The North Harrison Pops & Pie Concert raised over $9,660 Saturday, which may have been a record. The figure does not include money raised from the supper, the silent auction, and from private donations. The proceeds go towards the expenses of the North Harrison Band. The band received a lot of honors this year, and will perform at the State Basketball Tournament on March 14th. Two local bands will perform; the Northeast Nodaway band will also perform there this year.
The band is under the direction of Ted Keck. This year will be his last year directing the band.
In the pie contest portion, Abbey Hoffman won the cream pie division, the chocolate peanut butter pie portion, and the overall contest.
A strawberry pie made by Monica Wilson went for $130, but then Bill Wyant bid $200 on a gooseberry pie, one of his favorites. Many of the pies auctioned off were made by students, and Jaxcynn Hansel’s peanut butter pie with for $210. That was soon eclipsed by a coconut cream pie that went for $275, and then Colton Hartschen’s pie went for $750, a figure that stood up for a long time.
Two subsequent pies went for $275 and another went for $375, but normally, the bidding dies down at the end of the auction. But as the bidding came to a close, all of a sudden, another pie went for $600. Finally, Kynsleigh Utley’s pie, the third to last pie, went for $850 for the pie that went for the most money. The final pie was also the most unique, a caramel turtle pie, that went for $600.
The auction has yet to sell a $1,000 pie, but it came close several times. Dick Crabtree, the auctioneer, who donated his services, proved to be a master of talking people out of their money, digging deep into their pickets, and squeezing out one more bid.
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