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Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1998, Murfreesboro; Tenn. THE DAILY NEWS JOURNAL OBITUARIES William T. Smith Graveside services for William T. Smith, Shelbyville, who died Saturday, Oct.

3, at Maury Regional Hospital, Columbia, will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Mt. Ararat Cemetery in Shelbyville. He is survived by nephew, Harry Lentz and three cousins, Houston Overton, Lee Overton Jr. and Clifford Allison of Murfreesboro.

H. Preston Scales Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Daily News Journal Oct. 7, 1998 Murfreesboro, Tenn. Lorene Mankin Threet Services for Lorene Mankin Threet, 86, of Lakeshore Drive, who died Wednesday, Oct, 7, at Boulevard terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, will be 1 p.m.

Friday at Jennings Ayers chapel with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Harold Baker will officiate. She was the widow of former Rutherford County Judge James V. Threet, who died in 1973. She is survived by a son, Gettes Threet of Orange Beach, a daughter, Janice Randolph of Murfreesboro; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A native and lifelong resident of Rutherford County, she was a retired county bookkeeper. She was a member of East Main Church of Christ. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at.

Jennings Ayers. Daily News Journal Oct. 7, 1998 Murfreesboro, Tenn. Death--- (Continued from page 1) decide whether to sentence him to death, life without parole or life with the possibility of parole. Testimony in the penalty phase continued on Tuesday.

His lawyer, Michael Mears, said Colwell needs treatment. But Colwell said he might get out of prison and seek revenge if he does not get the maximum. "God have selected you jurors to seek justice for Daniel Colwell and the victims," he wrote. "Death is the answer. God has no problem with it.

I should suffer, and the greatest suffering is Advisory--- (Continued from page 1) ing their investigation and the city's. State officials said they may also pursue civil fines against the city for its failure to notify them of the problem within 24 hours. State and local officials said they discovered the fish kill on Sept. 28 after a Shacklett Road resident notified them of the problem. The advisory affects the river from the Sinking Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant to J.

Percy Priest Lake. "The plant is very stable at this time, though," said Stan Wallace, assistant superintendent of the Sinking Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. Murfreesboro officials said they quit diverting part of the wastewater stream on Sept. 30. But the city of Murfreesboro and Consolidated Utility District get their drinking water supplies from East Fork Stones River, which was not affected by the fish kill, officials noted.

Smyrna gets its drinking water supply from J. Percy Priest Lake, but officials at the city's water treatment plant on Sharp Springs Road said their treatment processes kill any dangerous bacteria that may be in the water. The city's drinking water, therefore, is safe, they said. Murfreesboro officials said they began dumping the partially treated sewage into the water to keep the wastewater treatment plant from losing it waste treatment capabilities. Organic solids, they explained, would not settle to the bottom of a tank during a biological treatment procedure during several days at the end of September.

To avoid completely losing the plant's biological treatment procedure, city officials diverted part of the waste stream, treated it with chlorine and then blended it back into the fully treated waste stream before dumping it into the river. Because a lack of rain has the river running at low-flow conditions, solids from the partially treated sewage depleted the river's oxygen supply, which killed the fish, Murfreesboro officials explained. If the plant completely lost its biological treatment procedure, it could have taken 60 to 90 days to make it fully operational, meaning even more partially treated sewage could have been dumped into the river, Murfreesboro officials added. Mother charged with not sending kids to school EACH FO BLACK PO Ready to trot Black Fox School students, from left, Cassie Dunning, Matthew Stephens, John Barr and Whitney Carter show off a Stetson hat autographed by country music star Alan Jackson and other items available during the school's annual Fox Trot fund-raiser Friday. CMS dedicating auditorium in honor BY LORI GRAY Staff writer The public is invited to attend a dedication ceremony of Central Middle School's auditorium Thursday, which is being named in honor of a former principal, the late Thomas E.

Tenpenny. The event is scheduled to be held at the school from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. "He was just a very dedicated person to Central Middle School," Racing--(Continued from page 1) the facility located entirely in that county, meaning direct revenues generated by the racetrack would not enter Rutherford County coffers, Dover Downs officials said. Earlier estimates by Dover Downs officials projected about $208 million would be pumped annually into the region's economy from the first leg of the ambitious project, which would be a seat facility.

Expanding the complex to a facility would come later, they said. Company officials, though, said the facility would need millions of dollars in funding aid from the state and both counties to improve roads in the area and extend infrastructure to the rural site. Rutherford County Nancy Allen said she isn't sure if the county could fund infrastructure improvements near the racetrack because a formal presentation has yet to be presented to her or other county officials. "At this point I've had no official request from Dover Downs with regards. to any of their infrastructure needs," Allen said.

"Once they present their business proposal addressing the financing plan, we'll know better how to begin our discussions with Wilson County as to how the project will proceed." Creating a sports authority with members from each county to oversee infrastructure improvements Top-flight--(Continued from page 1) Airport in August 1997. "I was completely unaware and very surprised when the award was presented in September. I am very honored to have this at the closure of my aviation career." Fitzhugh had an eventful military aviation career dating back to World War II when he flew wartime missions in the Pacific theater over the "Hump," the Himalaya Mountains. He later caught enemy ground fire while on missions during the Korean and Vietnam wars before Restaurant Place for Business Lunch Meal for Your Money Place To Take A Date 46865 See Why We Are In Rutherford County Demos N.W. 895-3701 Broad St.

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McDaniel said Mitchell was warned two previous times to send her 12-year-old son to Bellwood School. School records showed the boy missed 24 days of school for unexcused absences and four days for excused absences, the detective said. He was late two days. McDaniel and Officer Jim Boske went to the home Monday where they talked with Mitchell and her husband. The parents blamed his absences on his father suffering a heart attack and no bus service since he lives close to the school.

Boske saw another 15-year-old Write-in--- (Continued from page 1) and make sure we control it. And I think E.T. is going to fit in well with our council." Fleming agreed with Webb's assessment of La Verge's future. "I'd like to see things keep going the they are," said Fleming, who his second term as alderway, man Tuesday night. "We need to keep some common sense about us so we can progress at a good pace on into the 21st century." Although Webb was the only person to qualify for the mayor's race, several other candidates received write-in votes for the post, election officials noted.

Mike Bingham, Della Jones and Frank Thomas were the only registered challengers for the alderman seats occupied by Fleming and Moore, election officials noted. Bingham received 196 votes, Jones received 87 votes and Thomas received 67 votes, according to unofficial election results. Tom Brewer, however, also received five write-in votes for alderman, election officials said. Aldermen Mark Dodd and Sherry Green did not have to run for reelection during this voting cycle, officials noted. This summer's special census listed La Vergne's population at 16,001.

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Getting the children back in school is part of the department's truancy program. "If it takes arresting parents to do it, that's what we'll do," McDaniel said. Under the truancy program, Detective Maj. Mickey McCullough said the Murfreesboro schools' principals, assistant principals and attendance teachers notify him about students who experience five or more unexcused absences. Officers give parents two warnings to get their children in school.

If the child fails to attend school, precinct detectives McDaniel or Joel Davis will obtain juvenile petitions charging the parents if they feel it's appropriate, McCullough said. If the child is unruly by refusing to attend school, the detectives might charge the child with truancy, he said. Police have experienced a good response to the truancy program from city school director Marilyn Mathis and the city school principals, he said. of longtime principal Butch Vaughn said of Tenpenny. "He basically started the mini-school concept in the state of Tennessee in the early '70s.

It made a big impact the success of Central Middle School is due to his foresight and creative ideas." Vaughn, who served under Tenpenny as an assistant principal for nearly 10 years, said Tenpenny was a mentor for him. "He meant a lot to me," Vaughn said. "He really loved Central Mid- and how revenues generated by the racetrack would be divided has been suggested with the preferred plan. In fact, Dover Downs officials said they are almost ready to introduce a financing package that would help repay any debt the two counties would incur regarding the infrastructure improvements. Dover Downs officials last week told a group of residents who opposed the project that the economic impact of the facility would be even greater than the estimated $208 million if the facility acquired a coveted Winston Cup race.

Last week's meeting was held at Rutherford County's Walter Hill School near the Mona community where a large portion of the racetrack would be located. Residents opposed to the racetrack said noise and traffic generated from the facility would likely decrease their property values. The concerned residents, calling themselves "CRASH" or County Residents Against Speedway Havoc also said local money requested to help with infrastructure improvements could be better used to build more schools. Dover Downs officials said a new interchange between the two county lines at state Route 840 is needed, as well as connector roads from 840 to Lebanon Highway and from 840 to both Couchville and Jefferson pikes. The road improvements, Dover Downs representatives said, are needed to get people out of the stepping into a civilian Tennessee aviation career.

He helped close old Smyrna Sewart Air Base as acting base commander with the rank of colonel. With the historic base's closing, Fitzhugh went on board with the Airport Authority that named him director of airport operations at the newly-designated civilian aviation Smyrna Airport in 1970. He maintained his association with Smyrna Airport and the Before you buy Auto Home Life Business Mike Gentry INBURANCE Your partner in protection Beach Gentry Insurance, LLC 895-2820 principal dle School and he dedicated a lot of his life to Central Middle School." Tenpenny, who passed away in March at the age of 66, was a principal at Central Middle School from 1972, when the school was converted from a high school to a middle school, until he retired in 1992. Tenpenny devoted 36 years of his life to education in Rutherford and Cannon Counties, officials said. motorsports complex in a threehour period.

Brooke said the road improvements will be needed regardless of whether the facility straddles the Rutherford-Wilson County line or is located entirely in Wilson County. Dover Downs also owns Nashville Speedway USA and plans to move that track's events to the new facility, officials noted. Not all the residents who attended last week's meeting opposed the racetrack proposal, though. They said it would be a good way to generate revenues to build schools or fund other needed infrastructure projects. "I think it's a good program, and Dover Downs is a class act," Rutherford County resident Bill Jones, who lives only a few miles from the racetrack's preferred site, said at last week's meeting.

"We used county tax dollars and incentives for Nissan and Firestone, didn't we?" Wilson County officials said the land requested for rezoning is currently zoned for light industrial and agricultural purposes. The Dover Downs rezoning request proposes the land be zoned as a planned commercial development. The request will be presented before the Wilson County Planning Commission at 11 a.m. on Oct. 23 at the Courthouse in Lebanon.

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