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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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Brooks B
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Ohio
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Lost one of my best friends in the whole world last night to cancer . He loved going to the weigh offs and never stopped talking about meeting all the growers at them and at Niagara. I never will forget how he talked about how pumpkin growers are the nicest group of people he has ever been around.
He had his favorite growers that he followed like other people follow there best player on a football team..
He was a real big fan of Joe Jutras even though he just met joe for a brief instance at Niagra, and ever since he grew his 1385 seed to 102 lb his only year growing, he always talked about that 1385 seed and how he was going to find another seed and grow it. But deep down I knew that it wasn't going to happen because how sick he had been for the last couple years, and he would always would ask me have you heard how Joe Jutras is doing this year? How come he never posts a diary,,lol
He also was a big fan of Doc Liggett who called Dad up on the phone last spring when he was first diagnosed with cancer, not even knowing Dad personally and invited him to his patch, Dad never did stop talking about him ether after Doc showed him around his patch.
And of course he liked Dave Stelts alot also, which every time I would mention his name around him he would get a big smile on his face and talk about how funny that guy was, Dave really made my Dad smile and laugh, not only when he seen him but mostly when I would just mention his name and talk about him,my Dad and I always did get a kick out of Dave Stelts.
Other guys he also talked about was Tom Bohica and Dwane Perry,(and the list goes on) but them two guys really helped him out alot when Dad first started growing, and he really enjoyed going to Perrys web site and chat with them guys on the boards.
I really loved having a big one growing and watch Dad get all excited about it like a 5 year old kid,lol,,he really made the weigh offs and Niagara that much more special for me. I'm sure going to miss him.
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