WVOL Simulator at Pumpkin Festival

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West Virginia Operation Lifesaver presenters took the Big Red Bus and the Locomotive Simulator to the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival in Milton in October. The four day event, which draws thousands of people from several states, was another successful outing for WVOL. According to WVOL State Coordinator, John Perry, "We always make a tremendous amount of contacts here. This was our fifth year at this festival, and it gets better each year."
Each year on Thursday and Friday, the festival hosts thousands of school children from several counties. The children get to enjoy the event, and each child receives a pumpkin to paint and decorate for the pumpkin painting contest.
The festival also hosts the big pumpkin contest, and this year's winner weighed in at 1192 pounds.
Many WVOL presenters helped with the event. "It takes a lot of people to work something of this size, and our presenters showed up in force." said Perry.

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Getting Ready --
WVOL presenters (from left) Steve Ramsey, John McPhail, Errin Jewell, Don Maxwell and Ross Dye prepare for the thousands of school children on opening day.

Mail Gate--
WVOL's Sly Fox greets festival goers as they enter the West Virginia Pumpkin Festival.

Simulator--
Roger Lipscomb gives directions to the engineer at the console of the locomotive simulator as students observe.

Hat Folding --
It takes a lot of paper engineer hats for the nearly 8,000 school children who attend the festival on Thursday and Friday.

Engineer Hat ? ---
Errin Jewell shows a paper engineer hat to prospective hat wearers on Thursday.

Sizing Hats ---
Mark Woosley sizes and put hats on some of the thousands of school children who attended the event.

Locomotive Simulator -
Roger Lipscomb watches as the engineer (teacher) operates the WVOL train as conductors (students) watch.

Make It Fit --
Ross Dye adjusts a paper engineer hat for one of the many school children at the festival. WVOL presenters folded and sized over 6,000 hats during the four days.

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The Great Pumpkin --
Sly Fox poses with the winner of the big pumpkin contest. The pumpkin weighed in at 1192 pounds.