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Flooding at Potter Park Zoo - Sep 16, 2008 WLAJ,In the wake of this past weekend's rain the Red Cedar river has flooded the entrance to the Potter Park Zoo forcing them to close their doors. Bats Performing For Martha Stewart Making Their Way To Potter Park Zoo - Sep 12, 2008 Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News,Just in time for Halloween, Potter Park Zoo will host guest speaker Rob Mies, author of Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Bats and co-founder and Director of the Lansing still dealing with flooding problems - Sep 16, 2008 WLNS,Tuesday the Grand River turned the Potter Park Zoo into something more like a swamp. The entire entrance to the zoo is now covered in about five inches of Local news briefs - Aug 29, 2008 Lansing State Journal,He will be in charge of all landscape and garden development and maintenance within Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave. "We're delighted to welcome Business people - Sep 8, 2008 Lansing State Journal,Thomas Davidek has been named horticulturist at the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing. He previously worked at the Detroit Zoo. • Susan Pigg, economic development Dozier: Music school holding open house - Sep 2, 2008 Lansing State Journal,King's Eagle project entailed installing new park benches and landscaping at the Potter Park Zoo. King, 18, is a graduate of Williamston High School, Labor Day closing - Sep 1, 2008 Lansing State Journal,The East Lansing Hannah Community Center will be closed, but the Family Aquatic Center will be open from 11 am to 7 pm Potter Park Zoo is open from 9 am to Dr. Susan Mikota, Renown Elephant Vet Speaks at Potter Park Zoo - Jul 29, 2008 Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News,Potter Park Zoo will host guest speaker Dr. Susan Mikota, co-editor of Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants and co-founder and Director of Veterinary Tiny patient: Zoo tenrec battling cancer with help from MSU ... - Aug 10, 2008 WZZM,Potter Park Zoo's 100-gram resident - one of three Madagascar tenrecs at the zoo, and by all accounts, the least pleasant of them - is recovering from Zoo Gets Large Donation - Jul 30, 2008 WLNS,Lansing's Potter Park Zoo received a major donation, more than $10000 from L&L Food Centers. The zoo's executive director says that money will be used to Eagles get new nest - Aug 4, 2008 Lansing State Journal,Today, Potter Park Zoo is officially unveiling new, bigger digs for its two American bald eagles. "It's huge. It's beautiful," said Gerald Brady, Living longer at the zoo - Jul 25, 2008 Lansing State Journal,The 29-year-old ring-tailed lemur at the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing is the sixth oldest of its kind in the United States, according to Duke University Return to opulence - Jul 22, 2008 Lansing State Journal,Built in 1927 by Sarah and Ray Potter (namesakes of Potter Park Zoo), it's been owned by the Catholic Diocese of Lansing, the Musser family (who own and Black rhino Ebony dies at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing - Apr 9, 2008 MLive.com,She endured a chronic foot ailment and nosebleeds before dying on Sunday at the Potter Park Zoo. The 14-year-old animal became weak and a hard time in Front row center: Troupe marks 25 years of traditional dance - Apr 24, 2008 Hub,As part of the telling of the traditional English tales of India, Potter Park Zoo will bring some special visitors from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm this Saturday and KBS celebrates eagle's 23rd birthday - Apr 14, 2008 Battle Creek Enquirer,KBS obtained the bird from Potter Park Zoo in 2006 just before their eagle died of West Nile virus and kidney failure. Avid bird watchers themselves, Potter Park Zoo passes inspection in wake of rhino death - Feb 20, 2008 Lansing State Journal,The US Department of Agriculture this morning conducted a surprise inspection of Potter Park Zoo in Lansing as a result of the death of a rare black rhino Black rhino Spike dies at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing - Feb 9, 2008 MLive.com,...(AP) — A 17-year-old black rhino named Spike has died at the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing. The Lansing State Journal reports the 4000-pound rhino was found Rhino at Potter Park Zoo dies - Feb 8, 2008 Lansing State Journal,Potter Park Zoo officials said today that a 17-year-old rare and endangered male black rhino in possession of the zoo died. Spike, who arrived at the zoo in Zoo staff stunned by death of Spike, a rare rhino - Feb 9, 2008 Lansing State Journal,..."We have so many different species, and probably the most significant at the Potter Park Zoo is the rhino," Brady said. "Spike was so special to us and Potter Park Rhino Dies - Feb 9, 2008 WILX-TV,Sad news from Potter Park Zoo: their endangered male black rhino died suddenly Friday morning. 17 year-old Spike was treated for suspected colic two days Infection threatens life of rhino - Jan 31, 2008 Livingston Daily,By Christine Rook Ebony, the 2500-pound, 14-year-old eastern black rhino at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, has been battling an infection in her feet for Our towns: News from our local communities - Feb 6, 2008 Lansing State Journal,Interested in being a docent - a teacher or lecturer - at Potter Park Zoo? You can find out what 10 docents from four US zoos did on an AZAD (Association of Ailing black rhino improving - Feb 1, 2008 Lansing State Journal,Potter Park Zoo's ailing eastern black rhino is improving, despite not being able to comfortably support her 2500-pound frame. A Jan. Zoo's foxes show no signs of rabies - Nov 18, 2007 Lansing State Journal,The foxes, property of Potter Park Zoo, were quarantined in late October and are expected to remain under observation for another five to six weeks. Lines expected at annual Greens Market - Nov 30, 2007 Lansing State Journal,Proceeds also benefit local gardening clubs, including MSU Horticulture Garden, the Hawk Island Garden Club and the Potter Park Zoo Garden. Northwestern students learn outside the classroom - Nov 18, 2007 Lansing State Journal,Our third-grade classes recently spent a week at Potter Park Zoo learning from wildlife experts, observing animal behaviors, and researching animals from Local news briefs - Nov 2, 2007 Lansing State Journal,The Potter Park Zoo has switched to winter season hours. The zoo is now open from 10 am to 4 pm seven days a week. Potter Park itself still will be open Activities abound to swing into the 'spirit of the season' - Nov 29, 2007 Lansing State Journal,30, Potter Park Zoo's 2007 Wonderland of Lights. Fees are $4 for adults, (15 years of age and older), $3 for seniors (60 years of age and older) and $2 for Alexis Coxon | Lansing State Journal - Nov 29, 2007 Hub,Wonderland of Lights: Head to Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., from 5 pm to 8 pm Thursdays through Sundays till Dec. 30 for the annual Wonderland Don't expect much change at City Hall to come out of the Lansing ... - Nov 6, 2007 Lansing State Journal,No one really wants higher taxes - certainly not after two recent tax votes simply to prop up the parks department and Potter Park Zoo. Local news briefs - 02 Nov 2007 Lansing State Journal,The Potter Park Zoo has switched to winter season hours. The zoo is now open from 10 am to 4 pm seven days a week. Potter Park itself still will be open Potter Park Zoo arctic foxes may be destroyed - Oct 26, 2007 Lansing State Journal,Potter Park Zoo’s arctic foxes may have to be killed because a boy entered their enclosure and one of them nipped his finger. The 10-year-old boy was bitten Decision Will Save Zoo Animals - Oct 28, 2007 WLNS,An emotional week for Potter Park Zoo after fears of a deadly disease put three popular animals in jeopardy. For kids of all ages, there's nothing quite Boy begins rabies shots; Potter Park foxes spared - Oct 27, 2007 Lansing State Journal,The 10-year-old boy bitten by an arctic fox at the Potter Park Zoo last week had his first two rabies shots Friday evening, according Renee Canady, Foxes spared as boy receives rabies shots - Oct 27, 2007 MLive.com,...(AP) — Three Arctic foxes at the Potter Park Zoo will be spared after a boy bitten by one of the animals received his first rabies shots. Foxes at city zoo won't be put down - Oct 27, 2007 Lansing State Journal,It looks like Potter Park Zoo's arctic foxes - facing a death threat because one of them bit a 10-year-old boy who climbed into their enclosure - will be Much ahead in zoo overhaul - Oct 8, 2007 Lansing State Journal,The improvements made at Potter Park Zoo since Ingham County took it over on July 1 are nothing compared to what lies ahead, zoo director Gerry Brady Arctic Fox Bites Boy, Won't Be Put Down - Oct 26, 2007 WILX-TV,Their notable absence from their pen at the Potter Park Zoo only begins to tell the story. Last Saturday, a 10-year old boy somehow got by the barriers set Meridian tax: Township residents advised to decline levy for roads - Oct 29, 2007 Lansing State Journal,Lastly, Meridian voters recently took on the added burden of a millage for Potter Park Zoo. In the current economic climate, any bid for more taxes has to Patrols: Rural communities will have to raise funds for policing - Oct 16, 2007 Lansing State Journal,With the economy being what it is, and with the county not far removed from the successful millage vote to support Potter Park Zoo, any countywide plan is Animal attractions: Three wild exhibits to see at Lansing's Potter ... - Jul 24, 2007 Lansing State Journal,So if you're like me, but you want to venture into the wild kingdom, Lansing's Potter Park Zoo is a good place to start. It's clean, well-kept and the staff Littlest leopard on the prowl - Aug 14, 2007 Lansing State Journal,Two-year-old Adriana Farrington of Davison pressed her nose to the glass of the indoor snow leopard exhibit at Potter Park Zoo, squealed with delight and Lansing's Unsolved Homicides - Aug 10, 2007 WILX-TV,...there's others Lansing Police are still working on, including: June 23, 2001: Bernita White was shot just outside the entrance of the Potter Park Zoo. Volunteers spruce up local church - Aug 9, 2007 Lansing State Journal,They've helped out at locations around the Lansing area, like the Lansing City Market, Hawk Island Park and Potter Park Zoo. The 16- to 19-year-olds do two Muggles flock to local businesses for the midnight release of ... - Jul 22, 2007 MSU State News,The party also had a magician, animals from the Potter Park Zoo - including a boa constrictor and a tarantula - and a display of books the store called the Picking up a river when it’s down: Temporary drain brings out ... - Aug 15, 2007 City Pulse,Two Saturdays ago, on the stretch of the Red Cedar River opposite the Potter Park Zoo, huge swaths of dry bank bracketed a tiny ribbon of water, Rising violence challenges shelters - Aug 3, 2007 Lansing State Journal,Bates said if the county passed a millage worth even one-fourth of the one passed for Potter Park Zoo, the shelter's funding troubles wouldn't be an issue. Path ahead: Zoo vote opens questions about how to cooperate more Nov 13, 2006 Last Tuesday's easy passage of an Ingham County millage to finance county control of Potter Park Zoo should have area officials celebrating - and thinking. ... - Lansing State Journal, County Commission approves zoo tax Nov 15, 2006 Persuading Ingham County voters to approve regionalizing the Potter Park Zoo was the easy part — it passed Nov. 7 by a 2-1 margin. ... - City Pulse, John T. Baron: Zoo millage upholds region's quality of life Oct 29, 2006 From the educational and entertainment value Potter Park Zoo presents to the region, to the importance of attracting businesses to this community, the passage ... - Lansing State Journal, Zoo: All of Ingham County has chance to invest in better zoo ... Oct 29, 2006 Ingham County voters could choose to reject a small property tax increase to operate Potter Park Zoo. But what would that accomplish ... - Lansing State Journal, Video: Spend a day behind the bars at the zoo Nov 4, 2006 Sure, a lot of a zookeeper's job at the Potter Park Zoo is cleaning and feeding the animals. But it goes far beyond that, especially ... - Hub, A Closer Look at the Local Zoo Funding Proposal Nov 3, 2006 It's one of the top-3 tourist destinations in mid-Michigan, and every year over 300,000 people visit Lansing's Potter Park Zoo. ... - WLNS, Ingham County zoo millage has lead as early results come in Nov 7, 2006 By Tom Lambert. With 13,000 votes counted, an Ingham County-wide millage to help pay for Potter Park Zoo was leading by a 2-to-1 margin. ... - Lansing State Journal, Zoo Millage Vote Tuesday Nov 3, 2006 Will you help keep the Potter Park Zoo off of the endangered list? Tuesday, Ingham County voters will decide whether to support ... - WILX-TV, Mayor: Ingham County zoo millage victorious Nov 7, 2006 A proposal for Ingham County residents to help pay for Potter Park Zoo had the support of nearly a 2-to-1 margin of voters and was on its way to victory ... - Lansing State Journal, Zoo director plans to use millage to cover basics Nov 11, 2006 Potter Park Zoo admission fees for Ingham County residents likely will decrease and exhibits will be spruced up at the Lansing zoo after a countywide millage ... - Lansing State Journal, THE HEAT IS ON Nov 19, 2006 In 2004, 2001 and four times during the 1980s, the city sandbagged the entrance to Potter Park Zoo to keep flood water from spilling onto Pennsylvania Avenue. ... - Lansing State Journal, Now it's time for the kids to enjoy a bunch of Halloween ... Oct 26, 2006 ...free for adults. • Saturday, Sunday: "Boo at the Zoo," noon to 4 pm, Potter Park Zoo, 1300 S. Pennsylvania Ave. The regular parking ... - Hub, Sharp's photo skills blazed trail, won honors Oct 27, 2006 Information she wrote on the back of a photo of a pair of snarling lion cubs she took at Potter Park Zoo in 1989 included the following: "PS The dumb ... - Lansing State Journal, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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