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for ""Silcox-Jarrett, Diane""
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In 1982, a group of citizens concerned about the effects of pollution on the Haw River formed the Haw River Assembly. Silcox-Jarrett describes how this grassroots group promoted public awareness of the need to protect the river and how their goal was realized.
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Two natural areas located in the Piedmont abound in natural beauty and are home to trees, plants, birds, and animals not commonly found outside the mountain regions. They exist because they formed along north-facing slopes that are cool and damp, similar to the environments found in the higher elevations of the mountains. Silcox-Jarrett describes the Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, located in Orange County, and the White Pines Nature Preserve, located in Chatham County.
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Jane S. McKimmon was the first director of the North Carolina Home Demonstration Clubs and the state's first home demonstration agent. She began work in 1909, and her job took her to many rural areas across the state. Her goal was to help rural women and girls learn how to improve their homes and their lives. Placing home demonstration agents in counties to work with farm women was part of her duties. She began with fourteen county agents and 416 women. Under her direction, the home demonstration clubs grew to 75,000 members representing all one hundred North Carolina counties. Once a year McKimmon would bring the agents to Raleigh for in-service training. As attendance increased over the years, the group needed their own building. Club members donated $2.50 apiece over a four-year period and raised over $100,000 in 1951 to help finance the Jane S. McKimmon Center on the North Carolina State University campus in Raleigh. McKimmon died in 1957, almost twenty years before the center opened in 1976.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 10, Mar 2007,
p128-130, 132, 134, il, por
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The Irregardless Cafe opened in Raleigh February 10, 1975. Owner Arthur Gordon says the unusual name comes from having professors in college circle in red the word in his papers, and he \"finally wanted to be able to use the word.\" Silcox-Jarrett explores what draws people year after year to this restaurant which doesn't have the best location and has a parking lot 100 yards away.
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Family reunions are an important event in the lives of North Carolinians. The gatherings can involve several hundred people over a weekend or a dozen or so family members for lunch. It is the connection to the group, the traditions, and the heritage that is important. Silcox-Jarrett discusses three North Carolina families who have long-running family reunions: the Powell family, dating to 1588; the Brooks family, dating to the mid-1700s; and the Burgin-Lytle family, dating to 1677.
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Camp Flintlock, located on sixty-eight acres of pine trees and fields in Johnston County, gives campers an opportunity to experience life as a colonial North Carolinian. The campers, ages nine to fifteen years, attend for one week. Boys and girls attend on alternate weeks. There are no video games, televisions, or cell phones. Campers dress as colonials and learn how to shoot a musket, throw a tomahawk, make leather crafts or rag dolls, cook chicken, and make homemade bread. Tim Langdon, founder and owner, started the camp in 1999.
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Burke Brothers Hardware in Raleigh has been in business since 1936. The store began in front of the family's lumber mill. Part of it contained a grocery and butcher shop. When big grocery chains came to Raleigh in the 1950s, the store began to focus entirely on hardware. Burke Brothers prides itself on customer service and old-fashioned hardware knowledge. If a customer can't find what he wants at Burke Brothers, the chances are it doesn't exist.
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Virginia Boone of Canton is ninety-four years old and braided the first of her colorful, long-lasting rugs in 1945. Her rugs are known for their longevity and extra thickness. Choosing colors and coordinating them is one of her skills. Her rugs have found a place in all fifty states and in seven foreign countries. Since 1950, her rugs have been featured at the North Carolina State Fair's Village of Yesteryear.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 5, Oct 2007,
p92-93, 96, 98, 100, il, por
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Silcox-Jarrett describes Fayetteville's Cape Fear Botanical Garden, a seventy-nine-acre community garden located along the Cape Fear River that blends formal beds with the natural environment.
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Silcox-Jarrett discusses some of the medical first in North Carolina. These include Dr. James Shober, who, in 1878, became the state's first practicing black physician; Dr. Annie Lowrie Alexander, the state's first female physician; and pioneering high-tech innovations, such as the Da Vinci heart surgery and Gamma Knife radiosurgery.
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When Thad Eure, Jr. and Charles Winston opened the Angus Barn in Raleigh on June 28, 1960, many thought the enterprise would be unsuccessful. The motif was modeled on Winston's grandfather's barn, and the specialty was Angus steaks, which no other restaurant was serving. Within four years the restaurant was a success. Over the years the Angus Barn had received many distinguished awards, and today it is one of Raleigh's premier restaurants.
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Boyd Allred and his brother James, from the small community of Liberty in Randolph County, joined the U.S. Army in 1948. When the Korean War broke out, both were sent to Korea. Both were captured by Chinese Communist soldiers and imprisoned. James was held for 999 days and Boyd for 961. The brothers recount their experiences in harsh prisoner of war camps.
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19485
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Fayetteville, North Carolina has a rich history of African-American contributions that span the fields of education, medicine, and music to name a few.
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Fayetteville, North Carolina has been the birthplace or home of many African Americans over the city's 250 years. These citizens have contributed to the city and the world in the areas of education, medicine, music, civil rights, politics and government, and religion.
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Ron Jones, a past president of the North Carolina Storytelling Guild, comes from a family of storytellers and has been immersed in the oral tradition all of his life. His style is straightforward, but he also uses his guitar to weave music into the tales he tells. He holds a master's degree in library science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and worked twenty-two years in the Wake County Library System. Much of his storytelling has been connected with the Wake County Public Libraries and public schools. Now retired, he spends his time storytelling across North Carolina and in surrounding states.
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