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Illinois Valley Toy Run set for Oct. 17

Classic cars will travel a 40-mile round trip through Bureau County

PRINCETON — The 17th Annual Illinois Valley Toy Run is set for Sunday, Oct. 17, at Soldiers and Sailors Park in Princeton.

The gates will open at 8 a.m. and run through 3 p.m. There will be a drivers meeting at 11:15 a.m.

Organizer Scott Bickett said the 40-mile round trip of classic cars will run through the Red Covered Bridge, City-County Park, Captain Swift Bridge, Pyscho Silo Saloon and Tiskilwa before returning to Princeton. Traffic control will be set up, he said.

“We get cars from all over … Southern Wisconsin, Chicago, Indiana, Iowa, all over,” Bickett said.

Entry fee is a new $10 unwrapped toy for a boy or girl of any age. There will be door prizes, a 50/50 drawing and music provided by AMC Sound DJ Service.

For more information, call 815-883-1901 or visit the Toy Run’s page on Facebook.

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a regular contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals Magazine. He is a member of the IBCA and Illinois Valley Hall of Fames. He is one of 4 sportswriters from his tiny hometown Atlanta, IL