Down Da 66: Car Hits Cafe-- Betty Estes Honor

Down Da 66-- Some New News about an Old Road.


1. CAR HITS CAFE-- The Tulsa World reports that early this morning, a car crashed into the Corner Cafe, located at the corner of Peoria and 11th Street, Old Route 66, at 2:11 am this morning.

Then it backed out and left the scene. Fortunately the place was closed at the time. Police believe it was very likely a drunk driver as bars close at 2 am.

A classic case of eating on the run if you ask me. Or, oops, this is not my garage.


2. BETTY ESTES HONOR-- The October 26th Pontiac Community News reports that the Illinois Route 66 Heritage Project presented Betty Estes of Pontiac with an award for her many contributions to the creation and development of Route 66 as a tourist attraction in Illinois. They are also establishing a college scholarship in her name in the tourism field.

Betty was Pontiac's first tourism director. She and her late husband Bud are great people and completely devoted to Pontiac. He was a big reason for the War Museum next to the Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum.

The plaque reads in part:

In Honor of Betty Estes
"The Mother of Our Road"

Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Person. --RoadDog