The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 3

3A Sunday May 24, 1998, Murfreesboro, Tenn. THE DAILY NEWS JOURNAL Week in preview Electric companies help organize event 'i' iu wa cancer viciim ROAMIN5 Education's Capital ProjectsLand Acquisition Committee, 3:45 p.m.. Central Office, 2240 Southpark Blvd. Cannon County Planning Commission, 6 p.m., Courtroom, Courthouse, Woodbury Rutherford County Commission's Health and Education Committee, 6:30 p.m.. Room 205, Courthouse.

Wednesday Murfreesboro Power Board, 9:30 a.m.. Board Room, Murfreesboro Electric Department, 205 N. Walnut St Thursday Rutherford County Commission's Property Management Committee, 6:30 p.m., Room 205, Courthouse. Murfreesboro City Council, 7:30 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall, 111 W. Vine Street.

Commerce, the luncheon recognizes local industry hourly employees. Contact the Chamber at 893-6565 for details. Oakland High School Graduation, 7 p.nu, "MTSU's Murphy Center. Friday Last day of school for Rutherford County Schools. The day will be abbreviated.

International Evening: Charity Night 1998, 6:30 p.m., Stones River Country Club. Sponsored by the Murfreesboro Noon Rotary Gub, the event will feature food, fun and entertainment from all over the globe. Items from all over the world also will be auctioned in both silent and live formats. Tickets are $75 per couple or $40 per person. All proceeds benefit Rotary charities.

Franklin Road Christian School Graduation, 7 p.m.. Franklin Road Baptist Church auditorium. Riverdale High School Graduation, 7:30 p.m., MTSU's Mur EVENTS Today Memorial Day service, 1:30 p.m., Stones River National Cemetery. Speaker will be James C. Hol-lon, a World War II veteran.

Honor roll of veterans will be read aloud. Visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Monday Memorial Day. Rutherford County and Murfreesboro City Schools will be closed, as well as many private schools, banks, federal, state, and local government offices. Tuesday Holloway High School Graduation, 6 p.m., MTSU's Wright Music Hall.

Thursday Last day of school for Murfreesboro City Schools. The day will be a half day Annual Salute to Industry Luncheon, 11:45 a.m.-l p.m., Smyrna Town -Centre, Smyrna. Sponsored by the Chamber of phy Center. Blue Moves Modern Dance Company performance, 8 p.m., Center for the Arts, HOW. College St Another, performance is scheduled for 8 p.m.

Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Admission: adults, $10; seniors, and students, $5. Contact the Center for the Arts at 904-2787 for details. Saturday Tennessee Paint Horse Club Show, Tennessee Livestock Center, MTSU.

For more information, contact Melody Fuller, 644-5020 (Westmoreland). Tennessee TVails Clean Up Day, Stones River from Readyville Mill to Guy James Road. The public is invited to participate by either paddling or helping clean up at the put-in and take-out areas. Call Heloise Shilstat, 896-6278. PUBLIC MEETINGS Tuesday Rutherford County Board of Please don't litter! By Dan Whittle 'Staff writer 1 They don't want the Buck to stop here.

That's part of the motivation of a group of Rutherford County resi- dents wno are rallying around cancer victim Grady "Buck" Carter, a self- employed Murfreesboro-area electrician with a long history of helping others, garter and his CARTER cause is the focal point of a group of electricians, electrical supply warehouse people, developers, Realtors, builders, along with Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corp. and Murfreesboro Electric Department workers who have banded to help defray mounting Carter-family medical costs" in his battle against cancer. uThrris a man who has helped-' dozens of families down through the decades," said Frank Jennings, director of marketing and communications for MTEMC. "But being self-employed for 23 years left Buck without medical insurance when he received news late last year that a lump in his neck -was cancerous and the prognosis was bad." Thus; the community is rallying. "He's a tremendous individual who has always helped others in time of need, plus he's a top-flight skilled electrician," added Murfreesboro Electric Department General Manager Larry Kirk.

"A lot of our people, under the direction of our employee, Kenneth Carter, have rallied in support of Racing (Continued from page 1) interest in the proposed race track. "We are a very small minority investor in that project, but don't have anything to do with the (land) search," said Tom Adkinson, Gay- lord's spokesman. Dover DoWris official said it would take at least 1,000 acres upon which to build a complex the company' is proposing. Barrett and the other property bwners reportedly contacted about a race track own land near or along U.S. Highway 231 North (Lebanon Higtiway) and state Route 840 in northern Rutherford and southern -Wilson counties.

Harding University of Searcy, also owns 1,600 acres in the area, university officials said, confirming" two unidentified groups have contacted them about selling some of the property. The first phase of the race-track meanwhile, would involve building a complex to accommodate Busch Series and Busch Truck Series races, McG Check out the on the Internetl www.dnj.com '5 1 SELLER MOTH. AM this man who has our highest respect and needs our help. There's more praise for the ailing Carter. "Many know the type of giving that Buck Carter has given to his fellow man when they were in trouble," described Jeff Gill, one of the main coordinators of upcoming fund-raising activities and an engineer at MTEMC.

"Buck Carter is a man who puts himself out for others when times are difficult. He has often worked free of charge to replace a burned-out switch-box after a house fire or to repair electrical problems for persons who could not afford to pay or were down on their luck A special community-wide spaghetti dinner- is planned for Thursday. "It's a fund-raiser with all the funds to go to the Carter family," shared Jennings. The meal is scheduled for Lions and Jaycees' building near Cannonsburgh Pioneer Village on South Front Street from 5 p.m. td 8 p.m.

Tickets for $5 can be purchased at the Middle Tennessee Electric Department or the Murfreesboro Electric Department, or they can be purchased at the door. "Plus, donations will be taken during the event," noted Jennings. Individuals who would like to help more or would like further information can call 893-7S70. Donations can be mailed to Friids of Buck Carter, P.O. Box 608, Murfreesboro, 37133-0608, with checks payable to Friends of Buck Carter.

Iynn said, noting the remainder of the project would be built later. Once the new race track is completed, though, Dover Downs would petition NASCAR for a covr eted Winston Cup date, McGIynn explained. NASCAR has been the sanctioning body for the nation's premier stock-car series for the last 50 years. "Our message to NASCAR would be that we have a brand-new facility yearning for a Winston Cup date," McGIynn said, adding, "Nashville is one of the greatest sports towns on the horizon," with National Football League and National Hockey League franchises beginning play in the Music City later this year. And Dover Downs pending" merger with the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach which also owns race tracks in St.

Louis and Memphis, will create "promotional and operational synergies" ripe for success in a new Nashville motorsports complex, McGIynn added. Attention A Kmart Shoppers In our May 24, weekly ad circular, on page 10, the 10 oz. Tostitos are pictured in the ad in error at 99 cents. The correct sale price for the 10 oz. Tostitos are 2 for $3.

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