The Pro One Stop’s Giant Pumpkin does it again | Brockville Recorder & Times

STIRLING – Along with trick-or-treating, haunted houses, ghosts and goblins, jack-o’-lanterns and the occasional scary story, there is one more Halloween event that has become somewhat of a tradition in the village of Stirling over the past few years. And that is the fun-filled “Guess The Weight of The Giant Pumpkin” contest/fundraiser held annually at the Pro One Stop convenience store in the weeks leading up to Halloween. It was Mike Kerby of Kerby Hollow Farms who first proposed the idea to Min and Julie Yoo, owners and operators of the popular convenience store. “Since we always seem to grow a few of these enormous pumpkins each year, I suggested we organize a 50/50 contest with half of the proceeds going to support the Stirling Food Bank,” explained Kerby, “and we would donate the gia