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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

26 Aug 1986

Page 7

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1986

Page

7

Jumbo Well of Belle Plaine a century ago astonished Iowa

The Jumbo Well drilled in 1886 near Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street erupted into a 5 million gallon daily geyser feeding a buried channel to the Iowa River. It wide opened to 77 feet of pipe and 40 carloads of materials, spurring 14 months of outrush before capping in 1887.

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Chris Manahan Metro Iowa Belle Plaine Charleston S.C Yellowstone Wyo Nature William Wier & Sons Eighth Avenue Eighth Street Weir Iowa River Palmer Brothers Foundry C.A. Huston Don Gordon Iowa Geological Survey Gordon Lanny and Karen Fintel
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Branstad accused of hypocrisy over groundwater vow

Des Moines activist Mike Lux of the Iowa Citizen Action Network labels Governor Terry Branstad hypocritical after Branstad proposed a 27 million dollar educational program to clean Iowa groundwater. Lux cites years of ICAN lobbying for stronger environmental laws and says Branstad has dragged his feet on laws like Right-to-Know and toxics in landfills.

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Terry Branstad Iowa Mike Lux Des Moines Iowa Citizen Action Network ICAN
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Money woes force closing of YMCA

Fort Madison YMCA will close for two weeks starting Monday to cut a $10,000 deficit. Ten part-time workers will be laid off, saving about $2,500, while four full-time staff remain. The center opened 20 years ago and serves 1,580 members. Normal hours resume September 8 after an emergency committee action.

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Fort Madison Bob Lilly Ymca Board Lilly YMCA
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