Re: Pair of Tenino pumpkin farmers hit the big time

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• To: "Duncan McAlpine" <d*@boeing.com>, <p*@athenet.net>
• Subject: Re: Pair of Tenino pumpkin farmers hit the big time
• From: "* A* <c*@value.net>
• Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 08:45:10 -0700

Duncan,

Can the News Media ever get it straight?

I did not win 3rd place at the Half Moon Bay Weigh Off. My pumpkin had a
small pinhole in it approximately the size of 
2 - B.B.'s. I removed a captan patch over the wound with the assistance of
Kurt Mombert in the a.m. just before the weigh off began. Kurt gave me a
piece of wire we probed the hole and  determined it went through to the
seed cavity. 

I asked that I be disqualified from the competition. There seemed to be
confusion over this request and my pumpkin was weighed as a legal entry,
simple mistake, I was just seeking an unofficial weight! 

During the awards ceremony I requested my pumpkin be removed from the
competition and that all prizes & awards go to next in line, I forfeited
3rd place and the $500 dollars, also another $500 for heaviest pumpkin in
California. Kurt Mombert placed 3rd at Half Moon Bay! Dave Gowen of Philo
California placed 5th and also was awarded heaviest pumpkin in California!

Chris Andersen
Moraga, Calif.

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