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July 11, 2001 THE COVER The Jackson Senate votes Votes Tuesday from rural West Tennessee lawmakers as the state Senate, on a 19-13 vote, approved a one-year increase in car registration fees that would convert in 18 months into a 1 percent annual tax on the value of a car. Voting yes were 7 Republicans and 12 Democrats. Voting no were 8 Republicans and 5 Democrats. Present but not voting were 0 Republicans and 1 Democrats. Republicans voting yes Bobby Carter (Jackson).

Democrats voting yes Roy Herron (Dresden). Lt. Gov. John Wilder (Somerville). Democrats voting no Doug Jackson (Dickson).

House vote Votes Tuesday by rural West Tennessee lawmakers as the state House, on a 77-21 vote, approved a budget for the fiscal year that began 10 days ago that relies on the use of all the state's tobacco settlement money. Voting yes were 36 Republicans and 41 Democrats. Voting no were 5 Republicans and 16 Democrats. Present but not voting were 0 Republicans and 1 Democrat. Republicans voting yes Steve McDaniel (Parkers Crossroads).

Democrats voting yes Ronnie Cole (Dyersburg). Craig Fitzhugh (Ripley). Matt Kisber (Jackson). Mark Maddox (Dresden). Paul Phelan (Trenton).

Phillip Pinion (Union City). Don Ridgeway (Paris). Randy Rinks (Savannah). Johnny Shaw (Bolivar). Deaths Ruby Barker, 84 SAVANNAH Services for Ruby Austin Barker, 84, will be at 1 p.m.

today at Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah. Burial will be in the Memory Gardens of Hardin County. Ms. Barker, a homemaker, died Monday at Magnolia Regional Hospital in Corinth, of cancer. For information, call the funeral home at (731) 925-4000.

Mildred Bowers, 89 MILAN Services for Mildred Fields Bowers, 89, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery. Ms. Bowers, a retired teacher for the former Milan City Schools, died Monday at Jackson-Madison County General of respiratory failure.

For information, call Bodkin Funeral Home at (731) 686-3111. W.C. Clark, 78 McKENZIE Services for W.C. Clark, 78, will be at 2 p.m. today at Brummitt Funeral Home.

Burial will be in the Everett's Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Clark, equipment operator for Spinks Gleason, died Monday retired, at his residence of heart failure. For information, call the funeral home at (731) 352-2222. Frank Cole, 64 JACKSON Frank Larry Cole, 64, died Tuesday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

Arrangements are incomplete. For information, call Mercer Brothers Funeral Home at (731) 423-4922. Charles Tidwell (New Johnsonville). Speaker Jimmy Naifeh (Covington). Contacting lawmakers Here are the address, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of rural West Tennessee's legislators and Gov.

Don Sundquist. Senate Sen. Bobby Carter, R- Jackson Senate District 27 (Madison, Gibson and Carroll) Phone: (615) 741-2676 Fax: (615) 741-7200 e-mail: sen.bobby.carter@legislature. state.tn.us In Jackson: (901) 668-1670 Sen. Roy Herron, D-Dresden Senate District 24 (Benton, Dyer, Henry, Lake, Obion and Weakley) Phone: (615) 741-4576 Fax: (615) 253-0161 e-mail: sen.roy.herron@legislature.

state.tn.us In Dresden: (901) 364-5415 Fax: (901) 588-2637 Sen. Doug Jackson, D- Dickson Senate District 25 (Decatur, Dickson, Henderson, Hickman, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lewis and Perry) Phone: (615) 741-4499 Fax: (615) 741-9349 e-mail: sen.doug.jackson@legislature. state.tn.us In Dickson: (615) 740-5578 Lt. Gov. John Wilder, D- Somerville Senate District 26 (Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood and Wayne) Phone: (615) 741-2368 e-mail: It.gov.john.wilder@legislature.

Logan English, 86 SHARON Services for Logan English, 86, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Gardner Funeral Home in Sharon. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville, Ky. English, retired partner of Jones English Meadows Trucking Sharon, died Monday at Christian Care Center in Nashville of heart failure. For information, call the funeral home at (901) 456-2300.

Roy Hickman, 59 RUTHERFORD Services for Roy Allen Hickman, 59, will be at 2 p.m. today at Roberts Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Salem Methodist Cemetery. Mr. Hickman, a farmer, died Monday at Gibson General Hospital of injuries received in a car accident.

For information, call the funeral home at (731) 665-7654. Dorothy Sears, 81 CAMDEN Services for Dorothy Lee Sears, 81, will be at 3 p.m. today at Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home in Camden. Burial will be in the Roberts Chapel Cemetery in Linden. Mrs.

Sears, a homemaker, died Monday at Henry County Medical Center in Paris of liver disease. For information, call the funeral home at (731) 584-8282. Laney Stephenson 63 JACKSON Services for Laney E. "Sonny" Stephenson 63, will be at 2 p.m. today at Lawrence-Sorensen Funeral Home.

Burial will be in the Maple Springs Cemetery near Mercer. Obituaries Information supplied by West Tennessee Funeral Directors Richard W. Jines, Jr. 00 88 Richard W. Jines, Jr.

was born in Humboldt, Tennessee on August 16, 1927, the son of the late Richard Winston and Nannie Mae Robinson Jines. On March 29, 1975 he was united in marriage to the former Vadie Younger, who preceded her husband in death on January 27, 1993. Mr. Jines was a well digger and taxi driver. He loved going to the Flea Markets.

Mr. Jines departed this life on July 8, 2001 at the Hardin Home Nursing Home in Savannah, Tennessee at the age of 73 years, 10 months and 22 days. He is survived by one daughter, Rita F. Morgan of Atoka, Tennessee; one son, William Richard Bratcher of Houston, Texas; seven step-daughters; and three step-sons; two grandchildren; twenty seven step-grandchildren and many step- great grandchildren. Mr.

Jines also reared Shelia Franks, Heather McClain, Richie Moore and Jeff Moore. Services will be held Wednesday, July 11, 2001 at 3:00 P.M. in the Shackelford Chapel with Hubert Hunt and Danny Keymon officiating. Burial in Adamsville Cemetery. Shackelford Funeral Directors 731-925-4000 Death Notice Policy: The Jackson Sun provides free death notices for families in our area.

However, those desiring more than basic information provided in the death notice may purchase a paid obituary through their funeral home or the ciassified advertisement department of The Sun. state.tn.us In Somerville: (731) 465-4647 House Rep. Ronnie M. Cole, D- Dyersburg House District 78 (Crockett and Dyer) Phone: (615) 741-6241 Fax: (615) 741-1446 e-mail: rep.ronnie.cole@legislature. state.tn.us In Dyersburg: (901) 285-2631 Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley House District 82 (Lauderdale, Haywood and part of Hardeman) Phone: (615) 741-2134 Fax: (615) 741-7041 e-mail: rep.craig.fitzhugh@legislature.

state.tn.us In Ripley: (901) 772-8978 Rep. Matthew I Kisber, D- Jackson House District 73 (Most of Madison) Phone: (615) 741-4156 Fax: (615) 741-1446 e-mail: rep.matt.kisber@legislature. state.tn.us In Jackson: (901) 660-7255 Fax: (901) 427-7676 I Rep. Mark L. Maddox, D- Dresden House District 76 (Weakley and part of Carroll) Phone: (615) 741-7847 Fax: (615) 741-1041 e-mail: rep.mark.maddox@legislature.

state.tn.us In Dresden: (901) 364-3404 Rep. Steve McDaniel, R- Crossroads House Republican Leader House District 72 (Henderson) Phone: (615) 741-0750 Fax: (615) 741-0704 e-mail: rep.steve.mcdaniel@ legislature.state.tn.us Crossroads: (901) 968-5533 Fax: (901) 968-8069 Mr. Stephenson, a road supervisor for the state of Tennessee Highway died Saturday at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital of heart failure. For information, call the funeral home at (731) 424-2424. Frances Stowell, 59 SAVANNAH Services for Frances Geneva Stowell, 59, will be at 11 a.m.

today at Center Hill Baptist Church near Counce. Burial will be in the Center Hill Cemetery near Counce. Ms. Stowell, a homemaker, died Sunday at JacksonMadison County General Hospital of heart failure. For information, call Shackelford Funeral Home in Savannah at (731) 925-4000.

Lebirt Stribling, 78 LEXINGTON Services for Lebirt Stribling, 78, will be at 3 p.m. today at Pafford Funeral Home in Lexington. Burial will be in the Center Hill Cemetery in Reagan. Mr. Stribling, retired TVA employee, died Tuesday at the VA Hospital in Nashville of heart failure.

For information, call the funeral home at (731) 968-2544. Jeanette Taylor, 65 FINGER Services for Jeanette Lee Taylor, 65, will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Casey Funeral Home in Henderson. Burial will be in the Adamsville City Cemetery. Mrs.

Taylor, a homemaker, died Monday at Methodist Healthcare McNairy Hospital in Selmer of a heart attack. For information, call the funeral home at (731) 989-2421. Erma Rodgers Brinkley Funeral services for Erma Rodgers Brinkley, 80, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, July 12, 2001 in the chapel of Arrington Funeral Directors with Pastor Bill Luther, Pastor Ron Brown and Reverend Paul Cowell officiating. Entombment will follow in Highland Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.

Mrs. Brinkley died Monday at NHC Healthcare Center in Milan, Tennessee. Mrs. Brinkley was born October 27, 1920 in Bemis, TN the daughter of the late Willis and Annie Rodgers. She was preceded in death by her husband Elmo Brinkley in 1996.

She lived her entire life in Madison County and was a member of the Lighthouse United Pentecostal Church, where she had been a Sunday School teacher for many years. During the forties Mrs. Brinkley sang along with her sisters (The Rodgers Sisters) on the radio and at the Hay Loft Frolics. Mrs. Brinkley is survived by three daughters, Ann Luther and husband Bill of Adamsville, TN, Patty Weir and husband Tillman of Jackson, TN and Teresa Brinkley of Jackson, TN; one brother, Wayne Rodgers of Jackson, TN; two sisters, Beauton Redding and Hazel Hilliard, both of Jackson, TN; five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Barry Hart, Roger Weir, Dave Engler, David Luther, Cary Luther and Steve Farrow. Honorary pallbearers will be Lester Rushton, Horace Tharp and Charles Hampton. The family has requested that memorials be directed to the Lighthouse Pentecostal Church, 333 Old Humboldt Road, Jackson, TN 38305. The family will be receiving friends between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, July 11, 2001 at Arrington Funeral Directors. Arrington Funeral Directors 148 West University Parkway Jackson, Tennessee 38305 (731) 668-1111 Rep. Paul Phelan, D- Trenton House District 79 (Gibson and part of Carroll) Phone: (615) 741-5091 Fax: (615) 741-1984 e-mail: rep.paul.phelan@legislature. state.tn.us In Trenton: (901) 855-9662 Rep. Randy S.

Rinks, D- Savannah House District 71 (Hardin, McNairy and part of Decatur) Phone: (615) 741-2007 e-mail: rep.randy.rinks@legislature. state.tn.us In Savannah: (901) 925-3985 Rep. Johnny Shaw, R-Bolivar House District 80 (Hardeman, Haywood and Madison) Phone: (615) 741-4538 Fax: (615) 253-0163 e-mail: state.tn.us In Bolivar: (901) 658-3690 Fax: (901) 658-3408 Rep. John Tidwell, D-New Johnsonville House District 74 (Benton, Humphreys, Perry and parts of Decatur and Wayne) Phone: (615) 741-7098 Fax: (615) 741-1005 e-mail: rep.john.tidwell@legislature. state.tn.us In New Johnsonville: (931) 535- 2619 The Governor Gov.

Don Sundquist Phone: (615) 741-2001 Fax: (615) 532-9711 e-mail: On the Net State of Tennessee: www.state.tn.us General Assembly: ture.state.tn.us TennCare: www.state.tn.us/ Budget Continued from cover Starting Oct. 1, auto owners would pay a one-time fee based on the model year of their car or truck: 1981 or older, $15; 1982- 86, $35; 1987-91, $55; 1992-96, $75; 1997-2002, $85. Then on Jan. 1, 2003, the fee would be replaced with a 1 percent annual tax based on the value of the auto. An owner of a $25,000 car would pay $250, for example.

If both houses agree on a plan today, the legislature will finally end its historic session. The General Assembly has never before worked past June 30 to pass a budget. Usually, lawmakers complete their business by the start of the fiscal year, July 1, and pass a balanced budget, as required by the state Constitution. On June 29, legislators approved a temporary budget that kept the government from shutting down July 1, and they agreed to return this week to pass a permanent budget. On the Net: www.legislature.state.

tn.us Deaths Elsewhere Rolim Adolf Amaro, 58, aviation adventurer SAO PAULO, Brazil Rolim Adolf Amaro, who got his start in aviation flying adventurers over the Amazon and went on to build Brazil's second largest airline, died Sunday in a helicopter crash. He was 58. Amaro was piloting the helicopter when it crashed in Paraguay near the border with Brazil, according to his company, TAM airlines. Police were investigating the cause of the crash. Amaro transformed TAM from: a regional carrier into Brazil's number two airline.

By laying down red carpets in airports, serving food and drinks in waiting areas and even providing live entertainment on occasion, he caused a revolution in Brazil's airline industry. Amaro got his start flying around the untamed Amazon region in the early 1960s, saving his money and building his air taxi service into a 10 plane fleet over the course of two years. In 1972, he bought a 50 percent stake in TAM, where he had once worked as a pilot. Four years later, he bought the rest of the company. George A.

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But as the state House voted Tuesday to use the settlement money to plug the holes in Tennessee's budget, the dreams of Teasley and of health care advocates to use the tobacco money to fund a brighter future are fading. "The family farmer who raised enough tobacco to make a living is disappearing," said Teasley, who has spent weeks at the Capitol lobbying for the rights of tobacco farmers. "That settlement money wasn't intended to solve a budget problem it was intended to help him learn another way of life. "But lawmakers see it sitting there, and they can't help but reach out for it." And that's what lawmakers are poised to do, as tax plan after tax plan has failed forcing the General Assembly to craft a barebones budget that uses all of the $560 million the state expects to receive from the settlement through June 30, 2002, the end of the current fiscal year. The budget plan still has to be passed by the Senate and signed by Gov.

Don Sundquist before it becomes law. "We'll survive, but this would have been money that could have come back to rural communities," said Tennessee Farm Bureau spokesman Pettus Read. "They will be hurt more than anyone. "Tobacco was one of their chief suppliers of money it paid the healthcare bills of farmers and their families, sent their kids to school." The budget plan also has drawn condemnation from health-care advocates who believe the money should be used to treat smokingrelated illnesses and to fund smoking cessation and prevention programs. "This is a cop-out," American Heart Association spokeswoman Chastity Mitchell said Tuesday.

"The public has overwhelmingly supported using the money the way it was meant to be for Christi Haas, 57, Austrian skier ANKARA, Turkey Christi Haas, the Austrian skier who won the women's downhill at the 1964 Olympics, drowned Sunday while swimming at a money bailout condemnation "We'll survive, but this would have been money that could have come back to rural rural communities. They will be hurt more than anyone." Pettus Read, Tennessee Farm Bureau health care and farmers. "By doing this, the burden of healthcare cost will fall back on taxpayers. And the public will see that for what it is a lack of leadership by In 1998, tobacco companies agreed to settle a lawsuit by paying states $246 billion over the next 25 years to cover the cost of treating sick smokers in the Medicaid program, which serves the poor and disabled. Tobacco farmers get a separate $5.2 billion.

Tennessee's portion of the settlement totals $4.8 billion for Tennessee, as well as the $390 million for state tobacco farmers. "I think it's tragic," said American Cancer Society spokeswoman Elizabeth Merkel. "It was a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity to do something for Tennesseans to provide health care, to help farmers learn how to grow other crops and legislators just let it slip through their hands." Tennessee isn't the only state wrestling over using tobacco settlement money to help solve its budget woes. State lawmakers in Wisconsin which also is facing major budget shortfalls want to use $450 million from their state's tobacco settlement to help balance their budget. Wisconsin's Gov.

Scott McCallum wants to sell the state's total tobacco settlement money, estimated at $5.9 billion over 25 years, for a one-time sum of $1.3 billion. "The general assumption is that the money should be used for purposes relating to health," said Arturo Perez, of the National Conference of State Legislatures. "But states rationalize it by saying the money they previously used for treating tobacco-related illnesses is money they could have used for other services. "So they're using it to fund those other services now." On the Net: www.tnfarmbureau.org www.americanheart.org www.cancer.org www.legislature.state.tn.us PAID ANNOUNCEMENT Graveside services fro Mrs. Gladys Andrews Harvey, 95, widow of Judge Hugh S.

Harvey, will be at 10:00 AM Thursday, July 12, 2001 at Brown's Church Cemetery with The Reverend Nowell Bingham officiating. Mrs. Harvey died Tuesday, July 10, 2001 at Maplewood Health Care Center. She was born in Spring Creek, Tennessee, daughter of the late Harris and Bruce Shelton Andrews. She was a graduate of Union University and received her Master's Degree from Memphis State University.

She worked as Home Demonstration Agent in Huntingdon, Tennessee and taught school for more than thirty years, spending most of that time at Pope Elementary School. She was a member of First United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Chloe Craddock and her husband, Roland of Phoenix, AZ; a son, Hugh H. Harvey, Sr. and his wife, Dorothy of Jackson, TN and three grandchildren, Judy Spehar, Cindy Strelow and her husband, Loren and Judge Hugh H.

Harvey, Jr. and his wife, Sue. She also leaves four greatgrandchildren, Kelly Spehar, Ellie Strelow and Dorothy and Suzanne Harvey and a special niece, Sandra Perkins. The family will receive friends at the North Chapel of George A. Smith and Sons today from 4:00 Gladys Andrews Harvey until 8:00 PM.

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