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The debut of Pigs in the City IV will coincide with a major phentermine online check cooking contest being planned by the Lexington Area Chamber of Commerce for May 8 10, 2008. Instead of a fashion show like premiere like the one Uptown held at the Municipal Club in 2006 for Pigs in the City III, Uptown is contemplating a gala party at the Edward C. Smith Civic Center or under a tent behind the civic center and near the parking lot where the phentermine online check cookoff will be held. The thinking, Nichols said, is to go "a little over the top" glamourizing the decorated pigs and treating visiting chefs in the phentermine online check contest like celebrities. The next day, the pigs will parade down Main Street, and they might be joined in the procession by pigs from the first three Pigs in the City projects. Some kind of open competition might be held to select a grand marshal for the parade. A few days later, the pigs will be placed in their display positions on uptown streets, where they will be on Memorial Day weekend, when next year's first Summer Stroll is held, and where they will remain until a few days before the 25th Annual Barbecue Festival next October. Chamber President Radford Thomas said the pigs will add more uh weight to the cookoff weekend, attract more spectators and make it more fun. "I think all of that coming together just fits so well," Thomas said. Nichols declined to list the sponsors that have signed up so far. He did say, however, that The Bob Timberlake Gallery, which sponsored a pig in each of the previous Pigs in the City projects, has agreed to pay for a fourth. "We love the pigs," said Frank Stoner, president of the Timberlake Gallery and, for several months, Nichols' predecessor as Uptown executive director. "The Prime Pig," the sculpture sponsored by the gallery in the first pigs exhibit in 2003, was purchased by Jimmy's Barbecue. "Oinkle Sam," a bearded, red, white and blue pig sponsored by the gallery in 2004, now serves as a sentry under the flagpole in the gallery parking lot. "Grunt on the Hunt," a camouflage clad pig sponsored by the gallery in 2006, now greets customers at the gallery's front door, but will soon move to Concord Mills Mall, where it will be on loan to Bass Pro Shops. Bass, an outdoors store, carries Timberlake licensed products such as clothing, luggage and home furnishings accessories. Stoner predicted the gallery will spend $2,000 so it can retain ownership of the fourth pig as well. The new pig could end up in front of the Bob Timberlake corporate offices on East Center Street or possibly at the gallery, Stoner said. "We have a collection here." After three displays of 20 or more pigs, can area artists come up with enough catchy themes and designs for yet another herd? "Oh, yeah," said Nichols, smiling. He said he recently spent 45 minutes drinking coffee with local artists Roger Hand and Jan Fritts, who have created past pigs. "They came up with at least a dozen workable ideas for all sorts of folks to do," Nichols said, adding that the concepts "ranged from the ultra silly to fine art." Animal related sidewalk art projects in small cities tend eventually to reach a saturation point with sponsors and to be discontinued. Nichols would not say how many more times he thinks Uptown Lexington will be able to hold pig displays. But for businesses interested in sponsorship, he said, "This is your best chance to do it right now." William Keesler can be reached at 249 3981, ext. 221, or at bill.keesler@the dispatch.com. ... phentermine online check