A winning $6,500 bid on a pie contributed to the more than $70,000 raised over Heritage Week for R.J. Haney Heritage Village & Museum.
Heritage Week (Feb. 19 to 24) wrapped up last Saturday with several activities at the Mall at Piccadilly, where related exhibits celebrating the area鈥檚 history were on display. Saturday鈥檚 main event was the 28th annual Best of the Shuswap Pie Baking Contest, where participants submit their homemade apple, fruit or berry pies for judging.
The winner of this year鈥檚 contest was Yenny Connor with her apple pie. Coming in second place was Jeanette Gellein with another apple offering, a Granny Smith apple pie.
Third place honours went to Alyssa Halvorson for her 鈥渧ery berry鈥� pie.
鈥淎 heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated and entered a pie into this year鈥檚 competition!鈥� announced Haney in a social media post shared after the event.
鈥淵our creativity and talent made this event truly special. Also, a big shoutout to everyone who came out to support us 鈥� your enthusiasm added to the sweetness of the celebration.鈥�
As in past years, another highlight of Saturday was the pie auction 鈥� fetching the highest bid, $6,500, was a whiskey caramel apple pie created by Haney鈥檚 registrar of collections Erin Stodola.
Between the pie auction and Haney鈥檚 online auction, Haney general manager Susan Mackie said 鈥渏ust a hair over $70,000鈥� was raised. She said the money, 鈥渉elps us keep the lights on, and keeps us working here doing the stuff that we do taking care of the history of Salmon Arm, until we open our doors in May to the general public.鈥�
Regarding Heritage Week, Mackie said overall it was a was a great opportunity to raise awareness around local history and of R.J. Haney Heritage Village & Museum. 鈥淚f people haven鈥檛 been to Haney, they really should put us on their must do list,鈥� said Mackie, urging people to be on the lookout for some upcoming special announcements.
Located at 751 Hwy. 97B SE in Salmon Arm, the heritage village and museum opens May 15. The village offers numerous exhibits to explore 鈥� the Montebello Museum, the Sprig of Heather Restaurant, the Children鈥檚 Museum and Discovery Centre, trails and more.
