Perkins the mascot appears for weekend celebrationsWhen the Chicken Fried Steak Festival’s traditional parade tours through town at 7 p.m. tonight, there’s always a regular in the crowd.Perkins, the festival’s chicken mascot, has a ride in one of the vehicles traveling the parade route from the Forrest Park Community Center through downtown before heading back to the center.The three-day festival, hosted by the City of Lamesa and Lamesa Area Chamber of Commerce, celebrates the town as being the birthplace of the chicken fried steak recipe. It begins with the parade and a night of live music before continuing Saturday with ...