From: "Roy Ostenso" <dchs@dunnhistory.org> Subject: Grand opening Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:41:23 -0500 Message-ID: <008f01c9be99$08358a10$18a09e30$@org>
Grand Opening set for Auto exhibit
The Rassbach Heritage Museum has set April 18 for the Grand opening ceremony
for The Golden Age of American Auto Design exhibit.
Local and state dignitaries will gather to cut the ribbon on the Doane
collection of seven vintage cars. The festivities start at 11 AM with a
reception where you can mingle and talk cars with Russell Doane, collector;
Bob Lorkowski, who restored many of the cars, and other car enthusiast. The
ribbon cutting is scheduled for 12 noon.
The Golden Age of American Auto Design - the Doane Collection represents a
lifetime of dreaming, more than 20 years of searching, and at least a
half-million dollars' investment. The private collection of Dunn County
agribusiness leader Russell Doane will be displayed through October 2009.
The oldest car in the collection is also the rarest: a 1942 Buick
convertible, one of only two believed remaining in the world.
The Rassbach Heritage Museum is located in Wakanda Park in Menomonie. From
I-94 take exit 41 south on State Highway 25; turn left on Pine Avenue to
Wakanda Park. The museum is open Wednesday thru Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. For
more information, call 715-232-8685 or visit the Web site at
www.dunnhistory.org.
Roy S. Ostenso, President
Dunn County Historical Society
1820 Wakanda ST
Menomonie, WI 54751
715-232-8685
Mobile:715-505-1110