Commentary
<P>Joe Sullivan flunks the state on its higher education funding level in Insights, an Editorial traces the development and redevelopment efforts on the county&rsquo;s Farmers&rsquo; Market property, and Barry Henderson runs through the responses, zany and serious, to the CBID downtown branding survey in Editor&rsquo;s Corner.

<P>Citybeat
<P>The long-awaited <A HREF="dir_zine/dir_2004/1421/t_cover.html"><B>animal shelter</B></SPAN>, a joint city/county institution on Sutherland Avenue, is open, and <SPAN CLASS="author">Paige M. Travis</SPAN> takes you on a walkthrough; and <SPAN CLASS="author">Barry Henderson</SPAN> bids goodbye to Kenny Siao, the dynamic Knoxville restaurateur who drowned in the Atlantic this past weekend.

<P>Identity Crisis
<P>When the Rhea County Commission questioned whether homosexuality should be allowed in its jurisdiction, activists swiftly united to organize a <A HREF="dir_zine/dir_2004/1421/t_cover.html"><B>Gay Day</B></A> there as a fierce response. <SPAN CLASS="author">Joe Tarr</SPAN> went to observe the Dayton event. There, he discusses the controversy with those on both sides of the issue.

<P>Hide and Seek
<P>With GPS in hand, <SPAN CLASS="author">Joe Tarr</SPAN> becomes an active participant in &ldquo;<A HREF="dir_zine/dir_2004/1421/t_gamut.html">geocaching</A>,&rdquo; the stealthy sport taking techno-junkies by storm.

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