North Carolina Now; North Carolina Now Episode from 05/18/1994

Tonight we'll visit with artist Bob temper like my grandmother the story of no collect the world before OK I got married she gave us money for schools for 36 years and will take you to Aden as I search for the best barbecue continues. This is North Carolina now. Good evening everyone I'm John base and thanks for joining us and thank you for coming back

after taking a night off although I know you were just yes I did work on. Thanks Maria Lundberg for being here was on my show last night. Now later tonight you're going to meet a woman who is the publisher of a new magazine here in North Carolina It's called Beyond the limits it's a very nice magazine primarily to the minority community. And Deborah someone you're going to enjoy meeting. Very good well that's a lot of that's going to be a focus on business. We're down the down the line today that a business that's focused in the Raleigh-Durham area the Raleigh-Durham International Airport to be precise is on somewhat shaky ground American Airlines president Robert Robert Crandall today said that the RV hub is still losing money. He wouldn't say exactly how much he would say exactly how long American can stick with the RV you hope but he did say cost must be lowered if they're going to keep it open he praised the business and governmental efforts here to shore up the hub by funneling more business to it. Well speaking of travel a lot of you might be planning to travel to some of our state parks over Memorial Day weekend but two of them will be closed. Hanging Rock Park in Stokes

County and pallet Mountain Park in Surrey County will be closed because of all the ice and wind damage we had earlier in the year so make your plans accordingly. Our first feature tonight is about a man who paints some of those pastoral scenes. Yes Bob Turner lake. And now we're going to meet this famous North Carolina artist whose home studio has become a reflection of his life's work and a rich family history. Hunter Brown box and had the opportunity to visit with the talented Baltimore like Kimberly as well. My visit with him in Lexington I discovered too many talents of this native North Carolinian Justice's work embodies the surroundings this studio mirrors the man Bob Timberlake has created a very magical place. Amity celebrates history and contrast and the beauty of timelessness amazingly enough. Timberlake created this attitude. It was something that I really. But man all my life and I wanted to

use it as a studio. It is it was kind of a challenge to take something like this try to make it unique and try to preserve it at the same time. This is nothing but a big piece of sculpture a big piece of art history as well as quilts. They call is fabric so I came by with some furniture and toys and civil war plans all kinds and I just I love the folk art of our past so much and it is so almost anything central to much of what today is rooted in his past. My grandmother started mail collect and quilts. The full K. and I got married she gave us my first quilt which was 36 years ago. Her two older sisters made we think about one hundred twenty five

and thirty years ago and it was called the Whigs defeat. From that desire and from that quilt which is hanging right here in the barn we created this TO SIGN IT JUST SHARE THIS IS OUR POSTER for this chair. And this is been one of our bestselling designs descendants as well as ancestors prove inspirational to timber like this collection was generated by a six grandchildren. People don't have little chairs for little children in their houses. Little kids don't know where to sit. Artifacts from childhood appear throughout the studio. This revolutionary work was tailored for young drummer boy whose mother believed that its bright color would assure his safety in the war. When somebody took aim at this crowd come across a field and I saw this whole red thing out there obviously a drummer boy. They just pulled off and shot somewhere else. And so she had enough sense that I had and she wanted him stand out.

His paintings however are perhaps what he is best known for. The studio where he creates is surrounded by the things that make him tick. Sort of put everything up there on the third floor where I could close myself off to the wall and create my own another whirl and go up there and just lose muscle. Bob's favorite season in which to be lost is the winter time. I watch the back of the barrenness of winner at undresses the farce and it bears it so bad as a skelton song was like I like to be able to look in the woods with snow on the ground. I can see into the very depths of the woods extant one of his window is that Cummings point reflecting the essence of this artist and appreciation for the beauty of everyday life.

Who are you little 5 or 6 year old. Hearing from some high window go to the November sums and feeling that a day has to become known. This is a beautiful way. A major retrospective of the lake's work is being assembled for showing at the North Carolina Museum of History in the fall of 1995. But if you can't wait that long and want to find out more about temple like you can contact his publicist David Hastings. That number is area code 7 0 4 2 4 9 9 8 7 8. Now more and more what passes for pork barbecue is often cooked over again as a grill. The diehards however say the real thing is always cooked over wood coals. Pete Jones of Avon is one of the state's most outspoken advocates of wood cooking. And lucky Bob Garner recently visited his domain the skylight inn to check out the barbecue.

At the very least Pete and Jeff Jones consider their place the national capital of barbecue. Actually that dome went up after National Geographic magazine crowned this the world champion barbecue place back in 1980. And when the wind is blowing from the direction of the barbecue pits like it is now the air is downright sensual with the aroma of crisp brown succulent roast pig. Officially it's the skylight in but everyone pretty much calls it Pete Jones barbecue and it's been here in Aden ever since 1830 when Pete Jones great great grandfather was asked to feed a Baptist Convention from the back of a covered wagon. The present restaurant was built in 1946 but Pete's nephew Jeff represents the sixth generation to prepare barbecue essentially the same way whole hawgs cooked all night over fires built with wood. These produce not only coals but ashes which get all over everything including the meat. Together with the swirling smoke they make the dusky pits look like what was called the bad place when I was growing up. It's no spot for the faint hearted but Pete Jones says those who have switched to the cleaner gas pits have sold

out for sure. The only thing that I can settle. It's the wood in the wood is like mixing for a Bobby Rush a natural flavor and what about these people who cook pork shoulders. Well they don't have true barbecue according to yo word you know word to denote the bob tailed to kids so it's a whole pig in order to have a whole day to have a genuine barbecue. What stops traffic every day around noon is not the decor which could best be described as absent the table arrangement. Texas Pete pepper Vennegoor and toothpicks is not exactly yuppie bait. There's no table service and the serving style is well informal but hey barbecue is meant to be served Aldor style anyhow right. In any case the skylight in has become famous to barbecue lovers around the world. Pete has been on dozens of national shows and he had just finished talking to Southern Living When we arrived. Five of the six living U.S. presidents have sampled his barbecue the barbecue itself is extremely moist it's very finely chopped and it's pure There are not a

lot of extraneous flavors and I don't know how exactly you describe the taste of smoke but believe me every particle of this meat is absolutely saturated with the very essence of wood smoke. It's also fairly well saturated with skin and fat which are chopped up right along with the lean meat. Whether you shudder at that or three that this is what makes barbecue great. We'd all probably agree with one magazine writer who said eating barbecue like this is like firing a cholesterol bullet straight into your heart. And just about every barbecue place in the world fools around with hushpuppies but they don't serve the more original style cornbread. It's a very simple recipe just corn meal salt and water. It's delicious and there's a good deal of juice from the cook big in there too. OK we didn't want to say this in front of Pete but what we actually met was grease from the cook pig which is euphemistically called drippings around here. Speaking of bread Pete only recently substituted buns for plain white bread in his barbecue sandwiches.

Cole slaw is the ONLY a company meant to barbecue and bread. No Brunswick stew you know boil potatoes and Aiden Collard capital of the world. No collard greens. Everything there is to drink is served in bottles. And if you want to serve well you amble over to the rack in the corner and make a choice. We suggest an oatmeal cookie or maybe a fig cake. Aiden is about 10 miles south of Greenville on Highway 11 save up your cholesterol allotment. Turn on Highway 1 0 2 or third street to get downtown and then turn right on South Lee Street to reach the skylight in putting taste in a well-deserved reputation. Ahead of our medical disclaimer we give Pete Jones's and enthusiastic Raveena for a little piece. The phone number for Pete Jones skylight in his area code 9 1 9 7 4 6 4 1 1 3 restaurants located on the south leaf street in Aden about four blocks south of downtown. Now there's no building number just follow your nose and look for the dome on top of the building.

All right now we want to make all this information about North Carolina's delicious barbecue available to all of you. So if you'll drop us a line with a self addressed stamped envelope we'll send you a copy of barbecue North Carolina style right to North Carolina now barbecue Post Office Box 1 4 9 0 0 RTP in C 2 7 7 0 9. Mary Lou Hart shark is next with today's statewide news and a little later in the program out talk with Deborah Tyler the publisher of a new magazine beyond the limits. Stay with us. Wow wow wow but I urge you. Good evening I'm Mary Lou Hart charge. Here's a review of what's happening across the state.

The state's largest forced fire of the year continues to rage out of control in Pender County. State Forestry officials say this blaze has the potential to be the most destructive fire in North Carolina since 1976 when more than seventy six thousand acres burned. The fire was sparked by a lightning strike on Sunday. It is so far charred more than 5000 acres of the Angola Bay game land on the Duplin Pender County line. The state owns the gamins area but the fires also burning forest land owned by the International Paper Company. Over 100 firefighters are trying to put out the blaze with the aid of five planes in a helicopter that are dropping water and chemicals on the fire. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is slapping a $100000 fine on the Duke Power Company. Regulators say the fine stems from violations at the McGuire nuclear plant. The NRC says one of the four steam generators at McGuire's unit two nuclear reactor in northern Mecklenburg County boiled dry of water last December. Both the NRC and Duke Power say no radioactive

materials were released at the time. Duke Power has 30 days to protest the fine or pay it. The Astro City Council has adopted a watered down version of a controversial nondiscrimination ordinance by a four to three vote. City leaders approved a measure intended to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination in city employment. The ordinance specifically mentions sexual orientation in its original version but that reference was deleted shortly before the vote. The measure which was eventually approved by council contained less controversial language. It simply states that discrimination against city workers is prohibited quote for any reason that is not related to bona fide occupational qualifications. North Carolina school systems are being urged to come up with creative ways to give homeless children good educations. The State Department of Public Instruction has five hundred thousand dollars in grant money that can be used to pay for such projects to be eligible for funding. School systems have until June 24th to submit proposals for programs aimed at

educating the state's fifty nine hundred homeless children. A well-known African-American activist is coming to the Tar Heel State. The Reverend Al Sharpton will be in Charlotte May 26 as part of an anti-violence crusade. Sharpton is nationally known for confronting authorities over racially charged crimes. But while in Charlotte Sharpton will urge the black community to rally against violence from within. Organizers of this event say Sharpton speech will focus on challenging African-Americans to end black on black crime. A Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan is also coming to our state. He will speak at the Charlotte convention center in July. The say Commerce Department is beginning an internal review of its international trade division. The review is reportedly being prompted by low morale and indications of poor internal communications. It follows the unexpected resignation of director Richard Quinn last week. The International Trade division's role is to increase the flow of exports from the state. North Carolina is the 12th largest exporting state.

Today was partly or mostly cloudy across the entire state and temperatures were a bit cooler than they have been recently. Highs only reached the 60s and low 70s tonight. Cloudy skies will continue and there's a chance of rain for the coastal area. Lows there will be in the 60s but most everywhere else lows are expected to be in the 40s tomorrow guys will still be cloudy and the chance of rain continues in the Northeast and in the Wilmington area. High throughout the state will only be in the 60s the compact size of laptop computers make them convenient for busy executives to slip into their briefcases. But the small size also makes it easy for thieves to slip the laptops out the door of the IBM plant. Nine former IBM employees are facing charges of stealing three hundred thousand dollars worth of laptop computers from Big Blue. Those arrested were temporary employees working in a building at the IBM plant in

Research Triangle Park where the computers are assembled. Law enforcement officials say charges are likely to be filed against three additional people. A federal bankruptcy judge has cleared the way to hold liquidation sales at the stores that roses of Henderson's plans to close the discount retailers hoping to trim its long term debt by selling inventory and fixtures at its poorly performing stores. The company says the sales are an effort toward emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Last year roses had 215 stores in its chains. Once this round of closings is complete roses will operate only 113 stores. The stock market rally today the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up over 12 points to close at thirty seven thirty two point eighty nine gainers lead decliners by three to two. Volume was heavy as three hundred thirty eight million shares changed hands. The Standard Poor's 500 index was up over four points and the Nasdaq composite index climbed over 10 points. The Dow industrials were rising in the final hour of trading and the Nasdaq

composite index surged. Investors continue to assess the implications of the Federal Reserve's resolve to flood fight inflation with higher interest rates. And now for some stocks of North Carolina interest. It's being billed as the People's Magazine. It's called Beyond the limits. It's a

new publication that hits the newsstands six times a year. And this magazine attempts to fill a void in the minority community minority issues and points of view don't always make their way into the mainstream publications. And Deborah Tyler plans to change that. She's the publisher of beyond the limits and thank you so much for being here. Thank you for having me. Now most magazines are geared to a specific audience and they call this the People's Magazine but who do you consider to be your specific audience. We're talking in people of color in North Carolina. The Hispanic community Native American African-American community and Asians Pacific. I do consider this to be a magazine for all people all people so you're even though you're focusing or targeting minority community you also hope that the white community will also read your magazine yes I do definitely But what will they find in there that will be of interest to them. Well I think it will open up a new audience for people to understand the commonalities of people of color as well as to differences and

maybe understanding. Heritage is in the way we live in our lives styles will be able to work better together. I think this will do it. And you also mention so many different ethnic groups and each group even though they're all minorities Well you'll find that they have different concerns. So some might say you might try to be all things to all people how can you succeed at doing something like. And we can't because we can't answer all the questions but we will try to answer some in it. That is very true I don't think any one person going answer all the questions that all the different communities have but I think it's really important for us to understand a lot of the problems that are in one community or and also in others. And it may be if we learn not to segregate ourselves and come together we can find solutions together. Sounds like your magazine is going to try to be over to you in some form with there. OK. What about the competition I mean publishing a magazine is not something easy and there are so many out there

who do you consider to be your competition and what do you offer that they don't. Well I mean this may be a biased statement but right now I don't feel I'm competing with anyone because my magazine is unique in that I think most magazines as you said target specific communities this several magazines that may just target the Hispanic community or the African-American community. Well we try to bring these voices together under one common ground. So I think that makes us unique. The other thing that's unique about us is that in each issue we talk and one of the languages like in the first issue we had some Arabic Cherokee and Spanish in our second edition we had an article that's written in Spanish. Well we have a first edition on still so I like to show that because you have some pretty interesting people on the cover. And if we could see there because beyond the limits is where we have Dan Blue and Eva Clayton in the Honorable Ron Sutton who is represents the Native American community. All right. And so

you said you have the languages in there so you try to make it inclusive. Yes we do. I want them to feel that this magazine is theirs. That's why I call it The People's Magazine. I want the people in the community to feel like they have a part in it. Each issue we highlight in tribute someone in the communities. Doing something that's unique or different in support of their communities and recognize them. I hope they're beyond the limits will be a vehicle for the communities to showcase their and celebrate the good that's going on communities and also to give our children an example of people that would accomplish in so many things that we may not hear about every day we pick up the paper and so many negative things going on. I hope beyond the limits we'll give people a joyous feeling inside in in the excitement of the good that's going on in our communities a lot of good. I think I know the answer to this but why is it called Beyond the limits. Well actually beyond the limits was named by my 18 year old daughter. And

she she named the magazine I do have a board of directors and we have told several names around the table but. She said she watched me over the years and she said Mom I have watched you go through many things and I felt that you could go beyond. There's no limit on what you could do but you need support from the community are you getting support from. Yes we have not only from the community but businesses have supported us and beyond the limits. Presently there are no stockholders other than the board of directors beyond the limits was thought of for my own funds and some support from my board of directors. And this is we're just sustaining on then with the hope of the community and the businesses that that's how this will survive. Do you focus primarily on North Carolina or is it more it is a statewide magazine and it is distributed statewide. We have distribution from here to Charlotte and working people find it. Is it on the news on the list is this located in your in your local bookstores on the newsstands in your grocery stores when you're standing in line in a grocery

store. Look for beyond the limits of it's not there. X why not. But they could also subscribe so we can subscribe to it. And I hope people will do just that. Now you you've already had your first issue and your second one is going to be on the newsstand serious and published let me know that. And you can pick it up at your local store starting next week and I am very dubious. Oh beautiful cover. Native American. That's absolutely beautiful. Representative of our beautiful rainbow community. Yes. Well Deborah it was a pleasure meeting you and much much success to you and your American sing. Thank you for having me here today. Now we'd like to get your response to North Carolina now enjoys suggestions as well. Simply call our viewer a comment line at 9 1 9 5 4 9 7 8 0 8. Or write us at P.O. Box 1 4 9 0 0 RTP NC 2 7 7 0 9. You can fax a message to 9 1 9 5 4 9 7 0 4 3.

Or try our Internet address and CTV at AOL period com whatever you do please give us her daytime phone number in case we need to reach you. Oh one more thing I'd like to add beyond the limits each subscription each magazine costs to 25 days yearly subscription is $10 so you save if you get a subscription. And if you'd like to know more about it down 9 1 9 7 8 3 7 2 8 9. Deborah would appreciate it. And speaking of magazines the subject of one of our features Tamara was on the cover of thousands of able garners a North Carolina native and there's a museum to her memory in Smithfield and will visit tomorrow. Maria Lumbergh will have that report and Bob Dawna will be back with another barbecue report and we want to remind you if you like your own copy of barbecue North Carolina style write us and we'll be happy to send it to you. It's a great pro show you really need to have it. Now this is May 18th a very special day. Today is

John Bass and his lovely wife Mary Ann's ninth anniversary happy anniversary to you and it is your lovely song. Justin's third birthday. I can't believe it. Three an hour. Yeah three years but congratulations to you. Graduations to you big day. Well we're in sync here. Well that's all for now we'll see you tomorrow. I'm watching Kate's piling on John thanks and good night.