Cabbage king

Photos by J. David McChesney/Frontiersman

Above: Scott Robb holds his first-place ribbon after winning the annual Alaska State Fair giant cabbage weigh-off and the $1,000 prize for “Post Office”, his 84.2-pound entry. Robb is the record-holder with a 2012 entry of 138.25 pounds. Paul Dinkle, right, 8, competed in the adult category and placed second with the 80.7-pound entry.“Toothless,” Brian Shunskis, of Salcha, left, won third place with “Burbot” at 79 pounds. Right: Sarah Sperry, Alaska Weights and Measures Inspector, works with students of the Colony Jr. ROTC to load cabbages onto the scales in the Craig Taylor Equipment Farm Exhibits barn.