Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The Blue Olive and the Canton Classic Car Museum

Every year, the Special Events Committee gets together for lunch in December instead of having their regular monthly meeting. The day usually includes a tour of a local attraction, and lunch at a restaurant.

This year, we had lunch at The Blue Olive, which is located in the basement of the old Knights of Columbus building in downtown Canton. The food was great, and the atmosphere is really cool! They have live music in the evenings, so I think it would be fun to go back for dinner sometime.

After that, we had a wonderful tour of the Canton Classic Car Museum with Director Char Lautzenheiser. Wow, does she know her stuff!

As she is fond of saying, they are "so much more than cars." And they really are!

There are hundreds of antiques on display, and lots and lots of Canton memorabilia. One of the neatest things I saw was a baby bracelet worn by Katie McKinley, the president's daughter who died as a child.

Char is full of energy, and gave us a fantastic tour. She says she always tells her visitors to come visit us, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to encourage my blog readers to go visit her!

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