June 2009 Volume 41, No. 6
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Evolution of the Grid The U.S. has reached the stage where new, “smart” transmission systems are needed to deliver power to where it’s needed.
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Underground or Overhead?
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How electric cooperatives decide where to place power lines.
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FAVORITES
You Call This Exercise?
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First Person Your letters and photos.
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More Power to You Should crawl spaces be enclosed?
Your stories of getting in shape, losing weight and gaining it back again.
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Stars & Barns New, historic and colorful quilt pattern blocks are appearing on barns in northwestern North Carolina.
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Great Smoky! The Great Smoky Mountains National Park turns 75 this year.
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Lumina
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Carolina Country Store Art, vineyards and books.
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You’re From Carolina Country
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Joyner’s Corner A chance to win $50.
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Marketplace
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Tar Heel Lessons For students and teachers.
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Carolina Gardens Easy, smart irrigation.
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Carolina Compass June events.
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Energy Cents Keeping cool without A/C.
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Classified Ads
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Carolina Kitchen Strawberry Cake, Crusted Tilapia, Lemonade Poke Cake, Strawberry Lemon Trifle, Strawberry Freezer Jam.
A photograph of its last day at Wrightsville Beach.
ON THE COVER
Ashe County Middle School students made several quilt blocks that have been placed on local barns. This one is at River Ridge Farm, home of the Christmas trees raised by Jessie Davis and Rusty Estes, who supplied the 2008 White House tree. Learn about the Quilt Trails project on pages 18–19. The students are (front, from left) Makayla Church, Justin Parks; (rear, from left) Connor Lewis, Jackson Sloan, Joseph Roland, Nathaniel Steelman. Photography by Frederica Georgia, www.fredericageorgia.com
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