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Sandra Huemann-Kelly kicked off seminar day by introducing Jan Gammon and
Emily Whaley who spoke on History & Sustainability of Byways.
They were followed by Karen Byrne and Two Miles North of Mason City:
Sugar Beet Row
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Sandii embraced the Mason City/Music Man spirit for her introduction of
the morning's last speaker. Andrew Munsch presented From Motor Trail to
Trunk Highway: The Transformation of the Jefferson Highway into the Modern
Highway System.
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Mike Kelly got things restarted after lunch with The Missing Link of
the Early Highway Visual Record. Roger Bell then presented Signing
and Marking the Jefferson Highway. A Military Vehicle Preservation Association organized
convoy will travel the Jefferson Highway in 2024 and John (whose last name
I missed) and Chuck Toney gave us a report on the planning. I enjoyed
seeing this group as they crossed Ohio in
2019
on a retrace of the Military Vehicle Convoy of 1919.
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With the free time between the seminars and the evening banquet, I did a
short walkabout that led to the Suzie Q Cafe. The 1948 Valentine Little Chef was
closed -- but not damaged -- by an April fire that destroyed the Kirk
Apartment Building next door. Although the fire
site appears to be completely cleared, the diner remains closed.
Once I reached the Suzie Q and realized that Birdsall's Ice Cream was just a few blocks farther, I walked on for a bit of pistachio. |
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Back at the hotel, I grabbed a shot of its unblocked exterior and of the
Lego model of it temporarily on display inside. Then I carefully flew my
sophisticated drone over the park across the street for an overhead shot
of the Frank Lloyd Wright statue there. Actually, that picture was taken
while I enjoyed sitting on the hotel's balcony. I possess neither a drone
nor the skill to fly one.
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While I was eating ice cream and sitting on a balcony, the Park Inn
Ballroom was cleared of seminar leavings and set up for a banquet. As we
finished off a fine meal, David Shepard, grandson
of a founder and one time president of the original Jefferson Highway
Association, shared memories of his grandfather. The presentation of many
well deserved awards naturally followed but I ceased my picture taking at
this point.
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