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BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE ZOO HISPANIC CHAMBER GALA ‘We want the American dream’ Resiliency marks theme of Q-C event

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When Mark Madrid remem- bered the last time he attended the Greater Quad-City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce gala, it was at a spot in Moline where people stood in line at a buffet. It was nice, and it was a begin- ning. But over the years things changed, and on Saturday, at the 10th annual gala where the theme was “A Decade of Resilience,” Madrid found the event in the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf, “On the main stage,” he said, not controlling the excitement in his voice. Speaking to the media before the event began Madrid said re- silience was to be the focus of his speech to the audience that

See GALA, Page A9 House Dem, KEVIN E. SCHMIDT photos / [email protected] treasury Veterinarian Lauren Hughes, examines one of the Baja Blue Rock ’s in the North American Desert habitat at the Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley on March 27. bicker ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A top House LEAPING ! Democrat on Saturday ratch- eted up his demand for access to President Donald Trump’s A vet’s-eye view tax returns, telling the IRS that IN DEPTH the law clearly gives Congress a of Niabi Zoo The Sunday feature IN DEPTH right to them. The government’s takes a deep dive into issues failure to respond by an April 23 BARB ICKES that a ect the entire Quad-Cit- deadline could send the dispute [email protected] ies region. Building on daily into federal court. reporting, these stories are Trump’s treasury chief, who OAL VALLEY — It’s a driven by trends, data and oversees the IRS, cited “compli- three-person job, but they oberservations that warrant a cated legal issues” and bemoaned C made room for five. closer look. “an arbitrary deadline” set by We squeezed into a closet-like Congress, while saying he would space behind one of the answer in that time frame. exhibits in late March — a zoo- director at Niabi Zoo. A new letter by Rep. Richard keeper, a veterinarian, the assis- While some behavior appeared Neal, the House Ways and Means tant zoo director, a photographer to be signs of the male lizards’ Committee chairman, comes af- and me. attempts to stand out during the ter the Trump administration If the lizards were scared, they mating season, not everything asked for more time to consider didn’t let on. But they had other is what it appears in the his initial request last week. things on their minds. world. Zookeeper Maggie Wallace searches for a hiding lizard in the North Neal had requested six years of “It’s springtime, so there’s a American Desert habitat at Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley on March 27. The lot of hormones flying around,” enclosure contains nine lizards from three , and they all needed said Tammy Schmidt, assistant See ZOO, Page A3 annual exams. But one was too good at hiding and avoided the procedure. See TAXES, Page A2

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