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The Daily News Journal WWW.DNJ.COM THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE 75 Read to Succeed MUSIC AND LITERATURE MEET INSIDE STATE GOVERNMENT Gov. Phil Bredesen speaks Wednesday cheon at the Stones River Country Club. budget shortfall to health care reform. Bredesen health BY SCOTT BRODEN The finishing four-year Gov. Phil Bredesen's final Ruth- doesn't erford County Chamber of Com- consecutive merce Power Luncheon speech Asked brought the audience to its feet af- about ter he talked about improving edu- health cation, balancing the budget and of all coping with unfunded national desen health care mandates.

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his earlier statement of the "Once you give (health care care law being the "mother" benefits) to them, you just can't unfunded mandates, Brestood by his position. pull it back," Bredesen told the said the estimated $1.1 billion SEE BREDESEN, PAGE A4 BY SCOTT BRODEN The 11.3 percent voter turnout for this year's Murfreesboro election leaves many wondering if future races should tie in with November presidential and gubernatorial elections. INSIDE The challengers Scales Harris were among those 'shook them who questioned up', A3 holding an April 20 election for at-large seats on the sevenmember council, including the mayor. "We brought forth issues that need to be addressed, such as moving this election date, district representation and the city debt," said Tim Davis, who lost his bid to unseat Mayor Tommy Bragg. "We spent less than $1,000 and got a third of the vote.

I thank everyone for voting." Bragg has been a proponent for keeping the spring election so voters can focus on local issues instead of those at national and state lev- els. SEE TURNOUT, PAGE A3 'Believe' Steak and Burger event will 'Be Great' MTSU coach will be keynote speaker at annual fundraiser BY MONTE HALE JR. "Believe." It's a simple mantra, yet one that was all too profound this season for MTSU's women's basketball team. It was a tenet MTSU coach Rick Insell embedded into his players' minds every day. "I've always been a big dreamer," said Insell, who will be a keynote speaker at the 23rd annual Rutherford County Boys Girls Club Steak and Burger dinner tonight at World Outreach Church.

"I felt like our team this year had the potential to be as good as anybody in the country except Connecticut or Stanford." Insell's 'Believe' theme complements nicely the Boys Girls Clubs theme of "Be Great!" He and some of the Lady Raiders will participate in a panel discussion at tonight's event to talk about what it takes to reach for the top and accomplish lofty goals. This past season, the Lady Raiders won another Sun Belt Conference tournament title their sixth in seven years and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, with intentions of climbing to the highest levels of women's college basketball. "We didn't think about win- NESS ning the conference tournament," Insell said. "We went into the season believing that we could go to the Final Four, depending on the seeding and things. "We played a tough schedule, we overachieved in a lot of areas, and that came from hard work and thinking big." MTSU women's basketball Lanning will be appearing SEE PAGE A3 Steak And Burger Dinner INDEX RUTHERFORD WEEKEND: ADVICE, COMICS, PUZZLES CLASSIFIED G1 SPORTS C1 OBITUARIES A5 dni for Reach.

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