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Cane Creek Friends Meeting is a Quaker community in Snow Camp, Alamance County, which formed in 1751. As the Piedmont’s oldest active Quaker Meeting community, Cane Creek celebrates its 250th year during the first week of October 2001. This article describes the Quaker community’s history and heritage, and provides information about upcoming events.
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2.A Conversation with the Governor by Gery, Michael E.C. Carolina Country Vol. 33 Issue 11, Nov 2001
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31233
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Governor Mike Easley describes his life growing up on his family’s tobacco farm in Nash Count. Easley also discusses the recent tobacco settlement, rural North Carolina, education, economic development, and the electric utility industry.
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In this article, citizens describe and share stories about the best things that ever happened to North Carolina. The most prominent events and features in North Carolina history were the development of the Blue Ridge Parkway, fusion of diverse cultures, the tobacco industry, electricity, and the Andy Griffith Show.
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The North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, located at University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill, provides specialized medical care and rehabilitation services to burn victims. The medical team at the center hopes to teach people how to avoid burn injuries, especially injuries to children. This article describes the foundation of the burn center and its medical programs.
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Born in Watauga County in 1884, W.R. Trivett taught himself the art and science of photography to supplement his farming income. Trivett’s photographs challenged the stereotypical views of Appalachians being poor, uneducated, and isolated. The majority of Trivett’s subjects followed popular culture and represented the truest portraits of the region.
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North Carolina experienced several winter storms in January 2000, but the piedmont and foothills regions were especially hard hit from a January 23-25 blizzard whose intensity was not forecast. Governor James Hunt declared a State of Emergency, and thirty-one counties were declared federal disaster areas. This article discusses the blizzard’s impact to the state’s environment, economy, and electric power.
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Small businesses in North Carolina are important to rural economies, and have been the creative fuel for the technology revolution. The North Carolina Technological Development Authority has contributed grants and loans to the state’s business incubators. Local organizations, authorities, and community colleges have also provided support where economic development resources are scarce.
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This 2000 travel guide provides details on popular tourist destinations throughout North Carolina and a full list of travel information centers and tourism resources. The destinations are a variety of places for travelers interested in history, art, science, nature, and wildlife.
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Laura Bilbro-Berry is a second-grade teacher at John C. Tayloe Elementary in Washington, and North Carolina’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. Bilbro-Berry has also received three Bright Ideas grants from Tideland Electric Membership Corporation. The grants helped to support Bilbro-Berry’s projects, which aimed to relate mathematics to everyday life, teach students about responsibility, and create an aquarium-based ecosphere.
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Joining the elite corps of linemen requires training, hard work and real teamwork. For linemen in North Carolina, most of their course instruction takes place at Nash Community College in a program established by the North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives. David Burr, a crew foreman in Wadesboro, discusses what is involved in linemen education and training.
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From the Mother Vine to the Biltmore to the backyard, North Carolina grapes have turned into fine wine for centuries. North Carolina is now referred to as “The Variety Vineland” because of the diversity of grapes that can be grown here. This article discusses the state’s history of wine making and highlights notable vineyards, wineries and winemakers.
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31253
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This article presents true stories about fishing in North Carolina. Fishermen describe their experiences learning how to fish, their best or most unusual fish catches, favorite fishing locations, bait, and techniques.
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31254
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This article presents a selection of the finest family recipes in North Carolina. Citizens share their stories and recipes, and describe the meaning of the dishes. Several of the recipes are for pork chops, jam cake, cornbread, molasses cake, honey buns, and spaghetti.
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In the 1930s, when electricity was introduced to the North Carolina countryside, people went around explaining all the new appliances that were coming into the lives of rural families. Pansy Dillard, a member of the Sylva 4-H Club in 1939, embarked on a learning project that involved giving demonstrations on the wonders and benefits of electricity. She kept a record of her project and created a book called, “My 4-H Records in Rural Electrification.”
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Collards are immensely popular in the South, particularly in the fall and early winter. Sampson County is the largest commercial producer of collards. Benny Cox, also known as the Collard Queen, discusses the collards industry and various heirloom varieties.
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