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He accepted the president's gavel at the TJC Spring Conference in Nashville, succeeding Circuit Court Judge Don Ash of Murfrees-boro. Other new TJC officers are Circuit Court Judge W. Neil Thomas ffl, of Chattanooga, vice president; Criminal Court Judge Stephen M. Bevil of Chattanooga, secretary; Chancellor Telford Forgety, Jr, of Dandridge. treasurer; and Criminal Court Judge Arthur T.

Bennett of Memphis, president-elect Executive Committee member Circuit Judge Ross H. Hicks of Clarksville has been named to represent Middle Tennessee. Gentle Carpet Care 551-9033 i People, process and place. You cannot change one without having a significant effect on the others," said Craig A. Steele, a facilities management professor at the University of California Berkeley.

Meadowbrook tested two new workstations and five potential chairs with its 300 employees while planning its move, said Sue Cubbin, vice president of human resources. The biggest shift will be the number of walled offices, Cubbin said. Meadowbrook will go from about 75 in its current location to only 24. They are being moved to the building's interior so more workers have access to daylight 'We wanted to put supervisors closer to the people they're working with," Cubbin said. She noted that the change helps Meadowbrook avoid the expense of building dozens of office walls at its new location.

Compuware's workers gained a few niceties when the software company moved from suburban Farmington Hills into Detroit. Overhead florescent lights were replaced with desktop task lighting, and worker conversations are masked by a recording of falling water. 'Teople love their little caves," said Carrie Mermuys Finney, Compuware's director of global procurement 'We just wanted to make them more modern, efficient little caves." nrnowDtPEDfi 7 ANO ASSOCOATES SERIOUS INJURY ATTORNEYS I 552-0600 1817A Madison Hilldale Professional Center, Suite 3, Clarksville, TN 37043 Insurance I Mo(MonwttMMUe) FuH Service For Tennessee Kentucky HomCMm torJeHtrmOwnm HaiWuaDiMlngFlm ftmM OmupRaM2to49 6(122 FaFot! Sam -MoWqjcW 1 Oanraroiia1 FTw Monday ttwu Friday 10m4pm M5N RwdaOnM ACAOSt PROW WEHOTt ClAflKSVIAE. TN r-552-4066-1 ouwoecuRKsvut an-3au IT 1 it Ll JB" Would you have your vision examined by anyone ft ft 9 It I other than an optometrist? Probably not. So why would you have your A(B I near'nS checked by anyone other than a Board Certified Audiologist? Only I a Board Certified Audiologist can properly evaluate your hearing loss and jfZJk (X 1fY TOT recommend the correct form of treatment.

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Embry, Frazier inducted Sherry Embry and Daron Frazier from Floral Expressions were each inducted as certified florists under the Tennessee Certified Florist program. The program was created in 2000 by the Tennessee State Florists' Association to establish a recognizable talent and quality standard throughout the retail floral industry. Applicants for this professional designation must complete a course of study and pass a three-hour testing process Continued from B9 als and hundreds of businesses, local government, and many community organizations, who've given selflessly, worked together, and persevered to make their community a better place and thafs something everyone should celebrate," Batts said. The Chamber's mission is to represent the interests of the business community and its member- Tuition Continued from B9 to college," says Potter, a financial planner. "It is the very, very rare person who is able to fully fund a college education." Rep.

John Boehner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, is shepherding renewal of the Higher Education Act which regulates how $70 billion over six years is distributed to colleges, students and their families including the federal Pell Grants. Those provided $11.7 billion in aid to 4.8 million low-income students last year. "All the institutions are all over us about increasing the maximum Peil Grant award, which is going to be very difficult to do," he says. The maximum Pell Grant award of $4,050 hasn't been raised in three years. The limits of what families can borrow under Stafford Loan plans bank loans where the federal government pays the interest while, the student FedEx opens By CORALIE CARLSON Associated Press MIAMI FedEx formally opened a $50 million hub Friday at Miami International Airport, a move officials said signifies the city's importance as a gateway to Latin America The new hub, the company's 10th worldwide, will double FedEx's capacity at the airport to 40,000 packages a day.

It includes a refrigerated storage space for flowers and perishable foods, and has customs inspectors on site. Hubs are collection points where packages are collected from many sites for transshipment to other sites- "The opening of this new facility both highlights and strengthens Florida's unique position as the gateway to the region and will increase our capacity to continue attracting businesses to our state," said Gov. Jeb Bush, who attended the opening ceremony. Miami is competing to host the Free Trade Area of the Americas, which would be the world's largest free-trade zone when it takes effect in 2005. The host city will get about 11,000 new jobs, plus a chance for more international investment officials have said.

"Decisions by companies like FedEx help cement even more our 1 A 3 .4 IT1W ship by advancing community development, promoting the business and economic environment and improving the welfare of the community by enhancing the quality of life in the region. For more information about the Chamber or to help coordinate events planned for its anniversary year, call Batts at 551-4313, extension 234. is in school haven't changed in a decade or more. Today, loans are the primary way people finance college, according to the College Board, a New York City-based nonprofit association. In 2000, seven of 10 college students had a loan debt that averaged $17,800.

Of that $15,100 was still owed a year after graduation, according to the National Center of Education Statistics. The cost of attending Miami University's Hamilton, Ohio, branch is a debt that 25-year-old Malcolm Simmons thinks he will have for the rest of his life. "The last time I looked at how 'much I owe, it was easily -over $35,000," says Simmons. "And now they've just gone and upped tuition again? It's ridiculous. You just might as well say that you're going to be in debt for the rest of your life." hub in Miami position in Miami-Dade County as a gateway community," said Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas.

About 54 percent of all US. trade with Latin America comes through Miami, 40 percent of Caribbean trade and 34 percent from South American trade flows here, according to Miami-Dade County's economic development council Miami also receives about 80 percent of US. air imports from Latin America and the Caribbean, according to Memphis, Tena-based FedEx. 'We have seen Miami grow into a center of international commerce and a gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean," said Juan Cento, president of FedEx's Latin American and Caribbean divisioa "Miami has also become the leading city in which to conduct business and the undisputed hub for any regional trade agreements that we sign, or will be signing in the future." The hub, which was completed in April employees about 300 people and accommodates 20 flights per day. It ships packages by air to Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, the Bahamas, Panama, Ecuador, Honduras, El Salvador Guatemala, Costa Rica, Haiti, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Belize, Associated Press alty feaKlyulU 4 'tterfAf i nifciHiinnim -i 1 1 1 1111 flfn- ijctnttH msnste i0ium 11 No check to write.

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