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1,700-pound pumpkin wins Half Moon Bay weigh-off

Monday, October 10, 2011
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HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- A winner has been announced after a morning-long pumpkin weigh-off at the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival.

Leonardo Urena, of Napa, grew a 1,704-pound pumpkin, festival spokesman Tim Beeman said.

Urena will receive a $6-per-pound prize for his pumpkin, totaling $10,224 in prize money, plus a $1,000 prize for having grown the heaviest pumpkin in the state of California, Beeman said.

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