Route 66 conference features Stuckey CEO

Lincoln Courier
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The CEO of the Stuckey’s Inc. will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Route 66 conference scheduled Oct. 20-23 in Pontiac. This year’s theme will be “America’s Main Street Welcomes the World.”

Stephanie Stuckey is the granddaughter of Stuckey's founder W.S. “Sylvester” Stuckey Sr., who started the well known convenience store along popular highways in the United States.

Registration is now open at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-route-66-miles-of-possibility-conference-live-in-pontiac-illinois-tickets-307276160267.

Early bird full conference tickets that will be available until Oct. 1, 2022 are $90. Full conference registration is $100. For those who want to go to the Friday only program cost $60 until Oct. 21, 2022 and for those who want to attend the Saturday only program the cost is $60 until Oct. 22, 2022.

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Other speakers at the conference include:

  • Jane and Bill Diaz, Artists/Walldogs Muralists/Owners of Diaz Sign Art

  • Tim and Penny Dye, Pontiac automobile historian and driving forces behind the Pontiac-Oakland Museum

  • Jim Hinckley, Author/Historian/Tour Guide

  • Ed Long, President of the Livingston County War Museum

  • LaWanda Henry Matson, daughter and biographer of Illinois State Trooper Chester Henry

  • Ron and Becky Metzger, collector of Springfield signs and business memorabilia and owner-operator of Motorheads Bar and Grill & Museum

  • Jax Welborn, Photographer/Entrepreneur

  • John Wille, historian at the Route 66 Illinois Hall of Fame Museum

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The schedule also includes panel discussions on: “Pontiac and Route 66: Past, Present, Future,” “The Legacy of David Clark,” and “Updates from the Road Ahead Initiative and the Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway.”

For updates and fun facts, go to https://www.facebook.com/Route66MilesOfPossibility and route66_milesofpossibility on Instagram.

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