Palms Grill sign relighted April 27, 2007
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The old neon sign of the Palms Grill in downtown Atlanta, Ill., was relighted in a ceremony this week, reports the Bloomington Pantagraph.
The sign was restored in part with a grant from the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program.
The newspaper didn’t have any photos of the new sign, but here’s an artist’s rendering.
The circa-1938 building on old Route 66 eventually will be reopened to house the town’s museum and a cafe.
UPDATE 4/30/07: Peter Stork at Digital Route 66 has this picture and others of the Palms Grill sign and building.
Mower Man makes it to Rolla April 27, 2007
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Matt Land, sales manager for Dixie Choppers lawn mowers in Indiana, stopped for a bite to eat during his quest to drive a propane-powered lawn mower across the country. Money quote from the Rolla Daily News:
“I’ve been eating a lot of bugs and raindrops, and I know what it’s like to be a hood ornament,” Land joked. “It’s taken on its own personality. We go with the flow, that’s what we’re good at.”
Top speed on the mower is 30 mph.
You can follow Land during his Clean Cut Across America tour on his blog.
