We were asked to help out with a local pumpkin festival several years ago. The festival was raising money for a new community building. Mike Cowden, owner of Cowden’s Auto Body Inc., challenged locals to build air cannons to shoot pumpkins. The goal, of course, is to see who can chunk a pumpkin the farthest.
We lived up to the challenge and built the first cannon in 2008. Our team name became, ‘Can’t Fix Stupid’.
In 2010, we built a second cannon — for our wives. We named it ‘Wicked Wives’.
It’s been a lot of fun over the years. There are pumpkin chunking festivals all over the area now — Girard and Morton are just a few.
Come watch, or build your own cannon. We welcome everyone.
