$135 For Pies on Pi Day [Audio]

KHMO's Ed Foxall auctions off a cherry pie baked by Gail Bryant (right) of the Hannibal Convention and Visitors Bureau. Dietician Linda Clark (center) questions the origins of Ed's chicken pot pie.

(HANNIBAL)—A Pi Day fundraiser on KHMO’s Bids For Bargains means 270 dollars for the United Way of the Mark Twain Area. Bidders paid 135 dollars for a cherry pie from Gail Bryant of the Hannibal Visitors and Convention Bureau and also 135 dollars on a homemade frozen chicken pot pie from KHMO’s own Ed Foxall. Pot sweeteners for the bidding included gasoline cards… dinner at Lulabelles.. and a Kelly gift certificate added to the intensity of the bidding. Former United Way Campaign chair and board member  Linda Clark was on hand during the bidding.

Clark was also a long time dietician for Hannibal schools..