Messenger photos Pat Donahue The first Prairie Township Community Center Thanksgiving Pie Bake-Off was held on Nov. 11. Contestants submitted pies in two categories – fruit pies and non-fruit pies. Here, 7-year-old Charlie Patrick poses in front of her old-fashioned southern pecan pie that won her top honors in the non-fruit category. The winner of the fruit category was Maria Wolfe.Sandy Green serves up a piece of her buckeye pie to 4-year-old Beatrice Wolfe during the Prairie Township Community Center Thanksgiving Pie Bake-Off. Green’s pie entry would take second place in the non-fruit category.The contestants, as well as staff and visitors to the event, were given the task of tasting and judging the pies entered in the event.
