December 9, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 50
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COVER STORY
Tellico Dam Revisited
November marked the 25-year anniversary of the construction of the Tellico Dam, TVA’s last large-scale dam project. Jack Neely scrutinizes the outcomes of the controversial undertaking in terms of economic, cultural, ecological, and residential development in the last few decades.
FEATURE
The Invisible Power of Radio
Paige M. Travis goes out to lunch with Matt Shafer Powell and discovers that after spending most of his professional career in radio—and the past two years as WUOT’s news director—he still gets excited by the kind of stories that make for “driveway moments.”
Citybeat
This week:
Clint Casey gets the scoop on the proposals responding to the city’s recent RFP for the future of the World’s Fair Park site, including the Candy Factory and the nearby Victorian houses. The plans range from the colossal–building luxury condos, a charter school, and a bed & breakfast–to the minimalist; Ellen Mallernee talks with the Salvation Army about their annual holiday fund drive and the loss of Target stores as a solicitation point.
Plus: Seven Days and Street Talk.
• EAR TO THE GROUND
• LETTERS •
Opinion
An Editorial
extols the Tennessee Theatre schedule for 2005,
Joe Sullivan
reports on Knoxville’s job growth in the past year
in Insights,
Jack Neely
says farewell to the Arnstein
in Secret History,
Matt Edens
ponders the possible tenants for the “big white elephants” (vacant buildings) in the downtown area
in Commentary,
Steve Dupree
puts automotive fatalities in perspective relative to some better-known tragedies, also
in Commentary,
and Frank Cagle
comments on Knox County Jails’ overcrowding problem
in Frank Talk.
A&E
Molly Kincaid chats with Henry Gibson,
we review some of this Yuletide’s offerings in Platters,
Heather Joyner Spica checks in on two new photography exhibits in Artbeat,
and Paige M. Travis reviews The Lion in Winter in Backstage.
• EYE ON THE SCENE
• CALENDAR
• SPOTLIGHTS •
Movie Guru
Clint Casey reviews Ocean’s Twelve.
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• PAST & FUTURE •
Columns
New Health by Wendy Smith
Secret History by Jack Neely
Frank Talk by Frank Cagle
Sports by Tony Basilio
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd
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