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Motor Ioway 500 tour to visit Caledonia

Posted: 6/1/04

About 100 vehicles from the Motor Ioway 500 tour will visit Caledonia on Friday, June 4.

All cars and motorcycles are pre-1978 models. The tour is associated with Motor Memories, Inc. of Des Moines. The tour begins June 2 in Charles City, Iowa then travels to Decorah which will be home base for the next three days.

The drivers will begin to arrive at about 9 a.m. and proceed to the north end of town where they will make a rest stop at the Four Seasons Community Center. They will probably arrive in several groups rather than all at once. From there, they will travel past the nursing home and then to the gazebo park. Several streets will be blocked off to accommodate the cars. Refreshments will be served.

Vintage car owners are encouraged to bring their cars out for the event and compare notes and share stories with the Motor Ioway group. A sound system will be playing music from the 50s and 60s.

Jane Schiltz, Jerry Hajek. John Pongratz and Sharon Schoeberl are organizing a welcome for the drivers.

Local ìRed Hatî ladies will be on hand as ambassadors.The Founders Days Court will attend the event, which will be their last appearance together before their reign ends on the sesquicentennial weekend. Schiltz pointed out that this Founders Days Court began its reign by greeting drivers in the Model T tour for the Ford Centennial in June of 2003.

Volunteers are still needed to give out information and help distribute welcome bags with small gifts from local businesses. The committee would also like to hand out coupons for the visitors to use that day. They may be brought to the gazebo Friday morning.

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