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\"Monroe as a Classroom\" is a senior honors elective course at Piedmont High School that gets students in touch with their heritage. Students do research on one of eleven historic buildings in downtown Monroe and then create a display to tell the building's story. Students not only learn about their heritage but also about oral history, historic preservation, and architecture.
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The city of Durham invited residents to city hall to view the documentary \"Kids Killing Kids,\" and followed with a town meeting aimed at airing concerns over and suggesting solutions to the epidemic of violence among children.
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Ella Butler Scarborough, the new president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, has an agenda focusing on annexation, public transportation, and building good communications with legislators and county commissioners.
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Jonathan Koffa is Zebulon's planning director during the week and a legislative lobbyist for Liberian relief efforts on the weekend.
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The Public Administration Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is developing updated textbooks in an attempt to stay abreast of rapidly changing situations around the world.
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Begun in 1990, the state's Solid Waste Management Trust Fund has awarded 118 grants totaling over $2 million to assist towns in waste reduction plans. Farmville in Pitt County used a grant to begin recycling office paper.
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In the center of Greensboro is an island of green, the Greensboro Arboretum. Opened in 1991, the park includes nine permanent plant collections, a butterfly garden and fifty benches donated as memorials. Guided tours are provided.
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Laura K. White of Cary was named the 1994 North Carolina Conservation Educator of the Year for her work in developing the environmental education and natural history programs at Cary's Stevens Nature Center, located in Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve.
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866
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A pilot employment program in Raleigh is employing fifteen homeless persons.
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1285
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North Carolina cities and towns are implementing a variety of programs to prevent and reduce crime.
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4079
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Lucius S. Jones, the new president of the N.C. League of Municipalities, will promote getting more people involved in league activities and a closer relationship between the league and the N.C. Association of County Commissioners. Jones is in his ninth year as Wendell's mayor, and his community activities include Boy Scouts, chamber of commerce, and Habitat for Humanity.
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In an effort to make police more accessible to, and more aware of, the community, Lumberton created four substations, instituted an \"officer in residence\" program for a public housing community, and began bicycle patrols.
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Medical Alert Kits that can be stored in a refrigerator assist Stanly County EMT workers in giving medical aid. The kits contain vital information, including patient's doctor, allergies, and prescriptions. The county has distributed 2,500 kits to date.
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Part of the military's mission is being available to communities near their bases. Such activities include color guard presentations at public events, assisting civilian search and rescue operations, and helping youth sports activities.
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Mooresville firefighters traded their hoses for hammers and transformed a vacant town-owned building into the new Mooresville Fire Department headquarters.
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