Adel Party to Commemorate Kinnick’s 100th Birthday July 7th

Adel Partners Chamber, City of Adel, FRYfest to Commemorate Kinnick’s 100th Birthday

On Saturday, July 7, a private ribbon cutting celebration will be held at the Kinnick Addition of the Adel Historical Museum at 10:00 am followed by a community gathering until 2:00 pm at the Adel Pavilion (located at 10th and Main St.)

FRYfest, Coralville’s annual celebration of all things Hawkeye, which takes place annually on the Friday before the first home football game, will be on hand to help celebrate. Kinnick’s 100th birthday will be a focus at this year’s FRYfest on August 31 in the Iowa River Landing in Coralville. With the assistance of the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame, FRYfest will bring a bust of Kinnick to the event in Adel.

Dora Mason, a long time Iowa City resident and UI graduate, sculpted the bust in 1940. Mason and Kinnick became friends and she observed him while he studied for a final exam. She sculpted the bust out of clay, later to be cast in bronze.

Also in attendance will be the author of the book Nile, T. Lidd; producer of the upcoming movie The Ironmen, Joe Heath; and Herky the Hawk.

The event is open to the public at the Stage and Pavilion with birthday cake and selfies with Kinnick bust.

Adel Partners Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 73, 301 S.
10th Street, 2nd Floor
Adel, IA 50003
Email: chamber@AdelPartners.Org
Website: www.adelpartners.org
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