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Barry Poss is owner and president of Sugar Hill Records, Inc. in Durham. The company records such folk and country artists as Doc Watson. Since 1983, Sugar Hill recordings have earned eight Grammy Awards.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 6, June 1998,
p38-45, il
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3653
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Isaac Horton is president and CEO of Remote Source Lighting International, Inc., based in the Research Triangle Park. His patented Light Pump enables fiber optics, instead of the traditional light bulb, to provide illumination.
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The state's largest general contractors are ranked. The companies average forty-eight years in operation, but only fourteen are owned locally. Two Charlotte companies, Shelco, Inc. and McDevitt Street Bovis, are first and second on the list.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 5, May 1998,
p30-32,35, il
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Started in 1994, Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc. (TROSA) in Durham is a tough, no-nonsense, two-year drug rehabilitation program run by Kevin McDonald. Participants get room, board, and a chance for a new beginning.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 5, May 1998,
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3656
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Tom Peacock of Hamlet built the state's first alligator farm in 1997. Hatchlings cost $35 and take three years to mature. A market-ready alligator sells for around $240. Peacock got the idea when a friend needed a way to dispose of dead chickens on his poultry farm.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 5, May 1998,
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3708
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Marty Tharpe's Spevco, Inc., located in Pfafftown, creates unusual tractor trailers. When companies want to advertise at fairs or sporting events temporarily, Spevco creates trailers that unfold into stages, sales kiosks, and A-V systems - even a 63-foot Walt Disney castle.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 7, July 1998,
p61-63, il
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3709
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In 1996, Dave Boliek founded ExplorNet, Inc. The nonprofit, Durham-based company matches schools needing computers with companies disposing of their old ones. To date, the company has received 200 computers from 25 businesses.
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In 1997, when David Ghantt and accomplices robbed Loomis, Fargo, & Co. in Charlotte of $17 million, they pulled off the largest theft in the state's history and the nation's second largest. All were captured and most of the money recovered.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 7, July 1998,
p32-40, il
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Larry Pitt gave up the corporate world to become executive director of the North Carolina Outward Bound School in Asheville. The school handles over 5,000 people yearly who participate in such activities as rock- climbing and kayaking.
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3712
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In 1997, the state ranked 33rd in the nation in the number of doctors disciplined for misconduct. In March, 1998, Andy Watry became the new head of the North Carolina Medical Board. He seeks to improve the state's ranking.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 7, July 1998,
p20-21, il
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John Hoffman is founder and CEO of Raleigh-based Aerial Images, Inc. In 1995, he completed negotiations with the Russians to use their satellite photo archives and also future photos. These he sells to countries who need high-altitude photos of their terrain.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 7, July 1998,
p60, por
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3714
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Insteel Industries, Inc., based in Mt. Airy, specializes in heavy industry materials, including concrete and steel wire. Slow product sales have prompted the company to add new lines, including collated fasteners and welding wire.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 7, July 1998,
p22-23, il
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3715
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In January, 1998, Bill Holman, an environmental lobbyist, was named assistant secretary for environmental protection in the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Business interests wonder whether he can do the job objectively.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 7, July 1998,
p18-19, il
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3736
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Sculptor Robert Burkhart founded Imaginative Initiatives in 1996 in Summerfield. He created twenty works of people in various poses. These he sells to people or companies for $100 to $2,000. The company averages about ten sales a week.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 6, June 1998,
p57-59, il
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3745
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Raleigh-based Orion International Consulting Group, Inc. specializes in job placement of military officers and enlisted personnel. Since 1991, the company has found jobs for over 3,000 persons in corporations, including Kraft and GE.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 6, June 1998,
p18-19, il
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