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Whidbey Island Giant Pumpkin Contest - limited to residents of the Island - October 11

Junior Division
    1 - Peter Dwersteg - 452 #
    2 - Peter Dwersteg - 450#             
    3 - Anna Bailey - 213#
4 - Brenda Renniger - 197#
    5 - Sage Renniger - 191#
    6 - Sam and Michael Vier - 142#
    7 - Christopher Opdyke - 33#

Adult Division
    1 - Lee Roof - 790# A new Whidbey Island record
    2 - Eugene Wilke - 410 # A rookie record
    3 - Bob Puhr - 218 #
    4 - Neal Amtman - 216#
    5 - Bob Bailey - 156#
    6 - Jean Renniger - 154#
    7 - Bob Bailey - 136#
    8 - Jess Olson - 116#
    9 - Jim Engstrom - 82#
    10 - Jess Olson - 64#
    11 - Jim Engstrom - 55#
    12 - Jess Olson - 53# winner of the Oxymoron     Prize, the “Littlest Giant”

The Ugliest Giant Pumpkin - Bob Puhr
The Prettiest Giant Pumpkin - Sage Renniger

Best Pumpkin Pies
    1 - Thelma Nunn
    2 - Victoria Renniger
    3 - Grace Tarasoff - age 10

10/13/2003 4:00:23 PM

Tacoma, WA

Congratulations Lee!! Sounds like everyone had a good time!
Can growers around the area enter the contest or do they have to live on Whidbey Island? Our Central Market contest had a "banner year" as well.

Stan

10/13/2003 4:06:44 PM

Whidbey Island

Stan,
We are strickly small town and want to encourage local people to join in, plus our prizes are extremely modest compared to the bigger contests. First place took home $45 in gift certificates. So for now we will stay local and who knows, maybe some of us will come down to Central Market next year and give you a run for your money!
Lee

10/13/2003 4:40:48 PM

In the shade - PDX, OR

Nice job Lee!

Grow the sport there.

10/13/2003 7:16:17 PM

Rexburg, Idaho (brianchristensenmd@gmail.com )

I'm geographically challenged. Where is whidbey island?

10/14/2003 12:11:09 AM

Utah

north of Seattle WA

10/14/2003 9:09:31 AM

seattle

I was just thinking... not to many people know where Whidbey IS is unless your from that part of town. Nice pumpkins...

10/17/2003 6:53:26 PM

Whidbey Island

OK everybody, a bit of geography lesson. Whidbey Island is about 50 miles long, kinda narrow and sits in Puget Sound north of Seattle. It is home to about 70,000 souls and the biggest employer is Naval Air Station Whidbey. These guys fly EA6Bs, the radar jammers that shut down Saddam's defences. They also fly the slow flying spy planes like the one the Chinese shot down about a year or so ago. Further down the Island it is a mix of small farms and lots of retirees and then down south is a bedroom commuter community primarily for Everett and the Boeing plant. The middle of the Island is actually quite dry (average rainfall 20 inches) because we sit downwind from the Olympic Mountains out west of us. Great place to visit, but don't plan on staying here.......too many people like it already. And if you are still interested, remember, it really is too cool to grow the monster pumpkins!

10/17/2003 9:03:09 PM

Hamilton, MT

Very Nice Lee!
I'm sure there were many proud people and even more will show up next year! Good Job -
Kim

10/20/2003 12:29:55 AM