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Man sentenced to prison in death of infant daughter
By ANDY HOFFMAN
[email protected]
WAPELLO — A Columbus Junction man
showed no emotion Friday when he was sentenced
to 100 years in prison for the beating death of his
four-month old daughter earlier this year.
Oscar Manuel Jimenez, 21, 200 Fulton Court,
Apt. 34, remained silent as District Judge John
Wright pronounced the sentence on the second
floor of the Louisa County Courthouse. Under Iowa
law, Jimenez must serve 35 years in prison before
becoming eligible for parole.
Prior to imposing sentence, Wright asked
Jimenez if he had anything to say.
He bowed his head and softly said, “No.”
Wright also ordered
Jimenez to pay $150,000 in
restitution to the infant’s
estate.
Jimenez has been in the
Louisa County jail in lieu of
a $1 million cash-only bond
since his daughter’s death
Jan. 24.
Jimenez originally was
charged
with first-degree
Jimenez
murder, child endangerment
resulting in death and multiple acts of child endangerment. The first-degree
murder charge carried a mandatory life sentence
and the other two charges carried 50-year sentences.
However, assistant Iowa attorney general
Denise A. Timmins and Louisa County Attorney Adam D. Parsons agreed to a plea agreement
with James Carter, Jimenez’s public defender, that
allowed Jimenez to plead guilty to second-degree
murder and multiple acts of child endangerment.
As part of the plea agreement, the charge of child
endangerment resulting in death was dismissed.
Parsons asked for assistance from the Iowa
attorney general’s office in the prosecution of
Jimenez.
Although the plea agreement gives Jimenez an
option for parole after 35 years, authorities said hr
likely will remain in prison the rest of his life.
According to court documents, Jimenez “showed
extreme indifference to human life” in causing the
death of his daughter, Marleen Jimenez. Prosecutors said the beatings began within days of the
girl’s birth.
Jimenez and the baby’s mother, Leticia Mejia,
lived with the baby in their Columbus Junction
apartment. Mejia has not been charged with any
crimes relating to the girl’s death, court records
indicate. She was not in the courtroom Friday.
Relatives took the girl to a local hospital Jan. 19.
She later was transferred to the University of Iowa
and Hospitals and Clinics for treatment of multiple
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Oregon trip
Locals prepare for Cubs-Cardinals series
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President Barack Obama, center, with Oregon
Gov. Kate Brown, right, and Roseburg Mayor
Larry Rich, left, pauses Friday as he makes a
statement to the media.
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Associated Press
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Phil “Bulldog” John, a Chicago Cubs fan, cheers while watching the National League Division Series game between the Cardinals and
Cubs Friday at Doc’s in Burlington. The Cardinals beat the Cubs, 4-0, in the first game of the series.
By JOEY AGUIRRE
[email protected]
The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs have never played each
other in the postseason.
That changed Friday, with the
first of a five-game series in the
National League Division Series.
The Chicago Cubs seek their
first National League pennant in
70 years, while the St. Louis Cardinals hope to win their fifth in
12 years and make their fourth
consecutive trip to the National
League Championship Series.
The Cardinals also reached the
World Series in 2011 and 2013, with
superstitious fans believing the
trend will continue in 2015.
Joe’s Inn at 1534 Madison Ave.
and Doc’s Bar at 1622 Aetna St.
were locked and loaded Friday
with Cubs and Cardinal fans ready
to watch history.
Cubs fans Vince McCann
said it’s the Cubs destiny to win
because the movie, “Back to the
Future II” said the Cubs won the
World Series in 2015.
Diane Vollmer wasn’t buying
that.
“We’re the Cardinals,” Vollmer
said. “ We never give up. I’m born
and bred a Cardinal fan. My folks
were Cardinal fans, and they tell
stories about when they used to go
to Sportsman Park.”
Ron McCann, owner of Joe’s
Inn, said his all-time favorite Chicago Cubs include Ryne Sandberg,
Ernie Banks and Joe Girardi.
“Go Cubbies,” McCann said
from behind the bar. “When you
get to be my age, you ain’t got no
memories except for them losing.
We like to harass the Cardinal
fans.”
McCann said the entire series
will be shown at his bar.
One unique feature at Joe’s Inn
is the large scoreboard with the
Major League Baseball standings
in the middle of Cardinal and Cub
memorabilia.
“That’s the only one you’ll
see around here,” McCann said.
“That’s been up there for a lot of
years. People bring stuff and we
put it up there and some of that
stuff is pretty old.”
Darcey Long was bartending
Friday night in her Chicago Cubs
shirt.
“I was born into it,” Long said.
“Cubs all the way. This series is like
the World Series to us. It’s sacred
in our house I mean, that’s what
we would watch at our grandma’s
house all the time. Every day.”
Steve Good likes how the rivalry
is a friendly one.
“Every day I come up here,
there’s always somebody who says
A pair of home runs from two young Cardinals
helped John Lackey shut out the Cubs in St. Louis.
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ROSEBURG, Ore. — The public must “come
together” to figure out how to keep deadly mass
shootings from happening, President Barack
Obama said Friday. But he emerged from a private
meeting with family of the victims of last week’s
shooting in Oregon to declare: “Today is about the
families.”
Addressing reporters briefly after the approximately hourlong meeting, Obama said occasions
like these always remind him any child or parent
or family member could suffer such a loss.
Immediately after
a gunman killed eight College students
students and a teacher killed Friday after
at a community college last week, a visi- campus shootings
bly angry Obama said in Arizona, Texas
thoughts and prayers
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no longer are enough
in the aftermath and
that the nation’s gun laws needed to be changed.
He pledged to “politicize” the issue.
But that message didn’t sit well in Roseburg,
where gun ownership is popular.Hundreds of
supporters and protesters gathered near the local
airport for Obama’s arrival, with signs welcoming
him mixed with others advocating for gun rights.
Obama said the families wanted to communicate how much they appreciated the nation’s “help,
thoughts and prayers.”
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St. Louis Cardinals fan Diane Vollmer smiles Friday at Joe’s Inn in
Burlington after Cardinals first baseman Stephen Piscotty scored
during the first inning of Game 1 in baseball’s National League
Division Series. The Cardinals beat the Cubs, 4-0, in the first postseason game the teams ever played.
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FORT MADISON — A 15-year-old Fort Madison
student has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism after telling students he planned to “shoot up
the school” Friday.
“On Thursday, Fort Madison Public High School
officials were made aware that a student, a day
before, had warned other students not to attend
school on Friday as he planned to “shoot the school
up,” Fort Madison Police Chief Bruce Niggemeyer.
“The school resource officer, along with school
officials, investigated and interviewed students
that were present when the statement was made.”
Niggemeyer said the Molzhon has been suspended from the school and charged with “threat
of terrorism,” a class D felony. He is in the juvenile facility in Montrose awaiting his appearance
before a judge.
Niggemeyer said authorities took the threat seriously but did not cancel classes. No weapons were
found in the building during an inspection and the
incident remains under investigation.
No injuries were reported.
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Asbury United Methodist
Church, 2128 S. Main St., will
hear the Rev. Joyce Proctor’s
sermon, “The Understanding
Messiah,” during the 9:30 a.m.
service Sunday.
Burlington Baptist Church,
1225 Hagemann Ave., will hear
Pastor Kendall Adams deliver
the sermon, “John 1:14-18,” at
the 10:15 a.m. service and “Philippians 1:6-13,” at the 6 p.m.
service Sunday.
Burlington Church of Christ,
2120 S. Roosevelt Ave., will
hear Steve McCall, minister,
preach the sermon, “What time
is it?” at the 10 a.m. service
Sunday.” The scripture is Ephesians 5:15, 16
Calvary Baptist Church, 2710
West Ave., will hear the Rev.
Simeon Counterman continue
his series on Romans with
text from Romans 14 at the
10:30 a.m. service Sunday. He
will continue his series, “Route
66,” at the 6 p.m. service Sunday.
Christ Lutheran Church, 1110
Ripley St., Nauvoo, Ill., will hear
Dave Poland deliver “Psalms of
Praise,” the second in the Oasis
series themed “Our First Hymnal
— The Book of Psalms,” at the
7 p.m. service Wednesday, Oct. 11.
The worship and renewal series
will be every Wednesday, October
and November. Fellowship and
light refreshments will follow
each service and childcare will be
provided. For more information,
call Debbie Callaghan at (217)
453-2757 or Pastor Pete Hagglund
at (319) 470-9057.
Des Moines County Catholic
Parishes will host Catholic
Adult Fellowship Evening at
6:45 p.m. in the Notre Dame
cafeteria. Diane Mahoney will
speak on, “Ava Maria Rosary.”
Worship will also feature presentations by the 6th grade,
Good News singers and more.
Des Moines County Catholic
Parishes will host Catholic
Adult Fellowship Evening at
6:45 p.m. in the Notre Dame
cafeteria. Sr. Diane Kennedy
will speak on, “Father Samuel
Mazzuchelli.”
Faith Christian Outreach
Church, 1302 E. Washington St.,
Mount Pleasant, will hear the
Rev. Monte Knudsen continue
the series, Faith that Overcomes the World,” at the 8:30
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Pope Francis waves to the press as he leaves a morning session
of the Synod of bishops Friday at the Vatican.
Nearly all found the docuthe end of the month. The recommendations were as varied ments’ introductory chapters
as the prelates, but a few trends woefully negative and in need of
bore out in 13 language reports. a new language to inspire fam-
SALT LAKE CITY — One of
the highest-ranking black Mormon leaders said Friday that
Latter-day Saints in Africa are at
peace with the religion’s past ban
on the lay priesthood.
The steady growth of church
membership in Africa since the
ban was lifted in 1978 is proof,
Joseph W. Sitati of Kenya said
during a speech at a University of
Utah conference.
Sitati, who is in a second-tier
Mormon governing body called
the Quorum of the Seventy, said
the number of Mormons in Africa
has increased to nearly 449,000 in
By JIM SALTER
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — A Roman Catholic
religious order has agreed to pay
$300,000 to a former student at a
suburban St. Louis high school to
settle claims that a teacher at the
school sexually abused him.
The settlement was announced
Friday by Ken Chackes, the attorney for a former student at Chaminade, a prep school in Creve
Coeur sponsored by the Marianist
Province of the United States.
A spokeswoman for the Marianists could not be reached for
comment.
The former student who
attended Chaminade in the late
1960s and early 1970s alleged in
a 2012 lawsuit he was sexually
abused by Brother Louis Meinhardt during a typing tutoring
session. The plaintiff said he
repressed the memories until a
visit to the school in 2011 or 2012
caused them to resurface.
In a statement, the plaintiff
said “more concern is given to
the pedophile abuser within the
church than the innocent child
who is sexually, physically and
psychologically abused for life.”
The lawsuit did not name Meinhardt, who worked at the school
from 1958 to 1982, because he
died in 1990.
Church Notes
and 10:30 a.m. services Sunday.
Faith Lutheran Church, 3109
Sunnyside Ave., will hear Pastor Ryan Cosgrove’s sermon,
“You want me to do what now?”
and at the 10:30 a.m. communion service Sunday. Sunday’s
CROP Walk will be at 1:30 p.m.
L.I.F.T. will be at 5 p.m. Sunday
at Trinity Lutheran Church.
First Christian Church, 1221
Park Ave., will hear the Rev.
David Yonker’s sermon, “Glow,”
at the 9 and 10:45 a.m. services
Sunday, with Sunday school for
all ages at 9:30 a.m. and a contemporary service at 10:45 a.m.
The Diabetes Prevention
Program will be at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday.
First Congregational Church,
313 N. Fourth St., will hear
the Rev. Jim Francisco’s sermon, “Stages of Love,” at the
10:15 a.m. service Sunday.
First Presbyterian Church,
321 N. Fifth St., will hear the Rev.
Debra Kinney’s sermon, “Blesses
to be Salt and Light: Risk-taking
Mission and Service,” at the
10 a.m. service Sunday, with
scripture from Genesis 12:1-3
and Matthew 5:13-16. The DVD
series on Romans 12 continues
at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday.
First United Church of Christ,
611 Columbia St., will hear the
Rev. JudyAnn Morse’s sermon,
“What is our Reputation?” with
readings from Psalm 99:1-4 and
I Thessalonians 1:1-10 at the
10:30 a.m. service Sunday. The
annual Octoberfest meal will
be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Grace United Methodist
Church, 1100 Angular St.,
will hear the Rev. David
Bracht-Wagner preach at the
10:30 a.m. service Sunday, with
a reading from .
Messiah Lutheran Church,
2411 West Ave., will hear the
Rev. Ryan Cosgrove’s sermon,
“All things are possible!” at the
8 and 10:30 a.m. services Sunday. Ninth grade Confirmation
will be at the 10:30 a.m. service
with a reception to follow.
New Hope Community
Church, 2900 Summer St., will
hear the guest speaker Pastor Todd Engstom’s sermon,
“Vision,” based on Genesis 1:1-5
at the 10 a.m. service Sunday,
followed by a time of fellowship
to honor those celebrating
African leaders bury
Mormon priesthood ban
By BRADY McCOMBS
Associated Press
ilies rather than depress them
with all that ails them and society at large.
The English groups were the
most frank and critical, with one
saying the document was flawed,
“chaotic (and) without inherent
logic.” The Italians were more
respectful to the Italian-headed
drafters, tending to focus on the
minutiae of their proposals.
The French groups, which
included African bishops, found
the document too Western-centric and recommended many
issues could be better dealt with
by local bishops’ conferences.
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle,
archbishop of Manila, said a
“serious proposal” at the synod
had been to have episcopal conferences “address issues that are
somewhat peculiar to them, but
always in the light of the common faith.”
“How that will be worked out
has not been proposed yet,” he
said.
The issue is key, given that few
observers believe consensus will
be reached on some of the thorniest issues facing the synod, such
as how gays and divorced and
civilly remarried couples should
be welcomed by the church. Letting local bishops’ conferences
work out the details would spare
the synod from having to pronounce itself on behalf of the
universal church.
The Vatican’s chief doctrine
czar, however, has insisted that
local bishops’ conferences cannot pronounce on matters of
doctrine.
Religious
order reaches
settlement in
abuse case
2014, up from 7,600 in 1978.
They realize the ban is in the
past, have found understanding
and “choose to look forward to
the future with faith and assurance that all things are before the
eternal father,” said Sitati, a convert who joined the faith in 1986.
Issues of race and diversity
within the Mormon faith bubbled
up again after the church selected
three white men last weekend to
fill vacancies on a high-level governing body, the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles — a disappointment to many who hoped for an
infusion of diversity.
In the body of the first Quorum
of the Seventy, two men are black.
birthdays or anniversaries this
month. Refreshments will be
served and the nursery will
be provided for babies and
toddlers.
Oak Street Baptist Church,
1303 Oak St., will hear Pastor
Gerald Dzawo deliver the message, “Would you Rather?” at
the 9 a.m. service Sunday.
Parkside First Baptist Church,
300 Potter Drive, will team
with City Church to hear Pastor Ken Peterson speak on
opportunities in Burlington
and Informed Choices share
about their medical clinic at the
10:15 a.m. service Sunday.
Peace Lutheran Church,
13646 Beaverdale Road, West
Burlington, will hear the Rev.
Kathleen Wohlers’ sermon,
“What are you lacking?” at the
9 a.m. service Sunday followed
by coffee fellowship.
Riverside Baptist Church, 313
Emmett St., Burlington, is having a Revival Oct. 11 through
Oct. 16.
Simple Acts of Kindness,” at
the 10:45 a.m. service Sunday,
with scripture from Matthew
25:31-46.
Trinity Lutheran Church, 115
S. Central Ave., will hear the
Rev. Ryan Cosgrove’s sermon,
“Count yourself as good as
dead,” at the 5:30 p.m. service
today and the 9 a.m. service
Sunday, followed by Sunday
School. L.I.F.T. will be Sunday
at 5 p.m.
West Hill United Methodist Church, 540 Leebrick
St., will hear the Rev. David
Bracht-Wagner’s sermon,
“Prayer,” at the 9 a.m. service
Sunday, with a reading from
Mark 10:17-31. Evening Worship
at 5:30 p.m. will feature music
provided by the Praise Band.
Zion Mennonite Church,
720 Park St., Donnellson,
will hear the Rev. Marcia
Yoder-Schrock’s sermon, “Of
Unitarian Universalist Church, money & camels,” with scripture from Hebrews 4:12-16 and
625 N. Sixth St., will hear the
Mark 10:17-31.
Lay Minister Rick Johnson’s
service emphasizing how we
Zion United Church of Christ,
deal with the passing of loved
412 N. Fifth St., will hear the
ones at the 10:30 a.m. service
Rev. Brice Hughes’ sermon,
Sunday. Children’s religious
“Eye of the Needle,” at the
education will be provided.
10 a.m. service Sunday, with
West Burlington United Meth- a reading from Mark 10:17-31,
odist Church, 300 Broadway St., followed by coffee hour. Adult
will hear Pastor Joyce Proctor’s Sunday school is at 8:45 a.m.
A spaghetti supper and square
message, “The Understanding
dance will be at 4 p.m. in the
Messiah,” at the 10:45 a.m.
fellowship hall.
Communion service Sunday.
St. John’s Catholic Church,
700 Division St., Burlington,
will host the 2015 Public
Square Rosary Crusade today
at noon. For more information,
call Marilyn Walljasper at (319)
470-6830.
St. Luke United Church of
Christ, 1403 South St., Burlington, will hear will hear the Rev.
Dr. Milo Van Veldhuizen give
his sermon, “Faith,” using scriptures Psalm 22:1-15 and Mark
10:17-31 at the 10:30 a.m. service Sunday. Walkers will participate in the Burlington area
CROP Hunger Walk Sunday.
SS. Mary and Patrick Catholic
Church, 520 W. Mount Pleasant
St., West Burlington, will . All
parish women are encouraged
to attend the Altar & Rosary
meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday.
St. Paul United Church of
Christ, 303 W. Mount Pleasant
St., West Burlington, will hear
Pastor Jim Ritter’s sermon
“Sharper Than a Double Edge
Sword” with music by Julie
Kirk at the 10:45 a.m. service.
The Annual Turkey Supper will
be today from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Sunnyside Independent
Baptist Church, 3415 Sunnyside
Ave., will hear the Rev. Larry
Dodds’ message, “Blessed by
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Davenport
man tied
to jewelry
heists
By ANDY HOFFMAN
[email protected]
A Davenport man has been
charged with numerous residential daytime jewelry thefts in Des
Moines, Lee and several other
counties in southeastern Iowa.
Gregory Wayne Myers, 57, is in
the Muscatine County jail in lieu
of a $100,000 bond.
Bob Thompson, a Des Moines
County sheriff’s detective, said
charges were filed Friday against
Myers in Des Moines County District Court. Myers is charged with
four counts of third-degree burglary, a class D felony, punishable
by up to five years in prison on
each charge.
“Myers is suspected of committing four daytime jewelry thefts in
rural Des Moines County during
the months of March and April of
this year,” Thompson said. “Myers’
arrest is the culmination of a fourstate task force investigation,
organized to combat similar jewel
heists in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri
and Arkansas.”
In addition to stealing jewelry, Myers also is suspected of
stealing guns from the residents’
homes.
He became a suspect in numerous burglaries in several states
after a Muscatine law enforcement officer linked Myers with
dozens of residential burglaries.
SCC hosts
college fair
Tuesday
By JOEY AGUIRRE
[email protected]
WEST BURLINGTON — A
college fair for area high school
students and parents is coming
to Southeastern Community College.
Area high school juniors,
seniors and their parents can
explore their college options at
College Representative Day from
9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in
Loren Walker Arena.
More than 40 colleges, universities and military branches will be
in attendance. Students and parents can meet representatives to
discuss admission requirements,
housing, financial aid, scholarships, internships and potential
majors.
Information about transfer
opportunities also will be available.
The event is free and open
to the public but registration is
recommended. To register, visit
www.iowacollegefairs.com
to
print an admittance pass with
a barcode. The barcode can be
used at the various booths to provide representatives with contact
information.
Burlington set
for second City
Week observance
The Hawk Eye
Burlington will celebrate City
Week Iowa with a City Day in the
Park from 2 to 4 p.m. next Saturday in Dankwardt Park.
Activities for all ages will be
offered by city departments with
help from community groups.
City departments will showcase their services and bring
some of their vehicles, including
the Fire Department’s smoke
house. In addition, Mayor Shane
McCampbell will have a table
stocked with giveaways. He also
will announce the winner of the
“If I Were Mayor…” essay contest.
The Parks Department will
offer hayrack rides starting near
the pool and going through Crapo
Park. The ride will make three
stops along the way so participants can meet Burlington park
donors Lydia Dankwardt, Philllip Crapo and Charles Perkins,
who will be portrayed by Players
Workshop actors.
Children and families can
enjoy three bounce houses sponsored by the local Optimist Club.
Notre Dame student volunteers
will paint faces. There also will be
cotton candy and popcorn for a
small fee.
At 3:30 people of all ages are
invited to join a half-mile Ghost
Run. Participants will run through
waves of white flour tossed by
some spooky ghouls. Runners are
encouraged to wear black shirts
for the maximum ghostly effect.
For more information, contact
Tabetha Miller at (319) 753-8131.
By ELIZABETH MEYER
[email protected]
Lauren Kastner/The Hawk Eye
Joe and Rosemary Spilane hold passes to the World Meeting of Families, which met last month in Philadelphia. The Spillanes attended the event, which was the first time Pope Francis visited the United States.
Burlington couple relives
4-second glimpse of pope
2015 Congress in Philadelphia. Past cities include Rome, Mexico City and Milan
where Catholics attended the global
gathering to share thoughts and prayers
that transcend national identity.
By ELIZABETH MEYER
“It was great being at the World [email protected]
ing of Families just because you’re surrounded by Catholics,” Rosemary said.
Joe and Rosemary Spillane stood
“It was neat. From all over the world.
four hours along the Benjamin Franklin
It was just amazing to look around this
Parkway in Philadelphia to capture a
huge room and you know that you all
53-second video of Pope Francis as his
have something in common.”
motorcade whizzed by the crowd.
“It was neat. I’m glad we went,” Joe
“It was a terribly long wait,” Rosemary
said. “It was neat to be in his presence.
Spillane said. “It’s 53 seconds and I think
He brings the best out of everybody he
maybe the last four seconds, it’s the
talks to. Whether it’s the president of the
pope.”
United States or Congress or the U.N.
The Burlington couple spent a Sep(United Nations), everybody seems like
tember week in Philadelphia attending
they up their game a little bit. They’re
the World Meeting of Families Congress
more civil to each other.”
and the Festival of Families to catch
Rosemary was born and raised in
a four-second glimpse of the Holy See
Lauren Kastner/The Hawk Eye Burlington and attends SS John and Paul
before they were resigned to viewing
Catholic Parish with her husband. Both
him from jumbotrons set up along the
Tickets to the World Meeting of
Parkway to broadcast his address to the Families Sept. 26 in Philadelphia cost were very impressed by Pope Francis,
his ability to engage with people from all
hundreds of thousands in attendance.
$150 each.
walks of life and the pride he instills in
Although the Spillanes didn’t attend
Catholics around the world. Not only did
the papal mass the next day, they
able to spend a week attending events,
enjoyed the opportunity to tour the city, listening to speakers and meeting Cath- the pope meet President Barack Obama,
address Congress and say mass, he also
attend events and capture the moment
olics from around the world during the
met with prisoners and their families
— no matter how fleeting — of Pope
World Meeting of Families Congress.
at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional
Francis as he passed their spot on the
“It was very exciting to experience
Facility.
parkway.
everybody’s joy,” she said. “Everybody
“I’m glad we did it,” Joe said. “I think
“It was pretty exciting when he came
was so excited about this one human
Pope Francis brought us back to the
by,” Joe Spillane said.
being coming and everybody was in a
basic questions that all people have
“That was our seeing of the pope,”
good mood. It was exhilarating.”
about family and life. He has a moral
Rosemary said. “We were so worn out
Started in 1992 by Saint Pope John
on Saturday we didn’t go back for the
level on things. On the world stage he
Paul II, the World Meeting of Families
mass. It was too exerting.”
had a very level-headed concern for the
At $150 per ticket, the Spillanes were
wasn’t held in the United States until the common man.”
Joe and Rosemary Spillane
attend World Meeting of
Families in Philadelphia.
Parking review
Steve Frevert, executive
director of Downtown Partners
Inc., counts cars for a parking
survey for Southeast Iowa
Regional Planning Commission Thursday in downtown
Burlington . He was working
with a few others breaking the
downtown into seven regions
counting the parked cars to
compile information for a
parking study. The results will
be presented to the Burlington
City Council next year.
John Gaines/The Hawk Eye
In an effort to expand health
care access for disabled and rural
veterans, Sen. Joni Ernst introduced the VETS Act Thursday.
The new Iowa Republican
worked with Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and eight co-sponsors to
roll out the Veterans E-Health &
Telemedicine Act of 2015. The
legislation aims to improve health
care access for disabled and rural
veterans by expanding telehealth
services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Telehealth services use telecommunications technologies
to support long-distance clinical
health care, patient and professional health-related education,
public health and administration
through a variety of wireless communications including videoconferencing and internet use.
Under law, the VA may waive
the state license requirement
for telehealth services only if
the patient and physician are in
a federally owned facility. Additionally, the VA performs at-home
telehealth care only when the
patient and physician are in the
same state. Those barriers can
be a deterrent for disabled and
rural veterans who are seeking
treatment from a physician in
another state, often forcing them
to travel great lengths to a federal
facility before receiving telehealth
services by phone or videoconference.
Last year, more than 717,00 veterans received some form of care
through telehealth services, saving veterans an average of $2,000
per year, according to figures
Ernst shared.
“The bipartisan Veterans
E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act moves us one step closer
to achieving more affordable,
patient-centered health care that
our veterans deserve by embracing telehealth services to offer
physician care and health treatment beyond the walls of the
VA facility,” the senator said in a
statement. “Telehealth care is an
innovative and important means
to meet the wide-ranging needs
of veterans in Iowa nationwide,
including the invisible struggles
of mental health care.”
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa,
is one of the bill’s eight co-sponsors.
“Travel to a VA facility can be
a real hardship for some veterans
for whom it isn’t easy to get to
the nearest clinic or hospital that
offers the care they need,” Grassley said. “Telehealth can make it
less necessary to go to a facility
as often and still help veterans get
medical treatment.”
The VETS Act has drawn support from across the aisle, including Iowa’s 2nd District congressman, Dave Loebsack.
“I strongly believe that we
have no greater responsibility as
a nation than to care for our veterans with the same dignity and
honor with which they served,”
Loebsack said. “We must continue
to work to improve VA hospitals
and make it easier for vets to
access quality health care. I am
proud to have cosponsored the
Veterans E-Health Act, which will
help vets living in rural areas get
access to the same care as those
living near a clinic.”
Ernst acknowledged the VA
has made progress providing services in portions of the country,
but overall the senator believes
the administration is coming up
short.
“I would love to say that I’ve
seen great improvement in the
VA but I can’t say that right now,”
she said. “We are blessed in the
Midwest to have some great care
but across the nation we are still
experiencing delays in treatment
for our veterans.”
Residents still seeking for options for Great River Road
Plan to dump gravel
into 150-foot-long,
8-foot-deep hole prove
unworkable.
By WILLIAM SMITH
[email protected]
MONTROSE — One way or
another, Montrose Mayor Bobby
Reid plans to make the Great
River Road passable again.
He’s just not sure when that
will happen.
“We wanted to do a temporary
fix, but if we open that road up,
we’ve heard there’s a possibility
our government funding for a
permanent fix would get pushed
back,” Reid said.
The road is one of the few
routes in and out of Montrose,
and the city council held a special meeting Wednesday to discuss ways to repair it.
“It’s a big hole that has to be
filled,” Reid said.
Heavy rains over the spring
and summer severely eroded the
Great River Road, causing one
lane to slide into the surrounding landscape.
The road has been closed
since early July, though many
motorists have been going
around the barricades illegally
to get into town. Reid said about
300 people used the road on a
daily basis before it was closed.
“We were going to try to fix
this thing temporarily and get it
open with a Band-Aid,” Reid said.
Reid and the council have
consulted with lawyers and engineers, and their initial plan was
simple: Fill the hole with lot and
lots of gravel.
After meeting with the Southeast Iowa Regional Planning
Commission, however, Reid
decided to delay that temporary
fix in hopes of finding federal or
state funding that would lead to
permanent road repairs.
“We would have to fill it with
non-absorbent material like
small gravel, and pack it and
pack it and pack it,” Reid said.
“We can’t use dirt, clay or sand.”
Reid doesn’t know how much
gravel it would take or how much
it would cost for a temporary fix,
much less a permanent one. The
hole is 150 feet long, 30 feet wide
and is 8 feet deep.
Leftover concrete and gravel
from the city’s ongoing boat
ramp expansion already has
been dumped into the hole and
a local concrete contractor plans
to give away the excess concrete
from their trucks to be used as
filler if needed.
Reid doesn’t know how long
it will take to find a permanent
solution. The city recently was
offered an 80-20 match $1 million
grant to fix the road, but couldn’t
raise the 20 percent match.
There still are ways to get
into Montrose legally. Motorists
can use 270th Avenue, which is
a gravel road that hooks up with
U.S. 61, or to go to Keokuk’s Airport Road and join at the highway. Reid estimated the legal
routes add seven to 15 miles into
Montrose.
The road between Keokuk
and Montrose is on the Great
River Road, a 3,000-mile route
along the Mississippi River from
Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
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FROM PAGE ONE
Two more campus shootings
One killed, three wounded at Arizona university
Felicia Fonseca/Associated Press
Authorities gather outside a student dormitory in Flagstaff, Ariz., Friday after an early morning fight between two groups of college students escalated into gunfire,
leaving one person dead and three others wounded.
By FELICIA FONSECA
Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An overnight brawl between two groups
of students escalated into gun violence Friday when a freshman at
Northern Arizona University opened fire on four fraternity members,
killing one and wounding three.
Steven Jones, an 18-year-old fraternity pledge, told police he shot
the group of students only after they hit him in the face and chased
him, according to court documents. He also said he tried to administer first aid to one of the victims.
Prosecutors said the suspect’s account amounted to a “self-serving” statement and alleged Jones was the aggressor.
“There is no indication of self-defense here,” Deputy Coconino
County Attorney Ammon Barker said. “The defendant had retreated
from the fight, he obtained a gun and then he went back into the fray.”
The shooting occurred in a parking lot just outside Mountain View
Hall dormitory on the Flagstaff campus, which provides housing
for many of the campus’ sororities and fraternities. Several frantic
people called 911 to report the shooting, some looking down onto a
parking lot from their dorm windows and seeing people with gunshot wounds.
“I first thought it was a joke but people started screaming,” said
one man, breathing heavily on the phone.
Dispatchers instructed some callers to stay inside, lock their
doors and turn off the lights while advising help was on the way.
The victims were all members of the Delta Chi fraternity while
Jones was a pledge at Sigma Chi. It’s not clear why the fight started.
Student Colin Brough was killed, and Nicholas Prato, Kyle Zientek
and Nicholas Piring were wounded. The prosecutor said Brough was
hit twice — in the chest and shoulder — with Jones’ .40-caliber handgun. Flagstaff Medical Center said it couldn’t release any information on conditions.
“This is not going to be a normal day at NAU,” said school President Rita Cheng. “Our hearts are heavy.”
Jones told investigators that several people approached him and
two friends while they were outside a residence. A fight broke out
between the two groups, and Jones said he was hit in the face. He
said a group chased him to his car, where he retrieved a handgun.
Two of the victims had stopped following him but turned around
when Jones yelled he had a gun, court documents said.
At one point, a group tried to subdue Jones, who fired a shot in the
air. Jones said he then dropped his firearm, which had a flashlight
attached to it.
Jones was booked Friday for one count of first-degree homicide
and three counts of aggravated assault.
Defense attorney Burges McCowan asked Flagstaff Justice Court
Judge Paul Christian to allow Jones to be released to his parents in
Glendale, Ariz., saying he has no prior criminal history and is a lifelong resident of the state. Bond was set at $2 million.
“He has no other place to go,” McCowan said.
Brough was from Castle Rock, Colo., about 30 miles south of
downtown Denver. He loved to play lacrosse and wanted to be successful so he could help other people, said his cousin, Ryan Jernegan
of Woodbury, N.J.. He also worked as a lifeguard at a Flagstaff recreation center.
“He was the happiest person that you probably would ever meet,”
Jernegan said.
He worked as a cashier at the Puma outlet store in Castle Rock
during the summer after graduating high school. Manager Chauncey
Musser remembered him as an outgoing employee with a seemingly
bottomless supply of energy.
Alex McIntosh, a friend of Zientek, said he worked part time at the
High Country Conference Center while attending school full time.
“He’s very calm, very respectful, has a great manner, calm
demeanor and you’d never expect him to be caught up in something
like this,” McIntosh said.
The shooting set off panic at the Flagstaff campus as students
heard gunshots and quickly took to social media to figure out what
happened.
Student Maria Gonzalez told the Associated Press she initially
suspected firecrackers when the shooting happened.
“I was studying for an exam, so I looked out the window and see
two people running, and that’s when I realized they weren’t fireworks, they were actually gunshots,” she said.
The Flagstaff shooting came the same day President Barack
Obama visited Roseburg, Ore., where eight students and a teacher
were shot and killed last week at Umpqua Community College.
In Texas, a student was killed and another person was wounded
in a shooting outside a Texas Southern University student-housing
complex on Friday. A brief panic broke out in Kentucky hours later
when there were reports of shots fired on a college campus. The
reports turned out to be unfounded.
Northern Arizona University is a four-year public university with
more than 25,000 total undergraduate students at the campus in
Flagstaff, a city about two hours north of Phoenix that is surrounded
by mountains and ponderosa pines. The city of 70,000 people has a
reputation for being a safe place and typically records only one murder per year.
“It’s crazy. You don’t think this stuff happens. When I think of
Flagstaff, I think safety,” said freshman Cameron Sands, who had
pledged at a fraternity and was supposed to move into Mountain
View Hall on Friday.
Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle
Houston Police vehicles respond after a shooting Friday at Texas Southern University. A student
was killed and another person wounded in a shooting outside a student-housing complex.
1 killed atTexas Southern University
By MICHAEL GRACZYK
and DAVID WARREN
Associated Press
HOUSTON — A student
was killed and another person
wounded during a shooting outside a Texas Southern University
student-housing complex Friday,
and police have detained two
men for questioning.
The university quickly went
on lockdown after the shooting
was reported around 11:30 a.m.
in a parking lot at the University
Courtyard Apartments, a university-owned complex on the
edge of the Houston campus.
Students and teachers were told
to stay inside until the lockdown
was lifted Friday afternoon after
the two men were detained, but
police said no arrests have been
made.
The incident marked the third
shooting on or near the campus
in less than a week, though it’s
unclear whether the shootings
were related. Friday’s shootings
also came the same day as a fatal
shooting at Northern Arizona
University, and about a week
after eight students and a teacher
were fatally shot at a community
college in Oregon.
False alarm on
Louisville campus
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky
authorities say a report of shots
fired on a college campus turned
out to be unfounded.
Louisville police gave students at the Jefferson Community and Technical College the
all-clear Friday afternoon, about
an hour after they received a call
about an “active aggressor” on
campus.
Louisville Police spokesman
Dwight Mitchell said authorities
received a call about 3:30 p.m.
Police did sweeps of a campus
building but nothing was found.
Mitchell says the caller
reported hearing a loud boom or
possibly shots fired.
He said police will speak
again with the caller.
“Like President Obama says,
this is getting to be too regular,”
Texas Southern President John
Rudley said during a Friday afternoon news conference.
Rudley said the Texas Southern student killed was a freshman, though his name and age
haven’t been released.
The second victim, whose
name also hasn’t been released,
was shot twice and is hospitalized in stable condition, Houston
police spokeswoman Jodi Silva
said.
Rudley urged the school’s
roughly 9,700 students to be more
vigilant, noting “we’re in the inner
city. Crime is all around us.” He
also criticized what he said was
a culture among students who
believe they shouldn’t snitch on
each other.
Silva said police still are
searching for a third man and
were trying to determine a motive
in the shooting.
She wouldn’t say whether
police believed the suspected
shooter was in custody. She noted
police aren’t treating the case as
an “active shooter” investigation,
in part because witnesses said
the shooter wasn’t moving from
place to place and fled the scene
after the shooting.
The fatal shooting came just
hours after another shooting
near the same student-housing
complex injured one person; in
response to the pre-dawn shooting, the university said it would
increase police on campus. On
Tuesday, university police said a
shooting after a poetry slam on
campus injured another man.
“My main concern is what
they’re going to do now,” Daijsa
Fowls, a 19-year-old pharmacy
student from Houston, said as she
stood outside the housing complex’s gate Friday afternoon. “I’m
supposed to be moving on campus and it shakes me up.”
Fowls noted she had a 3-yearold son, and said she wouldn’t
feel safe walking with him on
campus. She said she planned to
move into one of the nearby housing units but is now considering
transferring to another school.
“A bullet has no name,” she
said. “It could hit anybody.”
Classes were canceled following the lockdown Friday. Rudley
said classes will resume Monday.
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‘What the hell is this Cardinals
fan doing here?” Good said laughing. “One time I was up here and
there were six people here. I had a
Cardinals shirt on and everybody
else is wearing a Cubs shirt.”
The atmosphere was the same
at Doc’s Bar.
“We just give each other hell,”
Doc Diewold, owner of Doc’s and
a long-time Cardinal fan, said.
“I’ve been a Cardinal fan since I
can remember. It can get pretty
rowdy around here for Cubs-Cardinal games. I just like to stir the
Cub fans up.”
Doc said he’s confident the
Cardinals will win, as long as he
doesn’t watch the series.
“If I watch them, I guarantee
the Cardinals won’t win,” Doc
said. “My cousin told me back in
2006 that the Cubs and Cardinals
have one thing in common: Neither have won a World Series in
their new stadium. Well they won,
and in 2011 he mouthed off again.
Well, they won again. So he won’t
say no more.”
With the overall series giving the Cubs a slight edge at
1,197-1,147, Stacey Magdefrau —
another Cardinal fan — called
the 2015 NLDS a toss-up.
“The Cardinals have been
sucking,” Magdefrau said, laughing. “Definitely a Cardinal fan.
I’m expecting them to win, but
it’s going to be a fun matchup. My
father was a Cardinal fan, following in his footsteps.”
John Ripple, a Pittsburgh
Pirate fan, is married to a Cubs
fan and said he supports the Cubs
after they knocked the Pirates
out of the playoffs Wednesday.
“I’ll be watching the game and
I have to root for the ones that
beat us,” Ripple said. “I grew up
in Northern Pennsylvania and
have been a Pirate fan since I was
about six. I remember that 1960
World Series and the Bill Mazeroski home run in Game 7.”
Prior to 2012, the Pittsburgh
Pirates had a streak of 20 consecutive losing seasons. Ripple said
that made him feel like a Cubs
fan.
“For awhile I felt like a Cubs
fan,” Ripple said laughing. “Wait
till next year!”
His wife, Beth Ripple — a Cubs
fan — didn’t appreciate that comment.
“Hell yes I’m confident they’’ll
win,” Beth said laughing. “When
they won two nights ago, I
thought that was great! I felt bad
for him but not too bad. He’s got
to root for the Cubs now.”
Beth believes the Cubs will
win the series in four games.
She’s been a Cubs fan forever.
“Ever since she was dropped
on her head,” Doc chimed in.
“My dad was always a Cubs
fan ... so I was raised a Cubs fan,”
Beth said.
Cardinals fan Dick Ray pointed
to one of the walls inside Doc’s
Bar and said, “You won’t find a
bar anywhere in Chicago that’s
got that many championships.
“I just read the pitching lineup
and I’d say we got this series
wrapped up,” Ray said. “I think
they are going to rally. The Cubs
had a long winning streak and the
Cardinals have a losing streak,
so I think the law of averages is
going to work out on that.”
Sentencing
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injuries, including severe head
trauma.
She died about 10:30 a.m. Jan.
24, after being removed from life
support.
An autopsy was performed
Jan. 26 at the Decedent Care Unit
at University of Iowa Hospitals,
and Jimenez was charged with
first-degree murder the next day.
Rick Rahn, a special agent of
the Iowa Division of Criminal
Investigation, said agents were
called to help the Columbus
Junction Police Department
and the Louisa County Sheriff’s office investigate the case
shortly after the infant’s injuries
were reported to police.
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NATION & WORLD
Nobel Prize boosts struggling Tunisian democracy
By PAUL SCHEMM, KARL RITTER
and BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA
Associated Press
TUNIS, Tunisia — It was
the fall of 2013, and Tunisia’s
newfound democracy was in
grave danger. The assassination of a left-wing politician had
prompted the opposition to walk
out of the constitutional assembly. The government was paralyzed, the constitution unfinished and the country on the
brink of war.
In nearby Egypt, which followed Tunisia in a democratic
revolution, a coup had just overthrown the Islamist government,
and some sectors in Tunisia
wanted to follow suit.
Then four civil society groups
— the main labor union, the bar
association, the employers’ association and the human rights
league — stepped into the fray.
Working together, they got
Islamists to agree to resign in
favor of a caretaker government
that would organize new elections, while the angry opposition
returned to the table to complete
the country’s constitution.
On Friday, that coalition —
the National Dialogue Quartet —
received the Nobel Peace Prize
for its patient negotiating efforts,
which carried Tunisia through
an extended constitutional crisis
and laid the groundwork for the
only democracy that remains
following the 2011 Arab Spring
demonstrations.
The prize comes at an important time, as Tunisia faces a new
crisis nearly as critical as the one
it confronted in the fall of 2013:
A pair of attacks against tourists
earlier this year left more than 60
people dead, provoking fear and
devastating Tunisia’s vital tourism sector, even as the faltering
economy dragged support for
the democratic process to historic lows.
The Nobel award also draws
international attention to a
region increasingly known more
for the harrowing actions of the
Islamic State group than the
kind of compromise and negoti-
ations that have allowed Tunisia
to succeed.
The quartet was a long shot
for the prize and none were more
surprised than its members.
Houcine Abbassi, the head of the
labor union and the driving force
in the 2013 negotiations, learned
about the win from an Associated Press journalist.
“I am overwhelmed by this,”
he said, recalling how the country was on the brink of war. “It’s a
prize that crowns more than two
years of efforts deployed by the
quartet when the country was in
danger on all fronts.”
For months, Abbassi and his
colleagues tried to convince the
Islamist-led government and the
opposition to sit down and agree
on a new government of technocrats to end the crisis.
Several times talks broke
down but Abbassi never seemed
to lose faith. In November 2013,
after another walkout by the parties, he said “we do not believe in
failure because the dialogue has
to succeed — it is our destiny.”
In the end, despite acrimonious negotiations, the two sides
agreed on a caretaker prime
minister and government. Elsewhere in the region, war raged in
Syria, militias battled each other
in Libya as politicians watched
helplessly and thousands were
jailed in Egypt.
“(The quartet) established an
alternative, peaceful political
process at a time when the country was on the brink of civil war,”
the Nobel Prize committee said
in its citation.
In a region known for violence
and a belief in zero-sum power
games, the quartet’s achievement in Tunisia stood out as a
key Middle East exception, said
Mohammed Fadhel Mafoudh,
the head of the Bar Association
that participated in the negotiations.
“It’s a message to all parties
present in certain political conflicts, to tell them that everything
can be settled with dialogue and
all can be settled in a climate of
peace. And that the language of
weapons leads us nowhere,” he
The Associated Press
Houcine Abassi, secretary general of the Tunisian General Labour Union, right, is congratulated Friday by unidentified union members in his office at the headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia. Abassi is one of the four members of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
said.
The chairwoman of the Nobel
committee, Kaci Kullmann Five,
said the selection of Tunisia was
made with a regional context in
mind: “These are different countries but some of the main root
causes of social upheaval often
resemble each other.”
William Lawrence, the director of Middle East and North
Africa for the Center for the
Study of Islam and Democracy,
said the prize shows the world
the democratic process is alive
in Tunisia despite the twin
threats of economic crisis and
terrorist attacks.
“Tunisia proves that democracy is possible in the Arab
world,” he said. “The international community now needs to
step up and support the Tunisian
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government and the Tunisian
people.”
Growth in 2015 for Tunisia is
expected to be flat or negative
while unemployment is more
than 15 percent and inflation has
been running around 6 percent.
Lawrence’s organization estimated the country needs some
$5 billion in aid over the next few
years to support an economy
brought to its knees by attacks
and has called for at least $800
million in aid from the U.S.
President Barack Obama originally earmarked $134 million for
Tunisia in 2015. The Senate cut
that by $50 million, though it still
could be restored in conference.
Obama praised the Nobel winners on behalf of the American
people.
“This brave coalition of work-
ers, industry, lawyers and human
rights advocates is an inspiring
reminder that lasting peace and
security can only be achieved
when citizens are empowered to
forge their own future and that
democracy is both possible and
necessary in the North Africa
and the Middle East,” Obama
said in a statement.
Tunisia’s revolution was
sparked by the self-immolation
of a young itinerant fruit seller
after he was harassed by police
and occurred against a backdrop of high unemployment and
economic troubles that have yet
to be solved by the new elected
governments.
Many Tunisians complain
the revolution and democracy
has brought them little improvements despite an increased free-
Drone operator cited after
landing near White House
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Authorities
cited a man for illegally flying a
drone that crash-landed in a park
near the White House early Friday.
The U.S. Secret Service and
U.S. Park Police responded after
the drone was spotted flying
near the Washington Monument
about 1:20 a.m. Friday. Officials
confronted the operator after he
lost control and the drone landed
in the Ellipse, a park just south of
the White House.
Howard Solomon III of Washington, D.C., was cited with
launching, landing or operating an unmanned aircraft in a
restricted area, and the drone
and operating equipment were
confiscated, park police said.
Police said the citation carries
an $85 fine.
Reached by phone Friday, Solomon said he was trying to take
pictures of the monument, and
the wind blew the drone across
a street that divides the Ellipse
from the grounds of the Washington Monument.
“I was just flying trying to take
pictures of the monument,” he
said.
He said when authorities confronted him, he was asked “a
bunch of questions like I was a
terrorist.”
Washington and communities
within a 15-mile radius of Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport are part of a “No Drone
Zone” under rules adopted after
the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Officials identified the drone
as a model that can be purchased
for about $65 on Amazon.com.
Officials said this was the
ninth incident involving the illegal operation of an unmanned
aircraft in a national park in the
greater Washington area in 2015.
dom of expression, and young
people in particular stayed away
from the last election in droves.
Despite its small size, Tunisia provides the most foreign
recruits to the armies of the
Islamic State group, with estimates of more than 3,000 having
left to fight in Syria, Iraq and
Libya.
“Everyone in this country
feels a heavy sense of negativity
on the streets, it’s very common
to hear things were better before
the revolution,” said Monica
Marks, a research fellow for the
European Council on Foreign
Relations. “Having an injection
of positivity — a congratulations
from the international community — is a really good thing.”
Tropical storm bears
down on Alaska
Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska — Parts of
the nation’s northernmost state
are bracing for heavy rains and
strong winds from the remnants
of Hurricane Oho.
Tropical storm conditions
are expected to combine with
a low-pressure system to bring
potentially 2 to 6 inches of rain
to southeast Alaska.
The expected tropical system will be the latest unusual
weather event to hit Alaska in
2015.
Sparse snowfall pushed the
start of the Iditarod sled-dog
race 400 miles to the north,
and dry conditions fueled one
of Alaska’s worst fire seasons.
Soggy weather in Juneau made
for an especially wet summer.
Last year, Juneau, which is in
a rainforest, had its wettest summer on record, with more than
24 inches of rain. This summer
came in a close second.
Charles Bertram/Lexington Herald-Leader
Dave and Julia Esposito with their son, Michael, after he was found Friday near the Koomer Ridge
Campground in the Red River Gorge, near Slade, Ky.
By BRUCE SCHREINER
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two
young cousins alone and lost
in the Appalachian woods ate
sticks and slept on the ground
during a 20-hour ordeal that
ended when searchers found
them unharmed Friday in the
rugged terrain in the Red River
Gorge area of Kentucky, the
mother of one boy said.
The boys, ages 5 and 7, were
found about a mile from the
family’s campsite in the popular
recreation area, Kentucky State
Police Trooper Joe Veeneman
said. Their disappearance Thursday evening from the campsite
set off a massive search in the
wooded, ravine-filled area.
The boys came away from the
adventure with only a few bumps
and scrapes, the trooper said.
“No more scrapes than they
would normally get on a hike,”
said Julia Esposito, the mother
of one of the boys.
One boy was identified as
5-year-old Michael Esposito of
Batavia, Ohio. His cousin, 7-yearold Adrian Ross, is from Bloomington, Ind.
They had gone to the campsite
with the younger boy’s father and
a grandfather of both boys, Veeneman said. They had gone ahead
of other family members who
were joining them later, he said.
Julia Esposito said her husband was pitching a tent and her
father was cooking dinner when
the boys wandered off. They had
been running around with three
young relatives as the adults
tended to the campsite, she said.
“Two of them went off just
exploring and went a little bit too
far and just disappeared,” she
said. “If you get over a ridge and
get yourself turned around, it’s
easy to get lost.”
The boys didn’t seem spooked
by their night alone in the woods,
Esposito said.
“If you talk to them, they
weren’t afraid and they weren’t
cold,” she said. “It was so dark
that they couldn’t see each
other.”
They told family they slept on
the ground under a tree. Overnight lows dipped into the mid50s.
“They decided to eat some
sticks because they didn’t know
what else to eat, because they
knew they shouldn’t eat mushrooms or berries,” she said.
The rescuer who found them
said later that the boys were
calm, she said. The boys gobbled
cookies and jerky and guzzled
water offered by rescuers.
For the family, it was “a nailbiter of a night” as the search
continued, Esposito said.
“You keep imagining the
worst-case scenario,” she said.
Searchers used dogs to try to
track the boys.
Rain started falling soon
after the boys were found Friday
afternoon.
Even after its ordeal, the family was staying in the area and
planned to hike on Saturday,
Esposito said.
Red River Gorge is a heavily
wooded, rocky destination popular with hikers, campers and
rock climbers.
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Burlington, Iowa
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STEVE DELANEY
editor and publisher
Dale Alison, managing editor Mike Sweet, columnist
John Gaines, news content coordinator
Our editorial
We shouldn’t kill
T
Execution isn’t the answer to preventing
violent crimes.
his country has a fascination with killing. We endorse it.
We financially pay for it.
We’re not talking about defending the nation’s security
during war time. We’re talking about the publically-endorsed
use of capital punishment. We shouldn’t do it. Too often, government gets it wrong and innocent people, wrongly convicted
are killed on our behalf. It’s barbaric.
Last week, common sense invaded the brain of Oklahoma
Gov. Mary Fallin. On Thursday, she halted all executions in
Oklahoma. The stated reason was the wrong drug was used to
stop an inmate’s heart in January.
The mistake was kept a secret until the largest newspaper in
the state, the Oklahoman, obtained an autopsy report. One has
to legitimately wonder
if the governor would
have acted in the same
manner had the news of
use of the wrong drug
never surfaced. After
all, the attempt to kill
Charles Frederick Warner was in January. Only
now, almost a year later
and after a newspaper
report, does government step in to take this
reasonable step.
“Until we have complete confidence in the
system, we will delay
any further executions,”
Fallon said.
Too bad she didn’t go
further and declare the
state will not implement
Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press
the death penalty under
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin speaks
any circumstances.
Iowa doesn’t use
during a news conference in Oklathe death penalty. It
homa City Tuesday.
hasn’t for years. Those
convicted of capital crimes get to spend the rest of their lives
behind bars without any chance of parole. Ever. It hasn’t
deterred anyone from committing capital crimes in Iowa. But
neither has lethal injection caused a would-be murderer to
change his or her mind about committing the crime.
If it’s not a deterrent, then what’s the point?
There really isn’t a legitimate reason. That’s why you won’t
see it on the agenda of the Iowa Legislature when it convenes
in January. Banning capital punishment should be on the
agendas of lawmakers in state’s where it’s not just permitted,
but encouraged.
If there is just one case of an innocent person killed at the
hands of government, it’s too high a price to pay. And it’s happened. And it shouldn’t happen anymore.
Letters
‘Digital amnesia’
I
may be losing it, but at least I’m not
alone, I now know.
I remember my work phone number
half the time, maybe less. I get my kids’ cell
phone numbers right a little more than that.
I don’t know anyone’s street address anymore, and I rarely can recall what I had for
lunch or the last book I read.
Yes, being in my mid-50s has something
to do with this. Journalists who make
careers out of cramming their brains full of
information that quickly becomes useless
have always joked about getting “newsheimer’s disease.” But it’s not only hacks
and middle-agers that are increasingly
spaced out. It seems to be all of us.
An interesting and scary study that has
just come out from Europe, documented a
forgetfulness phenomenon it calls “digital
amnesia.” Young and old, we’re outsourcing
our brainwork to digital devices, and memories are the worse for it.
The study by Kaspersky Labs surveyed
6,000 people 16 and older in the U.K.,
France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Benelux
(Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg).
The results show “the majority of these digital consumers are unable to recall critical
contact details for those closest to them;
and suggest a direct link between data
available at the click of a button and a failure to commit that data to memory.”
I am happy to report I do fairly well
compared to the run-of-the-mill European.
Across Europe, 53 percent could call their
children without looking up their numbers.
In the U.K., 45 percent could remember
their home phone number from when they
were 10, but only 29 could now remember
their children’s numbers. In the U.K., 51
percent knew their partner’s phone number,
compared with almost 80 percent in Italy,
perhaps because their partners were better
cooks.
Neuroscientists and others have been
Response to David P. Miller
appointed them to the job. Harreld is also a friend of Branstad.
I honestly feel he got the job
because of Branstad, not the
Board of Regents.
Remember Branstad has
lied. Remember when he was
speeding 80-90 mph? A state
official reported it. The highway patrol was in pursuit and
backed off when they saw Branstad. The person who reported
it was fired. Branstad had nothing to do with the firing. That’s
a lie, he got him fired.
Remember Clarinda and
Mt. Pleasant? He ordered them
closed when the state law says
we should have four mental
institutions. This is being challenged in the courts.
This is a travesty for the
State of Iowa, the people, the
students, and those who support the University of Iowa.
Mr. Miller, Bruce Harreld
should not have gotten this job.
In my opinion, the man isn’t
qualified for such an important
position.
Sanders and
Medicare costs
See you
tomorrow
A
WAYNE DECK
Fort Madison
S
study released in July tells
us that drug prices under
Medicare Part D are 50%
higher than in 27 of the world’s
richest nations. In fact, the cost
per person of $1,010 in the U.S.
is more than three times that
of Denmark, Israel and New
Zealand.
This is a system of corporate
welfare and greed. Bernie Sanders promises to right this wrong
and I believe him.
eems we’ve traded uneven
surface and potholes for
a gravel road on South
Main Street. I’d rather have the
potholes back — at least we
didn’t have a constant cloud of
dust hanging in the air. Walking
through Crapo Park is no longer
pleasant. Plus, I can’t wait to
have all that gravel pushed onto
my lawn this winter.
LOIS CLARK
Burlington
INGRID WATERS
Burlington
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
— First Amendment, U.S. Constitution
studying how new technology affects the
brain’s memory power for quite awhile.
Apparently, new technology can change our
old brains quickly.
According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, the average human
attention span was 12 seconds in 2000. Now
it’s 8.25 seconds. A goldfish has a 9 second
attention span — if by some chance you’re
still paying attention.
A paper that came out in Science magazine in 2011 popularized the idea of the
Google Effect: just knowing that some bit
of data or lump of information can be easily
found by Google (or whatever) reduces our
likelihood that we’ll remember it after we
find it.
“We are becoming symbiotic with our
computer tools, growing into interconnected systems that remember less by
knowing information than by knowing
where the information can be found,” the
paper said. “This gives us the advantage
of access to a vast range of information,
although the disadvantages of being constantly ‘wired’ are still being debated.”
The effects of gadgets on memory is only
one front in that debate — and properly so.
This is how that 2011 report on the Google
Effect concluded: “The experience of losing
our Internet connection becomes more and
Meyer is Chief Washington Correspondent for
the Scripps Washington Bureau and DecodeDC.
Readers may send him an email at dick.meyer@
scripps.com
The dangers of smartphones
H
ere’s something a little counterintuitive
that might get you thinking: Technology, for all its many virtues, may be
ruining your life.
And its weapon of choice is one device
you can’t live without: your cellphone.
The more obvious dangers of excessive
smartphone use, like texting while driving — an activity the Texas Legislature yet
again was unable to make a punishable
offense during the session that ended in
June — are not the only collateral damage
caused by our obsession with the tiny glowing screens.
According to a study just released by Baylor University, cellphones are a drain on our
relationships. And they are having harmful
effects on individual emotional health, too.
Researchers at Baylor’s Hankamer
School of Business who studied the relational effects of “phubbing” — or “partner
phone snubbing” — found that distractions
caused by cellphone use while spending
time with a partner may lead to “enhanced
feelings of depression and lower well-being”
by the individual being phubbed.
None of this is surprising.
Think of how often you enter a coffee
shop or a restaurant and see two people
(sometimes more) at a table, looking not at
each another, but at their respective phones.
It’s a common occurrence.
So it’s not difficult to imagine people
developing complexes over feeling they are
less interesting to their partners than email,
Facebook or Twitter — to all of which we
enjoy perpetual, unfettered access thanks
to the wonders of technology.
Indeed, results of one survey used in the
Baylor study found nearly half (46.3 percent) of respondents were phubbed by their
partner, and nearly a quarter (22.6 percent)
Doonesbury
I
disagree with Mr. Miller, J.
Bruce Harreld should not
have gotten this job.
I will list the following reasons why:
1. He has no educational experience of any kind. None.
2. He lied on his resume. Some
place where he worked didn’t
even exist. He had a “lapse of
memory.” This is a lie.
3. Several hundred professors
protested his hiring over several well qualified candidates.
The Board of Regents ignored
their protests. They, not Harreld, provide the education for
students.
4. The Board of Regents didn’t
care about his resume. This
alone is the height of ignorance
and stupidity. They are responsible for our three state universities. By a vote of 9-0, they
gave him a job. I always thought
that a thorough background
check is necessary before you
get a job like this. His salary
is $590,000.00, not to mention
other perks.
The Board of Regents got
their jobs from Branstad. He
Dick Meyer
Scripps Washington Bureau
more like losing a friend. We must remain
plugged in to know what Google knows.”
That’s creepy. The Internet isn’t my
friend.
But most of us know by now the panicky
feeling being isolated and cut-off when we
forgot to bring our iPhone — our mobile
brain outsourcing device. We’ve all seen
people who can’t put their devices away for
more than a minute before they get twitchy.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s at dinner, a
meeting, a party or a walk. It is not a disease of the young, and the worst offenders
I know are middle-aged “digital amnesiacs”
like me.
Americans believe in the power of our
new technologies to make life better. The
rationalism, start-up spirit and wholesome
unconventionality of Silicon Valley is contagious. If there is a Luddite movement, it
is quiet.
But there is also a dizzying amount of
research going on about the effects of communications technology on our brains, nervous systems, social abilities, relationships,
mental health, physical health and family
structure. You name it and there’s probably
a neuroscientist or a sociologist on the case.
And that’s a good thing.
A number of writers have written accessible, serious books that draw from all this
new research to push back against the
digital utopianism we are so susceptible to:
Nicholas Carr, Jaron Lanier, Douglas Rushkoff and Sherry Turkle among them.
They’ve convinced me to be much for
mindful about my screen-time and cognitive
day. I try to follow a slow media diet —
when I can remember, that is.
ple — not Twitter followers or Facebook
“friends” — who occupy important places
in our lives.
Even if we were to ignore the emotional
harm to relationships the aforementioned
studies correlate with excessive smartphone use, the notion individuals are
increasingly choosing to interact with
others in the virtual world instead of the
physical one should give us pause.
Cynthia M. Allen
Robert Putnam warned us about this
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
phenomenon, writing in his 2000 book,
“Bowling Alone,” about how vibrant civic
of those who were phubbed said it caused
institutions — which help produce better
conflict in their relationships.
schools, faster economic development,
Apparently that conflict was serious
lower crime and more effective government
enough in some cases to cause emotional
damage; more than a third (36.6 percent) of — are on the wane.
One of the culprits (there are several) is
respondents said they felt depressed at least
the growth of technological forms of entersome of the time.
tainment that have come to replace in-perThat depression, researchers assert, is
son social activities.
probably an outgrowth of the insecurity
More than a decade later, as the Baylor
caused by the frequency with which one’s
and University of Essex studies show, this
partner checks his or her phone.
cultural epidemic is eroding society at its
Most people can probably relate to that
most fundamental level.
sentiment.
Our personal relationships and our own
Emotional distress isn’t the only potential
consequence of being forced to play second mental health are at stake.
While many people feel tied to their
string to a digital device.
screens for professional reasons (which is
A series of studies by two researchers
another problem entirely), many others are
at the University of Essex found the very
choosing to spend their leisure time with
presence of a phone during an encounter,
technology.
even if it is not in use, can be detrimental
But a rousing Twitter debate isn’t likely
to an individual’s attempts at interpersonal
to bring the kind of long-term satisfaction a
connection.
The result is less closeness, empathy and conversation with a partner or a discussion
with a book group can produce.
trust between individuals.
If it does, as a society, we may be beyond
The irony, of course, is our efforts to stay
connected at all times, to reach new people saving.
in remote places and improve human conCynthia M. Allen is a columnist for the Fort
tact, may be having the opposite effect.
Worth Star-Telegram. Readers may send her
We are becoming less connected, physically and emotionally, to the actual peoemail at [email protected].
www.thehawkeye.com
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CredSuiss 24.77 +.24
CrestwdEq 2.68 -.12
IMF: Iceland repaid
its remaining debt
Associated Press
LONDON — The International
Monetary Fund said Iceland has
repaid all of its remaining obligations — ahead of schedule — as
the island nation presses on with
its recovery following its economic collapse seven years ago.
The IMF said Friday Iceland
repaid $332 million, ending the
rescue program that began in the
2008 financial crisis.
The small north Atlantic
nation had borrowed a total of
about $2.1 billion, and the repurchase consolidates 11 repurchases that would have fallen
due by Aug. 31, 2016.
Wall Street
Friday’s indicators
17,084.49
4,830.47
2,014.89
Livestock futures
Open
High
Low
CATTLE
40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.
Oct 15
130.77 131.50 129.30
Dec 15
137.25 138.00 135.65
Feb 16
138.75 139.85 137.67
Apr 16
138.15 139.42 137.35
Jun 16
130.37 131.30 129.37
Aug 16
127.82 128.85 127.12
Oct 16
130.10 131.15 129.70
Dec 16
131.25 132.35 130.67
Feb 17
131.10 132.00 131.10
Est. sales 51291,Thu sales 60926
Thu open int 257492,off 524
FEEDER CATTLE
50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.
Oct 15
187.82 189.57 186.37
Nov 15
183.97 185.80 182.55
Jan 16
178.70 180.65 177.40
Mar 16
177.32 178.75 175.70
Apr 16
177.40 179.25 176.30
May 16
177.22 178.72 176.75
Aug 16
177.22 179.35 177.20
Sep 16
Est. sales 12801,Thu sales 15556
Thu open int 34617,off 95
HOGS-Lean
40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.
Oct 15
74.32 74.37 73.77
Dec 15
66.65 67.27 66.00
Feb 16
69.52 70.10 68.82
Apr 16
73.15 73.80 72.82
May 16
78.00 78.42 77.90
Jun 16
81.40 81.60 80.82
Jul 16
80.67 81.00 80.40
Aug 16
79.85 79.92 79.47
Oct 16
69.70 69.95 69.40
Est. sales 26194,Thu sales 26265
Thu open int 203521,up 437
Stock
Close Chg
GenElec
28.07 +.04
GenGrPrp 27.14 -.17
GenMills
56.61 +.13
GenMotors 32.95 -.48
Genworth
5.41 -.23
Gerdau
1.79 +.05
GileadSci 100.65 -.16
GlaxoSKln 40.22 +.06
Globalstar 1.90 -.06
GluMobile 4.14 +.10
GoldFLtd
3.01 +.16
Goldcrp g 14.47 +.90
GoldmanS 179.19 -1.88
Goodyear 31.88 +.06
GoPro
29.08 +1.48
GraphPkg 13.55 +.28
GrtBasSci
.09 -.00
Groupon
3.87 +.01
GrubHub 30.18 +.22
GulfCUDp
.30 -.02
HCA Hldg 77.91 +1.25
HCP Inc
39.11 -.19
HD Supply 31.33 +.53
HNI Corp 46.80 +.24
HalconRes
.97 -.03
Hallibrtn
39.65 -.76
HamptnRB 2.00 +.01
HarleyD
55.09 +.01
HarmonyG
.77 +.10
Hasbro
74.35 +.55
HawaiiEl
29.72 +.02
HrtlndEx
21.49 +.32
HeclaM
2.52 +.21
HeclaM pfB 58.80
...
HelixEn
6.63 +.19
HelmPayne 60.26 +.68
Hershey
96.56 -.44
Hertz
19.20 -.60
Hess
61.91 -.66
HewlettP 29.30 +.12
Hilton
25.21 +.32
HimaxTch
7.19 -.25
HollyFront 50.32 -.92
Hologic
37.28 +.08
HomeDp 121.33 +.27
Honda
32.72 +.22
Settle
130.77
137.32
139.40
139.10
131.17
128.82
131.07
132.30
132.00
Metals
Chg
-.40
-.35
+.23
+.35
+.27
+.32
+.32
+.60
+.40
188.97
184.87
179.77
178.07
178.67
178.42
178.95
178.10
+1.10
+.77
+.87
+.67
+.75
+.67
+.75
+.75
73.82
66.12
68.95
72.97
77.90
81.00
80.40
79.60
69.47
-.18
-.03
-.12
-.08
+.08
-.25
-.45
-.17
-.40
Stock
Close Chg
HonwllIntl 101.16 +.09
HorizPhm 19.51 +1.19
Hormel
65.42 +.29
HorsehdH 5.51 +1.05
HostHotls 17.63 -.22
HudsCity
9.99 -.05
HuntBncsh 10.79 -.13
Huntsmn 12.75 -.52
IAMGld g
1.92 +.07
ICICI Bk s
9.14 +.15
ING
14.44 -.18
iShGold
11.18 +.17
iShBrazil 25.25 +.29
iShCanada 24.92 +.14
iShEMU
36.61 +.17
iShGerm 26.26 +.22
iShItaly
15.23 +.08
iShJapan 12.10 +.03
iSh SKor 53.39 +.48
iSMalasia 11.19 +.09
iShMexico 54.98 +.37
iSTaiwn
14.17 +.09
iShSilver 15.12 +.13
iShChinaLC 38.66 -.18
iSCorSP500202.50 +.15
iShUSAgBd109.33 -.09
iShEMkts 35.94 +.13
iShiBoxIG 116.16 +.05
iSh20 yrT 122.28 +.32
iS Eafe
61.05 +.11
iShiBxHYB 85.11 +.01
iShR2K
115.74 +.23
iShREst
74.25 -.08
iShHmCnst 27.85 -.03
ImpOil g
35.25 +.51
Infosys s
19.15 -.01
IngerRd
54.85 -.01
Intel
32.14 -.38
IBM
152.39 +.11
IntPap
43.23 +2.14
IntlSpdw
36.14 +.54
Interpublic 21.04 +.15
Invesco
32.88 -.26
IronMtn
31.28 -1.02
iShCorEM 43.39 +.12
iShCHEmu 26.06 -.06
Open
Grain futures
High
Low
CBOT GOLD 100 oz.
100 troy oz- dollars per troy oz
Oct 15
Nov 15
Dec 15
Jan 16
Feb 16
Est. sales ,Thu sales
Thu open int 1,
CBOT SILVER 5000 oz.
5000 troy oz- dollars per troy oz
Oct 15
Nov 15
Dec 15
Jan 16
Feb 16
Est. sales ,Thu sales
Thu open int 4,
Stock
Close Chg
ItauUnibH
7.77 +.02
JD.com
28.41 +1.09
JPMorgCh 61.93 -.20
JPMAlerian 34.68 +.12
Jabil
22.52 +.04
JanusCap 14.67 -.19
JetBlue
26.10 +.84
JohnJn
95.37 +.29
JohnsnCtl 44.30 -.09
JoyGlbl
17.94 -.57
JnprNtwk 29.40 -.40
KB Home 14.70 -.22
KBR Inc
19.55 +.13
KapStoneP 21.73 +2.22
Kellogg
69.44 +.20
KeryxBio
4.25 +.23
KeyEngy
.78 +.04
Keycorp
13.06 -.28
KimbClk 114.73 +.93
Kimco
25.45 -.26
KindMorg 32.35 -.33
KindredHlt 13.94 +.83
Kinross g
2.24 +.11
Knowles
21.23 -.47
Kohls
47.27 +.62
KosmosEn 7.35 -.21
KraftHnz n 74.39 -.04
Kroger s
38.03 +.03
LDR Hldg 26.67 -9.54
LaredoPet 13.40 -.56
LVSands 46.98 -.11
Lee Ent
2.30 +.04
LeggPlat 43.79 -.08
LennarA
51.33 +.26
LeucNatl 21.07 -.04
LibtyGlobC 43.26 -.02
LinearTch 41.21 -.58
LinnEngy
3.36 -.05
Loews
36.29 -.49
LaPac
17.38 +.43
Lowes
73.33 +.16
lululemn gs 52.75 -1.46
LumberLiq 18.84 +2.42
LyonBas A 95.45 -2.05
MBIA
7.15 -.13
MGIC Inv
9.63 -.17
MGM Rsts 21.23 +.09
MRC Glbl 13.21 -.03
Macys
51.00 -.47
Magna g s 50.62 +1.31
MagHRes
.60 +.00
Mallinckdt 66.73 -1.81
MannKd
3.05 +.04
ManpwrGp 85.52 +.51
MarathnO 19.59 -.59
MarathPt s 49.64 -1.44
MVJrGold 22.00 +1.03
MktVGold 16.26 +.85
MV OilSvc 32.03 +.02
MktVRus 17.27 -.01
MarshM
53.44 -.31
MarvellT lf 9.41 -.02
Masco
27.01 +.23
MasterCrd 95.82 -.05
Mattel
22.35 +.02
MaxLinear 13.08 +.66
Settle
Chg
1156.3
1155.8
1155.9
1156.8
1156.8
+11.6
+11.6
+11.6
+11.6
+11.6
15.809
15.810
15.818
15.835
15.866
+.049
+.050
+.052
+.052
+.053
Stock
Close Chg
McDrmInt
5.22 +.19
McDnlds 102.76 -.19
McKesson 189.95 +3.66
Medtrnic
72.60 +.55
MelcoCrwn 17.46 -.56
MemResDv 19.39 -.39
Merck
50.95 -.07
Methode 33.70 -.25
MetLife
48.39 -.23
MKors
42.59 -.92
MicronT
18.16 -.56
Microsoft 47.11 -.34
MidWOne 31.17 +.16
MobileTele 7.63 -.02
Mobileye 49.27 +1.38
MolsCoorB 81.61 -.39
Mondelez 45.00 -.31
Monsanto 89.70 +.45
MorgStan 32.72 -.27
Mosaic
33.93 +.04
MurphO
30.42 +.46
Mylan NV 42.55 -.12
NCR Corp 24.94 +.19
NRG Egy 15.46 +.01
NXP Semi 87.32 +.83
Nabors
11.98 -.10
NBGreece
.67 -.02
NatGrid
70.12 -1.86
NOilVarco 40.80 +.03
Navient
11.96 -.14
Navistar
16.27 -.03
NetApp
33.16 +.89
Netflix s 113.33 -1.60
Neurcrine 46.10 +2.50
NwGold g
3.08 +.24
NewellRub 42.22 -.20
NewfldExp 38.82 +.61
NewmtM 18.93 +.27
NewsCpA 13.96 -.09
NiSource s 18.98 -.11
Nielsen plc 46.50 -.12
NikeB
124.94 +.03
NipponTT 36.09 +.15
NobilisH n 3.82 -1.42
NobleCorp 13.03 +.06
NobleEngy 36.72 -.55
NokiaCp
6.98 -.06
NthStarAst 14.73 +.26
NorthropG 175.75 +2.00
NStarRlt
12.73 +.19
Novavax
8.04 +.43
NovoNord 54.61 -.12
Nvidia
26.07 -.10
OasisPet 13.60 -.16
OcciPet
73.60 -.47
OceanRig 2.23 +.13
OcwenFn
7.95 +.03
OfficeDpt 6.68 +.09
Oi SA s
.72 -.18
OldRepub 16.44 -.09
Olin
18.07 -.30
OlympStl 12.04 -.15
OmegaHlt 35.71 -.27
OnSmcnd 10.00 -.30
ONEOK
39.58 +.48
OpkoHlth
8.90 +.26
Open
High
Low
Settle
WHEAT
5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel
Dec 15
511 519.50 504 509.25
Mar 16
518.25 526.50 511.75 516.75
May 16
525.50 531
518 521.75
Jul 16
532 534.75 521.75 526
Sep 16
540.75 540.75 530 534.75
Dec 16
554
554 543.75 548.75
Mar 17
562.75 562.75 560.25 560.25
Est. sales 206630,Thu sales 100030
Thu open int 366982,off 2168
CORN
5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel
Dec 15
391 394.25 381.50 382.75
Mar 16
401.50 404.75 392 393.50
May 16
407.50 411 398.75 400
Jul 16
412.75 416
404 405.25
Sep 16
406 407.75 400
401
Dec 16
412.50 415 406.50 407.75
Mar 17
421.25 423.50 416.25 417
May 17
427 428.25 422.75 422.75
Est. sales 770446,Thu sales 220288
Thu open int 1294686,off 9787
OATS
5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel
Dec 15
220
228 219.50 227.25
Mar 16
222.50 228
222 227.75
May 16
228.50
Jul 16
232.50
Sep 16
234.75
Dec 16
234.50
Est. sales 1226,Thu sales 159
Thu open int 9840,up 49
SOYBEANS-MINI
1,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel
Nov 15
885.75
Jan 16
890.50
Mar 16
894.25
May 16
899
Jul 16
905.50
Aug 16
905
Sep 16
897.50
Nov 16
895
Jan 17
900.75
Mar 17
905.25
Est. sales ,Thu sales 920
Thu open int 15381,up 250
Stock
Close Chg
Oracle
38.10 +.36
Orange
15.80 +.27
Orexigen
2.53 +.15
OtterTail
27.50 -.03
PBF Engy 32.95 -.86
PDL Bio
5.24 +.07
PG&E Cp 52.50 -.59
PMC Sra 10.29 +.09
PPG s
95.97 +.20
PPL Corp 33.03 -.06
PacBiosci
8.07 +.56
PackAmer 69.72 +4.69
PanASlv
7.83 +.33
Pandora
20.90 +1.37
PapaJohns 68.30 +.74
ParsleyEn 18.09 +.31
PattUTI
16.98 +.01
Paychex
50.06 +.10
PayPal n 32.06 +.39
PennVa
1.05 -.01
PennWst g 1.21 -.04
Penney
9.79 +.17
PeopUtdF 15.78 -.25
PepcoHold 26.49 +.01
PepsiCo
99.47 +.50
PetrbrsA
4.68 +.05
Petrobras
5.67 -.01
Pfizer 33.24 +.15
PhilipMor 84.07 -.08
Phillips66 83.52 -1.06
PioNtrl
136.96 -1.57
PiperJaf
36.66 -.61
PitnyBw
20.81 -.04
PlatfmSpc 14.15 +.75
PlatGpMet
.31 +.03
PlugPowr h 2.32 +.13
Polycom
12.84 -.51
Potash
21.74 -.16
Chg
-2.25
-2.25
-2.25
-2
-2.25
-2.50
-2.50
-8.50
-8.25
-7.75
-7.75
-5.25
-5
-4.75
-4.50
+8.50
+7.25
+7.25
+7
+7
+7
+4.50
+4.25
+4.25
+4.50
+4.50
+4.25
+3.25
+2.50
+2.25
+2.25
Stock
Close Chg
PwShs QQQ106.53+.48
Praxair
108.65 +.06
PrecDrill
5.09 -.16
PrimaBio
1.22 +.05
PrinFncl
49.46 -.26
ProLogis 41.41 +.18
ProShtS&P 21.40 -.02
ProUltSP s 61.32 +.06
PrUltPQQQ 99.78 +1.20
PUltSP500 s60.41 +.11
PUVixST rs 38.11 -.09
PrUCrude rs26.77 -.21
ProShtVix 56.88
...
ProctGam 74.48 +.08
ProgsvCp 32.08 -.05
ProUShSP 21.03 -.05
PUShtQQQ 33.67 -.32
PShtQQQ 22.74 -.33
PUShtSPX 34.57 -.08
Prudentl
78.08 -.20
PSEG
42.30 -.60
PulteGrp 20.12 -.09
QEP Res 16.21 -.05
Qualcom 57.78 +.12
QuantaSvc 26.51 -.27
QntmDSS
.93 +.17
RPC
12.03 +.06
RPM
43.90 +.19
RSP Perm 26.70 -.50
RXI Pharm
.50 +.02
Rackspace 27.07 +1.01
RangeRs 36.05 -1.36
RegionsFn 9.09 -.17
ReynAm s 46.47 +.21
RioTinto
39.74 +.93
RiteAid
6.28 +.03
RockwlAut 105.58 +.16
RossStrs s 49.04 +.02
Stock
Close Chg
Rovi Corp 11.16 -.01
Rowan
20.04 -.07
RoyDShllB 55.89 -.81
RoyDShllA 55.27 -.61
RubyTues 5.80 -.80
SLM Cp
7.07 -.08
SpdrDJIA 170.76 +.39
SpdrGold 110.87 +1.73
SpdrIntRE 40.84 -.17
S&P500ETF201.33 +.12
SpdrBiot s 64.76 +1.11
SpdrHome 36.33 -.02
SpdrLehHY 36.31 +.01
SpdrS&P RB41.98 -.52
SpdrRetl s 46.23 -.07
SpdrOGEx 39.90 -.63
SpdrMetM 19.77 +.17
StJude
63.99 +.80
Salesforce 75.25 +.16
SanchezEn 8.08 +.01
SanDisk
62.36 -1.75
SandRdge
.47 -.02
Schlmbrg 76.36 -.28
Schwab
28.22 -.11
Scotts
65.40 +1.19
SeaChange 6.99 +.03
SeadrillLtd 7.72 +.23
SeagateT 49.03 +.70
SearsHldgs 25.61 -.55
SeaWorld 18.15 -.97
SempraEn 99.72 +.06
SilvStd g
6.93 +.01
SilvWhtn g 14.46 +.28
SiriusXM
3.85 -.04
SkywksSol 79.50 +.07
SolarWinds 47.49 +5.61
SonyCp
26.60 +.18
SouFun
7.24 +.10
SouthnCo 44.96 -.19
SthnCopper 30.16 +1.23
SwstAirl
39.94 +1.18
SwstnEngy 12.80 -.79
SpectraEn 29.85 -.53
SpiritRltC
9.82 +.04
Sprint
4.47 -.08
SP Matls 44.15 -.02
SP HlthC 68.44 +.31
SP CnSt
49.46 +.11
SP Consum 77.72 +.09
SP Engy
68.94 -.45
SPDR Fncl 23.24 -.15
SP Inds
53.38 +.18
SP Tech
41.48 +.18
SP Util
43.79 -.21
StanBlkDk 101.55 -.19
Staples
12.37 -.25
Starbucks s 60.07 +.61
StateStr
68.77 -.68
Statoil ASA 17.58 -.05
StlDynam 19.09 +.01
StoneEngy 8.61 -.92
StratHotels 14.02
...
Suncor g 28.34 -.19
SunEdison 9.25 +.09
SunTrst
39.43 -.42
SuperMicro 26.90 -4.92
SupercndT
.29 -.14
SupEnrgy 17.01 +.17
Supvalu
7.58 -.08
Symantec 21.00 -.04
SynrgyPh
6.32 +.18
Sysco
40.93 -.02
TECO
26.41 -.37
TJX
72.78 +.55
TaiwSemi 21.95 -.30
TalenEn n 10.78 +.10
Target
78.88 +.19
TataMotors 27.43 +.76
TeckRes g 7.46 +.15
Tegna
26.20 -.23
TelefBrasil 10.45 +.08
TelefEsp
13.11 +.29
TenetHlth 37.29 +.03
Tenneco
49.80 +.38
Teradyn
18.68 -.41
TeslaMot 220.69 -6.03
Tesoro
103.40 -1.01
TevaPhrm 58.96 -.28
TexInst
50.87 -.65
Textron
41.26 +.16
3D Sys
13.61 -.14
Stock
Close Chg
3M Co
149.90 +.42
TimeWarn 73.09 +.11
TollBros
36.87 -.02
Total SA
51.40 -.20
Toyota
122.60 -.88
Transocn 16.98 +.68
Trinity
27.17 +.19
TurqHillRs 3.03 +.04
21stCFoxA 28.68 +.11
21stCFoxB 28.90
...
Twitter
30.85 +.53
TwoHrbInv 9.13 +.01
Tyson
46.33 +.34
US Silica 17.95 +.28
USG
26.36 -1.22
UTiWrldwd 7.13 +2.41
UltraPt g
7.33 -.29
UnionPac 97.04 -.01
UtdContl
55.71 +3.45
UPS B
103.68 +.30
UtdRentals 70.76 +.23
US Bancrp 41.58 -.32
US Cellular 37.19 -.69
US NGas 11.58 +.14
US OilFd 15.99 -.05
USSteel
12.38 -.24
UtdTech
95.37 +1.04
UtdhlthGp 119.27 +3.19
Vale SA
5.48 +.21
Vale SA pf 4.31 +.13
ValeantPh 175.94 +4.77
ValeroE
64.20 -1.51
VangREIT 78.99 -.13
VangAllW 45.63 +.09
VangEmg 36.02 +.04
VangFTSE 37.93 +.08
VanTIntBd 52.81 -.10
Vereit
8.18 +.04
VerizonCm 44.16 -.07
ViacomB 47.48 -.44
ViadCorp 30.35 -.01
Vipshop s 18.17 -.46
Visa s
73.98 +.08
Vivus
2.00
...
VMware
78.65 +1.35
Vodafone 32.32 -.09
WEC Engy 52.36 -.09
WGL Hold 59.43 -.05
WPP plc 109.45 +.35
WPX Engy 8.89 -.11
Wabash
11.50 +.05
WaferGen 2.03 -.21
WalMart
66.69 -.19
WalgBoots 85.37 +1.09
WausauPap 7.20 -.03
WeathfIntl 10.77 +.15
WellsFargo 52.14 -.40
Wendys Co 9.28 +.11
WDigital
86.00 +.73
WstnUnion 19.13 -.07
WestRock n 57.57 +3.38
Weyerhsr 28.85 +.30
Whrlpl
158.65 -1.58
WhiteWave 43.82 +2.11
WhitingPet 22.43 +.23
WholeFood 34.24 +.09
WmsCos 43.83 +.03
WT EurHdg 57.90 +.05
WisdomTr 16.88 +.20
WTJpHedg 52.24 +.45
WT India 20.76 +.01
Wynn
75.40 -.51
XOMA h
.99 +.04
XcelEngy 35.26 -.25
Xerox
10.55 +.02
Xilinx
44.90 -.24
Yahoo
32.52 +.15
Yamana g 2.49 +.16
Yandex
12.37 +.37
Yelp
24.88 +1.27
YumBrnds 70.25 +2.79
ZillowC n 33.45 +1.85
Zoetis
42.80 -.42
Zynga
2.47 +.01
Divided House Republicans see savior in Ryan
Business
digest
+33.74
+19.68
+1.46
Area cash grains
Reports for Oct. 9
Stockport Elevator
(Stockport)
Corn $3.50 (spot) $3.83 (open nav)
Soybeans $8.67 (spot) $8.86 (open nav)
CGB
(Wever)
Corn $3.66 (spot) $3.94 (open nav)
Soybeans $8.79 (spot) $8.95 (open nav)
Big River Resources
(West Burlington)
Corn $3.66
By ERICA WERNER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Endlessly
divided, House Republicans
pleaded with Rep. Paul Ryan
Friday to rescue them from
their damaging leadership vacuum. But the GOP’s 2012 vice
presidential nominee showed
little appetite for the prestigious
yet thankless job of speaker of
the House.
The Wisconsin Republican
who chairs the tax-writing
Ways and Means Committee —
his dream job, he’s repeatedly
declared — refused comment
again and again as reporters
chased him around the Capitol a day after Majority Leader
Kevin McCarthy shocked his
colleagues by withdrawing from
the speaker’s race moments
before the vote.
McCarthy’s abrupt decision
came just two weeks after John
Boehner of Ohio, announced his
own plans to resign at month’s
end, citing opposition from the
small but strident bloc of hardcore conservatives who almost
immediately turned on McCarthy, Boehner’s No. 2.
That left Republicans in
chaos, with a yawning void at
the top of their leadership ladder as they confront enormous
fiscal challenges and budgetary
deadlines that could threaten
a government shutdown and
unprecedented default in the
months to come.
So GOP lawmakers, from
Boehner and McCarthy on
down, turned to Ryan, 45, the
only figure in the House seen as
having the stature, wide appeal
and intelligence to lead Republicans out of their mess.
“He’d be an amazing speaker,”
McCarthy declared to a bank of
TV cameras after Republicans
met behind closed doors to discuss their predicament. “But
he’s got to decide.”
Said Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia, himself a
potential candidate for the job,
“He’s the only guy who can unite
us right now.”
Not long after, Ryan rushed
out of the Capitol, refusing to
talk to reporters. With Congress
heading into a weeklong recess,
he was on his way home to
Janesville, Wis., to his wife and
young family.
Ryan’s spokesman, Brendan
Buck, said: “Chairman Ryan
appreciates the support he’s
getting from his colleagues but
is still not running for speaker.”
Why not? Possible reasons
include the presidential ambitions he may still harbor.
The speaker’s post, highly
prestigious and second in line to
the presidency, requires a huge
commitment of time and effort
in corralling a party’s House
members. It is not on anyone’s
tactical roadmap to the White
House.
But Republicans were determined to do what they could to
get Ryan to reconsider.
Rep. Darrell Issa of California
said he carried Ryan’s gym bag
for him Friday morning in an
effort to persuade him to run,
and Ryan even fielded a call
from his presidential running
mate, Mitt Romney.
Romney later issued an
effusive statement declaring:
Doug Mills/New York Times
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., center, and Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C.,
arrive Friday for a House GOP meeting on Capitol Hill.
“Paul has a driving passion to
get America back on a path of
growth and opportunity. With
Paul, it’s not just words, it’s in
his heart and soul.”
The clamor for Ryan dominated Republicans’ interest
while Democrats watched with
a mixture of fascination and
trepidation, concerned about
the challenges ahead for Congress.
Several Republicans were
quick to warn despite Ryan’s
popularity, he too could fall victim to the ferocious crosscurrents that felled Boehner and
blocked McCarthy’s ascent.
“The same people who
wanted to take down John
Boehner, who wanted to take
down Kevin McCarthy, are
going to want to take down the
next guy, too,” said Rep. Charlie
Dent of Pennsylvania.
Indeed, some in the hardline
House Freedom Caucus, the
faction of 30-plus conservatives
responsible for causing much
of the House’s disarray, already
were registering their disapproval with Ryan.
And some outside conservatives were pointing to his support for immigration legislation
and the 2008 Wall Street bailout
as disqualifying him for the
speaker’s chair.
“I think he has the same problems” as Boehner and McCarthy,
said Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona,
a Freedom Caucus member.
Gosar pointed to Ryan’s alliance with McCarthy and former
Majority Leader Eric Cantor —
who once termed themselves
the “Young Guns” — and said,
“They’re definitely conjoined.”
Others in the Freedom Caucus sounded more open.
“Paul has earned a great deal
of credibility, especially on fiscal issues,” said Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina. “And if
you look across the right wing of
our party that is sort of a unifying theme.”
Ryan won plaudits in 2013 for
working with Democratic Sen.
Patty Murray on a bipartisan
budget deal that scaled back
onerous, across-the-board cuts
on programs ranging from the
Pentagon to national parks.
But one Republican close
to Ryan said the only scenario
where a Ryan speakership was
likely would be if he were to be
selected by unanimous acclamation, as opposed to having
to bargain with the Freedom
Caucus for their support in the
same manner that undid McCarthy. This Republican demanded
anonymity to discuss private
considerations.
So it remains uncertain
whether Ryan will accept the
savior’s mantle many of his colleagues want to give him.
If he doesn’t, where they turn
next is unclear, though any
number of House Republicans
appeared to be mulling their
own speaker prospects.
For now at least, Boehner,
who’d planned to leave Congress Oct. 30, told Republicans
he will stay until a new speaker
is selected.
“This institution,” Boehner
said, “cannot grind to a halt.
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THE HAWK EYE
!" BURLINGTON, IOWA
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NATION & WORLD
Million Man March inspires memories
of tyranny and oppression have brought us
to another point in our sojourn in America.”
Today’s event “is not a march, but a
gathering of those who are sober minded
and serious about placing a demand on
By JESSE J. HOLLAND
the United States government and putting
Associated Press
power behind that demand to force the govWASHINGTON — The Million Man ernment to give us what we deserve,” said
March is remembered by many who were Farrakhan, who has also focused recently
there as a watershed event, despite the fact on black-on-black crime in cities like Chiits impact on the way America regards Africago.
can-American men remains an open quesFarrakhan has called for federal and
tion 20 years later.
It was something the United States had state government intervention in police
not seen for decades: thousands upon thou- investigations, and for greater responsibilsands upon thousands of men, most of ity in the black community for the violence
them black, congregated peacefully on the in the inner city.
National Mall, clapping, cheering, testifyThe leadership of the controversial and
ing, promising they would work for a better sometime militant Farrakhan, who has
future for themselves and their families.
been criticized for his past inflammatory
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan,
statements against Jews, gays and others
who led the first Million Man March, will
commemorate that event today with a “Jus- — kept some away from the 1995 march.
It turned out to be one of the largest
tice or Else” march on the National Mall.
The goal, organizers say, is to incorporate gatherings on the National Mall since the
calls for justice for the current deadly 1963 March on Washington, where Martin
shootings mostly of black men with the Luther King Jr. called for an end to racism
anniversary of the original gathering.
in his “I Have A Dream” speech.
Attention has been focused on the relaBut there is no doubt the 1995 Million
tionship of AfriMan March struck
can-American men
a chord in the
“That march, the men, was
with the police
American psyche,
and law enforcea symbol of what America
and imitations folment since the
lowed: a Million
fatal
shootings
needed to address and still
March, a Milof
17-year-old
needs to address in terms of Mom
Trayvon
Martin
lion Mask March,
in 2012 in Florida
a Million Father
justice, equality, education
and
18-year-old
March.
and appreciation for young
Michael Brown in
“That march, the
2014 in Ferguson,
men,
was a symbol
men,
particularly
young
men
of
Mo.
of what America
Since
then,
color.”
needed to address
deaths of other
and still needs to
unarmed
black
— Mydie Evers-Williams,
address in terms
males at the hands
of law enforce- former chairwoman of the NAACP of justice, equalment officers have
ity, education and
inspired protests
appreciation for young men, particularly
under the “Black Lives Matter” moniker young men of color,” said Myrlie Evers-Wilaround the country.
“Even though, if you talk about 2015, liams, former chairwoman of the NAACP
we’ve had some problems — a lot of prob- and widow of slain civil rights activist Medlems in this past year — I think that since gar Evers.
President Barack Obama, who attended
the first Million Man March a lot has happened, things have moved forward and I’m the first Million Man March, will be in Callooking forward to seeing us do some of the ifornia today.
remaining things that need to be done,” said
While Farrakhan is on the National Mall,
Harvard professor Charles Ogletree, who anti-Muslim protesters plan to protest at
attended the original march with his son mosques around the nation.
and namesake on Oct. 16, 1995.
One of the major criticisms of the first
Millions watched live coverage of the
march
was its focus on black men at the
1995 march on television as Farrakhan
and other civil rights leaders spoke about expense of women.
Although several notable women like
increasing pride and responsibility and condemned negative racial stereotypes about Maya Angelou, Rosa Parks and Dorothy I.
black men.
Height were included with the speakers, the
Immediately afterward, organizers said spotlight was squarely on black men that
about 1.7 million black men registered to day.
vote and participation by black men in
While saying not focusing on black
social and civil organizations skyrocketed.
women
as well as black men that day was
The National Park Service estimated
attendance at about 400,000, but subse- a wasted opportunity, Deborah McDowell,
quent counts by private organizations put director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute
for African-American and African Studies
the number at 800,000 or higher.
The National Park Service has refused at the University of Virginia, said the Milto give crowd estimates on mall activities lion Man March was what was needed at
since.
the time.
Farrakhan called the original march “a
“It’s shortsighted of us to see every form
magnificent and important day” but said of activism from the ground up as ecumentoday “conditions we face and rising levels
ical,” she said.
20-year anniversary of event
brings back memories of
triumph, lost opportunities.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A
Native village on Alaska’s western coast is reeling from backto-back suicides of three young
adults — with each subsequent
death influenced by the preceding one.
A regional tribal health organization will send an Alaska Native
suicide-response-and-prevention team to Hooper Bay next
week in what essentially will be
a community debriefing.
The team members speak
Yup’ik and will focus on traditional healing.
They will be joined by mental health professionals from
different Alaska organizations
responding en masse to the cluster of suicides.
“We so need the help,” village
Mayor Joseph Bell said by telephone Friday.
In Hooper Bay, 530 miles west
of Anchorage, everybody knows
everybody and many people are
related.
There are worries more trage-
dies could occur, Bell said.
He said he is related to the
young people who died in some
way or other.
The first death occurred Sept.
24 with the suicide of a 26-yearold man. Alaska State Troopers
said the second death occurred
Oct. 2 and involved a 24-year-old
man who was despondent over
his friend’s suicide.
Two days later, a 20-year-old
woman reportedly distraught
over the 24-year-old’s death died
in an apparent suicide.
Other response teams representing a variety of tribal groups
are planning to travel to Hooper
Bay as well, said Christopher
Byrnes, emergency services
director at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp., which is
sending the Alaska Native team
as well as other mental-health
experts.
“We’re going to be there until
we’re not needed anymore,”
Byrnes said Friday.
Hooper Bay is in a region of
Alaska with disproportionately
steep rates of suicide.
Bicycle bandit sentenced
to 32 years after manhunt
Associated Press
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A man
known as the “bicycle bandit,”
who became even more infamous after escaping from custody at a northern Virginia hospital, has been sentenced to 32
years in prison.
Wossen Assaye, 43, of Arlington pleaded guilty in July in
federal court in Alexandria to
firearms charges stemming from
his March 31 escape from Inova
Fairfax Hospital.
The jail had taken Assaye
to the hospital after a suicide
attempt.
Assaye overpowered and
briefly kidnapped one of his
guards at the hospital, then fled
and evaded authorities for nine
hours before being captured in
Washington, D.C.
The 32-year sentence imposed
Friday was required under mandatory minimum sentencing
laws.
Assaye originally was in custody for a series of bank robberies in northern Virginia, where
he made his getaway by bicycle.
Participants in the 1995 Million
Man March raise their fists on the
Mall in Washington.
Pentagon bars University of Phoenix
from adding new military students
By JIM PUZZANGHERA
and CHRIS KIRKHAM
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon temporarily has barred
the University of Phoenix from
recruiting students at U.S. military bases and will not let new
active-duty troops to receive
tuition assistance for the forprofit giant’s courses.
The move is another blow
to the University of Phoenix,
which said it is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and California Attorney General Kamala Harris
related to recruitment of members of the U.S. military and the
California National Guard.
Apollo Education Group, the
university’s parent, said the
Defense Department notified it
of the move this week.
The university’s participation
in the department’s tuition-assistance program has been
placed on probation in part
because of the FTC and California investigations, the filing
said.
Military members who are
enrolled in university courses
can continue to receive tuition
assistance, but new enrollees
or transfers will not be allowed,
the filing said.
Dawn Bilodeau, chief of the
Defense Department’s voluntary education programs, said
in a written statement that the
university “will not be authorized access to DoD installations for the purposes of participating in any recruitment-type
activities, including but not limited to job training, and career
events and fairs.”
In the fiscal year ended Sept.
30, there were 9,282 U.S. service
members attending the university through the tuition-assistance program.
Bilodeau said she could not
provide any information about
the reasons for the probation.
But the Apollo Group filing
said another reason cited by
the Defense Department in its
letter was the university’s sponsorship of “various events at
military installations” without
the proper approval and the dis-
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coins” without approval to use
trademarks.
Challenge coins are small
coins popular in the military
as signs of membership in service branches and are given
to promote morale. They have
emblems of military service
branches.
Apollo said the university
“immediately discontinued the
use of challenge coins” in July
after the Defense Department
raised objections.
And Apollo said it has discussed the issue of approval for
events at military bases with
the Defense Department and
noted all previous events had
been approved by base officials.
Military benefits are an
important source of revenue to
for-profit colleges, which historically have struggled to comply
with a federal student-aid regulation known as the 90/10 rule.
The rule — which requires
for-profit schools to derive at
least 10 percent of revenue from
non-federal sources — is a cost
and quality-control measure. It
ensures schools do not operate
solely on federal financial aid.
But military benefits such
as the Defense Department’s
tuition-assistance program and
the GI Bill are not counted as
federal funding.
Federal lawmakers and student advocates argue the policy
has incentivized for-profit colleges to target active-duty military and veterans to in order to
comply with the rule.
A 2012 Senate report found
for-profit colleges took in half
of the $563 million in military
tuition assistance given out in
the prior year.
The GI Bill, which pays tuition and housing for military
veterans, is a much larger pool
of money.
A Los Angeles Times analysis of federal data from 2009 to
2014 found that for-profit colleges took in about 40 percent of
the $8.2 billion given out under
the latest version of the GI Bill.
The Apollo Group was by far
the largest recipient of GI Bill
funding, taking in more than
$1.2 billion since 2009.
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With the Washington Monument
in the background, participants
in the Million Man March gather
on Capitol Hill and the Mall in
Washington.