Re: Way off Weigh Off
I like the idea.A person should have something to show for all the blood,
sweat, and tears.
Mills, Joe wrote:
> Lets make sure this year that any pumpkin grower that works hard enough
> to be able to bring a pumpkin to a weigh-off comes away with something
> to show for it. Some come hundreds of miles with their pumpkins, so what
> if they are not the biggest, to GPC weigh-offs and come away with out
> even a piece of paper with an official weight on it. The least we can do
> for our fellow pumpkin growers is let them leave a weigh-off with some
> sort of momento, a certificate, a ribbon, something to show for all
> there hard work. Some GPC sites do this but not all. It should be
> standard operation in respect for our growers. To let you know how
> important this is to a pumpkin grower a know of a certain gentleman from
> Moraga, I won't mention his name, that received a handsome check for his
> rather large pumpkin from his weigh-off site, which he said was run
> beautifully. But he lamented to me that was it. Nothing to hang on a
> wall, place in a trophy case, put in a frame, to remind him of his
> accomplishment.
> By his tone I could sense that this is the more important then the award
> of money. I don't think that it is too late to correct this. And I
> apologize if I spoke out without getting his permission first. I could
> not have taken no for an answer. We have some unfinished work to do.
>
> Joe Mills, SPGA, ( correspondences to millsj@doaks.org)
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