Giant Pumpkin Contest Winner

St. Joseph Island resident grows Giant Pumpkin; entries increase in New Liskeard

Siegfried (Siggy) Hecker proudly displays his 462 pound giant pumpkin.

Desbarats Farmers’ Market, was one of four weigh-in centres for Northern Ontario Agri-Food Education & Marketing Inc.’s Giant Pumpkin Contest. The Farmers’ Market, participating for the second year, only had one entry but it proved to be a winner. Siegfried (Siggy) Hecker, of R.R. 1, Richards Landing on St. Joseph’s Island brought in a pumpkin weighing 462 pounds.
New Liskeard Fall Fair, also taking part for the second year, had a huge increase over 2008, with 16 entries total. Including in these entries was the second largest pumpkin (258 pounds) which belonged to Hal Brown, RR 1, New Liskeard. New Liskeard Fall Fair also held a Pumpkin Baking Contest in conjunction with Pumpkin which was won by Brittany Burrows with delicious Pumpkin Muffins. Certificates were issued in the Youth Category for Grand Champion – 101 pounds (Bethany Brown); First Runner-Up (Cassidy Wright); Second Runner-Up (Spencer Francouer), and Third Runner-Up (Sarah Maguire); Smallest (Hanna Hearn); Yellowest (Ella Caldwell); Greenest (Brittany Burrows); Most Perfect Shape (Monica Bedard) and Oddest Shape (Brydon Burrows).
At Anderson’s Farm Museum, Lively, Ryan Marcotte had the biggest pumpkin and the most perfect. Oddest and second smallest went to Reese Marcotte while Allie had the smallest.
The fourth weigh-in station was Central Manitoulin Public School Fall Fair.