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Friday, Sept 8, 2000, Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro, Tenn. A 1B nn IM fidi off SI Sing (taMto OMan took officer's weapon, possessed cocaine in vehicle Hammerhead Ball caps ain't what they were back in the day Hammerhead is just about into full football' season mode. He's had his first bowl of chili and he's purchased new ball caps for all of his teams. Being a tightwad has its problems for the H-man. drug interdiction unit on the interstate.

A videotape from Tillman's patrol car captured the audio but not the video from the struggle in which Tillman is heard pleading for Cammon to spare his life. Defense attorney John Mitchell said he expects the conviction will be appealed. "I'm glad nobody was seriously injured in this incident," Mitchell said. Cammon didn't testify or offer any of his own witnesses to testify in his behalf. During closing arguments, Assistant District Attorney Tom Jackson focused on Cammon's drug trafficking.

"He's your interstate drug trafficker sitting right here today," Jackson told jurors. No matter what the cost, Cammon took on a sheriff's deputy, the attorney noted. "He's the architect of his fate, Jackson said. Mitchell told jurors Cammon I took Tillman's weapon but didn't use it on the deputy. "Aggravated assault just didn't happen," Mitchell said.

Mitchell maintained Tillman stopped Cammon and his cousin, Antonio McCray, because they were black men driving a car with a temporary tag. "This was a profile stop certain folks you stop," Mitchell said. Mitchell said McCray possessed the cocaine, not Cammon, and pointed out McCray's testimony showed he was familiar with the illegal drug's packaging. Prosecutors made a deal with McCray to testify against Cammon, giving McCray his freedom after he served one year in jail, the defense attorney said. John Price, assistant district attorney, said the traffic stop didn't have anything to do with the case.

Cammon committed robbery (See Man, page 48) sheriff's Deputy Scott Tillman Feb. 17, 1998 on Interstate 24 between the two Murfreesboro exits. Testimony showed he had more than 500 grams of cocaine valued at $20,000 in his possession when Tillman stopped him. Tillman testified he stopped Cammon for not turning on his headlights during misty weather. When he was pulled over, Cammon struggled with the deputy who is assigned to a By Lsa Marchesow Staff writer Jurors convicted a defendant Thursday of robbing and assaulting a sheriff's deputy, possessing cocaine and using a firearm after wrestling the officer's weapon away from him during a traffic stop.

Defendant Michael Hudson Cammon, 27, of Nashville, faces a minimum 20-year prison sentence after being convicted in Circuit Court of attacking It used to be simple. He had two caps a Dallas Cowboys and a UT Vols. Then Jerry Jones came along and turned "the Cow Gordon calls Mike West boys into girls Well anyway Hammerhead now has to buy for the Titans, the Predators, the Vols and the Blue Raiders. Which may not seem like for overseas defect report OFord, Old Crichlow School building is torn down Thursday at the corner of Maple and Burton streets In Murfreesboro. Murfreesboro City Schools administrative offices moved from the building because it failed to meet federal guidelines for handicapped access.

After that, city officials failed to find any nonprofit groups to buy the building. DNJ photo by Jim Davis 1 1 it -r ii ir-MMiJ rr'Ti rrffc-r--' i mri tmhwi min mi mil irn r- Firestone facing hearings By Dan Whittle Staffwriter and wire service reports WASHINGTON While Ford blamed Firestone, and Firestone hinted there may be a problem with Ford vehicles, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon called for U.S. manufacturers to report product defects occurring in other countries.

Murfreesboro Democrat Gordon is a member of the House Commerce Committee that concluded initial hearings this week about who knew what and when in the massive tire recall by Nashville-based fin D(s3 i7iGi)0w 1 ONew health department to be built on school site Crichlow building, and a two-story building was erected there which became the Cox Bridge-stoneFire-stone Inc. "To better protect the U.S. consumer, I'm calling for to report Memo building, Gordon of education" Pittard said. The board moved to its current location on South Church Street in the '90s. The city had looked into the possibility of restoring the building, but it was determined that the cost of refurbishing the building to comply with guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) would be prohibitively expensive.

After that, the city invited interested parties to use of the building for private use. "We gave anyone in the community who wanted to the opportunity to step up to the plate and offer to use the building, and it seemed like no one could make it work," Reeves said. "It has a warm spot in my heart, but I guess you could say that progress is the order of the day on this building," Reeves said. "In order to move forward with the health department, it's a building that's going to have to come down." 'There were a lot of people that tried to preserve that building," Pittard added. "But that's progress for you.

It really didn't serve the purpose for the city board of education, either. You just can't hold on to the past forever." By Byron Hensley Staffwriter The Crichlow School building, after nearly 80 years as a Murfreesboro landmark, began falling to demolition on Thursday. "It's a landmark, and has a lot of special meaning, especially to myself and to a lot of people who attended school there," said Mayor Richard Reeves, who attended Crichlow from the first through eighth grades. With the old building cleared, the city will proceed with plans to prepare the site for a new health department, Reeves said. "We had the opportunity of building a state of the art health department on that property, and I feel our health department needs to be in the downtown area," Reeves said.

"Due to the gracious-ness of the Christy-Houston Foundation, which is fiinding the project, donating the land, in order to make space available, the building has to come down." There has been a Crichlow School at or near the Maple Street location since 1891, after the state of Tennessee gave Murfreesboro the authority to levy a school tax, said Mabel Pittard, a former Crichlow School teacher and past president of the Rutherford County Historical Society. The school was originally housed in what was formerly the Murfreesboro Female Academy, which had been donated to the city, she said. In 1922, the school was permanently named Crichlow Grammar School in honor of James H. Crichlow, who for many years was president of the city board of education, following a remodeling by then-school superintendent John Mitchell. The building razed on Thursday was erected on' the site in 1927 at a cost of $44,500.

In 1939, W.F. Hunt sold a lot on comer of Olive and Church Streets which adjoined the with a large REEVES gym and six classrooms at a cost of $66,000, named in honor of E.C. Cox, and used mainly to accommodate athletics. Pittard was a teacher there when enrollment became so large that the seventh and eighth grades were moved to the old Elks Building on North Spring Street during the '40s. "By 1968, grades one through six were sent to a new elementary school, which was Mitchell-Neil-son School, and seventh and eighth remained at the old Crichlow building until 1972, when they were given to Rutherford County," Pittard said.

We went then to Central Middle School at its present location on East Main Street. After this move, Crichlow School became the headquarters for the city board such a big deal, but much to Hammerhead's regret, hats aren't like they used to be. Oh, he's not saying the quality of ball caps has gone down. In fact, it is probably better than ever. However, ball caps used to come in two prices free and $5.

Now, you do well to buy a hat on sale at $18. Oh sure, there are cheaper ones but they usually look" worse than no cap at all. Well, there is always last season's cap, but (to get confidential here) last season's cap is usually no better to men than last season's dress is to women. So Hammerhead had no choice. He might wear the same brogans for a decade, but that ball cap has got to change from year to year.

And in case, if you hadn't noticed, the cap manufacturers have learned a trick or two. For example, many of the Titans caps have AFC champion on them, which means they could be as outdated as all that UT national championship merchandise still languishing out there. Of course there are all those Titans jerseys home, away and alternative. (Hammerhaid heard a rumor that the red alternate jerseys are made for the Christmas Day game vs. the Cowgirls at the 'Del.

Things are a bit tougher for the Preds, who have not made the playoffs. However, they have not missed out with the marketing. Ever notice how the "look" of Predator merchandise changes from year to year? That is to say the Vols miss a trick on selling their stuff. You could buy a new UT item every day for a year and not touch the number of "stuff available from baby cheerleader outfits to UT commode seats. The word class does not necessarily go with the style exhibited by UT fans.

"We are talking East Tennessee nuff said," agreed Hammerhead. That leaves us with the Poor 01' Blue Raiders. Hammerhead is still searching for a cap that looks like it has gator bite marks on it. That's just to say you can't have it all. Course things could be worse, Hammerhead concedes.

"You could have always been born a Cheesehaid." "Yee-haw." Which brings to mind an interesting question about Hammerhead. "How can a man be for Joe Paternity losing all his games at Penn State this year and being fired before he can break Bear Bryant's record and still hoot and holler with glee when UCLA beats Bama?" Hmmmm, just color him Big Orange. "T-t-t-t-t-t-t-that's r-r-r-r-r-r-ight." Mib Wttt ffstMM iWttc at TW Dally timn JmtmL HamMrWaJ cai wackJ at haMHKM4Ma4 JalcaaL i Today's Daily Special: Religion any product defects or recalls occurring in other countries," said Gordon Thursday at the heated congressional hearings in Washington. "From what I've been able to gather, we need regulations requiring U.S. manufacturers to share this kind of vital information with government agencies," Gordon said at the hearing.

"After all, global information like this could benefit and protect American consumers." Gordon's remarks came after National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration officials told members of the House Commerce Committee late Wednesday night that Ford Motor Co. executives told them (See Cordon, page 48) Two killed in accidents By Lisa Marchesoni Staff writer Wearing a seat belt probably would have saved the life of a motorist killed when ejected from his car Thursday on Southridge Boulevard, a state trooper reported. Christopher A. McPherson, 29, of Holly Springs, died of injuries suffered in the one-vehicle crash 2:25 a.m. off South Church Street, reported Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper John Albertson.

McPherson was the second person killed in a traffic fatality this week. Ellen Stluka, 49, of Mason Hollow Road in Woodbury died Wednesday following a crash Tuesday near Woodbury, THP reported. McPherson was driving his 1994 Pontiac on Southridge Boulevard when his car left the 1 roadway, went down a small embankment and struck a driveway, the trooper reported. There was a strong possibility alcohol was involved in the accident, the trooper said. The car rolled over three times, ejecting McPherson out (See Two, page 48) 1 Cast members of Ipse Dixit Christian Community Theatre prepare for their final performance of the year, 'Family Outings a comedy with an Inspirational message.

DNJ photo by Byron Hensley Olpse Dixit gives comedy, inspiration By Byron Hensley Staffwriter Ipse Dixit Christian Community Theatre is observing the end of its first year of existence with "Family Outings," a comedy with an inspirational message. The name "Ipse Dixit" is Latin for "arguing by authority" said producer Kay McCoin. "It also has a second meaning, He himself has Since we are using 'He' in the capital as God, it is by His word that we are doing this drama ministry." Ipse Dixit came about when Coin and Marti Clemmons, a ministry leader and a writer got together to look for a new way to reach the unchurched. The idea of a mall drama ministry seemed to fit the bill, she said. Ipse Dixit is headquartered at atre.

It's mostly the content of the shows that makes it different." The first show of its first season was composed of short scenes written by Clemmons, Spencer said. It then did a Christmas show, which was a musical, while the final show of the last season was serious "Family Outings," a three-act play by Paul McClusker is a comedy. "It's about one family's relationship with each other and with God Spencer said. The plot involves a family in which the father has purchased a cabin for vacations, which turns out to be a dump. Cleaning tip the place forces the family to work the Shoppes at River Rock, although it is looking for a new location, said Cathy Spencer, artistic director and ministry leader for Ipse Dixit.

"All our shows arc Christ-centered and for family enter-tainment," Spencer said. "We're trying to meld to similar but different approaches in community theatre. Church drama is a little different from community the The current production, (Soe Arguing, page 48).