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Weigh-offs
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Subject: Montana's Bitterroot Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off
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MTGIANTS |
Hamilton, MT
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Come join us at Montana's 2nd Annual Bitterroot GIant Pumpkin Weigh Off in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley, South of Missoula. Hosted by the Corn Field Maze.
Date: September 20th, 2003 Time: Registration at 1 pm, Weigh Off at 2 pm. Where: The Corn Field Maze, Hwy 93 South, milemarker 55, half way between Victor, MT and Hamilton, MT Who: YOU What: Your biggest fruits, of course. Why: Bragging Rights for the Montana State Record!
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9/12/2003 12:41:29 AM
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Pappy |
North Ga
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Kim' Rick said there was more rock than soil when he dug up his basement in the Yaak so he won't have a fruit till next season. Bear is setting up a patch!!
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9/14/2003 1:55:19 AM
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MTGIANTS |
Hamilton, MT
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I'm not sure where it is appropriate to post the results of our HUGE event, but here goes... Competition Class Place Name Weight 1 Len and Kiana Ballek 500 2 Mike Violette 446 3 Kim and Mike Thomas 410 4 Mike Violette 348 5 Tad Kolwicz 335 6 Mason Simmons 325 7 Annalivia Bishop 309 8 Don Coon 309 9 Tanner Thomas 291 10 Diane Kenski 253 11 Elise Estus 188 12 Jane and Steve Stoll 167 13 Brit Brintnall 162 14 Sedona Gaudin 136 15 Pat Sweeney 125 16 Kathleen Freeman 118 17 Dave Moak 112 18 Clarence Fogel 99 19 Khyley and Tiffany Haugan 89.5 20 Laurence Dempsey 86.5 21 Pat Fosse 80.5 22 David and Tanya Stickler 77.5 23 Henry and Helen Garber-Madeen 74 24 Laurie Blinn 68 25 Adin Kloetzel 64.5 26 Cindy King 60.5 27 Chance and Lily Sage 60 28 David and Tanya Stickler 42 29 Laurie Blinn 41 30 Thelma Wesson 39.5 Exhibition Class 1 Shawn Keele 77 2 Chris Fisk 12.5 3 Tyler Coorough 11 4 Amber Ibey 7.0 Honorable Mention Category Kim Thomas – for the prettiest pumpkin Chris Fisk – for traveling the furthest: 185 miles from Butte, MT
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9/21/2003 10:31:05 PM
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MTGIANTS |
Hamilton, MT
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I can't stop at just the results alone...
All I can say is WOW, WOW, WOW! On Saturday, 9/20, we staged the 2nd Annual Bitterroot Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off in Hamilton, MT - and what an event it was! All aspects of this event exceeded my expectations - the weather, the crowd, the pumpkin entries, and did I mention the pumpkin entries? Congratulations to Len Ballek for growing a monster at 500Lbs!!! Len grew the new Montana State Record for 2003. Will he be able to defend his title next year?? Last year we staged our first event and were thrilled with 12 entries from 8 growers for an average of 109.5 lbs. This year the trucks with giant orange fruit started lining up at 1130 and we finally were ready to weigh them at 2pm! All tolled we had 30 growers (25 1st time growers!), 34 pumpkin entries ranging from 7lbs to 500lbs for an average weight of 162.5. Amazingly, 10 pumpkins were over 200lbs! I couldn't be more proud of our success and growth this year.
Congratulations to every single grower and a HUGE thank you to all the volunteers and sponsors who helped make this all possible. THANK YOU!
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9/21/2003 10:33:56 PM
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MTGIANTS |
Hamilton, MT
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Pappy, I was looking for the Yaak contingent - no show! Well the Yaak-sters will have some formidable competition if and when they produce a pumpkin. It'd be so great if they'd join in.
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9/21/2003 10:37:01 PM
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KennyB |
Farmington, Utah
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Congrats to all
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9/21/2003 10:52:43 PM
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Tiller |
Covington, WA
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Wow wow wow wow, that is great. It seems you have gotten something started that can only get bigger. I expect the pumpkins will too in coming years. That is a great turnout for a new event in a challenging area for growing giants. Congratulations too all who participated and those folks who put it all together. I'll bet it was a lot of fun for everyone involved.
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9/21/2003 11:18:38 PM
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Stan |
Puyallup, WA
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What a great "turn-out" for only the 2nd year of the event! A job well done! :>)
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9/21/2003 11:21:22 PM
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Darrell R. |
Wa
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Wow is right, Great attendance!!! I see good things ahead for MT.
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9/23/2003 9:06:57 PM
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Pappy |
North Ga
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Congrats on the great turn-out Kim, and also for your fruit!! Do you have any pics you can post? I'll keep on houndin' those folks up there in the Yaak.
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9/25/2003 10:04:13 AM
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MTGIANTS |
Hamilton, MT
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My plea to all who read this... I have offered up free seeds to anyone who asks in my area, in an effort to get a community of growers established in Montana. I've been tapped out twice this past year and have told folks they'll have to wait for this years stock. I don't pretend to have any of the highly coveted seeds. Most of these growers are first timers and are impressed with their fruits with little effort exerted. Once they're hooked they can seek out more favorable seed if desired. It has been great fun and I'm proud to announce our giant pumpkin population has more than tripled this year. I am forever groveling for anyone's no-name seeds, bulk is better, so I can continue to infect the hobby growers here. If anyone out there has viable seeds to give up for this cause please contact me. Please, and thank you, in advance. KT
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9/30/2003 10:45:17 PM
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