The pumpkins were weighed at Gonvick’s Pumpkin Day
Thu, 10/05/2017 - 9:14am
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It was another beautiful day in Gonvick as they held their 24th Annual Pumpkin Day.
The largest pumpkin weighing in at 1,101 pounds was disqualified as it had a crack in it. That belonged to JJ Solberg of Gonvick. A sad day for him.
Winners were Bob Edevold 1043 pounds, Tucker Johnson 936 pounds, Ole Engebretson 572 pounds, Marvin Marty 563 pounds, Trever Solberg 535 pounds, Matt Wickham 502 pounds, Al Danielson 429 pounds, Frank and Annie Bergh 411 pounds, Charlie Bergh 393 pounds and David Marty 385 pounds. The top winner received $1,000 with cash prizes totaled $2,500 which was donated by the Gonvick Diamond Jubilee Committee.
The youngest pumpkin growers had impressive pumpkins to show at the event.
Shya Engebretson had the largest at 488 pounds, Layla Engebreston 479 pounds, Gavin Solberg 428 pounds, Lettie Watne 270 pounds, Grace Gunning 266 pounds, McKinley Watne 244 pounds, Faith Gunning 231.11 pounds, Sienna Flateland 214 pounds Cora Herden 201 pounds and Jake Wickham 194.10 pounds. These were the top team in each category with several more that had to be weighed.
Also with the Pumpkin Day events there was a car show that was held. Car Show winners included Neil Bursheim McIntosh; David Hagen St. Hilaire; Larry Anderson, Gully; Arden Niemi, Felton; Jerry Lowe Jr. Grand Forks and Mary St. George from Bagley. See information on the winners on the Canary front page this week.
Jaci Anderson had Mrs. Olson’s Lefse office open for tastes of Pumpkin lefse with goodies on it. She was also in charge of the Chalk Drawing contest that was held.
Tracy Branchaud was the winner of the Family Pool membership at the Clearbrook pool. That was donated by Matt Anderson and family of Clearbrook.
The Gonvick Fire Department announced the winners of their raffle after they finished their hamburger and hotdog stand. Winners were Luke Spray the Henry Golden Boy - 44 mag. first prize; Kristi Lewis the $500 certificate to Ken K Thompson in Bemidji; David Bakke the $100 certifiate to Neil’s Quality Meats in McIntosh; Abbi Moy $100 cash; Kailey Klema the $100 certificate to Neil’s Quality Meats in McIntosh and Arick Bjerklie $100 in cash. The winners did not have to be present to win.