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l.J OullJIvi-j LiubO la a Li Three on Fox affiliate I i 1 Cardinals slugger breaks NL record Russia will stay course on democracy: Yeltsin newscast MTSUgrad 111898 69C39 TN ST LIBRARY i ARCHIVES 483 7TH AVE NASHVILLE, TN 37243 v-sii SUM Lrt i i i 151st Year-No. 05 MURFREESBORO, TENN. Slip Wednesday, Sept. TO By Cunt Confehr Staff writer POSED COWER CE CENTER "It's real estate speculation," Bullen said. 'There are people In my district telling me they are not comfortable.

"I'm a city resident, I vote in city elections and I pay city taxes," he said. "By voting for this, I would make it easier for the city to take risk." Bullen, however, repeatedly said, "Fra not opposed to the concept. It's who can do it better, government or private enterprise?" Rutherford County Commission voted 14-7 Tuesday for an agreement with Murfreesboro to use taxes and land sale proceeds from the project tO repay debt from construction of a commerce center. And while some commissioners complained that approval for the project was coming on the first day a new commission was in office, a vote to delay action on the agree Automotive research could be part of project By Keith Talley Staff writer Nik Industrial development next to a planned super-speedway hosting NASCAR-sanctidned races on property straddling Rutherford and Wilson counties makes sense, state officials said. Dover Downs Entertainment, a Delaware-based racing interest, wants to build a superspeedway on property between state Route 840 and U.S.

Highway 231 North (Lebanon Highway). The company has options to buy about 2,700 acres in Rutherford and Wilson counties, local officials noted. "They have briefed us in concept about the project and talked about the possibility of some industrial properties being developed there," said Alex Fischer, ment failed. Commissioner Trey Gooch asked what delay would mean to the city, and Murfreesboro City Manager Roger Haley said 16 days are left before land purchase options start to expire on the project. centered on Manson Pike north of Old Fort Golf Course.

66 Tm not opposed to the concept. It's who can do it better: government or private lutm" a Bob Bullen Till tl County commissioner 3 deputy commis- Changes commis 4 4 sioners said they wanted must be approved by the City Council and require research by city staff, he said. 'Until we have a working agreement, we can't go forward with the next step of buying land," Haley said. Commissioner Bob Bullen spoke against the plan, saying it's government conducting real estate business transactions. America's Industrial Revolution became the Information Age and white-collar jobs should replace factory jobs lost at Samsonite, Paramount Packaging, Chromalox and GE, Haley told the commission during two and a half hours of debate.

Retail jobs paying up to $7 hour won't replace factory jobs paying $10 to $14 an hour, he said. (See County, page 2A) sioner of the state Department of Economic and Community Development. The trend for race tracks like that evidently has been to have industrial property next to them where automotive kinds of research facilities can do their testing on the speedway," he explained, noting the new Texas Motor Speedway near Dallas has such an arrange 1 1 41' Council to mull funding for commerce center plan By Keith Talley Staff writer ment. "The economic impact of the project is significant, according to projections they have shown us." Dover Downs officials estimate the race track alone HOME DEPOT Old Fort Golf Course and Old Nashville Highway. Options to purchase the land begin to expire on Sept.

17. "We want to use reserves and funds from previous bond STONES RIVER MALL would generate 3,900 full- and part-time jobs and pump $208 million annually into the region's economy once it is operational. Initially, the company plans to have a motorsports complex in operation by the year 2000, with expectations to increase seating capacity to 150,000 seats. The complex is planned to house a short track, a drae strip and a road course fa addition HALEY Less than 24 hours after the Rutherford County Commission gave its blessing to the project, Murfreesboro City Council will mull over ways to fund a $45 million conference center and office park this afternoon. City Council members are also scheduled to look over the proposed agreement between the two governments, which designates a portion of future city and county property tax revenues to retire the project's debt, as well as a portion of the local hotelmotel tax.

Council will meet 5 p.m. today in Room 218 of City Hall, located at 111 W. Vine St. To make the project a reality, City Council members must' decide if they are willing to approve the $13.1 million purchase of about 355 acres between Hotel to the superspeedway. Dover Downs, which holds two annual Winston Cup dates at its superspeedway in Dover, owns Nashville Speedway USA.

The company plans to move the Nashville track's Busch Series events to the new race track in Rutherford and Wilson counties. Golf come dry issues that might be available to fund the land acquisition," -Murfreesboro City' Manager Roger Haley said. Today's scheduled City Council meeting begins another leg of the ambitious project, which also depends on expanding Old Fort Golf Course from 18 holes to 27 holes. The 6 million golf course expansion, however, will be fund-(See Council, page 2A) QSeccodsry csay point EVcjxd gjeeaiwayv Vehicular circulation And once the facility's capacity reaches "150,000 seats, Dover Downs officials said they plan to petition NASCAR for a coveted Winston Cup date. Company officials pitched their concept to a contingent of elected 6fficials from Rutherford and Wilson (See Industry, page 2A) two Horse official resigns amid soring allegations University works to open up parking spaces By Angela Cannon Staff writer Teamwork makes Celebration See Roamin page 2A those who claim they have been unfairly accused of soring.

"This humilia Apple Harvest As autumn approaches, Americans are harvesting the fruits of Johnny Appleseed's labor as orchards across the country brim with red and golden fruit that Is as American as, well, apple pie. SHELBY VILLE (AP) The head of the group in charge of finding abused Tennessee Walking Horses has resigned under accusations of trying to show an abused horse. Phillip Wilson, a member of the board of the National tiorse Show Commission, resigned Tuesday. Three days earlier he tried to show his horse, Doc's High Tribute, at the world championship show still under way in Shelbyville. But the U.S.

Department of Agriculture, which inspects walking horses, said Wilson's horse had been "sored." Soring is the practice of using mustard oil, kerosene or -other irritants to inflame a horse's front legs, done to exaggerate the breed's trademark prance. The painful technique can leave scars. Just this year the USDA imposed a new method for finding the scars, a move hotly contested by many in the walking horse industry. Wilson was chairman of the hearing committee, which hears appeals Student Government Association, said he is presenting a SGA parking proposal to MTSU administrators either today or Thursday to address the parking problems on campus. In addition to thfe creation of a new parking lot by the campus recreation center, MTSU plans to reopen parking spaces displaced by library construction by as early as midmonth, said MTSU spokesman Tom Tozer.

Parking wasn't the only overcrowded situation as MTSU opened on Aug. 19, dorms were full as well, university officials said. Overcrowded dorms have been typical for years. MTSU has 3,200 spaces for single students in 22 residence halls with 196 family housing apartments, and MTSU opened with about 100 students in a three-to-a-roonr situation in a two-person dorm room, said Debra Sells, campus housing director. Now "everybody who was in (See Enrollment, page 2A) ready early this morning.

"When we opened the business-aerospace building last year, we had many more classrooms to utilize," Gillespie said. "Students have told us over time they want to -go to school from 9 to 1, so with the new available classes we moved some offerings to the morning hours. "We have about a 10 percent increase in enrollment in the morning which is meeting the need of the students. That's when they want to go to school," he said. "Obviously, enrollment is not up, but the pattern of enrollment has shifted to the morning hours." For example, previously 200 classes had been offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:50 a.m.

and now, 220. classes are being offered at that time, Gillespie said, adding an computer analysis is being conducted to determine the increase in the number of students at that time. 1 Jason Lawson, president of the MTSU's final fall enrollment total is only slightly higher than last fall but the parking problem is much worse because of a shift in class offerings to the morning hours, a university official said. Final fall 1998 enrollment is a record 18,432 students compared to 18,366 students in fall 1997, up 66 students or 0.36 percent, said Cliff Gillespie, MTSU associate vice president for enrollment management. Enrollment is reported to the Tennessee Board of Regents, MTSU's governing board, two weeks after school begins, Gillespie said.

Fall classes began Aug. 19, and the university is still trying to deal with a parking problem during morning hours on campus when all parking spaces are virtually full at times. A new parking lot near the campus recreation center was almost tion is particularly troubling for me as I have dedicated an inordinate amount of heart and time to the commission in helping define and strengthen its'efforts to identify and eliminate non-compliant Wilson said in a statement. Wilson claimed the scars on the horse's legs appeared after a riding session on a hard road. His suspen INDEX Comics 4D Education D1-3 Opinion 4A Sports B1-6 5D sion is noi limncuiaie so nc can continue to show his horses at the current national championship..