Marcia Hilton of Norway uses a power drill with a special attachment Wednesday afternoon to gut pumpkins at McLaughlin Garden. The pumpkins are  for the Jack O’Lantern Spectacular from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 97 Main St. in Paris. Hilton said she and others are gutting between 500 and 600 pumpkins in the next few days for carving. (Matthew Daigle/Sun Journal)