the gannett/town talk is reporting that the city of alexandria, la. has elevated lee ann whitt to alexandria zoological park director.
mayor jacques roy made the announcement this morning from a press conference at the zoo. read more
no...you're not looking in the mirror...this is a baby angolan colobus monkey born at the alexandria zoo on 25 july 2009 ~ see summer animal births 2009
item number 43 of the tuesday, 26 august 2008 city of alexandria, la. city council agenda read: To memorialize the passing of Les Whitt, City of Alexandria Zoo Director since 1974 and to consider an appropriate memoriam.
council president, louis marshall, said that at the request of mr. whitt's family the item was pulled until they finish their grieving process and that "until such time as ms. whitt and her family finish their grieving process, then we'll revisit item number 43." mr. greg gormanous rose to speak a few words about mr. whitt. at the request of councilman roosevelt johnson the council and audience stood for a moment of silence in memory of mr. whitt.
klax produced a nice story about les whitt for their 10:00 p.m. monday, 18 august 2008 news cast.
alex cenla emailed a few minutes ago to let us know about mr. whitt's passing. we are very shocked and saddened to learn about this; we dont really know what to say other than mr. whitt was a person who truly did his best to help create a better alexandria and central louisiana.
read more at alex cenla here
alexandria zoological park - official website
