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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 2002
Page
2
A feature invites readers to tour West Branch Cedar County and meet local residents in a handpicked look at the town. The section also previews a pregnancy health piece by Dr. Donahue on fetal alcohol syndrome and brain damage risks, scheduled for Thursday.
A dense listing provides multiple city specific contact numbers for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City across departments including news, arts, editorial, features, sports, circulation, classifieds, and advertising. It also includes toll free lines and online access.
The Gazette urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton in Cedar Rapids and other locations. It notes its Iowa edition established in 1883, publishes daily and Sunday, and lists subscription rates and contact numbers.
The Gazette launches a four page GameDay section for a 14 week college football run with Big Ten and Big Twelve previews and schedules. Iowa State faces Florida State in the Eddie Robinson Classic at Arrowhead Stadium as the cover story.
In Cheyenne County western Nebraska wells are drying up amid extreme drought. Farmers pump more groundwater to irrigate fields while drought ravages cities. In Sidney two of nine municipal wells are expected to run dry within a week as water levels fall.
Nebraska communities face water shortages with 6200 residents strained for firefighting, drinking, and cooking. City manager Gary Person warns wells west of Sidney are drying, sparking competition for groundwater and potential court intervention to resolve disputes among irrigation districts and domestic users.
Washington reports deadly floods in Europe and Asia and drought in America. Experts say such events are not new but may become more common with global change. They caution against attributing a single event to climate change while noting wetter regions may get wetter and dry areas drier.
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