Pumpkins Plummet: Event raises money for fireworks and Brett Thoft Memorial Foundation
A plane-borne pumpkin plummets to earth Saturday, as volunteers race out to see where it landed during the Pumpkin Drop. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)
Pumpkin painters Silas Baird and Rebecca Higley wield brushes during Pumpkin Drop festivities at the St. Ignatius Airport. More than 70 pumpkins were put to use during the fundraiser.
Runa and Oriah Caye and Dalton Plimmer had the best view around of Saturday's Pumpkin Drop at the St. Ignatius Airport. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)
Out of the dense blue sky, a small plane appeared, aiming for a chalked grid on the runway of the St. Ignatius Airport. As it approached, a pumpkin fell, smashing somewhere on the grid (or occasionally, beyond), earning cheers from onlookers and, for at least one of them, $250 per flyover...
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