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The Carolina Ballet closed a successful inaugural season in May 1999. Artistic director Robert Weiss has plans for an ambitious second season for the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area-based company. Ticket sales topped 5,000 FOR THE 1998-99 season, Weiss hopes to see subscribers grow to over 10,000 in the next three to five years.
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On June 26, the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games open in the Research Triangle Metropolitan Area. The product of three years of planning, the games bring together 7,000 athletes for nine days of competition. Over 400,000 spectators are expected to view the events. Cost of the games is $35.5 million, and the Summer Games is the largest sporting event in the world in 1999.
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The state's three major airports in Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh- Durham are involved in massive expansion projects. At Raleigh-Durham a $400-to- $500-million project will expand parking to 16,000 spaces, reconstruct the terminals, and build a third runway. Greensboro is preparing for the arrival of Federal Express. Charlotte has proposed a fourth runway and a $90-million railroad- airport terminal.
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Built in 1896, Spencer Shops was the Southern Railway's restoration and repair facility for steam engines and rolling stock. After World War II, steam engines were replaced by diesel and electric locomotives. Work at the shops dwindled until the facility closed in the mid-70s. In 1977, the idea for a North Carolina Transportation Museum was born. Today Spencer Shops is a State Historic Site, featuring nineteen locomotives, fifty-five pieces of rolling stock, and other railroad memorabilia.
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Founded in 1792 as Smithville and before that a hideout for pirates Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet, Southport today is a quiet, picturesque town with a friendly, laid-back style that attracts visitors to craft and antique shopping, historic attractions, and outdoor activities including golf and deep-sea fishing.
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Where was the first human donor heart valve implant surgery performed in the Southeast? If you chose Duke or Carolina, you were incorrect. That honor belongs to Asheville's Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (ACTS), a group of eight surgeons that has pioneered surgical procedures and has excellent patient outcomes.
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Catawba County often heads lists of best areas to live, go into business, or enjoy the retirement years. With 457 manufacturing firms, headed by furniture, hosiery, fiber optics, and telecommunications, the county boasts a strong economy. The newly completed four-lane Highway 321 to Charlotte further opens up the county and towns, including Hickory, Newton, and Maiden, to growth.
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Catawba County is at the center of the $5.5 billion global fiber optics industry, producing 40 percent of the world's cable supply. Industry giants, Siecor Corp. and Alcatel NA, built facilities here and recently expanded. Siecor and CommScope are the county's largest employers, each with over 2,000 workers.
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For children desiring to sit in the driver's seat of a famous stock car or in the cockpit of a real airplane, the Greensboro Children's Museum is the place to go. The 45,000-square-foot museum, located downtown in a renovated car dealership, has attracted 40,000 visitors since its May 1999 opening. An outdoor exhibit/learning space is under construction, and long-range plans call for an Imax theater.
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Dr. John Weems retired in June 1999 as president of Meredith College, after twenty-eight years of service. Known as a visionary leader and thinker, Weems saw a number of changes during his tenure. The college had a $2 million deficit when he arrived; he leaves the school debt free and financially stable; enrollment up by 1,200; and faculty positions, as well as the number of degrees, almost doubled.
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11.Frye Becomes First Black Chief Justice by Tuttle, Steve North Carolina Vol. 57 Issue 9, Sept 1999
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In August 1999, Richmond County native Henry E. Frye was named the first African-American chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Frye was appointed an associate justice in 1983 by Governor James B. Hunt and was elected to eight-year terms in 1984 and 1992. He was also the first African-American elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives since Reconstruction.
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Automobile racing is big business in Cabarrus County, from the huge $300 million Lowe's Motor Speedway to the local car builders, mechanics, and public relations firms. The industry has grown with zero public financing and pumps around $124 million annually into the area economy. Activities at the speedway are almost year-round, with 300 events scheduled. The largest is the Coca-Cola 600, which is held for ten days in May, attracts 500,000 fans, and generates $41.6 million.
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In the 1970s, when Cabarrus County's 1876 courthouse was threatened with demolition, concerned citizens saved it. That was the beginning of the county's preservation movement. In downtown Concord many stores and offices now operate from buildings dating back to 1885; Victorian homes were restored; several museums on local history opened; and many examples of 19th-century architectural brickwork have been preserved.
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Chapel Hill architect Ellen Weinstein received the 1999 Kamphoefner Prize. The award honors architects for contributions to the modern movement of architecture. Carole Hoefener, who died in March, 1999, posthumously received the William H. Deitrick Service Medal. The award is given yearly to the architect making significant contributions to his or her community and profession.
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Colleges and universities affect economically the communities where they are located. Appalachian State University in Boone brought to the local economy $407 million, according to a 1998 ASU research study. Factors contributing to this amount were a 12 percent rise in enrollment between 1988 and 1998, significant raises in university personnel salaries, and around 392,000 visitors who spent over $990,000 at university events.
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