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Show Local child wins pumpkin contest If "The Great Pumpkin," Charlie Brown's Linus was looking for on Halloween appeared in American Fork, it was probably in the pumpkin pum-pkin patch of John Pulley. At least there were a lot of big pumpkins there before harvest -more than 1,200, in fact - including at least one that weighed over 100 pounds. Andrea Johnson, Mr. Pulley's daughter, who obtained the giant pumpkin for a contest at her preschool, pre-school, said the large vegetable weighed in at 127 pounds - and at that is smaller than the one they had last year. "The one we had last year was over 150 pounds as I recall," she said. ' , ' Katie Holmstead, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Kurt Holmstead, Pleasani Grove, and Vanessa Son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cary Son, American Fork, were the winners of the pumpkin weight contest held at the pre-school, Mrs. Johnson said. Each student, as part of their October and Halloween activities, were invited to guess the weight of the pumpkin, and Katie guessed 127 pounds for the closest weight. Vanessa guessed 113 pounds. Mrs. Johnson said the students had been trying to guess the weight of the pumpkin for the past two weeks, with guesses ranging all the way from 31 pounds to 192 pounds. "It (the contest) always adds a spark of interest at Halloween . time," Mrs. Johnson said. She said Mr. Pulley (affectionately (af-fectionately known by the youngsters as Grandpa Pulley) also gave each child a pumpkin he had grown in his garden to take home and decorate for Halloween. But that is typical! Mr. Pulley also distributed his pumpkins to residents of the Utah State Training School, to residents of several of the areas nursing and group homes, and raised one for each of the children in his LDS Ward. |