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Hamtastic Events announced for Oct. 27 Hogeye Festival Lindsy Kay Wing Memorial Children’s Costume Pet Parade 8:30 a.m. (next to City Cafe) Judging at 9 a.m. sharp! Carnival South Main Street next to El Maguey - Thursday & Friday nights & Saturday (all day) Kids Activities Depot St. & Veteran’s Park Lone Star Car Club Car Show Central Avenue -- 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Cow Patty Bingo Depot Street -- 4 p.m. Pearls Before Swine Art Show 14 North Main - Thursday -- 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
READY, AIM TOSS! Lilly Morris tosses a brick while Lorelei Morris looks on. The Acme Brick Toss is just one of numerous childrensʼ activities that will be offered at this yearʼs Hogeye Festival.
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Hogeye stuffed full of music and other live entertainment 2nd Street Stage 10:00 a.m. -- Monty Thomas Family Band 11:00 a.m. -- Sowpremes and New Royalty 12:30 p.m. -- Pearl 1:45 p.m. -- Gilbert Alba and The Super City Band 3:00 p.m. -- Sterling Country 4:15 p.m. -- The Crop Dusters 5:15 p.m. -- Max Zimmet and Friends Community Stage (next to City Cafe) 8:30 a.m. -- Childrens Parade 10:30a.m. -- Small Town Heroes 11:30 a.m. -- Clickety Cloggers 1:00 p.m. -- Piggerina Piglets Swine Lake 1:30 p.m. -- Glitter Girlz 2:15 p.m. -- Purly Gates 3:00 p.m. -- TDG 4:00 p.m. -- New Sensational Royal Lights Gazebo Stage Veterans’ Memorial Park 10:00 a.m. -- Aaron Einhouse 11:00 a.m. -- Eight Year Wait 12:25 p.m.-- Matchmaker Band 2:00 p.m. -- Dessert Awards 2:10 p.m. -- The Sowpremes 2:35 p.m. -- W.C. Clark 4:00 -- Cow Patty Bingo 5:00 -- Gordon Swenson Memorial BBQ Pork Cook-off Awards
GETTING IN THE SPIRIT OF HOGEYE. Royal Hogeye alumni and friends welcome the public to the 25th annual Hogeye Festival, set for Oct. 25-27. Pictured are (front, l-r) Sowpreme Cheryl Grett (Piggy Sue Hogwaller), Community Development Director Amy Miller and Theresa Scott (Swinna); (back, l-r) Linda Eubanks (Linka Bean Sueeubanks), Lucretia Alvarez (Porketia Piggerina Sowvarez), Josh Carrillo, Kay Wing (Bar B Kay Winglet), Leticia Martinez (Carnicia Porkinez Alegria), Jamie Lundgren, Jim Dunaway and Samantha Salazar (Spammy Hot Links).
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Royal Election 2012 Vote for your favorite Hamdidates Cast your votes and your spare change into jars and piggy banks for the pigsteemed title of 2012 Queen Sowpreme. Locations to cast your votes are Elgin Hardware, El Maguey, Fiddlesticks Emporium, Jalisco, Medicine Chest and the U.S. Post Office Artie Monson Artie Monson has been nominated by many hogunteers for her dedication of endless hours and years serving the community and hamlet of Elgin. Porkriginally from Weimer, just outside LaGrange, Artie moved eastward from Austin in 1970, and has made Elgin her home s o o o w e e e t home. She worked for 30 years at the IRS in Austin, and now 15 years at First National Bank in Elgin, where she hopes to retire when she turns Artie Monson 100. She has been booking bands at the SPJST hall for 20 years, worked with Relay for Life for 9 years, president of
KJT Catholic Insurance, serves as a Eucharistic minister with the Catholic Church, member of the Chamber of Commerce, and formerly with Hermann Sons in Austin. Quite often you will find her dancing the two-hoof or hoof waltzing at the SPJST, and was in Dancing with the Elgin Stars 2010. She is the proud sow of three piglets and one porknificent grandpiglet named Taylor. Charlotte Swenson Charlotte Swenson is a pork-pular haminee for the 25th annual Hogeye Festival. She was raised in Elgin, graduated from Elgin High and has called Elgin home for many years. She was one of the originators of the Hogeye Festival and made the first King Hog cape. She spent the early years of Hogeye as chairperson of the entertainment for the festival. Her father, Gordon Swenson, started the Pork Cook-off and her sister, Jan Charlotte Swenson
Swenson, has co-chaired it with Doug Prinz since Gordon’s death in 2000. Charlotte left Elgin for a few years and declared herself the unofficial HAMbassador, extolling the greatness of her home town nationwide. She is on the board of directors for the River Valley Farmers Market, the co-founder of the Elgin Grow Project and, along with her partner, Tim Fender, owns Food for Thought Permaculuture Garden, a local sustainable farm. She and Tim have 3 grown children, two that live in Elgin. Jacob and his wife Brittany Maynard, Dawndee Fender and Tyler Fender, of Missouri. She is the very proud grandsow of Jacob Maynard, Jr., 3 years old, and Zecheriah Crawford, 4 years old. . Leticia Martinez Leticia Martinez is a sowpreme hamdidate for this Sowlver Hammiversary this year at the Hogeye Festival. She has lived in Elgin for 43 years and been coowner of Martinez Bookkeeping for 25 years. Many of you know her at the Hogeye Festival as Carnicia Porkinez Alegria , her Elgin Sowpreme name since 2006. Since becoming a Sowpreme she has hosted many a soooweeet gathering at
her home, known otherwise as Sowpreme Central by her sow sisters, where she fattens them up for their annual porkformances, adorns their fun props with swinestones and feathers, and also feeds the BACA bikers before they ride the Sows in on their Harley’s. Leticia has served with Leticia Martinez the Historic Review Board, Economic Development Committee, Chamber of Commerce, and Dancing with the Elgin Stars 2011. She has hosted an international piglet through the Rotary Club to stay in her pigsty, and hosts 10-15 senior athletes from Mexico for many years for the Elgin Lion’s Club. Her warm heart donates and loans various items for events with Cattlemen for Cancer, and Dancing with the Elgin Stars. She and her husband, Frank, have raised five piglets through the Elgin schools, and are now proud grandhogs of six grandpiglets.
Hogalicious Dessert Contest to test locals’ baking skills Elgin might be known for its sausage and barbecue, but the folks around here know how to satisfy a sweet tooth. Area cooks will show off their skills during the annual Hogeye Dessert Contest, set for Oct. 27 at El Maguey Restaurant. Entries must be submitted between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Registration forms are available at www.hogeyefestival.com. There are two categories: pies and cakes. Judging will take place that morning with winners to be announced at 1 p.m. at the Gazebo stage. Contest organizer Megan Stuart Ramirez expects a fun-filled hogalicious event based on contests from years past. “There is always some dessert that no one can decide what it is,” she said. “Cake? Pie? What is that? Sugar induced coma?” The craziest themed entry so far? A fully proportioned and decorated “pig” cake. “It did not win, but it was incredibly
cute!” Megan loves the enthusiasm of the cooks, the judges and the people serving desserts. “Everyone has a great time! The servers tend to be the funniest because they are trying to serve 24-plus desserts at a time to two tables (Youth and Adult entries) and they take it very seriously. “Everyone must have a little part of everything included in the dessert, so sometimes they are scooping up little bits of crust or icing for each plate. I hear, ‘Do we cut it? Scoop it? I need a spoon!’ On the other hand, diehard desert lovers will tell the servers not to remove the dessert they really liked (but could not take another bite because they still had 10 to go). By the time it is done, the servers are covered in various clumps of sugary delight! My other favorite part is that we award trophies to the best judges. Only a few judges return
year after year, the dedicated sugarholics. This is not a contest for the weak!” Megan also enjoys dressing the judges in aprons — most of the guys ask if they really have to (they must) — and the funny faces the judges make when they don’t really like something. Screams of “WATER!” are sometimes heard. The dessert contest is the brainchild of Megan Stuart Ramirez and Sydney Ingalls. “After judging the ribs one year, we wondered why we were limited to meat and beans,” Megan said. “We needed fluff, artistic decoration and sugar (aka, Martha Stewart) in the competition! After the first two years of the contest, we decided we needed a Youth Division, not only for dessert entries, but to judge them. We have help serving from Veronica Gann, Erin Ramirez, Erin Pugh Flores and Stacey Dunkin. Our significant others
come to cheer us on and watch the fun. I cannot thank El Maguey enough for all of their support and space for this contest!” What about the aprons? “This was all thought of by Sydney Ingalls. She had several vintage aprons and thought this would be fun. My mom also had several old aprons that she gave me for the contest. The Lion’s Thrift Store has been a huge help for us in creating our supply. Each of us that help to run the dessert contest has their favorite apron to wear. This year, some of the organizers are vying for the first place apron that they have been working on for the past year (I guess this means a new trophy!). So look for baubles, beads and sequins! “And at the end, we all sit back and eat something without sugar and talk about what just happened! So much fun! And then we go enjoy the rest of Hogeye, our most favorite of all festivals!”
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POOP OF DESTINY. Each year at Hogeye, the Friends of Elgin Parks organize Cow Patty Bingo, bringing Splatter Matters to life every year on Depot Street. They will turn the cow out at 4 p.m. The winner will be announced at 4:30 p.m. — maybe. It depends on the cow. There is one grand prize winner, plus the surrounding squares win because Splatter Matters. Tickets are for sale throughout the month of October and at Hogeye on Main Street in front of the Food Court or from wandering patty sales people. Proceeds from the pooping go towards the Music in the Park series and park needs in general. More information about the Friends is available at www.elgintx.com
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Pitch for a good cause in horseshoe & washer tourneys Elgin Caregivers horseshoes and washer tournaments offer a chance for everyone to compete and support a great cause. Elgin Caregivers is a non-profit organization with a mission to help older adults maintain independence and enhance their quality of life by providing support services such as transportation to medical appointments and other important destinations, chores, friendly visits or referrals. This is the 2nd annual tournament and will be held in the vacant lot next to First State Bank and across from Elgin City Hall on Main Street. Registration can be completed in advance on the Hogeye Festival website, or the morning of the 27th on site. Elgin Caregivers hosts a variety of fundraising events throughout the year in order to reach a greater variety of people for both funding support and to recruit volunteers. Kim Tabor is organizing these tournaments for Hogeye and has helped with the organizing and running of tourna-
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Lindsy Kay Wing Memorial Children’s Costume Pet Parade
The Lindsy Kay Wing Memorial Children’s Pet Parade will kick off the 25th annual Hogeye Festival on Saturday Oct. 27. Porkticipants will gather at the new Community Stage between City Café and Prosperity Bank for registration at 8:30 a.m., with judging to begin at 9 a.m. sharp! All costumes must be safe and all pets must be on a leash. Please bring your baggies for cleaning up after these furry friends and let organizers know in advance if you will bring any large animals. Porkticipants are separated into age groups for judging as well as hometown and out of town and each group is awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. Winners receive prizes and everyone gets a chance to win a U. S. Savings Bond. Once judging is complete reigning King Hog, Josh Hausladen, will lead the parade through the festival up and down Main Street. Being close to Halloween, organizers know that children have costumes they want to wear early or wear more than once. Rosanna Church Abreo organized many of the children’s parades in the early years of the festival. Theresa McShan has organized the parade for the past 17 years.
Theresa said, “This is the highlight of the festival for the children of Elgin and surrounding Bastrop County area. Thanks to volunteers and especially those who come back year after year, everything runs smoothly.” For Kay and Jordan Wing the event was a family tradition every year. Lindsy and Cuyler looked forward to dressing up, and Kay was involved with the Main Street program. In 1993, Lindsy died suddenly and as the community rallied around this family, Rosanna suggested dedicating the parade in her memory. The Wing family provides a savings bond to the winner each year. Over the years the parade has had participants from Taylor, Round Rock, Pflugerville and Houston. On average, 60 children participate in the event and most bring a family pet or stuffed animal. Theresa says, “I entered my children in the parade prior to my chairing the event. Seeing the smiles on the children's faces and the proud parents makes this a wonderful event.” Arrive early and don’t miss out on this annual crowd pleaser. For more information contact Theresa McShan at 281-9698. Registration forms are available on-line at www.hogeyefestival.com.
PICK OF THE LITTER. ʻPuppy dogʼ twins Devin and Daniel Carlos were among the participants in last yearʼs Lindsy Kay Wing Memorial Childrenʼs Costume Pet Parade. Not pictured is their real puppy, Miley.
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The parking goddess can smile upon you this year at Hogeye — just use the free festival shuttle and you’ll have no worries about finding a parking place. Free shuttle service will be available at the Park & Ride on Highway 95 North. The Park & Ride is on the corner of Main Street & Highway 95 North (at the
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For those with a steady hand and sure aim, the 24th Annual Hogeye Festival will have the “In a Pig’s Eye Dart Contest” on Saturday, Oct. 27. The contest will be 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Regulator’s Sports Bar & Grill, 202 South Avenue C. Games will be 501 for Singles. Darts is a mindless social game. It takes skill to do well but as long as you can throw eight feet you can play. The numbered games are very easy. Just collect the most points per turn. Whoever can hit the highest numbers, thus collecting the points needed to
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City staff: the backbone of a really pig event
As you walk down the hall of the city annex, you begin to get a clue that you are at Hogeye Central. Once you enter the office of Community Development Director Amy Miller or her administrative assistant Lucretia Alvarez, you have no doubt that they are planning the most porcine festival in all of central Texas. Posters of Hogeyes gone by and shelves filled with gifts and souvenirs of all things pink and piggy gives one the sense that Priscilla lives here too. In preparation for the 25th anniversary, Amy, Forest Dennis and Keith Joesel, festival co-chairs, have met weekly since early spring. The weekly meetings produce pages of action items to be accomplished by the next meeting. Forest says, “Amy listens to my sometimes crazy suggestions and includes them in the list of things to do. These items could range from a logistics meeting between Hogunteers and the public works department to consulting with the graphic designer.” Alicia Stoll, Parks and Recreation Manager, coordinates the Cow Patty Bingo efforts for Hogeye with the Friends of Elgin Parks. She frequently steps in to lend a
hand with festival details. Hogeye has a dedicated phone line, email address and website for comments and inquiries. These are all maintained by a host of city staff. In house production and printing of Hogeye information, sorting checks coming in from vendors and sponsors and answering hundreds of phone calls and walk-in customers involves almost all city staff in the front office. The public works department, including Joe Parten, Terry Fowler and the overall crew provide extensive logistical support to the festival. During the week of Hogeye the crew works tirelessly to accomplish all of the set-up that is required in the downtown district. Although the Hogeye Festival cannot occur without an army of Hogunteers, Amy Miller and the rest of the city staff make planning, preparation and execution of the festival run like clockwork. Ed Rivers, current Main Street Board President, worked with organizing Hogeye twenty five years ago. “Due to the hard work by hundreds of individuals over the last 25 years, people come from all over Texas to visit Elgin and enjoy this award winning festival,” shared Ed Rivers.
Three-day carnival offers family fun
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Pearls Before Swine Art Show will be held October 25-27
One of the most challenging parts of the Pearls Before Swine Art Show is finding a location and then incorporating the variety of pieces of artwork from adults and children. “Weaving the show together with fundraising, an auction, and a community reception while working with volunteers, artists, and teachers is challenging and deeply rewarding,” said Sarah Page, art show organizer. The location for 2012 is 14 North Main Street. Provided by Keith Newman, this large, open, bright space at the corner of Depot and Main Streets will be a wonderful location for the show. The Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Board will host the Community
Reception for the art show on Thursday, Oct. 25 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The People's Choice Award will be determined by the votes cast by those attending the reception. The show is open Friday Oct. 26 and Saturday Oct. 27. Three new volunteers, one from Elgin and two from Bastrop will be judges. Sarah shared that these individuals are enthusiastic and knowledgeable about art and are either artists in their own right or gallery owners. The judging is a difficult task since there are always so many wonderful and diverse pieces. The judges will be selecting a 2-dimensional and a 3-dimensional winner from among the adult entries.
In the youth component, the judges will be selecting a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for elementary, middle and high school students. The awards for the adults are monetary; the winning youth receive art supplies. Each child who participates will receive a "merit pig.” The art association notes that there are many award-worthy entries! No one should ever allow themselves to be discouraged by not winning -- participation in the Pearls Before Swine Art Show is an award in itself! The Elgin Arts Association is an organization dedicated to furthering artistic understanding and encouraging artistic growth of its members and the commu-
nity at large by promoting interest, education, knowledge, and skills in the arts. For more information please visit www.elginartsassociation.com. The Pearls Before Swine Art Show, Community Reception and Auction provides essential funding for the Pearls Scholarship Fund. Scholarships are awarded each year to graduating seniors who intend to continue their education in the arts. It is a great way for the community to encourage our youth. Support local art, support our youth, enjoy the inspiration and bid a little higher at the auction knowing it is money well spent.
Handmade items, food and games fill vendor spaces at Hogeye
The juried handmade arts and crafts vendors at Hogeye add a unique style to the festival. Cheryll Dennis, who has spent the last three years working as vendor chair said she enjoys working with all of the vendors because they are excited about coming.
She and her husband, Forest love to attend festivals, and when they go, they invite vendors who they think would be a great fit for Hogeye. In fact, they went to the Pecan Street Festival a few weeks ago, and several of those vendors such as Artisan Element, which sells handmade ceramic yard art,
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CAR SHOW BRINGS EXTRA SHINE TO HOGEYE. Elgin-based Lone Star Car Club organizes the car show held in conjunction with the Hogeye Festival. The show, benefitting the Elgin Main Street Board and the Childrenʼs Advocacy Center will be held in an area bounded by Central Avenue and Depot Street from Avenue C to Avenue A in downtown Elgin. More than 200 vehicles are expected, ranging from early vintage to highly modified pro street cars. Numerous activities are planned throughout the show: car engine blowup, poker walk, door prizes, 50/50 raffle, food and beverages, and a custom (collectible) tshirt. For more information on the Club visit www.lonestarcarclub.com.
are now coming to Hogeye. Vendors must submit pictures of their products for approval by the jury members. This year’s festival will have a new look in several areas. The Depot St. and Main Street food area has been moved to the Depot Museum parking lot for a “food
court” feel. In addition to the commercial food vendors, there will be the local non-profit vendors. The children’s Piglet Square will be moved to Depot Street and VeterSee “VENDORS,” Page 15
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BBQ COOKOFF. The Huckleberry Boys were among the teams that took part in last yearʼs Gordon Swenson BBQ Cookoff. Pictured are (l-r) Keith Kisamore, Bradley Newstrom, Michael Marx and J.D. Harkins.
Gordon Swenson BBQ Cookoff Local teams to gather for good eats and friendly competition
The Gordon Swenson Memorial BBQ Pork Cook-off will be held throughout the day on Saturday, Oct. 27. Barbecuing will take place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Central Avenue, with awards to be given out at 5 p.m. Doug Prinz has worked with the BBQ Pork Cook-off since Gordon Swenson started it 25 years ago. Over the years he always enjoyed participating in the cookoff. He and Jan Swenson, Gordon’s daughter, do all the organizing. This year Doug’s sister Sue Brasher is working with Doug on the organizing while Jan concentrates on treatments for breast cancer. Doug shared, that “Organizing it is really not that much fun. There is a lot of work to do before-hand that most contestants don’t even think about.” There are challenges to running a cook-
off, even one that is for “bragging rights” and not sanctioned by the International BBQ Cookers Association. Cooks spend a lot of money on entry fees and on the cost of the meat they are preparing. They want to be assured they each have a fair shot on the judging table. Each and every cook has their method of doing things, and cooking times vary depending on the size of the pork butt or other meat. Doug commented, “While this cook-off is not sanctioned, we do follow I.B.C.A. rules as closely as we can and have certified I.B.C.A. judges in overall charge of the judging to make it fair for everyone.” About 35 to 40 entries in the cook-off are in the beans category. Entries can be any kind of dry bean; some See “BBQ,” Page 15
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BBQ ... From Page 13 are spicy and some are mild. As with the meats, every cook has their own style and favorite recipe. Doug, Sue and Jan agree that everything about a BBQ cook-off is fun, after the hard work of organizing. “Where else can you cook barbecue and eat all day, maybe consume a few adult beverages, visit with friends and classmates that you haven’t seen in years, and maybe win a little money doing it? If you do win a little money, you have brag-
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ans’ Memorial Park. First Street will continue to have the River Valley Farmers Market, and nonprofit arts and crafts booths will line the opposite side of the street. Interspersed with the arts and crafts vendors on Main Street will be a few commercial vendors such as Rain Gutter Pro. Several food vendors will be situated at the 2nd Street intersection of Main Street, in-
ger’s rights for a year. If you don’t win, no big deal, you had a great time doing it,” said Doug. All judges for the cook-off are volunteers. To be a judge come by the Chamber of Commerce building on Main Street by Veterans’ Park preferably Saturday morning and sign up to judge. They’ll let you know what time you will be needed for judging. The cook-off organizers hope that everyone will remember that Gordon wanted this cook-off to be fun and not be as serious as a sanctioned cook-off would be. The cook-off continues today in his memory carrying on that tradition.
cluding Bob and Deb’s Fried Pies. Having food vendors on 2nd Street allows people to purchase food at both ends of the festival, and there will be a variety of food to satisfy any hunger need at both locations. When dealing with over 100 vendors, there are certain challenges, the primary one being that of having enough electricity for the needs. Jeff Moore of Moore Electric makes sure there is plenty of electricity throughout the festival. Another challenge is vendor placement. Many of the
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Logistics : Nuts and Bolts of Hogeye Rick and Shirley Bowlin , Logistics cochairs, dedicate time throughout the year to planning the Hogeye festival. Securing donated gators, tents, and chairs, and reserving traffic control, port a potties and street sweepers starts early in the year. Rick and Shirley work with signage, sponsor signs, locating all the activities in the festival grounds, and electricity. Shirley shared, “back in the early years, Jonesy Jones put in his time taking care of logistics. Jonesy an the show from the seat of his pants, so to speak, since the festival was new and growing every year.”
“old-timers” request a certain location, and most of the time, their requests can be accommodated. A third challenge is getting everybody situated on the morning of the festival. Some food vendors bring trailers, and that poses a challenge if the vendors on either side of them are already there. With the help of an army of hogunteers, every vendor is in the right spot by the time the festival begins. Each year, the vendors are given a survey at the end of the day to voice their suggestions and comments. Most of
Then David Lanford, who with his trusty sidekick, George Witta, took on the chore for about 10 years. As the festival grew, more elements were added that had to be addressed, which meant more volunteers and more help from the city crews, etc. Dan Bennett took logistics over the first year he and Dianne chaired the festival and kept it up for several years. Dan passed the torch to Rick and Shirley Bowlin in 2010. As David said and all logistics chairs agree, “The worst part is hoping you didn't forget something really critical, like port-a-potties!"
them are quite favorable, and the one thing that seems to draw the most positive comments is the hospitality room provided for them. The ladies from St. Peter’s Lutheran Church diligently manage the room. This year, Josh Carillo is organizing the hospitality room and promises a huge 25th birthday cake with balloons as well as the usual food fare. Many vendors at Hogeye return year after year and invite their friends to come to Hogeye. The 25th Annual Hogeye Festival, assures the best vendors ever.
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