The event includes live entertainment, arts & crafts, carnival rides,  and concessions July 3 and July 4.

The July 4 festivities include the annual parade at 11 a.m. and the region’s largest fireworks displays at 10 p.m.

The store is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, and from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday.

The shelter is also accepting monetary donations and is seeking volunteers.  If you would like to donate money or time, contact the Scott County Women’s Shelter at (423) 569-3355.

The event will again be held at the Kiwanis booth at the Scott County Fairgrounds.

The Health and Human Services Subcommittee of the Tennessee House of Representatives, on a 20-7 vote in early April, approved a bill to restore the regulation of abortion to the state legislature.

The state senate had passed the bill the eight previous years, only for it to die in the subcommittee. The measure seeks to overturn a 2000 opinion by the Tennessee Supreme Court that invalidated all state laws restricting abortion.

This year’s measure has gained passage in the Senate and is awaiting a floor vote in the House. If approved this year, the proposal must gain passage by a two-thirds majority in both chambers in 2011 before going to voters in 2014.

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A vote is looming this week in Congress on a bill that would legitimize deviant forms of “sexual orientation,” and make it unlawful for a minister give his views on a subject that has long been a hot politial issue among leftists. A markup vote is expected Wednesday in the House Judiciary Committee on the Local Law Enforcement and Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.  The measure (H.R. 1913) would add homosexuals and transgender people to the list of classes federally protected from so-called “hate crimes.”
 
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“Natural Selection is Not Evolution” clears up the differences between natural selection and what would be required for evolution to occur. The exhibit features a cave-like aquarium with Mexican tetras. The Mexican tetra is normally sighted in its surface-dwelling form, however, in the total darkness of caves, the same species of fish has lost what it does not need _ its eyes.

“Natural Selection,” a term used by evolutionist theorist Charles Darwin to describe a process by which small changes in plants and animals occur, is thought by many to be the primary mechanism for evolution. Many believe that evidence for natural selection is evidence for evolution because they think that with enough time (millions of years) natural selection could account for the larger changes required for molecules-to-man evolution.

The Creation Museum is located 7 miles west of the Cincinnati Airport. For more information, visit creationmuseum.org for more information, or call (888) 582-4253.

Wicker says the move is necessary because “activist judges are attempting to redefine one of our nation’s most sacred institutions.” In response,  19 states have passed laws and 26 states have amended their constitutions to protect marriage.

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The ad portrays what appears to be two male “parents” of two children exchanging a kiss as one of the men leaves for work. The man who had just served breakfast to the children says, “Love ya! Straight home from work, sweet cheeks.”

Heinz pulled the ad June 20, after more than 200 complaints were submitted to England’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

Nevertheless the American Family Association in a June 24 action alert told its members to spread the word that Heinz was pushing homosexual marriage, since the ad without any varnished explanations appeared to feature a “homosexual family” with two homosexuals kissing. The AFA encouraged its members to voice their protest with Heinz to make sure that the food giant did not try the same thing in North America.

Stonewall, a UK-based homosexual activist group, is now demanding that homosexuals boycott Heinz products for pulling the ad.

England’s homosexual activists have gathered 1300 signatures on a petition online to request the advert be reinstated.

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Thanks to the vigilant homework being done by the American Family Association, a Christian organization based in Tupelo, Miss., we have discovered that the latest corporation to support the homosexual movement is Heinz.

In a television ad that is being aired now in England (where homosexual marriage is illegal), one man who has just finished preparing breakfast for two children gets an off-to-work kiss on the lips from another man.

It is not known whether the ad will run in the United States. In the meantime, encourage fellow Christians to buy Hunt’s ketchup _ or any other brand. Those who would like to lend their opinion to the Heinz chairman can do so by visiting the AFA web site.

The expansion will be geared toward activities for young children and will include kiosks aimed at kids and an outdoor playground.

In early June, Ham said the museum, which presents a literal interpretation of the Bible, had attracted more than 400,000 visitors since it opened in May 2007. Officials hope to have 300,000 museum visitors in the next year.

Co-founder Mark Looy said said there are no plans to build another museum. “Once you’ve done one, it’s easier to do another one,” Looy said. “But we just opened this a year ago, and we’re just learning how to operate it. Opening a second one is a dream way off in the distance.”

In the meantime, Ham said the museum is consulting with churches throughout the country to build one-room displays that will serve as mini-Creation Museums.

Since crowds have been larger than expected, the museum has already added some extras, such as more walking trails and a petting zoo. It also introduced new programming, a children’s reading program, and theatrical performances. In the next year, there also are plans for an additional parking lot and an auditorium to host speakers and educational events, Looy said. There will be more rotating exhibits and butterfly and woodland areas near the outdoor gardens, he said.

Ham said his group wants to see people converted to Christianity, but wants to influence people directly, rather than challenge school boards to add creationism to curricula. “We want to challenge everyone’s thinking. You never know what seeds you’re sowing,” he said.[