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With just one year under her belt, Cris Rivera, chief executive officer of Allen County Hospital, is leaving.

Rivera, 55, has accepted a similar position at Rio Grande Regional Medical Center in McAllen, Texas, her hometown.

The opportunity to be “closer to family” was theJOHNSON deciding factor By BOB of her departure, Rivera said in a bob@iolaregister.com memo to hospital staff, made pubCalls to the 911 dispatch center lic this morning. average one almost every 10 minRivera took the reins at Allen utes.

County Hospital Nov. 1, 2011.

And while thaton may sound a litShe succeeded Joyce Heismeyer tle slow, played out over 24 hours who at a daytook and the everyCEO day position of the year, Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichithe total comes to 55,000. ta. “That’s Rivera’swhat last day be Nov.last 9. wewill received year,” Angie Murphy, dispatch center director, told Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning.

The call total — she figures half or more are for true emergencies — wasn’t the point of her appearance, but the magnitude of the number captivated commissioners.

Murphy was before commissioners to request a 20 percent increase in the department’s budget for 2012, up $126,000 over this year’s $490,000.

The increase seemed pretty hefty. Murphy reasoned health insurance will cost an additional $50,000 and another $6,000 was expected for Kansas Public Em-

Larry Peterderful CEO. I have no doubt we’ll be able to find another wonderful son, chief financial officer CEO,” Lee said this morning.

Hospital trustees will have the of the hospital, will be asked final say on the new director, Lee to take on the said, unlike previous appointments made by executives within additional responsibilities the big hospital network.

“The situation is different, as interim CEO Cris Rivera until a permathis time around. It’s a lot for a nent replacement is named, said prospective to candidate to conHarry Lee, hospital board chair- sider,” Lee said, referring to the man. break with HCA management Hospital Corporation of Amer- come Jan. 1, 2013. Beginning the ica, which oversees the manage- first of the year the local board of Leon and Judy Thompson ment of the hospital, will adver- trustees will assume oversight of tise the opening across its system. the hospital’s budget.

HCA is the largest hospital netAll employees of the hospital, work in the nation. however, will remain HCA emRegister/Richard Luken “Joyce (Heismeyer) wasan a woncontract with by Allen Mules Pat and Pete pull antiqueployees sickle under bar mower piloted Ray Whiteley of Le Roy. Whiteley was . prairie hay field Tuesday. derful CrisGleue has been a won-anCounty joinedCEO.

by Greg in cutting 18-acre

By BOB JOHNSON bob@iolaregister.com

By RICHARD LUKEN richard@iolaregister.com

LE ROY — Unlike the mechanized behemoths of today, Ray Whiteley’s mowing outfit was considerably quieter.

His “engine” — a pair of 1,200-pound mules — needed only an occasional break from the stifling summer heat as Whiteley traversed his way around an 18acre prairie hay meadow.

“It’s a little warm, so we’ve been taking it easy,” Whiteley said. “It’s our little hobby.”

The mules were pulling Whiteley’s antique sickle bar mower, a small wagon with cutting bar

Forgive Leon Thompson Saturday afternoon if he stops the Farm-City Days parade for a minute or two and lets loose with his familiar chant. It comes second nature when the auctioneer is amongst a crowd.

Since 1974, Thompson has spent most Saturday afternoons calling sales throughout southeast Kansas. For the better part of that 38 years, his wife Judy has been by his side, clerking, cashiering and otherwise helping with sales.

Leon and Judy are this year’s farm marshals for the fall festival.

1973 Thompson purchased Ray In Whiteley half interest in the Gas livestock auction from Tom Warren, and began a seven-days-a-week occupation of gathering cattleman to sell their herds each Friday.

“I’d drive 60,000 to 80,000 miles a year and was buying a new pickup truck every year or so,”

attached. The bar was triggered through a gear box engaged as its wheels roll.

With no mechanical engine to speak of, the only noise emanating from his unit was from the teeth of the seven-foot cutting bar rotating back and forth.

Joining Whiteley was neighbor and friend Greg Gleue, with his own mowing outfit, another sickle bar mower pulled by a pair of Percheron draft horses.

“We’re having some fun with it,” Whiteley joked. “Greg’s kind of a wimp about it. He needs a See MOWING | Page A5

Cheating scandal detailed ATLANTA (AP) — Former Atlanta schools Superintendent Beverly Hall knew about cheating allegations on standardized tests but either ignored them or tried to hide them, according to a state investigation.

An 800-page report released Tuesday to The Associated Press

by Gov. Nathan Deal’s office through an open records request shows several educators reported cheating in their schools. But the report says Hall, who won the national Superintendent of the Year award in 2009, and other administrators ignored those reports and sometimes retaliated against the whistleblowers.

The yearlong investigation shows educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and said Thompson, 69, recalling the middle schools cheated on stanintensity tests of theby job.helping studardized A year into histhe association dents or changing answers withexams the livestock auction, once were handed in. BuddyThe Butts, a self-taught investigators also country found a auctioneer, asked Thompsonand to “culture of fear, intimidation give him a in hand farm and retaliation” the with school district household sales. over the cheating allegations, Thompson which led to jumped educatorsaboard lying and quickly got into the swing about the cheating or destroying of cajoling spectators to bid. A5 See CHEATING | Page “One afternoon somewhere between here and Humboldt, we were doing a sale,” Thompson recalled. “Buddy was running out of wind. He turned to me and said, ‘Take over.’”

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Forty-four Walmart associates and shoppers gather in front of the store Tuesday to hula hoop.

Walmart paired up with Thrive Allen County to encourage activity time and promote a healthy lifestyle.

County will help with eco devo

County will help with sports complex

with concentration of efforts on

By BOB JOHNSON existing businesses. bob@iolaregister.com Allen County commission“We have countywide expectaAllen County will give a hand ers Tuesday morning kicked in tions,” said Commissioner Gary to construction of USD 258’s new $10,000 as a third part of funding McIntosh. “We’re making a list sports complex at the east edge to create a new economic devel- of things we think should be adof Humboldt. opment position as an adjunct to dressed,” he told the Register K.B. Criss told commissioners Thrive Allen County.

Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday morning the complex The decision came after comSlaugh added that having a should be ready for student use missioners gave short shrift to a source to follow leads was imby late next summer. request handed them last week portant, with the realization that “We have the first phase ready for $15,000. sometimes it was years before for bidding,” said Criss, district Last week Iola Industries and anything developed. superintendent, which will inIola each pumped $15,000 into the Jim Gilpin, secretary of Iola clude water and sanitary sewer Register/Susan Lynn project. Allen County settled on Industries, told commissioners a installation, site preparation to These men ready to leave theirweek inhibitions home theyneedparticipate in Friday night’s favorite $10,000, via aare motion made

by Rob earlierat that the as group subgrade and road and parking race, the drag race.

From left to right are Matt Skahan, Brian Wolfe, David Toland and Francis, who said he had “given it ed a non-profit status, a role that Nic Lohman, lot preliminaries.

Fred Heismeyer.

The race begins at 10:30 p.m. on the courthouse square. a lot of thought.” will be filled by Thrive. That will Baseball, softball and football Carl Slaugh, Iola administra- trigger efforts to attract grants. fields, as well as a running track, tor, encouraged county participaAmong Thrive’s duties will be will occupy more than half of tion. He said development efforts nearly 52 aces donated to the disSee COUNTY | Page A2 would embrace all of the county

Put that ego on the shelf, boys year a woman’s garter was transferred from one participant’s leg to another.

“It’s better than a baton,” said David Toland, executive director of Thrive Allen County and one of the organizers for Friday’s events.

If you don’t have a thing to wear — no worries.

Dresses, hats, purses, jewelry and other accoutrements will be available at Elizabeth Donnelly’s

The Shirt Shop, 20 W. Jackson, where participants will have a wide selection from which to choose. Doors open at 10 p.m.

Registration to participate in the drag race is $5. That also gains participants entrance to a 9:30 p.m. pre-party at the Thrive office, 12 W. Jackson. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Thrive office or Friday night on

Obama back into campaign with feisty debate

If you’ve got enough of it, Friday night is the night to let your hair down.

One sure test is to participate By“Drag STEVEN THOMMA in the Race” as a runup to McClatchy Newspapers the Charlie Melvin Mad Bomber WASHINGTON — President Run For Your Life race.

Barack leaped back into Men Obama and women alike are enthe presidential campaign Tuescouraged to dress in a cross-genday, aggressively challenging der manner and then “compete” See EGO | Page B6 rival Mitt Romney in tense dein teams of four in aa relay . Last bate likely to reset the contest as it heads into the final weeks.

Obama was all the things he was not in his first faceoff with Romney — energetic, engaged, quick to defend his record and

By JOE SNEVE Since 1871 — even quicker to tear into— Romney . joe@iolaregister.com At the bandstand Jim Garner, director At points, he even jumped off his When Brian Pekarek was hired July 7, 2011 8 p.m. seatThursday, to challenge Romney . as superintendent of the Iola PROGRAM Eager to score points from the school district in February, he Star Spangled J.P. Sousa opening minutes Banner to the ..................................................arr. last, he saw an opportunity to “reinvigoAmericans We — march ..........................................

Henry Fillmore cast Romney as an elitist who John Paraskevas/Newsday/MCT rate” USD 257.

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Jack Bullock would help the rich, a chameleon President Barack Obama, right, and Republican presidential With a focus on academic Army the Nileto—conceal march...................................Kenneth J. Alford who is allof but lying his nominee Mitt Romney during their second presidential debate at achievement and public transparBegin of the Beguine ......................................................

Cole Porter real agenda, a man whose scorn Hofstra UniversityAlex in Hempstead, N.Y., Tuesday. ency, Pekarek hopes he can furInvercargill — march ...................................................

Lithgow for the poor and working classes ther the district and Hymn to the Fallen....................................

John Williams/Sweeney Romney gave as good as he got ror thatsuccess allowedfor Obama to score was revealed only in the secretly the more than 1,300 students relyMen of Ohio — march .............................................

Henry Fillmore taped remarks in which Romney through most of the debate, re- at what otherwise might have ing aon it.

A Sixties Time Capsule — medleyminding .............................. arr. Jennings voters at every opportu- been moment of vulnerability. derided 47 percent of the country Pekarek walks his talk.

A naThe Washington Post — march ...................................John P. Sousa nity of the weak economy under The 90-minute debate at Hofas freeloaders.

Rained out concerts will be rescheduled for Friday evening.leader- stra University four years of Obama’s in Hempstead, See PEKAREK | Page A5 ship. He stumbled, however, at a N.Y., likely helped Obama re-enturn over the attacks on U.S. dip- ergize Democrats who were dislomats in Libya, an unforced erSee DEBATE Vol. 113, No. 209 75 Cents| Page A2

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Mowing effort recalls yesteryear HOOPING IT UP

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VOLLEYBALL BASEBALL

An anticipated field of a thousand runners and walkers, who will flee Iola’s downtown busition and for it “to comply with trict district

by Joe and ness early Saturday as Jane Works. county zoning requirements, Charley Melvin did in 1905, can The remainwhich aren’t too great.” be thankful that Melvin chose to Criss said he was eager to der be set deed in the middo hiswill dastardly meet those requirements and aside with the dle of the night. asked if the county would help thought thatbeing commemoHad the event with construction of an access new occurred elementa-in mid-day, parrated ry, middle andbattle oppressive street from Georgia Road, an exticipants would K.B. Criss tensionup,” of Weiner Humboldt’s Central high schools picked said Tuesday heat and humidity, with both Street, and parking lots. may be built in afternoon.

As in the past, “we exforecast at the upper end of the The district is thinking chip15 or so years, Criss said.daytime pect a lot of people to sign up Fridiscomfort scale during and-seal, Criss said.

Financing will . come night.”

Friday and Saturday As is, from they day money the last Commissioners Cost is $12 for theencouraged walk. Runwill run put and away walk over in somewhat 10 years in the district’s capital Criss fees to clear thefor timing are $14 youthfor to the age more inviting temperatures pre- ners’ outlay fund and lease-purchase work with Bill King, director of 17, $20 for adults and $17 each for dicted for the low 70s by 12:26 a.m. arrangements with a local bank, Public Works, and said the dismembers of teams.

Saturday. would in be the treated theannual same he added.

Runners third The race — many walkers will trict as smaller cities thetimes county County Alan will aim forinbest of. be out for a Counselor stroll — will capWeber activ- event saidthat the start only late requirements of 15.40.06 Cities purchase oiland and20.44.78 the counfor males for ities Friday afterthe county’s for throughout the district females, ty provides rock,year. equipment and set last noon and willwas go on to evening. completeIncluded a building Sticks of “Melvin Dy-No-Mite” the willapplicabe the labor. much-awaited “drag race,” fea- will be awarded the first three turing some of the area’s finest places for males and females in each of five ages groups, 15 and men and women dressed in drag.

Chris Weiner at Thrive Allen under, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 and 61 County, co-sponsor with Allen and over.

All participants will break County Crimestoppers for “The Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run from in front of the post office. for your Life,” said total of partic- Runners will follow a course that ipants was approaching 450, with will take them on West to Washabout 200 signed on for the 5-kilo- ington, then Jackson, Jefferson meter run.

TheJOHNSON walk will follow a and East to Cottonwood. They

By BOB $18,000.

See TEMPS | B6 3-kilometer course. bob@iolaregister.com “It really needs to be done,” “Registration, including probA century ago, the front of Finney observed. “It would transablyHumboldt a fifth online, has really the senior center was form that block, as well as downnothing but glass. Natural light town,” and be a catalyst that DAT flooded in. members think would encourage Inside then was City Market, private owners to follow suit. where domestic meats laid in cas“We just finished the bandes next to venison, duck, quail, stand,” with dedication Saturand prairie chicken. day, Finney said. “We’re trying to Paul Finney and other mem- bring up downtown and that will bers of Humboldt’s Downtown bring up all of Humboldt.”

Action Committee requested AlWhy is it the county’s responsilen County commissioners Tues- bility, asked Commission Chairday morning to restore the front man Dick Works. of the building to its look of 1900.

“Because you own it,” Finney For just $35,000 —$38,000 at the said. most — the front of the building Walter Wulf Jr., in supporting could look just as then, Finney testimony, allowed that “what said. was modern in the 1950s, looks As the committee’s spokesman, dated today. The original front Finney said the sum included res- would look less dated and better.” toration of windows at $10,000, exBuildings on the east side of Brian Pekarek, with Barb Geffert and Marcyhave Boring at pansive awning center, anothervisits $10,000, the Humboldt square been the USD 257 board office. and the replacement of some of upgraded and returned to their the current windows as well as See PROJECT | Page A3 brick work would take another Iola, KS

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to create marketing strategies, create and maintain community profiles, coordinate business information tours and respond to local business requests.

Thrust of the project will be to support the community and give businesses the attention they need to be successful, Toland said.

Those efforts now may start with funding, albeit $5,000 less than proposed, in place.

Commission Chairman Dick Works made the vote to allocate the $10,000 in county funding unanimous, but not before noting Humboldt’s Business Action Team had filled much of the role the position intends to do countywide.

BAT is manned by volun-

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My brother (David) and I probably wouldn’t be attorneys today without Neosho County Community College.

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— Ed Bideau, unopposed Republican nominee for the 9th District Kansas House seat

teers, Works noted, and had developed an inventory of businesses and employees in the Humboldt area while attempting to increase the numbers of each. BAT also has a coaching program for fledgling business, he said.

COMMISSIONERS gave their blessing to WATCO companies, which operates short-line railroads in southeast Kansas, to have access to county right of way at the northeast edge of Humboldt to expand loading facilities for tankers hauling ethanol.

A loading point has been there since the ethanol plant opened in Garnett several years ago.

A bill from Health Facilities Group, architects for the new hospital, for $19,454.37 was approved.

Commissioners also allocated $7,000 to the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center from $31,825 the

county received this year in alcohol tax distributions from the state. The mental health center had requested $10,000.

County Counselor Alan Weber told commissioners he would show the vacant warehouse on county property at 410 N. State St. to an interested party.

“I have reservations about selling it,” Francis said.

“I think we should look at renting it,” with rental charge dependent on what the use might be, McIntosh said.

ED BIDEAU, unopposed

Republican nominee for the 9th District Kansas House seat, came for a visit, saying he intended to use the remainder of the year to connect with local governing bodies.

“Too often legislators never have been in local government and don’t understand” what occurs at the primary level of governance, Bideau said.

He has a background through legal representation of Neosho County — he practices law in Chanute — but still wants to avail himself of all opportunities to hear what city, county and school officials have on their minds, Bideau said.

“There’s a broad misunderstanding,” not only of local government, but also the necessity of levying property taxes to meet responsibilities at the local level, he said.

Bideau is a supporter of community colleges, as well as public education, he added.

“My brother (David) and I probably wouldn’t be attorneys today without Neosho County Community College,” he said. “Our parents told us to go there out of high school and we’d talk” about higher education after they graduated.

Bideau said he intended to keep open lines of communication with local governing bodies, as well as citizens throughout the 9th District, which includes all of Allen County.

“Call me anytime, at home, at my office or on my cell phone,” Bideau said.

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Open Circle Club meets Open Circle Club met Oct. 10 at the B&B Cafe for breakfast. Ruth Wood was hostess.

Nine members and one guest were present. Roll call was recipes using pumpkin.

Cards were sent to Bill LaPorte and Frances Paling.

Members recognized the loss of Velia Beerehe and Dorothy Lebua.

A thank you note from Bill Burche was read.

The next club meeting will be at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 14 at the senior center in LaHarpe. Virginia Burke will be hostess.

Care home news Guest Home Estates

Larry Walters, Lawrence, and Helen, Iola, visited Fayette Walters, and toured the quilt show. David Zornes, Bartlesville, visited Russel Zornes.

Even with the rain on Saturday, we had a great turnout for Myrtle Francis’ quilt show.

Displayed were 45 of her 60-some quilts she handmade. Dorothy McGee, Iola,

won one of the quilts.

Fanny Sue Whitworth and Keith Evans celebrated their birthdays on Oct. 16.

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Pastor Marion Sponseller, Iola Community Baptist, visited Doris Rogers and Dee Hegman.

Jolissa and Candy Beachy, Iola, visited Dora Beachy. Jolee McDonald celebrated her birthday.

Correction Elyssa Jackson’s grandmother, Alberta Tippie (married name Rock), is no longer a resident of Allen County — she currently resides in California. Jackson had visited Iola along with her family for a reunion. The Register regrets the error.

Church hosts gospel event Hope Chapel Assembly of God Church will host community gospel sing at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The church is three miles east of Moran on U.S. 54.

The event is open to all comers, who should contact Pastor Raymond Yates ahead of time at 620939-4828. The concert is free to the public.

Dirt Diggers meet Nine members of the Dirt Diggers Garden club met Oct. 10 at Dorothy McGhee’s home. Dorothy Catron was the co-hostess.

McGhee gave the program from Jerry Baker’s “backyard problem solved.”

Members talked about planting spring and summer bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, lilies and gladiolus.

The next meeting will be at 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at Shirley Robertson’s home, 318 N. Main St. in Gas.

Neosho Falls news Several enjoyed the afternoon of Oct. 6 helping Elmer Nichols celebrate his 100th birthday. Elmer lived in Geneva for many years.

Eunice Hays’ funeral was Saturday with a noon meal held at the senior center.

Starting at the senior center Friday, Josie Weiland brought in a bacon chocolate pie. It was a four-layer pie with whipped cream and sliced bacon on top. It was good and different.

Rev. Anderson visited the senior center and ate dinner.

Dee Bedenbender is home after four days in a Wichita

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963-2592 hospital for tests.

To top the week off, Richard Bruner celebrated his 91st birthday at the senior center at noon with a birthday cake to share.

The church soup supper and auction was great and a lot of fun. Thanks to all the people involved.

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discouraged at his lackluster performance in the first debate, and sends the two rivals into their final clash Monday in Florida grappling for a breakout.

Most eyes were on Obama from the onset as he looked for ways stylistic and substantive to show voters he eagerly wants the job, and that Romney should not have it. In that first debate, he was passive at times, looking down at notes rather than making eye contact, and failing to raise such topics as Romney’s remarks about the 47 percent.

Obama worked throughout to tar Romney as a friend to the rich and powerful.

“His plan is to let the oil companies write the energy policies,” he said of Romney’s push for more en-

ergy production.

He lambasted Romney’s plan to cut taxes, saying they would necessarily force tax increases on the middle class.

“You’re going to be paying for it,” Obama said.

“You can’t buy the sales pitch.”

Obama all but called Romney a liar.

“What Gov. Romney said just isn’t true,” he said of Romney’s comments on the auto industry.

“Very little of what Gov. Romney just said is true,” he said of Romney’s comments on energy.

Obama at times sat at the edge of his stool, rising quickly to physically challenge Romney face to face rather than waiting for Romney to finish and be seated.

Challenged by Romney the first time, Obama then

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His plan is to let the oil companies write the energy policies.

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walked away and faced the audience to answer a question. The second time Obama stood to confront him, Romney waved him back, “You’ll get your chance in a moment.”

When he wasn’t jumping out of his seat, Obama watched Romney intently.

He wasn’t Joe Biden, laughing or making hand gestures when the other guy was talking, as the vice president did in his debate

last week with Republican Paul Ryan.

But Obama kept his eyes on his adversary, a noteworthy change from the first debate when he was often caught on camera looking down at his notes or away, giving voters the impression he was disinterested.

Romney refused to cede the stage, however, standing forward rather than returning to his seat while Obama spoke to the live audience in the town hallstyle meeting.

Romney stayed on message most of the evening, hammering away at economic anxiety about lost jobs, rising poverty and shrinking paychecks.

“The president’s policies ... haven’t put people to work,” he said.

“Middle-income families have been crushed,” he added.

Pakistan still split over confronting Taliban Libya militias ‘executed’ Gadhafi loyalists

“ You are either with the Taliban or you are

By MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press

against them. There is no third option.

— Altaf Hussain, leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement

ager, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, the coalition of jihadists known usually as the Pakistani Taliban, issued a new seven-page defense of its actions Tuesday, this time in the national language, Urdu. Previous defenses have been in English.

“For this espionage, infidels gave her (Malala) awards and rewards. And Islam orders killing of those who are spying for enemies,” the TTP said. “We targeted her because she would speak against the Taliban while sitting with shameless strangers and idealized the biggest enemy of Islam, Barack Obama.”

Some religious conservatives even are trying to smear Malala, calling her an “American agent” and suggesting that the assassination bid was either a deliberate conspiracy to justify future military operations or that the event has somehow been “hijacked” by the West or pro-Western elements in Pakistan. As “proof” of this conspiracy, pictures have been circulated online of Malala meeting

Richard Holbrooke, the late former U.S. special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan.

On Sunday, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a political party, staged a rally attended by thousands for Malala in the southern port of Karachi. Its leader, Altaf Hussain, speaking to the gathering by telephone from exile in London, said, in remarks directed at the military: “Move ahead and crush the Taliban and 180 million people will be standing behind you.”

“You are either with the Taliban or you are against them. There is no third option,” he said.

But such talk is not universal. On Tuesday, Imran Khan, a cricket superstar who has turned populist politician and urges negotiations with the Taliban, warned at a news conference against military action.

“If, in anger at this tragedy, we do a military operation, our problems will only increase,” he said. “If military action were the solution, this issue would have been solved by now.”

CAIRO (AP) — Libyan rebels appear to have “summarily executed” scores of fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, and probably the dictator himself, when they overran his hometown a year ago, a human rights group said today.

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The evidence suggests that opposition militias summarily executed at least 66 captured members of Gadhafi’s convoy in Sirte.

— Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director at Human Rights Watch

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ISLAMABAD — The horrific shooting of a teenage girl by the Pakistani Taliban to silence her campaign for schooling for girls has forced a battered Pakistan to consider how it can tackle violent extremism after years of equivocation and toleration, analysts and politicians say.

Pakistanis, almost obsessively, have followed the news of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai since Taliban assailants shot her in the head a week ago. The shock has jolted Pakistanis to resolve that the country can no longer live with an organization and an ideology in its midst that would attack a girl who only wanted to be allowed to go to school — and then brazenly promise to hunt her down again if she survived.

“Malala is Pakistan right now. This is not the Taliban’s Pakistan. This is our Pakistan,” said Asma Shirazi, the host of a popular nightly political show. “We have created this problem. Now the fire has reached our house.

This is a question of our survival.”

Still, there is no consensus on whether fighting or talking is the answer to the militant challenge, leading to dangerous fractures in society. Thousands of Pakistanis have died in what

people here call America’s “war on terror,” and many are reluctant to embrace a fresh military offensive against the Pakistani Taliban, which is based in North Waziristan along the border with Afghanistan.

On Tuesday, writing in the same newspaper, The News, a Pakistani daily, two columnists drew opposite conclusions, one pushing for immediate military action, the other opposed.

Maleeha Lodhi, a former ambassador to Washington, warned that “the window of public consent” for an operation against the Pakistani Taliban could close rapidly if not seized now. Ansar Abbasi, an influential conservative commentator, argued that such an operation would be a trap. “They (the West) want to use the poor girl’s case to further chaos and anarchy in Pakistan,” he said.

The military and the civilian government have given conflicting signals about whether an operation is being planned. With winter setting in, which would make conditions tough in the mountainous North Waziristan terrain, and an election due in the next six months, action would need to begin within weeks.

Apparently seriously rattled by the public revulsion since the assault on the teen-

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The report by Human Rights Watch on alleged rebel abuses that followed the October 2011 capture of the city of Sirte in the final major battle of the eightmonth civil war is one of the most detailed descriptions of what the group says were war crimes committed by the militias that toppled Gadhafi, and which still play a major role in Libyan politics today.

The 50-page report, titled “Death of a Dictator: Bloody Vengeance in Sirte,” details the last hours of Gadhafi’s life on Oct. 20, 2011, when he tried to flee the besieged city. The longtime leader’s convoy was struck by NATO aircraft as it tried to escape and the survivors were attacked by militias from the city of Misrata, who captured and disarmed the dictator and his entourage.

Misrata was subjected to a brutal weeks-long siege by Gadhafi’s forces that killed hundreds of residents, and fighters from the city became among the regime’s most implacable foes. HRW says it seems the Misratans took revenge against their prisoners in Sirte.

“The evidence suggests that opposition militias summarily executed at least 66 captured members of Gadhafi’s convoy in Sirte,” said Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director at Human Rights Watch.

The New York-based group’s report says that new evidence unearthed in its investigation includes a mobile phone video clip taken by militiamen showing a large number of prisoners from Gadhafi’s convoy being cursed and abused by opposition fighters.

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As part of teacher appreciation month, Walmart donated 21 sandwich subs, chips, water and cookies to USD 257 for parent-teacher meetings Tuesday. “If anyone deserves it, it’s the students,” Walmart assistant manager Shandie Wrench said.

From left are Don Snavely and Tony Leavitt, USD 257 board of education members, and Wrench.

“SOMEONE ASKED me the other day why I don’t have many farm auctions anymore,” Thompson said. “Have you driven out in the country lately? There aren’t many farmers anymore.”

He never kept count, but in his 38 years of auctioning, Thompson probably has been involved in 5,000 sales.

“While I had the livestock auctions we had a sale every week, as well as special horse

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I’ve always loved to help out people with benefits, especially if there are kids involved.

— Leon Thompson

and cow sales,” he said. “And with Bud, we’d have a sale every Saturday and Sunday, and sometimes one during the week.”

His favorite were those from which he didn’t earn a nickel.

“I’ve always loved to help out people with benefits, especially if there are kids involved,” he said. “I’ve never turned down anyone who called about a benefit if I could work it in.”

Recently he led a “play auction” for kids at Iola Public Library, which “was great fun.”

“We’re having very few sales anymore,” Thompson said. “We’ve had about 15 this year,” down from prime time when 100 or more a year were common.

“Every one you have is one you won’t have again and the economy also has cut into

auctions a lot,” he said. “Used to be people would buy things for flea market booths and antiques malls, but now those sales have fallen off and the Internet has cut into local sales,” with people buying and selling from the comfort of their homes on sites such as eBay and Craig’s List.

“It’s been an interesting occupation,” he continued.

“Sometimes I wonder why Bud chose me to help him at sales,” which led to his life’s work.

Cattle haven’t strayed from his and Judy’s daily regimen, although with a short hay crop this year they whittled their herd to four head, “the fewest cattle I’ve had since I was a kid,” he said. “I’ve usually ran 60 to 70 head.”

“We’ll buy back next spring,” said Judy, when pastures green and hay prospects are better.

WHILE JUDY is usually at Leon’s side whenever an auction unfolds, she also has her own business to look after.

She has had an accounting office in Humboldt for 30 years.

The two of them aren’t always bystanders at auctions.

Leon collects bull figurines and belt buckles; Judy Depression era glassware.

H Project Continued from A1

original design, as has one on the north side by Wayne Smith. Monarch Cement and B&W Trailer Hitches, Humboldt’s flagship industries, chipped in to help with the bandstand’s restoration.

Finney said DAT members think a move by the county would lead to private owners joining in and Humboldt’s downtown business district eventually being a showplace that would draw visitors and lead some to consider the town as a permanent destination.

THE REQUEST CAUGHT

commissioners at a less than opportune time.

At the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting they mulled over revenue that today is $700,000 short of meeting expenditures budgeted for the remainder of the year.

About $1.8 million is projected for expenditures while revenue sits at $1.1 million.

Reasons for the shortfall are a mystery.

“Lots of things could be the cause,” Works said, “We just haven’t been able to identify them. It’s a little scary.”

Delinquent property taxes could be part of the reason, Works said, “but not all of it.”

With revenue concerns on their minds, commissioners weren’t eager to tap into funds set aside for the five senior centers the county maintains in Iola, Humboldt, Moran, LaHarpe and Savonburg. Budgeted expenditures this year for the senior centers were about $62,000, which will roll over to a similar amount in 2013.

Commissioners noted it was important to hold some money in reserve.

David Toland, Thrive Allen County executive director who has purchased and remodeled two buildings in downtown Iola, pushed the point, saying he thought the upgrade would be encouragement for the private sector in that part of Humboldt’s downtown to join the restoration parade.

“Look down the road,” he urged commissioners. “Valuations and rent will go up, so will tax revenue.”

He also predicted that with more attractive set-

tings, residents would be more apt to walk and exercise, which would meet part of Thrive’s goal of making the county’s residents healthier.

“You have a chance to fill a piece of the puzzle and make Humboldt more vibrant,” Toland said.

Commissioners Rob Francis said he thought the building’s restoration would occur “when we can work it in the budget,” but Works was ever the pragmatist, recalling that when DAT came earlier to the commission, its members talked in terms of $15,000 to restore the building.

“Now it’s $35,000 to $38,000 and when it’s done it will probably be more,” he said.

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The county is responsible for health and safety.

This looks more like historical preservation and economic development. It’s hard to justify (it) as a county project.

— Dick Works, commission chairman

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He had heard Butts’ cry long enough to mimic it and in the heat of the moment took off selling.

Afterward, Thompson practiced “a lot by myself.”

“Lots of times he’d practice while he was driving around in his pickup,” said Judy, 68.

Soon Thompson was crying sales at his weekly livestock auction, and then at others in Eureka, Parsons, Overbrook “for two or three years and once in a while at El Dorado Springs, Mo.” He did livestock auctions for 29 years and today continues with household and farm sales.

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Continued from A1

WORKS gave a short tutorial.

“The county is responsible for health and safety” of its residents, “and public works,” Works said. “This looks more like historical preservation and economic development. It’s hard to justify as a county project.”

That led Finney to propose removing tin from the building’s second floor front and restoration as the initial project.

Toland wondered if, as a means of saving money, county Public Works Department crews might remove the tin from the second floor, so that a contractor could tackle its facade immediately.

A phased approach intrigued commissioners, but didn’t loosen their purse strings.

Commissioner Gary McIntosh’s conclusion that he would “have to take a close look at the budget” summed up their consensus.

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Churches try shorter services to attract parishioners FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Some churches struggling with shrinking attendance are shortening their traditional Sunday services, promising to get a generation with limited attention spans out the door in as little as 30 minutes.

These abbreviated ceremonies are an innovation that leaders hope will lure back the enormous numbers of young people who avoid Sundays at church.

With distractions such as the Internet and a weak connection to the faith of their childhoods, many are steering clear, to the dismay of religious leaders who desperately want them back.

We are increasingly aware of the time pressures on families, and they have been telling us that the traditional service is too long for them. — The Rev. Chip Stokes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Delray Beach, Fla.

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Roman Catholics have long accommodated hurried worshipers at daily Mass. Recognizing they are often on the way to work or taking a lunch break, priests keep some Masses to less than 45 minutes. “When you don’t give a daily homily, it cuts 10 minutes,� said the Rev. Gabriel O’Reilly of St. David’s Catholic Church in Davie, Fla. But not everyone supports the trend toward briefer worship sessions. “The Lord gives us 24 hours a day, seven days a week,� said Karen Turnbull, a lay leader at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in Delray Beach. “And he’s asking us for only one hour to come to church.�

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Eastern Orthodox churches also have no plans to abbreviate their services, which can top more than two hours each Sunday. “Services are meant to be spiritual; they’re meant to be sensory; that takes time,� said James Carras, a member of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “When I go to church, it takes a while to get into the zone, to let go of business or how the Dolphins are doing. The liturgy helps guide you into that zone.�

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

A5

Obama is given a clear victory

AS THE FACT-CHECKERS

will show over the next few days, Gov. Romney’s morefrom-less math is phony. Even if all of the current deductions were repealed — which is a political non-starter — the tax reductions he proposes would reduce federal income and increase the deficit. The deficit would be larger yet if Romney could persuade Congress to increase military spending by billions, as he says he would try to do.

It remains to be seen how the debate will affect the polls and the election. The guess from this keyboard is that the president will gain a bit now and that his lead will grow as voters grasp how fundamental the differences between the two men and their political parties truly are.

— Emerson Lynn,jr.

Pakistani girl responding to treatment

By MARTIN BENEDYK and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — A teenage Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education has responded well to treatment and impressed doctors with her strength, the British hospital where she was being treated said Tuesday.

Experts are optimistic that 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was airlifted Monday to Britain to receive specialized medical care, has a good chance of recovery because unlike adults, the brains of teenagers are still growing and can adapt to trauma better.

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You don’t have a bullet go through your brain and have a full recovery.

— Dr. Jonathan Fellus

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WHILE NEITHER WERE all that specific about the agenda

they would follow if elected, a clear difference emerged.

Mitt Romney would follow the conservative Republican philosophy. He insisted he could reduce income tax rates across the board by 20 percent, eliminate the estate tax, keep low tax rates on interest, capital gains and dividends and still reduce the deficit and balance the budget.

He repeated his belief that lowering taxes and reducing government regulation would provide the stimulation the economy needed to create jobs and fill government coffers.

President Obama would stay in the tradition of Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson and Bill Clinton and use the power of government to seek the common good — or as Obama likes to put it, everyone should get a fair shot.

With those values in mind, President Obama repeated that he wants the income tax deduction for the wealthy to expire at the end of the year but would keep taxes the same on the middle class — which he defines as families with incomes of less than $250,000 a year.

He said the money the nation will save by ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan should be devoted to helping more young people win college degrees and rebuilding the nation’s highways, bridges and update other infrastructure that has been neglected in the recession. Those initiatives, he said, would create jobs and make the nation stronger. Modest goals; but achievable.

“Her response to treatment so far indicated that she could make a good recovery from her injuries,” the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in central England’s Birmingham said in a statement.

Despite the early optimism, the full extent of Malala’s brain injuries has not been made public and outside experts cautioned it is extremely unlikely that a full recovery of all her brain’s functions can be made. Instead, they could only hope that the bullet took a “lucky path” — going through a more “silent,” or less active — part of the brain.

“You don’t have a bullet go through your brain and have a full recovery,” said Dr. Jonathan Fellus, chief scientific officer at the New Jersey-based International Brain Research Foundation.

Malala was returning home from school in Pakistan last week

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The brain is like real estate. Location is everything.

— Dr. Anders Cohen

when she was targeted by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education and criticizing the militant group’s behavior when they took over the scenic Swat Valley where she lived. Two of her classmates also were wounded in the attack and are receiving treatment in Pakistan.

She arrived Monday in Britain, where she can be protected from follow-up attacks threatened by the militants. The Taliban have threatened to target Malala again because she promotes “Western thinking.”

There was some concern for the teenager’s safety Tuesday when police stopped and questioned two people who tried to visit Malala, but hospital officials and police stressed there was no threat to the girl’s safety. The two people, who claimed to be Malala’s relatives, were turned away.

“We think it’s probably people being over-curious,” hospital spokesman Dr. Dave Rosser said.

On Monday, the military said damaged bones in Malala’s skull will need to be repaired or replaced, and she will need “intensive neuro rehabilitation.” The decision to send the girl abroad was taken in consultation with her family, and the Pakistani government will pay for her treatment.

Doctors say Malala has an advantage because teens are generally healthier and their bodies have a stronger ability to react to the disruption that the injury causes.

“It helps to be young and resilient to weather that storm,” Fellus, at the International Brain Research Foundation, said. “Because her brain is continuing to develop at that age, she may have more flexibility in the brain.”

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Last night’s debate was a dogfight.

Mitt Romney snarled at President Obama’s record and bit at his ankles over the economy over and over again. One almost expected the audience to supply his punch lines for him before the 90 minutes was up, they were so predictable.

Obama barked right back, taking the governor to task for his flip-flopping actions and statements on health care, abortion rights, gun control, and tax policies.

When both were pulled from the pit, President Obama’s handlers gave him the victor’s bone.

Washington hands will agree.

The president handled himself with confidence and clarity. Romney repeated his claim that he “knew how to create jobs; how to fix the economy” so many times that the statement lost whatever appeal it may first have had.

The president made several strong points. He pointed out that a great many women depend on the health care services provided through Planned Parenthood and that Romney is opposed to the program and would end it if elected. While governor of Massachusetts, Romney was a strong advocate of Planned Parenthood, including its provision of abortions, but now is just as strong in his opposition.

Obama also took credit for federal legislation requiring equal pay for equal work that was passed early in his administration with the signing of the Lily Ledbetter Act, the first law the president signed when he took office in 2009.

Romney said that as governor he had sent state workers out to recruit women for his cabinet when the first slate proposed was all male. This incidence of affirmative action on his part stands in contrast to his current opposition to affirmative action in universities and other governmentsupported agencies and institutions.

Romney attacked the president for a “weak” response to the attacks on the U.S. embassy in Libya; Obama fiercely defended his administration’s actions and swore that he would find the terrorists responsible for the four deaths and “bring them to justice.”

There’s also a psychological aspect to why youngsters have a better shot at recovery. While injured adults often mourn the loss of what they had, teens don’t know what they are missing.

“They have an amazing capacity for hope,” Fellus said. In Malala’s case, her strong personality would also help her recover.

Still, experts cautioned that it is impossible to say how Malala will do without knowing the path of the bullet and what damages it caused, details that have not been released.

“The brain is like real estate,” said Dr. Anders Cohen, chief of neurosurgery at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York. “Location is everything.

“Based on the information we have, it appears that Malala was shot from the front down diagonally, but we don’t know what part of the brain the bullet went through, whether it crossed the midline and hit any vessels, or whether the bullet passed through the right or left side of the brain.”

The attack on the girls horrified people in Pakistan and across the world. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said Malala had become “a symbol of all that is good in us.”

“The work she did is far higher before God than that which is being done by terrorists in the name of religion,” he said at the Economic Cooperation Organization Summit in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. “We will continue her bright work.”

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has announced a $1 million bounty for Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan, saying he was the one who announced that the Taliban carried out the attack on Malala.

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Jan. 15 — Allen County was lauded for dairying accomplishments last night and a cross section of its citizenry was dined and effectively sold on more dairying at the Kelley Hotel by a delegation from the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce in recognition of the fact that the county had placed more new registered dairy sires in its herds than any other county in the state between Oct. l, 1946 and Sept. 30, 1947. Allen County’s score was 63 new registered bulls.

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eford Funeral Home. On Jan. 23, 1945, the property was donated by Mr. Bowlus to the Sisters of St. Joseph with the proviso that the construction of a hospital to cost at least $200,000 be started within three years. This has not been done and title to the site reverted to Mr. Bowlus yesterday. Mr. Bowlus said the Sisters “are in full accord” that the site be given to the county for a hospital. ***** May 24 — TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — D. A. McDonald, Iola, was elected president of the Kansas Grain, Feed and Seed Dealers Association here Saturday. McDonald is owner of Iola Milling Co. and former city finance commissioner. ***** June 9 — The headquarters bat-

tery, 35th Division Artillery, Kansas National Guard was officially mustered in last night at the armory in Riverside Park. Capt.

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LEARNING THROUGH KAGAN Batman imitator arrested PETOSKEY, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man is facing charges for his effort to keep an eye on his community while wearing a Batman outfit.

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Red Devil women shut out NOC TONKAWA, Okla. — Keelie Arbuckle’s spotless performance Tuesday as goalkeeper keyed a road victory for the Allen Community College women’s soccer team.

The Red Devils’ Maribelle Mbaire scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Northern Oklahoma College.

Arbuckle, a St. Joseph, Mo., freshman, made 13 saves in goal.

The men were not as fortu-

nate, dropping a 5-2 decision.

George Georgiev and Eric Tomlinson both scored for ACC, while goalkeeper Jordan Drake made eight saves. Oscar Maruffo had an assist on Georgiev’s goal.

The loss ends the regular season for the Red Devil men (5-10 overall). The women (2-14) will play their final regular season game Thursday at home against Garden City Community College.

Register/Richard Luken

Iola High’s Katie Thompson goes up for a block while teammates Breanna Stout, left, and Hannah Endicott stand by. Iola dropped a pair of volleyball matches Tuesday to Anderson County High.

Fillies drop road contests

By RICHARD LUKEN richard@iolaregister.com

GARNETT — Iola High’s volleyball squad followed an exasperatingly familiar pattern Tuesday.

The Fillies played evenly in a pair of matches against their hosts from Anderson County High School.

In straight-set losses in both

contests, Iola battled evenly through the first dozen or so points before faltering in the latter stages.

Anderson County’s 25-14, 25-14 and 25-15, 25-18 victories end the regular season for Iola.

Now the Fillies await today’s seeding announcement for Saturday’s Class 4A Substate tournament in El Dorado.

Head coach Emily Sigg said after the match she expected Iola to have the seventh seed, possibly against Towanda-Circle.

“Fourteen, 15 (points) have been our limit ... we just can’t get past that,” Sigg said. “It’s disappointing because we play really great up to that, then we just See FILLIES | Page B2

Register/Richard Luken

Allen Community College goalkeeper Keelie Arbuckle, shown here from a home match Monday, spearheaded a Red Devil shutout on the road Tuesday at Northern Oklahoma College.

Undefeated Wildcats near berth in state playoffs

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Marmaton Valley High’s football team utilizes a powerful running attack as it steamrolls its way to what it hopes will be an undefeated regular season. Some of the key players in the Wildcat running game are, front from left, Joey Jefferis, Nathan Smart, Lane Hamm, Lucas Hamlin, Tristan Dickerson, Jared Kale and Jimmy Frye; and second row from left, Daylen Houk, Ryan Smith, Cole Becker and Carlos Gonzales.

MORAN — It’s been a journey nine years in the making, one yard at a time.

It started in third grade when several of Marmaton Valley High’s current senior class joined a youth football league in Chanute.

A year later, they jumped at the chance when Moran formed its own team as part of the Allen County Youth Tackle Football League.

By the time the students reached middle school, they already had become familiar with one another on the gridiron.

Now as high school seniors, they’re ready to try for the pinnacle — the state playoffs.

“They’ve got football savvy,” Wildcat head coach Kent Houk said of his veteran squad.

They’ve also got a devastating mixture of power up front and speed in the backfield.

Triggered by the team’s mammoth offensive line, Marmaton Valley has averaged more than 300 rushing yards and 50 points per game, en route to a 7-0 start.

The Wildcats are virtually ensured of a playoff berth with two games left in the regular season, See WILDCATS | Page B2

Lady Cubs come up short HUMBOLDT — A back-andforth volleyball match filled with a number of close calls fell in favor of the visitors Tuesday evening.

Humboldt High’s volleyball squad battled Fredonia High in three straight hotly contested sets, but wound up dropping two of the three in a 23-25, 25-23, 2522 defeat.

The Lady Cubs also dropped two straight sets to highly regarded Burlington High, 25-19, 25-15.

“We played hard and made them work for the win,” Humboldt head coach Stephanie Splechter said.

Sherri Middleton pounded down 11 kills for Humboldt in the Fredonia match, to go along with 4 blocks and two points.

Anna Setter and Rachel Taylor shared high-scoring honors with seven sets apiece. Setter also had three aces, 23 set assists and a dig. Taylor also had

a kill and two digs.

Breanna Kline chipped in with six points, three aces and five kills to go with a set assist.

Kayle Riebel had nine kills, two points and a dig on defense. Haley Riebel had two points and a dig. Delaney Umholtz chipped in with a point, while Kasey Beeman had a kill and a dig.

The scoring wasn’t as prolific against Burlington. Kline had five kills, two aces, a dig and two points. Middleton had four kills and three points. Taylor had four points and a dig. Kline and Kayle Riebel delivered five and four kills, respectively. Setter had 11 assists, a dig and a point. Haley Reibel also had four kills, a service ace and a point. Kline served up two points, both on aces.

The Lady Cubs travel to Fredonia Saturday to begin play in the Kansas Class 3A substate playoffs. Seedings and matchups were to be announced today.

Team MVPs

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Senior Zeph Larney, center from left, and junior Eric Maxwell were named team MVPs for Iola High in its loss to Chanute Friday. The recognition came through the Iola Police Department-sponsored Cops for Jocks promotion. On hand for the weekly honors were, from left, Iola police officers Mike Ford, Mike Aronson, Steve Womack and Police Chief Jared Warner. Cops for Jocks is a program between the IPD and the IHS Mustang football team to recognize outstanding play in each of the Iola football games.

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Marmaton Valley JV Verlander keys Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2-1 win over Yanks squad season ends MORAN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Marmaton Valley Highâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s junior varsity volleyball squad ended its season with a split Tuesday.

The Wildcats downed visiting Pleasanton in two sets, 25-9, 25-13, while falling to Uniontownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JV 2515, 25-22.

The split puts the Wildcat JVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final record at 31-10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We finished up the season tonight with a hard-fought game against Uniontown,â&#x20AC;? Wildcat head coach Jamie Stodgell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Throughout our season, these girls played like winners and were winners.

This team has been a pleasure to coach.â&#x20AC;?

Kenzie Harrison led the Wildcat girls on the night with 17 points and three kills. Shauna Knight added 10 points and three kills, Mackenzie Tynon had eight points and nine kills; Tessa

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Marmaton Valley Highâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Emily Boyd participates in a volleyball match at home Tuesday.

Olson had six kills and five points.

Others scoring for Marmaton Valley were Ashlynn Pinkerton, six kills and three points; Ruby Mann, three kills and a point; Alex Thomas, two points; Molly Hamlin, three kills and a point; and Shauna Knight, three kills.

DETROIT (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Justin Verlander took a shutout into the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers held on to beat the New York Yankees 2-1 Tuesday night for a 3-0 lead in the AL championship series.

Phil Coke gave up consecutive singles with two outs in the ninth before striking out postseason star Raul Ibanez for his second save in two games.

Verlander allowed only a pair of singles by Ichiro Suzuki and a leadoff hom-

er by Eduardo Nunez in the ninth. Delmon Young hit a solo home run for the Tigers, and Miguel Cabrera had an RBI double.

Yankees starter Phil Hughes was lifted in the fourth because of a stiff back, and manager Joe Girardiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lineup shuffle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alex Rodriguez was benched again â&#x20AC;&#x201D; failed to snap New York out of its untimely hitting funk.

The Tigers were on a historic pitching run even before their ace took the

mound Tuesday. With the exception of a four-run ninth inning against Detroit closer Jose Valverde in Game 1, New York had been shut out for the entire series.

Nunezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homer snapped a streak of 37 innings by Detroit starters without allowing an earned run, the longest in a single postseason in the live-ball era.

Verlander fell just short of a second straight shutout after stopping the Oakland Athletics in the decisive fifth game of the

division series. He struck out only three but kept New York off the scoreboard until the homer to left field by Nunez, the first run allowed by the powerful right-hander since he gave up a leadoff homer to Coco Crisp in Game 1 of the ALDS. Verlander got Brett Gardner on a tapper before he was lifted after 132 pitches, one shy of his career high set in Game 5 of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ALCS against Texas.

Local ANW bowlers compete PITTSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ANW Special Education Cooperative Special Olympics bowlers were in Pittsburg Thursday for their annual bowling meet.

Local participants, and their places in their respective age divisions were: Kabel Beckham, Iola, first;

Bo Bland, Iola, first; Judy Branstetter, Iola, second; Jonathan Cross, Iola, second; Katlin Cress, Iola, third; Gavin Doolittle, Yates Center, second; Manual Doolittle, Neosho Falls, first; Brandon Griggs, Moran, first; Chealsae Hanson, LaHarpe, third; Ty Johnson, Moran, fifth;

Kandra Manbeck, LaHarpe, third; Leibranne Moore, Iola, third; Justin Narrolz, Iola, first; Kaylee Norton, Iola, second; Courtland Sager, Gas, second; Mariz Schotterbeck, Yates Center, second; Corine Simpson, Iola, fourth; Gracie Splechter, Yates Center, second; Ian Spoor, Iola, third;

Wolfgang Webber, Colony, second; Christopher White, Iola, fourth; Derek White, Iola, first; Dalia Stoll, LaHarpe; first.

Allen County Special Olympics team members were Casey Riebel, LaHarpe, second; and Steven Riebel, LaHarpe, fourth.

H Wildcats including a highly anticipated matchup Oct. 25 against unbeaten St. Paul to wrap up district play.

But nobody is looking that far ahead.

While several around town have asked about the St. Paul showdown, Houk has only one thing on his mind â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Friday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against Yates Center.

That Yates Center is winless on the season matters nothing, Houk said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yates Center has some talented playmakers,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All they have to do is put it together.â&#x20AC;?

He noted Yates Center trailed by only two points against St. Paul last week at halftime, more than enough evidence to keep Marmaton Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention focused on this week.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when you start thinking about other things, like what could happen, that you lose focus and things start going wrong,â&#x20AC;? senior offensive lineman Nathan Smart said.

Smart, at 6-5 and 260 pounds, is the anchor of Marmaton Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strongas-an-ox offensive line.

Houk frequently cites Smart as the catalyst for the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful running game.

But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than brute strength that paves the way for the Wildcatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; speedy runners.

Technique, particularly with footwork and proper balance, are stressed throughout the offseason, while weight-lifting sessions have a heavy emphasis on flexibility, Houk said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nathanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our biggest player, but the rest of our offensive line averages

Public notice (Published in The Iola Register, October 17, 2012) RESOLUTION NO. 2012-25 WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Gas, Kansas, on the 9th day of October, 20i2, found pursuant to K.S.A. 12-7617e that a nuisance in the form of an open pit, trench or pond that accumulates stagnant water as well as excessive scrap metal, junk, boat and debris exists and is located throughout the following described real estate to-wit: That part of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of Section Twenty-nine (29), Township Twenty-four (24) South, Range Nineteen (i9) East of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Beginning at a point on the West Section Line which point is 1,106 feet South of the Northwest corner of said Section 29; thence South along said West line 195 {bet, to a point where the North line of Pine Street extended intersects with said West Section Line; thence East along the said North line of Pine Street 560 feet; thence North 195 feet; thence West

558.55 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, Allen County, Kansas.

Street address: 1002 Wâ&#x20AC;? Pine Street, Gas, Kansas I-and Owners of record and agents: Steven Garver, Sandra Garver, Susan Ohmes and WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Gas, Kansas finds that the above described nuisance is in violation of Gas City Code, Section 22-3 and K.S.A. 121617e and also constitutes a menace and danger to the public, neighborhood and residents of the city.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GAS, KANSAS: That the open pit, excessive scrap metal, junk, boat and debris located on the above described property are a nuisance constituting a menace and danger to the public, neighborhood and residents of the City of Gas. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED

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(600 yards rushing), Marmaton Valley has proven adept at scoring from long, methodical drives or quickstrike scores.

Coordinating the attack is quarterback Ryan Smith, who has rushed for 400 yards while tossing the occasional touchdown pass in instances when opposing defense overplay their hand and crowd the line of scrimmage.

All can run 40 yards in under 4.6 seconds â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fast enough to keep up with all but the fastest college players in America.

about 170 pounds,â&#x20AC;? Houk said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got four or five kids who can squat 500 pounds or more.â&#x20AC;?

The backs and receivers have more than enough speed to take it from there.

Spearheaded by senior backs Cole Becker and his 1,400 yards through six games (he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play a snap in one contest) and Daylen Houk, perhaps the fastest player on the team

COACH HOUK credits his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success to a healthy combination of getting along, yet remaining competitive on the field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the key,â&#x20AC;? the coach said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They really get after each other in practice, yet these same kids are

the owners and agents of the owners of the above described property are ordered to and shall have 10 days from the date of publication of this resolution to fill in the pit and abate and remove all of the scrap metal, junk, boat and debris from the property. The governing body of the City of Gas shall grant extensions of such ten-day time period if the owners or agents of the property demonstrate that due diligence is being exercised in abating the nuisance. Prior to the expiration of the waiting period or any extension thereof, the recipient thereof may request a hearing before the governing body or its designated representative, This order shall be served upon the owners or agents by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service. If the property is unoccupied and the owner is a nonresident, then service may be by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the owner.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED

BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GAS, KANSAS that if the owners or agents fail to comply with this order for a period longer than described above, the City of Gas shall proceed to have the nuisance removed and abated from the above described property. If the city abates or removes the nuisance, the city shall give notice to the owners or agents by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the total cost of such abatement incurred by the city. Said cost shall be due and payable within 30 days following receipt of such notice. If the cost of such removal or abatement and notice is not paid within the thirty-day period, the cost shall be collected in the manner provided by K.S.A. 12-L,715 and amendments thereto, or shall be assessed and charged against the lot or parcel of ground on which the nuisance was located.

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the same ones hanging out together in the parking lot afterward.â&#x20AC;?

Nothing exemplifies the competitive spirit as much as the famed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Catâ&#x20AC;? tackle drill, made famous by the Louisiana State University Tigers football team.

The drill features a oneon-one blocking drill in which the offensive player must maintain his block while the defender does everything in his power to break the block, then race five yards downfield and tackle a ball-carrier. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes a psycho mentality,â&#x20AC;? Daylen Houk, Coach Houkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The offensive linemen love it,â&#x20AC;? said Kent Houk, Daylenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The defenders, not so much.â&#x20AC;?

Smith was a little more blunt: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It sucks.â&#x20AC;?

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WITH two games left in the regular season, then playoffs a likelihood, the team is wary of looking too far down the road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We respect everybody,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looking past anybody.â&#x20AC;?

But the playoffs still remain the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our ultimate goal,â&#x20AC;? Becker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where we want to be.â&#x20AC;?

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stop. I think the girls recognize that, too.â&#x20AC;?

Emery Driskel led the way in the first match with five kills, a solo block, an assisted block, four digs and two aces.

Katie Thompson added four kills, a dig and an ace.

Kyra Moore had five assists, two kills and a dig.

Addie Haar had a pair of kills, while Breanna Stout had two solo blocks, two digs and an ace. Emma Sigg and Hannah Endicott

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Driskel had three kills, three solo blocks, two assisted blocks and five digs.

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KanCare’s future decided this week Go/no-go verdict is due Friday

By MIKE SHIELDS KHI News Service

TOPEKA — Several developments this week will help officials in the administration of Gov. Sam Brownback decide if their KanCare Medicaid reforms will move forward on the original timeline of a Jan. 1 launch or whether the program will get pushed to a later, yet-to-be-decided date.

A few things are scheduled to happen over the course of the next five days that will shape that decision, according to Brownback officials. Among them: Sometime this week, perhaps by today, completion of the last of the state’s “readiness reviews” of the three managed care companies is due.

Officials have said they will not proceed on schedule unless Amerigroup, United Healthcare and Sunflower State Health Plan, a Centene subsidiary, each has demonstrated it is ready. (The companies had a deadline last Friday for demonstrating that their networks of hospitals, doctors and other service providers were “90 percent adequate,” but administration officials said they wouldn’t make public the status of the companies’ respective network capacities until the end of this week, so it isn’t yet clear how well each company fared with the deadline.)

On Thursday, the day before the administra-

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Top welfare officials from the administration of Gov. Sam Brownback are, from left, Dr. Robert Moser, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment; Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, also a physician; and Dr. Susan Mosier, state Medicaid director. tion’s go/no-go decision on whether to begin assigning beneficiaries to the managed care plans, top Kansas health officials will meet in Baltimore with federal officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Office of Management and Budget and others.

Reviewing waiver request

The purpose of the meeting is a review of the state’s so-called Section 1115 waiver application. Much, if not most, of the KanCare plan requires federal approval, either as part of the waiver application, the state’s ongoing Medicaid plan on file with federal officials, or KanCare contracts and rates. The federal government gets a large say in keeping with the fact that it pays more than half the state’s annual Medicaid costs, which next year are

‘Caveats and decision points’

Though administration officials have said the launch date for KanCare is contingent upon the various factors still in play as of this week, at the same time they’ve made clear to legislators and others that they have no major fallback plans in place in the event the program is delayed.

“With all those caveats and decision points along the way, we’re marching forward for Jan. 1 and all our efforts are for implementation on Jan. 1,” Kari Bruffett, head of the Health Care Finance Division, told members of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee during an update on the KanCare program.

For example, KanCare is expected to supersede HealthWave, the state’s program for providing government subsidized health coverage to chil-

dren and pregnant women from low- and moderate-income homes.

The state’s contracts with the current HealthWave managed care companies, Unicare and Children’s Mercy Family Health Partners (recently purchased by Coventry Health Care), are due to expire Dec. 31. There is no plan to extend those contracts in the event KanCare is delayed.

“We’ve not had any of those kinds of conversations,” Bruffett told KHI News Service.

IF NECESSARY, Kansas could continue HealthWave services with the more expensive alternative of paying fees for services instead of relying on managed care contractors, “but that isn’t a good option,” Bruffett said.

expected to reach $3.2 billion.

KanCare decision

Brownback officials have not disclosed when they will decide whether KanCare can proceed on the Jan. 1 schedule in the manner they have proposed.

That, according to one official, “is a moving target.”

They have made public that they intend to decide by Friday whether they will begin assigning Medicaid beneficiaries to the managed care plans later this month as previously scheduled.

Those making the trip east on behalf of Kansas, according to Brownback officials, are Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer and his top aide Mark Dugan. Also attending from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment are its top Medicaid officials, including Dr. Bob Moser, the secretary; Kari Bruffett, head of the Health Care Finance Division; Medicaid Director Dr. Susan Mosier; Deputy Medicaid Director Christiane Swartz; and Mike Randol, director of finance and informatics in the Health Care Finance Division. Traveling from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services are Secretary Shawn Sullivan and Dave Halferty, a Sullivan deputy and KDADS’ chief financial officer.

As much KanCare as possible

When asked by Sen. Laura Kelly, a Topeka Democrat who serves on the budget committee, what administration officials would do if federal officials do not approve the 1115 waiver on the Brownback timeline, Bruffett said the administration’s intention was to launch as much of KanCare as possible without federal approvals on Jan. 1.

“Everything we have authority to do in the KanCare model, we will do,” she said.

But at this point, it isn’t

clear how much of the program could be initiated without an OK from the feds. Bruffett told lawmakers she was “uncomfortable speculating” at this point about what all might be done without federal signoffs.

What is clear is that some major elements of KanCare’s implementation already are under way.

For one thing, many of the state’s Medicaid service providers (and some state agencies) already are beginning to lose case managers and other workers to the managed care companies, which reportedly are paying better wages and providing better benefits than current employers.

For example, Gary Haulmark, commissioner of community services and programs at KDADS, soon is scheduled to leave the post for a new job as Kansas director of government relations for Amerigroup, one of the KanCare contractors.

At least two other KDADS employees also are leaving for the MCOs. Michael Deegan is going to Amerigroup and Angie Reinking is going to United HealthCare. Deegan has been the agency’s program manager for home- and communitybased Medicaid services for those with traumatic brain injures. Reinking has been the Money Follows the Person project director.

‘Only good outcome’

Given that at least some of the horses have left the barn, Bruffett said one of the chief points that Brownback officials would try to make with federal officials at the Baltimore meeting is that moving forward with the Jan. 1 timeline is the only good option.

“The only good outcome is that we hit Jan. 1,” she told members of the budget committee. “That is the date that is known. That is the date that providers are making plans for. If we have to deal with something else, we will.”

Free flu shots Saturday at KC hospital KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The University of Kansas Hospital will be offering free, drive-thru flu shots Saturday.

The shots — which include both the seasonal and H1N1 vaccinations — will be available without appointment to the first 5,000 Cox Communications and Cox Business Effective November 19, Cox Communications will be making changes to the way we offer the Plus Package. The $5 Plus Package fee will apply only to customers who have Cox Whole Home DVR with the Trio Program Guide. All other customers with our Trio Program Guide will no longer have this charge.

people between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the parking lot just east of 36th and Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, Kan. Anyone age 8 and older may receive a shot free of charge. KU officials said they also will accept donations of non-perishable food items for Harvesters at the event.

“Late October to early November is the best time of year for a flu vaccination,” said Dr. William Barkman, chief of staff at KU Hospital. “Since the body’s immune system takes time to respond to vaccine, it should be given one to two weeks before the flu season begins in order to stimulate enough antibodies to pre-

vent infection.”

State health officials recommend an annual flu shot for almost everyone 6 months and older. Some children age 6 months to 8 years may need two shots this year.

People who should not receive the vaccine include those who have an allergy to eggs, and anyone who has ever been paralyzed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome. People who have a cold or fever should wait until they have recovered.

Women who are pregnant or may be pregnant should check with their health care provider.

KU Hospital officials said those under 8 should see

their primary care physician.

Flu shots are also widely available at local health departments and many doctors’ offices and pharmacies.

Every year, 5 percent to 20 percent of the population gets the flu, more than 200,000 people are hospitalized for flu complications and about 36,000 people die from flu. Some people — including infants, children, elders and people with certain health conditions — are at high risk for serious flu complications.

Find more information on vaccines and the flu at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.

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Vikram Pandit, who steered Citigroup through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed, abruptly left the bank on Tuesday, stepping down as CEO and as a director.

The move shocked Wall Street, and Citigroup offered no explanation. There had been no hint of the departure Monday, when the bank discussed its strong third-quarter earnings in lengthy calls with financial analysts and reporters.

A second top executive resigned as part of the shake-up: President and Chief Operating Officer John Havens, who was also CEO of Citi’s Institutional Client Group, which serves global companies, banks and governments.

Pandit was replaced immediately by Michael Corbat, 52, who had been CEO of its Europe, Middle East and Africa division. Corbat joined the bank in 1983, just after graduating from Harvard.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the departures followed a clash between Pandit and the company’s board over strategy and business performance, including at the group run

by Havens.

In a conference call late Tuesday with analysts and reporters, Corbat and Citigroup chairman Michael O’Neill remained vague about the sudden change.

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Vikram Pandit

The day Pandit was named CEO, Citi’s stock closed at $332.30, after adjusting for a reverse stock split last year that reduced the number of shares in circulation. It closed Tuesday at $37.25, up 59 cents for the day.

Citi’s stock has mainly kept up with its peers over the last year, but its longerterm record is dismal. It’s by far the worst-performing major bank stock over the past five years, having lost 91 percent of its value, versus a 6 percent gain for Wells Fargo and a 2 percent gain for JPMorgan Chase.

Still, on Monday, Citigroup’s stock rose to its highest level since April after the bank said it beat analysts’ expectations in the third quarter.

In a call with financial analysts that lasted an hour and 40 minutes, and a shorter call with reporters, no one asked bank executives how long Pandit planned to stay, or whether there was a succession plan in place.

During his five-year ten-

This shows how dysfunctional this organization is, to have this event unfold this way.

— Chris Whalen, bank analyst

“What happened is that Vikram submitted his resignation and we accepted it,” O’Neill said more than once. Corbat said the changes do not reflect any desire to change Citigroup’s strategic direction.

Analysts suspected there was more to the story. Pandit’s departure from the board is a clear indication that “this was a complete and unexpected break” between Pandit, 55, and Citi directors, said Chris Whalen, a bank analyst and senior managing director of Tangent Capital Partners in New York.

“This shows how dysfunctional this organization is, to have this event unfold this way,” Whalen said. “They should have told us yesterday, unless they didn’t know.”

If Pandit’s disagreements with the board were recent, his trouble with shareholders had been brewing far longer. They rejected his 2011 pay package in a non-binding vote this spring.

Since joining the bank in December 2007, Pandit has made at least $56.4 million, according to data compiled for The Associated Press by Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

That includes salary, bonuses, benefits and perks and stock awards. Pandit also made about $165 million from a buyout of his ownership stake in Old Lane Partners, a hedge fund he founded that was acquired by Citi.

Many shareholders were also frustrated by Pandit’s failure to boost Citigroup’s stock price, which was decimated during the 2008 financial crisis and remains far below where it was when Pandit took over.

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ure, Pandit slimmed the bank by selling businesses, sought and then repaid multiple federal bailouts, and helped right its balance sheet after billions in losses on bad mortgage investments made before he took the helm. It was a sharp departure from his predecessors, empire-builders with a hunger for big acquisitions.

Today, Citi is the country’s third-largest bank, with $1.9 trillion in assets.

It trails only JPMorgan, with $2.3 trillion, and Bank of America, with $2.1 trillion.

Yet the scars of the financial crisis have continued to plague Pandit and the bank he led, and will confront Corbat as he takes over.

Pandit was appointed CEO in December 2007, a period when the crisis was smoldering but had yet to engulf Wall Street. Some in government believed the bank was too slow to address its problems as they emerged in those months before the global financial system froze up in September 2008.

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banks, Citigroup was perhaps the closest to the center of the financial crisis. It participated in every step of the assembly line that transformed shoddy mortgages into complex investments and seeded them through the world financial system. When the housing market turned in 2007, Citigroup’s fingerprints were all over the toxic loans it had originated, bundled and resold.

By the time Pandit took charge, Citigroup was considered the weakest of the Wall Street banks. Its stronger peers were forced

to take billions in bailout money in October 2008 to divert attention from Citigroup, which needed the money to survive.

Citigroup was the only mega-bank, aside from Bank of America, to receive more than one round of taxpayer bailout money.

It received a total of $45 billion from the government.

The government converted $25 billion into an ownership stake in the bank, the last of which the government sold in December 2010. Citigroup repaid the remaining $20 billion in December 2009.

The bank also benefited from billions more in government subsidies and guarantees against losses on bad investments.

As the crisis erupted in September 2008, Pandit suffered a bruising embarrassment. His bank announced it would buy the bulk of Wachovia, which was being crushed by lousy, complex mortgage investments. Citi would get a fire-sale price and emerge from the crisis a rescuer, rather than a victim.

But four days later, Wells Fargo charged in with another offer. It elbowed Citi out of the way and won the approval of shareholders and regulators.

CITI SURVIVED those critical months, but its reputation was tattered. In March 2009, as the crisis raged, President Barack Obama ordered the Treasury Department to consider breaking up Citigroup and removing its executives, according to a behindthe-scenes book about the crisis published last year by journalist Ron Suskind.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner ignored Obama’s request, according to Suskind’s account.

Geithner and the White House have disputed his version of events.

Pandit had another powerful opponent in Sheila Bair, an influential bank regulator who ran the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. during the crisis. Bair wanted the government to fire Pandit after the taxpayer bailouts and government guarantees. Geithner disagreed, and Pandit kept his job.

In an interview with CNBC after Pandit’s departure was announced, Bair said Citigroup has lacked “a clear strategic direction and focus” under Pandit, and said shareholders have been unhappy.

She said that the bank would benefit from a CEO like Corbat with commercial banking experience, as opposed to Pandit’s background in investment banking, and that the move would be beneficial for shareholders.

In a book published last month, Bair said Pandit had been installed as CEO

by Robert Rubin, a former treasury secretary who was the bank’s chairman at the time, “to clean up the mess at Citi.”

“I thought he had been a poor choice,” Bair wrote.

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Grandson’s driving contributed to engine failure Dear Tom and Ray: I have a 2003 Mazda Protege with 103,000 miles. The problem started while my 20-year-old grandson had my car one time. My engine started getting hot, and I think he ignored it, and the next time I drove it, the temperature was all the way in the hot range.

I immediately took it to the garage, we let it cool and they said it didn’t have any coolant. So they filled it up, I drove it home and kept an eye on it, and it was OK for a couple of weeks. My grandson took it again, and this time the car stopped completely.

It would crank but wouldn’t start. I had it towed back to the garage, and my mechanic says my engine needs to be replaced. My question to you is: I am 64 with not a lot of money, really living paycheck to paycheck with a part-time job. Do you think I should try to get another engine? Or should I try to save up some money and get another used vehicle for about $3,000? Please give me your

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Tom and Ray Magliozzi opinion. And do you think my grandson’s driving could have contributed to this problem? — Evelyn RAY: I think there are two guilty parties here, Evelyn.

Three, if we include you for being much too nice a grandma.

TOM: I’m guessing your grandson drove it like an animal. Now, we don’t know your grandson, and he may be the most responsible person in the world, as well as an honor student and president of the Nerd Club. But if he’s like most other 20-year-old males, he probably was driving the car at 90 mph and had four other kids with him.

RAY: That kind of aggressive driving really overtaxed your cooling system. I’m guessing there was already a leak of some kind before he drove it, but your gentle,

and probably short-distance, driving never stressed the engine enough to make it fail completely.

TOM: But when Junior put 500 extra pounds of teenagers in the car and drove it like a NASCAR trainee, he overheated it. And worse, once it overheated, he kept driving it.

RAY: And that’s when the real damage took place.

TOM: We also have to lay some blame on your mechanic. When you brought it to him the first time and it was out of coolant, he was at fault for not immediately trying to find the source of the leak. It could have been a blown head gasket. But it also could have been something even cheaper and simpler, like a leaky water pump or coolant hose.

RAY: No car should ever lose coolant without a reason. A good mechanic will find that reason and fix it before filling it up with coolant and sending you on your merry way.

TOM: If they had found

the leak then, they could have fixed it and probably prevented the engine from overheating again and cracking its head or block (which, we assume, is why you now need a new engine). Even if it was a blown head gasket, and it had cost you $1,000 to fix back then, it would seem like a bargain now, right?

RAY: And the third guilty party here is you. Junior very nearly fried your engine, and then you gave him the keys again so he could finish the job. But we can’t blame you for having a soft spot for the little leadfoot.

TOM: So, now what to do?

If the car is otherwise in good shape, your best bet probably is getting a used engine from a junkyard.

RAY: Your mechanic can look for one for you and install it. That could eat up most or all of that $3,000 you mention. But if you can still afford it when you’re done, buy Junior a $50 bicycle and tell him that’s his new ride until he turns 30. Good luck,

Vaccine that prevents cervical cancer given at young age Dear Drs. Donohue and Roach: I have twin daugh-

ters who are 11 years old.

That’s the age for the vaccine for cervical cancer. It sounds young to me. Can’t they wait until they’re older? I worry that something serious might happen after the vaccine is given.

It hasn’t been around that long. — R.R. Answer: Most vaccines are given in infancy, so 11 years old isn’t such a young age. The HPV (human papillomavirus vaccine, the cervical cancer vaccine) has been on the market for more than six years and had been studied carefully for many years before it was released to the general population. In that time, more than 40 million youngsters have received it. Complications are exceedingly rare. The reason why the vaccine is targeted for 11and 12-year-olds is that its effectiveness is reduced if a girl has already been infected with the human papillomavirus, the cause of cervical cancer.

HPV vaccine is also recommended for boys of the same age. Both vaccines still can be given up to age 26, but early immunization has the best chance for successful prevention.

The human papillomavirus has more than 100 different strains. Most of those strains cause only warts. The strains involved with the greatest number of cervical cancers are 16 and 18, and both those

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strains are included in the vaccine. These strains also are involved with cancers of the mouth, throat, anus, external female genitalia and the penis. Whether the vaccine prevents those

plicated one. Most infections, both from the wart strains and cancer strains, clear without treatment within two years of infection. However, when you consider that 11,000 cases

of cervical cancer arise yearly, you can appreciate the value of this vaccine.

Vaccines have contributed more to public health than almost any other intervention.

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cancers remains to be seen.

Genital warts result from other strains of this virus. The vaccine Gardasil also offers protection against two of the strains that are responsible for a large proportion of genital warts.

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Famous paintings stolen in Dutch heist

By TOBY STERLING Associated Press

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Thieves broke into a Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse potentially worth hundreds of millions.

Police haven’t said how they pulled off the early hours heist, but an expert who tracks stolen art said the robbers clearly knew what they were after.

“Those thieves got one hell of a haul,” said Chris Marinello, who directs the

Art Loss Register.

The heist at the Kunsthal museum is one of the largest in years in the Netherlands, and is a stunning blow for the private Triton Foundation collection, which was being exhibited publicly as a group for the first time.

“It’s every museum director’s worst nightmare,” said Kunsthal director Emily Ansenk, who had been in Istanbul on business but returned immediately.

News of the theft “struck like a bomb,” she said at a press conference in the mu-

This is one of the paintings of Waterloo Bridge in London painted by Claude Monet.

seum’s cafe.

She declined to reveal any details of how the thieves got in and out with the paintings, or how the museum is protected, other than describing its security as “state of the art” and “functional.”

Willem van Hassel, the museum’s chairman, said its security systems are automated, and do not use guards on site.

Police arrived at the scene five minutes after an alarm was triggered, he said. He described the museum’s insurance as adequate for the exhibition.

The collection was on display as part of celebrations surrounding the museum’s 20th anniversary.

Police spokeswoman Willemieke Romijn said investigators were reviewing videotapes of the theft. She called on any witnesses to come forward with information.

The Art Loss Register’s Marinello said the items taken could be worth “hundreds of millions of euros” if sold legally at auction.

However, he said that was now impossible.

Interpol sent a bulletin

alerting member countries to the theft, along with images of the stolen paintings.

They were: Pablo Picasso’s 1971 “Harlequin’s Head”; Claude Monet’s 1901 “Waterloo Bridge, London” and “Charing Cross Bridge, London”; Henri Matisse’s 1919 “Reading Girl in White and Yellow”; Paul Gauguin’s 1898 “Girl in Front of Open Window”; Meyer de Haan’s “SelfPortrait,” around 1890, and Lucian Freud’s 2002 work “Woman with Eyes Closed.”

Marinello said the thieves have limited options available. They may try to seek a ransom from the owners, the museum or the insurers. They could also conceivably sell the paintings in the criminal market — but only for a fraction of their true worth.

He said the idea that an unscrupulous private investor might have commissioned the works’ theft was far-fetched.

“That’s something that comes from Hollywood movies,” he said.

The Triton Foundation is a collection of avant-garde art put together by multi-

millionaire Willem Cordia, an investor and businessman, and his wife, Marijke Cordia-Van der Laan. Willem Cordia died last year.

Asenk said she spoke on behalf of the family in saying “we are shocked, but we will go on.”

“All involved want the public to still be able to see these kinds of special collections and private collections,” she said.

THE MUSEUM was cordoned off as police carried out their investigation Tuesday, but it will reopen today, she said.

The Kunsthal museum is a display space that has no permanent collection of its own — the name means “art gallery” in Dutch.

The Cordia family collection includes works by more than 150 famed artists. Others whose work was on show include Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Edgar Degas and Andy Warhol.

Curators of the Cordia family collection aim to have the works on display for the public, and the pieces have been shown individually or in small groups in the past.

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