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Supervisors delay Hitchcock decision
Boston-area businessman Michael Angel, formerly of Underwood, gestures while speaking at a Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors public hearing Monday. -Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.
Tempers simmer at dump meeting
Michael Angel speaking at meeting.
Angel : 'Window of opportunity' exists for a camp.
Michael Angel : "I'm not in this to make money. My local roots are important to me." -Nonpareil Photo.
Angel, Mike (Angel Landfill)
Professional photograph of Michael Angel
Animal problems grow along with Council Bluffs limits
Poundmaster George Synacek . . . comforts a worried ward of the city kennel near the municipal sanitary landfill. Synacek's problems have grown in direct proportion to the growth of the city. --Nonpareil Photo.
Bright spots - and grim ones, a PAWS report card.
Into a kennel . . . goes the stray black lab, to wait for adoption or to be reclaimed by its owner. PAWS keeps every animal for adoption or reclamation for at least seven days -- longer, if possible. Animals picked up in cruelty investigations get…
Kindness, rope used to rescue dog from ravine
Friends for life . . . after a two-hour rescue ordeal are Mike Koger, Pottawattamie Animal Welfare Society and Boscoe, a stray Doberman pinscher. Koger and Council Bluffs firefighters had to rescue Boscoe Wednesday night after he jumped over a…
2,686 in a year unwanted 'pets' put to death
More and more . . . unwanted animals - dogs, cats, birds --are facing destruction in Council Bluffs as owners either "dump" them of fall to claim them at the Animal Shelter. Animals are killed by injection or by being put into an airless chamber.…
PAWS gets hand and a kick, too
Presenting new gloves . . . to Pottawattamie Animal Welfare Society Director Nancy Burton and Fritz Flammang, president of the PAWS board of directors, is Virgil Eades, general manager of Great Plains Beef Co. The gloves made of steel mesh, will…
Animals find friends
Animals such as this dog, found injured on a Council Bluffs street, have many friends in the staff at the Pottawattamie Animal Welfare Shelter (PAWS) 2821 South 15th Street. Humane Officer Dennis Tellander leads the dog from his PAWS van to needed…
Animal rescue league starts $25,000 drive for equipment
A friendly sniff . . . is given Mayor Dorothy Strohbehn, by "Angus," a bull mastiff owned by Mrs. Doris McIntyre. Stephen Nelson, president of the Pottawattamie County Animal Rescue League, looks on. --Nonpareil Photo.
Couple must get state permit, bite was just part of getting 'bear' facts
Accepting a friendly nibble . . . is Humane Officer Jerry Archibald from one of two black bears on a farm near Crescent. The officer and several county and state officials checked the condition of the bears Thursday afternoon. --Nonpareil Photo,
Newsmen find dog pound here in good condition
Putting stray pup . . . into a cage is Poundmaster George Synacek. Newsmen found the building had been scrubbed and disinfected when they made an unannounced inspection. --Nonpareil Photo.
Bright spots - and grim ones, a PAWS report card
Into a kennel . . . goes the stray black Lab, to wait for adoption or to be reclaimed by its owner. PAWS keeps every animal for adoption or reclamation for at least seven days - longer, if possible. Animals picked up in cruelty investigations get…
Expansion year at the library . . . Miss Germaine Krettek
Miss Germaine Krettek . . . in her redecorated office that includes desk high files, heavy drapes at window and a rural scene in wall paper on one wall.
Expansion year at the library. Room space . . .
Room space . . . at the library was created by closing the north entrance at Willow Avenue. It provides a secretary's office and through doors at rear is the microfilm material section. Miss Ardis Hansen is at left. --Nonpareil Photos.
The public library's new bookmobile . . .
The public library's new bookmobile . . .rolled into Council Bluffs Saturday and work began immediately to stock the shelves and give the $29,473 vehicle its "shake down" cruise. About to enter the new vehicle are Mildred Smock, librarian, and Mrs.…
Public library to display 197-piece art collection
Arranging pictures . . . for the Council Bluffs Public Library's art exhibit are Librarian Miss Mildred Smock and assistant, Mrs. Amerlia O'Neill. --Nonpareil Photo.
Bookmobile stocked and ready for use
Supplying bookmobile shelves . . . with about 4,000 new books is bookmobile librarian Mrs. Barbara Jansen. -Nonpareil Photo.
Public library
Wally Tuel . . . a patron of the Council Bluffs Public Library, views one of the periodicals on display. Mildred Smock, librarian, explains procedure for use of the periodicals.--Nonpareil Photo.