Tuesday, June 15, 2010
 
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Convoy for Kids Truck Show in Mason City on Saturday

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[June 15, 2010]  MASON CITY -- The convoy is coming: the "Convoy for Kids" Truck Show that will roll into Mason City's Memorial Park on Saturday. Trucks should start arriving around 7 a.m. Saturday, with the show officially opening at 11 a.m. The truck show is put on by brothers Russ and Jim Harris and Troy Hines of Mason City.


Left to right: Jim Harris, Troy Hines and Russ Harris

This is the third year for the show, which raises money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Truckers who have pride in their ride will show their shiny chrome and polished rigs for the public to enjoy.

Canisters will be placed in front of each truck for voting. Votes will be cast for your favorite rig. Each penny counts as one vote. It will be a great day for families to come out and see the big rigs that go up and down the highways of our great nation every day.

The show is expecting to draw 50-75 trucks and over 1,000 people to attend.

Mason City Rotary will sell rib-eye sandwiches; Mason City Community Chapel is selling pulled pork sandwiches; Boys Scouts will sell pork chops sandwiches and hot dogs; and the St. Jude Runners will sell desserts.

Games and activities scheduled include cow pie bingo, a tire thumping contest and trucker quizzes. Door prizes will be drawn every half-hour. There will also be a 50/50 drawing and raffle.

Living Faith, a quintet of truck drivers, will provide music from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

Trophy winners will be announced at 4 p.m.

A supper for the truckers and community, sponsored by Hull Trucking and Mason County Transfer, will begin at 5:30 p.m. During the supper, donation jars will be set out to help the Mason City American Legion with the cost for replacing the destroyed flags. At 7 p.m., the Truckers Convoy Parade will begin, with the route running from the park toward the school.

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Also, please remember these trucks are a driver's home away from home. Do not get into a truck unless asking the driver first.

The evening will end with the showing of the greatest trucker movie ever shown, "Smokey and the Bandit," on the side of a van semitrailer at dark. Please bring your lawn chairs.

In the event of rain, the event will be the following Saturday, June 26.

Get ready for the convoy 10-4.

[Text from file received from Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County]

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