The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 15

THE TtNMfctMH iiwwmit. wmiw a iwtjB LOCAL NEWS Some hope traffic won't come with zoo protected by By MARK IPPOUTO Staff Writer The Metrd Council is expected to welcome the Nashville Zoo to town tonight, but some council members fear it will bring too much traffic. The zoo has negotiated a $l-per-year lease with the city to move from Cheatham County to South Nashville. The zoo would occupy the city-owned Grassmere Wildlife Park on Nolensville Road, adding exotic animals from around the world te Grassmere collection of native Tennessee wildlife. The lease was endorsed by the council's Budget and Finance Committee last night Antioch countered: "Grassmere is sitting right smack dab in the middle of my district, and I have not had one phone call in opposition to this." The Nashville Zoo hopes to open a children's zoo at Grassmere next year and relocate completely within four years, zoo Director Rick Schwartz said.

The lease would require the city to spend $450,000 to restore the historic Croft House on the Grassmere property and spend about $1.3 million on infrastructure, including roadwork, drainage and fencing. Belle Meade Councilman Charles Fentress said a major zoo would bring more tourists. Councilwoman Janis Sontany and At-Large Councilman Leo Waters sought a delay to study the traffic impact, but were outvoted 9-2. "I would think it would be quite within reason i to require a traffic study, so we can at least see what kind of impact we are talking about" Sontany said. Waters pointed out that, the intersection of Nolensville Road and Harding Place already is among the most congested in the state.

But Grassmere-area councilwoman Michelle Arriola, a fan of both the park and the zoo, HI The Safewatch Plus system Includes: Two door contacts detect entry. Interior alarm helps alert you to an Intrusion. Electronic motion detector helps detect movement inside your home and business. Chain saw killer Insane' at time Electronic keypad unit arms, disarms, and controls your system. Window decals and yard sign warn intruders before they attempt a Central station monitoring provides protection 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Free new system relocation if you move between two to five years of installation. We will install a standard ADT Safewatch Plus security free. (Monthly monitoring required.) Gable war could help customers By WILL PINKSTON Staff Writer BellSouth Corp. says it plans to give Intermedia Partners a run for its money in Middle Tennessee, setting the stage for a cable television war that could end in. victory for consumers.

Curtis Wall, director of marketing for BellSouth, said Friday, the telecommunications giant has applied for cable franchises with the cities of Brentwood and Franklin where the majority of Intermedia's 18,000 Williamson County subscribers live. It soon may apply for a franchise in Nashville, too. "NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS" The Nashville BAC Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, 2922 Sidco Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37204 admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other administered programs. i i 2 KIShCiS R.nrHneai IVialvl S1(J i I AQT-33QG Calll- uDD-AO By PAUL OLDHAM ft Staff Writer I PULASKI, Tenn.

Thomas (Red) McCluskey was found not guilty by reason of insanity yesterday in the chain saw murder of his i nephew last year, District Attorney General Mike Bottoms said. Circuit Judge Jim T. Hamilton ruled in an agreed verdict tlat McCluskey, 40, was insane Mann 12, 1995, when he used a-chainsuw to nearly decapitate his nephew, Jason Bowen, 20, Bottoms said. An agreed verdict means the judge, prosecutors and defense attorneys agree on the verdict with-, out having a jury trial, McCluskey will be evaluated at the Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute for 6O-90 days before his status is finally deter-mined, Bottoms said. His status will be reviewed peri- odically.

this year, doctors declared McCluskey incompetent to stand trial for the killing. McCluskey had stopped taking the medication that controlled his schizophrenia prior to March 12, 1995, investigators told The Tennes- i sean a year after Bowen's death. Relatives told police McCluskey I was preoccupied with death and had used axes and guns to terrorize people he knew. MM tfette RadioShack am Offer covers standard installation ol Safewatch Plus system 36-month monitoring agreement required at $24 85 a month Not valid with any other offer. Certain restrictions apply Satisfactory credit history required.

Offer expires 103196. rAl mm TN alarm lie It C-0294. C-0255, C-0214. C-0241 mm iVrf) YOf flF ArlMSrM in 2 school bus drivers robbed By DEBORAH HIGHLAND Staff Writer Two Metro school bus drivers were robbed at gunpoint yesterday morning for $27 cash. The drivers dropped off a group of Granbery Elementary School children at the Nashville Academy Theater, 724 Second Ave.

at about 10 a.m. and parked their bus-; es nearby behind the Howard School Building, Metro schools spokesman Craig Owensby said. Drivers Tim Chapman and Joyce Alexander were talking to each other when two men approached them, Owensby said. One of the men had a gun and told the two drivers to get on the floor of the bus. The robbers took their wallets, emptied the contents, pocketed the cash and then threw the wallets down before running i away, Owensby said.

"The children were not involved and not in any danger. They weren't even in the bus at the time," Owensby said. No arrests had been made by last night, Metro police spokesman Don Aaron said. HE Baptist 55PLUS is a unique, free program of health-related services and benefits for adults in their prime. There's no membership fee and no dues.

All you have to do is join, and you will enjoy healthy privileges and benefits including: Discounts at more than 100 area merchants Free health screenings Discounts on memberships in the Baptist Health Fitness Center Discounted 55PLUS travel opportunities Free seminars and classes Free Baptist Hospital inpatient services including transportation within a 25-mile radius of the hospital for inpatient admissions, the assistance of a 55PLUS representative during your hospital stay, free parking, complimentary meals for visiting family or friends, complimentary Baptist Hospital Home Care homemaker visit and interest-free payment plans Free physician referral service Free support groups for members and their families 1 Join Baptist 55PLUS today it's free, Supermarket parking lot killers sought After nearly a year, Metro police are still searching for the killers of 12-year-old Adriane Dickerson, shot to death last October in the parking lot of an Antioch supermarket Adriane was at the Mega Market store on Hickory Hollow Parkway with her mother when she went to the car to get change for a soda. As she was returning to the store, someone fired a single shot that killed her. Police had initially thought that the shot came from the parking lot, but it has since been determined that it was fired from a highowered rifle from the grassy area' at the far end of the store's driveway. Crime Stoppers will pay a reward of up to $1,000 for information that results in the arrest and prosecution of the person or persons responsible for Adriane's death. Crime Stoppers can be reached at or 742-7463.

Callers to Crime Stoppers will mai anonymous. InlosjpiZaB Free 55PLUS Advisor newsletter Free nurse information line and it easy. To begin your member- swp, just cau (615)329-5500 NASHVILLE TENNESSE One of the Notion's Top 100 Hospitals.