The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 2

A2 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Wednesday September 7 1988 FROM PAGE ONE The tax vote: budgetary effects Knox Briefs With tax Without tax DeptService Police Public Service Streets Engineering HUA Recreation $15898653 $14755108 8570977 8163228 2573939 H4bt 43721 mKKKKM 4585700 4354020 15849488 14541683 $1143545 407749 750313 117190 437211 231680 1307805 23221 90696 23229 28415 459900 240000 Administration Finance 894545 1314947 590807 402366 Comm Agcy grants 873750 K-Trans 1740000 1500000 The first such project probably would be extending the Third Creek Bike Trail to Neyland Drive Anderson said Earlier this year Anderson started a program of free tennis lessons in city parks He wants to start similar programs for other sports and recreational activities Afterschool child care is available in some centers Anderson said he wants to offer it to more neighborhoods Passage of the sales tax also will allow the Recreation Department to do something it done in years long-range planning be able to take a look at our future needs and make definite plans because we know have the money if this sales tax Anderson said West Knoxville for example we need more facilities but we have to have the money to build Deputy Director Robert Jackson has been with the Recreation Department since the 1970s He remembers the glory days when federal money was free-flowing sales tax is the first opportunity to improve the department overall in a number of years said Jackson been nothing but cut back since we lost federal THURSDAY: What the tax vote means to the Fire Department Tax Continued from page A1 will immediately see a vast improvement in all of our programs if the tax increase Anderson said If the proposed three-fourths-cent increase in the sales tax is defeated Anderson said $250000 to $300000 will be cut from his $43 million budget Instead of adding staff members Anderson said he would try to save money by closing some centers and reducing the hours at others He also would have to eliminate programs and lay off employees Margaret McBath a self-described senior citizen who uses the Christenberry center nearly every day said willing to pay more sales tax if some of the money will be spent on repairs at the center Anderson wants to fix water damage that threatens a wall in the Christenberry gym for the sales McBath said not just the programs I like here the She also likes the idea that get a property tax break if the sales tax passes The City Council has approved a 16-cent reduction in the property tax rate if the sales tax referendum passes Source: City ol Knoxville With increased funding Anderson said the Recreation Department can do much to improve the quality of life in Knoxville Park facilities that have deteriorated over the years because the department skimped on maintenance will be repaired or replaced have wooden forts in three parks that the kids just Anderson said nearly worn out and just up to safety standards We want to replace them but they cost $20000 to $30000 Outdated and worn-out play ground equipment in city parks will be replaced if funding is available Anderson said Dangerous play equipment will be removed no matter what happens to the referendum but it be replaced unless the tax increase passes A million-dollar softball complex that was shelved because of a lack of money will be a viable project again if the sales tax passes If the referendum fails a dead Anderson said With additional money the Recreation Department can build more bicycle and jogging trails Earthquake shakes parts of ET Seismologists late Tuesday said an earthquake that shook some parts of Knoxville and East Tennessee shortly before 11 pm measured between 40 and 45 on the Richter scale Officials with the Earthquake Research Center at Memphis State University said they believe the quake originated somewhere in Virginia Any quake that measures over 35 can cause slight damage No reports of damage or injury were received by officials late Tuesday Dispatchers with Emergency -9 11 said they received one call from a man in Halls around 10:30 pm who said the walls of his home had shaken Area telethon fund-raisers disappointed Although donations nationally were up for this Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon area fund-raisers were disappointed with pledges A total of $225552 was pledged throughout a 20-county area in East Tennessee Julia Pearce district director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association said Tuesday The total was $20000 less than in 1987 pinpoint any particular reason for the decrease" Pearce said was probably a combination of Some have suggested the TVA layoffs in June may have contributed to the decrease Pearce said Nationally $41132113 was raised during the telethon $2 million more than was raised in 1987 Rep Davis on trade mission to Japan State Rep Jimmy Kyle Davis leaves for Japan today with US Commerce Secretary William Verity and a delegation of business executives on a trade mission designed to promote exports of American consumer goods The trip was organized by Verity and Japanese Minister of International Trade and Industry Hajime Tamura under the theme Japan With Davis a Knoxville Republican will represent the Tennessee Resource Valley and Lawsons Industries of Morristown Officials representing 25 other American consumer goods companies are also making the weeklong trip Davis said the mission our company the opportunity to meet potential buyers exposes the Japanese consumer to quality American products and creates export profits for American Said Verity: market access has always been the focus of President trade policy and this sort of venture can further that Governor to be host of fund-raiser Gov Ned McWherter will be in Knoxville Sept 13 to be host of a fund-raising reception for 2nd District congressional candidate Dudley Taylor The $250-per-person reception will be at 7 pm at on the River Tickets may be purchased by calling 531-6042 Taylor faces former Criminal Court Judge John Duncan Jr in the Nov 8 election for the seat vacated by father Rep John Duncan who died June 21 of cancer group organized to support sales tax increase Knoxville Mayor Victor Ashe announced on Tuesday the formation of an organization pushing for approval of the proposed sales tax increase The chairmen of the 125-member Progress for Knoxville committee is Ralph Boston an executive with South Central Bell and Jack Reese chancellor of the University of Tennessee At a press conference on Cheshire Drive in West Knoxville Boston said the three-fourths-cent sales tax increase will fund service improvements that certainly help all Knoxvillians A referendum on the tax increase will be held on Sept 15 Ashe chose Cheshire Drive for the site of the announcement be cause he said it is an example of the pot-holed city streets that would be paved if the sales tax passes Members of Progress for Knoxville represent a cross-section of community leaders Former mayor Randy Tyree a committee member said he supports the sales tax increase because the city needs service improvements and Ashe has specified how the revenue from the tax increase will be spent During two terms as mayor he proposed sales tax increases three times but the refer-endums were defeated Tyree said he feels better about the chances of next vote because there seems to be no organized opposition WBIR Body parts sought as trial nears By Associated Press east Nashville church June 15 1987 Nashville authorities have declined to discuss the search but Stewart County Sheriff David Hicks said he watched the police helicopter flying above the lake Tuesday morning had a map that Mr Terry had drawn showing them the location of these body Hicks said feel they can get real close to where he said they were They looked at tfce map and looked at the area and said that they DOVER Tenn Nashville police flew over Lake Barkley near the Kentucky state line Tuesday to look for the missing body parts of a slain church handyman John David Terry pastor of the Emmanuel Church of Christ Oneness Pentecostal is scheduled to go on trial next week in the killing of James Matheney The head and arm have been missing since he was killed at the Leopper said such as the Olympics have certainly Since viewers will begin to see NBC programming on WBIR beginning Saturday a rerun of Golden is part of the prime-time fare White and Getty who were on their first visit to Knoxville said eager to get back before the cameras after the six-month strike by the Writers Guild of America begins White said looking forward to getting back to work so we can get some rest This is the 19th trip made for promotional and charity -type Although Getty also has been doing a lot of traveling for promotions she has just completed a book due out in October just a little book about my observations and she said declining to say any more elaborate fall premiere party included a magic show by Anderson at the Tennessee Theater and a dinner at the Cherokee Country Club for a group of 800 made up mostly of its advertising clients and their guests Jim Hart WBIR vice president and general manager called it a year I think have a picnic on a he said Continued from page A1 Mapes said NBC and WBIR had been tossing around the idea of the switch for a couple of years was basically a lot of No presentations were given or anything like he said their parent company started to review their options They saw that we had the Super Bowl the Olympics and the World Series and figured if they were ever going to do this now is a great time our part we saw that WBIR had a 50 share of the audience in local news and one of the three things we look for in a potential affiliate The second thing is facility How many people can be reached? The third thing is partnership How supportive are they of our programming and promotions? WBIR has demonstrated strengths in all these areas was real strong on partnership They had one out of the three We were waiting for Channel 8 to drop in but it never dropped in It seemed like it was going to go on WTVK a UHF station has been fighting for about 15 years to Harry Anderson of Pierson Mapes president of NBC VHF signals reach a larger audience and a VHF station can get higher advertising rates than a UHF station Corrections Amplifications Robin Renea Hill and James Franklin Fultz Jr will be married at 6 pm Sept 17 at Grace Baptist Church A report of their wedding inadvertently appeared in Living section Rudy Bradley who headed security during the Labor Day fireworks display over the Henley Bridge was incorrectly identified in a Tuesday story on the extravaganza Bradley is a captain with the Knoxville Police Department If you find a mistake in The News-Sentinel call Associate Editor Harold Harlow 521-1849 so we can correct the error higher advertising rates than a UHF station Lynn Leopper general sales manager for WBIR said the switch has been a plus for his station up slightly higher than we were at this time last get the VHF position on Channel 8 It was expected to switch to Channel 8 early this year but is still awaiting a go-ahead from the Federal Communications Commission VHF signals reach a larger audience and a VHF station can get The News-Sentinel 521-6300 weather Jincinnati knoxville four-day forecast 7551 sy 24-hour forecast high and low) Saturday Friday Thursday Tonight Today Mostly sunny and warmer High: 79 Partly to mostly sunny High: 82 Low: 58 Clear and becoming cool Low: 55 Sunny to partly cloudy and warm High: 85 Low: 60 Mixed clouds and sunshine warm High: 85 Low: 58 Louisville 7452 sy 7654 sy around the nation Today Wea HiLo COOL CLOUDY WINDY SHOWERS SMOKY SUNNY (WARMER PARTLY 7851 sy Nashville 8055 sy Knoxville 7955 sy Memphis Chattanooga 8458 sy 7953 sy Atlanta 8260 sy Birmingham region CLOUDY (SUNNY gWBBM fat JHSSM am (T-STORMS and forecast for 6 pm today Vj FRONTS: Warm trw Cold "vr Stationary Albany Albuquerque Amarillo Anchorage Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Burlington Vt Casper Charleston SC Charleston WVa pc Charlotte NC sy Chattanooga Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia SC Columbus Ohio Concord NH Dallas Dayton Daytona Beach Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth El Paso Evansville Fairbanks Flagstaff Grand Rapids Great Falls statistics lake stages 7047 8855 9460 5444 7049 8260 7457 9367 7657 8153 8458 8448 8254 7252 9068 6848 6242 8848 7866 7151 7656 7953 9050 7856 7551 7349 7862 7449 6539 9468 7448 8977 9256 8459 7552 7850 8960 7854 5441 7943 7446 7347 7156 7248 6943 8066 9076 9066 8453 7650 8660 8472 5445 8465 10375 7452 TENNESSEE: Sunny and cloudy today becoming warmer this afternoon Highs 75 in the mountains to 85 southwest Tonight will be mainly clear and cool Lows 48 in the eastern mountains to 60 southwest Thursday will be warm and mostly sunny Highs 79-89 KENTUCKY: Mostly sunny and warmer conditions will occur today Highs 72 northeast to 80 southwest Tonight will be clear and becoming cool Lows 48 in the mountains to 58 west Thursday will be sunny to partly cloudy with a warmer afternoon Highs 77-87 VIRGINIA: Mostly sunny and cool conditions will occur today Lows 70-78 Clear and becoming chilly tonight Lows 48 northwest to 58 southeast Thursday will be sunny and a little warmer Highs 73-81 NORTH CAROLINA: Today will be mostly sunny and cool Highs 70-78 Clear and cool conditions will rule tonight Lows 50-58 Partial sunshine Thursday with a chance of showers in the east Highs 72-80 GEORGIA: Today and Thursday will be sunny across the north but thunderstorms will affect the south each day Highs both days 80-88 It will be clear in the north tonight with some clouds in the south Lows 54 in the mountains to 68 southeast ALABAMA: Sunny and warm today Highs 80-88 Tonight will be clear Lows 52 north to 62 south Thursday will be mostly sunny and very warm Highs 84-92 east tennessee Sun sets 7:55 pm today rises 7:13 am Thursday Temperatures: Tuesday high 69 low 54 mean 62 normal 74 Records for Sept 6: 101 (1954) 47(1984) Precipitation: 0 Month 158 year 2323 deficiency for year -1047 Relative humidity: 7 pm 61 percent Barometer: 7 pm 2995 steady Highest wind: 20 mph north 12:46 pm Today's wind forscast: northeast 5-10 mph Greensboro NC pc Elevation in feet above sea level pollen spore count sy-sunnypc-partly cloudycy-cloudy sh-showersr-raints-thunderstorms sf-snow flurriessn-snowi-ice moon phases Hartford Helena Hilton Head Honolulu Houston Huntsville Indianapolis Jackson Miss Jacksonville Juneau Kansas City Las Vegas Lexington 8268 9074 9270 8356 8254 8662 8672 5443 8865 10375 8153 yesterday's extremes Pollen: 275 per cu meter (moderate) Primary source: ragweed Mold: 3454 per cu meter (high) (Source: ET Pollen and Mold Station Dr Marek Pienkowski allergist) 1st Quarter high: low: Lemoore Calif: 1 10 Gunnison Cok): 25 3rd Quarter Sept 3 New Sept 11 Full Aug 27 Sept 19 Weather information forecasts by Accu-Weather Inc i 4 A 1.