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Lincoln Highway – Henry B. Joy Tour – Historical Automobile Tour

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The First Street Community Center in Mount Vernon, Iowa is in for a grand show of active automotive history on Monday the 29th of June, 2015.  The Lincoln Highway Association is stopping in Mount Vernon at the Community Center for a lunch break.

The Lincoln Highway Association celebrates the “First Road Across America” with an automotive tour that takes dedicated automotive enthusiasts from all over the United States along portions of the Lincoln Highway system for a long distance automotive tour.  This year’s event starts in Detroit and runs to San Francisco.

tour_2015_logoWhen asked to describe this year’s Lincoln Highway tour, entitled “The Henry B. Joy Tour”, Rosemary Rubin (one of the Board of Directors) wrote the following, (NOTE: minor edits were made to remove text referring to a different subject):

 
We are excited about returning to Mount Vernon. Iowa is a special state on the Lincoln Highway. We always get a great welcome there… The tour is designed to honor the 100th anniversary of the trip Henry B. Joy took to reach the Pan Pacific exhibition in San Francisco in 1915. He and his group took 23 days. Our tour is 12 days on the road.

We will visit some of the same places he did. One is Belle Plaine where he stayed overnight. Our stop will be after lunch in Mount Vernon, not overnight. That evening we will have dinner at Niland’s Cafe and stay overnight in Ames.

There are about 45 cars on the tour, but they do not travel in a caravan. They will arrive over about 1 hour. They are all gathering at the Old Middle School in Mount Vernon for lunch. Not all are antiques and Classics, but there are several Packards and other old cars with us.

We have about 90 people participating that day. There are over 100 folks with us through out the 12 days, but some come for only a part of the tour…

This is the third Lincoln Highway Association tour to visit Mount Vernon. You can tell we like your town.

– Rosemary
 

Many of the tour’s participants have sent in photos of their classic automobiles to their website, Rosemary has kindly given permission for me to show you some of them here as well.

NOTE: You can click on the any of the photos for a better view of the car.

You can see more of the cars that will be on the tour here. You can learn more about the Lincoln Highway Association here.

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Checker and the Bluetones

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Checker and the Blue Tones will perform at 7pm on Saturday the 20th of June in the Uptown Theatre. Classic rock from the 60s and 70s, with sax and female vocalist.

Time: 7 pm.
Cost: Tickets are 15.00 each and can be purchased at MVAAC.org.
NOTE: BYOB, cups are available for purchase onsite for $5.00

This performance brought you by:

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Contributing Sponsors:
Mount Vernon Banks & Trust Company
Lynch Ford & Chevy
Zoe’s deli – Natural Foods for the Pets We Love
Bauman and Company
Hansen & Associates
Iowa Physical Therapy
Hallmark Care Center

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Two Great Concerts this Saturday!

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Photo by Mark Gstohl

Start your day off with music to get your blood pumping from the award-winning Eastern Iowa Brass Band.  Weather permitting, they will be playing outside on the front lawn of the First Street Community Center of Mount Vernon, Iowa.

The Eastern Iowa Brass Band performs at 11am, Saturday the 6th of June.

The Eddie Piccard Jazz Quartet

Then we take the show indoors to the Uptown Theatre’s comfortable seats, inside of the First Street Community Center, for the cool jazz sounds of the Eddie Piccard Jazz Quartet.

The Eddie Piccard Jazz Quartet performs at 2pm, Saturday the 6th of June.

The Quartet features Eddie on piano and vocals, Jon Wilson on drums, Scott Barnum on bass, and Rich Martin on vibes. The exact program varies, but the band delights in playing jazz standards and tunes popularized by great bands, combos, and singers in the jazz tradition.

From the Band:
“The Eddie Piccard Jazz Quartet has always found playing in Mount Vernon – both at the Chocolate Stroll and in evening concerts – to be musically rewarding and full of fun. We are looking forward to June 6th and hope to see a lot of friends there.”

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East End Art – Grand Opening

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The East End Art Gallery is having it’s official “Grand Opening” this Saturday during Chocolate Stroll.  In keeping with the chocolate theme the gallery will be unveiling their edible art: “Croustille de Chocolat” – or as Google translate will tell you: “Chocolate dipped potato chips!”

East End Art will be open 10am – 5pm on Saturday and will be registering people to win a $50 gift certificate to the East End Art Gallery.

For more info contact:
Chris Goodwin & Kim Wolfe, Gallerists at East End Art, (319) 535-0828. As one of the many shops that call the First Street Community Center home you can also check out their Directory Listing for more information about East End Art.

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