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Summer tourists to North Carolina are pleased to spot staged scenes for high-profile movies. Cities and villages such as Southport, Wilmington, Durham, and Rodanthe are popular spots for transformation into some of the most popular recent films.
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Muscadines have been cultivated in the country for centuries, and in North Carolina the muscadine grape industry has been on the rise since the 1970s. Muscadines are versatile and can be used in many ways--frozen, as juice, jelly and preserves, pies, wine, and smoothies. Recently the skins and seeds are being researched for their medicinal value. Whit Jones, retired NC Cooperative Extension horticulture agent, describes how individuals can grow them.
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The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS), signed into law in 1997, sets standards and a schedule that electricity providers follow to add renewable energy to the resources they use to produce electricity. This article discusses the law and various strategies cooperatives are using to increase use of renewable resources.
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McCallister recounts the life of Council Wooten of Lenoir County, whom many considered a renegade for some of his activities including petitioning the General Assembly to allow blacks to vote. Although it was illegal, Wooten and his wife Eliza taught their 500 slaves to read and write. He was a friend of Governors Ellis, Bragg, and Vance. The family plantation was destroyed during the Civil War, and he lost his citizenship, later restored by President Andrew Johnson. Wooten spent the last ten years of his life raising his orphaned grandson, James Yadkin Joyner, who grew up to be State Superintendent of Schools and namesake of East Carolina University's Joyner Library.
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In Western North Carolina, Jennifer Perkins, who owns Looking Glass Creamery with her husband, Andy, joined forces with other cheese producers, to create a new guide that helps visitors find people who make, serve, and sell local cheeses. Most of the stops are in Asheville and surrounding area. Three creamery stops on the tour have regular business hours and five are available to visit by appointment.
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Sunset Beach is celebrating its 50th year. Miller describes the attractions of the beach, one being that the three-mile stretch of Sunset's sand, unlike other beach communities, has never had to resort to pumping sand to replenish it. The place began as a low-key, residential community planned by its founder, Mannon C. Gore, and it has pretty much remained that way. No structure can be higher than two stories.
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The black bear is the only bear living in North Carolina, and the population in the Coastal Plain and in the state's mountains is at all-time high. This article provides information on the bears in the Coastal Plain that are often seen roaming the farms, communities, and wildlands.
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Dr. Francis J. Kron was born in Prussia in 1798, married in Paris in 1823, and later came with his wife to her uncle's home in Montgomery County. They set up housekeeping in 1834 on land that is now Morrow Mountain State Park in Stanly County. He was as famous for his flowers and vegetables as he was for his medical practice.
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Over a decade ago, renewable energy projects were very sparse in the state. In 2003, NC Green Power was launched with the purpose of producing more green energy--energy produced from renewable energy sources like sun, wind, water, and organic matter. Shepherd reports on the growth of green energy over the last ten years.
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McCabe recounts his first experiences fishing for speckled trout in the 1960s, stories and etiquette from the old-time fishermen, and legendary fishing places taken by hurricanes and new developments.
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It's black, warty, musky, and brings $800 per pound wholesale. It's the truffle, a mushroom delicacy that is finding a home in the state. Franklin Garland of Hillsborough was the first person in the state to experiment with truffles. Burgess describes how truffles are grown and some of the problems growers face.
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12.The Bell Island Fishing Pier by Smith, Donna Campbell Carolina Country Vol. 45 Issue 11, Nov 2013
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After the Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1932, the Civilian Conservation Corps built the Bell Island Fishing Pier in Hyde County. Over the next seventy years various storms damaged it. In September 1999, Hurricane Floyd destroyed it, but it was renovated in 2003. However, Hurricane Isabel took it out again later in 2003. In 2011, Hurricane Irene forced it to finally close. Again the pier came back. Volunteers led by Dr. John Hale, completed rebuilding it in 2012.
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In North Carolina 84 percent of the woodland is privately owned; over half of that is termed \"family forests.\" This means that a family owns an acre or more with trees on at least one-tenth of it. In the state many owners hold between one and nineteen acres. However, many of these people do not have a management. Ney suggests ways these forests can be kept healthy and growing, and in some cases provide some income.
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Color is an important element in designing a wildlife garden. Humans have a preference for a particular color and so does wildlife. Winged creatures--birds and insects--will visit the garden looking for their favorite color and they will also visit other colors. Yoest lists several colors--red, white, purple, yellow--plants having these colors and what wildlife is attracted to them.
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To many people endangered species means wild animals; however, the term can also apply to livestock--cattle, horses, chickens, pigs and others. In North Carolina and other states there are individual breeders and owners who work to keep the rare livestock breeds alive. They are assisted by two organizations--The Livestock Conservancy (Pittsboro) and the Equis Survival Trust. Buranan describes four horses in the endangered area--the Fell Pony, Shire, Caspian, and Morgan.
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