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TDOT says artifact find may force re-design of Nîrthern Connector Page 1 Á The Northeast Tennessee Teñhnology Council, headquar tered in Blountville, reñeived a Southeast Regional Award, recently, in recognitiîn of efforts to enhance the technology econ omy in the Southeast. Page 8 Dàvid B. Broome Elizabethton Bonnie A. Campbell Butlår Ruby C. Fox Elizabethton Howard E. Lyons Elizabåthton Deaths Á Wall Street enjoyed a sîlid advance Tuesday after the Federal Reservå raised short-term interest rates. Dîw Jones Weather NET Technology Counñil receives Economic Award 62 92 Low tînight High tomorrow Stocks . . . . . . . .Page 13 Classifiåd . . . . .Page 14 Editorial . . . . . .Page 4 Obituaries . . .Pagå 5 Sports . . . . . . . .Page 9 Weather . . . . . .Page 16 Indeõ +78.74 10,615.67 www.starhq.com Gulfport Guàrd Facilities Train The Boots For The Ground,3 Coåd League Softball, 9 August 10, 2005 WEDNESDAY 50 Cånts Daily Vol. 75, No. 188 TODA Y! YOUÁRE NOW RÅADING Northeast TennesseeÁs Only Afternoon Newspaper! Elizabåthton Star www.starhq.com TODA YÁS NEWS By Rozella Hàrdin STAR STAFF rhardinstarhq.com Rep. Jerîme Cochran said Tuesday that plans to build a northårn connector around Elizabethton have not been abandoned as re pîrted by an area TV station Monday evening. ÁI spoêe with TDOT officials this morning concerning the report, and they have assuråd me that is not the case,Á Cochran said. Kim Keeler, spoêesperson for the Ten nessee Department of Transportation, said Tuesday that it is not true that the Northårn Connector plans are being abandoned be ñause of historic artifacts unearthed along the nîrth side of the Watauga River in Carter County. ÁThå project is still on. What we are looking at is redesigning the westårn end of the project, and perhaps the whole project. Thàt part (the western end near the VFW) of the corridor must be relocated and re-de signåd,Á she said. Rep. Cochran said he along with Sen. Rusty Crowe and city and county officials will be meåting within the next couple of weeks with TDOT officials to disñuss the ar chaeological report, its impact on the project and the options that are on the table. ÁI un derstand there are several options, and those we will evaluate. The road will be built,Á he exclaimed. ÁWå may have to go further up or down the road on the western end. Right nîw, we just have to know the options, and choose the best one.Á Dennis Cooê, an engineer with TDOT, who has been working on the Northern Con nectîr project, echoed CochranÁs thoughts. ÁThå project has not been abandoned. In fact, the idea is to explore alternativås to keep the project moving. What has happened is that we have received a dràft of the archeological report and it indicates some significant ar chaeolîgical sites on the western part of the project along the Wataugà River in the area of the VFW