Letter to the Editor: 2018 is coming

To the Editor:

Not to belabor a topic, but a unique opportunity may exist for someone or an organization, business, etc. because the main event of the summer, RAGBRAI, locally generated many attractive outdoor displays with a bicycle theme in various settings. All one needs is a camera, a good eye and a little imagination.

It could be a contest, of sorts, with the best 12 or 24 pictures chosen for a 2018 calendar (maybe two photos per month). These could be sold depicting and promoting Allamakee County, with all or some of the profits going toward building or creating new or better bicycle or walking trails right here for local families to use.

It is not too late, as a few fall leaves may add more authority to the picture or scene. This could be sponsored by the Chamber, the County Tourism Office, local banks or even a county newspaper. It would sell; a Norman Rockwell-style, old-fashioned-looking calendar depicting smalltown Iowa rural America.

Is it 1948 or 2018? Only a knowledgeable person on bicycle design would know for sure. Just a thought on a win-win-situation.

Jim Magner
Waukon