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3 doH 9 1 2A THE BAXTER BULLETIN, Mountain Home, Ark. Wednesday, September 5, 2001 Man holds hostages in Indiana bank LOWELL, Ind. (AP) A man armed with a sawed-off shotgun entered a bank and took nine people hostage Tuesday morning before surrendering about four hours later. No one was injured, police said. The hostages were released as police negotiators talked to the bank manager, who relayed the gunman's demands.

Authorities said David Potchen, 39, of Lowell, asked for two Big Macs and a pack of cigarettes, which were delivered in exchange for two hostages. Mike Arredondo, chief of the Lake County Sheriff's Department, said it wasn't clear if the man was trying to rob the bank. He said when the man walked in, he told bank employees to make sure that the alarm went off and that authorities and the media were alerted. "He came in with a shotgun and told them to call police and that they were going to be there awhile," Arredondo said. FBI agent Bob Reilley said investigators were trying to determine a motive.

"We certainly believe that he had some sort of major personal or financial problem here," Reilley said. Records show that Potchen had declared bankruptcy in May of last year. Michael Schrage, president of Centier Bank, said some of the employees who were held hostage recognized the man as a former customer. "He might have been without a job and he hadn't eaten for a while," Schrage said after speaking with the employees. "He was really unsure of what he wanted and didn't know what he wanted to do." Once released, the hostages were brought into a department store in a shopping plaza behind the bank.

Store employee Josh Wleklinski, 18, said 1 he talked with some of the hostages. "They were saying he was calm and just wanted food," Wleklinski said. "They asked him if he wanted money and he said no. He was calm and he knew what he wanted and it wasn't the money." Nearby Lowell High School had been locked down because of the standoff, as were two nearby restaurants and five schools farther away from the bank. "We were told not to be really moving around, because the city is in chaos," town administrator Rick Dal Corobbo said.

Lowell, a rural town of about 7,500 people, is located in northwest Indiana, about 40 miles south of Chicago. Florida town first in state to vote by to touchscreen CALLAHAN, Fla. (AP) Voters in this small town on Tuesday became the first in Florida to use touchscreen voting machines, which many counties are considering as the state rids itself of the punch-card ballots that hung up the 2000 presidential election. "No more dimpled or pregnant chads," Lt. Gov.

Frank Brogan said after getting a demonstration of the machines in the town in northern Florida's Nassau County. "It's very impressive." Tuesday's election in the town of 527 registered voters, out of a population of 946, was for three of its four town council members. "I like it," 72-year-old voter Rosa Lee Thomas said of the machines. "It's an easier way for me to vote." One hundred-fifty people voted Tuesday. In the last presidential election, the two Callahan precincts had 133 overvotes and 12 undervotes, or blank votes.

There were no blanks Tuesday, but one person walked out of the polling place without voting. "We had absolutely no problems," said Vicki Peterson Cannon, Nassau County supervisor of elections. "The citizens, regardless of their race or age or anything, they were just extremely pleased and we're pleased as well." In future elections statewide, Florida voters will have to use either the touchscreen or optical OBITUARIES Eugene R. 'Gene' Krause, 77 A memorial service for Eugene R. "Gene" Krause, 77, of Mountain Home will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday at Roller Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Krause died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001. Cara Lee Ferguson, 90 YELLVILLE A funeral for Cara Lee Ferguson, Iville will be at 2 p.m.

today at Burns Funeral Home. son died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001. Local survivors include several stepchildren. Hal A.

Johnson, 64 YELLVILLE A funeral for Hal A. Johnson, 64, of Flippin will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Flippin Christian Church with Russ Dunham officiating. Mr. Johnson died Monday, Sept.

3, 2001, at Baxter Regional Medical Center. He was born May 10, 1937, in Yellville to Glenn and Bernice (Adams) Johnson. He married Patsy Carrico on June 14, 1959. He was the owner of Auto Sales at Flippin. He was a former Flippin mayor, Flippin fire chief, justice of the peace and member of Baxter County Hospital Advisory Board.

Mr. Johnson was a member of Marion County Nursing Home Board. He was a member and elder at Flippin Christian Church. He is survived by his wife, Patsy Johnson of Flippin; a son, Mark Johnson Mountain Home; two daughters, Jan Kucala and husband Stan North Little Rock and Jennifer Scharf and husof band David of Collierville, five grandchildren, Matthew and Erin Kucala and Taylor, Hallie and Adam Scharf; his mother, Bernice Johnson of Flippin; a sister, Nita McCracken of Conway; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Glenn Johnson.

Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. today at Burns Funeral Home. Burial will be in Flippin Cemetery with Flippin Christian Church deacons as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be his golfing friends, Flippin Christian Church elders and Joe Cantrall. Memorials may be made to Flippin Christian Church or the American Heart Association.

Richard T. Malik, 72 A funeral for Richard T. Malik of Mountain Home will be private. Mr. Malik died Sept.

2, 2001, at his residence. He was 72. Mr. Malik was born April 8, 1929, in to James and 1 Cecelia Kenny Malik. He Patricia Fitzgerald on Sept.

12, 1962, in Chicago. He was a millwright with Van Leer Container Corp. until retirement. He was a U.S. Navy eran of World War II.

He lived in Mountain Home since December 1997, after moving Chicago. He was a lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3246. He is survived by his wife, Pat of Mountain Richard Malik Jr. of Winter Haven, Lon Ricky Malik of Illinois and Chris Malik a daughter, Kelly Lott of Chicago Heights, lis Meadows of Mountain Home; a nephew, Mountain Home and a niece, Carol Dobes of Elizabeth. He was preceded in death by daughter, Denise Malik.

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5. -10s -Os Os 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. FRONTS: 2001 AccuWeather, Inc. COLD WARM STATIONARY Pressure: High Low Showers Rain Flurries Snow Ice Sunny Pt. Cloudy Cloudy 0 Via Associated Press NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS Weather cloudiness.

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cloudy with a chance of thundershowers. Low in the mid 60s. High in the mid 80s. scanning machines. Punch cards were banned because of their role in the recounts and court fights after last fall's presidential balloting.

The touchscreens, similar to automated teller machines, will not let voters cast more than one vote in each race. They will allow voters skip a race, but will ask them if they are doing so intentionally. The machines can read ballots to blind voters. Election Systems and Software of Omaha, is the only company now certified by the state to sell touchscreen machines. The company offered Callahan free use of the technology for Tuesday's election, Cannon said.

Buying enough of the machines for Nassau County's 38,000 registered voters would cost about $700,000. Touchscreens have been in use for several years in Greensboro, N.C., and have seen some use in Dallas, said Dan McGinnis, vice president sales for Florida's Pasco County, north of Tampa, has contracted with to begin a move to touchscreens. The touchscreens are more expensive than optical scanning systems similar to those used to score standardized school tests but they could save money in big counties by eliminating the cost of printing and storing paper ballots. Bryan Becker, 64, A memorial service Bryan Becker, 64, of Norfork will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, at St.

Andrew's Episcopal Church with KirbyBoaz Funeral Home handling arrangements. Mr. Becker died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001, at Baxter Regional Medical Center. He is survived by his brother, Mike Becker and his wife, Ellen, of Norfork; and two cousins, Bud and Karen Christie, both of Orlando, Fla.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lone Rock Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. A.D. Nuckolls arrangements pending Arrangements for A.D. Nuckolls, 80, of Bull Shoals are pending at Roller Funeral Home. Mr.

Nuckolls died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001. John R. Ceas, 63 NAPERVILLE, Ill. A funeral Mass for John R.

Ceas, 63, Naperville, formerly of Mountain Home, will be at 9:30 Thursday at Saints Peter and Paul Church. Prayers will at 9 at Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home. Mr. Ceas died Friday, Aug. 2001.

Larry Dean Hall, 26 ARKADELPHIA Larry Dean Hall Jr, 26, of North Little Rock, formerly of Mountain Home, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2001, at Baptist Memorial Hospital at North Little Rock He was born Dec. 12, 1974, in Mountain Home to Larry Dean Hall Sr. and Terri Klemm Hall. He attended Mountain Home schools where he played basketball.

He was a Catholic. He was a U.S. Air Force disabled veteran. In addition to his parents, survivors include his sister, Sheri Bentley and her husband, James, of Topeka, his companion, Paula Kelly; two nieces, Caitlin and MacKenzie Bentley; his paternal grandfather, E. Bill Hall of Mountain Home; his maternal grandparents, William and Patricia Klemm of Mountain Home; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today at Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Home. A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with the Rev. Leroy Ross and the Rev.

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