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3827
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Since 1990, rabies cases have nearly doubled each year. The state is facing an epidemic among wild animals. In 1997, 879 cases were confirmed. While raccoons are the prime carriers, bats, foxes, and skunks can also carry the disease.
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Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Spring 1998, p12-13, il
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3836
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A feature of the Economic Opportunity Act provides new tax credits for businesses that create jobs in blighted urban areas. About fifty cities in the state, including Greenville and Kinston, have identified areas of this type.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 9, Sept 1998, p16, il
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3847
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Rebecca O. Hoyle, a K-5 music teacher at Jacksonville Commons Elementary School, is the 1998 North Carolina Teacher of the Year. She has been in education for twenty-six years and is a graduate of East Carolina University.
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3854
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On March 7, 1998, at Durham's Hayti Heritage Center, the North Carolina African American Network on Historic Preservation was established. The organization seeks to preserve buildings and sites that are relevant to African-American history.
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Archie K. Davis, retired Wachovia banker, died in Winston-Salem March 13, 1998. Among his many accomplishments are a doctoral dissertation on Henry K. Burgwyn, Jr. and establishment of the Thomas Whitmell Davis Fund to support the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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3867
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The state's top one hundred private companies are ranked. The list does not include companies dealing primarily in real estate, retail, and finance. Raleigh-based General Parts, Inc., the country's second -largest distributor of wholesale automobile parts, ranks first for the second straight year.
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Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 10, Oct 1998, p49, 51-53, 55, 57-59, il Periodical Website
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3868
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Squirrel Defense Initiative Designs, Inc., a company started by Richard and Edward Welsh of Greensboro, has a unique creation. It gives the squirrel a tiny electric shock when it tries to get at the bird seed. In January, 1998, Birdwatch Americas national trade show in Atlanta named it the year's best product.
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3920
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The American Institute of Architects' North Carolina Gold Medal was created in 1998 to recognize an outstanding career as an architect. Winston-Salem architect Lloyd Walter is the first recipient of the award.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 10, Oct 1998, p34, por
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3923
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The Firm Award, established in 1998 by the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, recognizes state firms creating outstanding architecture over a ten-year period. O'Brien/Atkins Associates, P.A., based in the Research Triangle Park, is the inaugural award winner.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 10, Oct 1998, p33, il
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3926
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Normally associated with the Western prairies, a surprising number of grasslands are found across the state on mountain balds, in longleaf pine savannas, and in salt marshes. They play an important role in providing wildlife habitats and a lift to the human spirit that seeks wide-open spaces.
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The five-year restoration of the John Hay House, ca. 1805, at Tryon Palace Historic Site in New Bern is complete. The house stands on its original Eden Street location. Hay, a native of Scotland and a skilled artisan, came to New Bern around 1800. The house will be used to interpret his life.
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3949
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Samuel P. Townsend retired from the N.C. Division of Archives and History on October 1, 1998, ending a career of thirty-nine years. Townsend held a number of positions in the division, and, since 1975, had been administrator of the State Capitol Visitors Services Section.
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The Edison Project is a private organization that contracts with school systems to run their schools. The company uses its own educational programs and guarantees the schools will make progress. Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools, after a thorough investigation of the project, decided against using it.
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3959
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The ABCs of Public Education plan, passed in 1996 by the General Assembly, seeks to improve education with a system of sanctions and rewards for teachers and schools, based on student test performance. The accountability law is meeting some resistance. Two teachers who were fired under the law are suing the state to get their jobs back.
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The Governor's Entrepreneurial School Award recognizes schools that advance teaching and learning through innovative approaches. Douglas Byrd High School in Cumberland County is the award winner for 1998. Other schools cited for innovations include J. Glenn Edwards in Lee County.
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