- of Lewis, who was fired from a nursing home run by Care Initiatives for allegedly placing a resident in a whirlpool bath that contained fecal matter left by the previous occupant.

of Le Mars, who was fired from a nursing home run by Care Initiatives where she worked as a social services director. She was fired for negligence and carelessness after administrators allegedly reviewed patient files and found "gross misstatements" and omissions pertaining to residents' needs and their histories.

of Tabor, who was fired from a nursing home run by Five Star Quality where she worked as a direct-support professional. At least four people claimed to have seen Demanett sleeping on the job, with her head back and snoring, for up to 30 minutes.

of Davenport, who was fired by the Handicapped Development Center of Davenport for failing to treat clients in a respectful manner. She was accused of intimidating the handicapped individuals by swearing at them and restricting their rights.

According to state records, the Boys & Girls Residential Treatment Center of Sioux City fired its information technology director, Robert McQuillen, in December. McQuillen said last week that he was told the agency is questioning $42,000 worth of purchases he made. The organization's chief executive officer, Robert Sheehan, declined to comment on the matter.

At a recent state hearing on McQuillen's request for unemployment benefits, agency officials testified that McQuillen bought a flat-screen television, two $600 cell phones, an assortment of power tools, four digital cameras, a digital video recorder, two DVD copiers that cost $450 each, and a variety of other items.

The agency's human resources specialist, Roger Bentz, testified that it appeared some of the items had been kept at McQuillen's home and some at the home of a worker McQuillen supervised.

McQuillen testified that he didn't buy any items for himself, but he acknowledged that he authorized purchases made by others with no clear understanding of how they would be used by the agency. When asked why he approved the purchase of four electronic bug zappers, for example, he testified, "I don't know. I just did."

In a statement sent to Iowa Workforce Development, which handled his request for jobless pay, McQuillen wrote: "The fact that they say I took $42,000 is wrong. ... I didn't overspend or take anything."

Federal tax records show the Boys & Girls Residential Treatment Center is a public charity that spends about $11 million per year to provide counseling, education and other services to emotionally troubled children with behavior problems. In 2004, Sheehan was paid $153,000 as CEO.

The organization is affiliated with a separate charity called Boys & Girls Home of Sioux City. In 2004, that group spent $253,624. Its only charitable program entailed $24,629 in educational grants that were given to workers at other charities.

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