Joe Sullivan ponders and praises the collaborative attitude between city and county governments in Insights, Barry Henderson calls for a bigger view of transportation needs south of the river in Editor’s Corner, and Jack Neely tacks some odds and ends together in Secret History.
Citybeat
The quest for a new Knox County Public Library is put in present perspective by Jack Neely, and Joe Tarr stops the clock with a Time, Date, Place set downtown among veterinary students last weekend.
High on a Mountaintop
The practice of stripping whole mountains of their coal is moving into Tennessee, and the result is the dumping of millions of tons of “spoil” into valleys and watersheds. It has lots of people worried. Joe Tarr talks to some of them and to state and federal regulators about mining and reclamation methods and their consequences.
A Smokeless Bonfire
Composting is a cheap and fascinating way to gain good garden fertilizer. The process has captivated Jack Neely, who recounts its surprising joys and joyful surprises as only a veteran observer of garbage decomposition can describe them.
news & views
4 incoming 6 insights 7 editor’s corner 8 secret history 9 city beat
arts &entertainment
19 gamut23 music- James Fellenbaum..23 The Features...........2427 theater—Godspell29 restaurant—Cha Cha30 pulp33 movie guru—Hidalgo movie blurbs.........34 movie times..........3537 best of knoxville ballot43 calendar
final frontiers
52 sports
53 snarls54 click ‘n’ clack55 news of the weird
56 life in hell 57 crossword57 classified61 free will astrology