The Palmerston Railway Museum Handcar Races will benefit from a $500 cultural enhancement grant from the Town of Minto.
The races are being held on Aug. 20. Teams of five riders can compete in either the men’s or women’s divisions. Family rides are also held and live entertainment is being added.
The museum works with the Palmerston Lions to provide bar services and with the local Scouts to provide food.
The enhancement grant is being used to add “Runaway Angel” a female country trio, to the program.
The trio from Ontario was featured on CMT’s Karaoke Star and has performed at several large festivals this summer, noted economic and business manager Belinda Wick-Graham in a report to council on July 19.
The cultural enhancement grant was created by the Minto cultural roundtable in 2016 to provide funding aimed at enabling local community groups and organizations to add cultural elements to new or existing events.
The program has a $2,500 budget and grants of $500 each have been provided to the Great Lakes Truck Club for the Clifford Truck Show, Harriston Kinsmen for the Harriston Street Party and the Harriston-Minto Agricultural Society for the local fall fair.
To register for the races go to palmerstonrailwaymuseum.com/2016handcarraces. For information contact the museum at 519-343-4015.
