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F. James Smart funeral is Friday The funeral for Madison automobile dealer F. James Smart, 80, who died Dec. 19, will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 5701 Raymond Road, where friends may call after 9 a.m. Smart operated Smart Motors, a dealership begun by his father, Orren Smart, who died in 1966. An obituary on Page 1 of the Local section Saturday had an incorrect day for the funeral. (Correction published 1/7/07) Smart operated an auto dealership begun in 1912 by his father, O.D. Smart. Over the years, Smart Motors sold Packards and Studebakers, Volvo, Sunbeam and Toyota automobiles and Hudsons, Whippets, Maxwell and Apperson Jack Rabbits.

The funeral for Madison automobile dealer [F. James Smart], 80, who died Dec. 19, will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 5701 Raymond Road, where friends may call after 9 a.m.

Don't be surprised if you see Studebakers this week. Don't be surprised if you see Studebakers this week. Caption: State Journal photos/Joseph W. Jackson III [F. James Smart] and his family company, Smart Motors, sold Studebakers in Madison until the company stopped production in 1966. He's holding a detailed model of a 1957 Studebaker called the Golden Hawk. Ray Bullock of Azalea, Ore., peruses a Studebaker calendar at the meet. Rose Rachman of London, England, looks at one of the many Avantis that are on display during the 36th International Studebaker Meet at the Marriot-Madison West. Organizers expect 400 to 500 cars at this year's event, which runs through Saturday. Scott Seering of Mosinee attaches his fun, but not legal, license tag to his 1963 Studebaker Hawk. Seering is also showing his 1964 Avanti, left, during the 36th International Studebaker Meet in Madison.

At Stark GM, 1509 Highway 51 in Stoughton, general manager Kevin Doerr thinks only about 1 percent of his customers will want the switch added. Drivers who are very short, obese or have physical ailments and sit closer to the steering wheel than normal are among those who may request the provision, he said. said Judy Lowell of American Family Insurance Group. Right now, the owners of cars with air bags get a 20 percent discount on the cost of the premiums, she said. Those who install air bag defeat switches won't lose that discount \"at this point,\" Lowell said. But she didn't count out that possibility in the future. \"We get people in our showrooms, short people, who tell us they're very concerned about being closer than 10 inches from air bags,\" said F. James Smart, owner of Smart Motors, 5901 Odana Road. \"They're very nervous about buying a new car,\" he said.

In fact, these other proposals in the omnibus bill tend to be the kind of get-tough measures that draw cheers but may be of questionable use in fighting crime. But even if they were as valuable as [F. James Sensenbrenner Jr.] believes, their inclusion has made the package too much for the Senate to swallow, according to lawmakers. In other words, Sensenbrenner's insistence on keeping the package intact probably dooms quick passage of a national Amber Alert bill, with the likely (if unintended) result that some child kidnappings won't get the kind of attention that might result in a rapid rescue.

Created in 1996 and named after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and killed in Texas, Amber Alert is a partnership between law enforcement and broadcasters. When a child is abducted, police send out a description of the child and the suspect through numerous outlets, including radio and TV broadcasts and electronic highway signs. There are more than 85 local and state Amber Alert programs operating across the country, including in New York State, which have been credited with helping to quickly recover anywhere up to 44 children. This year the Senate again passed the Amber Alert bill. Reps. [Martin Frost] and [Jennifer Dunn] introduced their bill again. And again, [F. James Sensenbrenner] is insisting that Congress accept his package - or nothing. The committee chairman is essentially threatening to let the national Amber Alert die unless his colleagues pay his ransom - voting for ideas they deplore. It's a routine congressional gambit, and no one derided it better than [Ed Smart] did yesterday when he said, \"His unwillingness to let the Amber Alert pass on its own is hurting children.\"