NEIA Pie Championships benefit DAV

The Hamre Giesen Chapter of Disabled American Veterans (DAV) hosted its second annual Northeast Iowa Pie Championships Sunday, January 31 at the Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank Community Room, with a “celebrity” pie-eating contest part of that event. This year’s pie-eating contest winner, KNEI Radio morning personality Erik Kelly finished eating his vanilla cream pie a split second ahead of last year’s champion, Sandy Halverson of the S&D Cafe, to claim this year’s crown. Pictured below, left to right, are this year’s pie-eating contestants in action: Tyler Halverson of Epic Wear and the Waukon Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Erik Kelly of KNEI Radio, Jean Brink of the Allamakee County Veterans Commission and Queen Jean Quilting, and Sandy Halverson of S&D Cafe. The funds raised from additional activities at the event, such as a pie judging contest, pie auction and pie bingo, benefited the Hamre Giesen Chapter of the Disabled American Veterans.