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Buffalo High School's 2012 Homecoming Queen Amelia Cobb and escort Jordan Fletcher receive applause from Bison fans on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
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Buffalo kids race toward the highway as they hear the Buffalo High School Homecoming Parade approaching on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
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Young parade watchers grab their candy bags and head for the roadside on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, as they hear the police sirens signaling that the Buffalo High School Homecoming Parade is heading their way.
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With ears plugged against the sirens and candy bags at the ready, local children await the Buffalo High School Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
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Excitement is apparent on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, as the Buffalo High School Homecoming Parade appears in the distance.
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Bison Color Guard member Makala Bailes marches in the Buffalo High School Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
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Members of the Band of Blue march on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, in the Buffalo High School Homecoming Parade.
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A member of the Blue Devils football squad waves from atop a float on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at the Buffalo High School Homecoming Parade.
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George Washington Middle School cheerleaders wave to the crowd on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at the Buffalo High School Homecoming Parade.
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On Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at the Bison football field, Buffalo High School students enjoy tailgating before the Homecoming game.
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West Virginia Pumpkin Festival Teen Queen Madisen Burns smiles for the camera on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in Milton.
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Amari Wilkes of Charleston smiles while enjoying a clown show on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival.
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Brogan Henson and Haley Casey take a drink break on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival.
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Greysen Young smiles for a snapshot on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in Buffalo.
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Dana Tucker smiles while tailgating with classmates on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at the Buffalo/Wirt County football game.
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Buffalo High School Junior Attendant Katie Allen smiles from a convertible during the Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
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George Washington Middle School student Casey Skeens offers up a smile at the Buffalo Homecoming game on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
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Jack Lord gets photographed with Batman at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in Milton.
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Central City Elementary School fifth-grader Matti Reese smiles for a photo on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival.
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Kylena Roberts of Surf City, N.C., shops at the crafts booths on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival in Milton.
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Lloyd Atkinson, store manager at Walmart of Hurricane, presents a check of $2,500 from the Walmart Foundation to Helen Baxter, president of Community Christian Cupboard, on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
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Volunteer Wendell Andrews stocks the shelves at the Christian Community Cupboard on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. The food pantry is operated by 13 churches in the Teays Valley Ministerial Association.
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Paul Williamson shows a ukulele to interested students on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at The Music Box display booth at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival.
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Tyler, Mitchell and Kylie Wilmoth join a friend for a pose in front of the gigantic pumpkins on display on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival.
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Zane Cossin of Smyrna, Tenn., tries his hand at milking the wooden cow set up by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival in Milton.
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Jeff Thomas of Hurricane demonstrates one of his turkey calls for a customer at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
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Liz McDonald mans the Belly ScRubs booth on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival in Milton.
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West Virginia Pumpkin Festival Teen Queen Madisen Burns helps Daisy Runyan into her sash for a photo op with the pumpkin coach on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
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Jziah Wilkes of Charleston holds tight to his balloon sculpture on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival.
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A young admirer of chain saw art watches craftsman Dink Brake of Morrisvale, W.Va., work on a piece at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, in Milton.
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A constant supply of pumpkins flows into the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, as local school children spend a day at the event.
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A visitor looks at the names on the Traveling Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival in Milton.
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A trio of lovely young ladies tries out the Karaoke on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival in Milton.
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Broom maker Shannon Lewis of Ashland, Ky., demonstrates his craft at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival in Milton, on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
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Lowell Wilks, with Rivers to Ridges Heritage Trail Byway, helps clear trees on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Hometown Roadside Park, which was heavily damaged by the derecho on June 29.
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Lowell Wilks, with Rivers to Ridges Heritage Trail Byway, helps clear trees on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Hometown Roadside Park, which was heavily damaged by the derecho on June 29.
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Lowell Wilks, with Rivers to Ridges Heritage Trail Byway, helps clear trees on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Hometown Roadside Park, which was heavily damaged by the derecho on June 29.
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AmeriCorps volunteer Mark Simonin of upstate New York, stirs up the embers of a controlled burn on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, as he helps clear the debris that was left at Hometown Roadside Park when the derecho tore through Putnam County on June 29, 2012.
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On Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the Hometown Roadside Park in northern Putnam County, AmeriCorps volunteers Joseph Phillips and Mark Simonin help clear and burn debris at Hometown Roadside Park, which was heavily damaged in the derecho that swept through Putnam County in June.
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Lowell Wilks, with Rivers to Ridges Heritage Trail Byway, helps clear trees on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Hometown Roadside Park, which was heavily damaged by the derecho on June 29.
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AmeriCorps volunteer Mark Simonin of upstate New York stirs up the embers of a controlled burn on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, as he helps clear the debris that was left at Hometown Roadside Park when the derecho tore through Putnam County on June 29, 2012.
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Downed trees and piles of brush await removal by AmeriCorps members at Hometown Roadside Park on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
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Work continues at Valley Park in Hurricane on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The park is being expanded beyond its current boundary to the east.
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Work continues at Valley Park in Hurricane on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The park is being expanded beyond its current boundary to the east.
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Work continues at Valley Park in Hurricane on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The park is being expanded beyond its current boundary to the east.
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Work continues at Valley Park in Hurricane on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The park is being expanded beyond its current boundary to the east.
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Work continues at Valley Park in Hurricane on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The park is being expanded beyond its current boundary to the east.
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Inspectors review progress on the expansion of Valley Park on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, east of the current boundaries.
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Work continues at Valley Park in Hurricane on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. The park is being expanded beyond its current boundary to the east.
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Bison running back Laythen Good cuts around his offensive line on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, against Wirt County High School.
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Bison quarterback Levi Jordan breaks up the middle on a designed keeper on Friday night, Oct. 5, 2012, at Buffalo High School.
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Bison defender Bubba Legg gets just enough of a Wirt County running back on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, to hold him until teammate Garison Erwin can help with the stop.
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Bison senior linebacker Jared Smith busts through a hole in the defense to lay a hard sack on Wirt County quarterback Joshua Trembly last Friday night, Oct. 5, 2012, at Buffalo High School.
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On Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at Buffalo High School, Bison quarterback Levi Jordan gets plenty of protection as he passes against the Wirt County defense.
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