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1L B4 Thursday, June 29, 2006 1 THE DAILY NEWS JOURNAL www.dnj.com JL 7 FROM PAGE B1 Tennessee celebrates 50th anniversary of interstates broadcast ball games," Hood said. "It took all day to drive up there for the game and then all day Sunday to get home." The interstate system changed all County to Beechgrove wasn't opened until 1971. A group of local leaders thought the route chosen was bad for business and fought to have it changed, said former Murfreesboro Mayor Joe B. Jackson. "One proposal was to bring the interstate right down Broad Street," he said.

"They meant well, but they didn't think about the problems which would have come later on. We needed that interstate and it has served us well." -John Callow, 278-5151 portation after World War II and prepare for military emergencies. Tennesseans will mark the 50th anniversary of the nation's interstate highway system today with a drive down Interstate 65, one of the oldest sections of interstate highway in the state. Hood is scheduled to participate in the caravan by riding in a modern tow truck carrying a 1956 Buick owned by Charles Bugg of Murfreesboro. "That car originally belonged to the father of one of my high school classmates Hood said.

ways. Tennessee has a special tie to the interstate system because Sen. Albert Gore Sr. worked closely with President wight D. Eisenhower to get approval for the Federal-Aid Highway Act.

Eisenhower signed the act into law on June 29, 1956. What followed was the most massive construction project in history, the interstate network. Rutherford County was a relative late-comer to the interstate system. The section of Interstate 24 from Bell Road in Davidson tit Town Council to consider budget with 86-cent hike By JOHN CALLOW ccdlowdnjom Motorists sitting through construction-related delays on Interstate 24 in Murfreesboro need to remember when there were no interstate highways, It could take days to drive across Tennessee in those days, recalled state Rep. John Hood, D-Murfreesboro.

"I remember when I worked for WGNS radio and we'd go up to Carson-Newman, East Tennessee State and other places to CITY Continued from page B1 ancient Egypt through dance and music. "We're going to try to reach each child" the new principal said. "There's a way to reach each child." Payne said she wants innovative teachers. "That means the teachers know their class and have the freedom to teach their style she said. "There's a lot of teaching styles, and I think our teachers need that freedom to explore that." The community also needs to be involved at Bradley, the new principal added.

Payne, for example, said she wants to strengthen partnerships with MTSU, which offers educators; Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, which offers hands-on exploratory activities for children; and Patterson Park Community Center, which offers a pool, gyms, tennis courts and an auditorium next door to Bradley. 1 "Another goal is to make sure HISPANICS Continued from page B1 "Word of mouth is the best New Murfreesboro City Schools principals: Bradley Academy, an Arts Integrated School Principal: Regina Payne "I want to bring excitement back into education," Payne said. 1 am a mover and a shaker. Another goal is to have a lot of parent involvement. Bradley will be a place where you feel free to go and talk to the teachers.

I have trust in our faculty. It's going to be a joint effort in all of our parts. The teachers will make the school. A leader can only be as good as her teachers are." Education: Graduated from Franklin County High School in Winchester, 1967; associate of arts degree in social studies from Martin Methodist College in Pulaski; bachelor's degree in sociology in 1 971 from MTSU; master's degree in curriculum and instruction in 1985 from Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville; education specialist's degree in administration and supervision in 1993 from MTSU. Experience: Oversaw guidance center for Johnson Air Force Base Department of Defense School in Tokyo, Japan, and served as a substitute teacher, November 1971 to June 1973; kindergarten teacher at Pulaski Elementary School October 1973 to May 1990; full-time or part-time assistant principal at Bradley Elementary from 1990 to end of past year; part-time assistant principal at Hobgood Elementary School from July 2005 to until end of past year; part-time Bellwood Elementary School teacher in Murfreesboro from August 1990 through end of 1997 school year.

Bellwood Discovery School Principal: Nadlne Harris Education: Attended University of Wisconsin in Madison, 1972-1975; earned bachelor's degree in child development in 1980 from University of Maine; added master's degree in education in 1990 from University of Maine. Experience: teacher for grades K-4 and 8 while primarily focusing on kindergarten and second grade while serving as a faculty member at Lamoine Consolidated School in Maine from 1984-1998; principal at Deer Isle (Maine) Elementary School for grades K-2 from 1 998-2001 principal at Tremont Consolidated School for grades K-8 from principal at Fruit Street Elementary School for grades K-3 in Bangor, Maine, from 2003-2005; interim principal at Ella Lewis School for grades K-8 in Steuben, Maine, while regular principal cared for husband with inoperable cancer from October 2005 to December 2005. SMYRNA built in conjunction with Rutherford County. The meeting will be followed by the Town Council's 7 p.m. work session to prepare for the July 11 regular meeting.

Agenda items include: Further discussion on the town's impact fee schedule. Council members voted June 13 to increase impact fees on single-family homes to $569.40 for parks and 1 ,80 1 for roads. The amounts represent 60 percent of the maximum the town can charge $949 for parks and $3,003 for roads under its 2004 ordinance. Smyrna now charges $1,105 for roads and $469 for parks. Acquiring two parcels along Enon Springs Road West.

Those entire parcels are needed to widen the road to three lanes and add sidewalks. A total of 68 properties will be affected by the project, which is scheduled to begin by mid-August and estimated to take 10 months to complete. A resolution requesting the instate Department of Transportation (TDOT) commit to funding the interchange at Interstate 24 and Rocky Fork Road. Should TDOT agree to the project, the town will be required to extend the roadway to the proposed interchange. The resolution will also include a provision for Smyrna to pay for a study justifying the need of the interchange.

City officials hope the resolution will encourage TDOT officials to move the project up its priority list. Both meetings will take place at Smyrna Town Hall, 315 S. Lowry Street, and will be cablecast on Smyrna Channel 3. MealandRagland-Hudgms, 459-3868 lower rates i communication to let Hispanics know about a new program," she said. Debbie Simpson, coordinator with the Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance at MTSU, said her group helps train child-care providers and hopes to ex A special sign will be unveiled at the state line to mark the first section of interstate constructed in Tennessee.

"This will be a historic event and I have a dual interest, from being in the Legislature and from being on the AAA Auto Club South board," Hood said. "It's important to take time and reflect on what the interstates mean to all of us, particularly in Tennessee. We have one of the best highway systems in the country and it's debt-free because we've always been pay as you go on high Besides personnel, the board eliminated a $45,000 upgrade for thp nhnn vtpm nf Pitv Hall Alderman Dennis Waldron saiuy this year's budget process was tough and he hated to see anything withheld from the departments. "I've kept up with each department over the last five or six years and it's been tight. One department head told me they'd done without for so long, they'd gotten used to it," he said.

1 don't guess you could ever have enough." The meeting to approve the budget will be followed immediately by a work session to discuss agenda items for the board's 7 p.m. July 6 meeting. MeaUmd Ragland-Hudgins, 459-3868 -r yrfi rrrx rr i k'iWim iiiiiifi True balance Sleep Systems. Quilted- Plllowtops- Memory Foam-, Custom sizes available for antique beds and Motor Homes ilatatsetfor TT 41' BUDGET Continued from page B1 quested by Police Chief Steve Lindsay. He was awarded one new patrol officer in addition to three vacant patrol positions that have not been filled this budget year.

Because she sees them on patrol regularly, resident Monique Smith doesn't think the department needs any new officers. "I see three or four of them on Waldron Road when I go to work in the morning," she said, "and there are "plenty of them on Murfreesboro Road during the day." HOOD that, providing four-lane highways between America's largest cities as part of a Department of Defense project to improve trans- Bradley becomes a place that you enter and you know that learning is going on and a place where we want our children to be," said Payne, a 33-year educator who has served as assistant principal since 1990. Stronger communication between teachers and parents will be another key to help the school have "less problems all the way around," she said. A phone message was left for the new Bellwood principal at her home number in Maine, but she was not available for comment. Director Mathis states in a press release that "Harris has proven leadership skills." "A solid foundation has been laid for Murfreesboro City Schools' first school for high-achieving children, and Mrs.

Na-dine Harris build on that foundation through strong, positive relationships with students, staff, parents and administrators in a manner that will build mutual respect," Mathis said. "She also knows the needs of the very young child and will be an asset in promoting preschool education at Bellwood." Scott Broden, 278-5158 pand the service to the Hispanic community. "As a novice, learning how to communicate is somewhat difficult," she said after the program concluded. "But overall, we are the same." Members of the group and the speakers also shared information on helping meet the needs of Hispanics, including the tough issues of visas and immigration. -Doug Davis, 278-5152 PVR Pause and Rewind Live TV.

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Before the reappraisals were handed down from the county property assessor's office, Smyrna's rate was 69 cents per $100 assessed value. The average home in Smyrna has been appraised at $165,000. Based on that number, the 23-cent increase equals about $96 a year, for a total of $360. Consideration of a resolution approving funding for nonprofit organizations. Just how much each agency gets is based on a policy the council adopted in March.

Approximately 12 percent, or $578,983, of the town's estimated property tax collections go to nonprofit spending. Seven percent of that amount ($329,653) goes to intergovernmental entities, such as the Tennessee Rehabilitation Center. The remaining 5 percent goes to community development programs run by the Chamber of Commerce and groups such as the Boys Girls Club and Exchange Gub Child Abuse Prevention Center. Any contribution the town makes to an organization can be no more than 20 percent of the organization's operating and capital expenses. Smyrna Library is the exception to that rule because it was VA plans to KNOXVULE (AP) The Tennessee Valley Authority, under new management by an expanded board of directors, outlined plans Wednesday to cut electric rates for the first time since 1988 while questioning the benefits of paying down a $25.5 billion debt accrued over decades.

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