Representative Don Young
WAP2001103086 - 30 OCTOBER 2001 - WASHINGTON, D.C. USA: Representative Don Young (R-AK) of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee makes a point October 30, 2001 during a press conference on Capitol Hill outlining the "The Secure Transportation for America Act of 2001 bill. rw/Ricardo Watson. UPI
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HALF MOON BAY, Calif., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- An Iowa man's 1,658-pound pumpkin was the winner -- and record-setter -- at the 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in California.
Don Young, 45, of Des Moines was awarded $9,948 for topping pumpkins entered by 60 growers from California, Washington and Oregon at Monday's competition in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
Event organizers said Young's pumpkin, dubbed the "Monster from the Midway," crushed every giant pumpkin record in the state. It will be displayed at the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival during the weekend.
While a gargantuan gourd, indeed, Young's plump pumpkin would not have made the grade at this month's Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh-In where Nick and Christy Harp of Jackson Township near Massillon beat all comers wit the 1,725-pound pumpkin they grew, WJW-TV in Cleveland reported at the time. |
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Republican Rep. Don Young and Gov. Sean Parnell won in Alaska Tuesday, but the outcome of the U.S. Senate race remained in doubt, returns showed.
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HALF MOON BAY, Calif., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- An Iowa man's 1,658-pound pumpkin was the winner -- and record-setter -- at the 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in California.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, is moving to oust two opponents from committee leadership posts, Republican Party sources say.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Veteran Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, edged Democratic state Rep. Ethan Berkowitz to keep the seat in Congress he has held since 1973.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Alaska's lone member of the U.S. House, Rep. Don Young, narrowly won the Republican primary in his home state, a protracted vote count showed.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 23 (UPI) -- Oil reserves in the Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would have a minor impact on the price of crude oil, a government report said.
WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate leaders want Congress to take a look at a questionable earmark that Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, once inserted into a funding bill.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, spent more than $1.1 million from campaign funds to help fend off Justice Department investigations, a federal document showed.
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