Atlanta Founder’s Day Festival Update

With less than a month left to plan, the Atlanta Founder’s Day Committee has made a few changes and additions to the schedule.

One is a gift from sponsor Tony Buzbee: a horse-drawn wagon available for free rides from downtown to the Miller Grade School with hourly shuttles to the old Brooks Mansion. New owner, Raul Suarez, is offering free tours of the venue, renamed Chateau South, that afternoon - however you must take the shuttle to avoid traffic congestion – no other vehicles may enter the property during that time.

Softball Tournament at 9 a.m. on September 3, with Cass County Judge Travis Ransom throwing out the first pitch. Four teams – Rancheros, Lumberjacks, Sodbusters and Cowboys – will compete for the title of Founder’s Day Champions. Food trucks will be available.

The Atlanta Area Rotary Miss Atlanta Scholarship Pageant will take place at the Mattie Lanier Richey Center at 6 p.m. on September 3. Entry form information can be found in this issue.

On September 10 the fun starts with the 5k for the 150 Run at 7:30 a.m. Sign up at: https://runsignup.com/race/TX/Atlanta/5Kfor150.

Market vendors will be setting up in Wood’s Plaza prior to the parade and will be open all day. Booth space is $20 each, register on Eventbrite.com by “Atlanta Founders Day Committee.”

The old-fashioned parade, sponsored by Kellie Cox Insurance, will start at 10 am on September 10 and make it’s way from the Highway Department up Hiram Street to the tracks. No candy can be thrown. For more info contact: miranda.johnson@atlantatexas. org.

Grand Marshall, UFC Flyweight Andrea KGB Lee will have a booth where you can meet her, get a photo and buy her merchandise. Healthcare Express will set up a hydration station; the American Legion will have a cool canopy center for older attendees and Brookshires is donating water.

The Art Show and Time Capsule contents will be displayed at the Miller Grade School until 5 p.m. Rules and entry can be found on the 903 Artisans Facebook page.

To submit items for the new capsule: place them in a 9x12 envelope with $1.50 cash, write “Atlanta Founder’s Day Time Capsule” on the front, and take to the Chamber of Commerce office before September 5.

Cooking and Baking contests and a BBQ Cook-Off will be taking place all day. For information and entry forms: bboyd@atlisd.net.

Food Trucks and the LifeShare Blood Bus will be stationed on East Street. A chuckwagon group from Texarkana will be set up to give demonstrations of dutch oven cooking and sell plates of food. Games and activities will be set up throughout town.

At 7:00 pm Caption Joe Band will perform and O’Farrell Winery will be selling wine on the sidewalk.

Cass County Citizens Journal-Sun, Hanner Funeral Home, Jeff Peace Financial, Atlanta Area Rotary Club, State Bank, Red River Credit Union, Health Express, Genesis Primecare, Bowie Cass Electric Cooperative, Kelli Cox Insurance and Price Hardware.

For information and entry forms, contact: atlfoundersday@gmail.com, or Atlanta, Texas History on Facebook.