 Thanks for checking this video out. Your mountaintop news video is coming up in just a minute. Did you know that it's going to be watched thousands of times? Share it a bunch of times, likes, comments, you name it, it's going to be there. Why is it your ad here? Call me. The City of Prestonsburg is gearing up for its 40th annual Ginny Wiley Festival. Recently we sat down with Prestonburg Mayor Les Stapleton to find out more about the event. We're really excited to have our 40th annual Ginny Wiley Festival. We had come bright across the state that we are the only festival that has been consecutive. We did have our festival last year. We were very conscientious about it. We put safeguards in place and we were very fortunate that there was no illnesses coming out of that. That was noted by the health department, so that was great news. Regarding COVID concerns, Stapleton is urging residents who may be sick to stay home and for all residents to use their best judgment when deciding whether or not to attend. What I will say is that this year, we expect people to be smart. They're going to use their own common sense. They got to decide whether to wear a mask, if they're going to vaccinate and not vaccinate. That's up to them. Those who are sick don't come out because you need to be conscientious that you can make other sick. If you have immune deficiencies and stuff, I suggest that you wear a mask. We strongly recommend that anybody that has a compromised immune system wear a mask. But we're not going to require them this year, we're not going to do anything like that. I'm pretty sure that we'll have a group on-site that will be giving vaccinations and they may want one. But there you go. That's an opportunity. Stapleton said the festival, which will begin on October 6 and go on until October 9, will offer residents a chance to get out together in order to enjoy food, crafts, music and more. We're going to have carnival. We're going to have our vendors. We're going to have music, quiet, right? Over the late 80s, early 90s, rock and roll, you know, that's back in my era. Got to be at the stage right over here, yep, right here in the middle of town. Everything's going to be concentrated in town. We're moving the car show back to town, which is going to be good. So we're excited to have everything right downtown, concentrate downtown. Looking forward to have people come out and join us and have a good time. It's outdoors. It's an opportunity to get out and see people from a safe distance and have fun. For Mountain Top News, I'm Joshua Slum.