The Bloomington Pantagraph has coverage of the first-ever Happy Wiener Festival in the Route 66 town of Atlanta, Ill., this weekend.
Ninety-year-old Paul Adams, a resident of the town, has made the same observation as I have about the town.
"There is a lot of energy in this small town," Adams said. "It's a great place to live, and it seems now that we have some young folks moving in we're getting everyone involved and starting new things, like the Happy Wiener Festival."