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Week No. 3 pumpkin found by former Qualex processing plant

Julie Vigallon, 13, and sister Madison, 9, brought in last week’s $100 pumpkin from the Manteca Bulletin’s Great Pumpkin Hunt.


POSTED October 26, 2012 11:39 p.m.



John Vigallon found last week’s Great Pumpkin Hunt pumpkin in the landing at the former Qualex building owned by the City of Manteca at 555 Industrial Park Drive.

He used a flashlight to locate the pumpkin in the predawn hours to secure the $100 prize from the Manteca Bulletin.

A fourth pumpkin was hidden last night while a bonus pumpkin hunt will appear in Wednesday’s Bulletin on Halloween.

The clues from Week No. 4:

• This used to be a Kodak moment. - This refers to the former Qualex building at 555 Industrial Park Drive that processed film for years as a division of Kodak.

• An industrious location. - A reference to the building being within the Manteca Industrial park.

• Police plans didn’t develop. - The City of Manteca had planned to convert the building to a police station after they purchased it but a change in state rules requiring any new police stations to have a holding facility staffed 24/7 which would have added $600,000 a year to the city’s budget prompted the project to be scrapped.

Oct. 26, 2012 11:39p.m. EDT Week No. 3 pumpkin found by former Qualex processing plant Manteca Bulletin

John Vigallon found last week’s Great Pumpkin Hunt pumpkin in the landing at the former Qualex building owned by the City of Manteca at 555 Industrial Park Drive.

He used a flashlight to locate the pumpkin in the predawn hours to secure the $100 prize from the Manteca Bulletin.

A fourth pumpkin was hidden last night while a bonus pumpkin hunt will appear in Wednesday’s Bulletin on Halloween.

The clues from Week No. 4:

• This used to be a Kodak moment. - This refers to the former Qualex building at 555 Industrial Park Drive that processed film for years as a division of Kodak.

• An industrious location. - A reference to the building being within the Manteca Industrial park.

• Police plans didn’t develop. - The City of Manteca had planned to convert the building to a police station after they purchased it but a change in state rules requiring any new police stations to have a holding facility staffed 24/7 which would have added $600,000 a year to the city’s budget prompted the project to be scrapped.

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