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11 mP LUCY MEADOWS Father trying to keep hope alive Page 4B Briefs 2B Deaths 5B Weather 6B WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1996 UOCAL NEWS ti vice Mm mo cnaunice Late for work? Pick up a Mend 1-40 lanes speed carpoolers' ride Two high-occupancy vehicle lanes will open tomorrow on 1-40 between Old Hickory Boulevard and Mount Juliet Road in Wilson County. It will complete a two-year, $18.5 million project that doubles that stretch from four to eight lanes. QNashville JT 4 TENNESSEAN STAFF By PAUL DONSKY Staff Writer Harried commuters In Nashville's eastern suburbs could find a smoother ride traveling to and from work as long as they don't drive solo. Two high-occupancy vehicle lanes will open tomorrow on Interstate 40 between Old Hickory Boulevard and Mount Juliet Road in Wilson County, completing a two-year, $18.5 million project that doubles that stretch from four to eight lanes. The catch: Motorists must have at least one other passenger to use the extra asphalt during morning and evening rush hours.

The HOV lanes are fair game for solo drivers during off-peak times. The westbound HOV lane will be restricted 7-9 a.m. The eastbound lane will be restricted 4-6 p.m. Two more new lanes, open to all vehicles at all times, have opened during the past two months. State officials say high-occupancy vehicle lanes are the most efficient way to increase capacity on traffic-clogged interstates.

Two similar lanes on Interstate 65 south in Williamson County are the only other HOV lanes in the state. Other HOV lanes are scheduled for Interstate 24 between Hickory Hollow Parkway and Sam Ridley Parkway. An extension will be added to the 1-65 HOV lanes, taking it south to Highway 96 in Franklin. "As it becomes more difficult to widen the roadways due to space and money, we need to move more people instead of more cars," said Luanne Grandinetti, spokeswoman with the Tennessee Department of Transportation. "The high-occupan-J cy vehicle lane is one way, we can add a lane to the interstate and encourage car- and van-pooling at the same time." Doubling the number of lanes on 1-40 east should help alleviate the traffic jams that have plagued that road in recent years.

About 52,000 lltfmT DELORES DELVIN STAFF Investigator William Merrill pick up money that was dropped The couple ran out with the money, then ditched some when a dye by robbers of the First American National Bank branch in Madison, bomb exploded. Couple sought in bank robbery, shooting 71 While Yoon lay bleeding, the robbers ordered everyone down and made one teller collect money from the other tellers. The two then ran to a car parked behind the bank. When a dye bomb planted by bank officials in the cash exploded, they dropped part of the money and left it behind. Yoon.

was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she remained in critical condition last night She and her husband, John Yoon, own Trade Winds, a bait shop a few miles up Gallatin Road best known for the giant fish sign suspended in front of it They have a 16-year-old son and a 19-year-old daughter. Employee JoAnn Paul said Yoon made deposits at the bank two or three times a week. I Turn to PAGE 2B, Column 1 By LINDA A MOORE Staff Writer Susie Yoon probably never knew what happened in the few seconds it took for armed robbers to burst into the bank where she was a customer yesterday morning, yelling and firing a shot that critically wounded her. The robbery began as Yoon, who runs a shop with her husband, stood at a teller's window of First American National Bank's branch at 500 Gallatin Road in Madison to make a routine deposit A man and woman, both wearing ski masks, entered the bank shouting obscenities and one of them fired a shot, police said. "Almost as soon as they started screaming, the shot was fired," said Don Aaron, police spokesman.

"She had no chance to' comply with any demands." FAMILY PHOTO Susie Yoon, shown with her son, is in critical condition after being shot during the robbery. She was making a bank deposit vehicles travel the highway daily, up 29 from 1990, when an average of 40,290 vehicles used the road, transportation officials say. Officials admit the public is somewhat skeptical the HOV lanes will be enforced. The Tennessee Highway Patrol is writing tickets on the HOV lanes on 1-65, enforcement at times is spotty because the narrow shoulder on that road can make it dangerous to pull over violators, said Anthony Kimbrough, a spokesman with the state Department of Public Safety. Last week, about 10 motorists received $50 tickets for improperly using HOV lanes, he said.

TDOT widened a portion of the 1-40 median to make it easier and safer for patrol cars to pull over violators, said Marion Ott Regional Transportation Authority executive director. "This design should make it much easier for us to enforce the "HOV violation in this area," Kimbrough said. Wilson County Sheriffs deputies also will patrol I-40's HOV lanes. "I would advise drivers to use HOV lanes for what they were intended for multi-passenger vehicles," Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe said. Donations cut costs for donors Organizations chip in on bone marrow drive By TIM CHAVEZ Staff Writer The cost for people who will sign up here Friday for a national bone marrow donor list has been cut 70 because of donations from churches, organizations and businesses responding to the plight of a 17-month-old Brentwood girt needing a transplant At such sign-up drives, the cost to process the three tablespoons of blood taken from each person is $45.

But efforts by Dennis and Brenda Green in pushing Friday's for their daughter and response to its announcement has reduced the cost to $12.50 a person. Their daughter, Laura, who has a form of leukemia more commonly found in men older than 45, needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. "They are getting loads of response," said Charmayne Davis, recruitment development specialist for the National Marrow Donor Turn to PAGE 2B, Column 3 Friends of Bud vie for Oilers' favor Music awards cover wide range of styles But first priority is training needs By WILL PINKSTON Staff Writer Houston Oilers owner Bud Adams may have to choose between a new friend and old acquaintance if he picks Cool Springs for the team's 1- -4. practice plex a home away from Nashville with offices, sports medicine facilities and fields. Two Cool Springs-area sites are being mnslrfpml fnr a nity spirit, the nominations were spread out fairly evenly.

In addition to the five triple nominees, 23 other artists, songwriters, musicians and executives received two nominations. Among them: Tock guitarist Adrian Belew, blue-grass legend Del McCoury, perennial country favorite Vince Gill, contemporary Christian star Steven Curtis Chapman, country traditionalists BR5-49, banjo player Alison Brown and art director Virginia Team. The Nashville Music Awards attempt to "reflect all the musical facets of our community," Nominating Committee member Tra-cey Gershon said. With that in mind, the nominations reflect a wide spectrum of musical styles (from rap to classical) and career advancement (from unsigned Iodine to Country Music Hall of Famer Little Jimmy Dickens). Though the Nashville Music Awards are part of an already cluttered awards field, previous winners claim the awards are as significant as some of the other honors.

By TOM ROLAND Staff Writer Less-influential music centers such as San Francisco and Washington, D.C., have local music awards, but the Nashville Music Awards now entering its third year are unique among the largest music capitals. "I don't think you could have one of these in a city like LA or London or New York," Michael W. Smith said yesterday, after co-hosting this year's nominations announcement with Martina McBride at the Hard Rock Cafe. "It really still feels like a community." Tops in the community's nominations this year are Change The World co-writer Tommy Sims, singer-songwriter Steve Earle, contemporary Christian supergroup dc Talk and Flecktones bass player Victor Wooten, who each received three nominations. Wooten has previously received two of the N-shaped trophies one as a bass player, and one as a member of The Fleck-tones.

Reflecting the awards' commu First American, was on the negotiating team that hammered out the deal to bring Adams and the Oilers to Nashville. Old acquaintance Gerald Hines, who heads Hines Interests, is the real estate magnate who moves in the same Texas social and business circles that Adams did for years. The Oilers' top executive in Nashville says choosing between either land development would be tough. "We have good relationships with First American and with the Hines group," said Mike McClure, Oilers vice president of administration. "If anything, the fact that there are those relationships would make the decision more difficult" But if the franchise does settle on Cool Springs for its complex, McClure insists the final decision wont hinge on personal relationships.

Instead, he says, it will depend on what's best for the team and whatever corporate partner is enlisted to pay for the 20-acre campus, which would serve as the Oilers' base of daily operations. While the city of Franklin has Turn to PACE 2B, Column 1 RICK MUSACCHKD STAFF Singers Michael W. Smith and Martina McBride announce Nashville Music Awards nominees. "I think it's an important award," offered McBride. "We go on the road and play in every little city across the country, and sometimes you wonder if people even know or care.

It's great to have the support of the people back in Nashville. Winning the award means a lot" "Part of me feels like it almost means a little more than the Grammy," Smith added. possible $18 mil- ADAMS million office and practice complex that team officials casually refer to as a "campus." One is at Aspen Grove, the 850-acre development First American National Bank acquired in 1991. The other is in the Cool Springs Real Estate Associates development, a 1993 project started by Houston-based Hines Interests. New friend Denny Bottorff, chairman and chief executive officer of COMING TOMORROW See Thursday's Living section for list of nominees.

DAVIDSON RUTHERFORD ROBERTSON The annual Thanksgiving canned food drive Is under way now at all Robertson County schools to benefit the county's Emergency Food Bank. Students can help needy families and work to win prizes for themselves and their schools through a contest supported by area businesses. Last year, more than 1,200 families were assisted through the program. Donors may bring commercially prepared, non-perishable foods to any school through noon on Nov. 27.

EMILY HINES SEBERT MIDSTATE The future of state parks will be the focus of a public forum set for 8:30 am. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Cumberland Mountain State Park near Crossville. A broad range of park users, including hikers, campers, boaters and golfers, is expected along with representatives of environmental groups and state agencies. The forum Is sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the Tennessee Environmental Council.

Call 321-5075 to register. ANNE PANE If you're looking for different Ideas to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, you may want to check out a demonstrar Won at noon today at the Farmers Market test kitchen. Tonya Gunter, home economist with the Metro Health Department, will be demonstrating how to prepare great substitutions for the traditional holiday meal. Other holiday demonstrations are being offered at the market this month. The Farmers Market Is at 900 Eighth Ave.

N. in Nashville. MARGARET SIZEMORE Dozens of applicants from across the Southeast are vying for a chance to have a part in the shaping of Murfreesboro, the seat of the fastest-growing county In Middle Tennessee. About 141 applicants have put their names in the hat for the new position of 1 Murfreesboro assistant city manager, city personnel officials said. Trie position, pay-" ing $45,000 to $60,000 depending on experience, likely won't be filled until mid-December or January.

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