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Friday, May 23, 2008
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Big Kahuna 26
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Ontario, Canada.
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So large is this throng that today from a mere humble beginning near the birthplace of Canada’s most famous “Golden Pond” and the beginnings of our beloved sport of hockey did this man create another. The sport of growing Giant Pumpkins was born right from his hands and transferred down to each of us. Pondering this it is easy to wander down to a time past all of the web sites, the clubs, the governing bodies, the fund raisers, the conventions, the gatherings at patch tours and all of the competitions and regattas to an era when it was just Howard and his dirt. If you could close your eyes and consume the pumpkin world in a flash back you would find Mr. Howard Dill peering over the patch in wonderment at what he had created.
It is truly an amazing story of how such a simple seed produced such a long time ago in Windsor, Nova Scotia, became such a success for a man of such humble quality. The never ending story begins each year at this time for most of us as we begin to dream the dream that Howard spawned so many years ago. This remarkable Canadian leaves us now with tremendous memories and seed bank full of wonderful Orange shimmering fruit. To the father of my favorite pastime, I say thanks and goodbye not with sorrow but with glee and hope of the big one to come.
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