Ruby lends a hand when food is needed
Suzanne Barnes profiles Ruby Koenig at Moore's IGA Store in Postville. Ruby handles frequent customer requests with notes on her hands, once turning out 40 pie orders with two ovens. Her sour cream raisin pie and angel food cakes showcase simple, hand crafted methods using quality ingredients.
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Koenig
Ruby
Moore
IGA
Postville
Waukon
Ruby Koenig
Profile of Ruby Koenig Postville IA IGA clerk
Ruby Koenig a 68 year old Postville resident works as a checkout clerk at IGA Store in Postville. She lives with husband Loren and has five sons Roger Castalia Bob Cedar Rapids Dennis Postville Mike Waukon plus nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Known for cooking by word of mouth she often volunteers to organize meals for events and recently helped with a large fundraising dinner attended by 400 people.
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Ruby Koenig
Postville
IGA
Loren
Roger
Castalia
Bob
Cedar Rapids
Dennis
Mike
Waukon
Ruby
Iowa City community outreach prompt
The text describes a responsive IOWA City community that offers immediate help when needed with phrases like Can I help and What can I do. It emphasizes a helpful, service oriented tone and suggests readiness to assist residents on demand.
Ron Gonder Career Shaped by Sports Broadcasts Across Regions
Ron Gonder describes his ascent from two seasons in Sioux City to full-time play-by-play radio in Champagne Illinois, then KRNT in Des Moines. He covered Iowa, Iowa State and Drake games, hosted a 6 o'clock TV spot, and joined WMT in 1969. He became sports director after Tait Cummins retired in 1971, shared Hawk broadcasts with his son Carl for seven years, and will leave Hawkeye play-by-play as Learfield signs exclusive rights with Dolphin. Ron will continue morning sportscasts and join Learfield pregame and postgame shows.
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Sioux City
Champagne
University of Iainois
KRNT
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State
Drake
WMT
Tait Cummins
Tait
Carl
Hawk
Hawkeye
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Learfield Communications
Jefferson City
Gary Dolphin
Bob Brooks
Jim Zabel
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Sour Cream Raisin Pie and Orange Taploca Salad
A compact two recipe card featuring Sour Cream Raisin Pie and Orange Taploca Salad. The pie combines boiled raisins with a rich yolk custard and meringue, baked to a brown top. The salad blends orange gelatin with taploca pudding, whipped cream, mandarins, and a chilling step for serving.
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