Administrative Lieutenant Terry Napier of the Bristol, Tennessee Police Department is being named today as the interim director of the Bristol Tennessee Department of Leisure Services Department. He fills a position created by the April 18 resignation of the director. Bristol Bird Club has a long term relationship with the Steele Creek Park Nature Center and Steele Creek Park which are facilities and programs operated by Leisure Services. Persons close to city report that City Manager Jeff Broughton has an extensive interest in the city parks, particularly Steele Creek and the park's nature center. Broughton will attend a Monday, May 7th annual meeting of the Friends of Steele Creek Park Nature Center which will be held at the Park Lodge at 5:30 p.m. He is expected to announce goals for 2008. The city is planning a $162,000 budget increase for the department which, among other things, will include funds for architectural design for a major renovation and an extensive addition to the current nature center building. Let's go birding..... Wallace Coffey Bristol, TN