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Mother Earth News is a widely read magazine on natural living, organic gardening, solar energy and other sustainable practices. The organization’s managers are developing an “Eco Village” for its headquarters in Hendersonville. The village will feature two solar greenhouses, a farm, camping sites, picnic areas, and nature trails.
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The North Carolina Library for the Blind and Handicapped in Raleigh, with a small branch in Charlotte, provides the state’s blind and handicapped with reading material ranging from the classics to current magazines recorded on disks or tape. There is also a braille collection and books printed in large type. These services began as part of the Library of Congress’ “talking books” program.
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Watauga County has been designated by the United States Department of Energy as the nation’s first energy-conservation and development area. If the county achieves the program’s goal, it will serve as a model for the country of how areas can become less dependent on foreign energy sources. Several grants will be used to install wind generators, increase energy efficiency, and provide training for high school teachers on energy problems and alternative energy sources.
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31533
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Studies conducted at North Carolina State University indicate that wood can be used as the sole curing fuel for bulk tobacco barns. Tobacco uses roughly one half of North Carolina’s agricultural energy, excluding livestock. Meanwhile, it has been estimated that North Carolina forests annually produce more than enough wood to cure the total crop.
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31534
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North Carolina electric cooperatives could be awarded federal funds for preliminary work on a demonstration peat-fired generating plant under legislation adopted recently by Congress. The legislation allocates funds for first-stage design and engineering on such a plant, which would be the first such facility in the United States. The proposed demonstration plant would provide vital information regarding the practical approaches to tapping this energy source and the environmental effects of harvesting and burning peat.
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The Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, which opened earlier this year, is a major regional educational and activity center for the crafts and folklore of the Southern Highlands. Craftsmen regularly demonstrate their workmanship at the center, and folk dancing, folk music and film presentations are part of its regular schedule.
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Indians were the original Tar Heels, for their roots in North Carolina go back hundreds of years before the territory was claimed by European settlers. In recognition of that history, Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. has proclaimed September 20-26 as Indian Heritage Week in North Carolina. From the Cherokee Reservation in the west to the Waccamaw-Siouan tribal area in the southeast section of the state, statewide observances will celebrate the history and contributions of North Carolina Indians with various events and festivities.
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Tar Heel voters will go to the polls to make some crucial political decisions in the November 4 General Election. This article profiles the candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, United States Senate and House of Representatives. Each candidate gives their perspective on rural economy and development.
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Roy Underhill describes his woodwright profession as “yesterday’s technology for today” on a new show airing on the University of North Carolina Television Network. Underhill’s thirteen-part television series, “The Woodwright’s Shop,” explores the tools and techniques of the 19th Century woodworking craftsman. This article provides a biography of Underhill and discusses how he came up with the idea for a television series about woodworking.
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The world’s largest windmill in Boone has a new generator, which will reduce the speed and noise of its blades. The change in generators also addresses community complaints about the machine’s interference with television reception. Further research is being done on how windmill operations influence the effectiveness of television antennas.
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The Single Brothers Workshop in Old Salem, the restored 18th Century Moravian village, is a reconstructed workshop which adapts yesterday’s crafts to the present. Visitors to the workshop take part in the craftsmaking that resulted in the original town’s prosperity. Two-hundred years ago, unmarried men of the village Salem earned their living in the workshop where Colonial commerce flourished.
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Jim Phillips runs a general store on Wolf Mountain in Jackson County, and lives alone on a farm forty-five miles from Waynesville. Phillips adopted two horses through the federal “Adopt-a-Horse” program, which allows wild horses to be transplanted from their native Western habitat to new homes throughout the country. This article discusses the horse adoption program and Phillips’ new horse companions.
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The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has become the second major federal agency to agree to begin tailoring its funding programs to fit North Carolina’s balanced growth efforts across the state. A two-year experiment will determine whether funds and assistance are most effective when funneled through the state, an area-wide planning agency, or directly to the local governments.
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Tobacco is still America’s largest cash crop that is most dependent on manual labor, mules, plows and pegs. Of all tobaccos, Bright Leaf has been most receptive to mechanization. This article discusses the heritage of tobacco farming in Caswell County, and how farming operations have evolved with technology.
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Women have become more prevalent in the job market, making up about forty-percent of the workforce in America. This article presents the stories of two North Carolina women who have succeeded in what was once considered male territory. Miriam G. Bailey is the District Conservationist in charge of Soil Conservation Service activities in Lee County, and Mary Garber has been a sportswriter for various North Carolina journals and newspapers since late World War Two.
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