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News Release 10-29-2002

 

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News Advisory

GIANT PUMPKIN TO BE CARVED

“The Great Pumpkin,” currently on display at the Capitol Market, will be carved into a giant jack-o-lantern Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 1 p.m. by Commissioner of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass, Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture Janet Fisher, Extension Agent John Marra and members of the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival Board of Directors.

The 667-pound monster pumpkin set a weight record at the W.Va. Pumpkin Festival, held each year in Milton. The pumpkin was grown by Ronald and Sue Boor of Sistersville, who broke their own record.

Marvin “Butch” Edwards, a vendor at the Capitol Market, outbid other participants in the Pumpkin Festival auction. Proceeds benefit the W.Va. Pumpkin Festival Scholarship Fund.


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