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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 2003
Page
1
A car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad killing at least 11 people including two children and wounding more than 50. Gun battles followed as Iraq faced intensified violence amid U.S. occupation.
The Meskwaki Indian Pow Wow opens its 88th annual celebration with singing and dancing as Mercedes Papakee is crowned Meskwaki princess. Performances run daily through Sunday at 1 30 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. Tickets are six dollars for adults four for children six to twelve and three for seniors.
Water samples from wells show atrazine present with 28 percent above 50 feet and DES atrazine breakdown product at 47 percent below 50 feet. Data indicates depth related concentration differences and potential contamination concerns.
Structural damage found during a routine check leads to a months long closure of Parking Ramp 1 at University Hospitals Iowa City. Staff parking will be redirected with priority to patients and visitors as football season approaches and students return.
The Tomorrow TrailHogs Jeep Club plans an off-road recreation outing. Members gather to explore designated trails, share driving tips, and socialize at a meet up point. The event emphasizes safety and club camaraderie for 4x4 enthusiasts.
In Hills Johnson County Iowa an underground plume of perchlorate contaminates the shared groundwater supply. At least 11 homes and businesses have unsafe water with some levels over twice the EPA standard. Residents rely on shallow sandpoint wells feeding the Iowa River aquifer.
A study of 103 private wells in 50 towns with no municipal supply found 57 percent contaminated by nitrate 41 percent by ammonia 32 percent by pesticides 30 percent by bacteria and 26 percent by arsenic. Linn County towns Bertram Palo Johnson County communities Shueyville Swisher also tested. One well exceeded the EPA arsenic limit and 24 samples are noted.
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