Photos: Giant gourds tip the scales at Pumpkinfest in Anamosa

Community members and visitors enjoyed giant pumpkins, a 5K race, and a car show as part of Pumpkinfest, Anamosa’s annual fall festival.

Anamosa wrestling team member Hudson Welton guides a pumpkin to the scale for pumpkin weigh-ins at the community center during the Anamosa Pumpkinfest in Anamosa on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

John Dirks, of Anamosa, brings in a pumpkin for the pumpkin weigh-ins at the community center during the Anamosa Pumpkinfest in Anamosa on Saturday. Dirks said he is known as the “Pumpkin Master” and has been volunteering at the Pumpkinfest for as long as he can remember. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Charlene George, of Anamosa, looks at the pumpkins inside the community center during the Anamosa Pumpkinfest in Anamosa on Saturday. George said she helped found the Pumpkinfest in 1990, a few years after the Ryan Norland Weighoffs began. She added that she’s always amazed when looking at the pumpkins’ weights. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Members of the Anamosa wrestling team, Cayden Rushford, Wes Wheeler, Rayce Gombert, Hudson Welton Hunter Campion, and their team members, push a pumpkin toward the display area at the community center during pumpkin weigh-ins at the Anamosa Pumpkinfest in Anamosa on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Pete Caspers, of Pulaski, gets the tape measure ready to measure pumpkins after they have been weighed at the community center during the Anamosa Pumpkinfest in Anamosa on Saturday. Caspers said they measure the pumpkins to see if the weight is expected for the size of the pumpkin, which determines how much the seeds will sell for and how likely the seeds will produce another big pumpkin. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Karla Schuff and Joel Schuff, of Cedar Rapids, look at the pumpkins inside the community center during the Anamosa Pumpkinfest in Anamosa on Saturday. The pumpkin they were looking at was from Niles Jacobson, of Stewartville, Minnesota, and weighed 1,426 pounds. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Community members run toward downtown Anamosa for the 5K during the Anamosa Pumpkinfest in Anamosa on Saturday. The Pumpkinfest is a one-day festival featuring events such as the giant pumpkin weigh-off, pumpkin roll, and pumpkin carving. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Nicole Baker, of Cedar Rapids, cheers on community members running in the 5K during the Anamosa Pumpkinfest in Anamosa on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Carter Lowe, of Anamosa, shines his dad’s 1971 Dodge Dart before the classic car show during the Anamosa Pumpkinfest in Anamosa on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)