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- Pumpkin_roll abstract "HistoryThe "Pumpkin Roll" began as a class prank undertaken by the Chagrin Falls High School class of 1969. The students took 69 pumpkins and rolled them down Grove Hill (part of Main Street in Chagrin Falls). The two conductors of this prank were Steve and Allen Leach. Big help was received from classmate Alvin "Beanie" Smith, as he was the main transport for the squashes as he owned a dump truck. The Leaches's younger brother and many of his classmates from the class of 1971, advanced and continued the movement. Students from the class of 1972 and 1973 collected pumpkins typically no smaller than a basketball and dumped them out of the backs of their cars and watch them roll down the steep hill. The class of 1976 dumped around 900 pumpkins.[citation needed]These students started a tradition that has been carried for over 42 years since. According to the de facto rules of the event, it is planned largely by the senior class of Chagrin Falls High School, with help from the juniors. The event is held on a day determined by the upperclassmen of Chagrin Falls High School. No other students are supposed to participate. As a result, the Pumpkin Roll has become a bonding experience for the junior and senior classes. They traditionally smash open the pumpkins and slide down the hill on a chosen night around Halloween. The event initially began as a "dump and run" operation but has currently evolved into a much more elaborate setup as students sled down the hills on recycling bins, baby pools, and other objects that could be used as sleds. Police interference has had little effect over the years (apart from the 1982 tear gas incident). Without fail, the event ends with some, often minor, injuries to some participants.[citation needed]Pumpkins are typically stolen from houses surrounding the area. Juniors and seniors go out the nights before the actual event to steal them. This act has been dubbed by the locals as "pumpkining". When caught pumpkining, students have been charged with counts of theft. As of October 2005, the classes of 2006 and 2007 hold the record for most pumpkins used, an estimated 2,000 pumpkins thrown down Grove Hill the night of the roll. The current record for largest pumpkin stolen is held by a pumpkin weighing in at 776.5 pounds. The pumpkin was stolen by Juniors at the time, all from the class of 2009.[citation needed]As of late, the Pumpkin Roll has created and maintained a strong connection with underage drinking and marijuana use. A large party is usually held beforehand at a barn where all the pumpkins are collected, before charging the hill.[citation needed]During the Pumpkin Roll of 2008, Solon resident Robert Bowen was talking with a police officer when he was struck from behind by a sled travelling down the hill. Bowen fell, hitting his head on the concrete, and had to be transported to a hospital. The incident left him unconscious, on life support. This was expected to affect the future of the Pumpkin Roll, though there proved to be no changes the following years.[citation needed]The class of 2012's Roll had no arrests and no injuries, a feat compared to Rolls of years prior.[citation needed]".
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- Pumpkin_roll comment "HistoryThe "Pumpkin Roll" began as a class prank undertaken by the Chagrin Falls High School class of 1969. The students took 69 pumpkins and rolled them down Grove Hill (part of Main Street in Chagrin Falls). The two conductors of this prank were Steve and Allen Leach. Big help was received from classmate Alvin "Beanie" Smith, as he was the main transport for the squashes as he owned a dump truck.".
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