It may not be the Great Pumpkin, but one hoisted onto a desk at the Haines School library Monday is the biggest pumpkin seen around here in a long time.

Students coming in to check out books at first don’t believe it’s real, said librarian Leigh Horner. The gourd that measures about 27 inches tall and 70 inches in girth left students in Mark Fontenot’s science class slack-jawed Monday. “Wow. You could make a ton…