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Boddie Lanham, left, and David Ford prepare 90 pounds of pork during Whole Hawg Days on Saturday afternoon in Eufaula.
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Makaelyn Rehder has her face painted by Lacey Brushwood during Eufaula’s annual Whole Hawg Days on Saturday afternoon.
Staff photo by Percy Jackson II /


Published July 27, 2008 12:00 am -

Crowds turn out to see the Whole Hawg in Eufaula


By Bess Warren
Phoenix Correspondent

EUFAULA — Kandie Dye dished out cotton candy slushes to her three young daughters as they sat beneath a shade tree.

Saturday was the third day in a row that Dye and her girls attended the Whole Hawg Days downtown.

“This is something for them to do without going 30 minutes or an hour away,” Dye said.

Dye, who has lived in Eufaula for three years, has come to the event every year since becoming a resident and was enjoying having so much to do with her children.

“I told them after today, no more,” she said with a smile.

The event, sponsored by the Eufaula Area Chamber of Commerce, blocked off most of the downtown area. The celebration kicked off Thursday with a carnival and rodeo.

There were plenty of activities to entertain the kids, such as carnival rides, face painting and arts and crafts. On the other side, the adults milled through the Rust to Riches Car Show, while others enjoyed shopping at the vendor tents.

Tex Mize watched closely as leather crafter, Ray Comdrem, stenciled his name into a new leather wallet. Mize, 60, of Kinta grinned as he ran his fingers across his name and said he was pleased with how it turned out.

“Oh yeah. That’ll work,” he said.

Comdrem, 64, of Tuttle said that this is the 14th year he has set up shop at the event. He said that the event has been profitable for his business, Class Craft Leather, every year.

“I always do pretty well here,” he said. “Any time a crafter comes back to a show for the second time, you know they did well the first time. You know I’ve done well for as many times as I’ve been back.”

According to Shauna Belyeu, 39, board member of the Chamber of Commerce, this year’s event definitely started out better than last year. Saturday, temperatures soared into the upper 90s.

“Last year, we were flooded. We were standing in mud,” she said. “We are glad the weather accommodated us, even thought it’s hot.”

Belyeu wasn’t the only person feeling the heat.



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