Oct 22nd, 2018: It’s The Great Pumpkin, Linus

[Glinda]

As the first place winner, Wallace received an $8,518 check from the fair. Dan and Holly Boyce of Benson, Vermont, came in second place Friday with a 2,017.5-pound gourd, and received a $3,000 cash prize. Scott Marley, of Bellingham, placed third and received a $1,500 cash prize with his 1,846.5-pounder.

There is surely some signifigance to the first prize being $8518, but I can't figure out what it might be.

Maybe a random number picked from a hat?