Event to return to county
MINERAL COUNTY – An event in Mineral County that was somewhat in jeopardy has been successfully saved after organizers banded together to make sure the annual car show would continue this year.
For the last 15 years, the Mineral County Community Foundation has put on the car show as a way to raise funds to provide local high school students with financial assistance with their continued education after high school. In past years, the event has raised enough money to provide four scholarships to students from each high school in Mineral County.
This year, the 16th Annual Old Schoolhouse Rock Car Show will take place on June 6 in Superior and organizers want to get the word out that the show will indeed go on. MCCF board member and car show chairman Mike Curtin said the event has been well attended in previous years.
“The whole scholarship idea is such a great thing,” Curtin said. “We talked the foundation into sticking with the car show. We didn’t want to see it go away because it’s nice to have a couple hundred hot roads come to you instead of having to travel to see them. I’m a real car guy and I didn’t want the show to go away. I want to see a hundred plus cars come to our show. It’s cool to see a bunch of cool cars all in one spot and it’s for a great cause.”
Curtin said there would be a meeting March 7 at the county commissioners conference room at the Mineral County Courthouse from approximately 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. to discuss details regarding the car show and possibly forming a local car club. Curtin said if there were any car enthusiasts who wanted to attend, they were welcome to do so.
“We want to come up with a mission statement about what we are trying to do,” Curtin said. “Anyone who is interested in cars is welcome. We’ve had a lot of people from the county in the car show before. We want to try to get younger people involved to kind of pass the torch on. It’d be nice to pass on our knowledge.”
According to Curtin, the turnout for the show in terms of attendees and entries has been consistent over the years. He said the show has seen over a hundred entries in past years and has been attended by hundreds of people.
“The community has been so helpful in the past,” Curtin said. “I was pleasantly surprised last year for sponsorships and people helping out. All day long there were people coming to the show. We really need something like this in the community. This is a big fundraiser for the foundation for the scholarships.”