Kick Off to Summer draws crowd

HURON — Craft Times’ Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile and 26-foot-long Nutmobile navigated by Haley Rohe (Honey Mustard Haley), Zach Esparza (Pi-Zach-Io) and Dominic Ricci (Dijon Dom), official hot-doggers and peanuters, travel the country year round, and were fortunate to meet in Huron while also pairing up with Coborn’s for it’s first annual Kick Off to Summer event on Sunday.
Coborn’s Store Director Devin Garrett said, “It’s called the Kick Off the Summer event, Customer Appreciation and we make donations to the Veterans in town.
The Craft Times mobiles are sister programs and were very excited to be able to combine festivities together in Huron.
“We don’t always get to do events together,” said Ricci.
“It’s a shell of a time,” Esparza added. “It makes people’s days a little nuttier.”

The traveling mobiles have been an American tradition for 82 years, and have great excitement to be keeping the tradition alive. As the team comes to the end of their year’s contract, the next team gets ready to drive the U.S. and share the “Coast to Coast Weinie Roast, traveling the highways,” Ricci said.
Rohe added, “If you want to catch up with us you can download our free app called Weinermobile to see when we will be near you.”
Catch up with the whereabouts of the mobiles on Twitter, “@nutmobile_tour”, or Instagram “plantersnutmobile”.
“Cashew later!”

PHOTOS BY ANGELINA DELLA ROCCO/PLAINSMAN

Children played games and enjoyed face painting (first photo) at Coborn’s first annual Kick Off to Summer held Sunday.

Next, Cruse Chenoweth, son of Chad and Michelle Chenoweth, pedals an Oscar Mayer car in front of a bus-sized attraction, one of three at the event.

  And next, Brier Florey tosses sand bags at a target.