25 Years Ago – October 11, 2001
As the forklift brought up the last giant pumpkin to be weighed, none waited with greater anticipation than Don Young. He thought he might have a record breaker on his hands. He had won the last two Harvest Bash Giant6 Pumpkin weigh offs and was destined to win his third with this year’s entry. He holds the Iowa State record set in 2007 at 1,662 pounds. When he was watching this pumpkin grow this …