Dewitt Man Wins Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off

A Dewitt man is this year’s winner of the Illinois Giant Pumpkin Growers Association’s Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off.  Henry Bartimus came in first place yesterday with a 16-hundred-73 pound pumpkin.  His gourd outweighed other contestants by 17 pounds.  He plans to tour other farms with his award-winning pumpkin this month.