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2.0 rat TTwwtittAH TMwdwiwAKCM irw oaoaooa Montgomery to renovate two schools at cost of $3 million ,7 mated $396,000 to build a new gymnasium at East Montgomery and convert the old gym to a cafeteria. By adopting the resolution, the commissioners rejected an alternative $4.4 million plan that called for renovations at East Montgomery and replacement of the Darden school. County officials said both renovation projects could be funded with no increase in property taxes. School board members said last night that extensive renovations are needed at the 42-year-old Darden school because the plumbing, wiring and mechanical systems must be TERRY BATEY Stale Writer CLARKSVILLE Funding of almost $3 million for renovation projects at two elementary schools was approved last night by the Montgomery County Commission. County Executive Joel Plummer said the proposal was one of two alternate plans submitted by the Clarks-ville-Montgomery County Board of Education to improve Byms Dar-den and East Montgomery elementary schools.

The approved resolution calls for complete renovation of the main building at Darden at a cost of about S2.6 million. Also included is an esti Board members also said many of Darden's classrooms do not meet state specifications for size. The remodeling project at Darden will add four classrooms and bring the others up to state standards. Commissioner WA Morrison expressed concerns about the Darden project He said the county should spend the additional $1.5 million replace the school He said the commissioners should consider future growth in the area. "Fifteen years down the road, we'll have a building with a new inside but with no substantial Increase in size," Morrison said.

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Produced by Southern Shows, Inc Columbia council reverses earlier vote, picks 4th-grade teacher for vacant seat i RANDY BARlflW Stale Writer I Mill! II 1 VI Vf COLUMBIA The Columbia City Council yesterday in a special session unanimously appointed school teacher Jane Eve Rayburn to fill the council seat vacated by the resignation of Tommy Loge Feb. 28. I 1 I I I II II I II Rayburn, a fourth-grade teacher at said. "This is a very open type situation that this city government has needed for a long time. I'm proud that the people have known in advance of the last meeting when it was a 3-3 tie and they knew well in advance of this meeting that an appointment was to be made," Speed said.

Rayburn did not attend yesterday's session, but rather went on to Baker -School and was teaching her class when she was Informed that she had been elected to the council. Rayburn will be officially sworn in to her post Thursday night at the council's next regular meeting. Her term expires in January 1992. yesterday. Vice Mayor Norman Carpenter, who cast the third dissenting vote, did not attend yesterday's meeting.

"We're all excited about Jane Eve coming on the council" Mclntyre said. "The second ward should be happy about their representative. I think we've got a good council now and we can go forward. Councilwoman Delilah Speed commended Mclntyre for her handling of Loge's resignation, and the appointment of his successor. "This is the first time that I know of, in the last 10 or 1 2 years at least, that an appointment of this nature has been publicly announced," Speed Baker Elementary School, was recommended for the post by Mayor Barbara Mclntyre at the council's regular meeting March 1, but the appointment was blocked when the council vote deadlocked 3-3.

I I I II I 1 I II fill 1 Mil I II Councilmen Ralph Ussery and Eu gene Wilkie, who voted against Ray .11111 II burn nomination at the earlier meeting, voted in favor of the appointment Feared holdup, shot passenger: cabbie RANDY BARLOW The men did not have enough cash to pay the $10 cab fare, but Street State Writer Criminal Investigator Larry Johns of the Maury County Sheriffs Department, said he found an open knife lying under Stuart when he searched the car. Stuart, who spent several days in intensive care following the shooting, has refused to discuss the incident with investigators. Martin gave a statement saying that he was drunk and was passed out during most of the incident Both men were bound over yesterday to the current session of the Maury County grand jury. MOUNT PLEASANT Columbia cab driver Leemon Street testified during a preliminary hearing yesterday that he shot a passenger in his taxi after the man grabbed his shirt in an apparent robbery attempt Randy Stuart, 32, of Columbia and David Martin, 36, of Culleoka were charged with attempted aggravated robbery in the March 1 incident, which ended when Street shot Stuart once in the neck with a revolver. Street, 62, a part-time driver for the Linvtlle Cab said Stuart and Martin approached his cab as he picked up another fare in downtown Columbia and asked for a ride to Zion Acres.

agreed to take them when they promised to get the money for him when they got there. Street testified that Stuart grabbed him by the shirt when he stopped and refused to go any further after the men directed him to drive down a deserted dirt road. "Both of them said 'you're going down and Stuart grabbed me," Street said. "When he grabbed me, I tried to get my gun up. I took both hands and when I saw it pointing towards him I pulled the trigger." Street grabbed his radio and got out of the car following the shooting and called authorities.

Stuart was being held in the Maury County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bond, -while Martin is free on $75,000 bond. Marshall teen charged with murdering his baby Limited time offer. jr Minimum investment, $2500. Pays 8.30 when interest is yr paid at maturity, Substantial penalty for early jr withdrawal. jr Call 259-2800 for more information.

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The father was being held In a Juve; nile detention center in Nashville pending his return to Lewisburg today to face a detention hearing in Mar- shall County Juvenile Court Investigating the case, said the 16-year-old father called emergency personnel about 12:30 p.m. March 7 and told them he had dropped his baby. The infant was taken to Lewisburg Community Hospital, where medical officials said they believed her to be brain dead. The baby was transported by UfeFlight helicopter to Vanderbilt where she died about 5 p.m. A previous abuse complaint against the defendant was investigated by the Tennessee Department of Human JEAN MEREDITH State Writer LEWISBURG A Marshall County teen-ager was charged with first-degree murder yesterday in the child-abuse death of his 5-month-old daughter, said Sheriff Carlton Bless.

Bless said the state medical examiner's office reported that Tocara Nicole Lyles died March 7 at Vanderbilt Medical Center of massive head injuries that were the result of child abuse. Chief Deputy Roger Fagan, who is BGA teacher wins sabbatical A Battleground Academy teacher has won a year's sab Jackson and Putnam counties for a man facing charges of; choking a 6-year-old boy in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dale Edward Hyde, 33, Is believed to have been residing in Jackson County under the alias Michael Kenneth Lane for the past 14 months after fleeing Texas four years ago, said FBI agent Jim Harcum. Hyde was charged in February 1986 with felony to injure a child and later fled Texas after posting bond. His case was featured last month on NBCs Unsolved Myster- ies program.

After the show aired, Investigators said they received a tip that a man fitting Hyde's description was living in Jackson County and using the name of Michael Kenneth Lane. Harcum said a federal flight to avoid prosecution warrant was issued March 2 against Hyde. The man though to be Hyde has been seen in Putnam, Jackson and Overton counties within the past year, Mar-: cum said. Reward offered in '88 slaying Gov. Ned McWherter has offered a $2,500 reward in connection with the 1 988 slaying of a Greene County man.

The reward, requested by District Attorney General Berkley Bell, was offered In the death of Marvin (Bo) Hensley, who was found dead in his driveway on Aug. 25, batical as Tennessee's Teacher-Scholar for 1990, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Reader'sDigest. Laurel E. Eason of Columbia, Tenit, chairman of the English department at the Franklin private school, won a full academic year of independent study after submitting a proposal to study family life as presented in five 19th-century novels. Winners were selected based on their independent study proposals, which were Judged by a panel of humanities educators.

She and the other winners from the other 49 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands will be honored at the White House tomorrow. Winners are provided stipends of up to $27,500. The teachers' schools also each receive $500 to buy books for the library. A BGA teacher since 1981, Eason earned a bachelor's degree in English from Virginia's Emory and Henry College, a master's degree In English from the University of Arkansas and a master's degree and a doctorate in German from Vanderbilt University.

The NEH Reader's Digest Teacher-Scholar program grew out of a 1987 Endowment report recommending that teachers be given opportunities to learn more about history, literature, foreign languages and other humanities disciplines they teach. Man sought in attack on boy GAINESBORO Federal authorities are searching To diinkslots of watei; exercises and takes 50laxativesaday Maybe you're not like Carol. Maybe for you it's a grueling 300 sit ups a day and 20 laxatives. Maybe it's more than that. But if your day is controlled by when and how much you can eat or exercise, you may be one of the over five million Americans with an eating disorder.

Do you look forward to the times you can eat alone? Do you plan your entire day around the times you'll be able to eat? Do you feel guilty about your preoccupation with exercise? Do you hide your eating habits from other people? Do you constantly diet or think about dieting? Do you purge by vomiting, with laxatives or excessive exercise after binges to keep your weight down? If you answered yes to one or more of the above questions, you may have an eating disorder. It's not a question of will power. It's a disease. Call one of our counselors today for more information and a free assessment. They'll be happy to talk to you.

They know what you're going through. Some of them have been there themselves. Call collect or direct Eating Disorder Services, at (615) 865-3201. Tennessee Christian I A ENTER Ym'U feel the difference. 1988.

Hensley's wife reported she heard her husband and an unidentified man talking and later heard a vehicle speed away from the driveway. Hensley appeared to have been dragged down the driveway about 60 feet Bell said. CONTRIBUTING: Jackson County, Mike Holder. SUCCESS ST0RI1S CLASSIFIED The TENNESSEAN 2S Nashville Banner 254-1031 or FAX 253-8820 EVERYDAY IN Ah.