News items through the years

2010

• 02/08/10 - BIA's "Shark Virgin Birth Produces Multiple, Viable Offspring" - paper (pdf file)
• 02/07/10 - "Shiver on the River focuses on shuttered Belle Isle Aquarium" Detroit News article by Santiago Esparza
• 02/06/10 - Come Shiver on the River With the Friends of Belle Isle Aquarium
  Saturday February 6th, 2010 Enjoy a stroll  through the Aquarium
  between 10am & 3pm (Click for large flyer image)
• 01/28/10 - DetNews: Belle Isle a neglected gem waiting for political will

2009

• 12/31/05 - Pictures of the Belle Isle New Year's Eve Family Fun
  Run / Walk
• 12/29/05 - Belle Isle New Year's Eve Family Fun Run / Walk
• 10/14/05 - WWJ Mayoral interviews - Subject: Belle Isle Aquarium
• 10/11/05 - Detroit Free Press - Zoo faces uncertain future as city struggles to fund it
• 09/11/05 - Detroit News - Detroit News, Hendrix: Revitalize but don't sell Belle Isle
• 09/11/05 - Katrina - Sharks and other sea life die in their polluted tanks
• 09/10/05 - Detroit News - Ailing Detroit spends $1 million on deer
• 08/03/05 - Aquarium? 87.8% of Detroit Citizens say "YES!"
• 08/01/05 - FOBIA Committee formation - Join in the struggle to get the Aquarium back up and running!
• 07/22/05 - Detroit News - Summer heat puts Detroit's election in the cool shade
• 07/14/05 - WDET -  "All things Considered" Detroit Voters to Get a Say on Aquarium Closure
• 07/14/05 - Pre-committee meeting on Monday. Click for details
• 07/11/05 - Gramps, the gourami is sent away.
• 06/28/05 - Finally! FOBIA Board created convenes! See pictures
• 05/27/05 - Free Press - THE DEATH OF AN AQUARIUM CELEBRITY: Belle Isle's beloved curiosity doesn't make it to new home.
• 05/26/05 - Channel 4 - Belle Isle's Alligator Gar Dies In Transit
• 05/25/05 - Hal, the giant alligator gar who made BIA his home for more than 20 years, died in transit to his new home in Colorado. Cause of death unknown, died approximately 8 hours into the trip.
• 05/18/05 - “AquaBits” is designed to share brief updates
  05/16/05 - Aquarists question time" on Forum
• 05/14/05 - Aquarium pictures by Diane Dubbeld
• 05/23/05 - FOBIA status report: The Friends of Belle Isle Aquarium are in the process of convening a board which will direct and govern the actions of FOBIA.
  A logistical plan of action is being devised so that the Aquarium can be rapidly re-opened.
• 05/17/05 - New Gallery pictures by Diana Dubbeld
• 05/07/05 - "Aquarists question time" now open
• 04/20/05 - Clawson Mirror - Oakland looks into buying Detroit Zoo
• 04/20/05 - MP3 Tribute to the Belle Isle Aquarium by Michael Hoshaw
• 04/20/05 - State News - Animal instincts
• 04/16/05 - Detroit News - Zoo faces money crunch, seeks long-term solutions
• 04/13/05 - Detroit News - Suburbs Have a Stake in Detroit's Budget Woes
• 04/13/05 - Free Press - The impact: Zoo, museums fight to thrive
• 04/13/05 - Free Press - Mayor's cuts go deep in Detroit budget plan
• 04/13/05 - Oakland Press - Detroit mayor plans to pull zoo funding
• 04/12/05 - Detroit Free Press - Kilpatrick ready to overhaul, cut, merge
• 04/10/05 - Detroit News - Detroit edges closer to crisis
• 04/10/05 - Free Press - Site's panoramic shots show Michigan to world
• 04/10/05 - Detroit Free Press letter - Unique to Detroit
• 04/09/05 - Detroit Free Press - Kilpatrick shares blame for Detroit's budget crisis
• 04/09/05 - The Mayor will give his Budget Address at 10:00 am Tuesday. More
• 04/08/05 - Zoo Audit, Misappropriations during Kagan's custodianship ( .pdf file)
• 04/07/05 - Canada, Toronto Globe and Mail - How Motown lost its bounce
• 04/07/05 - FOBIA members official action; attempt but find doors closed. Press release.
• 04/05/05 - DESIREE COOPER: Nothing fishy in report on city's decline
• 04/04/05 - Letter from Representative Steve Beida, 25th District added to site
• 04/04/05 - Channel 7 - Detroit's Aquarium Closes After 101 Years
• 04/04/05 - Channel 4 - Belle Isle Aquarium Closed, For Now - Yazaki, Greektown Pitch In To Save Historic Site
• 04/04/05 - Free Press - Visitors bid aquarium farewell - Group is rebuffed in bid to save Detroit's fish
• 04/04/05 - Detroit Free Press - Detroit's aquarium closes after 101 years
• 04/04/05 - Detroit News - No life preserver for landmark Belle Isle Aquarium fans say goodbye to an institution that Detroit can't afford.
• 04/03/05 - Closing Day. Administration Closes Belle Isle Aquarium.
• 04/01/05 - Sold out! Benefit bash at the Detroit Yacht Club - Pictures
• 04/01/05 - Creain's Weekly - Yazaki donates $10,000 to Belle Isle Aquarium group
• 04/01/05 - Detroit News - Belle Isle's luster fades - Residents worry park could lose more than aquarium, but improvements slated.
• 04/01/05 - Free Press - DETROIT BUDGET CRISIS: Aquarium supporters fight to turn the tide
• 03/31/05 - See the Aquarium in 360! - from 360Michigan.net
• 03/31/04 - Letter to MAYOR from Rep. Steve Bieda, 25th District
• 03/31/05 - SaneDetroit.com - Belle Isle Aquarium Political Action Committee created.
• 03/30/05 - Aquarium on Channel 7 6:00pm
• 03/30/05 - FOBIA on WWJ Radio 2:30pm
• 03/30/05 - Metro Times - Looking into the Abyss
• 03/29/05 - 4739 Aquarium Visitors in 2 DAYS! (Photos)
• 03/29/05 - Channel 4 - Protesters Won't Give Up On Belle Isle Aquarium
• 03/29/05 - Preservation Online - Detroit To Close 101-Year-Old Aquarium
• 03/29/05 - Rally for the Belle Isle Aquarium at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
• 03/28/05 - WXYZ - Belle Isle Aquarium to Close Doors Sunday
• 03/28/05 - Governor Granholm response to FOBIA supporter
• 03/27/05 - Detroit News - Fans of aquarium race against clock
• 03/26/05 - Mayoral candidate Sharon McPhail visits the Belle Isle Aquarium
• 03/26/05 - BBC Visits Belle Isle Aquarium, to air in two weeks. Stay posted!
• 03/25/05 - Letter from Germany
• 03/24/05 - FOBIA before City Council - Resolution
• 03/23/05 - Michigan United Conservation Clubs letter to Detroit Council
• 03/23/05 - At a the DYC luncheon this Wednesday, mayoral candidate Freman Hendrix told the audience that upon becoming mayor he would re-open the Aquarium if it is shuttered by this administration.
• 03/23/05 - Detroit City Council today - FOBIA progress report. If doors close April 3rd, is Council empowered to transfer lease to FOBIA?
• 03/23/05 - Metro Times, Letters to the editor
• 03/23/05 - Detroit News - Kilpatrick asserts Progress
• 03/22/05 - Free Press - City is near top of list of spenders
• 03/20/05  - Detroit News- Kilpatrick's challenges grow
• 03/20/05 - Eileen & Phil Wullschleger of Grosse Pointe Farms represented our cause on Channel 5 on the Grosse Pointes' cable station. They appeared on Robert Taylor's show "Out of the Ordinary, into the Extraordinary." The show will be aired starting the week of March 20, 2005.
• 03/19/05 - BBC To  interview FOBIA  this coming week!
• 03/19/05 - WOMC 104.3 interviews FOBIA. To air Sunday 7:00AM
• 03/19/05 - Radio FOBIA interviewed by WWJ 950
• 03/19/05 - Benefit for FOBIA April 1st 6:30PM - 1:30AM at the Detroit Yacht Club - $100.00/ticket
• 03/16/05 - FOBIA'S Kate Alan and Jennifer Boardman appear on Comcast Cable Channel 10, 6:30 p.m.
• 03/15/05 - Belle Isle Aquarium benefit dinner at Charley's Grilled
  Sub at Macomb Mall
• 03/14/05 - Macomb Daily - Without donor, Detroit may lose aquarium
• 03/14/05 - Salute  to the establishments that take donations for FOBIA
• 03/12/05 - Free Press  - Who's next to give?
• 03/10/05 - Bumper-sticker image - soon for sale
• 03/10/05 - FOBIA President Kate Alan meets with City Administration; earning projections
• 03/10/05 - Jennifer Boardman of FOBIA meets with Detroit Synergy. Here are the notes of her speech
• 03/10/05 - FOBIA Meeting
• 03/09/05 - the Detroit City Council today over rode Mayor Kilpatrick's veto relative to the Resolution urging that the Belle Isle Aquarium remain open for two months to allow time for supporters to raise money to bridge the funding gap. Tragically, this is not an automatic halt on the Mayor's plans; but the action does place on record the will of the legislative body.
• 03/09/05 - Metro Times - The tragedy of the aquarium
• 03/08/05 - FOBIA Vs. Zoo Dir Ron Kagan - WJR 760am at 7:20am
• 03/07/05 - Link to Aquarium on Zoo web site; really well hidden. Also, no history.
• 03/07/05 - International observers notice Detroit closing is it's cultural  institutions: Kerala, India
• 03/07/05 - New! Frequently asked Questions (FAQ's)
• 03/07/05 - Detroit News - Will aquarium be one more Detroit treasure that will end up hidden?
• 03/06/05 - Collateral damage for Detroit - Effort to save Detroit aquarium fails - Australia
• 03/06/05 - Record crowds at Aquarium this weekend
• 03/05/05 - If it closes - Flee or Fight? Vote!
• 03/05/05 - Record crowds at the Aquarium
• 03/04/05 - Free Press - Belle Isle Aquarium to close in April
• 03/04/05 - Channel 7 - Officials Set Closing Date for Belle Isle Aquarium
• 03/04/05 - Letter; Governor Granholm lends moral support to FOBIA
• 03/04/05 - Channal 4 - It's Official! City Says Belle Isle Aquarium Will Close
• 03/03/05 - A notable donation
• 03/03/05 - Detroit free Press - Officials set closing date for Belle Isle Aquarium
• 03/03/05 - Crains Detroit - Aquarium
• 03/02/05 - WWJ Radio, Channel 7 news
• 03/01/05 - "Hey Mayor" - Something light-hearted
• 03/01/05 - Detroit News - Aquarium treads water on Belle Isle, while help frets on shore
• 03/01/05 - Donations are tax deductible.
• 02/28/05 - Fox News - 10 pm
• 02/28/05 - Will a new aquarium save the city?
• 02/27/05 - Regularly updated pledge results now online
• 02/27/05 - DNR offer refused by Mayor's office?
• 02/27/05 - Unprecedented numbers attend the Aquarium on weekend; more than 3,300
• 02/27/05 - Oakland Press - Aquarium in danger of sinking
• 02/27/05 - WWJ Radio FOBIA interview
• 02/26/05 - FOBIA pledge - have your company place a temporary button on their site.
• 02/26/05 - Attendance up %100+
• 02/25/05 -  WDET Local News Battle Over Belle Isle Aquarium
  by Celeste Headlee
• 02/25/05 - We're tapped out - Fobia War chest created, PayPal
• 02/25/05 - FOBIA small change drive Label
• 02/25/05 - Free Press - Belle Isle Aquarium needs $500,000
• 02/25/05 - Do we need a new Super Aquarium?
• 02/25/05 - Free Press - BUDGET DENIAL: Detroit City Council should offer options, not roadblocks
• 02/24/05 - Detroit News - Aquarium may earn reprieve
• 02/24/05 - Free Press - Belle Isle aquarium gets 8-week reprieve
• 02/23/05 - Detroit Council gives FOBIA 2 months to come up with the dough for the aquarium. Pledge drive started.
• 02/23/05 - FOBIA interviewed by WWJ
• 02/23/05 - Washington Times - Analysis: Budget crisis stalls Detroit
• 02/23/05 - South End - Aquarium closure not recommended by city council.
• 02/23/05 - aquarium, Fox 2 Morning News
• 02/22/05 - Detroit News - Group puts pressure on to save aquarium
• 02/22/05 - Free Press - PAYING FOR BELLE ISLE
• 02/21/05 - FOBIA goes before City Council -TRUCE!. FOBIA to meet with Detroit Zoo Director Ron Kagan on Thursday to discuss funding campaign.
• 02/21/05 - Free Press - Activists fight closing of Detroit's Belle Isle Aquarium
• 02/21/05 - Channel  4
• 02/21/05 - WXYZ Local News
• 02/21/05 - Free Press: BELLE ISLE AQUARIUM GETS A BOOST: Fighting to save the fish
• 02/20/05 - Aquarium gathering in driving snow, News 2, News 4, News 7 Pictures
• 02/19/05 - Letters, Detroit Free Press
• 02/17/05 - "Exceptional writings" expand considerably.
• 02/16/05 - Detroit Free Press "Belle Isle Aquarium worth keeping" by Karen Pope
• 02/16/05 -  FOBIA goes before City Council 9:00am today.
• 02/15/05 - Metro Times "We have his number"
• 02/14/05 - Oakland Press  - Supporters say aquarium is worth saving
• 02/12/05 - Meeting at the Coffee Beanery
• 02/11/05 - Detroit News article  by Betty DeRamus
• 02/11/05 - FOBIA on WDET
• 02/11/05 - Meeting at U of Detroit
• 02/10/05 - Losing Nemo - Detroit Free Press
• 02/10/05 - 'Fish Sticks' - signs for today's media event 1:30PM at the Aquarium!
• 02/09/05 - Metro Times article by Nancy Kaffer
• 02/09/05 - Palmer Woods resolution
• 02/08/05 - Photo opportunity; Oakland Press needs a photo for their article on the Belle Isle Aquarium. Thursday, 1:30PM at the Aquarium. Please come!
• 02/08/05 - Forum; Mayor Kilpatrick confirms closure. Claims Aquarium costs one million Dollars a year to maintain. Says he'll build new one.
• 02/08/05 - Mayor's Forum at 6:00pm - Be there!!!
• 02/07/05 - We are not alone any more - Maryann Mahaffey, Council President, Council Members Alonzo W. Bates and Joann Watson join us in the campaign to keep the Belle Isle Aquarium open.
• 02/07/05 - Golden sawfin - saved from extinction by the Belle Isle Aquarium
• 02/05/05 -  Opinion Poll who much would you spend to keep it open?
• 02/04/05  - Poster Gallery added - download documents and distribute info.
• 02/03/05 - Detroit News, Detroit's zoo boss denies rift & FOBIA response
• 02/03/05 - FOBIA representatives confer with Zoological Society today.
• 02/03/05 - The Kagan Press Release - and rebuttal
• 02/03/05 - FOBIA letter to Governor Granholm
• 02/03/05 - FOBIA member gives petition to Council Members.
• 02/03/05 - Mayor Kilpatrick & FORUMS
• 02/02/05 - Zoo Director on Kagan removed from Detroit Zoological Society! Details.
• 02/02005 - Channel 4, Group Hopes To Keep Belle Isle Aquarium Open
• 02/02/05 -  FOBIA meeting calls for accelerated activity; focus shifts to Governor, Mayor & City Council. Covered by Channel 4, Metro Times, Detroit Free Press.
• 02/01/05 - Free Press - Letter to the Editor
• 02/01/05 - Fox TV Channel 2 News at 5:30pm interviews FOBIA.
• 02/01/05 - FOBIA meeting tonight!
• 01/29/05 - Zoo Boycott proposal
• 01/29/05 - Dismantling accelerated, closure expected March 4th.
• 01/29/05 - Shiver on the River - Feb 5th
• 01/27/05 - General assembly, FOBIA Meeting,
  February 1, 2005 7:00pm - 8:30pm - Agenda
  Coffee Beanery (Woodward & 9 Mile) – Ferndale
• 01/27/05 - Zoo Director Ron Kagan accelerating closure  of Aquarium: tank raided by Zoo; now empty!
• 01/26/05 - "Ron said we said"
• 01/25/05  - Petition approaches 600!
• 01/24/05 - Article By Betty DeRamus / The Detroit News
• 01/24/05 - Snow writing
• 01/24/05 - The petition list escalates - check out the opinions
• 01/23/05 - People braved the snow and freezing temperatures  to show their support for the Aquarium. Afterwards, we went for coffee to organize. Stay tuned for the next activity.
• 01/22/05 - Resistance to the closing is spreading
• 01/22/05 - Aquarium - Ricardo Rodgers writes a song
• 01/21/05 - In progress: Letters - Webmasters choice (in progress)
• 01/21/05 - Support; The Aquarium Society of Ann Arbor will be represented at the 'walk-about'
• 01/21/05 - Councilwoman Alberta Tinsley Talabi responds
• 01/21/05 - Local businesses join the fight
• 01/20/05 - Open letter to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
• 01/20/05 -  Shiver on the River  Friends of the Detroit River Feb 5th
• 01/19/05 - FOBIA T-Shirt available $9.99 (No profit)
• 01/19/05 - You can see a draft of the FoBC's proposal at
  http://igorfilms.com/FoBC/Endangered.Detroit.pdf, compliments of Frank Nemecek
  The National Trust for Historic Preservation publishes an annual list of "America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places."  It highlights historic sites that are in jeopardy -- either through neglect, vandalism or outright demolition.
• 01/19/05  - Detroit Free Press opinion, "Save the Aquarium"
• 01/19/05  - New, powerful forum software added to site
• 01/15/05 - Detroit Zoo announces the Aquarium is to be closed! FOBIA fights back - sign up to help!
• 01/15/05 - Gathering clouds...
• Belle Isle Aquarium closing after 101 years - Free Press