There is a photo of one of the first times Torey Smith entered a restaurant kitchen. At the time, he wasn’t thinking, “I’d like to run one of these someday.”He wasn’t cooking the food or serving customers.Leanne Koeneman of Churubusco, Lorraine Warner of Huntertown and Mary Ashton of Huntertown were named pie-contest champions at the Allen County Fair, the county extension office has announced.
Koeneman was named single crust pie champion for "Apple Bada-Bing Pie." Sallie Corbat of Fort Wayne was reserve champion.
Warner was named double crust pie champion for "Cherry Blueberry Pie." Rita Griffith of Churubusco was reserve champion.
Ashton was named lattice crust pie champion for "Hoosier Berry Pie." Ann Hoffman of New Haven was reserve champion.
The 16 pies auctioned produced $355.50 to fund building projects at the fair.
