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HOME OF LISBON SAUERKRAUT DAYS
1909 * Sauerkraut Days Centennial *
2009
Welcome to the Lisbon, IA RAGBRAI
website!!
Lisbon was honored to be on the 2008 RAGBRAI bike ride route. We
were thrilled to provide riders and visitors alike with a
day of fun, food, entertainment and friendship. Outside events
started at 6:00 AM and continued until 2:00 PM.
T-Shirts are still available, see below!!!
RAGBRAI pictures from
the 25th are now available in the
Photo Gallery. Take a look!
The U.S. Postal Service issued a very
special cancellation stamp to honor
Lisbon's "Kraut Gone Wild" RAGBRAI celebration. This cancellation
stamp is available through the Lisbon Post Office but only for the next
month. Call the Post Office at 319-455-2525 for information as to
how you may get this special cancellation. Their address is 129 West
Main Street, Lisbon, 52253.
The presidential
poll dumpsters were a great hit as well.
Senator Obama won by about three to one. The plan is to put these
beautifully airbrushed pieces of art on ebay
in the near future. Check back here for details. Bid high and bid often!
The fun continued Friday afternoon and
evening with the Fireman's Street Dance.
Food, drink, live music, movie (Lisbon City Park), and more.
Festivities started at 2:15PM and continued until midnight.
Please join us for
Lisbon Sauerkraut Days, too, on August 7th and 9th, 2008 in
downtown Lisbon. Carnival rides, food, drink, live entertainment,
bathtub races, parade, kids tractor pull, and lots more. See the
Sauerkraut Days website for details at
www.sauerkrautdays.com.
Favorite Links
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Calendar
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These are some RAGBRAI-related websites
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RAGBRAI has come and gone but we still have some work to do.
July 31st at
7:00PM in the History Center. Wrap-up meeting. All volunteers are invited
to attend to share their stories, insights, compliments and
complaints.
August 24, 2008. Final day to get the special "Kraut Gone
Wild" cancellation stamp from the Lisbon P.O. |
Co-Chairs of the Lisbon RAGBRAI committee.
Beryl O'Connor
Lisbon History Center
102 East Main Street
Lisbon, IA 52253
319-455-2714 (office)
319-310-7297 (cell)
Bob Hill
Hill Corn Stoves
Hill Furniture Restoration
703 N. Washington St.
Lisbon, IA 52253
319-455-2931 (shop)
319-721-6126 (cell) |
Here are some of the activities and events that we had at
our RAGBRAI celebration:
KYBO Roulette,
see below left for details.
Signature Wall (riders)
"Pin the world map" (riders)
Food vendors
Beer Tent
Entertainment
Lisbons of the US sign post
Presidential Poll Trash Dumpsters
Smiling faces
Water bottle filling stations
Portable toilets
Rope line for bikes
Big tractors
Cooling spray on arrival |
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SPECIAL LISBON EVENT!!
The Chicago Urban Bicycling Society (CUBS)
had selected Lisbon as Friday's location for
KYBO Roulette,
one of the most unique charitable fundraising activities found
on RAGBRAI. All proceeds went to Camp Courageous from an
event broadcast by Iowa TV stations, reported in newspapers, and
popularized further by Brian Duffy in his prize-winning cartoons
in the Des Moines Register.
Bikers and non-bikers were encouraged to gather and participate
in the KYBO fun---a competition involving the portable toilets
set up for riders in downtown Lisbon.
Many thanks
to the C.U.B.S. for selecting Lisbon. |
T-SHIRT
ORDERS, It's
not too late!
Orders can still be made by sending $15 per shirt plus a
shipping charge of $5 for every 1-2 shirts ordered. Please list
how many of each size. Adult Small to Adult 4XL will cost the same $15 per shirt. Please send order, money and money for
shipping to Rickard Sign & Design at (321 A Novak Rd. Lisbon,
Iowa 52253) ph. 319-455-0099.
The Kraut
Route this year started at The Sutliff Store next to the Historic Sutliff Bridge. The bike ride
went North to The SauerKraut Capital, Lisbon.
Half the proceeds
from the shirt sales is going to the Sutliff Restoration Bridge
Project.
CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGER VIEW
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Note: This is a personal website and is in
no way officially connected with the City of Lisbon, IA.
Content is the sole responsibility of webmaster, WGH Arts LCC,
P.O. Box 215, Lisbon, IA 52253. Email
webmaster@lisboniowa.net with comments or suggestons. |
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