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Blind at birth, Robbinsville native Ronnie Milsap overcame adversity to rise to the top of the music field, with awards including a Grammy, Billboard, Cashbox, Country Music Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, and Album of the Year. In 2002, Milsap will receive the American Foundation for the Blind's Helen Keller Achievement Award for his overall achievement level.
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Kudzu, the villainous vine of the South, is extremely hardy and resistant to many techniques to curb its growth. Tomlin discusses the work of North Carolina State University entomology professor Dr. David Orr, who is seeking a way to get rid of the pesky plant.
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Shirley Caesar is the first lady of gospel music, having won 11 Grammy, 19 Dove, and 13 Stellar Awards, as well as being inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame 20 years ago. A former Durham city councilwoman, Cesar is minister of a Raleigh Pentecostal Church and also finds time to perform two or three concerts around the country 45 weekends out of the year. At age 63 she shows no sign of slowing down.
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Gospel music - Southern, black, contemporary, and inspirational - is very popular across the state. However, at the moment, there is no place to document this gospel heritage. Enter Dennis Sparks, Eddie Albert, and Claude Hopper of Rockingham County. The three purchased the closed 500,000-square-foot Mayodan Cotton Mill and plan to turn it into the North Carolina Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
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Many North Carolinians love to compete in unusual contests. Two of the state's best-known ones are the National Hollerin' Convention in Spivey's Corner and the International Whistlers Convention in Louisburg. Tomlin describes some of North Carolina's lesser known, but still entertaining, unusual competitions. These include the Turkey Olympics in Raeford, Great Cardboard Box Derby at Beech Mountain, and collard-eating contest at Ayden's annual Collard festival.
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One of the most popular horse shows in the Southeastern United States has been held since 1945 in the rural community of Oak Ridge in Guilford County. Tomlin describes the two-day event which has grown from an entry list of 17 classes to 200.
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Billy Graham, often called \"the last great singular public evangelist in the history of American evangelism,\" is profiled in this Tomlin article.
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North Carolina's favorite son, Andy Griffith, reflects on his life and career as a stage, movie, and television actor. Griffith is famous for his television show, \"The Andy Griffith Show,\" in which he played a small-town sheriff.
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Tomlin discusses the work of linguist Walt Wolfram, William C. Friday Distinguished Professor in North Carolina State University's English Department. Wolfram is director of the university's North Carolina Language and Life Project. The mission of the program is “to describe and celebrate the state's linguistic diversity, and to raise awareness of how language is a part of our cultural heritage.†The project has about twenty research sites stretching from the mountains to the coast.
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Tomlin discusses Wilmington's Cape Fear Serpentarium and its creator Dean Ripa. Ripa is recognized world-wide as an authority on snakes, especially the bushmaster. The Serpentarium opened in 2002. The building has two floors with 6,000 square feet containing elaborate exhibits featuring waterfalls giant rainforest trees, lush jungles, and 200 different snakes representing species from all over the world.
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Tomlin profiles three North Carolina women who have brought laughter to their audiences for a number of years. They are Jeanne Swanner Robertson, who was Miss North Carolina of 1963 and is now a professional humorist; Kelly Swanson, who created the town of Cedar Grove and its resident cast of colorful characters; and Celia Rivenbark, a syndicated newspaper columnist and author of several books of humor.
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Oak Ridge Military Academy, established in 1852, is located in Oak Ridge in Guilford County. In the early 20th-century, the school was hailed as one of the finest secondary schools in the country; that reputation for excellence continues into the 21st-century. This reputation extends beyond the state's borders, with approximately 240 members of the student body coming from 26 states and 20 foreign countries. Tuition is not cheap; the boarding program costs $19,990 and the day program $13,300. Oak Ridge is the nation's third oldest military school and has been designated a North Carolina Historical Site.
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Begun in 1965 by Marvin Johnson and his wife Mary, the Gourd Museum in Kennebec contains a unique collection of the vegetable. With some dating to 1804, the gourds represent many shapes, designs, and countries. For “gourders,†or people who grow gourds or make works of art out of them, this museum is their mecca. Mary died in 1986 and Marvin in 2002. The museum is now maintained by Marvin's nephew, Mark Johnson.
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Dr. John Shelton Reed has made a career of studying, observing, and sharing with the world what it means to be a Southerner. He had written ten books about the South, edited three others, and written numerous magazine essays to help others understand the region. Reed founded and directed the University of North Carolina's Center for the Study of the American South at Chapel Hill.
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At seventeen, most people are students in high school. On February 20, 1945, Plymouth native Jack Lucas was seventeen years old and in combat against the Japanese on Iwo Jima during World War II. Lucas was severely wounded when he threw himself on a grenade to protect his buddies. For his heroism President Harry S. Truman presented him the Medal of Honor, the highest award bestowed for valor in action against an enemy. Later in life he received North Carolina's prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine, and he was recognized during President William Jefferson Clinton's 1995 State of the Union address.
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