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- ↑ "Ric Griffith". Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature . Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ↑ "West Virginia House of Delegates". www.wvlegislature.gov.
- ↑ "Ric Griffith's Biography". The Voter's Self Defense System – Vote Smart.
- ↑ "W.Va. House 19 candidate: Ric Griffith (D)". The Herald-Dispatch.
- ↑ "Kenova's Pumpkin House". www.wvculture.org.
- ↑ Pennell, Julie (September 26, 2019). "This house in West Virginia displays 3,000 carved pumpkins every year!". Today . Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ↑ Creasy, Luke (July 29, 2020). "Pumpkin House tradition won't end, owner says, but display was 'too risky' because of virus". The Coal Valley News . Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ↑ Ward, Lee (October 23, 2020). "Lighting up Halloween — Pumpkin House owner hopes wife is right: 'If you carve them, they will come'". The Daily Independent . Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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