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myrdin's confirmation may not take place until Thursday. That would leave the country without a government for another week, prolonging the political uncertainty as Russia's financial system continues to unravel. ft Turn to PAGE 5A, Column 1 trolled Duma. They compromised on an agreement to enact Soviet-style controls on the economy in an effort to stem the financial meltdown caused by mounting public debts, a shaky banking system and the plummeting ruble. The Kremlin also was willing to make several major power-sharing concessions, including proposed amendments to the 1993 constitution, which granted the president sweeping powers to rule in most areas without the consent or advice of parliament.

The compromises included giving parliament more influence over government policy. They were designed to ease the way for Chernomyrdin's confirmation by the Dit ma, the lower house of parliament which has scheduled to open its debate on Monday. But Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov said talks were stalled and the Kremlin offers were "nothing more than an illusion." He suggested that a vote on Cherno- tions between acting Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and the Communists as the Kremlin offered to share certain powers with the opposition-led parliament Emerging from days of seclusion and silence about his country's plight, Yeltsin went on national television last night to douse furious rumors that his resignation was "I want to say that I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going to resign. I will work as I'm supposed to for my constitutional term," he said in a taped interview on national television.

"In 2000 there will be an election for a new president and I will not run." Meanwhile, Chernomyrdin was haggling with the Communist-con- loans classrooms to school Taking shuttle to Oilers game a little easier 1 i "ft By CHARLES W. HOLMES Cox News Service MOSCOW A defiant President Boris Yeltsin vowed that Russia's deepening economic crisis will not force him from office, even as he warned that tougher times are ahead for the anxious nation. But underscoring Yeltsin's growing insignificance to the critical events unfolding in Russia, the real action was taking place in negotia Church ISA Linda Mickle reads to some ol her Teachers make I By JENNIFER PEEBLES Staff Writer HENDERSON VILLE i There's no intercom and the open-air school office is behind I the "guest counter" off the vesti-! bule. There's no so the kids hop on a bus and ride a I half-mile down the road for their noon meal. There's no library, so the teach-; ers swap 20 books from room to room.

The school receptionist mans I the walkie-talkie used to keep in touch with the main campus. And first-grade teacher Kim Young has an understanding with tho aimr vnnnav crnnni Place whose room she borrows: They Sk 1l t4 By SARAH CORE Staff Writer Passengers who ride shuttle buses from Greer Stadium to today's Oilers game will be dropped off closer to the stadium, after some fans complained two weeks ago they had to walk too far. The dropoff location for folks riding the Greer Stadium shuttle has been moved to Natchez Trace, several blocks closer than the location used two weeks ago. The Natchez Trace site will also be where those fans should return to board shuttles back to their cars after the game. The other three park-and-ride shuttle sites will stay the same, and their dropoff and pick-up points will be the same as before.

"This was a direct response to feedback from the fans," said Jennifer Kocak, an official with the Metro Transit Authority. Today's game against the Denver Broncos begins at 1 p.m. Even with more than 4,000 people using the shuttle system last time, Kocak said there were few delays. Terrie Ballman, an Oilers fan who rode the bus to the game against the Redskins, said she got to the ColumbiaHCA parking lot early for a tailgate party, and just nan mm: mmwm Xt LARRY McCORMACK STAFF "We really are sensitive that we're guests in their house." JIM DANIELS Principal, Madison Creek Elementary let them all but commandeer the Sunday school classrooms. "You wouldn't think this was a Sunday school classroom, would you?" saiq Robin Sizemore, stapler in hand, as she keeps her 18 second-graders in line before lunch.

Turn to PAGE 2A, Column 1 1 fry Miii 1 third-grade students at Madison Creek Elementary's remote classroom. best of wait for new building Speedway complex may include industrial park -MM said Young, whose 20 students yesterday listened to her read the book Possum Comes A-Knackin' Of the school's 487 students, about 280, or some 14 classes, are at the church. The other 200 are in portable classrooms at Beech Elementary School a half-mile up the road. Long Hollow Baptist started out years ago meeting in the cafeteria at T.W. Hunter Middle School, and the church isn't charging the school system rent with this latest arrangement "We really are sensitive that we're guests in their house," Madison Creek Principal Jim Daniels said.

Teachers say the church has been nothing but gracious and has fffeiiiffifii I Turn to theme park had been the two said. "He was corner summer." A water revive of executive GAME DAY I Extra help for Oilers' pass rush unlikely today in matchup with Broncos, on 1C. hopped on one of the buses. "It was one of the most convenient football games I've ever been to, as far as manipulating the parking and the traffic." If you want to park and ride a shuttle, the locations are: Greer Stadium, Nashville Tech, state parking lots on Nelson Merry just off James Robertson Parkway downtown, and the ColumbiaHCA parking lots. Tickets cost $1.50 per round trip and can be purchased at each shuttle parking lot.

Buses start running at 11 a.m. Buses will stop running 30 minutes after kick-off. Fans should keep in mind today: Many streets around Vanderbilt University will be closed except for residents; no alcoholic beverages or coolers are allowed in the stadium; tickets are still available at the stadium; smoking is allowed only on the stadium's concourses; tailgating is allowed in stadium parking lots. A speedway and then some Dover Downs Entertainment has options to buy more than 2,600 acres in rural Wilson and Rutherford counties. fMOK" Preferred speedwayIndustrial development area KENT TRAVIS STAFF park for automotive-related industries.

The company has options to purchase between acres again, much more land than originally discussed and believed needed solely for race facilities. Dover Downs is revealing little about the potential size and scope of Turn to PAGE 2A, Column 1 To subscribe: 242-NEWS Delivery problems: 254-5661 or 1-800-342-8237 For personal service, catl during these times: Monday-Friday: 5:30 am. to 6 p.m Saturday: 6:30 am to 10:30 am Sunday: 730 am to 12X p.m. To reach oiaT newsroom: 259-8095 E-matt: newsOtenriesseanxom Hrvf WILSON DAVIDSON ij UUTHkRFORDr. vj Mreary Rd.

won't bother her paint and she won't bother their coffee. Welcome to Madison Creek Elementary remote campus better known as Long low Baptist Church. Sumner County's newest elementary school has a temporary home as it waits for its $6 million new building in Goodlettsville to be finished later this year. Teachers say the first week in their stand-in school has gone smoothly, and the unusual situation has brought out the best in them, their students and the kids' "The way we've all supported each other and just become a team I think that'll be a wonderful base for the new school," WftiiTiilflf'Wifi1 Water park could make big splash here Dover project could offer development for auto companies By WILL PINKSTON Staff Writer A Delaware company developing a new superspeedway in Middle Tennessee is planning a much larger, more extensive complex than it previously indicated. Dover Downs Entertainment is projecting its "superspeedway" may represent an eventual $125 million investment, according to several state and local government officials familiar with the plan.

That is about 3y2 times the initial dollar amount released last November, when Dover Downs began looking around the Nashville area for real estate. The company recently identified its "preferred site," pasture land near State Route 840 that straddles the Wilson and Rutherford county line. In addition to a 114 -mile oval racetrack, a hopeful site for a future NASCAR Winston. Cup race, Dover Downs is planning what has been described as an industrial looking to tie bomb to bin Laden As a second suspect in the bombing of the U.S. embassy in Kenya was brought to New York, officials looked for a clear way to tie Mohammed Saddiq Odeh to Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, fyn 9A.

and the project's fourth principal, pursuing a water park project in Nashville separately from GBF Development when groups decided to work together, Fallot looking at a site just around the from us. We joined forces earlier this park, if done big and bold, might help Nashville's sluggish tourism after the closing Opryland theme park, said Butch Spyri-don, vice president of the Nashville By STACEY HARTMANN Staff Writer A development group of former Kentucky Kingdom officials is teaming up with an Opry-land theme park ex-manager, hoping to make a splash with a new water amusement park in Nashville. GBF Development of Louisville, an outdoor entertainment developer, is shopping for land for a water park in southeastern Davidson County, said president Michael Fallot a former chief operating officer of Kentucky Kingdom. "Timing is the only issue and the ultimate scope of the project There's no question in my mind that well build this thing." Fallot and two other former Kentucky Kingdom officials formed a development business after Kentucky Kingdom was sold in November 1997 to Premier Parks. Opryland's closing made Nashville more attractive for a water park, Fallot said.

"That Nashville has lost its premier outdoor family entertainment attraction certainly creates a void in the marketplace. I think Nashville could have supported a water park even with Opryland." Tom Moncrief, a former manager of Opryland PAGE 2A, Column 6 mimJkmktSJUmUk ililii mm Sections: Local News. Sports living Deaths Editorials 12A Entertainment 3D Horoscope Movie S-IOF National News Scoreboard 7C 70 World News 4A Beam up more Star Trek time Original, uncut episodes of Star Trek will show on the Sci-Fi Channel starting Tuesday. The 80 shows had been cut for commercials. On 3D.

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