An updated list of speakers recently was announced by organizers of the seventh annual Route 66 Miles of Possibility Conference set for Oct. 20-23 at the Pontiac Eagle Performing Arts & Conference Center in Pontiac, Illinois.
This year’s theme for the conference is “America’s Main Street Welcomes the World.” (Disclosure: The Route 66 Miles of Possibility Conference is an advertiser on Route 66 News.)
According to a news release from the conference, Stephanie Stuckey, CEO of Stuckey’s Inc. and granddaughter of Stuckey’s founder W.S. “Sylvester” Stuckey Sr., will present the keynote speech, “Roadside Revival: Bring Back Stuckey’s,” on Friday morning, Oct. 21.
The slate of speakers includes:
- 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.
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.”
Registration is open here. Tickets range from $60 to $100. Updates on the event are posted on the event’s Facebook page.
(Image of Stuckey’s CEO Stephanie Stuckey courtesy of the Route 66 Miles of Possibility Conference)