Benny Rosichn of Columbus looks for the Great Pumpkin in the pumpkin patch at the Landrum United Methodist Church on Saturday, Oct. 28. (photos by Catherine Hunter)

LANDRUM – The Landrum United Methodist Church brought in 1,200 pumpkins from Mexico to sell as a fundraiser for local missions. John Kylin, who has run the pumpkin patch for the last three years, said the pumpkins arrived on Oct. 7 and by the Saturday before Halloween, they had only 400 left.

“We’ll send any left over to a local hog farm, so nothing will go to waste,” said Kylin.