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10709
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North Carolina's four medical colleges are located at Duke University, East Carolina University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest University. These four are raising the standard of patient care and medical research.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 8, Jan 2009,
p108-110, 112, 114, 116, il
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10893
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Westbrook describes a romantic weekend in Wilmington, including things to see and do, places to stay, and places to eat.
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Westbrook describes a weekend in the North Carolina Sandhills, a section of the state known for great dining, shopping, accommodation, and golf.
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Britt's Donut Shop is a Carolina Beach landmark. H. L. Britt opened the shop in 1939, and Bobby Nivens, who worked at the business as a teenager, purchased the shop in 1974. He and his wife Maxine have operated the place ever since, turning out a single type of donut, the glazed kind.
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Think flight in North Carolina, and most people think of the Wright Brothers. However, the state can claim a number of aviation firsts. In the early 1870s, John Henry Gatling experimented with flight, and Luther Paul was designing a helicopter in the early 20th-century. Alton Stewart was an early barnstormer, and Gus Shinn made the first landing at the South Pole.
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Lauren Van Hemert of Cary transfers images from vintage stamps, letters, and labels to create one-of-a-kind necklaces, bracelets, watches, and earrings made from polymer clay.
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9691
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Carrboro in Orange County is Our State magazine's featured Tar Heel town of the month.
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9836
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Westbrook describes two ways to visit Winston-Salem by either visiting the historical sites or visiting the many art-oriented attractions.
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Westbrook describes three of the state's bed-and-breakfast inn that have beautiful gardens as part of the grounds. They are the Yellow House on Plott Creek Road (Waynesville), Thomas Walton Manor (Laurinburg), and the Camellia Cottage Bed and Breakfast (Wilmington).
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Westbrook discusses the Park Ranger Institute, which is open not only to the state's park rangers but also anyone who has an interest in the classes. Participants at the Institute get hands-on training in the field, as well as instruction on a variety of issues that they meet day-to-day on the job.
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Halifax County, located in the northeastern part of the state, was the first colony to move toward independence from Great Britain. Westbrook describes what visitors will find in the areas of art, entertainment, nature, and aviculture.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 12, May 2008,
p188-190, 192, 194-195, il
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P. H. Rose created a family business that grew into a retail giant. He started in 1915, in Henderson, opening stores that would eventually bear the name Rose's. During the chain's heyday in the 1960s and 1970s sales grew from $54 million to over $500 million.
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Westbrook describes things to see and do on a weekend visit to the town of Flat Rock in western North Carolina.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 3, Aug 2008,
p140=142, 144, 146-147, il
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Westbrook discusses the Sister Cities program that connects cities worldwide and encourages cultural, educational, civic, and business exchanges. Currently fifteen North Carolina communities, including Charlotte, Beaufort, and Black Mountain, have connected with over fifty municipalities around the world.
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Person County, which is located in the Piedmont and has only one incorporated municipality, is Our State magazine's featured Carolina county of the month.
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