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getting some much needed financial help to repair damage caused by the severe weather which resulted in severe flooding in early october. not only did they have flooding which damaging exhibits — but two big trees fell as well — one breaking the perimeter fence the other damaged the burroughing owl exhibit — over a month later — many of the repairs from the flood are finished — this huge maple tree — is one of the last outstanding projects. but all the prior repairs took a toll on their budget — which is why a five thousand dollar grant from m and t bank — is huge for the zoo 23:40:38 the grant that came from m and t bank is really really important to us otherwise our operating budget would be taking a big hit and we wouldn’t be able to look at doing all these things and doing our normal operations so its been a real real beneficial gift for us 23:40:52 and the zoo director tells 47 abc thanks to this generous grant — they may be able to — not only fix the burroughing owl exhibit — but expand it — he says they may be getting road runners in the next couple months and an exciting time for one local gymnastics