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Huntington attorney Paul Farrell, left, was the top bidder for the two biggest pumpkins during the final day at the 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. Auctioneer Ronald Morrison, of Milton, helps bring in Farrell's final bid as Pumpkin Festival president Bill Kelley encourages him.

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Mark Winnell (Cherokee name Wo-di-ge-A-s-go-li) looks on as his 3-year-old grandson Hunter Winnell (Cherokee name Luga Vula) participates is some drumming as part of the Cherokee-Shawnee encampment at the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival Sunday.

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Emily Blessing, 2, of Charleston, picks out a little pumpkin at the Halfway Market booth at the 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.

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Suzanne Tewawine makes fry bread as part of the encampment portion of the 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.

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"Fire," Bill Pleau announces as he and other members of the 5th Virginia Company G Civil War re-enactors take aim in the encampment area of the 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.

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Hand-dipped candles were one of the many hands-on activities in the encampment portion of the 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton Sunday.

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Lincoln County High School FFA members Ethan Brogan, left, and Brian Ferguson prepare sorghum as part of the group's project -- which included growing the sorghum through processing it and selling it -- at the 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.

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Steve Wooten and Katline Brogan, a Lincoln County High School FFA member, cook sorghum as part of the group's project -- which included growing the sorghum through processing it and selling it -- at the 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.

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Charles Bradley, also know as "Scrap Iron Charlie," demonstrates during the final day of the 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.

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Pictured is a closer view of the fine workmanship of blacksmith Charles Bradley, also known as "Scrap Iron Charlie," as he demonstrates during the final day of the 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.

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Auctioneer Ronald Morrison, of Glenwood, makes the call for the auction of the big pumpkins during the final day of the 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.

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West Virginia Pumpkin Festival queen Stacey Gleason, 20, tries her hand at auctioneering, with a little help from professional auctioneer Ronald Morrison and his 4-year-old granddaughter Jaysa Wilson during the big pumpkin auction Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 at the festival.

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West Virginia Pumpkin Festival queen Stacey Gleason, 20, tries her hand at auctioneering, with a little help from professional auctioneer Ronald Morrison and his 4-year-old granddaughter Jaysa Wilson during the big pumpkin auction Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 at the festival.

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Toril Lavender/For The Herald-Dispatch

Auctioneer Ronald Morrison, of Glenwood, makes the call for the auction of the big pumpkins during the final day of the 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.

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Toril Lavender/For The Herald-Dispatch

The 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton concluded Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.

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Toril Lavender/For The Herald-Dispatch

The 23rd annual West Virginia Pumpkin Festival at West Virginia Pumpkin Park in Milton concluded Sunday.

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