The Haines Visitor’s Center was stocked with 600 cookies and candies for photos with Santa Saturday, due to a jump in participation in the annual Christmas Cookie and Candy Contest.
“We ended up with 150 to 200 parents and kids here, so they had quite a choice,” Tammy Piper, the center’s visitor information coordinator, said Monday. “We still have some here now.”
There were 25 entries in the competition, and contestants must provide two dozen…
