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City Council Showing Off New Shirts
From left to right: Dean Anderson, Klay Johnson, Don McGlaughlin, Mayor Shirley Kepford, City Clerk John Foley, Bob Klemme, City Manager Doug Boldt, and Community Development Director Travis Alden. Also pictured is the bike Stuart Clark, publisher of the Tipton Conservative, rode from Iowa to California back in the day.
Town Meeting Scheduled
Attention Residents and Vendors: please plan to attend our next town meeting on Tuesday, May 13, 6:30 pm at the High School Cafeteria. After a brief summary of the planning that has been going on, attendees will be able to learn more about specific aspects of our Ragbrai event by meeting in break-out sessions with committee leaders.
Housing Request form available
Riders, please see our Housing page to request housing.
RAGBRAI Relay – 4/30/08
by Travis Alden, Tipton RAGBRAI Executive Co-Chair
Tipton’s local RAGBRAI organizing group has a sub-committee to oversee RIDE RIGHT activities. This committee is chaired by Dick Hall, a multi-year RAGBRAI veteran. The program was started by RAGBRAI in 1992 to promote bicycle safety in the communities that RAGBRAI will be visiting. In addition, the RIDE RIGHT committee is the key group who works with RAGBRAI officials and the Iowa DOT to make sure that the routes between overnight towns are safe and in good condition.
This past weekend Tipton’s RIDE RIGHT committee traveled the route between Tipton and LeClaire, part by vehicle and part by bike, as a preliminary scouting trip of the route. After such a rough winter, there are of course many trouble spots on these roads. However, officials are confident that the roads will be patched and repaired in time to provide a safe riding surface for the 15,000 RAGBRAI riders. The RIDE RIGHT committee will ride this route a handful of times this spring and summer to make sure all sharp turns, dips, etc. are identified.
Headline Act Announced - Comedian Tim Cavanagh
The entertainment committee is pleased to announce that nationally known comedian Tim Cavanagh will be our headline act. Dan Boddicker, entertainment committee chair, said, “We wanted to do something completely different from the norm to help make Tipton’s overnight stop a very memorable experience for the riders. Tim Cavanagh is the kind of class act that will accomplish that goal. With Tim as our “anchor” act, we can build the rest of the main stage show into a phenomenal afternoon and evening of fun.”
