More photos from the 2023 Route 66 Society annual meeting
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About 80 Route 66 supporters — from 1-month-old Callan Lee Dorris to 97-year-old Tommy Speaker — were on hand Saturday, Jan. 28, for the annual membership meeting of the Lebanon-Laclede County Route 66 Society and Wall of Fame induction ceremony at the Cowan Civic Center. Stories and photos of the awards are posted elsewhere on this site. Here are miscellaneous photos from the afternoon's events.
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Lebanon businessman Rod Reid, appointed by President Biden to the National Route 66 Centennial Commission, and Lebanon tourism director Rebecca Rupard, appointed by Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe to the Missouri Route 66 Centennial Commission.
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Roamin' Rich Dinkela, president of the Route 66 Association of Missouri voiced optimism that ownership of the Gasconade River Bridge at Hazelgreen is going to be transferred to the association, which will have 18 months to stabilize it. "I strongly think it's going to go through," he said. A recent estimate is that the stabilization will cost $500,000, which is less than a prior figure. However, Dinkela estimates that to rehabilitate the bridge for pedestrian and bicycling use will cost about $3 million. A fund-raising campaign is beginning.
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Ramona Lehman, in her 52nd year as owner of Lebanon's iconic Munger Moss Motel, and "Roamin' Rich" Dinkela, president of the Route 66 Association of Missouri.
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Route 66 Society Vice President Mike Boggs
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Board members Gary Sosniecki, left, and Leland Townsend
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Brian Lenz Nicholas, left, and Gary Sosniecki
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Tina Chaney, left, Erica Lynn and Mark Spangler
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Lebanon businessman Rod Reid, appointed by President Biden to the National Route 66 Centennial Commission, and Lebanon tourism director Rebecca Rupard, appointed by Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe to the Missouri Route 66 Centennial Commission.
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Ally Dorris, Bill Jones and Cliff Claxton
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Music by Mitch Shields, who opened the meeting by performing "God Bless the USA."
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Lebanon City Administrator Mike Schumacher, who told the crowd: "Route 66 is a jewel here."
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Board member Leland Townsend offers a prayer at the start of the meeting.
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Lebanon tourism director Rebecca Rupard
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Lebanon-Laclede County Library Director Tina Chaney reports on the library's Route 66 Museum.
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Roamin' Rich Dinkela, president of the Route 66 Association of Missouri voiced optimism that ownership of the Gasconade River Bridge at Hazelgreen is going to be transferred to the association, which will have 18 months to stabilize it. "I strongly think it's going to go through," he said. A recent estimate is that the stabilization will cost $500,000, which is less than a prior figure. However, Dinkela estimates that to rehabilitate the bridge for pedestrian and bicycling use will cost about $3 million. A fund-raising campaign is beginning.
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Rich Dinkela
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President Bruce Owen closes the meeting
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Eric Lynn photographs Gary Sosniecki, Tina Chaney and Bruce Owen.
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