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7061
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In November 2004, North Carolina Governor Michael Easley was elected to a second term. In this NORTH CAROLINA magazine interview, he discusses his political and personal priorities for his second term.
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7082
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Greene County, with a rural population under 20,000, has entered the technological age. A four-year project (2003-2007) proposed by the county school superintendent and funded by the county board of commissioners places a laptop computer with each of the 1,700 middle and high school students. The project seeks to advance the lifelong learning abilities of the county's citizens.
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7124
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Short par 4's, which give bogey golfers an opportunity to score a birdie, are difficult courses to find. The best par 4 courses are listed for the mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, and coast.
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7125
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Older golf courses in North Carolina were designed before the advent of the golf cart. Today many golfers are rediscovering the pleasures of walking a golf course instead of riding. The best walker-friendly courses are listed for the mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, and coast.
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7126
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Members of NORTH CAROLINA magazine Golf Panel ranked the top 100 courses in the state for 2004. Biltmore Forest Country Club replaced Linville Golf Course in the top ten courses, with the other nine retaining their positions. Pinehurst No. 2, a Donald Ross designed course, has been ranked first since the panel's inception in 1995. The panel ranked the Mighty 90 and ranked the top ten courses in each region.
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7149
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The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has curtailed unauthorized activities at the 4,400-acre Needmore Game Land because of concerns over public safety and habitat degradation. The land lies in Swain and Macon Counties. Commission concerns were associated with unrestricted camping practices and reports of alcohol and drug abuse. Restrictions include prohibiting the use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and prohibiting gathering of native plant materials.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 69 Issue 4, Apr 2005,
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In 2004, the mountain areas of North Carolina suffered flooding from three autumn hurricanes. While the Pigeon River and its tributaries and the Davidson River were severely affected by the flooding, most of the trout fishery in Western North Carolina escaped with minor damage.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 69 Issue 4, Apr 2005,
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James Brooks, who teaches at Wilkes County's West Wilkes High School, is the 2005 winner of the Terry Sanford Award for Creativity in Teaching and Administration. Brooks' award was for his development of a photojournalism class. The Sanford award, created in 1966 and now considered the NCEA's most prestigious award, honors educational contributions of Terry Sanford.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 35 Issue 5, Apr 2005,
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James Brooks of Wilkes County is the 2005 winner of the Terry Sanford Award for Creativity in Teaching and Administration. Two other finalists in the competition were Angles V. Currin, a teacher at the Concord Middle School in Cabarrus County, and Cynthia C. Rigsbee, who teaches at Chewning Middle School in Durham County. Currin developed a pen-pal program in an attempt to increase her students' reading and writing skills. To provide her students with high-interest reading material, Rigsbee wrote the book SHOOTING STAR.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 35 Issue 5, Apr 2005,
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The 2004 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, North Carolina's most prestigious preservation award, was presented to Sylvia C. Nash for her support of numerous state preservation projects with time, leadership, and finances. Nash has been active in historic preservation for a number of years. She was a founding member of the Edgecombe Historical Society, instrumental in saving two rare landmarks in Tarboro, and involved in securing National Register designation for Tarboro's historic district.
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The Robert E. Stipe Award is the state's highest award given to working professionals demonstrating outstanding commitment to historic preservation as part of their job. Barbara Wishy, the director of the Endangered Properties Program for Preservation North Carolina since 1991, received the award for 2004. Over the years Wishy has restored more than a dozen historic homes, sold hundreds of endangered historic homes to people for restoration, and helped make it possible for hundreds more to be saved.
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr., Business Award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in the state. Frank Gailor and his family-run development company, Hedgehog Holdings, received the 2004 award for his work in the historic rehabilitation of Raleigh's Pilot Mill. The mill was one of six cotton mills built in Raleigh in the 19th-century.
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The Stedman Incentive Grant, worth $5,000, assists non-profit organizations in efforts to save endangered architecturally and historically significant property. St. Joseph's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, organized by black Episcopalians in 1873, received the 2004 grant to assist in roof repairs. The church was built in 1896, and consecrated in 1897. St. Joseph's complex includes the parish hall and parsonage, all linked by arcades and unified by dark green shingled walls. The stained glass windows are among the last windows that were designed and made by Tiffany & Company of New York. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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The Minnette C. Duffy Award is the state's highest award for the preservation, restoration, or maintenance of grounds related to historic structures. David Dethero, who left a successful career as an Atlanta banker in 1971 to run Hurricane Nursery near Flat Rock, received the award for 2004. He has devoted much time, talent, and resources to renewing the graveyard of St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church in Flat Rock. Built in 1833, the church is the oldest Episcopal Church in the western diocese of North Carolina.
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The Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit recognizes organizations and individuals demonstrating strong commitment to promotion of historical preservation. Among the winners this year were Northwestern Housing Enterprises for restoration of the Elk Park School, built in Avery County between 1935 and 1938; the Pitt County Historical Society for restoration of the 1893 Red Banks Primitive Baptist Church; and Elmer Lam, a member of the North Carolina Transportation Museum board, for his work in helping to preserve the history of the North Carolina railroad system.
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