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It's that time of year again. Fall. Football. The Fair. Frigid temperatures. Flamingos. And other things that start with the letter F.

There are two things and two things only that matter in the great City of Bonham: High School Football and the Agricultural Arts. So, needless to say, if there are two solid weeks during which we can all enjoy some Football, show our favorite Heifer and take in the magnificent Butter Sculpture at the State Fair, we stop Everything and get to playing, showing or staring in awe.

This sacred Time has just recently arrived, and people are going nuts, especially with the whole shebang this weekend bringing the much anticipated Cotton Bowl ON the State Fairground. It's like Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, and your Birthday rolled up into fourteen days of Pure Happiness. Prize Heifers are popping up all over town. Everyone and their brother is wearing Purple, the color of our People. The Fannin County Fair is slowly rising from the ground on the outskirts of Town, and when I drive by, my whole body can't help but quiver with the excitement of the grease-saturated funnel cakes, the Death almost Guaranteed Carnival Rides, the sheep and pigs that are sure to appear, and the promise of at least one full night of Clogging. That's right. There is quivering going on.