Water pumps brighten Oxford Junction landscape
In Oxford Junction Iowa population 573 46 miles east of Cedar Rapids water pumps add playful function to the town's landscaping. Readers are invited to spot them while driving and report to Community Writer Suzanne Barnes at the Senior Citizens Community Center to win a prize.
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Czech Kolache Dough and Quick Chow Mein Casserole
A mixed recipe text describes Eleanor’s kolaches with yeast dough, fillings like fruit, and multiple baking steps. It shifts to a chow mein style dish with celery onion sauce, corn, tuna, Velveeta bake in a casserole, all with detailed temperatures and times.
Eleanor Bicknese keeps kolaches alive at Oxford Junction festival
Eleanor Bicknese, 82, along with one other baker, starts at 5 a.m. in the Sacred Heart Church kitchen to prepare kolaches for the annual festival. The crew plans hundreds of pastries using a new industrial mixer, and Eleanor continues a lifetime of baking, sewing, and volunteering in Oxford Junction.
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