Commentary

Joe Sullivan goes back into the city-county consolidation issue, looking in Insights for the problem areas; an Editorial confronts the Bijou Theatre’s deepening dilemma with a dose of tough love; and Jack Neely laments what he hopes is just the temporary closing of the Bijou in Secret History.

Citybeat

This week: Paige M. Travis learns that reports of a South Knoxville land sale concern inhabitants and neighbors, and Clint Casey describes the move of WDVX radio from Andersonville to Gay Street.

The Business of Preaching

A farm-raised Pentecostal minister converts to a Knoxville interdenominational pastor, founds a church here, takes the town by storm as an entrepreneur, and creates a world-class resort nearby as a retreat for Christian clergy and missionaries. Barry Henderson traces Paul Cowell’s wildly varied career and describes its recently realized goal.

What They Say

Is parking downtown really a problem or merely a scapegoat? Jack Neely investigates parking options and makes a molehill out of a mountain in Gamut.

news & views

4 incoming 6 insights 7 editorial 8 secret history 9 citybeat 11 snarls

arts &entertainment

19 gamut23 music-—Jay Clark24 artbeat26 pulp29 movie guru—The Stepford Wives movie blurbs.........30 movie times..........3133 calendar

final frontiers

44 sports 45 click ‘n’ clack

46 new health

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