May 27, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 22

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COVER STORY
The Other World War
Knoxville lost dozens of souls to the Great War of 1914-1918. Jack Neely retells some of their tales and recounts how World War I failed to live up to its billing as the War to End All Wars and how its aftershocks are still being felt.

FEATURE
Music for All Y’all
Camperfest is a three-day immersion course in all things twang. Sarah Pirkle, Lizza Connor and Reid Burgess (of King Wilkie) explain to Paige M. Travis what makes this music festival in Sevier County a great thing.

Citybeat
Joe Tarr tells how the downtown library is becoming active in an education program about and for the homeless, and Mike Gibson reports on Stan Brock’s plans for a 60th D-Day memorial at Downtown Island Airport.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.
• EAR TO THE GROUND • LETTERS •

Opinion
Joe Sullivan sees hope for cleaning up Knoxville’s air, eventually, in Insights, Jack Neely wonders why other downtown streets seem to get short shrift while Gay Street plucks the plums in Secret History, and an Editorial marks the occasion of Knox County’s first big step toward a new library.

A&E
Joe Tarr thinks Saturday Looks Good to Me, Jeanne McDonald learns What Jackie Taught Us in Pulp, and Ashley Brown looks at the geometric beauty of Eva Zeisel's designs in Artbeat.
• EYE ON THE SCENE • CALENDAR • SPOTLIGHTS •

Movie Guru
Clint Casey reviews Shrek 2.
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Columns
Snarls by Scott McNutt
New Health by Wendy Smith
Sports by John Clendenon
Sports by Tony Basilio
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd

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