It’s one big huge contest WHO HAS grown the biggest pumpkin in the Skeena’ Valley over the summer? Back in the spring, the Skeena Valley Fall Fair Asso- ' ciation and The Garden Shed invited gardeners to enter a special pumpkin growing contest in honour of Ter- race’s 75th anniversary. Judging takes place at this year’s fall fair inside the exhibit hall. Three members of the 75th anniversary committee will determine which pumpkins are prize-worthy. Entrants will compete in five categories — four deter- mined by age, There’s also an open division, No one knows how many pumpkins will be entered; organizers distributed 80 starter kits containing pumpkin seeds, fall fair president Barb Adams said, Entrants had to use a seed kil provided by the contest sponsors. The contestants grew the Big Moon variety, a pump- kin plant that can produce 100kg fruit weighing as much as The Big Moon variety was chosen for its shorter Dan and will be at FLARED NOSTRILS, tou- sled manes and digging hooves. It’s impossible not to get caught up in the frenzied excitement when the big horses start to grunt and snort as they bear down to make a big pull. That's why the crowds line up each year to watch the Heavy Horse Pull - one of the Skeena Valley Fall Fair’s premier events. The single horse pull will get underway Satur- day evening at around 6 p.m. The double horse pull runs Sunday afterncon starting at | p.m. ‘ “Everybody likes to see the big guys pull,” says Dean Sturko, one of the competitors and organizer of the event this year. His team of Tonka and Dan -—a pair of Belgian geldings that weigh in at close to 4,000 pounds — Tonka the fair will be one of several teams pulling, Sturko uses the working horses to haul logs on his property in New Remo. “I logged this spring with them for two to three months,” he says. “They like to pull.” In practice runs last week the pair pulled well over 6,000 pounds. But the best guess is that contenders will have to pull closer to 10,000 to win. ' Crucial to success is a good hook — attaching the team to the stone boat in a smooth motion. The stone boat is a metal sled dragged along the ground — named for similar sleds farmers use to clear fields of rock. “Every time you get hear a stone boat they get excited,” Sturko says of his horses. The sled has to move ad... growing cycle of 110 days, 10 fewer days than that: of its monstrous cousin, the Atlantic Giant. Adams said gardeners who started their plants indoors - or inside greenhouses likely have the advantage. Entries will be on display inside the exhibit hall, which opens its doors Saturday, once judging in all divi- sions has concluded. There is no fee to enter. Everyone who got an official starter kit has been au- tomatically entered into the contest, but people are still asked to register before fair day. Eighty kits in all were distributed, including to 21 students who were enrolled in Grade | teacher Pat Da- vidson’s class at Kiti K’Shan Primary. The class started the seeds in plastic cups, Children later transplanted any seedlings in their gardens at home. There’s also a pumpkin-pie eating contest and a pumpkin carving contest in front of the exhibit hall Sat- urday at 3 p.m., events thal mark another first for the Skeena Valiey Fall Fair, TONKA, They're practising for the fall fair heavy horse pull. left, with Dan and owner Dean Sturko. 14 feet continuously with- out stopping for the pull to be declared good. The pulling starts out at 1,000 pounds, but quickly grows. More concrete blocks ate added after each round, Sturko’s work with his team and his increasing experience may put him in better position this year, “I'm usually second last on the list,” he said. The single horse pull will get underway Satur- day evening at around 6 p.m. The double horse pull runs Sunday afternoon starting at | p.m. Sturko says they could also use more volunteers to help run the horse pull. 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