Record #:

4847

Author(s):

Sturgis, Sue

Abstract:

One-fourth, or around 1,900 of North Carolina's over 8,100 AIDS cases, are the result of drug users exchanging dirty needles. The Institute of Medicine, a national think tank, proposes a needle-exchange program, whereby drug users can turn in used needles for clean ones. The program is not without its critics, who cite giving drug users drug paraphernalia. There are 100 exchange programs nationwide. North Carolina's only program is in Asheville.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 41, Oct 2000, p14-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Drug abuse; AIDS (Disease); Needle exchange programs--Asheville

Record #:

4848

Author(s):

Creason, Kyle

Abstract:

Thom Mount graduated from Durham High School in 1966, received a master's degree with a film concentration from Cal Arts, then headed for Hollywood. Today he is a well-known, powerful film producer and currently president of the Producers Guild of America.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 37, Sept 2000, p49-50, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Motion picture producers and directors; Mount, Thom, 1948-

Record #:

4865

Author(s):

Greenlee, Cynthia R.

Abstract:

A report released on Labor Day 2000, by The Common Sense Foundation, a Raleigh-based Think Tank, compares labor in North Carolina to the other states. Among worker areas compared are wages and benefits; income and poverty; workplace inequality; and occupational safety. The report ranks the state 30th in the country. On the positive side, workplace injuries are down.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 40, Oct 2000, p19,21, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Industrial safety; Labor supply; Working class--Statistics

Record #:

4866

Author(s):

Burnham, Linda Frye

Abstract:

In the early 1900s, 1,400 apple varieties were known to have existed in the South. Today, only a few hundred survive. A number of people, including Creighton Lee Calhoun are searching for these Southern apples before they are gone forever. On his Chatham County farm, Calhoun seeks to preserve this apple heritage by collecting cuttings of old varieties and growing them.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 40, Oct 2000, p39, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Apples--Varieties; Calhoun, Creighton Lee, Jr.; Apple growers--Chatham County

Record #:

4867

Author(s):

Jones, Matt

Abstract:

North Carolina's Latino population has increased over the past decade. Increasing also are the number of stores that carry food products from Latin America. Not only do these products give Latinos a touch of home but they also expose Americans to the exotic food culture of their Latin American neighbors.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 40, Oct 2000, p44-45, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hispanic Americans--Food

Record #:

4868

Author(s):

Cooks, Ristin

Abstract:

Brewpubs, restaurants that brew their own beer to serve with meals, and microbreweries are popular across the North Carolina, offering state beer drinkers an alternative to national brands. Among the breweries are Rock Creek, Raleigh; Cottonwood Brewery, Boone; Red Oak, Greensboro; Highland Brewing, Asheville; and Carolina Brewing Company, in Holly Springs.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 40, Oct 2000, p76-77, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Beer; Brewing industry; Microbreweries

Record #:

4869

Author(s):

Spence, June; Coggeshall, Rosanne; Duncan, Pamela

Abstract:

Three women writers in the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area are profiled. They are June Spence, Raleigh short story writer and novelist; Rosanne Coggeshall, Pittsboro poet; and Pam Duncan, Graham novelist. Excepts from their work are included.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 35, Aug 2000, p26-27, 29-31, 33, 35, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Women authors; Coggeshall, Rosanne Howard, 1947-2009; Duncan, Pamela; Spence, June

Record #:

4870

Author(s):

Penttila, Chris

Abstract:

University of North Carolina public television stations are facing a deadline mandated by the Federal Communications Commission in 1997. They will have until May 2003 to convert their two studios, eleven statewide transmitters, and twenty-six translators to digital technology or face going off the air. To do this will cost $64.5 million, a difficult task when the yearly budget is $21 million. Station management indicates the conversion can be done before the deadline, if the $3 billion university bond issue is passed by the voters in November.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 31, Aug 2000, p16-19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Digital television; Public broadcasting--Laws and legislation

Record #:

4875

Author(s):

Potorti, David

Abstract:

Sanford banjoist Marvin Gastner is a master of the two-finger style of old-time banjo playing. In September 2000, he received a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for preserving this style of playing.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 40, Oct 2000, p83-84, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Banjoists--Sanford; Gastner, Marvin

Record #:

4880

Author(s):

Burnham, Linda Frye

Abstract:

The Indies 2000 Awards, sponsored by The Independent, honor individuals and groups who have given the most to the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area's art community. Winners in 2000 include Ronnie Lilly; the Red Clay Ramblers; The Third Place, A Coffeehouse; Jelly Educational Theater; E. B. and Juanita Palmer; Burning Cool Theater Company; and Scott Ainslie.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 25, June 2000, p26-35, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Art--Awards--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area

Record #:

4885

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

Andre Leon Gray is that rarity in the world of art - a self-taught artist. Gray, a graduate of Raleigh's Enloe High School, took some art classes in school but did not consider art as a career. Ariail profiles the rising young artist, discussing his style and how he was drawn to art.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 28, July 2000, p34, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Artists--Raleigh; Gray, Andre Leon

Record #:

4887

Author(s):

Harmon, Frank

Abstract:

At one time farmers' markets in towns across the nation supplied their communities' seasonal food needs. These markets slowly disappeared with the emergence of agribusiness and supermarkets. In the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area they are returning. The Carrboro Farmers Market opened in 1979; in 1991, the State Farmers Market moved to a larger building; and in 1999, the Durham Farmers Market opened.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 29, July 2000, p13-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Farm produce--Marketing; Farmers' markets

Record #:

4888

Author(s):

Solow, Barbara

Abstract:

Solow examines the recent North Carolina General Assembly activities and lists five of the best and five of the worst ideas of the session. Among the best are raises for public school teachers and state employees and closing loopholes in the state's campaign finance laws. Among the worst are eliminating the \"Willie M. Program\" for violent children with mental illness.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 30, July 2000, p13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina. General Assembly

Record #:

4996

Author(s):

Young, Perry Deane

Abstract:

Jim Shumaker was the longtime editor of the Chapel Hill Weekly and professor in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism. He was the inspiration for the comic strip \"Shoe\" and an influence on hundreds of reporters who worked for him and students who studied under him. In an interview taped in 1993, Shumaker ranges pungently over a variety of subjects.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 18 Issue 5, Jan 2001, p11, 13-15, 17, 19, 21, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Shumaker, James Hampton, 1923-2000

Record #:

4997

Author(s):

Russell, L. D.

Abstract:

Russell takes an 11-mile trek with a group of over- sixty hikers, reenacting the trip taken in 1701 by English surveyor John Lawson from Occaneechi Village to Adshuseer. Russell discusses the effect of Lawson's journey on subsequent history and his own feelings on following the explorer's path.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 18 Issue 8, Feb 2001, p22-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hiking; Lawson, John, 1674-1712