Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 10

Page 10A bhe Bristol Herald CourierVirginia Tennessean Sunday March 31 1996 Today's weather for Sunday March 31 1996 Uy The Associated Press RONTS: l996Accu Weather IncTVia Associated Press GraphrcsNet orecast tor daytime conditions and highs neigh ClOUdy By The Associated Press lowest wind chill the rating based was 33 below zero at Minot ND is a great TV to the track as PROGRESSIVE NO LINE orecasts The nation SSSfi Local stats The states Thursday Wednesday Tuesday Today Lake stages Selected US cities suites a good worried about holds for BIR reassurance in Low mid 30s CHG U09 U06 U02 U09 U07 U07 111 1 Low in 40s Mostly sunny Decreasing cloudiness High near 60 Partly cloudy Mostly sunny High in 50s Hl 49 61 59 53 59 68 52 51 Lo 49 50 32 33 50 45 49 30 vision that made it attractive Ratings (for NASCAR racing) have been steadily escalating for the past four or five years but this past year they made a tremendous jump the first time seeing big TV money in racing a tremendous boom for the Wheeler continued going to see with TV by say or is a doubling in revenue Tele vision is going to become much more important to a longevity than it has been in the past and where one of the real strengths of Bristol lies always received excellent ratings on Pre 05 pm Otlk rn rn ccdj cdy rn rn cdy Hezbollah Secretary General Sheik Hassan Nasrallah advise them to stay there tonight tomorrow and after tomorrow because we are going to hit Nasrallah went on Al Manar television station in Beirut to make his pledge His threat came shortly after the death of the two civilians and the wounding of a third in the Is raeli helicopter attack on the southern Lebanese village of Yater Security sources in south Leba non speaking on condition of ano nymity said all three victims were working at a construction site that took a direct hit from the Cobra gunship STATION Holston Watauga Boone Henry Cherokee Douglas ontana Norris northern Plains and upper Mid west Six inches of snow fell in north western Montana around Colum bia alls and Whitefish with up to Minnesota 2 to 4 inches of snow fell at Crookston and Roseau reezing rain fell on parts of the Plains turning roads icy in Ne braska Three people were killed Satur day near Waco Neb about 40 Saturday's high was 65 low was 48 Sunset today will be at 6:18 sunrise Monday will be at 6:51 No precipitation Saturday Precipitation for the month is 380" Record high for this date is 81 set in 1986 Record low for this date is 19 set in 1964 and improvements In fact con struction on a new bridge span ning the creek between the camp ground area and the raceway is scheduled to begin immediately following this races has a history of moving Byrd said an ex pert in construction He can look at one of these mountains and tell you how many tons of rock going to have to move to make it flat really a genius at looking into the future and seeing how a facility is going to turn But as Smith took in his first racing action at the track' since purchasing it in January Satur Busch Grand National 250 he said no concrete decision has been made as to ex actly what changes to the facility will be made going to have to assess our situation here for a couple of Smith said now ev erything is on hold We need to do a lot of things and the rea son just kind of assessing it to try to make a determination about what it is we do want to TYRE Lebanon Hezbollah guerrillas fired rockets into north ern Israel on Saturday in retalia tion for an Israeli helicopter gun ship attack that killed two Shiite Muslim civilians earlier in the day The guerrillas fired nine Katy usha rockets from strongholds in southern Lebanon shortly before midnight and at least two landed across the border according to se curity sources in Lebanon who spoke on condition of anonymity The Israeli army confirmed that several rockets hit the western Ga lilee region It said there were no injuries and officials were still Heavy rain falls on much of South slippery roads on plains eventually even seat up to 120000 fans after completion of the third leg of the Bristol Beltway links In terstate 81 with Volunteer Park way Byrd said new luxury around the track are also possibility of our corporate bors not only from East Tennes see and (Southwest) Virginia but basically from all over the country would like to have suites Byrd said sure I could sell 20 suites if I had them and a conservative But even before speedway mag nate Bruton Smith purchased the track from BIR founder Larry Car rier the staff was forging ahead toward the 21st century The new pylon style scoreboard in the infield replacing its aging predecessor torn down to make way for the most recent grand stand addition is a four sided fiber optic marvel that will allow fans to keep up with the top seven checking for damage The sources in Lebanon said that later another five rockets were fired targeting north ernmost town of Kiryat Shemona Israeli television said there were no injuries there either Hezbollah guerrillas then fired 10 more rockets on the northern Israeli town of Roshbina the sources said There was no confir mation from Israel of that attack The leader of the Iranian backed Hezbollah or Party of God warned of the attacks in advance and suggested they would con tinue know that the population of northern Israel has gone into bomb shelters said High Low high 50s near 40 SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA Rain and storms today High upper 50s Chance ot rain 90 Cloudy tonight with a 30 chance of rain Low lower 40s Partly Cloudy Monday A 30 rain Highs upper 50s NORTHEAST TENNESSEE Occasional rain and storms today High mid 50s Cloudy tonight with a 50 chance of showers Low upper 40s Decreasing1 cloudiness Monday High in the lower 60s Heavy rain spread across parts of the South on Saturday with oc casional thunderstorms while scattered snow and freezing rain 3 inches at Kalispell In northern iced roads from the northern Rock ies to the Great Lakes Rain spread along the central Gulf Coast region and into parts of lorida while lines of strong thun derstorms developed off shore over the Gulf of Mexico During the night 2 to 4 inches of rain fell from the New Orleans area to Mobile Ala and 329 inches fell at Melbourne la Hail as big as golf balls was re ported during the night along the coasts of Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama More thunderstorms were pos sible late Saturday into Sunday in parts of the Lower Mississippi Val ley and the southern Plains West of the area of rain gusty wind blew across the Plains from eastern New Mexico across west Texas into western Kansas Gusts to more than 60 mph were re corded in mountain near El Paso Texas Snow showers were scattered from the northern Rockies into the HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN STORMS LURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT CLOUDY CLOUDY cars on the track Additionally BIR improvements foreman Har mon Simcox said the new score board is less susceptible to light ning Simcox who came to work at BIR 19 years ago has overseen a myria of improvements including the expansion of his staff from three year round workers in 1977 to about 20 But when the green flag falls for the running of the ood City 500 Simcox will be ac companied by some 500 temporary employees doing everything from operating concessions to making certain all electric and phone sys tems are in working order to cleaning up the mess after the race here feels as Larry (Carrier) feels that Bru ton will be a good thing for the Simcox said recently as he put the finishing touches on a gleaming new set of restrooms got the financial backbone to do all these big And Byrd adds that Smith likely to waste any time before starting in on even more additions PACE fcni Page 1A Herald CourlerJoe utia New Bristol International Raceway owner Bruton Smith right talks with a Winston Cup official before Saturday's 250 race about bringing the Keep future for BIR a motivational Christian is a great TV group of men led by former Uni Wheeler said at the time be versity of Colorado football coach cause of what is happening in tele Bill McCarthy well And race fans what the future might find some the words of longtime right hand man at Charolotte Motor Speedway and president of Speedway Motorsports HA Wheeler Wheeler told the Herald Courier earlier this year that it was the condu civeness to television that really made it irresistible to the racing tycoon It is the television suc cess story and its potential for growth in that medium that should ultimately ensure a stable Elsewhere widely scattered showers were likely across the Northwest from Washington into the northern Rockies and as far south as parts of northern Califor nia and Nevada There was a chance of rain and snow showers in parts of New England temperatures around the Lower 48 states ranged from a morning low of 9 below zero at Williston ND to an early after miles east of Grand Island when a noon reading of 87 at Miami The van went out of control on ice and lowest wind chill the rating based skidded into the path of a truck on temperature and wind speed the Nebraska State Patrol said was 33 below zero at Minot ND H5TURE wtv serious decisions to make here that we cannot discuss at this And increasing parking and se lling capacity may not of itself be enough to satisfy the profit pal ates of Speedway shareholders With two Winston Cup events and a pair of Busch Grand Na tional races being run at BIR each yearas well as the Slim Jim All Pro Series Craftsman SuperTruck Series and Dash Series Byrd said BIR may have reached a saturation level as far as the num ber of profitable racing events it is capable of hosting in a given year track has got to become more than just a racing Byrd said So Byrd a former member of the Winston Salem Coliseum Com mission while working in his pre vious capacity as vice president of Sports Marketing Enterprises at RJ Reynolds hopes another way he can increase revenue at the facility is through opening it up td new forms of entertainment incluiding concerts In its infancy BIR did host a few Concerts and when its infield was still grass the track even hosted an NL exhibition game 'I rack founder Larry Carrier still owns the Bristol Sports Arena on the saceway grounds which head quarters the World Boxing edera tionand a world title bout might also bossiblv fit the bill somewhere down the line using a portion of the BIR grandstands ILjd pointed to a mega concert planhed for this summer at Atlanta Motor Speedway featuring Alan Jackson Ala bama Hank Williams Jr Patty Loveless Pam Tillis Charlie Daniels Kenny Chesney Tracy Byrcf and Lee Roy Parnell as the tjpe of event he would like to see BIR hosting believe got to find events that are compatible with the he said He said he has already spoken Attention Sprint Smith Kline Retirees ZVWW Mr Save on Prescriptions fCind out how a $300Q prescription 10s Os Os 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s banas separate niyn leuipeiaiure runes iui mo uiy IHiezbollah guerrillas fire rockets into northern Israel COLD WARM STATIONARY Pressure In State Out of State Residents 'fl' 'S Clark Palm Compounding Prescription Center 121 Bluff City Hwy (2 Blocks from Viking Hail) Bristol TN K(423 764 4136 1 800 263 8990 4 Temperatures Indicate previous day high and overnight low to 8 Asheville Atlanta Baltimore Boston Charleston SC Charleston WV Charlotte NC Chicago The regional outlook Monday LEVEL 17159 19472 13766 12596 10502 9668 10002: uii 10066 U05 High mid 60s Low in 40s High mid 60s Low mld 40s ill S' MBIW OHIO I liZ Ii leno I 1 JLUUloVilic IUC7 I (Zj A Lexington oHioly MD 'A 1 I Paducah 1 I rY WVA I Washington 1 58 (Br1 I 1 1 "I i 1 Akx 7 MO I Charlottesville I KY i Roanoke Sf Memphis 62? Chattanooga 1 ZZA nc miss AiA ga 1 zz akf fW Im Mi 1 wl Whwwffitifi W'V A I Ay Cincinnati 63 43 rn New York City 3 0 clr Dallas Worth 79 61 clr Norfolk Va 51 39 cdy Detroit 53 30 cdy Orlando 00 66 01 rn Jacksonville 67 59 45 rn Philadelphia 56 33 clr Los Angeles 72 51 clr Pittsburgh 63 31 rn Louisville 62 48 Providence 54 26 clr Memphis 68 43 rn Richmond 60 40 cdy Miami Beach 87 70 cdy St Louis 60 46 cdy Milwaukee 45 32 cdy San Diego 68 52 clr Nashville 74 46 rn San rancisco 67 57 cir New Orleans 68 63 64 cdy Washington DC 56 36 cdy informally with a local minister Lottery Picks IJI JIMM Here are the winning numbers picked Saturday March 30 1996 in the Virginia and West Virginia lotteries: VIRGINIA (Day drawing) Pick 3: 2 6 5 Pick 4: 6 8 4 9 (Night drawing) Pick 3: 4 8 1 Pick 4: 4 5 6 Cash 5: 9 11 29 31 32 Lgtto: 11 16 24 26 37 39 Kicker 6 1 4 1 0 9 WEST VIRGINIA Daily 3: 2 3 2 Daily 4: 9 7 3 3 yu numbers subject to venbcation) ADDISON rom Page 1A in the commission of a felony and stalking He allegedly shot Janet Addison twice with a 38 caliber handgun in the street in front of the post office in Norton Quillen ruled last month that Addison was not competent to stand trial and the defendant was taken to Central State Hospital in Petersburg for therapy and evalu ation He was returned to Wise County after being at Central State for about one month Because the case has had a lot of publicity Collins has asked that the trial be moved to another loca tion Quillen has stated he will wait and see if a can be se lected before ruling on that mo rion Court officials have a large jury pool for this case containing about double the number of poten tial jurors normally called for cases in Wise County NOTICES rom Page 2A Vinton Chapel where the family will re ceive friends: from noon to 2 pm and 8 9 pan Oakeys uneral Service Roano ke is in charge SRELTON uneral services for Oris Dean Shelton will be conducted at 1 pm Monday in Gloryiand Tabernacle Shortt Gap with the Rev Don Smith and the Rev Mike Roberts officiating Interment will be in the Shelton family cemetery near Shortt Gap Relatives and friends wall serve as pallbearers Mr Shelton was preceded in death by his parents Howard and Annie Mae Simmons Shelton both Tazewell County natives and one sister Emma Lou Chambers He is also survived by four grandchildren Bradley Smith Pamela Shelton Brittany Shelton and Patrick Clowers Hurst Scott uneral Home Richlands is in charge ONLY NO OTHER DISCOUNTS APPLY LENS OPTION AVAILABLE OR ADDITIONAL CHARGE WITH RAME PURCHASE I EMraNtna EYE EXAMINATION Bring your prescription or let us arrange an appointment for you with the independent doctor of optometry next door This offer good through 43096 No other discounts apply (02 BRISTOL VA TOLL REE 1 800 775 2970 WYTHEVILLE VA 1620 Euclid Ave 540 669 2970 ALL LOCATIONS 540 228 6537 orecasts emmiHBll Local stats The states Thursday Wednesday Tuesday Today Monday Lake stages Selected US cities.