When he co-founded Port Elgin’s Pumpkinfest in 1986, Doug Court never expected the event would become the community-wide celebration it is today, he said. Article content

As Saugeen Shores prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of the event on Oct. 4 and 5, Court credited the entire region with helping Pumpkinfest to grow and thrive for so long now. Article content

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“The community and the area, including other parts of Southwestern Ontario, embraced the unique hobby of growing giant vegetables,” Court said on Thursday. “Sometimes now when I walk down main street I see people who were little kids back then and they say, ‘Hey Mr. Court I remember when you brought your first pumpkin and I was only five or six.’ Some of those people are now volunteers.”

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