The Chamber of Commerce hosted the Annual
Buffalo Stampede Saturday September 15. It
was an amazing success. Preparations have
been in the making for months. Many improvements
have been made in Harriman Park in planning
for the Stampede through a combined effort
of The City of Buffalo, The Chamber of Commerce,
BEDC, and generous donations of many businesses
and individuals.
Saturday started with a parade
a 9:00am.
It was one of the largest parades
in recent
history. Trophies were given
in six catagories.
The winners were: Non-Business
Floats: 1st
place, The Buffalo Stampede Beauty
Pageant
designed by Mandy Pate and Sherry
Gloor,
2nd place Buffalo Junior High
Cheerleaders,
and 3rd place Grace Tabernacle.
Business
Floats: Carrie's Salon and Spa.
ATV'S: 1st
place Stitches and Lil' Britches
by Dusty
Payne, 2nd place Buffalo Volunteer
Fire Dept.,
3rd place Darren's Detailing.
Vehicles: 1st
place Troy Cox in his antique
tractor, 2nd
place Sam Mccormick in his antique
T-Bird,
3rd place Tommy Roberson in his
1930 Model
A. Horses: 1st place Gene Scott,
2nd place
Wyatt Looney, 3rd place Juan.
Special Groups:
1st place Beaumont Shriners on
their mini
motorcycles, 2nd place Bison
Belles, 3rd
place Buffalo School Band. Best
Of Show:
Prime Time Express Mounted Drill
Team from
Limestone County. Catch them
later this year
in the Rose Bowl Parade.
At 11:00am a trophy was awarded to the Cheer-Off
winner Buffalo Junior High Cheerleaders.
This is something new that was added to the
Stampede this year.
Another new event added this
year was a Wing
Eating Contest. It was an invitation
event
with men from local businesses,
churches,
and school. It was an entertaining
and popular
part of the Stampede. Participants
were Jim
Davis, Chad Wood, Jeff Ryder,
Tommy Davis,
Lacy Freeman, Taylor Mcgill,
Tim Ezell, Gene
Pruitt, Justin Foster, Danny
Reeder, and
Buffalo Police Chief Lance Pavelka.
The event
was sponsored by our local Pizza
Hut owned
by Carter Enterprises. After
lots of messy
faces and hands were had, the
over whelming
winner by a long stretch was
Jim Davis. He
earned a giant chicken trophy
and bragging
rights for one year.
A Car Show was held at 11:00am
with about
40 entries. Trophies were awarded
in many
catorgories. Many beautiful vehicles
and
motorcycles were entered. Trophies
were presented
at 1:00pm.
At 1:00pm the Tri County Horse Shoe Association
presented their trophies to the winners of
the tournament they hosted this weekend.
An auction started at about 1:15. A great
variety of items were up for bid. All items
were purchased or donated from local businesses.
It was a fantastic success.
A dance was held from 6:30 until 12:30 with
local bands Pushwater and Kraz'd
Kountry
playing. A huge crowd attending
and a great
time was had by all. During the
dance at
11:00pm the raffle winners were
drawn. The
winner of the lawn mower and
trailer was
Margo Carmichael of Buffalo.
The winner of
the $1000.00 shopping spree was
Dustin Boullion.
The Chamber hopes everyone had
a good time.
It was a lot of hard work, but
worth it.
The 4th annual Buffalo Stampede
5K was won
by 19-year-old Callie Grisham
(22:27). The
top male finisher was Matt Gilliam
(24:41).
The winner of the kid's Fun Run
was 9 year
old Bryce Jackson of Palestine
who finished
the one-mile course in 8:09.
Buffalo's Makayla Gilliam was
the winning
girl.
Age group medalists were:
Girls 14-U: Natalie Freeman
Girls 15-19 - Shae Woods
Ladies 20-29 - Kimberly Johnson
Ladies 30-39 - Jessi Jones, 2nd
Jill Blake
Ladies 40-49 - Tammy Clemons,
2nd Sandy Pack
Ladies 50-59 - Hanida Oliver,
2nd Georgia
Souders
Ladies 60-69 - Mary Janes Hartley,
2nd Susan
Wilder
Super Senior - Marilyn Souders
Boys 14-U - Reece Jackson, 2nd
Hunter Haroff
Mens 30-39 - Craig Jones
Men's 40-49 - Bryan Clemmons
Super Senior - Ken Johnson
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