In December at the Christmas extravaganza held at the Buck’s Store Museum in Bena, staged high for all to see was a gingerbread house in the shape of Buck Rowe’s store. The Guinea Heritage Association offered food, many gifts and warm hospitality. Julia Roquemore of Varina crafted the beautiful house, which was offered for raffle. The gingerbread house on display was one of 35 Julia had made for the year. It brought a substantial deposit to the museum bank deposit. Lori Cox was the lucky winner.’ Julia explained, “I started making cake when my oldest daughter was one year old (she is now 46). I couldn’t believe that I had to pay $10 for a Holly Hobby birthday cake. So I purchased a R2D2 cake pan, a Wilton cake decorating set, and was off to the races. I added gingerbread houses to my menu while living in Japan. I made cakes for people assigned to Yokosuka Naval Base (Julia’s husband Jerry Roquemore is retired Navy) as you could not buy an American style cake anywhere on base.” She said...