Odds and Ends – Cabbage, Landfill, Venom and Mud.
Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 4, 2009 · 94 Comments
Pass the Slaw! Those long summer days always make the giant vegetable exhibit at the Alaska State Fair interesting. This year was even more exciting than usual…if you consider staring at giant vegetables exciting. A world record green cabbage tipped the scales at 125.9 pounds, with a 21-inch diameter head, and a leaf span of about 5 feet. In the shadow of the giant cabbage was another world record breaker, an 82.9 pound rutabega. Dump da Dump Dump… The City of Emmonak is about to receive a $3.2 million loan and a $1.4 million grant from stimulus money to construct…
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