Commentary

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

Citybeat

The long-awaited animal shelter, a joint city/county institution on Sutherland Avenue, is open, and Paige M. Travis takes you on a walkthrough; and Barry Henderson bids goodbye to Kenny Siao, the dynamic Knoxville restaurateur who drowned in the Atlantic this past weekend.

Identity Crisis

When the Rhea County Commission questioned whether homosexuality should be allowed in its jurisdiction, activists swiftly united to organize a Gay Day there as a fierce response. Joe Tarr went to observe the Dayton event. There, he discusses the controversy with those on both sides of the issue.

Hide and Seek

With GPS in hand, Joe Tarr becomes an active participant in “geocaching,” the stealthy sport taking techno-junkies by storm.

news & views

4 incoming 6 insights 7 editorial 8 secret history 9 citybeat 11 editor’s corner

arts &entertainment

20 gamut24 music-—Jag Star

27 backstage

29 platters30 movie guru—Kitchen Stories movie blurbs.........32 movie times..........3333 calendar

final frontiers

44 sports

45 urban renewal

46 crossword

46 life in hell 47 click ‘n’ clack

48 news of the weird49 classifieds53 free will astrology