Husband, wife take top spots at International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in SW Michigan
By APSaturday, July 3, 2010
Husband, wife win at pit spitting in SW Michigan
EAU CLAIRE, Mich. — A husband and wife took top honors for the second straight year at the annual cherry pit spitting competition in southwestern Michigan.
Rick “Pellet Gun” Krause, of Tuba City, Ariz., spit a pit 51 feet, 3 inches Saturday for his 16th win at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship. Organizers say Krause entered on a motorcycle, dropped to his knees in the spitter’s box and ejected the winning pit.
His wife, Marlene, took first place in the women’s contest, spitting a pit 34 feet, 6 inches. It was her seventh win.
The Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm, just north of the Indiana border, hosts the event. Orchard owner Herb Teichman launched the competition as a lark 37 years ago, but it now attracts competitors from the U.S. and beyond.
Online:
Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm: www.treemendus-fruit.com
