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for "Graff, Michael"
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24899
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A possible view of what life in Charlotte might be like in 2058. The possible mistakes of the current generation recounted by the future generation and the successful changes made by the millennial generation from the way transportation is viewed to the touch screen progression. This may be a future we can expect.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 18 Issue 9, September 2013,
p72-77, il, f
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24970
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Many have noticed that the southern accent seems to be disappearing from North Carolina. Michael Graff went on a mission to find out why.
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27652
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Sean Schlusser, owner of Catch On Seafood in the Plaza Midwood neighborhood of Charlotte, values customer expectations for local food. He only sells fresh fish, and constantly checks with his suppliers to insure that his fish is in fact fresh. However, with more big companies buying out smaller fisheries, tracing the source of fish has become more difficult.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 21 Issue 9, September 2016,
p70-77, 127, il, por
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31322
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The home of [the 2017] PGA Championship isn’t just a golf course. It’s a rare green space in a growing city, and the people in charge of it don’t take that responsibility lightly. The renovation of the Quail Hollow Golf Club finished 5-6 months of work in 12 weeks to prepare for not only the PGA Championship, but the renovations were planned with the long-term goals of the club in mind.
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Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 21 Issue 10, October 2016,
p84, il, por
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31448
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Author Michael Graff spent all season with the Myers Park High School football team to document what happens when kids from different backgrounds are put on a team together. This is the first of a three part story
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31449
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The weather turns colder, the games become more important, and the lessons hit home harder. The Myers Park football team, which is split nearly evenly along racial and socioeconomic lines, hits the heart of the 2015 season.
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31457
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After a disappointing loss to close the regular season, the Myers Park football team hits the road for the playoffs, and some players prepare for life beyond football.
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34442
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McCrorey Heights is a neighborhood of about two-hundred ranch-style homes in northwest Charlotte where many of the major local civil rights accomplishments were born. Development and road construction threatens McCrorey Heights and the area’s history, while displacing many of the residents in the neighborhood.
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36443
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How this lawyer lives her faith in and outside of the courtroom was answered in this interview. The attorney with a twenty plus year work experience with nonprofits, political campaigns, and civic leaders discussed factors of her faith. Highlighted were her faith journey, the source of her optimism, and an experience that occurred while she was a sophomore at Berkeley.
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36448
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Proving optimistic about the impact girls can make in the world was Carrie Cook. Illustrations of her belief about this impact, if fueled by inspirational and encouraging role models, included her nonprofit organization, EmpowHERment. As for the power of collective efforts toward societal impact, she illustrated that belief through her work with Charlotte’s GreenLight Fund.
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38182
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The last has not been seen of rose gardens or libraries, the author suggested. Graff’s reminder for both is Sunnyside Rose Garden, one with local historical relevance and found out more about with the help of librarians. Another truth discovered at the main library in uptown Charlotte: the greater relevance of libraries to millennials in comparison to Generation X and baby boomers. As for libraries’ importance to the homeless, unemployed, and politicians, the author considered their access to warmth, internet, and information about past public servants’ faux pas.
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38191
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The hole in the bucket analogy alludes to the dearth of black male public school teachers and negative impact this has on black male students. Helping to attract more black males to teaching and giving them the ability to be positive role models is Profound Gentlemen, founded in 2014 by Jason Terrell and Mario Shaw. This nonprofit helps current and would-be teachers to have the resources, training, and support network needed to enter and stay in the profession.
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African Americans--Education; Public education; Role models; Nonprofit organizations; Profound Gentlemen; Teachers--Training of; African Americans; African Americans--public education ; Public education teachers--African Americans; Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system ; SEED20; Social Venture Partners; Queen City Forward (Charlotte); Charlotte--Economic conditions
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38251
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Camp Lejeune, cited as contributing three million dollars annually to North Carolina’s economy, makes a contribution whose measure is defined in the word hero. Accompanying are photographs showing these heroes preparing for combat. Attesting to aspects of their identity not defined by uniform or rank are pictures of Marines off base relaxing or reuniting with family.
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Camp Lejeune--military bases, Eastern North Carolina ; Military bases--Camp Lejeune (Onslow County); Military bases--Onslow County; Military bases--Economic aspects; Lejeune, John A., 1867-1942; Deployment ; Onslow County--History; Onslow County--Economic conditions; Jacksonville--Economic conditions; Beirut Memorial (Jacksonville); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Jacksonville)
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38258
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Described by the author and displayed in photographs by Patrick Schneider is a Waterside Theatre performance of Paul Green’s The Lost Colony. Words and pictures collaboratively explain the enduring mystique of his play and the Roanoke Island colonists’ story.
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Waterside Theatre (Manteo); Manteo; Green, Paul Eliot, 1894-1981; The Lost Colony (Play); Roanoke Colony; Roanoke Island--History; Raleigh, Walter, 1552-1618; Long, William Ivey, 1947-; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945; Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012; Dare, Virginia, b. 1587-?; Borden, John; Manteo--Description and travel; Wanchese--Indian Chief
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38281
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The county seat of Tyrrell County is also the only town in the county, which was founded in 1793. It’s also defined as one is its identity as a singular town—one doctor, one lawyer, one pharmacy, one road. How it’s defined as two: Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds forming the second largest estuary in the country; two animals, the red wolf and red cockaded woodpecker, being protected species.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 6, Nov 2012,
p46-50, 52, 54, 56-58, 60, 62, 64-65
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Tyrell County--history; Tyrell, John, 1685-1729; Columbia; Columbia--history; Columbia--Economic conditions; Red wolf; Albemarle Sound; Pamlico Sound; Estuaries--North Carolina; Scuppernong River; Pocosin Arts Folk School (Columbia); Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge; Columbia Visitors Center; Partnership for the Sounds (Columbia); Black bear; Seafood industry