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2B Tu-Uy, April 27 lW THE TENNESSEAN STATE LOCAL NEWS Compiled by Daiid Keel t'TTT'l XI M. I 4- Police officer resigns to run for City Commission seat MOUNT PLEASANT A Mount Pleasant police officer has resigned from the force to run for a City Commission seat in the July 6 election. Vernon Frierson, who has been a patrol officer and DARE officer with the city for five years, submitted his resignation Saturday, according to Police Chief Tom Wilson. Mount Pleasant's charter does not allow a city employee to run for a seat on the City Commission. Frierson went before the five-member City Commission recently to ask for a leave of absence from the department to enter the race, but his request was denied, Wilson said.

The July election will decide three at-large seats, Maury County Election Coordinator Todd Baxter said. Two candidates, Betty J. West and incumbent Willie D. Baker, have already qualified to run, Baxter said. The qualifying deadline is noon May 23.

SUEMCCLURE Ezmmnsr Texas man executive director of state Republican Party A Texas man was named executive director of the Tennessee Republican Party yesterday. Brian Eastin, 28, will replace Brad Todd, who announced in January that he was seeking other opportunities. Eastin managed Shawn Terry's congressional cam- paign in Dallas last year which was against Rep. Martin Frost. Although Frost was re-elected, Eastin won praise for what others called a well-planned campaign.

Eastin also has been executive director of the Tarrant County Republican Party in Fort Worth. "Brian has experience both as a campaign opera- i tive and as a manager of professionals, and that's the kind of person we need as the captain of our head- quarters team," Republican Party Chairman Chip Saltsman said. ASSOCIATED PRESS' Dairy farmers may apply for aid due to low milk price i Dairy fanners may apply now for direct govern- ment relief because of the current depressed price of milk, officials say. Up to $200 million has been appropriated nation- wide for direct cash payments to dairy producers be- cause of a decline in the Basic Formula Price, accord-! ing to Dave McDole, executive director of the Ten- nessee Farm Service Agency. "The Dairy Market Assistance Program is available to producers who marketed milk commercially any- time from Oct 1, 1998, through Dec.

31, 1998, and have milk marketings for either 1997 or 1998 calendar years," he said. Milk production eligible for payment is any milk that was produced and marketed commercially any- time in 1997 or 1998, subject to a maximum of 2.6 mil- i lion pounds per dairy operation. The payment rate will be determined after the end of sign-up and will be established according to the to- tal eligible milk production of approved applications, Sign-up will end May 21, McDole said. i ERIC PARSONS STAFF SWING YOUR PARTNER Dance instructors Joe and Dianne Holland, right, demonstrate a quick reverse pattern for Kevin Robbins, left, and other students during their two-step class Sunday at the Donelson Station Senior Center. Varying levels of dance classes are offered each Sunday at the center beginning at 12:30 p.m.

People interested can call Country Western Dance Studio Lessons at (615) 248-0068. Bank robbery suspect arrested A 48-year-old man suspected of robbing a Murfrees-boro Road bank has been arrested by federal agents. Rick Doyle Wilson, indicted last week by a federal grand jury, was arrested at midnight Sunday near Eighth Avenue and Broadway by the Violent Crimes Task Force, FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Thomas Bernard Locke said yesterday. Wilson faces federal bank robbery charges in an April 13 afternoon holdup at SunTrust Bank, 530 Murfreesboro Road, Wilson said. The task force comprises special agents and officers from the FBI, Metro Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol and the U.S.

Secret Service. BETH WARREN other departments on a chase along Highway 41 South eventually heading toward Goodlettsville, police said. When an officer tried to persuade the suspect to leave his car, the juvenile tried to run him over, West said. The teen-ager headed down Interstate 65 West, getting off the interstate and then back on. "He got to the intersection of Old Hickory and Gallatin Road and turned into a parking lot where he struck a sign and was apprehended," West said.

Officials said the suspect had three outstanding warrants against him, one for failure to appear in court and two counts of violation of probation. The teen will appear in Robertson County General Sessions Court today. TOM BEESLEY. ROBERTSON COUNTY TIMES Farm Service Agency moving SPRINGFIELD The Robertson County Farm Service Agency is moving tomorrow to the new farm service center building at 5024 Highway 41 Springfield. The office is now at 511 Hill Springfield.

Calvin Conner is FSA county executive director. The new phone number is 382-9863. The office serves farmers in Davidson and Robertson counties. Office hours are 7:45 a.m.4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.

FSA provides services to farmers by administering U.S. Department of Agriculture programs such as price supports, production adjustments, and commodity and disaster programs. The Natural Resources Conservation Service, formerly know as the Soil Conservation Service, is housed in the same complex. PAUL OLDHAM Voters give former mayor another 2 years in office RED BOILING SPRINGS Red Boiling Springs voters Saturday gave former mayor Randel Gregory another two years as head of this east Macon County town of 1200 residents. Gregory, who was mayor in 1984-85, edged past Billy Thompson by a scant two-vote margin 115 to 113.

The mayor's job is part time. Other candidates were Richard Hudson and Acting Mayor Willa Gray Knight. Bruce Brown got six write-in votes for mayor. Three City Council members elected were Bobby Etheridge with 227 votes, Rena Claridy with 144 and Terry Turner with 125 write-in votes. Turner was an incumbent council member who did not qualify to be on the ballot.

Council candidate Don Staffey received 118 votes in a losing cause. Acting Mayor Knight will now complete two years left on a council term she was elected to in 1997. Knight was elected vice mayor when Tommy Spivey resigned and acting mayor earlier this year when John Cook resigned. The voter turnout was 350 out of a total of 960 eligible voters, said Jack Leath, Macon County Administrator of Elections. The new officials will be sworn in May 14.

PAUL OLDHAM Teen boy in detention center on various driving charges A 17-year-old Robertson County boy sits in the Metro Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center after a high-speed chase in Robertson and Davidson counties yesterday morning, police said. The teen is charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, felony reckless endanger-ment, felony evading arrest, resisting arrest, criminal impersonation and driving on a suspended driver's license. Greenbrier police spotted the boy driving a red, CMC Jimmy fitting the description of a stolen vehicle sought by Springfield police yesterday. Police tried to stop the suspect, but he ran through a roadblock, said Greenbrier Police Chief Billy Joe West. The teen-ager then led Greenbrier officers and Applications may be filed at the county Farm Service Agency offices where the dairy is located.

FSA is administering the program. Completed applications, including all required signatures, must be submitted to the local FSA office by the close of business May 21. Late applications will not be approved, McDole said. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman made i an announcement about the implementation of the program on March 8.

STAFF REPORTS Police look for clues in shooting WDCN-Channel 8 summer programming schedule 3 Metro set I to free public TV Indicates children's programming 'New program or timeslot Sunday Time Program Time Program 3 the left knee; Darold Swanson, 29, shot in the right arm; and Thaddeus N. Watkins, 19, struck in the left leg. The man "shot approximately 15 rounds in rapid succession," Lawson said. "All my people drew, but they couldn't shoot into the crowd. There were hundreds of people in the way." There could have been as many as two shooters firing from two semi-automatic weapons, Aaron said.

Lawson said his workers reported at least one shooter fled in a red Cadillac. After the shooting, Aaron said, SWAT members positioned at nearby Hickory Hollow Mall swarmed in and a police chopper circled overhead. "The helicopter went up to light the parking lot to help illustrate that there was a strong police presence there, and that the violence needed to stop," he said. Smith said yesterday he hopes problems at the club won't hurt chances of getting permits for Street Nic 2000.1 about 600 patrons. Unarmed guard Darryl Tyce, 34, was trying to break up the fight when one of the men walked to his car, took out a gun and started shooting, said Dennis Lawson, president of Lawson-Hale Security Services Inc.

His company was hired by party organizers for the event A bullet hit Tyce in the left side of the abdomen and stopped just right of his navel. Tyce's boss said he is continuing to improve and was able to walk yesterday around Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he is being treated. In addition to Tyce, six bystanders all from Nashville were hit by gunfire, police said. Those treated and released for gunshot wounds were: Justin Robert Walker, 20, shot in the left hand; Kim R. Covington, 19, struck in the left leg; Sylvia Lockridge, 25, shot in the right leg; Terrance Jordan, 18, hit in 2:30 p.m.

Handyma'am 3:00 p.m. California's Gold 3:30 p.m. -Travel 4:00 p.m. Travel "4:30 p.m. Travel 5:00 p.m.

Antiques Roadshow 5:30 p.m. Antiques Roadshow 6:00 p.m. Funding Your Dreams 6:30 p.m. Hermitage Masterpieces 7:00 p.m. Nature 7:30 p.m.

Nature 8:00 p.m. Masterpiece Theatre 9:00 p.m. -TBA 9:30 p.m. -TBA 10:00 p.m. -TBA 10:30 p.m.

-TBA 11:00 p.m. Freedom Speaks 11:30 p.m. Tony Brown's Journal as the club closed just before 2 a.m. Sunday. Metro police have not released names of any suspects, but say they have "made a great deal of progress." Aaron said that before the shooting there was an argument between Wicked Entertainment, a promotion company, and the Memphis rap group Luciano Family.

The dispute spilled into the parking lot "The members of the Memphis rap group demanded their money back because they didn't get the chance to perform downtown or at Player's Draft House," Aaron said. "They didn't get the money back. That's what caused the tension to escalate." Hoeppner said he hid Allen in the building's cooler, fearing for her safety as 35 armed and unarmed security guards tried to empty the club of 5:00 a.m. Sesame Street 6:00 am. Barney and Friends 6:30 am -Arthur Arthur 8:00 am Big Comfy Couch am Zoboomafoo "9:00 a.m.

From a Country Garden "9:30 a.m. Volunteer Gardener 10:00 a.m. Tennessee Crossroads 1 0:30 am A Word on Words 11:00 a.m. -Mystery 11:30 a.m. -Mystery 12:00 p.m.

Firing Line 12:30 p.m. To The Contrary 1 :00 p.m. Heart of the Matter 1:30 p.m. Birdwatch 2:00 p.m. Travis' Painted House Monday Friday Time Program Time Program 2:30 p.m.

Bill Nye, Science Guy ih'. r- 3:00 pm 3:30 p.m. -Wishbone Zoom 5:00 a.m. "5:30 am. 6:00 am.

6:30 am. 7:00 am 7.30 am. 8:00 am "8:30 a.m. 1 0:00 am. 1 0:30 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 12:30 p.m.

1 :00 pm 1 :30 pm 2:00 pm Bloomberg Business News Body Electric Mister Rogers Barney and Friends -Arthur Teletubbies Big Comfy Couch Zoboomafoo Sesame Street Barney and Fnends Wimzie's House Sesame Street Mister Rogers -Puzzle Place -Theodore Tugboat -Zoom Reading Rainbow I k. p.m. -1 4:30 6:00 p.m. p.m. 7:30 p.m.

8:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 9:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. p.m.' 11:00 p.m.-11:30 pm- Arthur Barney and Friends Teletubbies Newshour TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Nightly Business Report Are You Being Served TBA TBA ISiJUvSI WDCN is one of a handful of public television stations still run by a local government, a situation some have said has hindered its ability to raise money or produce much quality programming, Since Bass arrived in Nashville In November and began pitching WDCN as a nonprofit entity, the station has raised $380,000 worth of grants to ease the transition.

Nashville businessman Bin Rechter, chairman of the nonprofit board that will run WDCN, donated $100,000. A second $100,000 gift is In the works, Bass said. Vanderbilt University also gave $80,000. The Freedom Forum and trie Frist Foundation each donated $50,000. I Regular fund raising, money raised from viewers, also is up 35 over this point last year.

In 1998, WDCN pulled in $1.7 million from viewers, WDCN also plans to alter its schedule this summer so the same children's early morning programs will run seven days a week, not just weekdays. I For example, Arthur will be shown each day at 7 a.m., followed by Teletubbies at 7:30 a.m., Big Comfy Couch at 8 a.m. and Zoboomafoo at 850 a.m. When school resumes in the fall, WDCN will pre-empt the new lineup to air instructional programming from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For more than three decades, such shows have been used as teaching tools in Metro schools. The TV-in-the-classroom program was a primary reason the school board created WDCN in the first place. Under the terms of the transfer, WDCN promises not to sell or transfer the station for at least 10 years, i WDCN also has agreed to split with the school board any profits'jt earns if it sells portions of its ail-waves once it converts from the analog to digital format The digital spectrum will allow TV stations to broadcast as many as siSc programs at once, as opposed to th current analog spectrum, which room for just one signal. 1 Public TV stations are required tl convert to digital by 2003, commercial stations by 2002.1 i i Saturday Time Program Time Program TPAC's Broadway Series Broadway's Newest Hit Musical FOOTLOOSE May 4-9 One Week Only! TPAC's Jackson Hall Tickets Still Available Call 255-ARTS 5:00 am. Tots TV 2:00 p.m.

Rod Reel Streamside American Woodshop 5:30 am -Theodore Tugboat "2:30 Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley May 6-9 14-15 Center for the ArtsMurfreesboro Call 904-ARTS (2787) Tennessee Repertory Theatre presents HAVING OUR SAY: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years May 12-30, Polk Theater, TPAC Call 255-ARTS (2787) for tickets! Watercotor Workshop -Joy of Painting New Yankee Workshop -This Old House Hometime The McLaughlin Group New Red Green Show Tennessee Outdoorsmen Lawrence Welk Show Keeping Up Appearances Keeping Up Appearances -Austin City Limits Sessions W. 54th TBAMusic TBAMusic a.m. utu 3:00 p.m. 6:30 a.m. GED 3:30 pm 7:00 am -Arthur am -Teletubbies 4:30 pm 8.00 am.

Big Comfy Couch 5:00 p.m. 8:30 am Zoboomafoo 5:30 pm 9:00 a.m. Sewing With Nancy 6:00 p.m. 9:30 a.m. Volunteer Gardener 6:30 p.m.- 1 0:00 am.

Victory Garden 7:00 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Computer Chronicles 8:00 p.m. 11:00 am- Nathalie Dupree 8:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m.-A Taste of Louisiana 1200 am -Cooking in Wine Country 10:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m. -CucinaAmore 11:00 p.m. 1:00 pm-The Woodwright's Shop 11:30 p.m. 1 :30 p.m. The Router Workshop Nashville Mandolin Ensemble with Vassar Clements, Wilma Zonn THURSDAY, APRIL 29 8PM Blair School of Music Tickets, $8, $6, $4 FOR INFO CALt 292-0324 The Nashville Symphony Horizons Series Tues, April 27, 7:30 p.m.

War Memorial Auditorium Music if letthom, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams $15 Students, Seniors Call: 255-ARTS "War and Remembrance" NASHVILLE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA With THE GYPSY HOMBRES and APSU SINGERS Classical and swing music from 1940's plus Premieres by C. EHisof and J. Wood Saturday May 1 fcOOpm War Memorial Auditorium Tickets: call 256-6546 ACT I Presents Private Lives April 23-May 9, Darkhorse Theatre 4610 Charlotte Avenue 8 pm, Sun. 2:30 pm Reservations 726-2281 Circle Players Presents La Cage aux Folles The Tony Award-winning musical that preceeded "The Birdcage" April 23-May 16, Johnson Theatre, TPAC Call 255-ARTS (2787) today! HOME The TENNESSEAN DELIVERY bT CALL 242-NEWS.