RE: SPGA Update

What a great suggestion, so Halloween it is!

Joe

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>From: 	Mike  Nepereny[SMTP:MikeN@optiosoftware.com]
>Sent: 	Friday, February 06, 1998 3:14 PM
>To: 	pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: 	RE: SPGA Update
>
>Might I suggest Halloween as the cut-off date. 
>
>I believe the first weekend in October was set as the 'official'
>weigh-off date because of the climate in many of the northern
>competitor's latitudes. This is usually about the time of the first
>frost for many areas and the subsequent demise of everyone's garden. In
>the southern areas, we have a much longer growing season. Let's take
>advantage of it and coincide our activities with the ultimate pumpkin
>event, "Halloween"!
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Mills, Joe [SMTP:MillsJ@doaks.org]
>> Sent:	Friday, February 06, 1998 10:09 AM
>> To:	'pumpkins@mallorn.com'
>> Subject:	SPGA Update
>> 
>> I have spoken to the coordinators of all five weigh-off sites to be
>> directly included in the "Southern Cup" competition,
>> 
>> Ron Johnson, Moorseville, NC
>> George Killgore, Allardt, TN
>> Billy Meadows, WV
>> Ed Weeks, Raleigh, NC
>> Marv Meisner, Altoona, PA
>> 
>> - and they have assured me co-operation in getting weigh-off results
>> to
>> me to help in determining the champion. I have decided to simply state
>> as the rules that if your pumpkin is officially weigh-off at any of
>> these sites, having passed their own set of rules, then you are in the
>> hunt for the cup. If you have weighed your pumpkin elsewhere you must
>> bring that to my attention yourself. I have yet to decide on the time
>> restrictions in getting me weights. At some point we will have to
>> determine the winner and have their name etched on the cup after which
>> the competition is closed (even if we find a bigger pumpkin.) If you
>> weigh-off in a fashion other then a official site we ask that it be
>> with
>> a county Extension office. I would like documentation in the form of a
>> photograph and 
>> a letter signed by the county agent stating that the pumpkin was in
>> good
>> shape and that it weighed the amount stated. This information could be
>> faxed to me. I will give detailed information on this later. Does
>> anyone
>> have any objections to this set of rules so far?
>> 
>> I have also asked these site coordinators for pumpkin records of past
>> weigh-offs in order to construct an all-time top l00 list of southern
>> pumpkins. If anyone has any information on officially weighed southern
>> pumpkins please get it to me.
>> Joe Mills
>> 29l3 Harrison Rd.
>> Falls Church, VA 22042
>> 
>> Its getting exciting. This cup is extremely beautiful! Let's all do
>> our
>> best!
>> 
>> Joe Mills, SPGA
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