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7505
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Mark Singleton is executive director of nonprofit American Whitewater, which is headquartered in Cullowhee. Singleton earned a degree in outdoor education and has worked as a raft guide, skiing instructor, and marketing manager at a Maine resort, and marketing vice president at Nantahala Outdoor Center in Bryson City. As executive director, he lobbies to protect public river access, to improve education for paddlers, and to release dammed up water for recreational use for a certain number of days each year.
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8959
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Gail Kirchner, the only female whitewater guide and manager, works for the Nolichucky White Water Center for the New River Outfitters. Nolichucky Gorge, discovered last year, now attracts crowds of rafters.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 47 Issue 4, Sept 1979, p18-19, il
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The government leaders of Gaston County, North Carolina have aided the U.S. National Whitewater Center in getting flowing. In partnership with Mecklenburg County, investments made by Gaston as well as Belmont, Mount Holly, and Gastonia helped the center open in 2006 with attendance nearly double what was initially projected.
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NC Magazine (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 65 Issue 9, Sept-Sup 2007, p28, por