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Princeville, located in Edgecombe County, has a unique place in history. It is the first town in the country incorporated by African Americans. In 1999, floods caused by Hurricane Floyd devastated the town. Six years later Princeville continues to rebuild itself. Whirty discusses the efforts of citizens to bring their town back to life.
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The Hispanic population in the state is approximately 500,000. Many have found work in construction, agriculture, textiles, manufacturing, maintenance, and hospitality. Duplin, Lee, Sampson, Montgomery, and Chatham Counties have the highest percentages of Hispanics. To serve this growing population, a number of the state's electric cooperatives have hired Spanish-speaking customer service representatives.
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The Deal family, owners of the Smokey Holler Tree Farm, at Laurel Springs in Alleghany County, was selected to send a Christmas tree to the White House in 2005. The family earned the coveted honor by winning the North Carolina Christmas Tree Contest and becoming the 2005 Grand Champions.
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North Carolina has public gardens to suit every taste--heritage, Victorian, wildflower, rose, rock, perennial, botanical. The list is endless. Olsen describes three of North Carolina's favorite ones: North Carolina Arboretum (Asheville); Sarah P. Duke Gardens (Durham); and the Gardens at Tryon Palace (New Bern).
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There are over one hundred separately organized electric utilities that serve customers in North Carolina. Depending on the location of an individual's home or place of employment, electric service could be provided from a consumer-owned cooperative, an investor-owner utility, a city government, or some other utility operating in the state. Each type of service covers a designated area.
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As a city's borders spread outward and housing development follows, the city's electric power system often encroaches into areas long served by electric cooperatives. When two power providers each serve an area, all consumers pay for unnecessary power lines. Electric service in the state is governed by Senate Bill 512, known as the Territory Law, which was passed in 1965. The NC General Assembly recently modernized the law. The updated law creates more efficiency in planning for growth and a new framework for determining which utility will serve a growing area.
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Created in 1994 by North Carolina's Touchstone Energy cooperatives, the Bright Ideas program helps teachers who were funding classroom-based projects out of their own pockets. Since then, Touchstone Energy cooperatives have funded over $4.5 million in grants that have reached 800,000 of the state's school children. Grants in 2005 reached a record of $540,000.
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Halifax County expects an economic boost in 2007 as it develops into one of the premier vacation destinations in the South. Randy Parton, brother of Dolly, will open the Randy Parton Theater and Carolina Crossroads Music and Entertainment District near Roanoke Rapids. The project is expected to pump $500 million into the local economy and create and estimated 12,000 jobs over the next five years.
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In January 2006, North Carolina joined over thirty others states in requiring retailers to keep some common cold medicine tablets, like Sudafed, behind a counter and to get a photo ID and signature from anyone who purchases the product. These particular medications contain ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, substances which can be used to manufacture the illegal drug methamphetamine. The State Bureau of Investigation shut down nine meth labs in 1999, but expects that number to climb to four hundred in 2005.
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Two of the state's Touchstone Energy cooperatives received recognition for the care they take in the management of trees and other vegetation affecting power lines and poles. Union Power Cooperative is the first North Carolina utility to be named a Tree Line USA Utility. This award is sponsored by the National Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters. The Dow AgroSciences industry magazine, Right-of-Way Vistas, recognized Pee Dee Electric for its right-of-way vegetation management program. The cooperatives serve a region between Charlotte and Lumberton.
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North Carolina Solar Center, located at North Carolina State University, maintains a database of solar energy information and is one of the country's leading institutions for solar and other renewable energy.
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Huso discusses the use of passive solar energy in existing and newly-built houses.
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North Carolina is a state where severe weather occurs at any time--floods, strong thunderstorms, tornadoes, and powerful hurricanes. This article lists ways to prepare family members and property for severe weather.
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Starting in the coastal plain, the North Carolina Birding Trail will take birdwatchers to natural areas of rural regions throughout the state. Over thirty states have similar trails that generate millions of ecotourism dollars and provide funds to protect vanishing bird habitats. The nation's oldest birding trail was started in Texas in the early 1980s and is almost 2,110 miles long. When completed, North Carolina's trail will have three regional components. The coastal plains loop, the first section, is scheduled to open in the summer of 2006. This trail will be a driving route that connects birdwatching sites. The goal is to have at least one site in each of the state's 100 counties. A trail book will describe each birding area, including species at the site and nearby points of interest.
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Visitors to North Carolina's mountain region will find many attractions in this culturally rich area, including old-time music, arts and crafts, quaint inns, Appalachian cooking, and numerous hiking trails. House describes four places to visit: Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in Graham County, which contains 400-year-old trees standing over 100 feet tall and twenty miles of hiking trails; Emerald Village in Mitchell County, which shows how a mining town lived between the 1920s and 1930s; Tweetsie Railroad in Watauga County, where vintage-style attractions are available at the state's oldest theme park; and Valdese in Burke County, settled by the Waldenses from northern Italy over 100 years ago.
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