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STATEDEATHS Page 6AThe Jackson Sun Monday, Feb. 28,1994 Lawmaker seeks remedy for TennCare ills Legislator requests that people hurt by health care program help solve problems. The Associated Press NASHVILLE A Nashville lawmaker is urging those who have been hurt by the implementation of Gov. Ned Mc-Wherter's TennCare plan to join in a grass-roots movement to help him change the health care program. Rep.

John Arriola, D-Nashville, is urging unhappy TennCare recipients and members of the Blue Cross Tennessee Preferred Network to make their feelings known to their state lawmakers. "We have to get pressure on the legislators. They have to be motivated by their constitu ents," Arriola says. Arriola is sponsor of a bill to force Blue Cross to separate its TennCare patients from Blue Cross' TPN, which covers state employees and thousands of other employees of private businesses. Many TPN doctors have dropped out of the network after stating they felt forced by Blue Cross to accept TennCare patients if they wished to con tinue seeing privately insured TPN patients.

Arriola said he and sponsors of other TennCare bills dealing with Blue Cross will meet this week to find one bill which addresses all concerns. "We are trying to get in step. The goal is to enact legislation to end the cram-down," Arriola said. Gov. McWherter enacted TennCare by executive order on Jan.

1. The program replaced the state's Medicaid program. Administration and Blue Cross officials say forcing Blue Cross to separate TennCare from TPN could endanger the federal waiver that authorized TennCare. "The waiver request was submitted to Washington under the condition that there be an established network to put the TennCare patients in. The waiver was approved because Blue Cross had a statewide network (TPN) we would use for TennCare," said John Greenwood, Blue Cross director of legislative affairs.

"If you separate the networks, you would reverse conditions under which the waiver was approved. You run the risk of losing the waiver," Greenwood said. Graduates: Do anything to land first job Best cities to land first job New college graduates trying to land a job should be wifling to go where the Officers learn how to talk with deaf residents the best cities to start a career: Rank Cityarea State Score SaHIake Crty Utah' 100.0 "2. Indianapolis Irid. 93.7 Nashville B7.7"" -4." Louisville Ky.

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Larry Mitchell is a training officer for the department "In emergency situations, police officers are supposed to be the people you turn to for help," Mitchell said. "Imagine how awful it would be if that officer could not understand you." The course teaches officers to approach hearing-impaired people from an angle where they can be seen, to smile and appear friendly and remain calm so the person does not become frightened. Most officers are hesitant coming into the course, Mitchell said, but soon get caught up in what they are learning. The Associated Press CHATTANOOGA The story told by Hamilton County Sheriffs officer Mike Cribbs gets the class members' attention. He tells of a man who matched a burglary suspect description found walking a Los Angeles street.

The man even carried a paper bag in one hand, as the burglar had done. A police officer called to the man to stop, but he seemingly ignored the order. Police confronted the man, who reacted with fright and ran. When he was again ordered to stop and did not, police shot him. The man was killed.

Later, the officers learned the man was not their suspect, Cribbs said. They found out he didn't stop because he didn't hear them. He was deaf. "The guy died basically because he was hearing-impaired," Cribbs said. To head off just such tragedies, the Hamilton County Sheriffs Department has become the first law enforcement agency in Tennessee to take part in a Florida-based pro State Wis.

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Center orders hospitals to pay for helicopter flights The Associated Press MEMPHIS Rural doctors and hospital administrators in the Memphis area are angered by a new policy at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center which limits the number of he- licopter ambulance flights. Officials of Le Bonheur, which lost $800,000 on its helicopter flights last year, want other hospitals to pay for helicopter ambulance flights to Memphis or send critically ill children elsewhere. They blame Gov. Ned Mc-Wherter's TennCare program for grounding the flights. Under TennCare, Le Bonheur and other hospitals that treat many state-funded pa Volunteer, beg and take half the salary to get foot into the door, expert says.

By ANITA BRUZZESE pannett News Service For generations it has been drilled into our heads that if we get an education, our future is secure. But don't try telling that to recent college graduates. Many jcan't find jobs. Sure, they can flip hamburgers or run a cash register, but they'll argue they could have gotten those jobs without $50,000 worth of education. It's no wonder these young people are frustrated, as are their parents.

Listen to Colleen Hurley, a mother of three in Des Moines, Iowa: "I see tons of my friends whose kids can't get jobs without internships. And those internships aren't out there anymore." Hurley knows the job game Two of her children graduated college and landed jobs, as an environmental engineer and a broadcast journalist But "it is her youngest, a sophomore with an interest in business, that concerns her. Caela Farren, a partner with Career System Inc. in Washington, D.C., says many college students are making the mistake "generalizing" in such fields as business. Instead, she says Ihey should be picking a specific field, such as marketing or accounting.

She adds that while specialists may become generalists once they have put in time with DEATHS Carolyn C. Cantrell, 54, employee of Brown Shoe' RUTHERFORD Services for -Carolyn C. Cantrell, 54, will be at p.m. Tuesday at Williams Fu-; neral Home in Greenfield. Burial wlll be in Eldad Cemetery, near Trenton.

'7 Mrs. Cantrell, an employee of Brown Shoe Company, died Sunday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She was married to Bobby F. Tantrell. They had three Juanita McAlister, Susan "Cantrell and Ramona Cavender, of Greenfield.

Her sister is -Cindy McAlister of Bradford. For more information, call the funeral home at 235-2224. Lee Lewis Lyell, 61, "Chrysler employee GREENFIELD Services for Lee Lewis Lyell, 61, will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Williams Fu-; neral home. Burial will be in Cemetery in Greenfield.

Mr. Lyell, a retired Chrysler employee, died Friday at his home in Detroit For more information, call the funeral home at 235-2224. Dorothy Abbott, 182, homemaker TRENTON Services for Dor-- othy Mae Deere Abbott, 82, will rbe at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.

Abbott, a homemaker, died at Gibson General Hospital. She was married to Paul Ab-rbott They had one son, Emerson DEATHS ELSEWHERE Sir Harold Action, writer, art collector FLORENCE, Italy Sir Ha- rold Acton, a writer, art collector and contemporary of some of the century's leading creative and political figures, died Sunday at 'his villa. He was 89. An heir to a British family with deep ties to Italian nobility, Acton was the author of more '-than 29 books, many poking fun at the pretenses of wealthy expatriates. He also was a renowned art collector and patron, filling his outside Florence with paint -lng and sculptures from around JTthe world.

Laurence Cralgle, "aviation pioneer LOS ANGELES Retired Air jobs are. Here's a list of some of State Score S.D. 100.0 Utah 94.9 Idaho 90.6 KM. 89:1 S.D:- 88.4- Ark; 86.1 NO, Colo. 82.2 Iowa S(X0 Neb.

78.9 their local economy; Medium markets have Gannett News Service half price. Get your foot in the door," Farren stresses. She says she has had people ask to follow her throughout her day in order to learn more. "I ended up hiring some of these people because I thought it took a lot of initiative." Look to small companies. While dreams of a job at a Fortune 500 company may have danced in your head during college, the reality is that 70 percent of workers are employed at small companies.

Forest Cove Manor Nursing Home. For more information, calhthe funeral home at 423-4922. Elvis Evans Potter, 70, owner of shoe store MILAN Services for Elvis Evans Potter, 70, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery in Milan.

Mr. Potter, the retired owner of Potter's Shoe Store, died Sunday at the Baptist Memorial Hospital Central in Memphis. He was married to Frances Mayberry Potter. They had two sons, Larry Evans Potter of Memphis and Jerry O'Neil Potter of Cordova. His brothers were Elmer Lee Potter of Nashville, Elbert Potter of Dickson and Elgie Potter of Milan.

For more information, call the Bodkin Funeral Home at 686-3111. Timothy and Jacob Krypciak, ages 2 and 6 HOLLOW ROCK Services for Timothy and Jacob Krypciak, 2 and 6 respectively, will be at 2 p.m. today at the Bruceton Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the New Prospect Cemetery near Hollow Rock. The boys died Saturday night Their parents are Kathleen Krypciak of Hollow Rock and John Alan Tynskl, address unknown.

They have a sister, Kellie, and a brother, John. For more information, call the funeral home at 586-2512. studies of national economies, which led him to conclude that people thrived best with institutions on a smaller scale and under basic democracy. He favored small countries and opposed broad unification projects like the European Union. Mitchell McDowell, transplant patient RIVERSIDE, Calif.

Mitchell McDowell, who received a transplanted heart seven weeks after he was born, died at a hospital Feb. 20, three days before his first birthday. Mitchell had been born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a condition In which the left side of his heart is only partially developed. He died after his body rejected the transplanted heart From wire reoorta Hapiocity Fayetteville Fargo Boulder Sioux City Lincoln Volunteer. Helping run a fund-raiser can hone your organizational and financial skills.

Working on a computer can help you learn a variety of software programs. Volunteering can provide concrete examples of your work to show to potential employers. It also can put you in contact with members of the community especially business leaders who may help you get a job. Donate your time. "Go beg it, borrow it, intern it, do it for Richard Alford Chavez, 45, carpenter McKENZIE Services for Richard Alford Chavez, 45, will be at 3 p.m.

today at Brummitt Funeral Home in McKenzie. Burial will be in McKenzie. Mr. Chavez, a carpenter, died Saturday at home. He was married to Nancy Austin Chavez.

He had one step-son, David Powell of McKenzie. For more information, call the Brummitt Funeral Home at 352-2222. Terry Lyn Rickman, 55, sample room supervisor ADAMSVILLE Services for Terry Lyn Rickman, 55, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Adamsville Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Gilchrist Cemetery near Adamsville.

Mr. Rickman, a sample room supervisor, died Sunday at Hardin County General Hospital. Mr. Rickman was married to Diane Thompson Rickman. They had one son, Jeffery Lyn Rickman of Adamsville.

His sisters were Jo Miller of Adamsville and Averee Sanders of Stantonville. His brothers were Bobby Neal Rickman and Jerry Glenn Rickman, both of Savannah. For more information, call the Shackelford Funeral Home at 925-3721. Ethel Hampton, 75 JACKSON Services for Ethel Hampton, 75, are incomplete at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. Ms.

Hampton died Sunday at peared on "Late Night With David Letterman" and in clubs and theaters around the world, died Saturday at his parents' home of pancreatic cancer. He was 32. Hicks produced two comedy albums and starred in two specials for cable television's Home Box Office, "One Night Stand" and "Bill Hicks: Revelations, Live from the Dominion Theater in London." Leopold Kohr, philosopher VIENNA, Austria Leopold Kohr, the Austrian philosopher and economist who argued that "small is beautiful," died Saturday at a hospital in Gloucester, England. He was 84. Kohr is best known for his PAID ANNOUNCEMENT Source: Managing Your Career, February issue a company, it is a good idea for college students to focus on a specific field.

Farren also advises that students who are not multilingual or computer literate will find themselves at a disadvantage. And even the slightest disadvantage can mean the difference between a career and years of driving a pizza delivery truck. For college graduates who cannot find a job, Farren offers this advice: Abbott of Trenton. For more information, call the funeral home at 855-1621. Ronald Edward Adams, 42, carpenter CEDAR GROVE Services for Ronald Edward Adams, 42, will be at 12:30 p.m.

today at Dilday Funeral Home in Huntingdon. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Cedar Grove. Mr. Adams, a carpenter, died Friday in Leach. He was married to Carol Jean Nelson Adams.

They had one daughter, Gwendolyn Gail Adams of Cedar Grove. His sister was Teresa Rehner of Hoffman Estates, 111. His brothers were Daniel Adams of McKenzie, Andy Andrews of Cedar Grove, Mike Andres of Trezevant and Jim Andrews of Conway, For more information, call the Dilday Funeral Home at 986-8281. Zelma Lee Cottner, 82, homemaker BELLS Services for Zelma Lee Cottner, 82, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bells Funeral Home.

Burial will be in the Providence Cemetery in Madison County. Ms. Cottner, a homemaker, died Saturday at home. She was married to the late Hobert C. Cottner.

They had two sons, Tracy Cottner and H.C. Cottner. Her sister is Lethea Dickens of Chicago. Her brothers are James Cupples of Pinson and Jo Cupples of California. For more information, call the Brownsville Funeral Home at 772-1551.

Force Lt Gen. Laurence C. "Bill" Craigie, America's first military jet pilot and an air command veteran of World War II and the Korean War, died Sunday. He was 92. He died at the March Air Force Base hospital.

Craigie, who was involved in developing many types of military aircraft in the 1930s and '40s, was one of the first two pilots to fly the Bell XP-59A Airacomet, developed In secrecy as the first U.S. Jet airplane. On Oct. 2, 1942, then-Col. Cralgle took the XP-59A up after two flights by Bell Aircraft civilian test pilot Bob Stanley.

William M. Hicks, veteran comedian LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Comedian William M. Hicks, who ap tients are seeing lower payments and less traffic, forcing them to reconsider the viability of costly programs. "Le Bonheur is holding children hostage," said family physician Jerry Biggerstaff of Baptist Memorial Hospital in Osceola, Ark.

"They are taking their special expertise and using it as a means of extorting money from the other hospitals." Le Bonheur has yet to refuse a flight, even to institutions that won't pay, said chief operating officer Jim Shmerling. He said flight decisions remain with Le Bonheur physicians, who will not ground the helicopter if it jeopardizes a child. supplied by West Funeral Directors THANK YOU Kindness, concern and thoughtfulness are Christian virtues expressed In many ways by sincere friends. The family of Mr. Alex Hunt, Jr.

Is eternally grateful for all the expressions of friendship and love shown during the passing of our loved one. Such expressions have pillars of strength. A very special thanks to the pastor and members of his church, Macedonia Baptist Church, all pastors and their congregations, to the neighbors of Campbell, Leon and Ridgedale Streets, all law enforcement agencies, First American Bank of Jackson, Jackson Fire Department, Jackson Madison County Emergency Team, Jackson Madison County Teachers' Association, Retired Police Organization, Bledsoe Funeral Home and all citizens of Jackson Madison County. May God forever bless each of you In his divine way. The Family of Alex Hunt, Jr.

Lvdla N. Hunt, Jackie Tous-ant, Paul and Michael Hunt CD Rates Go? Information Tennessee Dorothy Chamberlin Services for Mrs. Dorothy Chamberlin, 80, will be Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. from the chapel of Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home with Rev. C.

E. Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery. Mrs. Chamberlin, a home-maker, died Saturday night in the Jackson Madison County General Hospital after a short Illness.

She was born In Jackson, TN the daughter of the late Aubrey and Ethel Harris Reeves and received her education in the city school system. She was a Methodist, and also a member of the Friendship Club, Jackson, TN. Mrs. Chamberlin Is survived by her husband, Buford Chamberlin; one niece and two nephews. The family will receive friends from 2 to 6 pm today at the funeral home.

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