Natalie Rinda selects a pumpkin at the Grace Pumpkin Patch in Cape Girardeau. In its 15th year, the patch at Broadway and Caruthers Avenue began with 2,000 pumpkins shipped from the Navajo reservation in Farmington, New Mexico. Grace United Methodist Church keeps a percentage of sales, with which it supports various church missions.
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