The Leaf-Chronicle from Clarksville, Tennessee • 1

pDDs Way Bv GEORGE POAGUE talked to are goyig to vote" -JThese races will be on the ballot: Counts, Fred Thompson. U.S. House of Representa-1 tives, 7th Congressional District. Of The Leaf-Chronicle Staff "The Republicans I talk to are. excited, but other people say I Tm not even she said THURSDAY AUGUST 1,1996 County Election 2,135 people have already voted: 1 ,802 in person and 333 by maiL Todav is the day.

Polls, are U.S. Democratic primary: Horace open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. -for voting in the state primary and Democratic primary: Houston Murphy Don Trotter, Wednesday. "I don't know how to call it J.

Td expect mediocre turnout, but the Republicans I' ve Rita Wilson, chairwoman of the Montgomery County Repub- lican Party, does not anticipatea. big turnout. Republican primary: Ed county general elections. uoraon, Asmey m. King.

Republican primary: Jim According to the Montgomery See Primary page A3, column 4 TODY ON TV AUGUST 1 i 1 -hi i mi m-i i iii iii i iii 11 1 ju. mil mil 1 ji iii J- W.I m-w-m wt M'ml-W 1 Programming on 1 I TracK Field Equestrian-Jumping final Gymnastics-Rhythmic, individual Canoeing-Semifinals IS VPiM'JIOIlD 1 4 Track 4 Field-Finals include: -Decathlon, final day j. -Men's and women's 200m -Men's 400m hurdlea Basketball-Men's semifinal Diving-Men's platform Gymnastics-Rhythmic, group Volleyball-Women's semifinal Equestrian-Jumping final, Uninsured, indigent must find other mental health care 6 team 1 TTfnl -niKOfH, Boxing-Semifinals Xr 1 Wrestling- 75 I Freestyle V' AH times EOT 1 On 9, Harriett Cohn will shut down the all day treatment programs for the approximately 300 adult patients served in Montgomery, Houston, Stewart, 5 AP KODertson, dick-son counties. Cheatham County is National IRS plans to lay off up to 5,000 workers WASHINGTON (AP) The AP photo also in Harriett Cohn's service area, but no day treatment pro- grams are established there. Replacing the day treatment service, Harriett Cohn will implement a case management program -outlined 4n-TennCare Partners.

Chisena is concerned patients will go from having treatment five days a week to, at the very least, once a month. Each case manager will be assigned up to 30 patients. The center's Adolescent Day Stacey Vloll of Bowling Green, Ky mother of Morgan Jade Vloll who has been missing for a week, Is comforted by her father-in-law Wes Violl and Jeannle Meyer, right, the mother of Jacqueline Beard, who has been missing for several weeks from her Clarksville home at a news confer- Internal Revenue Service plans to lav ence In Nashville rr. By DIANE TSIMEKLES Of The Leaf-Chronicle Staff Forced to restructure because of the state's managed health care system for the poor, Harriett Conn Center announced Wednesday-that starting today, it is jio longer providing mental health care for indigent "and underinsured patients. The state has eliminated funding that supplemented fees indi- gent and underinsured patients couldn't afford to pay, according to Paul Chisena, executive direc tor of Harriett Cohn.

The only ser- vice that will be available to help these patients is the crisis team, which Chisena said might be flooded with calls. "If you're not in TennCare Part- ners, and yon have no means to pay wc can't serve you Chisena said. Switching to TennCare Partners the" mental health arm of the state's managed care plan to elim- inate Medicaid has forced Harriett Cohh- administrators to reorganize staff. Eight people have lost their jobs in the process. The center is also in the process of eliminating some programs that TennCare Partners will not cover because they are not considered rtff nn tn nflft npnnl pari netxt war: due to current and projected budget 'CufsT''4 budgetary constraints we find -ourselves under have caused us to i.

Treatment program was scratcnea blanket as she clutched a small white teddy bear, dii uic usi oi scrvitcs tunc uc after-school program served 35 -teenagerswho learned coping said IRS spokesman Frank Keith. About 2,000 to 2.300 of the layoffs v'Will come from the agency's Wash-" -ington headquarters, With the rest scattered around the country, Keith, said. 5 By JILL NOELLE CECIL '-'T- -I Of The Uaf-Chronicle Staff NASHVILLE With her lips pressed tighdy and her eyes sharply focused, Jeannie Meyer showed Ihtle -emotion as she listened intensely to coaching before a press conference Wednesday to ask for help irf her daughter one of three girls missing in the area, Before the cameras 'came on, Yong Meadows looked to be in a trance, clenching her chair like she was holding onto the world. Stacey Violi could barely stay in one room of the Nashville hotel for more than a minute at a time while her thinning body shook uncontrollably. Someone covered her in a thick blue "Stand behind the podium, say whaf on your mind," instructed Billy Hale of the National Missing Children's Locate Center (NMCLQ.

a "Don't let those people push you around," he said to Meyer. "It may be pretty rough" Allthree women started off as prime suspects in the disappearance of their daughters: 9-year-old Jackie Beard from a blackberry patch near her Cumberland Heights home July Morgan Violi, 7, from her apart- ment complex parking lot in Bowling Green, Ky. July 24; and 3-year-old Lucy Meadows, of Clarksville, See Mothers page A3, column 1 and life skills such as anger management- Harriett Cohn' Dover office close its doors on Aug. 30 as a full-time facility, but Chisena said the center is looking for an office In Dover where a therapist could The Robertson County Thera- See Services page A5, column 1 Sixteen injured in elevator fall CHICAGO (AP) A freight ele-yator overloaded with" construction workers plunged eight floors at the Knickerbocker Hotel Wednes- day, injuring at least 16 people, none seriously, HouseOKs Olc3est compsiiior going strong at 98 welfare one home. overhaul The elevator probably was carrying more than 1,000 pounds above its rat-- -td capacity of 2,500, said Tony Kinn-1 -ear, general manager of the hotel.

He said 18 construction workers, loaded with tools, were leaving their job site on the upper floors of the hotel the elevator doors suddenly popped open and the elevator acceler-' ated to the basement, WASHINGTON (AP) President Clinton said Wednesday he would sign a Republican welfare bill ending the 60-year federal guarantee of open-ended assistance to the poor, all but assuring enactment as -the presidential campaign enters the final three months. The House quickly passed the bill, 328-101, and the Senate was expected to approve it Thursday. Clinton pledged during his 1992 presidential campaign to end the current welfare systembut he had vetoed two previous overhaul plans from the Republi-; can-led Congress, leading the.GOP to accuse him of reneging on his He said the latest bill had "serious flaws" but he By MISSY CARROLL TTZ7. Of The Leaf-Chronicle Staff All eyes turned toward the competitor as he took position at Austin Peay State University's Governors Stadium, It was a sight to behold as Winfred Sharpe loosened up his arm for the softball toss. The first attempt veered off to the left, but on the second try, applause broke out as Sharpe threw an underhanded pitch 36, feet not a recording setting' throw by most people's standards but nonetheless one for the books.

Sharpe, 98, the oldest athlete at the 15th Annual Tennessee Senior.Games, is one of many who dispel the common "feeble" description of seniors; Sharpeliad no rivals in his age group for the softball toss, but he earned his medal just the same. The Rutlcige resident, who came to Xlarksville' with adoring also participated in the javelin and discus events. If they awarded gold medals for; quick wit and storytelling, Sharpe surely would have taken another. "He always keeps us laugh- ing," said Louisa Whaley. At the "Birthday Bash" for the visiting seniors Tuesday night, Suzanne -Weidhas of the Qarksville Parks and Recreation Department said Sharpe had vol- unteered to serenade the audience with his harmonica, but had to remind himself on his 'To do" list to take outhis upper teeth.

Sharpe, widowed when his wife died in 1989, has yet to give up the chase of women. He said one day at his senior citizens center in Rutledge, a new woman visited. After inquiring if she was married, Sharpe told the woman to let him know when her hus- band's health begins to fail because he would be around. His health is holding steady now and he hopes to travel on to the National Senior Sports Classic. fa addition to Sharpe, three oth-' er participating athletes have seen nine decades.

They include bowlers Iris Hillbolt and James White, both 93, and field events competitorGladys Fain, 92. CO years ego: Aug. 1946 No information for this date was avail-; able. 25 years ego: v.Aua.1.1971 i President I.W. Abel pf the AFL-CIO United Steelworkers Union said yester seize tne opportumty it gives us ro ena weuare as wc know it by moving people from welfare to work, demanding responsibility and doing better by children." 'tt-'i' Campaigning in Nashville, Republican mvciHpntiat nnminM Rnh Drile called Clinton' day he had given the steel industry another 24 hours to come up with a con-, tract settlement that would avoid the first Nationwide steel industry strike in 12 -y move "an election year conversion." "There's not a dime's worth of difference between the bill he talked about today than the one he vetoed a knlr rv1A rlA 'TTi nnlw 4iffrnr ie twlaH it's 97 days before the election." i E8 Dr Donohue A6 But House Speaker JNewt umgncn, wei-corned Clinton's move.

"We certainly hope that he sticks to this decision no matter what the more liberal "BOslness A9 BS Horoscopes CI Obituaries "Classified a.m. 10K Run at Fair memoers oi ms party say nun, umgncuiKuu. "It was inevitable that the present welfare system 4 1 t2 Opinion Pae 4 F5 Sports Bl itroc AAinn tr fv mir rvninn tic. Km. i-iav naw.

lv- E3 3 TV VT(U Vlilg kV VV a key author of the bill said shortly before it ped. "The degree of success that we are going to have is going to be a victory for the American people, for the poor." The bill estimated to save the federal govern-' ment $55 billion to $56 billion over six years would set a lifetime limit of five years of welfare per family, require an able-bodied adult to work after two bles, (ages 50-64) at Swan Lake Sports Complex 1 High (women) at APSU Governors Stadium 10:30 a.m. Cycling 20K at Areata Boulevard 11 a.m. High Jump (men) at APSU Governors Stadium 11:30 a.m. Bowling, Mixed Doubles, (ages 50-64) at Skyline Lanes 3 p.m.

Bowling, Mixed Doubles, (ages 65-74) at Skyline. Lanes Staff photo by Suzt lsbll grounds Park 7 a.m. Tennis at Austin Peay State University courts 8 a.m. Table Tennis, Doubles, at APSU Dunn Center. 8 a.m.

Three-on-Three Basketball (men) at APSU Dunn Center 8 a.m. Bowling, Mixed Doubles, (ages 75 and up) at Skyline Lanes 9 a.m. Track 100-Meter Run at APSU Governors Stadium 9 a.m. Shuffleboard, sunny Weather details on Page A2 -J Winfred Sharpe, 83, the oldest competitor in the Tennessee Senior Games, scored 35 feet In the softball throw Wednesday morning at Austin Peay State Governors Stadium, See results of Wednesday's events on page B4. cent of recipients.

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