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wwwlwMean.com THE TENNESSEAN Thunday, October 17, 2002 38 MIDSTATE WILSON Parachute malfunction blamed for death of Mt. Juliet woman City expects relief as 1-40 exit opens Hartmann rjdh interchange STAFF By ANDY HUMBLES Staff Writer Her significant other believes Shannon Embry died smiling. Embry, 43, of Mt. Juliet fell to her death while sky diving in Penis, on Monday as part of a group of women trying to set a world sky-diving record as part of a fund-raiser for breast cancer research. "I can say this: She had a big smile on her face when it happened," said Mt.

Juliet's Fred Strunk, who had lived with Embry the past five years. "She was doing what she wanted." The benefit was called "Jump For The Cause," designed to raise money for the City of Hope Cancer Research. Organizer Mallory Lewis said the record attempt was for 135 women to hold a free-fall forma iffs Department Strunk said he and Embry had sky-dived all over the world. He said Embry had been jumping for nine years without incident. "I've had 4,700 jumps and never an elbow scrape," Strunk said.

"What happened would be the equivalent of being hit by lightning on a golf course. You can't blame anyone." Lewis said Embry was picked based on her skill and experience. She said the other sky clivers would continue to try and set the record. "She was very good, as were all the womea" Lewis said. "It's not golf.

Sky diving is an extreme sport, and we all understand the inherent risks and inherent joys of the sport. I do know this: Shannon died in the service of others." The Associated Press contributed to this report. tion for three seconds. The previous record also had been set by a "Jump for the Cause" group with 118 womea On the third try for the record Monday, Embry was unable to free herself from a malfunctioning parachute, Lewis said. She said Embry was probably unconscious in the air.

"The parachute opened too quickly," Strunk said. "It's equivalent of going 120 miles an hour in a car and slowing down to 20 miles per hour in one second. You can tell by certain things she wasn't doing that she was unconscious." An autopsy showed Embry was killed by impact with the ground, meaning she had probably blacked out in midair because of the sudden slowdown from the parachute, said Sgt. Shelley Kennedy-Smith of the Riverside County, Calif, Sher By ANDY HUMBLES Staff Writer Tomorrow's opening of the new Hartmann Drive interchange off Interstate 40 could change a lot of things for drivers in Lebanoa It gives Lebanon another needed access to relieve traffic congestion on its major arteries, VS. 231 and Highway 109.

The Hartmann interchange also creates the potential for a retail boom and eventually will keep 18-wheel trucks from tying up Lebanon's city streets. Lebanon Mayor Don Fox said when the project is finished, it will eliminate 18-wheel trucks on Lebanon's major thoroughfare, U.S. 231, which goes through the town square. "It's going to help traffic more than anything we've ever done," Pike to West Main StreetU.S. 70, which Fox believes can be done by next August The final phase, a $26 million federal and state project, will be to connect those new roads to U.S.

231 north and south of the city, making a sort of connector around downtown Lebanoa The Hartmann Drive interchange site on 1-40 is also a potential commercial hot spot. Developer Glenn Wilson, who co-owns 69 acres at the interchange site, says Home Depot has confirmed it will build at the Hartmann Interchange. Wilson said four or five more "big box" companies are looking at building at the interchange. "Anytime you have available land on an interchange it's always appealing," Lebanon City Liaison Sue Akins said. "In most big-box developments a variety of retail will fill in.

We expect to announce some large department stores that have looked at that location. 'Traffic is the primary thing. It will help alleviate a lot of truck traffic off the town square, and it will relieve both the 231 and 109 exits, which are very congested at certain times of the day." Andy Humbles covers Wilson County for The Tennessean. He can be reached at 726-5939 or ahumblestennessean.com. when you can say a lot, without spending a lot, that's mLife.

I for a limited time get Fox said. The Hartmann interchange, between State Route 840 and 23L also will relieve congestion on U.S. 231 and Highway 109 and will give a major portion of Lebanon residents direct access to 1-40. U.S. 231 is a heavily traveled road sided by numerous commercial establishments.

It is the main connector from Interstate 40 to the town square. With a 930 am ribbon cutting tomorrow to open the interchange to motorists, the Hartmann interchange currently extends to Leeville Pike. "The new road will give an access to two major industrial parks, which means they won't have to drive 18-wheelers on city streets," Fox said. "And we won't let them do it. A big problem is trucks going through the square, and we'll be able to put 'no truck' signs up.

It will be good for them as well." The next phase of the project will be to extend it from Leeville MAURY Suspect identified in slaying of couple ByLEONALUGOOO Sta f) Writer Maury County authorities have identified a suspect in last week's double homicide of a Campbell's Station couple but are staying quiet, for now, about other details of the killings. "Two first-degree murder warrants were issued on James Campbell Hayes for the murders of Peggy and Dean Hickman," said Maury County Detective Shane Hunter, reading from a prepared statement. Hunter would not answer questions about Hayes or whether the suspect knew the couple, or about rv i I minutes for life IJ'J tU Ui i iki plus 200 included Anytime minutes 3000 Night Weekend minutes Nationwide Long Distance from your Home Calling Area just sign up for the Wireless Digital Advantage Calling Plan 0 fci. i -umil-. i.

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Authorities yesterday also released a Florida driver's license photo of Hayes, 49. His address at the Wireless time of that photo HAYES CLARKSVILLE 2250 Wilma Rudolph Blvd. 931-552-2310 0 NASHVILLE Green Hills Mall NASHVILLE Business Sales 615-744-3200 COLUMBIA 618 James Campbell Bvd (Near Wal-Mart) 931-388-2414 C00KEVILLE Business Sales 931-252-1133 NASHVILLE Hickory Hollow (Kroger Shopping Center) 615-731-5880 NASHVILLE Opry Mills Mall 615-514-2800 NASHVILLE Opry Mills Mall 615-514-3200 COOL SPRINGS 2000 Mallory Lane (Kroper Shopping Center) 615-771-8880 MURFREESB0R0 1810 Old Fort Pkwy (Near Home Depot) 615-890-6122 NASHVILLE 3710 Hillsboro Ct. (next to Kinko 's 615-463-9411 NASHVILLE McHenry Shopping Center (behind Arby s) 615-865-5353 was 46th Avenue North in St Petersburg. Hunter described Hayes as white, 6-foot-l weighing 250 pounds.

In the photo he had short cropped hair, a goatee and moustache. The Hickmans, longtime residents and community volunteers, were found dead inside their Dod-son Chanel Road home Oct 9. The husband and wife had been shot. I luntcr gave credit to his department's officers and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for uncovering information that led to Hayes. Now, the public can help, the detective added "Any information about the location of this individual is needed." loan Afcgood ooven TermawBe tor Tba lenneaeen Contact rem at (61 5) 259 8279 or by e-fnaJI laliigoodOMnnmaean.oom.

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