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Thursday, October 30, 2008 75 cents Jackson, Tennessee jacksonsun.com Candidates raise $285K in third quarter YOUR DAILY QUICK READ Camp leads fundraisingin race for Wilder's seat Contributions during pre-general election period (Oct. 1 to Oct. 25) Election 2008 CVl Randy Camp (D) $151,397.17 Senate District 26 Dolores Gresham (R) $138,171.25 By NICHOLAS BEADLE nbeadlejacksonsun.com With her party support firmed up, Republican Dolores Gresham made up fundraising ground on Democrat Randy Camp in the third quarter, but Camp outpaced her in the last filing period in the hotly contested race for retiring former Lt. Gov. John Wilder's seat Gresham brought in nearly $209,000 in contributions for the third quarter, compared to $76,000 raised by Camp, according to campaign finance reports filed earlier this month.

But according to reports for the October pre-election period filed Tuesday, Camp raised $150,000 compared to Gresham's more than -322 Shutt by about 50 votes, while Selmer Dr. Tim Linder drew about 23 percent of the vote. Gresham, a state representative, is trying to win a district that has a right-leaning population and has been held by Wilder, a Mason Democrat, for more than four decades. The District 26 seat represents Crockett, Haywood, Fayette, Hardeman, Chester, McNairy, Hardin and Wayne counties. Camp has far outspent Gresham in October with nearly $254,000 in expenses.

Gresham spent $196,000. On Tuesday, Gresham ral-lied in Selmer with Please see FUNDS, 2A I Vance Dennis (R) $31,687 House District 71 Stan Wheeler (D) $11,442 $137,000. Camp brought a balance of more than $185,000 into the third quarter. He raised more than $200,000 before August's primary, in which he had no opponent. Gresham brought only about $12,000 into the third quarter.

Her fundraising started strong in advance of August's GOP primary, but former Savannah Mayor Bob Shutt made strong monetary gains in the months leading up to the election. In the primary, Gresham defeated Stephen Childers (I) $300 i Curtis Halford (R) $35,899.00 House District 79 7 Jim Ryal (D) $18,970.00 Source: Tennessee Registry of Election Finance 9 f3TK le had a tat Ih" U.JL HJ THE SCIENCE OF SCARY: Why do we watch scary movies? Film directors, actors and fans have theories about the popularity of the slasher film. GHOULISH MOVIES: Find out what DVDs are available just in time for the spooky holiday and highlights of what movies you can catch on TV. WINNING THE 'LOSER' GAME: Even after his smash hit "Loser" threatened to make him a one-hit wonder, musician Beck survived. PLUS: Find out what's happening this weekend and beyond in our event listings; find out what's on TV in our TV listings; read what advice Dear Abby has to give and read your horoscope inside today's edition of Get Out! Web Extra Visitjacksonsun.com for news and sports updates throughout the day.

Find photos, video and blogs. Local BOLIVAR: Downtown Bolivar is nearing completion of.the firstjphase.of an effort to transform the area into an entertainment, retail and restaurant district. IB TODAY'S WEATHER Mostly sunny HIGH: 68" LOW: 40 COMPLETE FORECAST, 8A KATIE MORGANThe Jackson Sun Daniel Cowarfs car, which was being held at the Crockett County Sheriff's Office, is covered with Nazi symbols and sayings about Hitler. See more photos at jacksonsun.com. Actress, singer is 'Still Standing9 Melba Moore's autobiographical musical comes to Hub City By ASHLEY ANTHONY aanthonyjacksonsun.com Broadway actress and singer Melba Moore is a survivor.

After a rough childhood and a divorce that led her to welfare, Moore recreated herself through a testimonial musical. "If you have to recreate something, do it about you," Moore said. "Never ever, ever, ever, give up." "That's the inspiration she hopes people take away from her autobiographical musical "Still Standing The Melba Moore Story," which will be in Jackson tonight. Moore celebrated her 63rd birthday Wednesday while rehearsing until 3 a.m. in Nashville for the show, which premiered in Wichita, a few weeks ago.

"I think it's a good omen that my new year would come in such a bang like this," Moore said by phone Wednesday morning after less than five hours of sleep. "I really feel good. I should be tired, but I don't feel tired." It's been more than 30 years since Moore won a Tony Award and was nominated for two Grammys. Still, she feels just as good as she did then, if not better. She's in the middle of a small tour for her show, which confronts the trials, triumphs, tears and joys of a living musical legend, according to a news release.

The musical takes the audience from the days of Moore's childhood without her mother, who was also a singer, to Moore's Broadway success as the first black woman to win a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress. "My mother was on the road, so she was gone a lot," Moore said. "I didn't know my father. My grandmother had a stroke, and she couldn't speak. Please see MOORE, 2A pp1 i 1 i Minority coworkers say Cowart was always friendly, respectful it sir Visit jacksonsun.com and click "weather Opinion i Or 1 OPEN GOVERNMENT: A recent poll released by the Chattanooga Times Free Press revealed that 62 percent of respondents believe too much government business is being conducted in secret.

7A DEVIN WAGNERThe Jackson Sun Juan Amador, 17, worked with him at a Bells grocery store for about five months. By MARIANN MARTIN mmartinlOjacksonsun.com BELLS Mitchell "Brad" Twitty was sure that he had misunderstood the name when he heard Daniel Cow-art was arrested on charges of planning a shooting rampage to kill more than 100 people, including presidential candidate Barack Obama. Twitty, who is black, worked with Cowart, 20, at Bells Market Place and considered him a good friend. "I thought there was no way that could be him," said Twitty, 20, on Wednesday. "He treated me like we were best friends.

I never, ever heard him make a racist remark." Cowart, who was born and raised in Bells, and 18-year-old Paul Schlesselman, of West Helena, are appearing today in federal court in Memphis. They face charges of conspiracy to rob a federal firearms licensee and making threats against a major candidate for the office of president The two were arrested by Crockett County deputies Oct. 22 on charges of possessing illegal guns. Federal authorities have said the two men found each other on the Internet and started discussing a crime spree that would have involved killing 88 people and decapitating 14 blacks. The affidavit of complaint says the two planned to target an unidentified predominantly black school and, ultimately, to assassinate Obama.

Daniel Cowart also was apparently a member of a skinhead group formed earlier this year, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a Montgomery, group that tracks hate-group activity. The center has obtained a photo of Cowart with others linked to the Supreme White Alliance at a celebration of Adolf Hitler's birthday in April. A pink-frosted cake displayed in the photo has the letters "SWA" written on it. But Twitty said Cowart never exhibited any type of skinhead sentiments when he was around. "He mostly kept to himself maybe a little strange but it is hard for me to believe he is involved in something like this," Twitty said.

Juan Amador also worked at the Market Place with Cowart for five months in 2007 until Cowart moved to Texas for a brief time. Amador, who is Hispanic, said Cowart trained him Please see COWART, 2A Online Traffic at jacksonsun.com: Top Sections Viewed: News Employment Classified Automotive JtownMoms Obituaries Real Estate Source: Omniture Inc. SiteCatalyst, Sept 2008 Index Turning your clock back may help your heart Dr. Lori Mosca, director of said Janszky, who has done preventive cardiology at New other research on sleep and York-Presbyterian Hospital, health. They took advantage of Business 4B Classifieds 1C Comics 7C Deaths 6A Opinion 7A Local IB Lotteries 2A Nation 3A Sports ID State 4A Weather 8A World 6A Subscribe Call (800) 244-3225 to get The Jackson Sun, or subscribe at jacksonsun.com By STEPHANIE NAN0 The Associated Press NEW YORK Turning your clock back on Sunday may be good for your heart.

Swedish researchers looked at 20 years of records and discovered that the number of heart attacks dipped on the Monday after clocks were set back an hour, possibly because people got an extra hour of sleep. But moving clocks forward in the spring appeared to have the opposite effect. There were more heart attacks during the week after the start of daylight saving time, particularly on the first three days of the week. "Sleep through a variety of mechanisms affects our cardiovascular health," said week after "fall back," the number of heart attacks was about the same, except on Monday, which had a 5 percent decrease. "The finding that the possibility of additional sleep seems to be protective on the first workday after the autumn shift is intriguing," the authors wrote.

Doctors have long known that Monday in general is the worst day for heart attacks, and they usually blame the stress of a new work week and increased activity. The Swedish researchers said their findings suggest that the minor loss of sleep that occurs at the end of ordinary weekends with people going to bed later on Sunday and getting up early on Monday might also be a contributing factor. who was not involved the research. The findings show that "sleep not only impacts how we feel, but it may also affect whether we develop heart disease or not." The study was described in a letter published in today's New England Journal of Medicine by Dr. Imre Janszky of the Karolinska Institute and Dr.

Rickard Ljung of Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare. Janszky said he came up with the idea for the study after last spring's time change, when he was having problems adjusting. "I was on the bus, quite sleepy, and I thought of this," Sweden's comprehensive registry of heart attacks to see if the disruptions to sleep and the body's internal clock caused by a time change had any effect on heart attacks from 1987 to 2006. They compared the number of heart attacks on each of the seven days after the time shift with the corresponding day two weeks earlier and two weeks later. Overall, in the week after "spring forward," there was a 5 percent increase in heart attacks, with a 6 percent bump on Monday and Wednesday and a 10 percent increase on Tuesday.

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