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Deer in North Carolina like to eat plants in gardens and can damage landscape. The North Carolina Cooperative Extension recommends three primary strategies to keeping deer at bay. These include physical barriers, repellents and making appropriate plant choices.
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Pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are fun to watch and play a crucial role in the health of ecosystems. Gardeners can help create habitats for pollinators by growing plants native to North Carolina, including asters, bee balm, milkweeds, and blue lobelia.
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The Appalachian Mural Trail consists of more than forty-five murals painted in downtowns across western North Carolina. Doreyl Ammons Cain and her husband Jerry created the mural trail by linking murals through an interactive online itinerary and a printed brochure. The historical public mural art is meant to showcase life in western North Carolina through images that capture and preserve the heritage for future generations.
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Begun by an Ohioan woman to pay tribute to her Appalachian heritage, barn quilts have found a firm foundation of interest in Western North Carolina. Artfully synthesizing history, culture, and community spirit, they can be found along highways and back roads in counties such as Yancey, Mitchell, and Haywood.
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Barn quilts; Barn quilts--North Carolina ; Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina; Quilts--Appalachia; Quilt Trails--Mountain Heritage High School; Burnsville--Quilt Trail; Quilt Trail--Ashe County; Quilt Trails of the Tar and Roanoke Rivers--Pitt County ; Quilt Trail--Person County; Quilt Trail--Randolph County; Quilt Trail--Yadkin County
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40683
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Cited as the longest running historical symphonic drama in America, Paul Green’s famous play retells the story of the New World’s first colony. Included in its production company's profile is how the Roanoke Island Historical Association brings the legend to life.
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Green, Paul Eliot, 1894-1981; The Lost Colony (Play); Roanoke Colony; Roanoke Island Historical Association ; Historical symphonic dramas--The Lost Colony; Old Colony Players Amphitheatre (Valdese); Cherokee Historical Association; Southern Appalachian Historical Association ; Waterside Theatre (Manteo); Outdoor symphonic dramas--North Carolina
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41397
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Commemorating the Civil Rights movement’s leaders and key events is the National Civil Rights Trail. North Carolina contains five of the fifteen stops, which include Estey Hall at Shaw University, Hayti Heritage Center, and the February One Monument.
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National Civil Rights Trail--North Carolina ; Durham--black business districts--Hayti community ; International Civil Rights Center and Museum (Greensboro); Woolworth's 1960 sit in; Shaw University--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; Freedom Rides--Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee--Ella Baker; Black voter registration drives--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee--Ella Baker; Woolworth's 1960 sit in--University of North Carolina Greensboro; Historic African American communities--North Carolina--Hayti District
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42658
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North Carolina has one of only two naturally occurring populations of Venus flytraps in the world according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Dale Suiter.
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Joe Lamp'l, founder of joegardener.com and the host of the nationally syndicated PBS television program "Growing a Greener World" offers advice and encouragement for individuals growing their own vegetable gardens.
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With its inception going back to 1952, Mrs. Hanes' Moravian Cookies/ Moravian Sugar Crisp Co. was officially incorporated in 1985. Currently Mona Templin Hanes daughter of the founder Evva Hanes is president of the company.
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Circumnavigating the East Coast of the United States has been poplar since the1990s. Tanya Binford became the first female to sail the 5,300 mile route solo.
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43078
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Kamal Bell is originator Sankofa Farms LLC in Orange County. Students engage physically and learn about farms and farm leadership.
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12.Oldest Operating USO Delivers by Keene, Pamela A. Carolina Country Vol. 54 Issue 2, February 2022
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" Jacksoncille USO has been 'always by their side' for nearly 80 years." It is the oldest continuously operating USO in the world. Althoguh Congressionally chartered, it's a private entity and not part of the federal government, receiving its funding from organizations, corporations and individuals.
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"Ten years ago, U.S. Navy veteran Andrea Daniels had to learn to walk again. Complications from routine surgery resulted in Andrea having her left leg amputated above the knee. It took several years to adjust to her new life with a prosthetic leg." SOAR, which is affiliated with ACCESS, serves veterans o of all ages with disabilities.
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Beaufort native, Carl Cannon Jr. and his crew will preside at this year's Beaufort Pirate Invasion, scheduled for September 23-25, 2022. The first pirate reenactment in Beaufort was held in 1960 by the local fire department. It recalled the 1747 invasion of Beaufort by Spanish privateers. With previous background as a commercial fisherman, Carl outfitted a sailboat in 2012 as a replicate of an eighteenth century pirate ship.
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