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28362
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The food of North Carolina is compared with that of California and New York by a food writer who recently moved to the state. Jeanne Voltz believes that North Carolina’s food makes her feel at home and praises the balance between trendy and old fashioned foods. North Carolina has a wide selection of fresh and local varieties not seen elsewhere and some of the best bread in the US.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 6, February 1992,
p26
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28363
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A small Chapel Hill environmental group called the Student Environmental Action Coalition has become a national coalition of 30,000 students. The group deals with issues that affect the natural environment, and also issues that affect the man-made environment. At the group’s national conference, the environmentalists were encouraged to confront issues of race, class, and social justice. This mindset and other details behind how the group has expanded from a small, Chapel Hill to a large, nationwide group are explored.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 7, February 1992,
p7
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28364
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The need for affordable housing often conflicts with the desire of neighborhoods to control the residents who live there. This problem is growing in Raleigh, and many feel they are being forced out of neighborhoods in the city because they are not like their wealthy, white neighbors. Landlords who rent houses and their tenants are frequently targeted in neighborhood groups. Both sides speak out about the growing problem.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 7, February 1992,
p8-11
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28365
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Myriad issues face young black males in America today. A panel composed of the author, former school principal Alfred Perry, and other black men in the Triangle area discuss how stereotypes, drugs and the de-emphasis of family life, and the lack respected black role models affects the community. Nonetheless, many young, black men surmount these difficulties and achieve success.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 9, Feb-March 1992,
p6
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28366
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During the 1960s and 1970s, many in North Carolina and America were a part of the back-to-the-earth movement. The author describes her experience as a middle age adult moving to a commune in the Piedmont area to build a house by hand and live off of the land. She talks of the effect it had on her marriage and how the dream of true self-sufficiency was never reached by anyone in the community. Now, the community is largely changed and the Piedmont’s development has taken a away much of the land the group tried to live with.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 10, March 1992,
p10-11
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28367
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As development has increased in the Triangle area, so too has the noise from airplanes at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). In 1989, a local citizen’s pressured the Airport Authority to adopt a Noise Abatement Policy, and the Noise Abatement Committee was formed to make recommendations on noise policy. While RDU’s noise regulations are stricter than the federal guidelines, they are vulnerable to abuse. Options which the committee may recommend to help solve the problem are detailed along with the effect noise has on residents’ lives.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 16, April 1992,
p8, 10
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28368
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The Triangle area’s landfills are filling up. While recycling household items has become more common, two-thirds of what goes into landfills comes from industrial and commercial waste. Efforts are underway to try to recycle waste from these companies by finding markets for the used materials. While the market for recycled materials is growing, the problem is that many of these materials do not need to be produced in the first place.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 16, April 1992,
p11-12
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28369
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Many people oppose genetically modified foods, but others, like NC State University’s Arthur Weissinger, modify foods to improve the health of those eating the foods. One of the major issues surrounding the movement is the lack of trust between the biotechnology industry and consumers who believe the industry is ultimately out to make a profit, not make lives better. Many are also afraid that the lack of regulation could cause health and environmental disasters and affect biodiversity, fragile communities, and the control of the food supply.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 27, July 1992,
p6-9
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28370
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Katherine Fulton has received a Nieman Fellowship at Havard University and will be leaving the Independent after almost 10 years as editor. Speaking to the North Carolina Women Writers’ Conference in Winston-Salem, Fulton gave her farewell address and the speech is reprinted here. Fulton emphasizes the need for everyone to “disturb the peace” and do more for those in the communities around us.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 31, July-August 1992,
p6-7
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28371
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The history and livelihoods of North Carolinians who live in the Appalachian Mountains is discussed. The economic struggles of those who live in the area are described. The history of the craft movement, Vanderbilt’s construction of the Biltmore Estate, the types of crops grown, and tourism in the area are all detailed. Floyd Wilson of Yancey County and Red Alderman of Avery County share how they make a living in the mountains crafting jewelry and farming primrose.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 35, August-September 1992,
p6-7
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28372
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Ballad singer-storyteller Sheila Adams Barnhill discusses the importance of storytelling through song in Madison County, NC. Barnhill is a seventh-generation singer-storyteller and shares how she learned the craft from her family members and the reputation of Madison County as the place of a rich singing-storytelling tradition. Barnhill has won several awards for her talent.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 35, August-September 1992,
p8
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28373
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Ballad singer-storyteller Sheila Adams Barnhill tells the story of gathering buckeyes and walking through the mountains with her granny. Barnhill is an award winning storyteller and her story is full of details of what life was like living in Madison County, NC, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 35, August-September 1992,
p9
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28374
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The residents who live at the Chamberlain House in Raleigh are the subject of a photojournal by Laurel Falls. The residents range from their mid-teens to early twenties and some are fleeing abusive families, drugs, and alcohol. Falls received a grant from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University to study this subculture. The stories of several residents are shared through captions attached to their pictures.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 38, September 1992,
p8-9
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14.Growing Pains in Orange County by Burtman, Bob Independent Weekly Vol. 10 Issue 47, November 1992
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28375
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Residents in Orange County are struggling with growth. The planned University Station development project is being opposed by many citizens for its lack of rural character, how it may affect the environment, its burden on local schools, and the costs which the county may have to cover to make the development a reality. The timeline and plans for the development are also detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 47, November 1992,
p9
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28376
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The Rev. Linda Jordan and Rev. Mahan Siler are winners of the 1992 Independent Citizen Awards. Jordan’s and Siler’s Triangle area churches are the first to directly challenge the South Baptist Convention’s declaration against homosexuality. The two pastors practice tolerance, but have received backlash for their efforts. Congregation members have left; each pastor’s church has been expelled from the Southern Baptist Convention and the NC Baptist State Convention; and a campaign of hate has begun against the pastors and their churches.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 48, November 1992,
p10
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