Nut Club Member Tom Fleenor was guest on the WIKY Morning Show with Dennis John Bailey and Diane Douglas.  Fleenor discussed the presale of wristband vouchers which start September 1st and will continue until October 1st at all area Old National Bank Branches.  The presale vouchers offer $2.00 off the regular cost of ride wristbands.  After October 1st the wristbands can be bought only at the ticket booths at the Fall Festival for the regular price of $16.00.

Also discussed was an incentive for parade participants to make or decorate a float for prize money.  Sponsored by the Deaconess Clinic parade participants can win $1,500 for first place, $1,000 for second place, and $500 for third place.  Click on the play button below to listen to the full interview.

The West Side Nut Club will be pre selling wristbands for the 89th Annual Fall Festival (October 4-9) at 19 Old National Bank Branches.  The wristbands will be pre sold for $14 which is two dollars off the price of a wristband bought at the ticket booths during the Fall Festival.  Dates for the presale will be September 1st until October 1st.  After October 1st the only place to get ride wristbands will be at the ticket booths along the festival midway at the standard $16 price.

Tribute trip ends

West Side Nut Club Trio logs 2,250 miles on Route 66

Courtesy of the Evansville Courier and Press

It didn't take long for Evansville Police Department officer Randy Rolley and friends Bryan Zeller and Ron Boren to see the value of their 2,250-mile Route 66 journey last month to pay tribute to officers killed on duty. 

On one evening, two days into the trip they dubbed Relay for a Cause Route 66, they were able to provide reassurance to a family of a fallen Illinois police officer struggling to come to grips with the loss.

Rolley spent three years planning the relay. The idea was to involve officers in each community they stopped so that they would feel part of it. Boren escorted Rolley and Zeller part of the way on each leg of the relay, accompanied by officer escorts from each of the communities. 

"We wanted it to be a relay of officers. That's what kept it going," Rolley said.

Classics line Franklin for annual cruise-in

West Side Nut Club sponsors 8th annual event

Courtesy of the Evansville Courier and Press

EVANSVILLE — John Dycus considers himself a "car guy."

"My wife and I grew up in the era of (cruise-ins)," he said. "There was a circuit that was traveled here when I was in high school. What they did was traveled from Parkway ... to a place called Austin's Drive-In that was on old (U.S.) 41. It went all around the city."

This year, Dycus got the opportunity to be the chairman for the eighth annual West Side Nut Club Cruise-In, held on West Franklin Street between St. Joseph and Wabash avenues on Saturday. The event, a fundraiser for the scholarships the club gives to students at the University of Southern Indiana, had more than 500 cars.

The 8th annual West Side Nut Club Cruise-In takes place in June.  This years event takes place on West Franklin Street from 3:00 PM to 9:30 PM on Saturday June 12th, 2010.  St Joe Ave. to Wabash Ave. will be closed off for cruise-in participants.  All makes and models are welcome (cars, trucks, & bikes). We especially would like to see more car clubs bring in their groups. There will also be door prizes and a half pot drawing (8:00 PM). Registration is from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM.  The first 200 registrants will receive dash plaques.  Trophies will be presented for people's choice for best Ford, best GM, best Chrysler, best special interest, best truck, best bike and the chairman will present a trophy for his favorite. 

Registration is free.  However, donations to the West Side Nut Club Scholarship Fund are welcome.

Please patronize the Franklin Street businesses for your food and drinks for the evening!  Rain date is Sunday June 13, from 2-6pm.  Not responsible for accidents, damages or loss of property.  No burn outs.

If you would like to print off a flier to hang in your business or as a reminder please click on the link below.:

2010 Cruise-In Flier