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County officials and civic leaders will gather to dedicate the new Historic Route 66 display in the Jasper County Courthouse lobby and the refurbished Peace Star on top of the historic building.
A ribbon cutting and dedication will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the courthouse lobby.
Chuck Surface, past presiding commissioner and state representative, will serve as master of ceremonies at the dedication.
Speakers will include the Rev. Gary Shaw, former mayor of Joplin, who will give a prayer; Brad Belk, executive director of the Joplin Museum Complex, who will speak about the history of Route 66; and Eastern District Commissioner Jim Honey, who will speak about the Peace Star on top of the courthouse.
The Route 66 display sits in the south lobby of the courthouse opposite the historic elevator. It’s modeled on the old Boots’ Drive In restaurant and features artifacts that represent “The Mother Road.”
The display cost $128, 510, with $98,869 coming from a transportation enhancement grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation, and $29,641 coming from the county.
Planning for the display started in January 2008 and it was completed late in 2009.
The Peace Star, atop the courthouse clock tower, was refurbished last spring, with new LED lighting replacing the cantankerous old florescent bulbs.
The Ruth I. Kolpin Foundation, sponsored by Carthage’s media pioneer and former radio station owner Ruth Kolpin-Rubison, paid $5,956.16 to replace the lights.
Kolpin-Rubison paid to install the original Peace Star in 1964. Sign Designs, based in Joplin, did the work on the star.
County officials and civic leaders will gather to dedicate the new Historic Route 66 display in the Jasper County Courthouse lobby and the refurbished Peace Star on top of the historic building.
A ribbon cutting and dedication will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the courthouse lobby.
Chuck Surface, past presiding commissioner and state representative, will serve as master of ceremonies at the dedication.
Speakers will include the Rev. Gary Shaw, former mayor of Joplin, who will give a prayer; Brad Belk, executive director of the Joplin Museum Complex, who will speak about the history of Route 66; and Eastern District Commissioner Jim Honey, who will speak about the Peace Star on top of the courthouse.
The Route 66 display sits in the south lobby of the courthouse opposite the historic elevator. It’s modeled on the old Boots’ Drive In restaurant and features artifacts that represent “The Mother Road.”
The display cost $128, 510, with $98,869 coming from a transportation enhancement grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation, and $29,641 coming from the county.
Planning for the display started in January 2008 and it was completed late in 2009.
The Peace Star, atop the courthouse clock tower, was refurbished last spring, with new LED lighting replacing the cantankerous old florescent bulbs.
The Ruth I. Kolpin Foundation, sponsored by Carthage’s media pioneer and former radio station owner Ruth Kolpin-Rubison, paid $5,956.16 to replace the lights.
Kolpin-Rubison paid to install the original Peace Star in 1964. Sign Designs, based in Joplin, did the work on the star.
