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4446
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Employment is high in North Carolina; consumer prices are low; and retail sales are up. For the fiscal year ending June 1999, retail sales were up $126.3 billion or 8 percent from 1998. Retail areas posting gains included department stores, up 13.4 percent to $2.3 billion; discount stores, up 7.4 percent to $7.1 billion; and auto sales, up 13.4 percent to $7.8 billion.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p93-95, il
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4447
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Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd; a hot, dry summer; and a flood influenced tourists' decisions on whether or not to vacation in North Carolina. A number of tourists wrote off the entire state, even though only certain sections were affected. Tourism dropped slightly, despite a public relations campaign by the North Carolina Department of Tourism. On the positive side, big events like the Special Olympics World Games in Raleigh and the U.S. Open in Pinehurst were boons to tourism.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p105-107, il
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Designed by Wilmington architect Leslie Boney, Jr., and built in 1924, Grainger High School in Kinston stands as an example of its architect's colonial style of work. In 1989, the school closed and was purchased by Robert Hill and family and Hillco Ltd. In 1999, the Hill family donated it to North Carolina Preservation. The building will be restored to provide housing to the elderly.
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4.Diplomat Doubles As Miss Manners by Sharpe, Bill Business North Carolina Vol. 20 Issue 3, Mar 2000
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4470
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Kathryn Cabral, American consul to Scotland, is on loan from the U.S. State Department to the North Carolina Secretary of State's office for one year. Cabral is setting up the state's first Office of International Service, which will give state officials guidance in dealing with foreign governments. In 1998, foreign companies invested $1 billion in North Carolina, so proper protocol is a must.
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Corrine Economaki grew up on racing and was selling her father's paper, National Speed Sport News, at race tracks at age five. In 1985, after a variety of jobs, she joined the paper in the advertising department. Today she is the publisher. During her tenure, circulation jumped from 10,000 to 75,000, and the company has had single-digit profit gains every year. In 1997, the paper relocated from New Jersey to Charlotte and now has its own building across from Lowe's Motor Speedway.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Mar 2000,
p57-58, il
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4476
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Sailing for Francis I of France, Giovanni da Verrazano, an Italian, crossed the Atlantic in search of a passage to India. What he found was the Outer Banks and a body of water beyond he called the Oriental Sea. This would later be named the Pamlico Sound. Verrazano sailed as far north as Newfoundland before returning home. His \"discovery\" of an oriental sea kept explorers sailing west for many years seeking the elusive passage.
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The Bechtlers -- Christopher, son Augustus, and nephew Christopher, Jr., -- arrived in Rutherford County from Germany in 1830. Experienced metal workers, they saw that the economy was hindered because little gold was in circulation. Since Rutherford County at that time was the geographic center of gold mining in the nation, the Bechtlers opened a mint, which operated from 1831 to 1840. Over $2 million in gold was put into use during that period. The money boosted industry and helped people to buy and sell goods.
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Art Donaldson of Greensboro didn't plan to do a lot of things. He didn't plan to practice law, but he did. He didn't plan to run for the North Carolina Supreme Court, but he did. He lost - barely. He didn't plan to own three professional sports teams, but he does - the Greensboro Generals hockey team, the Greensboro Prowlers arena football team, and the Greensboro Thundercats soccer team.
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Although Angelia Moon followed her father's wishes and went to college, then joined Wachovia Bank, eventually becoming head of the private-banking division in Greensboro, she desired a creative outlet. In 1994, she quit Wachovia to become a full-time interior design consultant. Her company, Moon Interiors, Inc., projected $1.5 million in sales for 1999.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Mar 2000,
p56-57, il
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4492
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Jim Carson, teacher at Northwest Middle School in Guilford County; Shirley Ray, teacher at Orange County High School in Orange County; and Margaret Wirth, teacher at J. H. Rose High School in Pitt County are each a winner of a Milken National Educator Award. The award, worth $25,000, is given by the Milken Family Foundation and recognizes outstanding K-12 educators nationwide. One hundred and seventy-two educators received the award nationwide this year.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 30 Issue 5, Feb 2000,
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The Governor's Entrepreneurial School Award recognizes schools that advance teaching and learning through innovative approaches. South Brunswick Middle School in Brunswick County is the award winner for 1999. Other schools cited for innovations include Jamestown Middle School in Guilford County and McDowell High School Accelerated Learning Center, McDowell County.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 30 Issue 5, Feb 2000,
p15-16, il
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4494
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The 1999-2000 school year marks the end of the Teacher Performance Appraisal Instrument (TPAI). The New Teacher Evaluation Instruments begin during the 2000-01 school year. The state is piloting eight evaluation instruments in selected school systems. Each pilot program is profiled.
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NCAE News Bulletin
(NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 30 Issue 5, Feb 2000,
p1, 4-5, il
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Duck decoy carving has a long tradition in the Core Banks area. Jason Michels, 22, of Harkers Island, has been carving and painting decoys for the past five years. His skillful work has won him numerous local and national awards, including ones from the prestigious Ward World Championship Waterfowl Carving Championship, held in Maryland.
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Traditional musicians abound in the mountains. Seventeen-year-old Josh Goforth of Madison County is one example. He started playing the piano at age four and later mastered many instruments, including mandolin, banjo, guitar, and fiddle. He also writes music and plays in a number of bands. He plans to go to college to study music education, then return home to teach marching band.
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The newest addition to the Art in the Park program at the North Carolina Zoological Park is a herd of sculptured bronze elephants weighing twelve tons. Created by Peter J. Woytuk, the elephants \"graze\" near the park's entrance. The art program is supported largely by donors. Long-term plans call for ninety more commissions, including visual art, music, and residencies.
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