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Monday. Sam master Tiger wins at Augusta for fourth straight major See Spurts, Page 1C Airport scare Explosion rocks Schiphol International in Amsterdam See Story, Page 4B April 9, 2001 Murfkeessgro, Tekji. Good Horning! mm 153rd Year 303 VAwv.dnJ.com This Newspaper Is Printed On Recycled Paper 'Serving Middle Tennessee Since 1848' 'If they have a high degree of energy, they're disorganized and bet they have Attention Deficit Cynthia I you have a pretty good all scribed the medicine Adderall, a similar drug the better known Ritalin. Both help children Behind Headlines Workers feel used to finish job quickly By Bryan Brooks Staff writer Smyrna electrician Mike Haley says that he and 47 others who were hired by a Nashville subcontractor to do electric work at the Nashville Superspeedway were not paid for their labor. The subcontractor, Trade Force owes the electricians for two weeks of work, said Haley, who maintains he is owed approximately $1,800 for 100 hours of work he did installing lights in the light towers that loom more than a hundred feet above the track.

"Trade Force held back our first of pay and was supposed to pay us on Thursday of the second week, but that didn't happeji," Haley said. Ritalin, other drugs A some children overcome problems oaz education tasks their emotions are Jones, Cason Lane teacher emotions are all over the place, you have a pretty good bet they have Attention Deficit Disorder." Looking for help When parents seek treatment for these conditions, pediatricians should insist that many tests and observations take place first, according to Dr. Robert Humphrey, who specializes in ADD and ADHD cases at Murfreesboro Medical Clinic. When children are unfocused at school, district staff will test them to measure intelligence and determine any learning disabilities, and doctors need the results before (See Medicated, page 5A) doleezza Rice, said an extended standoff threatened to" make it harder to repair relations between the two countries. "I don't want to put a timetable on it, every day that goes by without having it resolved raises the risks to the long-term relationship," Cheney said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Administration officials were careful to avoid (See U.S., page 5A) The 50C After a few days, during which continued to work, Vs general electrical Nashville-based Sdtnwn Electrical Services, hired the 48 electricians left behind by Trade Force.

Haley said Southern Electrical paid him and the others for work they did as SES employees. Haley said the workers were "jerked around," though, when it came to the fate of Trade Force. "We were told it had been sold, that it had been seized by the IRS, that it was bankrupt, that it had taken off with the money basically anything to keep us there on the job until it was completed. "They even told us they were going to pay us with a check they stopped payment on that was supposed to go to Trad? Force, but they finally told us we weren't going to get paid (for the work we did under Trade Force) at all." Haley said the workers, some of whom are from Rutherford (See Speedway, page 2A) Sixty-three plants were at full maturity while 164 plants were in various stages of growth, he said. Plants cultivated indoors usually Pope produce a higher quality of marijuana.

This marijuana commands a price of $150 to $350 an ounce," Bennett said. "If each plant pro-1 duced one-half pound of marijua-, na, you're looking at a street value of easily $230,000. With proper cultivation, a mature plant could produce up to one pound of high-grade marijuana." Detectives found marijuana in some stage or form in every room of his modest house, the lieutenant said. "This was certainly not his first batch of marijuana," Bennett said, (See Suspect, page 5A) Tom Molby, left, makes a point with Middle Tennessee Storytellers' Guild members Jette Halladay, Sarah Malone, and Zane Carrlng-ton at the guild gathering Sunday at Cannonsburgh Pioneer Village. DNJ photo by Jae S.

Lee ij Suspect says pot used for medicine all over the place, Cason Lane Academy teacher Cynthia Jones works with Matthew Meyer, 9, a student who takes medication to enable him to cope with Attention Deficit Disorder so he can focus on his school work. DNJ photo by J. Intintoli By Scon Broden Gason Lane Academy third-grader Matthew Meyer started the year without medication, and he was behind his peers in reading. "He couldn't keep his mind on what he was doing," said his mother, Mica Meyer. "When he was reading, he didn't want to stay on it When he'd see a word, he'd guess what it was instead of taking the time to sound it out" Mrs.

Meyer sought the help of a doctor and learned about Matthew's Attention Deficit Dis order (ADD). The doctor pre U.S.-China WASHINGTON (AP) As the standoff over the detained crew of a downed American spy plane entered its second week, top Bush administration officials said Sunday a quick resolution is crucial to avoid further straining U.S.-China relations. Continued delay in sending the 24 Americans home could have repercussions on Capitol Hill, said members of Congress, citing a Putting a Storytellers create resonance at Cannonsburgh By Susan Bowmeh Staffwriter The Middle Tennessee Storytellers' Guild gets together on the second Sunday each month at about 4 p.m. at Cannonsburgh Pioneer Village to practice their craft on one another and anyone else who happens by. This month the storytellers spent time talking about their art as well MedHte to to an as prob- lem, Jones said.

They're suffering," said Jones, a Murfrees- boro City Schools Teacher of the Year winner for 2000-2001. 'They suffer emotionally. They suffer academically. ADD kids and ADHD kids work three times as hard as a normal child, and produce half as much." In addition to not focusing on school work, children with ADD and ADHD often blurt things out loud and disrupt classrooms. "Just dealing with their peers is troublesome," Jones added.

"If they have a high degree of energy, they're disorganized and their with faulty neurotransmitters in the frontal part of their brains. Since treatment began, Matthew has developed a love for books, his mother said. His reading level has progressed beyond his grade level, according to his teacher Cynthia Jones. Students with ADD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) need medication to help them focus, yet many parents are reluctant to acknowledge the relations possible trade fight later this year and an upcoming decision on U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan.

The administration refused again to apologize for the collision between a Chinese fighter jet and the U.S. plane, which was forced make an emergency landing on island in southern China. The Chinese jet and its pilot are missing. Over the weekend, the Chinese military took a tough stance move toward crisis By Lisa Marchesoni Staff writer An unemployed artist told detectives he cultivated 227 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $230,000 for "medicinal purposes," a sheriff's narcotics supervisor said. James Darrell Pope, 35, of 5360 N.

Lamar Road, was charged with manufacturing marijuana, felony possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, said Detective Lt. Ben Bennett of the Special Enforcement Bureau. "He said it was for medicinal purposes," Bennett said. "If it was for medicinal purposes, he must need a lot of medicine." Pope was charged after a two-month investigation by Detective Tom Bunch. Detectives obtained enough probable cause to search Pope's home where they found the grow operation.

4It takes knowledge and expertise to set up and produce a bountiful Bennett said. V4 0 77 tale in the story on who was to blame. Secretary of State Colin Powell said the United States was "sorry" about the pilot's fate as he used a word the administration has generally avoided. But he, emphasized the United States should not and will not apologize for the collision of the planes. Both Powell, Vice President Dick Cheney and the president's national security adviser, Con- fiction." Malone obtained many of her favorite stories from her grandmother, who lived to be 104.

"When I was about 4 or 5, my grandmother told me a lot of stories," Malone said. "I was like a sponge, soaking up everything she said. They were family stories and community stories. Years later, I started checking the public records, and everything was exactly as I had remembered it." Malone said she uses storytelling as a vehicle in her classes at Bellwood and MTSU, and for spe-(See Putting, page 2A) showing it Jette Halladay, who was one of the group's founders, teaches storytelling at MTSU. "About four or five years ago, my students wanted an advanced storytelling class and there wasn't room for one in the schedule, so I told the students to start a group," Halladay said.

"We use it as a workshop and community out-Tr reach so that when somebody needs a storyteller, we can send one." v. "It's a healthy outlet for telling personal tales, remake tales and humor," said Sarah Malonfe. "Some are real and some are total Opinion TV 3B 1C-6 3D INDEX Classified Section Comics 2D Dill of thiDiy.M. Lifestyles 1D.4 Ths Weather Partly sunny, breezy and warm. High 88.

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