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Training for RAGBRAI Volunteers

Expecting thousands of bicycle riders to arrive on Saturday, Davenport has turned to local residents for help. Today the Davenport Volunteer Connection held training sessions for the people who will help greet RAGBRAI.

The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa will end on Credit Island. 

Alisha Espey, from the Volunteer Connection, says about 200 people have signed up to work shifts lasting two to three hours.
And she has a list of frequently asked questions that the volunteers should be ready to answer.

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Volunteers will be wearing these t-shirts on Saturday when RAGBRAI arrives.
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First aid, bathroom, parking, shuttles, etc.

Espey says the RAGBRAI volunteers will be stationed at several sites, including Credit Island where the riders will dip their wheels in the Mississippi River, parking lots, shuttle bus stops, and the visitors center. 

Some slots for volunteers still need to be filled. The Davenport Volunteeer Connection website is at www.volunteerdavenport.com.

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.