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The state's Christmas tree farms produce 35 million trees, and the industry contributes $6.5 million to the state's economy. Even after the holidays are over, the trees can be used for constructing coastal shore fish habitats, building bird houses, and providing a source for wood chips.
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Buckeye Technologies, Inc., attracted by $11.5 million in state and local incentives, will build a $100 million fibers plant in Gaston County. Completion date is 2001, and the new plant will employ over 200.
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Few cities, usually the larger ones, make public art a budget priority. Hickory, perhaps the smallest city to do so, allocated $35,000 for the public art program's initial year. The city council has an ordinance under consideration to allocate one percent of capital improvement funds to pay for the program.
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Frank Borkowski, chancellor of Appalachian State University at Boone, is an accomplished musician and conductor who is conducting the university into the twenty-first century.
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5.Reynolds Foundation Improves Life for Us All by Kirk, Jan North Carolina Vol. 58 Issue 1, Jan 2000
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Founded in 1936 in Winston-Salem, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation is two trust funds of approximately $440 million, whose purpose is to do charitable work for the state of North Carolina only. Around 300 grants are made each year, with emphasis on the development of new programs rather than the maintenance of older ones. Current focus of the grants includes community economic development, K-12 education, and issues affecting women and minorities. Most grants are awarded to non-profit organizations.
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North Carolina Rural Entrepreneurs through Action Learning (NC REAL) is offered in sixty-one high schools and community colleges across the state. The program guides students through the creation, design, and operation of their own small businesses.
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With population growth outstripping their budgets, some school systems are trying new ways to raise money. Rowan and Burke counties have contracted with Coca-Cola and Pepsi respectively for exclusive rights to sell their products in the schools. The schools get needed funds for items like textbooks, scoreboards, and computers. Some school personnel question the commercialization, possible influence on curriculums by companies, and competition with the food service program.
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Citizens of Mt. Olive are puzzled by the boycott of the Mt. Olive Pickle Company by the Farm Labor Organization Committee, an Ohio-based labor union. The company is the town's civic and business backbone and appears to be a good employer. It offers wages that average over $10 an hour; hires minorities (17 percent Hispanic and 49 percent black) but no migrant labor; and buys all cucumbers from union and nonunion farmers. Many townspeople feel the company is being made a scapegoat.
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Widely traveled Bill Hensley lists some of his favorite accommodations around the state, including the Fearrington House, near Pittsboro, and the Grove Park Inn in Asheville.
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In 1996, Ward Purrington, president of the Raleigh-based Carolina Ballet, started from scratch to organize the company. Two years later, under artistic director Robert Weiss, the company debuted to rave reviews. The New York Times recently compared the troupe favorably to companies in larger cities, and internationally known dance critic Francis Mason gave the company high praise.
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With basketball such a dominant sport in the state, it's easy to forget the little, round, white golf ball, made popular by retirees, vacationers, and the state's professional golfers. So popular is the game that between 1990 and 1999, golf courses in North Carolina grew from 474 to 589. The state now ranks ninth nationwide, and more courses will be built in 2000. All of this is good for golfers, because it makes developers create better courses to keep the players coming back.
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The NORTH CAROLINA magazine Golf Panel names Tobacco Road in Sanford the Best New Course of the Year for 1999. Mike Strantz designed the course, carving it out from an old sand and gravel pit. The course is public and is not surrounded by real estate development.
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The number of women golfers is increasing statewide. However, a survey of fourteen women members of the NORTH CAROLINA magazine Golf Panel indicates that a number of women do not feel welcome at golf clubs. They find it difficult in getting a Saturday tee time and in getting a sandwich in the \"men's\" grill. Locker rooms are not always equal to men's, and awkward red tee placements make it difficult to reach the greens without going into front bunkers.
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Women members of the NORTH CAROLINA magazine Golf Panel chose the Pine Needles Golf Club in Southern Pines as the state's Best Course for Women. LPGA pioneer Peggy Kirk Bell and her family have owned the Donald Ross-designed course for over forty years. After acquiring it, Bell made some course changes to make it more in keeping with the kind of golf women play.
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In the hierarchy of the state's top ten golf courses, positions are slow to change. In 2000, Pinehurst No. 2 and the Old North State Club continue their first and second place rankings. However, in the next eight positions, courses change rankings or drop off the list, while new courses make an appearance. Rankings were determined by balloting by the NORTH CAROLINA magazine Golf Panel.
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