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23810
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A solar field in Buncombe County, North Carolina makes use of wasted landfill field space. The facility was completed by FLS Energy, who aimed to produce clean energy from the landfill.
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23811
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Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr. and surveyor Thomas Freeman were tasked in the late 1800s with the responsibility of designating the territory line between U.S. and Cherokee land.
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23812
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Michelle Moog-Koussa is the founder and executive director of the Bob Moog Foundation, which shares her father's work through educational outreach and preservation. Bob Moog made and repaired instruments and was considered the \"Scientist of Sound\" in the 90s.
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23813
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Lawrence Mazzanovich (1871-1959) was a famous impressionist style painter who eventually settled in Tryon, North Carolina. He was part of the Tryon Artist Colony, which included many artists from the early 1900s who were based out of Tryon.
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23814
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Lake Jocassee has wonderful water quality and is thus one of the most popular freshwater dive sites on the East Coast. The lake was formed after Duke Energy built a dam in the area.
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23815
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Many of the glass artists along the Toe River in North Carolina learned their trade at the Penland School of Crafts.
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23816
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Long before opening Kentucky, the pioneer, Daniel Boone, was active in western North Carolina. His explorations opened the way for settling lands west of the mountains.
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23817
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Karen Hall is a television screenwriter and owner of Black Bear Books, a store in Boone, North Carolina. She has led an active career and life in Boone.
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23818
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A husband and wife, A.C. and Susan Honeycutt, own Fields of Hope and invite volunteers to help plant food to be sent to MANNA FoodBank and other hungry families.
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23819
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The author discusses his experience mountain biking on a unicycle in Pisgah National Forest.
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23820
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Haywood Community College continues to launch creative and highly-skilled artisans into the furniture and woodworking market. The author introduces some of the students and recent graduates from the college.
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23821
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The fledgling group Winter Green grows winter-hardy produce from fall through early spring in structures called hoophouses and lowtunnels.
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WNC Magazine
(NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 4 Issue 9, November/December 2010,
p30-33, il, por
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23822
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Mount Mitchell can be unforgiving and dangerous in the winter, but rangers work tirelessly to keep skiers and other tourists safe. The author describes a typical day for rangers during the winter months.
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WNC Magazine
(NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 5 Issue 1, January/February 2011,
p32-39, il
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23823
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The Civil War deeply divided Western North Carolina. The author provides a brief chronology of the conflict in the region and notes the current activities of area groups marking the 150th anniversary of the war.
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23824
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Eunice Kathleen Waymon (1933-2003), the jazz singer known better by her stage name Nina Simone, was born in Tryon, North Carolina. Though the original house of Simone's childhood still stands, it is soon to be sold, causing the fate of this historic home to be uncertain.
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