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Fall family fun: A roundup of pumpkins patches, mazes and more
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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
Fall family fun: A roundup of pumpkins patches, mazes and more
- By ERIN ANDERSEN / Lincoln Journal Star
- Sep 24, 2009
- Sep 24, 2009
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A large pumpkin waits for the 2008 season to begin at Roca Berry Farm in this photo taken last September. The farm is one of several family-friendly options now opening in the region. (Journal Star file photo) ERIN DUERR
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By ERIN ANDERSEN / Lincoln Journal Star
There is barely that nip in the air, yet fall is upon us in all of its pumpkin-shaped, corn maze and haunted-house glory.
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