Rantoul Village Administrator Scott Eisenhauer said event officials are scheduled to tour the site at the National Aviation Center on June 8. He said both sides are almost positive the championship will be moving to Rantoul. RANTOUL — Morton calls itself the "pumpkin capital of the world." Rantoul might become the pumpkin-launching capital of the world. The World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association announced this week on its website that the event, founded in 1986, would be moving from Delaware to the grounds of the former Chanute Air Force Base in November. read more