September 12 - October 10, 1996
Volume 6, Number 37: September 12 - September 19, 1996
The hours are bad, the pay is nonexistent, but mediators are solving some tough problems in our courts and classrooms. Bill Dockery looks at the growing trend to keep conflict out of courts and put it in the hands of volunteers trained to resolve disputes.
Volume 6, Number 38: September 19 - September 26, 1996
Sure you would - because Knoxville is a used car wonderland.
There's probably a good reason why Knoxville has almost as many used car lots as it does drivers. It could be because such businesses are fading in other parts of the country and the fine salesmen who thrive on giving deals know they'll find takers here. Or it could be because folks hereabouts are just used to seeing clusters of cars left idle along the roadside. Mike Gibson test drives the local, low-mileage, late model, one-owner used car business to come up with some answers.
Volume 6, Number 39: September 26 - October 3, 1996
In a region where art is considered by many to be best displayed on T-shirts and mailboxes, the endurance of Knoxville's visual artists seems almost heroic. Area artists and others involved in the arts explain to Chris Barrett why Knoxville can be a great place to be an artist, and why art is becoming more visible than ever hereabouts.
Volume 6, Number 40: October 3 - October 10, 1996
When Strawberry Plains native Carolyn Jourdan worked in Washington, she found that there was no effective way for the government to inform the public on issues of nuclear waste. Her film Half Lives, which airs this week in Knoxville, is her own impressive and balanced effort to bypass gridlocked government channels of information and get the straight dope to the people, as Chris Barrett relates.