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Kennewick's Giant Pumpkin Man

Woody — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:45:49 +0000

Halloween's over, but a Kennewick man still smiles at giant carved faces in his colossal home grown pumpkins!

20 Halloween Pumpkin Fails

Bonnie Biess — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:29:23 +0000

Between your foolproof stencil of Justin Bieber‘s face and an endless supply of premium 99 cent carving tools, you probably envisioned yourself minutes away from that dreamy pop star pumpkin glowing all over your neighbors’ jealous faces. What could go wrong? Everything. One false measurement, too many slices, a couple spilled pumpkin ales and your [...]

Giving Pumpkins to Eastgate Has Gone to the Dogs

Greg DeLange — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:35:51 +0000

A couple weeks ago KORD asked the community to help replace Eastgate Elementary’s pumpkins. One donation from a dog brought community service full circle. If you don’t remember, a thief stole over a dozen pumpkins from a Kindergarten class’s garden. The kids had planted them last March to harvest this fall. After the story was [...]

HURRAY for Pumpkin Donations!

Pasha Skirko — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:02:58 +0000

Yesterday on air, Paul talked about how the garden of Eastgate Elementary in Kennewick was raided and asked the public to donate pumpkins to the kindergarteners who lost their large Halloween pumpkins. Here’s Who Donated: Workers at Bellinger Farms of Hermiston The owner of Sandstone Cafe in Kennewick, James Ortego, and his friends donated 18 pumpkins Sakesman for Logan-Zenner [...]

Give Back Eastgate Elementary's Kindergarten Pumpkins!

Paul Drake — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:05:55 +0000

Sometime over the weekend someone stole pumpkins and ripe tomatoes from a garden at Kennewick's Eastgate Elementary maintained by the Kindergarten class for a science project. The garden was planted LAST MARCH and they kids were looking forward to harvest time! About 14 pumpkins were stolen and, according to a teacher, they were BIG! Give back the pumpkins!

Heaviest Pumpkin Ever Nets Man $15,000

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:10:07 +0000

Ron Wallace was able to grow a pumpkin to 2,009 pounds. And now the Greene, RI man is $15,500 richer for it. The gigantic gourd took top weight prize at theÂ Topsfield Fair in Rhode Island, netting Wallace $5,500. Then he got an additional $10,000 for passing the one ton (2,000 pound) mark. On top of [...]

Best Pumpkin Patches in the Tri-Cities

Pasha Skirko — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:18:01 +0000

With the help of our Facebook followers, we’ve compiled a detailed list and map of pumpkin patches in and near the Tri-Cities.

Show Us Your Tubers! Giant Pumpkins And Spuds! OH My! [Photos] [Video]

Big Bear — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:14:53 +0000

You have your secret stash of seeds that nobody can get their hands on? Do ou go out in the middle of the night and nurture your plants & vines so that you can have the blue ribbon at the state fair! Well maybe not…sometimes it’s an accident. Like my buddy Andrew Hatch here with a [...]