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For a festival that many associate with a college-age crowd, the Bonnaroo Music Arts Festival has welcomed more than its share of performers in their 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s over the years. This year, legend Stevie Wonder shares the fest's coveted Saturday night slot with rap superstar Jay-Z. At JIUl -t. ill I JL," JIMDAVISDNJ Ivan Hickmon uses one of the computers in the lab area of Linebaugh Library in Murfreesboro on Friday. Library officials say more people than ever are using their computers because of the recession.

Nation relies on technology for jobs, information iritis ''sorts of bookings JAY-Z can connect musical veterans with a new audience and turn young music lovers on to classic sounds while coaxing many middle-aged fans out of suburbia and back onto festival grounds. Rick Farman of Bonnaroo co-producers Superfly Productions says the festival is "an opportunity to check one of those legends off your list "When we had James Brown (in 2003), there were a lot of people who saw him that year that SEE BONNAROO, PAGE A3 a public library computer or wireless network to access the Internet in the past year. The study was funded by the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. SEE COMPUTERS, PAGE A3 BY MEALAND RAGLAND-HUDGINS MRAGLANDDNJ.COM Linebaugh Public Library System isn't just a place for people to check out the newest books and DVDs. It also provides a digital link to the world beyond its walls, a service more libraries are offering even though many people have computers at home and work.

A 2009 study by the University of Washington Information School showed that nearly one-third of Americans 14 and older roughly 77 million people used Taking flight for loved ones Teacher appraisal system in works Butterflies released by Alive Hospice 5 The federal funds will give the state's cash-strapped K-12 school systems the resources to bolster science and mathematics education, the technology to track student performance and intervene at an early stage; a way to shore up at-risk schools; and will give every single school in every single district a badly needed infusion of funds. Among other things, it will require the state to create from scratch a system that can evaluate every teacher and principal in every public school every SEE APPRAISAL, PAGE A3 BY JENNIFER BROOKS GANNETTTENNESSEE Tennessee reaped a half-billion dollar windfall when it was chosen as one of the first two states to receive federal Race to the Top funds. But the gift comes with strings attached Now, educators are meeting to figure out what the state will have to do to live up to the promises it made when it was selected for Race to the Top. "It's a daunting task, and we're all aware of it," said Katie Cour of Education First Consulting. BY DOUG DAVIS An isolated June shower Sunday afternoon didn't keep loved ones from releasing buttlerflies in honor or memory of friends and family members at an Alive Hospice fundraiser.

When Murfreesboro resident Pat Aldrich read about Sunday's butterfly release outside the Alive Hospice office on Medical Center Parkway in Murfreesboro, she liked the idea. SEE HOSPICE, PAGE A3 CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Loved ones released butterflies Sunday in honor or memory of friends and family at an Alive Hospice fundraiser. Proceeds will help provide hospice care and grief support services. INDEX ADVICE B5 CLASSIFIED G1 COMICS B4 SPORTS C1 OBITUARIES A6 OPINION A5 PUZZLES B2 WEATHER B6 iATHER i Reach. Relevancy.

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