right here. >> i am a 1951 graduate of sumner high-school, lifetime resident of sumner. any time i read or hear criticism of sumner i have a tendency to be taking it somewhat personally. i came with a list of things i wanted to share with you. your presentation has blown most of them away. i compliment you on your presentation. i do still have two things. [laughter] i have two things. i am assuming the book was based on your findings here in this town, not the entire midwest. fair statement? >> i can't speak about the town. based on the findings in the town called appellates, >> that answers my question. based on that, in one paragraph in the local paper, the book gives an accurate review of the heartland is committing suicide by sending the best and brightest away and neglecting its less gifted who are condemned to blue-collar jobs with stagnant wages war to party. i think that is overly critical. of this area. >> you are probably right if you take just that -- >> i appreciate that. [talking over each other] >> just taking bits and pieces. >> i wouldn't disagree with yo

the sumner public library in sumner, iowa, is the host of this event. it's about an hour. >> thank you very much. i am thrilled to be here, and i hope at 7:00 i'm still as thrilled. [laughter] as i am right now. i think i have two strikes against me. one is i'm an academic, so i'm totally unused to having anybody really care enough about what i do -- [laughter] to show up to a talk, so this is, you know, i'm feeling pretty edified right now. and the second strike i have against me is that i'm irish. [laughter] and

the sumner public library and i what is the host to this event. it's about an hour. >> thank you very much. i'm thrilled to be here. and i hope it's 7:00 o'clock i am still as thrilled apparent. i think i have two strikes against me. what is i'm an academic so i am totally in not used to having anybody really care enough about what i do to show up to talk. [laughter] so this is where i'm feeling pretty edify right now appearing in the second strike and have against me is that i'm irish. of [laughter] that might be a bigger strike actually perry and being

so, i left work and picked up one of my friends in sumner, which is a little town between us. so, she was going to help me ride the road and look for her, look for her car. in the meantime, i called another friend that lives in fairview and had him meet us on the other end. he called me back, a few minutes later and said her car was in my drive way. i asked him to come in the house and look around to see if she had fallen in the shower or something. he said she wasn't here. i was about five minutes away. i came straight to my house and started looking around for her. that's when everything started. >> started what? >> caller: i mean, you know, looking for her. i went to her house to see, you know, if possibly she was at her house and had fallen and hurt herself. >> could you tell if she had taken a shower like she asked? >> caller: someone had taken a shower. the carpet was wet, out to my counter, you know, the counter on the other side of the room. it was quite wet, yes. someone had been in my bathroom. >> everybody, hold on. i want to get this tip line out. 541-396-3121, ext

so, i left work and picked up one of my friends in sumner, which is a little town between us. road and look for her, look for her car. in the meantime, i called another friend that lives in fairview and had him head down to meet us on the other end. he called me back just a few minutes later and said her car was in my driveway. i asked him to come in the house and look around to see if she had fallen in the shower or something. he said she wasn't here. i was about five minutes away. i came straight to my house and started looking around for her. that's when everything started. >> started what? >> caller: i mean, you know, looking for her. i went to her house to see, you know, if possibly she was at her house and had fallen and hurt herself. >> could you tell if she had taken a shower like she asked? >> caller: someone had taken a shower. the carpet was wet clear out to my counter, you know, the counter on the other side of the room. on the other side of the room. it was quite wet, yes. someone had been in my bathroom. >> everybody, hold on. i want to get this tip line out. 541