Will records be shattered? Legends made?

Either way, you can bet the crowd will be cheering for all who bring their enormous produce to the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off in an effort to be crowned king this evening.

From 6-9 p.m. today, one of the most unusual traffic jams you will ever see will form on North Chestnut Street in Barnesville as growers wait their turn to place their prized pumpkins on the scale. Trucks and trailers loaded with gigantic gourds will pull in one after another to allow a heavy equipment operator to scoop up the cream of their crop and place it down gently on Main Street to be weighed.

“Let’s make this weigh-off one for the history books!” The Barnesville Pumpkin Festival Committee urges in its annual publication that outlines all that the four-day event has to offe

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