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The economy may be in a down turn, but there are still some things that are operating business as usual.

While many businesses are scaling back to cut costs, Boomsday, the event that has become synonymous with East Tennessee Labor Day celebrations, is not one of them.

“Boomsday has not been affected by the economy,” Michael Walden, vice president of Pyro Shows, Inc., said during an interview on Tuesday morning.

A stabbing incident sent one man to the hospital and another to jail on Monday night.

LaFollette Police Sgt. Rick Ford along with Officers Daniel Smith and Dennis Chadwell responded to a report of a stabbing at 502 East Walden Street around 11 p.m. on Aug. 24.

At the scene the officers found Kyle Shively had been stabbed an undetermined about of times.

Lt. Jeff Allen became involved in the investigation and was able to determine Shively’s wounds had allegedly been inflicted by David Nelson, of 313 East Hemlock Street, a LPD press release said.