicz resembled the
Above, Tyler White, 3, is shown riding one of the horses Chief John Pearson. "Energizer Bunny" during
in the children's play area of the Hummingbird Festival. Held in the downtown the festival.
Tyler is the son of Sharwynne Gallatin of kaGrange, area, this year's The list of improvements
Hummingbird Festival fea- includestherenovationofthe
Right, an intermittent misty rain fell during the Hummingbird
Festival, but Vicky Brown of
the Victoria Bell Special
Events Center was pre-
pared. LeAnn Newingham
and Heather Pike were
ready with umbrellas to
escort guests from the Silent
Auction tent to the dining
area. Shown, here, Ms.
Newingham escorts
Hogansville City Council
member Charlie Frank
Martin.
Royal Theater, three phases
of StreetScape projects and
more. The Tower Trail proj-
ect, scheduled to begin con-
struction soon, will be anoth-
er festival success story.
With this year's
Hummingbird Festival com-
pleted, planning will soon
begin on the 2010
Hummingbird Festival.
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Below, Mattl ew Mitchell, 14,
shoots the hoops at the
Hummingbird Festival.
Matthew is the son of John
and Katherine Mitchell of
Hogansville.
Photos by
Andy Kober
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