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Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Angela and Tony Boston shop at Dixieland Fireworks on Saturday, June 12, 2021 in East Ridge, Tenn. Fourth of July fireworks displays may lose some of their sparkle this year as consumers burn through a nationwide shortage of inventory.Even dealers who are well-stocked at the moment say some favorites may be harder to come by as Independence Day nears. Right now we re stacked floor to ceiling, but we always encourage people to shop early to get the best selection, said Keesha Woodard, whose family owns the Exit 1A and Dixieland Fireworks stores in East Ridge.Distributors and dealers say pyrotechnics are the latest casualty of rising demand and limited supply, an issue that has similarly plagued consumer goods ranging from bicycles and chlorine to lumber during the coronavirus pandemic. First it was toilet paper, now fireworks, said Brandon Corn, general manager of retail operations fo adidas campus r Fireworks air force 1 Supermarket, which operates 20 stores in eight states, including in Jasper and Cleveland, Tennessee. I would say that we are in a good position inventory-wise due to our ability to purchase at large scale, but nationally there will be significant fireworks shortages, and some of the smaller retailers will have pretty significant challenges getting inventory and having enough inventory to take them through the Fourth of July, Corn said.Shortages are more li adidas originals samba kely to affect backyard shooters than professionals pr Qfws Whitwell High School launches Tiger Time
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker speaks Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, to Chattanooga Times Free Press staff in Chattanooga, Tenn. U.S. Sen. Bob Corker called on Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce members Wednesday to seek a unity candidate with big vision for the 2016 Republican presidential primary - right before menti stanley thermoskannen oning his ability to bring people together and make his decades-old vision of Chattanooga a reality.Yet in a candid meeting with Times Free Press reporters and editors, Tennessee s junior senator and former Chattanooga mayor said he s not aiming for the White House -- but he sure hopes there s a good candidate out there who will.Vanderbilt University political science professor Bruce Oppenheimer said mixed signals from Corker about a presidential bid may be real, imagined --or Corker may just be playing good politics. You d like to keep your name visible and mentioned -- maybe for selection as a vice presidential running mate. Or, if everything falls out with other candidates, you want to be somebody who, when columns get written, your name gets mentioned, Oppenheimer said.Corker last week told reporters in Midd stanley water bottle le Tennessee he had not ruled out a White House bid, but he pulled back from th stanley mug at statement later, saying he was jet-lagged and it was a stream of consciousness response. He said in a meeting at the newspaper Wednesday morning he was not gearing up for a campaign. I just hope we are going to have a consensus candidate, who can unify us and has a vision, he said.

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