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poor Goin' Cup crazy Local fans carry SFC.il CI different allegiances into 2006 World Cup a ft" 7I kr i'g i A 9 Italic 2J Bah JUNE 13, 20061 TUESDAY 159th YEAR I NUMBER 10 WWW.DNJ.COM Serving Middle Tennessee Since 1848 Jo subscribe call 893-5860 6 Judicial candidate Bennett points to legal action against Brandon Judge candidate legal issues, A3 Several lawsuits were filed against Brandon as an attorney and over Blackhawk Farms, according to records reviewed by The Daily News Journal found in Rutherford and Cannon and Davidson counties. Most of the lawsuits reviewed were from the es, said Republican judge nominee Randall Bennett. Also, Brandon's corporation, Blackhawk Farms in Cannon County, filed bankruptcy and failed to pay property taxes on time. "I believe this job requires integrity and I question his integrity," Bennett said. Tm simply raising the question whether or not Mr.

Brandon has the integrity for this job." ers about his integrity, an opponent contends. Brandon, the Democratic nominee for the new General Sessions Court judgeship, has a history of clients filing suit accusing him of failing to take action in their cas iir i 1: Historic Jenldns home demolished Grass-roots group unable to save house on edge of Gateway Center development TODAY WEATHER Hi: 84 Low. 61 4 Mostly sunny. C6 BULLETIN Public hearing tonight on budget The Rutherford County Commission's Budget Committee will hold a public healing tonight at 7 to allow residents to speak about its $335 million budget plan for fiscal 2007. The proposal would set the property tax at $2.70, some 35 cents higher than the new certified rate following this year's reappraisal.

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT Adult bookstore to be def ined A zoning ordinance amendment proposed to add clarity to the definition of an adult bookstore is scheduled to come before the Murfreesboro Planning Commission Wednesday. City attorneys have asked the commission to consider revising the city of Murfreesboro's ordinance regulating sexually-oriented adult businesses due to recent decisions by the Tennessee Supreme Court and the Tennessee Court of Appeals. 63 COSITYALEUM Around thsTown A collection of images highlighting people from Rutherford County. CS IIIDEX By LISA MARCHESONI marchesomdnjom Lawsuits challenging the conduct of attorney and judicial candidate Larry Brandon should raise questions for vot The Jenkins House stood at was torn down Monday. Historic house torn down The historic Hiram Jenkins House was demolished overtop weekend.

By ERIN EDGEMOM edgemondnjom Civil War-era enthusiasts and others fighting to preserve a historic house on Gresham Lane were saddened to learn the 153-year-old structure was demolished Saturday. "It is truly a loss for the city of Murfreesboro and for the state said Kay Morrow, of Spike Lane, who started a grass-roots effort to save the Hiram Jenkins House in February. 'There is no other way to describe it." The value of the 11.5 acres, where the house stood at 1556 Gresham Lane, is likely to increase considerably with the home's demolition and removal of some 30 trees later this week, said Larry Sims, of Sims Realtors, Auctioneers. Sims' real estate company has the property, zoned commer- 1 BENNETT BRANDON last 12 years. Brandon admitted that he's had complaints and lawsuits filed against him but attributes it to being an attorney for 26 years.

In that time, he said he's never had a judgment taken against him, See INTEGRITY, page A3 a. DNJ photo by Karen Kraft said, the nonprofit preservation organization has lost only three properties it placed on its Top 10 list. Apparently, property owners Roy Yeager and Char Fontane had the house demolished. A permit to demolish the home was issued by the city of Murfreesboro See DEMOLISHED, page A3 1 1 1 1 1 1 i- 1 1 i 1 DNJ file photo by Karen Kraft 1556 Gresham Lane before it Workers tear down the historic to save the home. cial fringe, listed for $2.9 million, but he said Monday he wasn't aware the house was to be razed.

The white two-story house was on the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural significance. The Tennessee Preservation Trust listed the house May 31 on its annual Find By ERIN EDGEMSN edgemondnjom Lane Monday, despite the attempts by some local residents Jenkins House on Gresham "Ten in Tennessee Endangered List" based on the threat of commercial development. "We were obviously shocked," said Patrick Mclntyre, executive director of the Tennessee Preservation Trust, of the demolition. "This is an attack on Tennessee's heritage. "Murfreesboro 's historic landscape has been diminished very severely by the loss of this landmark," he said.

Mclntyre said it was a loss that could have been avoided. His office received numerous calls from developers interested in purchasing the Hiram Jenkins House since it was listed on the endangered list. In five years, he I 1 111 1 jh a way around Bonnaroo backups Bonnaroo worker dies, A3 l'J 'VfwURFREESBOnO As thousands of music fans make their pilgrimage to Manchester for the fifth annual Bonnaroo Music Arts Festival, Rutherford County residents are advised to avoid trav Business B3 Classified Section Comics. D4 Lifestyles .01,3 Obituaries B6 Opinion Lighter Side Section TV ................05 Weather. C6 eling Interstate 24 during peak times.

To dodge most traffic, the Tennessee Department of Transportation motorists to avoid 1-24 Wednes-day evening through Thursday afternoon and Sunday night through Monday afternoon. Gates into the Bonnaroo Festival area, roughly 35 miles southeast of FYI For updates on Bonnaroo- related traffic over i the weekend, vlsft www.tennessee. govAdot or call 1-800-858-6349. f-j mm KunrMtDon naxoMOQi: iaxe in-tnu west id 1-65. Take 1-65 south to exit 14, US-64 east to US-41A.

II -I 1 to USt A southeast to h24(mm-134). r-" RurfrHsbon to CtetlanooQKTake US-70S to McMirf ji' nvnie: Go east to SR-3Q, east to SR-111, south to US-P 27 and south to 1-24 (mm-178) In Chattanooga, Murfreesboro, open at 7 a jn. Thursday. Hie festival concludes in the wee hours of Monday morning. "Traffic is always the heaviest the Thursday before the festival" said Jennifer Osborne, regional community rela-ticni officer for TDOT in Chattanooga.

"What we do is keep the festival traffic in the right lane and the shoulder! i'SiOur prime efforts as usual will be keeping Interstate DNJ file photo The feet of Sarah Cote hang out of the window of the car at Highway 41 In Manchester as traffic stands still on the way to Bonnaroo In 2005. Cote, from Cape Cod, had been on the road for 25 hours after a flat tire In Virginia delayed her trip. II i 91868 37 106' IT.