Bishop attended the 10th annual Plains Peanut Festival Sept. 23. The three-day event brought several thousand people to the small town that is home to the nation,s 39th president.

Bishop attended the 10th annual Plains Peanut Festival Sept. 23. The three-day event brought several thousand people to the small town that is home to the nation,s 39th president.

Bishop participated in a parade through Main Street in downtown Plains on the biggest day of the festival.

The festival celebrated the peanut and the Planters, 100th anniversary, and featured educational exhibits on the importance of agriculture to the region. It included a 5-k road race and SAM Shortline train trips that included a stop at President Jimmy Carter,s boyhood home.

After lunch at Mom,s restaurant, Bishop talked briefly with Carter and his wife Rosalynn.