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The pies have it!
Oh what a sight! Contestants from the Slice of Life Pie Contest show off their entries. Dishes did not last long once the
serving began.
PHOTO BY DAVID WERNER What can we say, but: WOW. At 11 a.m. on
Ginny Roberts, winner of Best in Show, was
presented with an engraved ceramic pie
plate for her prize-winning entry.
60 | SUNRAYS JUNE 2016
By Jaime Calder
PHOTO BY ANNE MARSHALL
CONTESTANTS
May 12, twenty-one incredible resident-
baked pies were presented at the Slice Carolyn D. Talamantes
of Life Pie Contest and Social, and in the blink Betty Obst
of an eye twenty-one empty pie pans were left Mary Jane Berry
as testament to the outstanding talent of all our Susan Krupp
contestants. Entries ran the gamut of flavors, Judy Truho
with pies featuring everything from cranberries Lona Bullin
to whiskey to locally-grown Schwegmann’s pecans. Ray Fulks
Our six official judges (non-residents, in the interest Nancy Neihart
of preventing bias) evaluated each pie based on Barbara Scott
appearance, flavor, crust quality and their overall Bonny Hodges
desire for more. The beauty of the pies even Bonnie Duffy
resulted in the addition of an extra award for Best Mary Fink
Presentation! It was a tight race, but in the end, our Claudia Ryner
judges declared five category winners, with Ginny Lydia Pierce
Roberts’ Coconut Cream Pie taking the top award Ginny Roberts
for Best in Show. With over 100 residents attending Jan Havens
the event, we were astonished when the Residents’ Polly Herriott
Choice voting resulted in a dead tie between Mary Sue Loy
Fink’s Strawberry Rhubarb Pie and Polly Herriott’s Lynn Finch
Key Lime Pie with Shortbread and Pecan Crust. Herman Knodel
Congratulations to our winners, and a tremendous Imogene “Jean” Wall
thank you to all our contestants for making this
event, truly, a little slice of Heaven.
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