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6663
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A professional storyteller for sixteen years, Donna Washington tours national festivals and schools year round and is on the road ten to twelve days a month. Some of her material has been published on CDs and in books. Washington is profiled in this Valentine article.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 21 Issue 2, Jan 2004,
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6688
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This special edition of WILDLIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA contains the eighth biennial divisional reports of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The divisions of administration, protection, fish, game, education, engineering, finance, and personnel report for the period from July 1, 1960 to June 30, 1962.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 27 Issue 1, Jan 1963,
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6790
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This statistical profile of North Carolina includes data from 1990-2000 and for selected years in the period of 2000-2003. Statistics are presented in map and bar graph format with accompanying narrative explanations. Material presented includes defining urban and rural counties, population growth for 1990-2000, unemployment rate for 2003, and unaffordable housing for 2000.
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6801
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Hurricane strikes in North Carolina damage not only lives and private and commercial property; they also take a toll on our historic heritage. When Hurricane Isabel struck the eastern section of the state on September 18, 2003, many historic sites and museums were affected, including the town of Edenton, the Outer Banks History Center, Historic Halifax, and the State Highway Historical Marker Program.
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation is marking its 75th anniversary. The department began when the North Carolina General Assembly created its forerunner, the State Highway Commission, on March 5, 1915, and voted it a first-year budget of $10,000. In 1990, the department will oversee a budget of $1.5 billion and workforce of more than 13,000 employees. The article includes a listing of departmental milestones, from 1909 through 1990.
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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame will induct five outstanding business and government leaders in the fall of 1990. The inductees are the late J. E. Broyhill, former chairman of Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc.; the late Luther H. Hodges, former governor of North Carolina; Ralph W. Ketner, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Food Lion, Inc.; Thomas I. Storrs, retired CEO of NCNB Corp.; and the late Louis V. Sutton, former chairman and president of Carolina Power and Light Company.
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6819
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With this article, CAROLINA PLANNING begins a series of interviews with planning professionals across North Carolina. The series \"aims to offer insight into how planning takes shape in a variety of professional contexts.\" Roger S. Waldon, planning director for the town of Chapel Hill, is the first interviewee. Waldon began his work in Chapel Hill in 1983.
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Elizabeth West Fortner, Clinton City Clerk, has been selected by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) as the 2004 Quill Award recipient. The award, instituted in 1987, “recognizes distinguished active and former IIMC members who have made a significant and exemplary contribution to their community, state, province, or IIMC.†Fortner is the third North Carolinian to receive the award.
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The North Carolina Department of Labor's Consultative Services Bureau presented the town of Nags Head the prestigious Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) award. The award is given to “agencies that have met rigorous occupational safety and health standards.†Nags Head is the only municipality in North Carolina to have received this award.
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Tommy O'Briant Freeman II, received the NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence for 2003. Freeman is a second-grade teacher at Peterson Elementary School in Red Springs. The annual award recognizes, rewards and promotes excellence in teaching and advocacy for the profession. He and four other finalists each received a cash award of $10,000. USA TODAY twice named him one of the top forty teachers in the country. Outside the classroom, Freeman serves his community as an elected town commissioner.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 34 Issue 2, Feb 2004,
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6827
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The All-USA Teacher First Team, sponsored by USA TODAY, recognizes teachers who \"develop ways to ratchet up learning and make academics get real.\" Elisabeth Hadley, a second-grade teacher at Haw Elementary School in Buncombe County, was one of 20 teachers nationwide selected for the team. Award winners received a trophy, $2,500 for their schools, and $500 for themselves. Hadley has taught school for twenty-three years and was recently honored for being a \"model teacher.\"
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 34 Issue 4, Feb 2004,
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Amy Vaughn, an English teacher at Freedom High School in Burke County, and Chris Monte, a U.S. History teacher and soccer coach at J. F. Webb High School in Granville County, have received the 2003 Milken Educator Award worth $25,000. Given by the Milken Family Foundation, the award, which was created in 1985, recognizes outstanding K-12 educators nationwide.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 34 Issue 4, Feb 2004,
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6873
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The Raleigh architectural firm of Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee received the 2004 AIA North Carolina Chapter Firm Award. The award is given to the firm producing quality architecture and having a high level of customer satisfaction for a ten-year period. The firm was founded in 1945 and has been the recipient of numerous design awards. One of the firm's most acclaimed projects in the BTI Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.
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Robert Paschal Burns, a Research Triangle Metropolitan Area architect, received the 2004 William Henly Deitrick/AIA N.C. Medal for Service. The annual award is given for community and professional leadership and is the highest honor presented by the AIA/North Carolina. Burns, a 1957 graduate of North Carolina State University, returned to the university in 1965. He served fifteen years as head of the architecture department and from 1984 to 1990 was associate dean of the School of Design.
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The 2004 Design Awards competition recognizes the best design work in North Carolina. Awards are divided into two categories: honor and merit. Honor is the top award. Four firms received the honor award and five the merit. Judging of entries was done by architects from firms in Minnesota.
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