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There’s no place like home…homes on display for Christmas, that is. Featured in this article were ones touting to represent the best and brightest of decorated domiciles from across the state.
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House describes things to see and do in the scenic mountains of Hot Springs, Marshall, and Mars Hill.
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K?rner’s Folly, dubbed “The Strangest House in the World,” has long amused visitors who gape at its fanciful Victorian rooms, furniture, and private theater. Built in 1880, the house was the showplace of Jule Gilmer K?rner, a talented furniture and interior designer in Kernersville, North Carolina. Starting next month, the historic home hosts a year-long set of activities to celebrate its 125th anniversary.
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North Carolina is home to a diverse array of great birdwatching spots and natural habitats. Many migratory birds fly to the state during April and May. There are good birding spots along the North Carolina Birding Trail.
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The Farmers and Communities Manage Deer program encourages licensed hunters to harvest white-tailed deer and donate them to drop-off sites and participating facilities. The processed meat is then used to feed impoverished people in need. The program, its success feeding the poor in Eastern North Carolina, and its impact on the deer population are detailed.
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Bruce Roberts is a North Carolina photographer, journalist and author. In his new book, Just Yesterday, Roberts presents details of what North Carolina looked like in the mid-to-late twentieth century. Divided into the state’s geographic regions, images show the people and places of the Outer Banks, east, piedmont, and mountains.
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A new book reveals the vision, hard work and heart behind a comprehensive care program for at-risk children in North Carolina. The author, A.D. Peacock, was an undertaker in Whiteville during the 1940s. Peacock describes his experience working in the children’s home, and his quest in persuading people to help care for the orphans.
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Visitors to North Carolina's mountain region will find many attractions in this culturally rich area, including old-time music, arts and crafts, quaint inns, Appalachian cooking, and numerous hiking trails. House describes four places to visit: Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in Graham County, which contains 400-year-old trees standing over 100 feet tall and twenty miles of hiking trails; Emerald Village in Mitchell County, which shows how a mining town lived between the 1920s and 1930s; Tweetsie Railroad in Watauga County, where vintage-style attractions are available at the state's oldest theme park; and Valdese in Burke County, settled by the Waldenses from northern Italy over 100 years ago.
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North Carolina’s diverse culture has inspired many distinctive guidebooks, including two new books on native writers, arts and agriculture. Book reviews are provided for “Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains: A Guidebook” by Georgann Eubanks, and “Homegrown/Handmade: Art Roads and Farm Trails” by John F. Blair.
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Four Paws Kingdom, just outside Rutherfordton, North Carolina, is a campground that welcomes dog owners and their pets with weekend festivities and amenities such as biscuit treats, champion-sized dog agility rings, an off-leash swimming pond, fenced dog parks and a custom-designed doggy bathhouse. Owned by Meik and Birgit Bartoschek, Four Paws is the first and only dog-dedicated campground in the United States.
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North Carolina Hunters for the Hungry is a program through which hunters donate extra deer for distribution to charitable groups, including orphanages, homeless shelters, and soup kitchens. A record 45,000 pounds was donated during the 1998 deer season. Since 1993, over 170,000 pounds of venison have been donated.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 6, June 1999,
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Rob Amberg was a writer and photographer who documented Appalachian culture in Madison County, North Carolina. “Sodum Laurel Album” is a flowing record of candid recollections by Amberg, musician Dellie Norton and her family interwoven with intimate photographs shot over two decades. Stories and pictures mark harvest seasons for vegetables, porch gatherings of family and friends, fiddle and banjo ballads, and other traditions in the remote mountain community.
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Caraway Alpacas is one of the fifty-five North Carolina member farms on the Carolina Alpaca Breeders and Owners list. These farms are registered to own and breed alpacas, known for their luxurious fibers and fleece. The owners of Caraway Alpacas, near Asheboro, discuss the history and process of raising alpacas in North Carolina.
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Florence Thomas lives and paints in the Grassy Creek community in Ashe County. Her career began in 1930 and continues to the present. Her subjects of landscapes, still lifes, rural scenes, and farms animals have brought her wide renown. \"The Art of Florence Thomas,\" published in 2004, contains a biography and 124 color reproductions of her paintings, accompanied by the artist's comments.
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Spruce Pine in Mitchell County, North Carolina is known as “The Home of the Perfect Christmas Tree,” because the town is the setting for Gloria Houston’s children book, “The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree.” Houston donated her book’s marketing rights to Mitchell County to help create income for displaced textile and furniture workers. The county has focused on developing place-based businesses and artisanal craft shops to revitalize and transform the community.
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