Kolach Festival Connects Generations in Cedar Rapids
St. Ludmila’s Kolach Festival blends parish tradition with Cedar Rapids community outreach. Melissa McCarville recalls attending since childhood, now bringing her own 2 year old, while baker says kolaches date back over 35 years and began with hand cutting orange juice cans.
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St. Ludmila’s
Cedar Rapids
Melissa McCarville
McCarville
Liz Martin
the Gazette
Chase Lausen
Amanda Krumm
Krumm
Cash Krumm
St. Ludmila Catholic Church
Brian Anton
Jim Drakozal
Pam Purington
St. Ludmila
Holly Wisnousky
Fairfax
Behind the scenes at the Kolach Festival Volunteers Run A Busy Weekend
Iowa Today reports on the Kolach Festival with 60 000 kolaches produced over the weekend. Volunteers keep operations smooth while fans like Jim Hackney arrive early to secure lines and celebrate community. Clergy member Rev Ken Glaser notes the event unites the community beyond the money raised.
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Iowa Today
Dorothy Nemecek
Ken Glaser
St. Ludmila
Jim Hackney
Cedar Rapids
Hackney
St Ludmila Kolach Festival 2017 Schedule Highlights
The festival runs Saturday and Sunday with kolach sales from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Activities include carnival rides games food beer a cherry car show contests performances by Brooke and the Two Hearted Jim Busta Band Mollie B and Soul Sacrifice Masses and a Sunday raffle drawing.
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Kolach Sales
Cherry Car Show
McMurrin & Johnson
Brooke and
the Two Hearted
Brown & Johnson
Soul Sacrifice
Jim Busta
Mollie B
Man charged with hate crime over Olathe shooting
A Kansas man, 51, was indicted on two federal hate crime charges connected to a February shooting in Olathe that killed Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, and injured Alok Madasani, 32. Prosecutors say the attack targeted the two Indian men after a bar dispute.
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Olathe
Kan
Adam Purinton
FBI
Srinivas Kuchibhotla
Alok Madasani
Garmin
Ian Grillot
Kuchibhotta
Madasani
Rockwell
Austin
Kansas City
America
Donald Trump
India
United States
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