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Timblin describes a trip to North Carolina's southwest mountains, including the towns of Flat Rock, Hendersonville, Brevard, and Valdese. Places to stay and places to eat are listed.
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In August 2001, the Charles A. Cannon Memorial Hospital in Linville became the first hospital in North Carolina to be recognized as a Planetree, or patient-centered care, institution. The Avery County hospital came into being in 1995 through consolidation of two historic mountain hospitals -- Sloop Memorial Hospital at Crossnore and Cannon Memorial Hospital at Banner Elk. Medical pioneers at these hospitals began the practice of patient-centered care in the early 20th-century, and 100 years later their legacy continues at the new hospital.
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The North Carolina Award is the highest civilian honor given by the state for a lifetime of achievement in selected fields. In November 2004, seven more North Carolinians were added to this prestigious list of recipients. They are Voit Gilmore, environmentalist; Dr. Walter J. Harrelson, Bible scholar and educator; William Ivey Long, costume designer; Penelope Niven, writer and teacher; Elizabeth Matheson, photographer; LeRoy T. Walker, track coach; and Dr. Annie Louise Wilkerson, physician.
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Without the efforts of Sally Phifer Williamson, Concord's Memorial Garden might have been lost. In 1930, she discovered the three-acre garden, originally the First Presbyterian Church's graveyard, in a terrible state of disrepair. Williamson had the area cleaned up before her death in 1937. Her son watched over the garden for the next twenty-nine years and left a one-million-dollar endowment for its upkeep. There are over 300 graves there amid 16,000 tulips and 120 varieties of azaleas.
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The Greater Charlotte Sports Hall of Fame honors the city's sports heroes. For membership honorees must be at least 50 years old, have distinguished themselves through their exemplary sports achievements and good character, and either be from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region or have resided there at least ten years. The eight members of the hall of fame are David Thompson (basketball); Floyd Mason Simmons, Jr. (track); Dale Earnhardt (NASCAR racing); Bobby Jones (basketball); Jeff Mullins (basketball); Jim Beatty (track); Hoyt Wilhelm (professional baseball).
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People associate golf with town of Pinehurst; however, there was more than one game in town. In 1895, the first resort guests played tennis. The resort's founder, James Walker Tufts, preferred to play roque, a game akin to croquet. Other activities included lawn bowls, badminton, table tennis, polo matches, harness races, steeplechases, archery, fox hunting, and skeet shooting. Legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley lived at The Carolina Hotel from 1916 to 1922. She gave shooting exhibitions and taught approximately 15,000 men and women how to shoot.
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Fourteen months before the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, a group of leaders in Mecklenburg County met on May 20, 1775, to sign the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Was this the first document declaring freedom for the American colonies, or was it just a fanciful story? Mecklenburg has celebrated and commemorated the document for 180, but the controversy over its origination challenges its legitimacy. Timblin examines this dispute over legitimacy, beginning in 1819 down to the present-day.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 5, Oct 2005,
p104-106, 108,110-111, il
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For fifty years on Charlotte's Elizabeth Street, Jimmie's Restaurant, operated by Jimmie Pourlous, was an institution. In 2002, when Central Piedmont Community College purchased the building where the restaurant was located, Pourlous and his family faced the decision of moving or retiring. His sons Chris and George had worked in the restaurant all their lives. They planned a new restaurant, and in 2004, the new Jimmie's Restaurant opened in Mint Hill just thirteen miles away from the original. Timblin recounts the history of the restaurant and compares the old one with the new one.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 6, Nov 2005,
p122-124-126, 128-129, il, por
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Timblin discusses the tremendous comeback passenger trains have made in North Carolina. Along with The Carolinian and The Piedmont, both Amtrak trains, the state is considering additional routes in the East. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has begun to restore stations, including those at Hickory, Black Mountain, and Old Fort, and building new ones in Asheville and Valdese.
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New Bern's inns, including the Aerie, Harmony House Inn, The King's Arms Inn, Magnolia House Inn, and New Berne House, offer guests gracious Southern hospitality served up with a mixture of history and legend.
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Variety is the key word to describe the state's Christmas celebrations, which include light festivals, flotillas, and holiday tours of homes. Two of the largest are Asheville's Light Up Your Holidays and Winston-Salem's Tanglewood Festival of Light.
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Living conditions, including moderate climate, low crime and taxes, affordable housing, and a high quality of life, are attracting many out-of-state retirees to coastal areas like Topsail Island, the Wilmington area, and the Crystal Coast.
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Several of the state's coastal inns, including The Docksiders Inn at Kure Beach and The Tranquil House Inn at Manteo, are known for the outstanding service they provide.
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James K. Polk, eleventh president of the United States, was born near Pineville in Mecklenburg County. State celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of his birth will culminate on November 5, 1995, at the James K. Polk Historic Site near Pineville.
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From a small beginning in 1961 in Maggie Valley, snow skiing in the state's mountains is enjoyed now at six resorts, including Beech Mountain and Banner Elk.
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