Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 6 22 POTATO GROWER The 51st annual Potato Bowl week was held September 12th through the 17th. The week was full of events celebrat- ing the potato and football. The week ended with the foot- ball game on Saturday between the University of North Dakota and South Dakota State University. Monday kicked off the week with the Hugo’s Plinko Contest. Tuesday, there was a potato chip giveaway held at the Scheels store in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was a huge success with Scheels handing out many bags of potato chips. Then on Wednesday the Hugo’s Potato Bowl Golf Scramble was held at Valley Golf Course in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. There were 33 teams at this year’s event. It was a beautiful day with a high around 70 degrees, perfect golf- ing weather. The team of Dale Ebensteiner, Seth Nelson, Steve Grabar, and Bob Pannkuk won the tournament with a score of 59. Thursday evening was the J. R. Simplot French Fry Feed held in University Park. Thousands of people attended with the intention of breaking the world record set last year of 5,220 pounds of French Fries eaten. We were unsuccessful (Continued on page 25) 2016 Potato Bowl USA UND Booster Lowell Schwiegert presents a signed game ball to Potato Bowl Grand Marshal, Tom Campbell. Thousands of people lined the streets of downtown Grand Forks and East Grand Forks to watch the Potato Bowl parade.