Hope Native Wins South Dakota Contest With Giant Pumpkin

Hope native Tamra Jackson-Ziems and her husband Larry saw their 1,275 pound pumpkin won the 13th Annual Great Downtown Pumpkin Festival weigh-off this past Saturday in Rapid City, South Dakota.  Jackson-Niems and her husband live in Nebraska where she is a college professor.  Her husband is a farmer.  She is a 1992 graduate of Hope High.  You can follow the Ziems’ efforts on facebook at Cra Z Pumpkins.