Riverside Star Trek Fest honors Tysha Branigan as Kirina
Riverside celebrates Trek Fest with Tysha Branigan portraying Kirina the Trill at the town event. Branigan runs Kirina's Cantina serving Romulan Ale and Klingon Bloodwine while noting lighter costumes suit her. The festival marks Riverside as James Kirk’s future birthplace with a weekend of parades contests and star themed activities.
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Riverside floral designer aids Trek Fest parade efforts
Tysha Branigan, 28, of Riverside works as a floral designer at Pleasant Valley Flower Shoppe Iowa City and helps Riverside residents prepare parade floats, food, shirts, and beer tents for Trek Fest. She and husband Bill balance risk and community pride during the event.
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Traditional craft anchors Riverside homestead life
Musser embraces old fashioned agriculture and canning. She grows heritage corn varieties Hickory King Hominy Hopi Blue Bloody Butcher and Reids Yellow Dent and saves seeds for next year. She favors lye processing for hominy though store bought is cheaper. She and her son enjoy this hands on cooking tradition.
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Riverside resident Jan Musser preserves family food traditions
Jan Musser, 53, works at Fifth Street Antiques and serves as a waitress at Kalonial Town House in Kalona Hometown Riverside. She cans chickens, makes corn bread with corn meal using a Vitamix, and cherishes a discolored wooden spoon from her mother. Her daughter Tysha Branigan will appear in Trek Fest XIX costumes in Riverside June 27 28.
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Mixed Meat Pie and Skillet Potatoes with Cheese
A recipe for combining 1 pound of Polish sausage or other meat with eggs and spinach in a pie shell baked for 45 minutes. It also provides a flexible potato skillet dish with cheese ham and onion soup or onions, cooked until tender and cheese melted.
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