Springfield to Render Ken Kesey Mural

The Mayor of Springfield, Christine Lundberg, announced tonight there will be a mural honoring the author Ken Kesey.  Ken’s family was present at Wildish Hall with the Mayor, which tells the citizens of the city I dwell in, that the Kesey Family Legacy is controlled by the family, and their blessing is needed for such an event.

This mural will be painted on the wall of the Odd Fellow’s Hall of which my kindred belonged in San Francisco.

Jon Presco

She announced plans for a new downtown mural — this one celebrating not “The Simpsons” cartoon family but rather “another pop culture icon who lived life a little closer to our home”: author Ken Kesey. The announcement drew loud applause from a nearly full theater.

“We will recognize Kesey for his Springfield roots and his great contributions,” Lundberg said.

Kesey, best known for the novels “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”…