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Justin Daggs (left) and Mayor Nicole Mason-Driver gives a thumbs up to the corn on the cob eating contest at the Cornbread Festival in Malakoff Sept. 27. Daggs gnawed his way to first place eating the most corncobs in minutes.

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Carsen Mitchell (from left), Blakelee Bishop, Madalyn Mitchell and Georgia Martin are having fun eating snow cones and corndogs at the Cornbread Festival Sept. 27. 

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Corn Kid Case O’Brien (left) poses with Malakoff Mayor Nicole Mason-Driver at the Cornbread Festival Sept. 27.

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Cornbread Festival organizer and T104 Decor owner Mike McCully (from left), Cornbread Festival founder Pat Isaacson, Cornbread Festival organizer and T104 Decor owner Bradley Scott and realtor Liz Taylor-Loncar are delighted to see the continued success of the Cornbread Festival Sept. 27.

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The Cornbread Festival celebrates an East Texas staple, cornbread. Each year contestants enter their favorite recipes. There are two categories, Cottage Kitchen and Restaurant/Commercial. The first-place winner receives a Dolly Parton iron skillet and $100, the second-place winner receives $75. Mayor Nicole Mason-Driver (from left) presents the skillet to Amanda Earin and T104 Decor owner and Cornbread Festival organizer Mike McCully presents the $100 prize. Earin also won second-place and received the $75 prize. 

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Gun Barrel City Toys for Tots Brenda Burr (from left), Cheyene Hall, Judy Dilodovico, Geneva Garcia, Kaylen Rodriguez and Brayan Rodriguez are set up at the Cornbread Festival. Toys for Tots Gun Barrel City services children all around the Cedar Creek Lake Area.

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Wrenley Lowry gleefully walks around the booths at the Cornbread Festival with her family.