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Music and arts announcements

n Neighborhood appreciation spaghetti supper - 4-7 p.m. Friday, June 24, Free and Accepted Masons, S. Knoxville Lodge 769, 321 Higgins Ave. Info: Ken Godfrey, 865-604-8477.

n Knoxville Pridefest - 4-10 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Market Square. Parade, Metropolitan Community Church Choir, Gishelle Gish, Tiffany, more. http://knoxvillepridefest.com .

n Summer Fest - Music, crafts, food, inflatables, car show, etc., 5-11 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, June 24-25, New Market Park, Highway 11-E., New Market. Free. Lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday; dance, 8 p.m. Saturday. Info: 865-475-4064.

n Homeownership Fair - Noon-4 p.m. Thursday, June 23, Clinton Community Center, 101 S. Hicks St. Free. Info: 865-457-2559.

Music

n Deep Groove Steel Drum Band - 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Cumberland County Playhouse, Crossville. Tickets: adults, $20; children, $10. 931-484-5000 or www.ccplayhouse.com .

n Noonday french horn recital - Mark Harrell, David Overall and organist Richard Sidey, 12:05-12:30 p.m. Monday, June 20, St. John's Cathedral, 413 W. Cumberland Ave. Free. Info: 865-525-7347.

n "Alive After Five" - Kirk Fleta Band, 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park. Galleries open, food, portrait artists. Tickets: adults, $8; members/students, $4; ages 17 and under, free. Info: 865-934-2039 or www.knoxart.org .

n Knoxville Voice Competition - Auditions, Saturday, July 9, Bill Jones Music. For ages 9-25. Judges: Hallerin Hilton Hill, Brent Thompson and Amy Catherine Flynn. Cost: $20. Register: www.angelleonavoice.com .

n Steve Kaufman's Acoustic Concert Series - 7 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 20-24, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Tickets: $15. Info: 865-981-8590.

n Sunset Music Series - Y'uns, 7 p.m. Friday, June 24, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend. Info: 865-448-0044 or www.gsmheritagecenter.org .

n Red June with Eliza Lynn - 7 p.m. Friday, June 24, the Square, downtown Jonesborough, Tenn. Free. 423-753-1010 or www.musiconthesquare.com .

Art/Exhibits

n "Poet3" monthly reading - Linda Parsons Marion will read from "Bound," 3 p.m. today (third Sundays), Union Avenue Books, 517 Union Ave. Info: 865-951-2180.

n "The Bridge Exhibition" - Small works, June 20 and July 1-2, Mike C. Berry Studio, Emporium Center, Suite 111, 100 S. Gay St. Reception, 5-8 p.m. Monday, June 20. Free. Proceeds benefit Bridge Refugee Services of Knoxville. Info: 865-591-7528.

Extreme Weather Patterns and Global Warmning | Think Tennessee

No matter where you live in the world, chances are you have seen some pretty bizarre weather in the last couple of years. To many people, the crazy weather is just that- crazy weather, but to scientists the crazy weather is evidence of something more serious. Scientists are claiming that the extreme weather is due to global warming.

Are you wondering why your home town is flooding or so many hurricanes are ravaging the coasts? Global warming seems to be the answer. Scientists predicted that the effects of global warming would be extreme weather changes including temperature drops, random and powerful weather patterns, and extreme weather conditions. The earth seems to be experiencing all of the above yet people still remain skeptical.

How is that states are experiencing both down pours and drought? The answer is that snow usually melts at a slow rate over a couple of weeks, but as the weather gets warmer quicker the snow melts early. Because the snow is melting early the earth is not yet warm enough to absorb the water and the earth becomes to dry. We are also seeing more rain in heavier downpours simply because the earth is getting warmer and warm air hold more moisture. When the a rain storm finally happens, the down pour is much heavier than it would have been a few years ago.

In many places the ground is so dry that wildfires are increasing in number. In fact, over the last five decades wildfire rates are soaring all over the United States. the reason seems to be that the earth is too wet and then too dry.

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