'Vettes rev up Cottage Grove.Byline: The Register-Guard The Cascade A connected series of devices or images. It often implies that the second and subsequent device takes over after the previous one is used up. For example, cascading tapes in a dual-tape backup system means the second tape is written after the first one is full. Corvette corvette, small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and Club will take over Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). this weekend. The reason? Corvettes in the Park, an event that draws Corvette owners from California, Idaho, Nevada and Washington. In addition to the car displays, there will be live music, a car parade through town and a drive-in movie. All events are free: Friday: Registration 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; live entertainment by Lost Highway from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Gateway Shopping Center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into in Cottage Grove. Saturday: More than 100 Corvettes are expected to be on display; registration and show opens at 8 a.m. at Coiner Park, 15th and Main streets. A parade lap A parade lap, also know as a formation lap or warm-up lap, is a lap before an autoracing race begins, in which the drivers go around the track at a slow speed (usually between 30 and 70 MPH), and, in some cases, behind the safety car. through downtown will begin at 3 p.m. The Corvette group will meet at dusk at the Village Green Hotel, 725 Row River Road, for a drive-in movie. Sunday: Corvettes will tour the countryside for $35 per car starting at 9 a.m., followed by awards presentations at the Village Green. |
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