KINGWOOD — Cars filled the Kingwood Civic Center parking lot Sunday as the annual Buckwheat Festival Car Show got underway. One of the most unusual vehicles on display was a Volkswagen Diesel driven by two surfboarding skeletons. “I picked it up Memorial Day,” Brian Garbart said ...
KINGWOOD — Volunteers kept pouring the batter and the buckwheat cakes kept disappearing from plates at the Kingwood Community Center Friday. Also highlighting the 81st Annual Preston County Buckwheat Festival was the School Day Parade. Today will bring the Ag Olympics, the Farmer’s ...
On the very slim chance you didn’t already know, it’s Buckwheat Festival weekend in Preston County. Festivities started Thursday, but they continue well into today and tomorrow. There’s live music, carnival rides, parades, livestock shows, arts and crafts for sale, bingo and food ...
As a child, Carson Stone struggled with public speaking. Through his reign as King Buckwheat LXXXI, Stone has seen firsthand the benefit of putting yourself out there despite hesitation, especially for the sake of serving your community. “I was always very shy. As I’ve gotten older, ...
In 1988, Shannon Smith Wolfe was crowned Queen Ceres XLVII of the 47th Buckwheat Festival. 34 years later, her daughter Autumn Wolfe has continued the legacy as Queen Ceres LXXXI in this year’s 81st Buckwheat Festival. Wolfe’s family has lived in Preston County for nine generations and ...
The 81st Buckwheat Festival Royalty Court features First Maid of Honor Piper Slinka-Petka and her escort, runner-up to King Buckwheat Alex Burns. Slinka-Petka competed for a position on the Buckwheat Festival Royalty Court out of a desire to play a role in the Buckwheat Festival’s ...