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The knives are attached to the boards magnetically, so either the whole board or just a few knives can be replaced. The vast majority of the collection in enclosed in locked display cases which house boards that can be rotated out as necessary.

Frank Forsyth of Winston Salem, N.C., Willams Rosenthal of New Orleans and James Wilkinson of Springfield, Tenn., Cohan said. Many of the knives, swords and tools in the collection came from generous donations, including those from Drs. "Anything we display is authentic," Cohan said. The timeline starts at 2.5 million BC with artifacts from the Bronze Age to and proceeds through to the 20 and 21st century with protoypes of the Rambo knife and a knife that orbited the Earth with astronauts. The past is just what visitors will see at the museum, where the length and width of two walls are dedicated to the history of cutlery. "I think we need to preserve the past for the future." "My first business in Pigeon Forge in 1974 was a museum, so I have a special place in my heart for museums," he said. Pipes said he thought housing the museum at the Knife Works would be a natural fit and is something that's close to his heart. Smoky Mountain Knife Works owner Kevin Pipes offered the association space on the mezzanine of the expanded portion of his store. The museum is relocating from Chattanooga, where it was housed until the property was sold. The doors will open to the 4,000 square-foot display at 10 a.m. Project manager Pete Cohan and his staff have been working to trim the 12,000 knives in the association's collection to about 5,000 for the rotating displays.

The measure under consideration by the General Assembly would require small Illinois water utilities to replace all lead service lines within 15 years. Dozens of homes had hundreds and even thousands of parts per billion of lead in tap water - just as extreme as what researchers found during the same period in Flint, Michigan, where mismanagement of the public water system drew a world spotlight to a scourge that remained largely hidden for decades. More than 8 of every 10 Illinoisans live in a community where the toxic metal was detected in at least one home during the past six years, the newspaper found. “We can put Americans to work while eliminating this devastating public health threat and delivering environmental justice to communities that for far to long have borne the brunt of pollution,” said Regan, the former top environmental official in North Carolina.Ī recent Chicago Tribune analysis found that lead in tap water is a danger throughout Illinois.

“We must identify where the lead pipes are located, remove them quickly and ensure that all of our communities, especially our communities of color and low-income communities, are protected from lead in drinking water,” Regan said outside the Jardine Water Treatment Plant next to Navy Pier.