Record #:

3128

Author(s):

Winkelman, Carol

Abstract:

Converting Wake Medical Center into a private, not-for-profit institution was controversial. However, those involved feel that it is the right approach and that the change will benefit the community.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 14 Issue 47, Nov 1996, p10,12-13,15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hospitals--Wake County; Wake Medical Center

Record #:

3135

Author(s):

Bates, Eric

Abstract:

With federal and state funds declining, forestry schools look to the timber industry for financial support. Critics of this funding question whether this gives the industry too much influence over the schools.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 1, Jan 1997, p7-9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Industry and education; Forest products industry; Forestry schools and education

Record #:

3154

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

The spring of 1997 marks the 50th anniversary of the General Assembly's appropriation of funds for the creation of the North Carolina Museum of Art, the first state art museum in the nation started with public funds.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Jan 1997, p11-12, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Museum of Art

Record #:

3155

Author(s):

McCullough, Sue Olsen

Abstract:

Shakespeare through the Eyes of the Middle School, the brainchild of Joseph Henderson, a teacher at Durham's Roger-Herr Middle School, exposes students to six Shakespeare plays in three years and also gives them a chance to perform them.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 1, Jan 1997, p11-12, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Public schools--Durham; Drama in education; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic productions

Record #:

3156

Author(s):

Floren, Gillian

Abstract:

Concern for the environment, accessibility, and fairness are characteristics that helped four-term Carrboro mayor Ellie Kinnaird defeat GOP incumbent Tenna Little for a District 16 seat in the state Senate.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Jan 1997, p8-10, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Kinnaird, Ellie, 1931-; North Carolina. General Assembly. Senate--Elections, 1996

Record #:

3204

Author(s):

Floren, Gillian

Abstract:

Concern over environmental pollution from large livestock operations prompted the Chatham County Board of Health to propose regulations. Public hearings have since pointed out flaws in the wording. Further study is needed.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 7, Feb 1997, p13-15, 17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Environmental protection--Chatham County--Citizen participation; Agricultural wastes--Environmental aspects--Chatham County; Chatham County--Board of Health

Record #:

3217

Author(s):

Sturgis, Sue

Abstract:

Discrimination in the workplace lawsuits and complaints are rising in the state as minority workers seek better economic and fairer working conditions. Among employers targeted are Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. and Kmart.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 8, Feb 1997, p9,11,13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Discrimination in employment

Record #:

3236

Author(s):

O'Kelley, Scott

Abstract:

Although local news broadcasts from the Triangle television stations contain relevant, responsible materials, critics of these programs feel there is not enough of it and that too much time is taken up with idle talk and entertainment features.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 9, Feb 1997, p7-12 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Television broadcasting of news--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area

Record #:

3237

Author(s):

Kahn, Elizabeth; Kahn, Joe

Abstract:

The Basic Education Program has music objectives at every grade level. However, at some Triangle schools, limited funding for resources and teachers, lack of time, and scheduling can make meeting objectives difficult.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 8, Feb 1997, p15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Music in education; School music--Instruction and study

Record #:

3238

Author(s):

Bates, Eric

Abstract:

A number of people must rely on food stamps to get by and recent welfare reform legislation, passed in August, 1996, is denying 2,600 Triangle residents this assistance.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 10, Mar 1997, p12-13, 15, 16-19, 21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Public welfare; Food stamps--Laws and legislation; Welfare recipients--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area

Record #:

3346

Author(s):

Sturgis, Sue

Abstract:

Afro-American workers at Duke University charge that the firing of a black bus transportation supervisor is yet another indication that the school treats them differently from other employees. School officials say he was fired for not following orders.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 14 Issue 1, Jan 1996, p9-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Duke University; Discrimination in employment--Durham

Record #:

3347

Author(s):

Sturgis, Sue

Abstract:

The murder of two Afro-Americans in Fayetteville's Campbell Terrace neighborhood by three white-supremacist soldiers did not provoke a violent response. Instead, it was peaceful because of a history of blacks and whites working together.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 14 Issue 2, Jan 1996, p9,11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African Americans--Crimes against--Fayetteville; African Americans--Neighborhoods--Fayetteville; Fayetteville--Race relations; Murder--Fayetteville

Record #:

3348

Author(s):

Ruley, Melinda

Abstract:

Opponents of the proposed low-level radioactive waste disposal facility to be built on the Wake-Chatham county line 18 miles south of Raleigh feel the threat to individuals and the environment should outweigh the need for the site.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 14 Issue 3, Jan 1996, p9,11,13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hazardous waste sites--Wake County; Radioactive waste disposal--Wake County

Record #:

3357

Author(s):

Turner, Maureen

Abstract:

Dissatisfied with the type of education their children are receiving in the public schools, a number of parents are choosing home schooling as an alternative. For the 1994-95 school year, around 7,300 home schools have registered with the state.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 33, Aug 1995, p11-13, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Home schooling

Record #:

3358

Author(s):

Greene, Sam

Abstract:

The Research Triangle Metropolitan Area's work force is profiled, with statistical data for Wake, Durham, and Orange Counties.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 36, Sept 1995, p9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Labor supply--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area--Statistics