Purchasing Helen Witte’s French apple cream pies at Thursday’s auction were, from left, Sarah and Larry Smith of Edward Jones, Larry and Mic Heckber, Perry Gerber of Les Gerber Insurance (Witte is next to Gerber), Monte Fisher, Josh Barkley with daughter Lylah of Barkley Builders, Sam Haiflich of BKM Real Estate and Auctioneers, and Casey Robbins and Chad Harris representing Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Ossian. Additional buyers included Steffen Group, Energy Control and Ossian Do-It Best Hardware/Eventt Norris. (Photo by Glen Werling)