ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/TIMES NEWS Nearly 300 pumpkins laid strewn in front of the Rush Elementary School recently during the Tamaqua Elementary Parent Teacher Organization's (TEPTO)annual pumpkin patch hunt. Students were given the opportunity to walk through the patch as they select their own pumpkin to decorate. TEPTO and event volunteers stated their appreciations to the school district, teachers, kindergarten captains, room moms, parents and sponsors. Students search for their own special pumpkin to decorate.