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Party Line 04/21/2009

Gov. Phil Bredesen (right) and Mark Proctor hold a pan of barbecue at the Jimmy Naifeh Coon Supper in Covington. The governor said he prefers pork barbecue to cooked raccoon.

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Gov. Phil Bredesen (right) and Mark Proctor hold a pan of barbecue at the Jimmy Naifeh Coon Supper in Covington. The governor said he prefers pork barbecue to cooked raccoon.

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  • Former Tennessee governor Ned McWherter (second from left) calls the Jimmy Naifeh Coon Supper cooks the best in Tennessee. With him are three of the cooks: Dave Huffman (from left), Jack Strong and Tommy Huffman.
  • Gov. Phil Bredesen (right) and Mark Proctor hold a pan of barbecue at the Jimmy Naifeh Coon Supper in Covington. The governor said he prefers pork barbecue to cooked raccoon.
  • Judson (from left), Joe and Jimmy Naifeh are mainstays at the Jimmy Naifeh Coon Supper.
  • Enjoying the Jimmy Naifeh Coon Supper Thursday were Jobi Teague (from left), Ophelia Ford and Michelle Yates.
  • Above left: Terry Burman, chairman of Sterling Jewelers Inc., stands with Marguerite Piazza at the Marguerite Piazza St. Jude Gala. Burman was one of the 2009 Healing Rose Humanitarian Award recipients at the event. Above right: 'American Idol' contestants Jasmine Murray (left) and Alexis Grace Middleton performed at the Marguerite Piazza St. Jude Gala.
  • Steve Azar (center) was the headliner at Ave Maria Foundation's eighth annual concert and silent auction Saturday in the Siena Performing Arts Center of St. Agnes Academy. With him are (from right) his brother, Dr. Fred and Julie Azar and Lee and George Gattas.
  • Kelly Wu (left) and Benny Leung stocked up on crawfish at Porter-Leath's 17th annual Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival Sunday between Beale Street and Union overlooking the Mississippi River.
  • 'American Idol' contestants Jasmine Murray, left, and Alexis Grace Middleton performed at the Marguerite Piazza St. Jude Gala.

Photos by Michael Donahue

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