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De Soto Nat'l Wildlife Refuge #1
Photographs of birds flying.
Federal commission closes DeSoto boating
Covered parking lot . . .shows the high water level at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. The parking lot is near the south launching dock area of the refuge. --Nonpareil Photo.
De Soto Nat'l Wildlife Refuge #2
Visitor center entrance of De Soto National Wildlife Refuge
De Soto Nat'l Wildlife Refuge #2
Visitor center entrance of De Soto National Wildlife Refuge
Center takes shape
The new visitor's center at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is taking shape, with about 80 percent of the major concrete work now completed. Jack Wilson, construction manager, said work has started on the roof and interior, and there should be no…
Hundreds open DeSoto center
Guests examine . . . the entrance to the new visitor center that was opened Saturday at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. The center houses artifacts from the steamboat Bertrand that sank in the Missouri River in 1865 and recovered in 1969. Gov.…
Bluffs man looks toward Harvard
Michael Angel
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.