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Built in 1914 as the courthouse for Jackson County, the building continues to serve the public as the Jackson County Public Library Complex.
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Newsome discusses the life and work of Asheville painter Wendy Whitson. She was inspired to pursue art by her famous uncle, Joseph King, a portrait painter, and her aunt, sculptress Earline King. Whitson studied painting and graphic design at East Carolina University.
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Chapel Hill, located in Orange County, is OUR STATE Magazine's featured Tar Heel Town of the Month.
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Chapel Hill is known far and wide for its fine cuisine. Nimocks describes some of the offerings of Franklin Street restaurants--Crook's Corner, Carolina Coffee Shop, Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery, and the Lantern.
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To prepare two historic buildings for exhibition, the North Carolina Museum of History hired architectural restorer Dean Ruedrich, sole-proprietor of Reudrich Restorations in Louisburg. The Pitt County farmhouse dates to 1742 and is believed to be the state's third oldest, surviving and documented one in the state. The second building is a 19th century slave cabin from Martin County.
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During the Civil War an opposition group to the fighting developed in North Carolina. Called the Heroes of America and headquartered to the west of Raleigh in nine counties, the group was a highly secret society that did everything possible to undermine the efforts of the Confederacy to win independence. One of the more vocal leaders of the Peace Movement was William Woods Holden, the editor of the NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD.
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(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 6, Nov 2011,
p66-68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, il
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Hughes explains why the persimmon, which grows wild, is loaded with natural sugar, is delightful to the taste, and can't be eaten till it falls to the ground, is our most peculiar fruit.
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Service clubs had the task of drawing communities together in the years before social media networks. How service clubs like the Optimists and Sherrills Fords Lions Club maintain their place in their respective communities is through charitable endeavors. Profiled was North Carolina Lions’ funding Camp Dogwood and Optimists’ fundraising research related to cures for childhood cancer.
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Service clubs; Service clubs--North Carolina--Optimists ; Service clubs--North Carolina--Sherrills Fords Lions Club; Nonprofit organizations; Camp Dogwood (Lake Norman); Lake Norman; Recreational facilities--North Carolina--Catawba County--Lake Norman; Service clubs--North Carolina--Sherrills Ford--North Carolina Lions; Freemasons--History; Optimist Club; Service organizations
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Granite Quarry’s Civitian Club takes pride in its place. Care for the community is measured in projects such as building a baseball field, sponsoring scholarships, and collecting coats for needy children.
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