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"4B Thursday, April 4, 2002 THE TENNESSEAN www.tennessean.cofn LOCAL NEWS Bredesen makes candidacy official Rep. Rhinehart, 75, to end long service in state legislature House bids farewell with standing ovation Associated Press Shelby A. Rhinehart, the longest-serving member of the state House, announced on the House floor yesterday that he would retire at the end of the legislative sessioa Rhinehart, a Democrat from Spencer, served in the legislature from 1959 to 1963 and has served continuously since 1973. He is chairman of the House time. I think it really shows up in having supporters in all 95 counties." Bredesen is running in the Aug.

1 Democratic primary against Randy Nichols, the Knox County district attorney general, and former state education commissioner Charles Smith. Jim Henry, a former state House minority leader and former Republican Party chairman, and U.S. Rep. Van Hilleary are the leading candidates in the Republican primary. Bredesen reiterated his pledge to not support an income tax if elected.

He said the state could manage its way out of the financial crisis. "We've gotten ourself out on a limb by kind of fudging the budget in various ways over the last couple of years, and there's going to be some blood on the ground to get off that," Bredesen said "There's no question about that. But I think it's a very important discipline for the state of Tennessee to learn. For all of us to learn. To learn how to manage in good times and bad times and not simply spend all the money in the good times and then come back to the people for new tax in the tough times." Ex-Nashville mayor tries grass-roots tack By BRAD SCHRAOE Staff Writer Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Bredesen officially entered the race yesterday, filing qualifying petitions that his campaign said contained 10,000 signatures of registered voters from all 95 Tennessee counties.

The petitions represented a departure from Bredesen's failed 1994 bid to be governor when his petition had only the 25 signatures required by law. He said the papers he filed yesterday with the state Election Commission symbolized the grass-roots campaign he'd been conducting for the past 10 months. "As I look back on the campaign last time, the time was short and I probably spent too much time worrying about TV ads and stuff and not enough about just being out and being with people and getting to know people in these different communities," the former Nashville mayor said. I've done it totally differently this rSv Commerce Committee and the legislature's Fiscal Review Committee. "It is sad to look around and see who was here when I came here.

Well, there's RHINEHART "That's no joke. You talk about losing a treasure. He (Rhinehart) was light years ahead of everybody else. He was gifted, very gifted." Rep. Joe Kent, R-Memphis years ahead of everybody else.

He was gifted, very gifted," Kent said. Rhinehart's announcement is the latest in an exodus from the state House. Eleven other House members have announced they will not run for re-election this year. The filing deadline for candidates is today. Rhinehart was named the outstanding legislator of the year in 1992 by the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference.

He was mayor of Spencer for 12 years and has been chairman of the Van Buren Board of Education since 1956. Rhinehart is a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. His District 37 includes Bledsoe, Sequatchie and Van Buren counties and parts of Grundy, Marion and Warren counties. Last year, Rhinehart's wife of 50 years, Dr. Margret Wrenn Rhinehart, announced her retirement as a longtime physician in Spencer.

Rhinehart was the town pharmacist when the couple met! PHOTO CREDIT With his wife, Andrea Conti, and supporters cheering him on, gubernatorial candidate Phil Bredesen pauses on his way to file a qualifying petition at the Division of Elections downtown. Pastor Ed Sanders formalizes gubernatorial bid nobody. It's time I left and let somebody else say that," said Rhinehart, who turns 75 next month. Rhinehart got a long, standing ovation from fellow House members. He thanked his staff, past and present, saying, "This is the group that made it possible for me to do what I've done." Rhinehart said he had worked hard for education and always had the teachers' interest at heart Rhinehart said he voted for every bill that enhanced education, even if took taxes to do it "This has been a great journey.

I've enjoyed every mile of it, every day of it" Rhinehart said. House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh said: "Chairman Rhinehart will be missed." Rep. Joe Kent R-Memphis, said Rhinehart "has forgotten more about the legislature than all the rest of us know." "That's no joke. You talk about losing a treasure. He was light By ANITA WADHWANI Staff Writer Nashville minister Ed Sanders Jr.

announced his candidacy for governor yesterday, declaring "it's a new day in Tennessee," and pledging to reform the state's tax structure and health care and to address environmental issues. Sanders, 54, is pastor of the 700-member Metropolitan Interdenominational Church in north Nashville. He is leader of a statewide organization of African-American pastors called It's About Our Health, which was among the several pastors groups that encouraged Sanders to enter the race, he said. The group has about 100 members. Sanders is also former leader of the Interdenominational Ministerial Fellowship, a local group of African-American pastors.

An international educator and activist in AIDSHTV issues, Sanders was recently appointed to War Memorial Plaza, while the theme song to the movie Rocky blared from speakers. "It's a historic moment," Sanders said. "I want you to know it doesn't have anything to do with me being black. It's about a new day where all are respected, where all are valued" Supporter Naomi Jerkins, 68, came from Clarksville. "I believe Mr.

Sanders has what it takes," she said. "One must have the love of the people, and he has an unselfish concern for the people." A native of Memphis, Sanders earned his undergraduate degree at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He received a divinity degree from Yale and also studied at Vanderbilt. Because Sanders is an independent, his name will appear only on the general election ballot in November. Anita Wadhwani can be reached at 259-8821 orawadhwanitennessean.com.

m- iw-lJ ERIC PARSONS STAFF Nashville pastor Ed Sanders, right, receives a handshake, hug and short prayer from friend Jim Freedman at War Memorial Plaza before announcing that he will run for governor as an independent Attorneys from Nashville, Memphis enter campaign to replace Bryant in House President Bush's Presidential Advisory Council on HIVAIDS. A longtime Republican, Sanders is running as an independent. He said that "often one of the things that happens with political parties is that they lose touch." A crowd of about 150 waved red, white and blue "Vote Sanders Governor" posters on the steps of the KM MM By EMILY HEFFTER Staff Writer Nashville attorney Forrest Shoaf said yesterday that he had decided to join the race for the state's 7th District U.S. House seat to help counteract the "liberal attack machine." QBQDMEDB Announcing his candidacy yesterday in downtown Nashville, Shoaf said he would "work to implement a positive hi agenda that meets SHOAF the serious chal the Republican nomination in the campaign to replace Fred Thompson in the U.S. Senate.

Kustoff cited his role in Bush's successful presidential campaiga Shoaf said he did not have much political experience, but that he thought he could win Tenness-eans' votes anyway. "I plead guilty to being a novice," Shoaf said yesterday after filing his qualifying paperwork in downtown Nashville. "But I feel that my life experiences and my conservative views will resonate with the people of this district" Kustoff played up his experience. "Because President Bush had the confidence in me to allow me to be manager of his campaign in Tennessee, I know the party activists in the 7th District and they know me," he said. Shoaf said growing frustration with liberals in government had led him to rua In his speech, he said "a seemingly endless parade of liberals" criticized the war in Afghanistan, which he supports.

Shoaf is a former U.S. Army Ranger, the only veteran in the race for the nominatioa He said he thought his military experience would be valuable while the United States was at war. "I think now is not the time for professional politicians," he said. Saturday is last day voters may register Saturday is the last day for Davidson County residents to register to vote in the May 7 local primary election, which includes races for sheriff and juvenile court clerk. The county election commission office will be open 9 am-4 p.m.

Saturday for voters to register in persoa Tomorrow is the last day to register by mail, and the forms must be postmarked by the end of the day. The commission's office hours today and tomorrow are 8 am-430 p.m. The commission office is in room 153 of the Howard School Office Building, 700 Second Ave. S. Deadlines in other counties may be tomorrow, if their election offices don't open Saturday.

The deadline for registering for the Aug. 1 state and congressional primaries is July 2. The deadline for the Nov. 5 statewide and congressional general elections is Oct.5.B 1 A liviott-seasoiiV tates! Ak lenges of our times." David Kustoff, a Republican attorney from Memphis, announced his candidacy yesterday for the same seat Kustoff was President Bush's Tennessee campaign manager in the 2000 electioa Both candidates' conservative agendas include lowering taxes, creating more jobs, and improving schools. Kustoff said in his announcement that he was "pro-life, pro-Second Amendment rights, and pro-voluntary prayer in public schools." The two join the Republican primary alongside well-known candidates state Sea Marsha Blackburn of Brentwood, state Sea Mark Norris of Collierville, and Memphis Councilman Brent Taylor.

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Defense protests use of lethal injection drug By JOHN SHIFFMAN essee Supreme Court Abdur'Rahman, formerly known as James Lee Jones, also has a clemency petition before Gov. Don Sundquist In his complaint yesterday, Abdur'Rahman said the To schedule a free consultation, call "flS-2412-S) state's lethal injec- ABDUR' nary Medical Association in Chicago. However, Vogel said the drug was approved for euthanasia, if a strong anesthesia is administered beforehand. Defense attorneys say the state's lethal injection procedure, which begins with a dose of sodium pen-tothal designed to render the inmate unconscious, is flawed. If the anesthetic is not administered at the proper dosage, its effects can be temporary and an inmate can suffer excruciating paia the defense lawyers say.

Sodium pentothal is rarely used anymore for animal euthanasia, said Dr. Dennis Geiser, who heads the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Tennessee's College of Veterinary Medicine and who specializes in anesthesiology. "Because I tell my students that if the anesthesia doesn't work, it would feel like someone tied you to a board and threw darts at you and there was nothing you could do," Geiser said. Staff Writer A defense attorney yesterday asked the state to stop next week's scheduled execution of Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, arguing that one of the drugs that would be used to lull his client by lethal injection is banned by state law for use against animals. "If it's not good enough for use on animals, why use it on people?" said attorney Brad MacLeaa Department of Correction spokesman Steve Hayes said yesterday that he could not comment on Abdur'Rahman's formal complaint because he had not seen it.

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