Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Oregon man wins Half Moon Bay pumpkin contest

Thad Starr of Pleasant Hill, Ore., won the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Monday for the second straight year, besting his own record for heaviest pumpkin.

Starr's lumpy, 1,528-pound gourd dominated a field of pumped-up pumpkins during the weigh-off's 35th annual competition, garnering $9,158 in prize money for the stay-at-home dad and his family.

Starr's winning pumpkin was four pounds heavier than his champion pumpkin in 2007 and was grown from the seeds of that pumpkin, a mother-daughter relationship Starr described as key to his success.

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