The Knoxville Area Regional Transportation Planning Organization will hold a workshop on July 17 at 3:00 p.m. in the Small Assembly Room of the City/County Building in Knoxville. The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will make a presentation on the financial health of Tennessee's transportation system and discuss the concept of tolling in general. The workshop will not be focused on a specific project for our area. The workshop will last approximately one hour.

The Front Page Follies is an annual roast in which a cast of journalists, community members and a sprinkling of cameo appearances poke fun at newsmakers and events that amused us during the previous year. All ticket sales benefit journalism education through scholarships.

The Thirtieth Annual Front Page Follies will be staged July 19, 2008, at the Knoxville Convention Center. The honorees are “Sunshine Boys,” News Sentinel editor Jack McElroy and first amendment attorney Richard Hollow, caricatured at left. Please see “2008 Honorees” page for more about why they are our choice for this year’s honor.

Tickets are available at $100 each or a pre-reserved table of ten for $1,000. Your ticket proceeds go toward an endowment fund at the University of Tennessee, which is growing to a point where it will become self-perpetuating, generating funds for the scholarships in perpetuity. Our goal is to fund two endowments of $25,000 each and we are halfway there. Income from the Follies also funds a scholarship for a student at Pellissippi State Technical Community College who plans a career in journalism. We are excited to have come so far and hope you’ll join us in making this year’s show a success!

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From the inbox:

"The League of Women Voters of Knoxville-Knox County will sponsor a public forum for 6th District County Commission candidates Tuesday, July 22, in the Karns High School auditorium.

Forum participants Brad Anders (R) and Kathy Bryant (D) will answer questions from Moderator Judy Poulson, and also from the audience.

The forum will start at 6:30, and will be preceded by a "meet and greet" for all candidates for countywide office from 5:30 to 6:30."

In a follow up, Foster Arnett says he has a previous engagement in the 8th.