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From June 26 to July 4, 1999, the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area will host the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games. Seven thousand athletes 150 countries will compete in nineteen sports. North Carolina has the largest delegation, with 112 competitors.
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Eighteen of the state's most creative and innovative museums, including the Appalachian Cultural Museum (Boone), Museum of the Alphabet (Waxhaw), Weatherspoon Art Gallery (Greensboro), and Exploris (Raleigh), are profiled.
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A diverse array of wildflowers blooms in North Carolina's mountains from March through September. Setzer recounts her spring experiences trekking in the mountains, looking for wildflowers. The author includes a bloom chart categorizing wildflowers by month bloomed, color of blossom, and leaves.
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Mountain biking has grown considerably since the 1970s. Bikers are attracted to the challenge of a steep slope, negotiating tree roots and rocks on the trails, freedom from cars and dogs, and outstanding summit views. South Mountain State Park, Tsali National Recreation Area, and Pisgah National Forest are some of the favored areas of mountain bikers.
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U.S. Highway 64, which stretches 613.69 miles across North Carolina from Manteo to Murphy, didn't exist until 1932. It begins at Whalebone on the Outer Banks (elevation: 9 feet) and reaches its highest level at Highlands (elevation: 4,118 feet). In between these points travelers find the essence of the state -- its history, crafts, food, scenery, and people.
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William Linville and a son, who were murdered in 1776 while exploring an area in Western Carolina the Cherokees called the \"River of Cliffs,\" have left their name on several scenic areas - Linville Falls, Linville Gorge, Linville River, and Linville Caverns. Every years thousands of tourists visit and enjoy these wildly beautiful areas.
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Collene Karcher practices a dying art - stone carving. Initially, she wanted to be a painter but decided to work in stone. She was 23 before she found a master stone carver and apprenticed under him. She has been carving for the past 17 years; her studio is near Sylva. She has exhibited in galleries in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Asheville, and has assisted with the restoration of the Texas, Ohio, and Michigan state capitol buildings.
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts originated in Paducah, Kentucky in 1933 and later moved to Winston-Salem in 1937. Their popular doughnuts were once the state's best kept secret. In 1966, the company began expanding out of the Southeast and now delights doughnut lovers nationwide. Krispy Kreme boxes even appear in movies and on popular television shows, like NYPD Blue and ER.
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Western North Carolina has a number of spectacular waterfalls. Setzer profiles five of them: Crabtree Falls (Yancey County); Hooker Falls and Courthouse Falls (Transylvania County); Middle Falls (Graham County); and Tom's Creek Falls (McDowell County).
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OUR STATE magazine begins a new series on the best walks to take in North Carolina. Setzer describes the Sugarloaf Trail, which is located in the Carolina Beach State Park near Wilmington. The trail is approximately 2.6 miles, with a surface of hard and soft sand and pine straw.
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In this continuing series on the best walks to take in North Carolina, Setzer describes the Occoneechee Speedway Trail. The Occoneechee Speedway in Orange County opened in 1949. The track was one of only three East Coast tracks that measured a mile; the viewing stands could seat 17,000 fans. Many famous NASCAR drivers, including Richard Petty and Junior Johnson, raced on the dirt track. The track, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, closed in 1968 and has reopened as an historic, three-mile walking trail.
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In this continuing series on the best walks to take in North Carolina, Setzer describes a walk around Raleigh's downtown landmarks. The walk is approximately 1.6 miles and takes the walker by such places as the State Capitol on Union Square, the Executive Mansion, Victorian-era mansions in the Oakwood Historic District, and the North Carolina Museum of History, and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
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In this continuing series on the best walks to take in North Carolina, Setzer describes a walk among the towering trees of the mountains' primeval timberland, the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. A two-mile, figure-eight loop takes walkers past some of the country's oldest and largest trees east of the Mississippi, 450-year-old poplars, some measuring twenty feet in circumference. The forest was dedicated in 1936 to the soldier-poet Joyce Kilmer, author of “Trees,†who was killed on July 30, 1918, near the close of World War I.
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In this continuing series on the best walks to take in North Carolina, Setzer describes a walk through the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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15.Great Walks: Roan Mountain's Cloudland Trail by Setzer, Lynn Our State Vol. 75 Issue 1, June 2007
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In this continuing series on the best walks to take in North Carolina, Setzer describes a walk in the cool, refreshing air and lush evergreens of Roan Mountain's Cloudland Trail. The walk is 2.4 miles round-trip over a surface of pine needles, asphalt, stone slabs, and some roots, and it is some of the easier and most pleasant mountain walking in North Carolina.
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