The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 15

Sunday February 9 1997 "I -A -u The Knoxville News-Sentinel Kf 19 Section W-J) -hr 1 Weather B8 ii1 k'4 s-'Wt Xt V-- 'V 1 see no An artist's rendition of Safety City a 12-acre replica of Knoxville and Knox County that will sit In the TVson Park annex west of I the Tyson Park annex west of Concord Street at the new entrance to Third Creek bike trail behind Cherokee Place When completed It wIN be a permanent facility where children wiH learn about safety-related Issues A -t i mrf to 800 measure already filed in House By Rebecca Fenar with all health-care profes- NsaMM NmIwOs tusau of the time my enemies reier have and hie legislative job have Children probably been two bills in 12 yean that affected and I didn't sponsor them They passed overwhelm-r in bou NASHVILLE State Rep ry Odom executive director of the Yonncseee Optometric Association reys he will withdraw a hill he introduced to benefit the optometrists he serves v- But other state legislators who have mixed their professions with their lawmaking say they see nothing wrong with the practice and they plan to push ahead with arguably self-interested bills pending before the 100th General Assembly Jim Boyer a Knoxville for example has a lUUUMUli MM MWUWO UBB on of Knox i i By Skip Lackey and other lawmakers argue flat fimviling Midi lagiltinn a natural fiinction of a citizen that is a group of lawmakers who have a profusion but take several months out of the year to come to Nashville to WW JOB! Mf WIIW Ml that affects his profession make or amend laws land surveyors And Rep' Ken iron have teachers Givens D-Bogersville a former lawyers pharmacists insurance Xnd chairman of the House Agri agents and realtors who handle culture Committee has sevreal legislation dealing with their Deidre Gwynn is a 7-year-old giri with a perceptive mintL Last week city officials listening: In an airiitnriiiTn at Christenberry Elemental School Deidre and S3 of her livelihood every day I find ft pus- sling wfay ao much attention is drawn to my livelihood especially since never dealt with a piere of legislation (for Odom said A description of bill ays ft would permit optometrists schoolmates had crafted immature threw diinanriimal buildings out of paper Hera waa a amidl house 1 replete with windows and a door That was not all for this second-grader HH ft i --C' bills that Odom hire filed more than 100 bills way above the number typicalty filed by a single legislator Many are caption bills which open an entire section of the state coda A caption bill is a device need fay legislators to -meet the frill-filing Hurilimi that later may be tailored for specific legislation Almost 800 bills had been filed by the 132 legislators on Friday and about 1500 are expected to be filed during the first of the two-yOBT iwniftfi a caption Odom said of the optometry bill have no intention of moving that to be exempt from court subpoenas and pennit them to give depositions iirinri the provision now given to doctors psychiatrists and psychologists' bill would require that LiiciSSB555 ns the scaled down project of Safety A City to Christenberry Elementary School second-graders Standing In line at the stop sign are forcjfeought to ensure that her from left Justin Lmvery Christina Mendoza Jessica Bembury and Marl Ayalas Keith ana fr archltecte from the architectural firm of Barber McMurry visited the students' input on the venture McMurry visited the school recently to seek surveyors who must be licensed It would have a four-year degree needs to be very safe ao no cme can break abe said not be retroactive probably could be construed to benefit the Then the waved her fingers in the air and in a whisper of tnnnmH said: if you -have a fin you need that Odom said the bill merely deals up the code that For example a First Tonnoaaoo Bank branch will houae an' automated teller mnrhinw that will distribute Safety City money with tips on how to uae an ATM safely The Newa-Sentinel will sponsor an an-site presence end will distribute Safety City a quarterly publication written by second- Please see BILLS page B8 go to get the family safely out of the house Grown-ups know a is a smoke detector But kida are not as keen on such matters yet they know things won how things work graders who have experienced Safety City 1 Regal Cinema and Pepsi- for female coaches Livingston Democrat is sponsor 1 Their ability to view lift ao differently than aduha led two architects from the architectural firm Barber ft Cola are partners in a movie theater-like structure where aft drinks will be served at snack time For KPD Chief Phil Keith Safety dty will offer children a place when learn McMurry and Knoxville Police Chief Phil Keith to ask Deidre By Rebecca Ferrer NswtaM NhMs burasu ft mi wwffivMWMnm and her schoolmates for help in framing a prqject especially designed for kida a new Safety City According to Chuck Griffin Christenberry Elementary School students from left Michael afety-related issues first hand: Peake Deidre Gwynn Mitchell Hawkins and Morgan Holbrook crossing a street lgr looking listen to a presentation on Safety City both ways wearing a seat belt ways wearii The base pay of University of Tennessee athletic director Joan Cronan should be boosted to equal that of athletic director Doug Dickey eaye Rep John Mark Wmdle 1 Winale who graduated from UT and the UT School of Law has introduced a bill is like developing child-sized community custom fitted to their needs and for their program base pay of $135000 is greater than basketball coach Kevin ($180800) she were athletic director our overall sports program would be in better said Windle a Livingston Democrat is like the Bear Bryant of basketball she is a living legend a role modal for young women" That idea has been tossed out fay fens in the past as has the proposal that Summitt coach the team ideas she has shnuendoff UT President Joe Johnson agrees that coaches should be paid fairly He said the university guarantees onhr that base salaries will be equitable and while ruing in a car watching for oncoming trains whan Safety City a 12-acre replica "ft's not Just buildings'' she crossing the tracks and riding a of Knoxville and Knox County said a planned bicycle safely will sft in the Tyson Ftark community drawing 1 you follow the annex west of Concord Street from the entire community to rules you're going to get at the new entrance to Third support and sponsor this Keith said in a firm yet (keek bike trail behind which will coat about gentle voice that children Cherokee Place said Vicki 35 million understand so welL Place said participation When completed Safety City will be a permanent educational facility where directors at state colleges and universities by July 1 It i phes onhr to base salary and to schoou with programs for 1 men and women in the same qxt EPDSafety City children will leem about safety- Dagnan KPD community has responded Dagnan said coordinator related iseues Please see SAFETY page B7 Dickey earn a base salary of 53521 and hia total package that any disparities may be blamed on additional money award to fired worker stands Magistrate denies rental appeal By Randy Kenner maintaining its workers' compensation insurance Phillips wrote bonus amounts for the manager that (Spectrum) has attempted to coiusal equals $193521 His counterpart Cronan an awmwl base salary of $93522 and a total package of $96022 ia a big Windle said As for as Windle is concerned Lady basketball coach Fat Summit! who has won four national cha take over impionships should entire athletic coacnes receive rrom snoe ana apparel contracts and radio and TV shows plain old good sense that people ought to be treated fidrty Johnson said the case of UT increasing and its motives by claiming (Caasiqy) was discharged because of of order indicated that the jurors 't the only ones who felt that way Please eee COACHES page B8 the factors of the duration of misconduct and the attempt to Randy bade iqjury hurt him but not nearly much as hurting the compare that ha worked for until it fired him for asking for workers' compensation forma A federal magistrate last week affirmed a $320000 Jury award against Spectrum Rents an Ohio-based company that rents fiirniture company that rente New rule on donations illegal) lawmaker says i argued that it had no knowledge of Cassidy's iqjury before hie termination though its own documents reveal that it did ana that he was fired tor suspicion of theft The $320000 verdict came at the conclusion of a December trial prompting Spectrum to appeal to UJ3 Magistrate ThomaaPhillips to reverse the verdict or reduce the award' Phillips did neither reasonable jury could conclude that motivation for discharging (Cas- -Buy) was to increase its profits by reducing or conceal the court finds it incredible that (Spectrum) would continue to posit that it had no notice of (Cassidy's) iiuury in light of the documentation supporting the contrar-y" he wrote and appliances fig retaliating against Cassidy to file for tor attempting to file By Tom Humphrey and Robaoca Farrar NametortM NMwSi burasu tkm Cassidy was injured badly enough in a IPOLITICA NOTEBOO lokH Please see AWARD page B5 Some state legislators have stepped forward to defend the practice of passing he hat' for small cash donations at political ire the frill registry to meet 18 for hearing cm the proposed rules The registry board will then meet in March to decide whether to stick to its guns re make some changes Even after thatthe rules must be approved WKXT becoming WyLiy expanding news staff By Brian Courtney newscast at 6 news slot in addition to a new half-hour news segment at 5 Rick Katzfoy will be the meteorologist fund-raisers The tkm Finance has i new rules to implement various provisions of a 1995 campaign fi- hv the Government Operations Committee in both the state had in Shafer said is going to do what it can to make Channel 8 a quel- rgamxa- ity public-service org Maxine Perry will be the No 2 meteorologirt Bon provd will continue at the station concen-tratirw on reporting (Communications) has really made a commitment House and Senate New owners new manage ment new newscasters new programming About the only things that change when WKXT Catalano notes that Attorney (on! or- General Charles Burson' he said Behind the nance law and one of them bans anonymous campaign contributions even three of $100 re less that need not be disclosed on campaign finance reports It hasn't been uncommon for politicians to take small cash do- pjn Shufor said the 6 pm news- east has undergone a major overhaul It will be anchored by John Gilbert and Kim Keelor both of whom formerly worked in Dallas The pair will also broadcast a 85-minute news program at 11 run a time slot in which WKXT had offered Andy Griffith during the week on Saturdays and cm Sun- -days he said (' weekend team will to this Shafer said in ft for the long Channel 8 officially becomes Monday is the WVLT on fire has approved the rules and says they are patterned after Federal Election Commission rules The 1995 state law says that the registry can look to FEC rules for guidance in enforcing and im-piementingthe state law The FEC however does allow wriinna in the past Registry Executive Director Peggy Cata work affiliation and the station laid Mark Shafer the new news director at Channels The station consistently has run a distant third among television news sta- lano sayi that the board hers reasoned however members haul" He said WVLT hopes to win viewers with the quality atuj emtent of its programming Nielsen Ratings gave WHIR-TV Channel 10 a 45 slmre in November which means 45 percent of TV households that such practices make it inn to determine if the $100 has been exceeded and de- possible 1 limit hai anonymous contributions of up to be afeU- camera atepa firing faihm InijpiU tremendous amount of new and hiring1 a news tan larce makft thwp competmvewnh WBIR-TV Channel 10 and WATE-TV Rnafiir said WVLT will have a foil-time news staff of 55 compared to about 10 at WKXT he said Former local broadcasters Tim Cox and Adina Chumley will anchor the morning news rest which Shafer said WVLT hopes to eventually expand to 1 two hours1 Ben Roberts who formerly worked in Albany Ga and Lixx Walker who formerly worked in Greenville NC will hold down the noon watching at 6 pm were tuned to Channel 10 WATE-TV be MOisea Avery who formerly worked in Augusta Ga and farmer WKXT Noon Day host Another new provision the However Sen Robert Ro ndee would recniire iywaI inter-chelle D-Lebanon rontends ests that launch independent the rule and some others campaigns for jriitiffi purposes toduicioee their go beymd the authority granted the registry registry by the 1995 law As a Gray C-mmniiiiieation Sys-tM Tne purchased WKXT in October with plans of giving the station a mqjre overhaul The fruits of their labor will be unveiled at 12:01 ajn Monday as the new call letters debut i The station's new ming will begin with an Channel 6 had 22 percent ami WKXT had 4 percent have a lot of respect fiv our competition and we expect their viewers to desert them Shafer said is poing to be a very long prOCOK Alan Williams 31 Walter Lambert will stmr on asthefoodeditrevriiileShndey Nash-Pitte formerly of East Tennessee Consumer Affairs will oversee Call 8 for Action and other consumer coverage matter at principle he says lawmakers shouldblock the torney opinion last year declared that such independent expenditures so long as they are not coordinated with a candidate from overstepping its 1 Rochelle and other legislators have filed a petition that rillre- ana NOTES page B6 4' a rr'- i J''- 9 v'r r- 1' 1 -srj v----- 1 v' Vv -V f'' -V'- '-V.