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24689
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Burke County, North Carolina is home to beautiful vistas and popular tourist spots, such as Linville Gorge and Table Rock Mountain. The author highlights things to do in Burke County.
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The author presents the history and appeal of the Toe River Valley, which is a valley by virtue of its drainage system and the high mountain ranges, such as the Black Mountains, Blue Ridge, and Unakas, that hem it in. The article highlights some of the popular tourist attractions in the area.
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A popular bear hunter’s camp on top of Seven Mile Ridge on the south Toe River is the focus of this article; bear hunting has been popular for years and the author recounts anecdotal history of the sport.
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Experts have brought a post-war forestry program to North Carolina. The program hopes to utilize the state's forests to supply more material for pulp plants and fiberboard factories, while minimizing waste for sawdust plastics.
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Cut off from imported materials during the war, Americans are going back to their roots in keep the smoking-pipe industry viable. Rhododendron, laurel, and other bushes and trees with briars can be used to produce pipes. So mountain farmers in North Carolina are taking advantage of the endeavor, and producing briar pipes.
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Mink coats are the biggest trend, but mink are in short supply compared to demand. Therefore, dyed muskrat is being used to meet the need. Labeled as 'simulated mink,' the pelts easily look like mink, and there has become a demand for the meat as well.
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Captain Charlie Hatsell is renowned for his terrapin hatching at Piver's Island, North Carolina. And in 1944, he released a crop of nine-month old baby diamond-back terrapins into the sounds and creeks of the southeast. The adults will later be caught and used for terrapin stew and soup, a delicacy in the region.
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32235
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Bill Sharpe warns against hurting North Carolina’s insurance industry in the pursuit to attract new corporations. While the 57’NC Legislature adjusted the corporate tax several million downward, the premium taxes on domestic life insurance were increased by fifty percent.
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32245
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Sharpe reviews David Stick’s book "The Outer Banks Of North Carolina."
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32681
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It’s a whole lot different from the game that the kids play and the old gentlemen of Franklinton have been enjoying it for a long time. Every Saturday in the road in front of the old hotel in Franklinton a group of retired men continue their 30 year old game of marbles. Unlike the version that the younger folks play, this game follows older rules and uses marbles that are not soled anymore, which are slightly smaller than billiard balls.
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Two brothers, E.L. and W.B. Gooding, run North Carolina’s Largest Turkey farm with the help of just one other person. Their 16,500 turkey farm is run largely with automated machines and processes, and a doge that corrals the birds each day.
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As North Carolina and the National Park Service attempt to push forward with plans to create the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, plans are halted after four oil companies lease the federal land along the outer banks for oil exploration.
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35110
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The interview with the newly elected president of the North Carolina State Bar discussed his vision of the legal profession’s future. What’s not revealed by the interview’s title was the
in-depth view of the profession today, in particular its challenges and ways they are being addressed. Necessary? Yes. As the time honored axiom says and King suggested, those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.
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35478
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The alternative form of architectural work showcased was corporate architecture. General reasons cited were stability and national trends in layoffs. A more specific reason was associated with a plum employment opportunity offered at East Carolina University. Examples of other alternative forms, cited on a recent AIA survey, were design firms not headed by a licensed architect and work in engineering.
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The seventy four applicants for this award, established in 1955, were evaluated based on a host of factors. Examples were type of dwelling, function, and clientele. Included in the profiles for the six award winners were information such as owner and location; contracting, structural designing, engineering, and landscaping companies; and photographs.
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