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Tawana Weicker of Polk County began developing biofuel from spent cooking oil in 2007. While searching for a use for the by-product, glycerin, Weicker created soap, which she now sells under the name Warhouse. This invention has sparked educational programs in Polk County as well as at nearby universities and is inspiring biofuels researchers.
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Seven people in Western North Carolina \"are impacting the lives of others through job training, cultural arts outreach, language skills tutoring, community enrichment, and sheltering animals.\" They are Jennifer Pickering (LEAF); DeWayne Barton and Dan Leroy [Green Opportunities];Steve and Susie van der Vorst [Camp Spring Creek for dyslexic children];Rob Pulleyn [Marshall High Studios]; and Jeri Arledge [Rusty's Legacy, for dogs people don't want or can no longer afford].
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Eleven conservationists have worked very hard to help preserve the wild and scenic places of Western North Carolina. They are Mike Leonard; Karen Cragnolin; Brian Payst; Paul Carlson; Sandy and Missy Schenck; Susie Hamrick Jones; John Humphrey; Tim Sweeney; and Jay Leutze.
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23859
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Connelly Springs, a small town in eastern Burke County, developed around a natural mineral spring and served as a health hub for tourists.
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22238
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Phyllis Heil's mother frowned upon her whistling while she was growing up, preferring that she sing gospel hymns. In 2001, Heil, who lives in Hickory, began whistling, practicing, and building a repertoire. In 2004 she entered the International Whistlers Convention in Louisburg and took third place. She was named International Whistling Entertainer of the Year the following year; she has now won the award five times.
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Harvey Littleton is the Father of American Art Glass, the instigator of the Studio Glass Movement. He pioneered the use of glass as an art form, and his experiments made it possible to move glassmaking from the factory to the individual artist's studio. In 1977 he came to Western North Carolina to be closer to the Penland School and to continue his work.
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22309
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Clark explores the work of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, located in Leicester, which teaches the uses of plants as natural remedies for skin ailments and sore muscle relief. Juliet Blankespoor, an herbalist for over twenty years, is the school's director.
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Therapeutic Riding of Tryon (TROT) was founded in 2004 and is a program of the Foothills Equestrian Nature Center. Its purpose is to \"use the healing, gentle nature of horses to help people with physical, developmental, and cognitive disabilities improve balance, strength, and coordination, focus and confidence.\" TROT serves people four and older.
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