Photo Credit: Maddie Yee, Senior Editor
Various vendors gathered in Old Town Clovis to showcase their products, to celebrate the 75th annual Big Hat Days (BHD), April 9.
Country Fair Cinnamon Rolls, along with many other food vendors participated in BHD to sell to the spectators.
For more information about Big Hat Days, read the April 8 article, 75th annual Big Hat Days returns to Old Town Clovis.
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A boy (name withheld) draws at Peoples Church's Spring Break missions trip local outreach program, Break Away, April 4.
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