From Norman Root, president of the California Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association:

Quarterly Chapter Meeting
Saturday, October 4, 2008
12:00 noon

Baker’s Square Restaurant
255 2nd St (at B St)
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 756-4190

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Saturdays at noon is a very busy time for them. They will reserve a table for 20 in the back room. However, others may have to share the other tables in that room. There is plenty of parking all around the building.

They serve breakfast all day with a cost of about $7. Sandwiches run from $8 to $10.

The historic significance of the place is that we have been telling folks for years that this corner is where Lincoln Highway marker post #2369 once stood. I’m not so sure about that now, but, for sure, this is on the Lincoln Highway.

Joanne Pelz is the program, which will be about Lincoln Highway Volkswalks.  She has a mini Lincoln Highway Volkswalk planned for us beginning at 2nd and B.  This program is in keeping with our effort to acquaint a wider range of people with the Lincoln Highway.

John Putch’s film "Route 30", which was screened in Gettysburg on September 27, will premiere in York on October 3.

• Alexis Dow, Get your kicks on Route 30 (scroll down to find the article), The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA), October 2, 2008

Historic New Carlisle is teaming up with the Indiana Lincoln Highway Association to celebrate the original route of the Lincoln Highway through New Carlisle on Saturday, Oct. 11.

• Lincoln Highway to be celebrated in New Carlisle, The News-Dispatch (Michigan City, IN), September 25, 2008

The 2008 Destination Filmfest is looking for amateur teams to write, shoot and edit a 5-to-7-minute film in a week using historic Lincoln Highway as the setting. Team preregistrations must be mailed in by Oct. 3.

• Shoot a film about the historic Lincoln Highway, York (PA) Daily Record, September 25, 2008

The Youngville Cafe in Watkins, Iowa, a revived Lincoln Highway business, celebrated Youngville’s Apple Daze with pie, music, and Model A’s.

• Youngville Cafe celebrates Apple Daze, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), September 22, 2008

The Lincoln Highway Arts Festival took place on September 27 in Mount Vernon, Iowa. It featured 32 artists from across Iowa working in a wide range of media.

• Lincoln Hwy. Arts Fest set for Sept. 27, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, September 17, 2008
• Students craft ‘No Place Like Home’ works, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, September 24, 2008
• Lincoln Highway Arts Festival fills uptown Mount Vernon Saturday, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, September 24, 2008
• Artists practice plein air to capture loss of historic Sutliff Bridge, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, September 24, 2008
• SUN EDITORIAL: A time to celebrate art, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, September 24, 2008
• Residents, visitors welcome ‘quality of art’ at Lincoln Hwy. Arts Fest, The Mount Vernon-Lisbon (IA) Sun, October 1, 2008

The Mexican Independence Festival in Rochelle, Illinois featured a parade along the Lincoln Highway.

• Weekend festival to feature food, bands and coronation, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, September 11, 2008

The Plainfield Historical Society held a cemetery walk to celebrate the town’s history. One of the performances along the walk told the story of the Lincoln-Way Barber Shop, one of many businesses to incorporate "Lincoln" into their names to try to influence officials deciding on the Lincoln Highway’s route.

• History to come alive at cemetery walk, The Herald News (Joliet, IL), September 11, 2008

The 11th annual Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival takes place this year on August 22–24 in downtown Rochelle, Illinois.

Newspaper articles on the festival:

• Parade to kick off with jet fly-over, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, August 18, 2008
• Enjoy the Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, August 18, 2008
• Let the fun begin, Rochelle (IL) News-Leader, August 21, 2008

The Park Forest Historical Society [in Park Forest, Illinois] will hold kickoff its 2008-2009 program season with a program on the history of the Lincoln Highway.

The event will take place on Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. in the Village Board Meeting Room of the Park Forest Village Hall, located in Downtown Park Forest at 350 Victory Drive….

Cynthia Ogorek’s new book, The Lincoln Highway Around Chicago, published by Arcadia in March, will be featured in an "armchair tour" of the Highway from "The Ideal Section" in Schererville and Dyer, IN, to Geneva on the Fox River in Illinois.

• Historical Society to Explore Lincoln Highway, eNews Park Forest (Park Forest, IL), August 17, 2008