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3166
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Responsibilities of the Wildlife Resources Commission's Boating and Inland Fisheries division have evolved from its 1947 duties of fish stocking to include protection and management of aquatic resources and habitats, and boating facilities maintenance.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 1, Jan 1997,
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3187
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission's Division of Enforcement began in 1947 with 104 officers and a $200,000 budget. In 1997, the budget is over $12 million, with 214 officers who enforce regulations that govern the state's wildlife resources.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 1, Jan 1997,
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3191
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Testing by state health authorities found that one-third of 948 drinking water wells located near livestock farms had contaminants, and one in ten exceeded safe standards. Nitrate was the prime pollutant.
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3197
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Among Greensboro's approaches to educate people about pollution are Storm Man, a comic book hero who fights water pollution; a video like TV's JEOPARDY, which asks pollution questions; and a video of Revolutionary hero Nathanael Greene fighting pollution.
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3202
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S. Ellis Hankins is the new executive director of the N.C. League of Municipalities. A practicing lawyer, Hankins worked for the league in a legal capacity from 1982 to 1994.
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3203
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A comprehensive listing of the state's folklorists includes name, address, position, telephone number, email address and Internet homepage, background, and interests.
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Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N59x), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Mar 1997,
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3223
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Heritage tourism, or visiting an area for cultural enrichment, is growing six times faster than regular tourism. To handle this growth, the state has set up a non-profit organization, North Carolina Heritage, Inc.
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Alex McLeod Patterson, rear admiral retired, died October 22, 1996. He was a former staff member of the N.C. Division of Archives and History. One of the services he inaugurated was the microfilming of original county and municipal records.
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Andy Cohen is president of Beacon Sweets, the state's largest candymaker. Lacking space to expand, Cohen relocated the company from Newark to Morrisville. To be competitive, he reduced the staff from 180 to 130 and cut products fifteen percent in 1986.
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3241
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Richard Van Wingerden is president of Van Wingerden Greenhouse Company, the largest greenhouse maker in the state and fifth in the nation. The company relocated from Illinois to Horse Shoe, near Asheville, in 1974.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 4, Apr 1997,
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3274
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The N.C. Division of Archives and History's new site on the World Wide Web, http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/, offers information on the division, historic attractions, preservation and conservation, and research and records.
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3275
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Wake County is profiled in such areas as population and housing, health status, education status, government safety, economic conditions, and environment and infrastructure.
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3290
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Frances Bavier of Siler City died December 7, 1989. The eighty-six year-old actress was famous for her portrayal of Aunt Bee on \"The Andy Griffith Show\" from 1960 to 1968.
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In 1870, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse stood 1,500 feet from the ocean. In 1989, the distance was 150 feet. Plans to save the lighthouse include moving it 1,600 feet back from the shore, building a seawall, and rebuilding three jetties.
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3299
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Begun in 1979, the North Carolina Cemetery Survey Project seeks to locate and record cemeteries in the state with graves dated before 1913, the year the state began keeping death certificates.
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