BACK WITH ANOTHER SATURDAY SEGMENT...

WELL, ITS OFFICIALS, RAGRAI ...THE GREAT BIKE TREK ACROSS IOWA, SPONSORED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS BY THE DES MOINES REGISTER, WILL GO THROUGH MAQUOKETA.
IT WILL START ON JULY 25TH ON THE MISSOURI RIVER AND ALL WEEK LONG, TRAVEL EAST. FRIDAY NIGHT, THE BIKERS AND SUPPORT STAFF, WILL STAY OVERNIGHT IN MAQUOKETA FRIDAY, JULY 30TH, AND THEN GO ON THE FINAL LEG TO CLINTON SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE OVER 10,000 BIKERS AND MAYBE THAT MANY MORE IN SUPPORT. IT WILL BE A GOOD ECONOMIC EVENT FOR MAQUOKETA. I KNOW FOR SURE THAT BOTH THE COMFORT INN, NEW MOTEL SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA AND THE DECKER HOTEL DOWNTOWN, BOTH RENTED ALL THEIR ROOMS YESTERDAY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 30TH. I IMAGINE THE SUPER 8 ALSO IF BOOKED SOLID. THAT'S THE SAME WEEK AS THE JACKSON COUNTY FAIR. THE LAST TIME THE BIKERS STAYED OVERNIGHT HERE WAS 10 YEARS AGO. AND I KNOW THEY ALSO STAYED OVERNIGHT ALSO IN THE 70'S.
SO, THIS WILL BE THE 3RD TIME. THE CHAMBER WILL MEET SOON TO NAME CO-CHAIRMEN FOR THE EVENT AND ESTABLISH OTHER COMMITTEES. IT IS GOING TO BE A BUSY, EXCITING SUMMER IN MAQUOKETA.

I WILL ENTER THIS AGAIN....MORE SOON.