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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 April 8, 2009 Number 13
‘Catastrophic’illness couldcost countycoffers $2.5M
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 You Heard it First
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Perfect day
 Perfect day
for an egg hunt
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MJ ‘Rocket-man’ toflyspace shuttle
IRS gives tipsfor last-minuteTN filers(it’s next week)
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“What do you get when you match a picture-perfect day with thousands of children, parents and pets, and put them allinside Charlie Daniels Park? The answer is MJ’s 17th Annual Easter in the Park, held last Saturday. With more than18,000 eggs to be found, we could have asked for a better day, better-behaving kids, and even an overgrown EasterBunny all working together to make the MJ Easter in the Park even one of the milestones of the community.” ~ by CityManager Randy Robertson
 Photo by Tomi L. Wiley
BOE: approveof schooldirector butwait to renewcontract
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Page 2, The Chronicle of Mt. Juliet, April 8, 2009
By Tomi L. Wiley
 Managing Editor 
THE CHRONICLE
of Mt. Juliet
Largest Circulation in Wilson Countywww.thechronicleofmtjuliet.com
 Published each Wednesday in West Wilson County by Mt. Juliet Communications, Inc. A home-owned and operated community newspaper.
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nd the bestin brand name instrumentsand equipment, sheet musicand experienced instructors:they can stay in Mt. Julietand visit longtime localmusic store Superior Music,a full-service shop that’sbeen serving musicianssince 1995.Chuck Kotlaris hasbeen in the music storebusiness for over 25 yearsand worked in a store inMichigan before openingSuperior Music on LebanonRoad. A musician himself,he caters to musicians of allages and levels. Currently,Kotlaris said he has around100 students takinglessons, his instructorsare accomplished andexperienced, and a few of them have artists gigs inNashville.“Last week one of our instructors was ontwo national TV shows,and then was back hereteaching,” Kotlaris said. “Wehave some big act guitarplayers coming in here andsome really great teachers.As long as a student has aninterest in learning, we havea teacher here.”Kotlaris added thatlessons are available all week long, with the storeopen longer hours onMondays and Tuesdays, andon Saturdays.Superior Musiccarries band equipment,guitars, drums, stringinstruments, and a widevariety of accessories, lessonbooks and sheet music.Brands available includeFender, Jackson, Boss,Rowland, Keeley, WamplerEffects, Xotic Effects, and Two Rock ampli
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ers. Kotlarissaid the shop also has alarge inventory of vintageFender tube amps. Superioris a full-service music shop where you can buy, sell ortrade equipment or get itrepaired. And if you needa band for an event, all of the employees are workingmusicians, and Kotlaris canassemble just the ensemblefor your event.In addition to runningthe longtime music shop,Kotlaris is the president of the Music City Blues Societyand hosts a Blues Jam atCragnackers Bar & Grillon Old Hickory Blvd. each Tuesday night starting at7 p.m. He has hosted thisopen mic night for
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ve yearsand said the session has “alot of regulars.”“There are a lot of musicians, singers andsongwriters in the area,”he said. “We’ve had someexcellent sessions there. Alot of famous singers in thearea come to the shop – Ithink they like it because noone makes a big deal aboutit. They just want to come
Meet your musical needs in Mt. Juliet
Superior Music: a full-service shop since 1995
Rex Clem, left, and owner Chuck Kotlaris rock it at Superior Musicon Lebanon Road.
Photo by Amanda Oswalt/The Chronicle
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Wilson CountyCommission’s InsuranceCommittee agreed toconsider hiring DavidFessenden of RiskConsultants of Americato help them
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nd ways tolower the cost of providingemployee insurance at thepanel’s meeting this past Thursday.The decisionfollowed a discussion in which Committee ChairKenny Riech pointed outthat unless major changeshappen in the next year thecounty will be $2.5 millionin the red for the insurancefund.He said thepotential shortfall wasbecause there have beenseveral employees withcatastrophic illnessesrecently.A catastrophicillness is one he said thatcosts more than $100,000to treat, and there werenine such cases in onemonth earlier this year,after a
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ve-year period when there were none.District 5Commissioner Jeff Joinestold the employees at themeeting that the committee was looking for ways tosolve the problem withoutcutting bene
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ts or chargingemployees for bene
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ts.“We’re looking at anextended time frame and we don’t expect to solve itall tonight,” he said.Several possibilities were explored, includingcombining the schoolsystem employees with therest of the county, to see if having more people underthe plan could cut some of the expenses.Wilson EmergencyManagement AgencyDirector John Jewellpointed out that thecounty’s insurancebene
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ts help him andother department headskeep good employees.Wilson County employeesdo not pay for their owninsurance.Our pay is 31percent below surroundingcounties, so the insuranceis an important tool tokeep good people workingfor us,” he said. Jewell also noted that hisdepartment and others are working on physical
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tnessand wellness to helpcontrol repeating illnessand injuries.“We think if wetouch it up a little nowmaybe we can slow thisdown,” he said.Ken Baker fromCare Here, which providesroutine health care foremployees at no cost tothem, told the committeethat adding to their clinictime would help solveproblems, too.In fact, the countyis already working on thatangle. The plan is to addan extra location in the old jail building, now called theWilson County CourthouseAnnex, within the nextcouple of months.Baker said onething employees could doto help make Care Hereservices less expensive forthe county would be toalways call if they need tocancel an appointment.“We have about 10percent no shows,” he said.“If those folks would justcall us we could scheduleother patients for thosetimes.”He also said thatabout 15 percent of theemployees generate 75percent of the claims, andif all employees wouldsign up for the annualHealth Risk Exams (HRE)those numbers could beimproved.The HRE is basicallyan annual physical, whichpicks up on risk factorsfor diabetes, heart attack,cancer and other conditions which can be avoided,or managed much moreeffectively, if diagnosedearly, he said.Baker also saidCare Here could also do thecounty’s Road Commissionphysicals and drug testing,for a lower cost than thecounty now pays.Then DougBoder from Universityof Tennessee’s County Technical AssistanceService introducedFessenden who said hiscompany could assessthe county’s health caresituation and most likely
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nd a variety of ways tosave money.The committeedecided to ask Fessenden’scompany, RiskManagement of America, toevaluate and bid to providethe services. They also voted toimmediately change thenetwork of care providersused by Healthscope tomanage the county’s claimsto CIGNA Health Carenetwork which is projectedto save the county about$471,000 per year.A possible cap of $10,000 on the monthlyoutlay for prescriptiondrugs was discussed, buta decision was deferred toa later meeting.
‘Catastrophic illnesses’ could cost county coffers millions
Committee Chair Kenny Riech pointed out that unless major changes happen in the next year the county will  be $2.5 million in the red for the insurance fund.
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