The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 1

Fun, entertaining film Knight passes lead OHS over Lebanon Congress, White House agree on. $500B package j.j,- fj 40. i i i V7 TENN. 16, 1998 BOW 7 from Middle Point Sanitary Landfill, which is owned by BFL Heritage Farms Dairy and BFI have both denied being responsible orthe fish kill. "At this point in time, we don't think we bear any responsibility for the problems at the wastewater treatment plant," said Bob Allard, general manager at Heritage Farms Dairy, located on New Salem Highway.

BFI spokesman Tom Moreland also said his company's discharges '-r i 7 151st Year-No. 129 ft du By Keith Talley Sfaff wrrfer Murfreesboro officials blame a fish kill in the West Fork Stones River on a local dairy products company and a garbage disposal company, saying the two companies overloaded the city's wastewater treatment plant. City officials discovered the dead fish near the Sinking Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant on Blanton Drive after a Shacklett Road resident notified them of the situation on Sept. 28. Tennessee Wildlife Noise seen as problem Wilson residents complain at meet By Chad Gilus Staff writer LEBANON Support for a multi-million dollar motor sport facility was drowned out by residents' complaints about noise and environmental concerns as Dover Downs Entertainment sponsored an informational meeting Thursday night.

"How loud is this thing going to be?" asked John Hurt who lives less than a mile from the proposed speedway site. "How many decibels are going to be heard one mile away from the track?" Barry Brooke of Lawler-Wood LLC, the Knoxville firm developing the speedway for Dover Downs, said it depended on which way the wind was blowing. Attorneys representing Dover Downs opened the meeting at Wilson County's Gladeville Elementary School by explaining when the project began and why the Dover, Del, company chose Middle Tennessee. Patsy Cottrell of Wyatt, Terrant and Combs in Nashville said the Wilson CountyRutherford County sites were chosen because the Nashville viewing area is No. 1 or No.

2 in the country for viewing motor sports. She also said Middle Tennessee was chosen for its tradi-M tion and fan support. But when the floor was opened for questions, fan support was generally masked by angry comments and resident frustration. Hurt said Wilson County and the state should not have to pay for the (See Noise, page 2A) i DuL 3 Resources officials estimated 24,000 fish were killed in a two-mile stretch of the river. "We've investigated the incident and reviewed all the industries that are permitted (to discharge into the city's wastewater stream)," said Joe Kirchner, director of the Murfreesboro Water and Sewer Department "From the data we feel Heritage Farms Dairy contributed to the upset at the Sinking Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant with a discharge of an extraordinary quantity i To race or not to race An artist's rendition, above, of the proposed Nashville Super-speedway shows what the $124.5 million race track may look like, according to a firm hired by developer Dover Downs to design the facility.

Right, Barry Brooke comments on a map showing the proposed multi-million dollar speedway from an aerial view as Patsy Cottrell looks on. Wilson County residents packed the Gladeville Elementary School gymnasium for an informational meeting. DNJ photo by Chad Gillls V. SI 0 SOci State officials said partially treated sewage dumped into the river from the city's wastewater treatment plant not only caused the fish "EIITbut couldliave also spread disease to people who came into contact with the water. Prior to the fish kill discovery, city officials had to divert about 1.5 million to 2 million gallons of the wastewater stream around a treatment process for several days.

The plant treats about eight million gal-(See Landfill, page 2A) Board waits on changes Blackman cost unknown: Watson By Lori Gray Staff writer a Fearing possible consequences such as fewer classrooms, Rutherford County School Board unanimously voted down a proposal involving $2.1 million worth of features planned for a new county high school. "I would recommend we defer action on all these items until (the Public Building Authority) determines the total cost of the building," Superintendent Hulon Watson told the school board Thursday. "I don't think you should start deleting things wjthout knowing the total cost." The building authority is overseeing construction of a new high school in the Blackman community. According to an agreement between the two school board is responsible for the facility. A proposed $972,390 in cosf reduction items for a new Black-man High School included deleting three art rooms, using painted concrete in place of ceramic floor times in locker rooms, deleting interior brick veneer walls in entry-ways, deleting entrance lobby skylights and using a stucco material for walls above the roof line rather than brick.

"I don't advocate making any of these changes," school architect Charles Johnson with Johnson and Bailey Architects, PC, had told the board at a work Session Tuesday. 'These are things we were told to do." (See Board, page 2A) Goalie Dunham major stepper In only two games fcs the Nashville Predators' No. 1 goalkeeper Mike Dunham already has gone above and beyond the call of duty. INDEX Classified Comics Opinion Sports 7D ...3 1 Friday, Oct. of solids with poor settling characteristics.

"Because bf that upset, the overall treatment the plant was reduced to the poinrof lowing af discharge with high ammonia and organic content That, compounded with the stream's low flow and high temperatures, resulted in the fish kill," he said. The ammonia content was from leachate liquid that has oozed from garbage pumped to the city's wastewater treatment plant i i' DNJ photo by Jim Davis to Northfield School students as fund raiser. 1 3 --v --i ft I i 1 into the city's wastewater stream are within regulations. "We are not aware that any of the leachate we pump to the city would aveoritributed toffieproblem at all," Moreland said. "We have not pumped leachate to the city in three weeks." State officials issued a warning advising people to avoid contact with the river near Blanton Drive to J.

Percy Priest Lake on Sept. 30. The advisory was lifted, however, on Wednesday. idents who filed a lawsuit in Rutherford County Chancery Court in August to stop the project She and others also said a retention pond planned to handle any water drainage from the library would be dangerous to children visiting the library or the park. "If a child drowns there, who's going to pay?" Smyrna resident Keith Coleman asked city officials at the Thursday morning meeting attended by about 100 people, half of whom were against the library being built in the park and half of whom favored the library in the park, Allison Coats, the wife of Smyrna City Judge Chris Coats, agreed with Coleman's concern about the retention pond.

'This pond is an accident waiting to happen "Allison Coats said, also (See Danger, page 2A) Danger warnings fail to sway board; library approved By Keith Talley Staff writer SMYRNA The city's Board of Zoning Appeals has again approved a plan to build a $3.6 million public library at Old Rock School Park despite protests the structure would ruin the park's beauty and be a danger to children. Board members, in a 3-2 vote, approved city officials' request Thursday morning that a new library be built in the seven-acre park on Enon Springs Road West, which is surrounded by a residential neighborhood. Board members Tim McLaughlin, Curtis Patton and Buster Gentry approved the request while. Marc Adkins and Bob Ferrell voted against it. "Once you put up concrete and brick, you can't change that," said Holly Swanager, one of several res- Turkey Trot time Parent Darlene Thomas offers high-fives and encouragements they complete another lap during the school's annual Turkey Trot.