Anita Deyo, 1200 3rd Ave.

Thursday, July 06, 2000

Anita Deyo, 1200 3rd Ave. N.W., awoke early Wednesday morning and discovered a stray cat at her doorstep.

She also discovered the cat was doused with kerosene and "barely alive," according to the Austin Police Department report.

The cat was turned over to the APD’s animal control officer and died later Wednesday morning.

More pig vandalism

Two more "Pigs in the City" concrete pigs have become victims of crimes.

The Austin Area Chamber of Commerce reported a pig at Holiday Inn of Austin and located at 4th Street and 17th Avenue Northwest was stolen.

The theft occurred sometime between June 30 and July 3.

The pig was decorated with a feather boa and was a facsimile of Governor Jesse Ventura.

The owners placed a value of $500 on the stolen pig, according to an Austin Police Department report.

Lori Wradislavsky reported one of two concrete pigs on display at McDonald’s Restaurant was discovered vandalized early Wednesday.

The pig was identified as "Radio Ham" and was discovered crushed, snout-first, near the restaurant’s drive-through area.

The value of the pig was placed at $200.

The Chamber is sponsoring the "Pigs in the City" promotion and there are still 38 400-pound concrete pigs sculpted by Steven Jones, Fountain, for the promotion.

Earlier this summer, a concrete pig was stolen from Alpha Orthodontics, but later replaced.

Another pig was taken from the Target Store area.

Illegal swimming reported

Thirteen juveniles were interrupted during a swim in a quarry at Ulland Bros.’s facilities south of Austin Wednesday.

According to a Mower County Sheriff’s Department report, the youths were cited for civil trespass violations.

Swimming in the quarry on private property is barred.

Mower County Sheriff Barry J. Simonson issued a warning to all who break the law by swimming in an unsupervised area. Not only are there inherent risks in swimming in such places, but also there are trespass laws to be respected.