Rippey News Feb. 2, 2015
Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net
News in and around Rippey: Rippey is ready for the BRR riders on Saturday, Feb. 7.
Plans are under way for the 38th annual Bike Ride to Rippey. The Lions Club will be serving their hot beef sundaes, youth group their potato bar plus other goodies, and the fire department is hoping for thirsty riders.
(BRR Riders heading into Rippey from the east in 1992, from the top of the co-op. Photo by Jean Borgeson)
Gathering the news usually depends on going to church to see if anyone has anything to add. The storm prevented that, so I found some old Globe Free Press papers upstairs that I have saved over the years. (I thought I was going to make my four children a scrapbook for their graduations.) I pulled out the 10 years’ worth of February editions that had Velda’s Varieties in them. Velda’s views of BRR made me smile. In 1988, the 11th, riders braved the zero degree temperatures and the -30 degree wind chill. That year there were 420 registered, but many others joined the ride. Velda wrote: In keeping with the election year, last year’s Superman was transformed in Uncle Sam for this year’s ride. A plus for the organizers of BRR, national news attention was given the ride because of the appearance of presidential hopeful Bruce Babbitt and his wife, Hattie, riding in the brisk temperatures. This reporter is not sure that riding a bicycle in -30 degrees wind chill helps to make anyone credible as a presidential candidate. Other presidential hopefuls in Iowa that day were playing golf in the skywalks in Des Moines and keeping company with actor Richard Gere.”
Whatever the weather, the riders will be welcomed by the Rippey folks. You don’t have to be a rider to enjoy the day, visiting with the riders, enjoying the sights, as well as the food and refreshments available.
Rippey United Methodist Church: PO Box 286, 103 West Main St. Rippey, IA 50235. Pastors: Enna Antunez and Paul Burrow. Phone: 515-436-7731
Adult Sunday school at 9 am; worship service at 10:30 am. Every Tuesday: Quilters 9 am, coffee and fellowship 10 am – everyone welcome!
Choir practice Wednesday at 7 pm.
Rippey public library: Sarah Kilgore, librarian. Phone: 515-436-7714; Website: www.rippey.lib.ia.us E-mail: rippeyli@windstream.net. Hours: Monday 1-6 pm, Tuesday 1:30-5:30 pm; Wednesday 3-8 pm; Thursday 10am-2pm; Saturday 1-3 pm.
Wednesday, Feb. 11 – The Rippey library will have all the “fixins” to create your own Valentine cards. The creative hour will begin at 4 pm and will be a come-and-go event. All ages are invited to come to this event. You will “have” to decorate your own cookie to eat!
Wednesday, Feb 19 – Coffee ‘N’ Bingo at 10:30 am
