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v. SPORTS Bl LIVING Dl TODAY'S WEATHER rush past Museum prepares to reopen today Cloudy, shower. 1 A 74 5741N4 I Complete weather details, A3 ia, 37-20 A GANNETT gnnoce asxaasMSKsasxaS-DISIT LC0365394 12319? 01 TH STATE LICF.ftEf lAI re NEWSPAPERS 372 A 403 7TH AUE VC 1 $1.50 i mm I if ii ir 'A UTVols Georg Music City big draw for Montgomery commuters good ores SUNDAY 10, 1999 mmp pi i ui mi i i i Nashville employers go after Clarksville workers 3,000 employees drive daily to Davidson County for jobs By TRACY BARBOUR The Leaf-Chronicle Struggling to fill jobs sprouting from a robust economy, Nashville employers are fervently courting Clarksville workers, according to Austin Peay State University. Low unemployment has left Nashville businesses with a lean pool of available workers, said Billy Boyd, APSU director of career services. "They just can't get enough people to fill their jobs," Boyd said.

"They're trying any and everything." In their zeal, Nashville employers are heavily promoting themselves at job fairs throughout the state, he said. Earlier this week, for example, they were scouring for workers in Clarksville at an APSU career day. By TRACY BARBOUR The Leaf-Chronicle Sophia Kitchen is not a morning person. But by 4:45 a.m., she's up for work each day. By 5:30 a.m., she's rendezvousing with fellow carpoolers.

And by 5:45 a.m., she's on the road for an hour-long commute into Nashville. Kitchen, 28, is among the 20,000 or so Clarksville-Montgomery County workers who leave the area for work. Nashville next, to Fort Campbell, Ky. is the biggest magnet drawing county workers, according to Austin Peay State University" and the Economic Development Council. Based on research by the APSUEOC Data Center, 31,500 of the area's 50,000 laborers live and worked in the county.

The rest, 18,450, held jobs elsewhere. Those figures are tied to 1990 U.S. Census Bureau data, the most recent information available. Davidson County employers pulled 3,000 workers from the Clarksville area, the data center said. Another 1 ,200 commuters were See Commuters, A3 Robert SmithThe Leaf Loretta Nagey, left, and Lucy Leltner, far right, employees of the Opryland Hotel, exit the employee shuttle after commuting back from a day's work in Nashville.

See Employers, A3 Chronicle is Beauties grace Austin Peay A LJ Gore arid Bradley step up intensity of Democrat fight INSIDE Ray Lambert Off Families First About 450 of the more than 1,300 county residents enrolled in Tennessee's welfare reform plan Families First when it began Sept. 1, 1996, now are working full time and have left the assistance program altogether. C1 Leaf-Chronicle holds open house Today's the day for a joint community open house hosted by The Leaf-Chronicle and the County Museum. J. "The newspaper is at 200 Commerce Si and the museum is across the street at the corner of Second and Com- merce streets.

TteeTttmithe newspaper 1 to 3 p.m. The museum open house is 1 to 5 p.m. Willi 8 4 DAYS Nasser helps end Egypt monarchy; Sannett News Service Gamal Abdel Nasser, the president of Egypt from 1956 to 1970, was considered the foremost Arab leader of his time. He led members of Egypt's army to revolt against King Faruk I in 1952. The monarchy was abolished, and Nasser became prime minister in 1954.

He negotiated a treaty with the British, who left after 72 years of occupation. Nasser believed Egypt's government was corrupt and that change, could only come with economic progress and the complete political independence of Egypt Quotable "First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people." -LeoRosten I- ill Vi in 5 "'VJ'" By MIKE GLOVER Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa Al Gore and Bill Bradley tangled over their political loyalties Saturday in a rare showdown of Democratic presidential candidates, with the vice president suggesting his rival abandoned the party in its darkest hours. "I did not walk away," Gore said as the two delivered late-night addresses before Democratic activists. Bradley, a former New Jersey senator, suggested Gore resorted to attacks because he Lynnette Cole, left, was named Miss Tennessee USA 2000 at the right Is first runner-up Jessi Edwards. In the background Austin Peay State University's Concert Hall Saturday.

To Is Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2000, Casey Porter. Miss Tennessee, Teen Tennessee crowned Mexican troops dig for bodies of children Robert SmittvThe Leaf-Chronicle Robert SmithThe Leaf-Chronicle Shannon Martinez was the only contestant from Clarksville In the Miss Tennessee USA pageant pn Saturday. BY STACY SMITH SEGOVIA The Leaf-Chronicle Not merely queen for a day, two young Tennessee women had the honor Satur-; day of being crowned queen for a year. Before a sold-out house at Austin Peay State Universi- (ty concert hall, Lynnette "Colerirf Columbia" was crowned Miss Tennessee Casey Porter of McMin- was crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2000. Cole won out over 34 other women ages 18-26 and Porter competed against 55 other teen-age girls, ages 1 4-1 8, for her crown.

The final question for the top five finalists in the Miss Tennessee USA pageant was 3 whether the Miss Universe pageant system, of which Miss Tennessee USA is a part, should allow divorced women, those who had given birth or those who had aborted a child into its system." All of the five finalists but one, Jessi Edwards of 'Sevlervflle'said the 'pageant should not allow women with thdse. backgrounds. Cole was Miss Tennessee Teen USA in 1995. Edwards was named first runner-up. Heather Bennett Kristan Baskin, both from Nashville, were second and third runners-up, respectively.

Erica of Knox viller was fourth Brandi Butts, who lives in to work," the 41 -year-old entrepreneur says, had the opportunity and some freedom, and I was willing to take the risk." 1 Paquin spent more than $100,000 and quit work for 16 months to challenge Rep. 4lelen Chcnowcth in last year's Republican primary for Idaho's 1st Congressional District His long-shot campaign fizzled, but he has no regrets. Learn how 1th SDU Campaign 2000 looking like '92 with shoe on the other foot, A10 lacked vision. "To the extent that someone is confident in their own vision of the future, they don't need to resort to the darts," Bradley said. "I think I can talk about the future in a way that's compelling enough." In his speech, Bradley acknowledged Gore's chal- See Political, A3 no one can explain exactly what destroyed this village of roughly 100 people in one of the most remote corners of Mexico.

This was no normal mudslide. Puebla state Police Cmdr. Jose Lazaro said he suspects a cavern may have existed below the village, and the collapse may have been sparked by weeks of heavy 1 rain and flooding throughout southeastern Mexico. -s service foundation. On Thursday, they pledged to donate $1-billion over the next 20 years to finance college scholarships for minorities.

Their largesse has inspired other high-tech high-rollers in Seattle and Silicon Valley, where having one's own charitable foundation is as big a status symbol as a Lexus in the driveway. Personal involvement is a See Wealth, A3 Woodlawn and attends Clarksville Academy, was third runner-up in the Miss Tennessee Teen pageant. Other finalists were first runner-up Blaire Pancake from Chattanooga, second runner-up Cali Tucker from Brentwood, and fourth runner-up Elizabeth Chedester from KnoxvuTe. This is the first year the pageants have been held in Clarksville. Cole will compete for the chance to be Miss US A 2000 in Branson, in February.

That winner will go pn the Miss Universe pageant Porter hopes to.be crowned Miss Teen USA 2000 in Shreveport, Lab iate next summer. Both pageants will be televised live on CBS. 1 rs more AMERICA Wall Slrw it snJOYlnt good Cm, but On remain unknown. His foray into public service landed him in good company among America's newlyj, While the booming economy has made getting and spending more popular than ever, it also has bred a vigorous strain of hands-on, By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MIXUN. Mexico Mexican troops dug cautiously into a still-shifting hillside Saturday in this mountain hamlet where at least 17 people, including a dozen school children, were buried when the rain-sodden earth opened up and swallowed the Totonac Indian community.

The ground kept moving, beneath, the search teams, three days after something foundation. The new philanthropist is as likely to be a 30-somcthing Internet millionaire setting up his or her own foundation, retiring early to help build schools In Chile or running for political office. Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife, Mclinda, last month increased the assets of their Seattle foundation to billion, making it the nation's largest public interest in New wea Abby D3 Military C4 Business B11 Obituaries C2 Classified El Opinions A14 Living D1 Sports Bl Local CI Wsnttw results-oriented philanthropy and public service that reflects its entrepreneurial sources. Americans contributed $174.3 billion last year to charity, an 11 percent increase over 1997, according to Giving USA. an annual report on philanthropy.

High-stakes giving no longer is dominated by the society matron writing checks to a well-heeled By DAVID FOSTER Associated Press POST FALLS, Idaho After Tony Paquin sold his $10 million computer-consulting company, he faced the enviable problem of hat to do with his newfound wealth: Buy a yacht? Travel abroad? He decided to run for Congress. "Most people can't run for Congress because they have Gc.7.:.: I I S090 '1126V to preserve that summer haa'cst In Living Monday.