Ragbrai in Ames

Iowa State Daily, July 2018 Iowa State Daily, 2018 7-23-2018 Iowa State Daily (July 23, 2018) Iowa State Daily Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2018-07 Recommended Citation Iowa State Daily, "Iowa State Daily (July 23, 2018)" (2018). Iowa State Daily, July 2018. 2. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/iowastatedaily_2018-07/2 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State Daily, 2018 at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Iowa State Daily, July 2018 by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 7.23.18 IOWA STATE RAGBRAI EDITION DAILY Vol 218 No. 10 10 No. 218 Vol MONDAY COURTESY OF THE CITY OF AMES With RAGBRAI bringing more than 20,000 people to Ames, participants and the public will have the opportunity to attend various events in the Main Street area. RAGBRAI IN AMES BY DEVYN.LEESON @iowastatedaily.com Ames, said people on Tuesday and Wednesday troubles commuting. would be best off entering the city from the “On the in-route, we are expecting some Numerous road closures are planned in Ames North as all entrances into the city from High- early bikers around 8 a.m.,” Becker said. “We as the city prepares for the Register’s Annual way 30 would be “highly congested.” will most likely have things closed around 8 Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) just “All of the off ramps in to Ames off of High- a.m. and opened back up around 6 p.m.” three days away. way 30 will be heavily congested with traffic The next morning, early commutes will be COURTESY OF THE CITY OF AMES As thousands of bike riders flow into Ames so your best bet when coming to town, if you disrupted more heavily. as early as 8 a.m. on July 24, University Boule- aren’t coming for the event, would be to comin “People will start leaving around 5 or 6 a.m., Maps Inside! vard, South Dakota Avenue, Mortensen Road, in from the North,” Becker said. “If you don’t so there could be heavy bike traffic from 6 a.m. Beach Avenue, South Fourth Street and Sixth want to be delayed, then find a different route.” to 10 a.m.,” Becker said. Ames will host RAGBRAI Tuesday, Street will have delays or complete closures. Becker said riders will reach Ames early in bringing more than 20,000 peo- Brad Becker, traffic supervisor for the City of the morning so Ames residents could have RAGBRAI PG3 ple coming to Ames. With a list of events scattered across the city, maps illustrate the locations of everything you need to know. Behind the Scenes of the Cyclone Loop BY TREVOR.HOLBROOK options. @iowastatedaily.com Julie Weeks, the President and CEO of Think Ames, said that With thousands of cyclists rid- they communicated with Iowa ing through Iowa towns every State and the City of Ames early summer for RAGBRAI, volun- on to find a unique feature of teers and planning are essential Ames to showcase. to the event. “Before we understood the This year Ames is one of those complete route, we looked at towns on the route, hosting cy- opportunities on campus, itself,” clists on July 24. The last time Weeks said. “We looked at Ada Ames landed on the RAGBRAI Hayden Park, we looked at south route was 2008. Ames, we looked at doing some- Ames added a special route this thing south of Jack Trice — at year with the “Cyclone Loop”. Reiman (Gardens) or the research The loop sends riders through the park.” MIKINNA KERNS/ ISD inside of Jack Trice Stadium. Ultimately, the committees “We’re very excited to have the MIKINNA KERNS/ IOWA STATE DAILY ruled out Reiman Gardens and Iowa Games page 6 riders ride into Jack Trice Stadium RAGBRAI Participants gather at Jack Trice Stadium in order to be the first the south parts of Ames based on with the scoreboard on and have cyclists to ride the Cyclone Loop June 5. the flow of traffic in the city, so Friday night kicked off the start a great finish to a day like today,” they settled on Jack Trice Stadium of the Iowa Summer Games, said Iowa State athletic director inside look to Jack Trice Stadium, planning the events right in Jan- being the focal point. bringing thousands of athletes Jamie Pollard at the Cyclone the set up for it didn’t happen uary when they got the bid,” said Once going past Jack Trice to central Iowa to compete. The Loop announcement on June 5. overnight. Liz Kurt, the head of the Cyclone Stadium was in the plan, Weeks Summer Iowa Games, brings The RAGBRAI riders will be The RAGBRAI route was re- Loop committee. and her staff talked with the Iowa many reasons why an athlete able to cruise through the Cyclone leased at the end of January. With The Think Ames staff wanted State Athletic Department about might decide to participate in the Loop from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the route reveal, the staff at Think to do something special to com- utilizing the inside of the stadium. Iowa Games. July 24. Ames began to prepare. memorate RAGBRAI passing While the loop provides an “Collectively, the office started through, so they explored multiple CYCLONE LOOP PG6 02 Iowa State Daily Monday, July 23 2018 Crossword WEATHER AT-A-GLANCE Evening 39 Located in that place, in 8 Broadcaster’s scheduling unit 83 legalese 9 Racetracks Thunderstorms 41 Arctic wastelands 10 Surroundings MON 60 43 Slippery fish 11 Officer Frank Poncherello 44 Baby bed portrayer of ‘70s-’80s TV 46 Veterans Day tradition 12 Congregation area 47 Trace amount 13 Snowy day toy 84 Sunny 49 Afternoon socials 18 U.K. flying squad 51 Garden locale 22 Like Parmesan, commonly TUE 59 52 __ de plume 23 Newsman Dan 54 Onetime Russian monarch 24 Slogan seen on computer 56 DUI-fighting gp. stickers 57 Social division 29 Salad go-with 84 Mostly Sunny 59 Trojan War hero 31 Treelined 61 Some highway ramps 32 Email again WED 61 62 Nabisco cookies ... and what 34 Wall Street watchdog org. you might cry upon solving 35 Tangy this puzzle’s three other longest 37 Genetic info transmitter answers? 40 Dapper pins 77 Mostly Sunny 66 Long-extinct birds 42 Equestrian competition 67 Assembly aid 45 Single or double, say THUR 57 68 Open-mouthed 48 Deepest part 69 Opposition 50 Rational state 70 Sloppy farm area 53 Complicated, as a breakup 78 Partly Cloudy 71 Bedbugs, e.g. 55 Sales staff member 57 Give up, as territory FRI 58 58 Nervous system transmitter Across 20 Missouri tributary Down 21 Approved of, on Facebook 60 With all haste, in memos 1 Ancient Egyptian pictograph, e.g. 22 Golf club part 63 Owns Scattered 6 Game, __, match 25 Some evergreens 1 Treasury Dept. variable 64 Get off the fence 78 2 Mekong River language 65 Hoped-for answer to a certain Thunderstorms 9 Signs 26 Visualize SAT 14 Tiny South Pacific nation 27 Hindu royal 3 Relative of har proposal 58 15 High-tech film effects, for short 28 Feels poorly 4 Dressed more like an Exeter 16 Spreading like wildfire, as online 30 Lith. and Ukr. were part of it student videos 33 Swear (to) 5 Fling 79 17 Place for a Hold ‘em game 36 See 38-Across 6 Nova __ Sunny 7 Self-serving activity 19 Breathing 38 With 36-Across, needy people SUN 59 WEATHER COURTESY OF WEATHER.COM Sudoku by the Mepham Group CALENDAR Tuesday, July 24, 10 a.m., Quintet, Durham Bandshell Park LEVEL: Plant Pals: Kids Horticulture, Reiman Gardens Friday, July 27, All Day, Tuesday, July 24, All Day, Rummage RAMPage 2018, Ames Intermodal 1 2 3 4 RAGBRAI, Ames Facility Complete the Tuesday, July 24, 12 p.m., Friday, July 27, 9:30 a.m., grid so each row, Fun and Festivities, Alluvial Brewing Company Zendoodle Workshop for Kids, Reiman Gardens Saturday, July 28, 8 a.m., column and 3-by- Wednesday, July 25, 3 p.m., North Grand Farmers’ Market, North Grand Mall, Main Street Farmers’ Market, Main Street, Blocks 3 box (in bold 2100 Grand Ave, JC Penney’s Parking Lot 300 and 400 borders) contains Thursday, July 26, 10 a.m., Saturday, July 28, 8 a.m., Water Rocks, Ames Public Library North Grand Farmers’ Market, North Grand Mall, every digit, 1 to 2100 Grand Ave, JC Penney’s Parking Lot 9. 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