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3968
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When Robert Lee Dyer of Sylva caught a twenty-four pound, ten-ounce brown trout in the Nantahala River on April 17, 1998, he bettered the existing state record by nine pounds.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 7, July 1998,
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3970
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On any given summer day, vacationers can be seen on the state's beaches picking up tulips, olives, and bonnets. However, they are anything but what their names imply. They are part of the vast array that many vacationers find too enchanting to leave behind.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 7, July 1998,
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Gordon Smith III of Raleigh has raised $36.5 million for his nonprofit Exploris, Inc., which operates a charter school and a children's museum in downtown Raleigh. The school opened in 1997 and the Exploris Museum soon after. Both will specialize in international education. Smith is the great-grandson of education governor Charles Brantley Aycock.
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The Gaston County Board of Education has honored Linda Rader for her years of service to education by renaming the staff development center, in Cramerton, the Linda Israel Rader Staff Development Center. Rader taught school for thirty years and has been director of staff development for the past ten.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 29 Issue 1, Aug 1998,
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4013
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Pandora Bell, principal of Jesse Wharton Elementary in Guilford County, is the 1998 Wachovia Principal of the Year.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 29 Issue 5, Jan 1999,
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4020
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Rapid growth and development on steep mountain slopes threatens water quality in the western counties. Development, along with timbering and agricultural activity, causes sedimentation or erosion and deposition of soil into creeks and rivers.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 315, Jan/Feb 1999,
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4029
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The state's one hundred counties are profiled for 1998, using economic indicators including population, civilian labor force, per-capita income, building permits, and population on food stamps.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Feb 1999,
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4060
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Edward Towns, 79, of Monroe, works from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week as the president and only employee of Oz Worldwide. He is an inventor, holding over 200 patents from childproof bottle caps to a way to thaw frozen juice containers in the microwaves.
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In the summer of 1999, 200 Special Olympics' delegations will gather in the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area for the Special Olympics World Summer Games. The state delegation consists of 114 athletes and 30 coaches. A roster of names and counties is included.
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4091
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In the fall of 1998, Hurricane Bonnie brought ashore on Currituck Beach a 58-foot shipwreck remnant. The Underwater Archaeology Unit of the State Historic Preservation Office has documented the remains extensively. The vessel is thought to have been steam-powered and to have gone down in the late 19th-century.
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4102
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After twenty years, Franklin Garland's plan to be the state's only Perigord truffle farmer is starting to pay off. Truffles are much sought after for the flavor they add to food and can cost $350 a pound. In 1998, Garland Gourmet Mushrooms & Truffles, Inc., located in Hillsborough, turned a profit. In 1999, the company expects revenues of $200,000.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 3, Mar 1999,
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4124
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In April 1999, the Magic Wings Butterfly House opens. Located at Durham's Museum of Life and Science, the house is the first of its kind in the region and will contain approximately 1,000 butterflies representing 200 species from all over the world.
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13.Touching Tomorrow Through Technology by Sharpe, Bill NCAE News Bulletin Vol. 29 Issue 8, Apr 1999
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4131
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Linda Davis and Connie Jones, teachers at Enka High School in Buncombe County, have won the 1999 Terry Sanford Award for Creativity in Teaching and Administration. Davis, a vocational teacher, and Jones, a science teacher, teamed up to encourage students to incorporate technology in workforce development. Other finalists for the award were Kathy Bello (Pitt County), Jayson Duncan (Stokes County), and Sandy Clatanoff (Rutherford County).
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 29 Issue 8, Apr 1999,
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4140
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In October, 1999, new federal storm water management regulations become effective. New regulations include identifying measurable goals and setting up an implementation schedule. Phase I regulations required compliance by population areas of 100,000 or more, but Phase I mandates compliance of incorporated and unincorporated areas of 50,000 or more. The full compliance date is 2002.
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One hundred years before Audubon began painting birds, Mark Catesby was painting birds in colonial America. Called the \"Colonial Audubon,\" Catesby published NATURAL HISTORY OF CAROLINA, FLORIDA, and BAHAMAS in England between the years 1731 and 1743. The book contains 109 bird illustrations, 20 color plates, and text. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Press has recently reissued the book in paperback.
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