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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2013
1,000 pound pumpkin tips the scales
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Dave Chan says switch to organics allowed his pumpkins to mushroom
by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter Sept. 30 was supposed to be a day of celebration for the Richmond School District. On that day, the subjects were supposed to be removed from Polygon’s offer to purchase the former Steveston Secondary School site on No. 2 Road. Plans were in place to call a press conference to mark the occasion. But it turns out, the deal was pulled off the table by Polygon, and the subjects to the multi-million dollar deal were not removed, according to Richmond Board of Education chair Donna Sargent. That was two Mondays ago, but hope isn’t lost, Sargent said. The two sides are currently in negotiations, with an answer expected by the next board meeting, on Monday, Oct. 21. The deal was in jeopardy and still is, Sargent said, who added that she remains “very hopeful.” Asking if city rezoning was at the heart of the problem, Sargent said rezoning was not the hurdle. But she was reluctant to disclose too much about the issue, out of respect for the ongoing discussions. She also wouldn’t disclose the financial terms of the deal, or what precisely will be built on the site. A spokesperson from Polygon could not be reached for comment by The Review’s press time Tuesday.
by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter
Ted Newell photo Richmond’s Dave Chan and his granddaughter Hana, 7, proudly display their winning 1,043 pound entry at the site of the giant-pumpkin contest at Aldor Acres in Langley.
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Richmond’s Dave Chan hasn’t gotten to the point of naming his pumpkins, referring to them only as his babies. Last weekend, all three of his babies came out winners, including at the giant-pumpkin contest at Aldor Acres in Langley, with the biggest of the bunch tipping the scales at 1,043 pounds and earning firstplace. A first-time winner, Chan said his previously largest pumpkin was just 848 pounds. The secret behind the 200-pound improvement? Organics, obviously. Chan previous used off-the-shelf inorganic fertilizers to feed his Atlantic Giant variety of pumpkin, first developed by Canadian Howard Dill some four decades ago. “From there, the whole hobby has mushroomed,” Chan said. This year, he “threw more money at it,” he said, using soil analysis to determine what was deficient in his pumpkin patch at his Fedoruk Road home.
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