1.   Asked last week about the reason for the land buys, company spokesman Scott Fosgard at first demurred.

2.   The people suing Pohl, Brown say that in a series of deals, company officials negotiated land buys and organized limited partnerships to make the purchases.

3.   Herb Bowles, a former Black Hawk councilman whom the grand jury said participated in land buys, denied any wrongdoing.

4.   His land buys earned him profiles in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week and scores of farm magazines.