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THE CHRONICLE
of Mt. Juliet
The Largest Circulation in Wilson County 
Celebrating our 28th year as the leading newspaper in Mt. Juliet and West Wilson County
 www.thechronicleofmtjuliet.com
 Volume 29 March 18, 2009 Number 11
MJHS 2009baseball seasondedicated toGraden
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 You Heard it First
Page 4
BobbyFranklin :fired again?
MJ womancharged withaggravatedstatutory rape
Page 7 
County squirestable BiblePark for now
Page 3
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Like Providence,
only bigger
only bigger 
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Page 5
 
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He would have beena senior this year.Graden Gaines, amuch loved and even moremissed Mt. Juliet son whodied in 2005, was honoredby his fellow classmatesand Mt. Juliet High Schoolbaseball players last week when the team played their
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rst home game at the newbaseball
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eld and dedicatedtheir season, accordingto one baseball mom, toGraden.“The team wantedto dedicate their seasonto him,” said Charlayne Trotter, mother of MJHS Junior ballplayer Landon Trotter. “All the boys on theteam knew him and misshim.”Graden died after along battle with a rare formof brain cancer and braintumor, but only after yearsof playing baseball in Mt. Juliet and making lifelongfriends along the way. Thatfriendship and dedication was illustrated by the MJHSbaseball team on March 11, when the team memberseach wore a jersey withGraden’s number 11, andthe MJHS baseball team won the game with a scoreof 11 – 0 against McGavockHigh School.“It’s like he was watching over them orsomething,” Trotter said.Trotter also said she was impressed with the newMJHS baseball
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eld and theamount of work put into itby local education of 
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cials,parents and team boosters.Her husband Gregg Trotter isthe president of the BaseballBooster Club and worked tomake a baseball bat holderfor the team.She noted that noone will wear the number11 this year, in honor of Graden, and that the teamhung Graden’s baseball
By Tomi L. Wiley
 Managing Editor 
MJHS baseball opener, 2009 season dedicated to Graden
Top photo: Graden’s mother and father, Lisa Woodard and Jeff Gaines, center, greet some of this year’s MJHS baseball team players.Above, MJHS Principal Mel Brown, left, Woodard and Gaines tossout the first pitch of the 2009-10 baseball season.
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See GAME, Page 3
 
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County squires table Bible Park for now
Wilson Countycommissioners decided todefer to the appropriatecommitt The commissiondecided to defer to theappropriate committeea resolution to rescindall previous legislationsupporting the Bible Park.It also removed fromconsideration a resolutionsupporting the 5 percentprivilege tax for the park atthe request of the developer.ee a resolution to rescindall previous legislationsupporting the Bible Park.It also removed fromconsideration a resolutionsupporting the 5 percentprivilege tax for the park atthe request of the developerat Monday night’s WilsonCounty Commissionmeeting. The Wilson County jail is overcrowded and it iscosting the county money,Sheriff Terry Ashe told thecommission.He said part of thereason for the increase is thenumber of state inmates thecounty is required to house.He told commissioners hehas transferred more than20 state prisoners to otherarea jails in the past week. The county jailonly has a capacity of 296inmates, but it has housedup to 301 in recent days which is against stateregulations, the sheriff saidin his written report tosquires.After questionsfrom the commission,Ashe explained that sincethe state is short of beds,counties are being requiredto keep felony offenders inthe local jails and to do so forless money per day than itactually costs the counties.The state paysabout $35 per day forstate prisoners, but it costsbetween $50 and $60 tohouse them, Ashe said.“But they have thepencil,” he said of stateof 
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cials. “They write thecontracts and set the quota.We just have to obey thelaw.”Ashe also toldthe commission that civil warrants were high due atleast in part to evictions andforeclosures in the county.In other business,the commission votedunanimously to participatein the Three-Star program, which is a statewide program which helps create sustainedeconomic growth and offersopportunities to developprograms that improvethe economic appeal of thecounty.Commissionersalso approved severalrequests to make lineitem transfers in variousdepartments, including a$1million amendment toallow the Wilson Countyschool cafeteria fund to usesurplus funds generated bythe school lunch programto replace worn equipmentin several schools in thecounty.On a lighter note,the commission agreedunanimously to requestthat Tennessee Sens.Lamar Alexander and BobCorker, and U.S. Reps. BartGordon and Jim Cooperoppose any action stemmingfrom a suggestion by theEnvironmental ProtectionAgency to levy a tax on cowsas a way to curb methaneproduction.The resolution saidthe plan “appears to beoutrageous.”
 From staff reports
Wilson County jail overcrowded, costing county
bag on the back of thebleachers in his honor.“It’s like he’s there with all the other seniors,”she said. “He’s there inspirit, and they knowthat.”The March 11opening game was aspecial night for Graden’sparents, Lisa Woodardand Jeff Gaines, as well, who shared the openingpitch for the new
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eld andnew season with MJHSPrincipal Mel Brown.Singer Ken Mellons sangthe National Anthem.“It was just such amoving night for so manypeople,” Trotter said. “Theparents have done andunbelievable job – they’veput in a lot of hours anddedicated a lot of timeto that
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eld and theseboys. I just think that inthese times of such badnews everywhere, andeveryone’s so worriedabout so much, it’s nice toknow that there’s people who still remember agreat kid who meant somuch to people and holdhim in their hearts. I likeknowing that this season’sdedicated to Graden, andthat these boys remembertheir friend, and misshim.” 
GAME, from Page 2
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