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  The 9th annual Crawford Cattle Call is today from 11-4:00 in downtown Crawford, and organizers think it may be the biggest and best yet.
Several blocks of downtown Crawford are closed to traffic today for the event.
       Co-founder and driving force behind the Cattle Call is area native Sam Dyer.
She says the original idea was to create a fall event in Crawford to celebrate agriculture, especially local farmers and ranchers.
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Dyer says the Cattle Call has expanded beyond its original focus.
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Dyer says today’s centerpiece is, as always, the cattle pen-of-3 competitions, but other activities include livestock judging, hay bale decorating, a Cornhole tournament, a Photo Contest, stagecoach rides, commercial vendors, and especially vendors.
Several of the food options are fundraisers for various local groups, headlined by a steak feed.
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This year’s Crawford Cattle Call was funded in part by a grant from the Dawes County Travel Board.