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"She's not afraid to throw an idea out there and then figure out how to put the structure underneath it" Zimpher has declined to comment about the job of out iney say Cincinnati better get ready, because she's a By Jennifer Mrozowski The Cincinnati Enquirer Nancy Zimpher, expected to become the University of Cincinnati's next president earned a reputation as the most powerful woman in of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the 56-year-old educator served on every civic board and community group she could, while giving the university a bigger voice in city affairs. Friends and associates, who jokingly wonder if she gets any sleep, say they don't Retiring UC President Joseph Steger said Zimpher could step into the position within the next month or two after the UC Board of Trustees votes on her appointment Tuesday. During five years as the chancellor of the University Zimpher dynamo who will work tirelessly to jumpstart collaboration between the university See UC, Page A6 Analysis 1 I The 'Superbat' battle N. Korea nuke site hidden, intel says One may be in mountains Convergys may leave scars on council Newest 'Tarzan' jumping into asphalt jungle Travis Fimmel, star of WB's Tarzan, plays the latest incarnation of the jungle hero in a plot few will recognize. This time, Tarzan lives in the asphalt jungle of Manhattan after being "rescued" from Africa.

TEMPO El Descendants gather for reunion More than 150 descendants of slaves who worked on a plantation in Virginia gathered in Mount Airy Forest for a reunion. The owner freed his slaves in 1815 and sent them west to the inhospitable farmland of southern Ohio. METRO Bl 1 U.S. soldier killed in Iraq, 4 wounded One U.S. soldier was fatally shot Saturday while guarding a Baghdad bank and four more were wounded when their convoy was hit by a remote-controlled bomb.

WORLD A16 Also The Reds score five runs in the ninth inning, but still lose to the Astros 9-8. SPORTS CI Super Safety Saturday teaches families safety information such as CPR. METRO Bl IMMMB I I -4 iff In jf If I 4fJl 5 r- I -jz? jr 4 I By Gregory Korte The Cincinnati Enquirer Dressed in shorts and sunglasses Friday his 52nd birthday Charlie Luken took a couple of phone calls and spoke with a reporter before heading off to the horse track with his son, Sam. The city's latest tax-incentive proposal to Convergys Cincinnati's first modern "strong mayor" announced, was dead "even before it got out of the gate." Luken spoke briefly about the economics and the politics of the deal, which would be by far the largest tax-incentive package the city has ever offered. He promised to keep trying to keep the Fortune 1000 company growing downtown.

But he also conceded he was no longer controlling the race to keep Convergys. "Originally, my role was to put together the package," he said. "Now, my role is to communicate where we are with Convergys" The mayor's self-declared demotion from the city 's chief deal-maker to the city 's chief spokesman underscores what a topsy-turvy week it was in the power dynamic at City Hall. And next week's events leading up to the company's Thursday deadline for a City Council vote could make or break political fortunes just 15 weeks before a City Council election. Luken's antagonist in this unfolding City By David E.

Sanger and Thorn Shanker The New York Times WASHINGTON U.S. and Asian officials with access to the latest intelligence on North Korea say strong evidence has emerged in recent weeks that the country has built a second, secret plant for producing weapons-grade plu-tonium, complicating the diplomatic strategy for ending the program and the military options if that diplomacy fails. The new evidence, which one senior Bush administration official cautioned was "very worrisome, but still not conclusive," came just as North Korea declared to the United States 12 days ago that it had completed reprocessing 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods, enough to make a half dozen or so nuclear weapons. U.S. officials have said they cannot verify that claim, though they confirm that sensors set up on North Korea's borders have begun to detect elevated levels of krypton 85, a gas emitted as spent fuel is converted into plutonium.

What concerns American, South Korean and Japanese analysts, however, is not simply the presence of the hard-to-detect gas but its source. While U.S. satellites have been focused for years on North Korea's nuclear plant at Yongbyon, the analyses that track the gases as they are blown across the Korean peninsula ruled out the Yongbyon reprocessing plant as their origin. Instead, the analysis suggests the gas originated from a second, secret plant, perhaps buried in the mountains. U.S.

officials have long suspected that North Korea would try to build a second plant to protect itself against a pre-emptive strike by the United States. This takes a very hard problem and makes it infinitely more complicated," said one Asian official who has been briefed on the U.S. intelligence. "How can you verify that they have stopped a program like this if you don't know where everything is?" There may now be at least two hidden facilities capable of producing material for nuclear weapons. President Bush has vowed he "will not tolerate" a nuclear North Korea.

The Cincinnati EnquirerJEFF SWINGER COMING TUESDAY The Race Street Children's Garden, run by the Civic Garden Center, maintains the lofty goal of "enriching lives through gardening." TEMPO The Genesis softball bat, by Louisville Slugger, is one of several new bats that greatly increase a ball's speed and distance. The Genesis and others are banned by the Cincinnati Metro Tournament. Ryan McGreevy of Covedale had one Friday night at the Eggleston Softball Complex. High-tech softball bats add power and danger See CONVERGYS, Page A10 Child-tax windfalls to mail Friday By Amy Higgins The Cincinnati Enquirer Paying for a vacation, replacing some bedroom furniture, splurging on some fun. That's how some of the 1.9 million advanced federal child tax credit payments being sent to parents in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana will be spent this summer.

"The kids have had mismatched, not-very-good-quality furniture for quite some time," Christine Klein of Kenwood said. Klein wants to spend her $800 advanced credit payment on some better furniture for Brady, 10, and Mackenzie, 12. The government plans to begin mailings Friday, so parents will start seeing the checks, $400 a child, hitting mailboxes next week and into August Checks will be sent first to taxpayers whose Social Security numbers end with 00-33. Higher last digits will be mailed in August. The advanced child tax credit payment is thanks to the most recent tax cut which included raising the child credit from $600 to $1,000 for tax year 2003.

But instead of making parents wait until they file this year's taxes in 2004, the IRS is sending 25 million Furor hits home for local tourney WEATHER Low 72 Stray storm I 'ikSf later COMPLETE FORECAST: B8 INDEX II sections, 163rd year, No. 102 Abby E15 Movies E4-5 Business Obituaries B7 Forum Spoils Kids' Comer B8 Taste E12 lotteries B2 TV Week Classified F8, Gl-12, Hl-20, 11-16 first Run Classified F6-7 Copyright 2003, The Cincinnati Enquirer 'There is fear, against certain batters. When they come up, you're scared to death. the first time in my life when I'm playing that at certain times I'm scared. In Osterday, named player ff the decade fw the 1380s by Cincinnati SoftbaS News Cincinnati Metro Tournament Saylor, Cincinnati's Amateur Softball Association commissioner, has banned several new hightech bats he considers unsafe for players and a threat to the integrity of the competition.

Saylor runs what he calls "the biggest softball tournament on the planet" from his Rumpke Park office in Crosby Township. The event in its 51st year, opens Thursday and runs through Aug. 5. It is one of the city's biggest summer recreational events, involving close to 400 teams and more than 5,000 players, umpires and volunteers. By Ryan Ernst The Cincinnati Enquirer In the world of summer softball, a new breed of bat is transforming the game.

Call it the Superbat With these bats, balls can be hit in excess of 110 mph at pitchers standing 50 to 55 feet away. Balls can be hit farther by players of all sizes, who become instant home run threats. Teams at some tournaments are combining for more than 100 runs in a game. A pitcher in Indiana was killed last year. The high-tech bats are the hottest issue in softball, and at the center of the heat is Danney Savior and the event he organizes, the See SOFTBALL, Page A10 See CREDIT, Page A6.