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High School Plans
This is an artist's sketch of the new Audubon High School building, for which voters in the Audubon Community School District voted $900,000 in bonds last spring. Tallest part of the building is gymnasium and section in foreground houses auditorium.…
Albert Takes Shape
"Albert, the World's Largest Bull" has taken its steel shape south of Audubon. The 30-foot-tall Hereford will receive a coat of paint over cement and steel mesh, and be dedicated in the fall.
Albert Takes Form
"Albert, the World's Largest Bull," a statue saluting Audubon County's cattle feeders, is taking form at Audubon. Being built by the Junior Chamber of Commerce as a tourist attraction, the huge Hereford critter is under construction at the south edge…
Audubon's 'Albert'
Audubon's "Albert the Bull" needs several more coats of cement. Then painters will apply the red and white colors of the Hereford breed. But the beef promotional project already stops occasional tourists, who snap pictures of the huge bull.
Cleanup Time
"Albert," Audubon's 30-ton steel and concrete Hereford bull, is being touched up with a new coat of paint by Ed Parsons. Albert's periodic grooming keeps him spruced up for the thousands of tourists who stop annually along Highway 71 to see the…
Albert the Bull
Junior Chamber of Commerce at Audubon has completed construction of "Albert the Bull" at the outskirts of the city. "Albert," weighing 45 tons, is a giant statue of a Hereford bull, designed to salute the area's cattle feeders and as a tourist…
Bluffs Run: Track changes name, sets sights on Omaha
Iowa West racing officials announce the new name of the Council Bluffs Greyhound track Wednesday morning. Left to right are Delbert Reed, general manager of Bluffs Run; John Nelson, president of Iowa West Racing Association; and Stan Duysen,…
Greyhounds help christen Bluffs Track
Groundbreaking ceremonies for Iowa West Greyhound Park in Council Bluffs were held Thursday morning. The park, scheduled to open in Marc 1986, will employ more than 300 persons, officials said. Pictured is the proposed grandstand building.
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Pari-mutuel summary
And they're off...Greyhounds work up to a speed of 45 mph as they bullet around the track, but their endurance cannot match that of a race horse.
Auditorium (Old City)
Demolition of Old City Auditorium
Auditorium (Old City)
Moose Lodge Leases City Auditorium . . . plan addition of large kitchen on Indian Creek side.
Before . . . And After
The old city Auditorium, shown as it appeared last week before demolition was reduced to the rubble on the right by Thursday. The auditorium was raised in one month in 1907 and was razed in one week in 1970. The building would have been totally…
Old Auditorium Said 'Ouch!'
School Children Imagine
"Hello There . . . I'm what's left of the City Auditorium". So wrote Robert Acklie, a Washington School sixth-grader, when he was an auditorium-for-a-day as an essay assignment. Bob is the son of Mrs. Genevieve Acklie of 179 Wendover Drive, and Leroy…
Auditorium Nearly Gone
The old city auditorium is about demolished. Acting Urban Renewal Director Dale Bonar said he would like to have it "all on the ground" before the wreckers take off for the Labor Day weekend. Councilman Dan Franksen said he would like to see a new…
Iowa high court: Track must pay property taxes
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that Bluffs Run, although owned by a non-profit organization, is not exempt from property tax.
Bluffs Run
photo of Bluffs Run building and parking lot
Big crowd learns how to bet on 'the pups'
Cocktail waitresses serve a capacity crown in the clubhouse area. Each table also has a monitor.
Bluffs Run
photo of two muzzled greyhounds running around a curve on tracks. Snow is along edge and in center of track.
Bluffs Run
photo of man wtih greyhound dog
Greyhounds arrive at track; 'exercise' set for Wednesday
These greyhounds owned by Gale Kurtz-Jerry Taylor Kennel of Sioux City were the first arrivals at Bluffs Run Tuesday. The Kurtz-Taylor kennel, the first of 16 to arrive, is the only one with Iowa-based ownership. Schooling for the greyhounds begins…