GOVERNORS’ PAPERS

James B. Hunt, Jr.

SPEECHES, 1997-2001

Accession Information: May 27, 1999, February 22, 2000, February 25, 2000, January 5, 2001

Arrangement: Chronological

Processed by: James Mark Valsame

Finding Aid prepared by: James Mark Valsame

MARS Number: 374.5

Date: February 5, 2008

These records contain copies of speeches given at various media events and meetings by

Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. during his fourth administration between 1997 and 2001. Research

notes, rough drafts, logistical plans, handouts, brochures, memos, and correspondence

concerning the planning of each speech are also sometimes included.

Date Event

1997

Box 1

1/6/1997 NC School Boards Association, Winter Leadership Conference

1/7/1997 Soil and Water Conservation Annual Meeting

1/6/1997 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education

1/8/1997 Salute to Community Colleges

1/10/1997 Student Government Assembly

1/10/1997 Young Citizen’s Forum

1/11/1997 Inaugural Address

1/15/1997 Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance

1/17/1997 Cabinet Press Conference

1/22/1997 Legislative Briefing for Non-profits

1/23/1997 NC Press Association Awards

1/23/1997 12th

Annual Triangle Commercial Real Estate Conference

1/27/1997 Winter Storm

1/28/1997 Advisory Budget Commission

1/28/1997 Wilson Chamber of Commerce

1/28/1997 State Utilities Commission Nominees

1/30/1997 National Governors Association/National Education Goals Panel

1/30/1997 Audio and Video Greetings, APT Studios

2/4/1997 National Governors Association/Smart Start

2/5/1997 NCCBI Luncheon, Raleigh, NC

2/7/1997 NC Tobacco Growers

2/11/1997 State of the State Address

2/11/1997 Radio Conference Calls

2/12/1997 Budget Press Statements

2/12/1997 Budget Press Conference

2/5/1997 German Sister State Agreement

Date Event

2/13/1997 National Fisheries Summit

2/13/1997 Graduated Driver Licensing Press Conference

2/14/1997 Transit 2001 News Conference

2/15/1997 Democratic Party Executive Committee

2/19/1997 North Carolina Hospital Association

2/26/1997 Excellent Schools Act Press Conference

Box 2

2/27/1997 Bill signing concerning Gubernatorial Veto

2/27/1997 Leadership North Carolina

2/27/1997 National Assessment of Educational Progress Test Results Press

Conference

3/3/1997 Queen Ann’s Revenge (Blackbeard) Press Conference

3/4/1997 Statement on Better Campaigns Commission

3/3/1997 Excellent Schools Tour, Teacher Town Meeting, Charlotte, NC

3/4/1997 Herman and Anita Blumenthal “Lifetime of Giving” Program

3/5/1997 SOS Annual Conference

3/5/1997 “Keeping Families First” Welfare Reform Conference, NC Association

of County Social Services Directors

3/5/1997 News and Observer Interview, Hurricane Fran Series

3/10/1997 Glaxo, King of Sweden Event

3/10/1997 Queen Anne’s Revenge (Blackbeard), NC Division of Archives and

History

3/11/1997 Governor’s Summit on Agriculture

3/11/1997 Phone Interview with Matt Burns, Triangle Business Journal

3/12/1997 Friend of Education Award

3/12/1997 North Carolina Education Cabinet, State Education Commission

3/12/1997 Dateline NBC Pfiesteria Report

3/13/1997 President Clinton’s Remarks to the NC Legislature

3/18/1997 NCACTS/NCMEP Web Site Unveiling

3/18/1997 Sir Walter Cabinet

3/19/1997 Public Hearing, Excellent Schools Act

3/19/1997 NCCBI Annual Conference (Excellent Schools Act)

3/19/1997 Joint Appropriations Meeting, Excellent Schools Act

3/20/1997 Business/Education Summit

3/24/1997 Excellent Schools Tour, Teacher Town Meeting, Rocky Mount, NC

3/24/1997 Hurricane Conference, Atlantic Beach, NC

3/24/1997 “What Matters Most: Teaching and North Carolina’s Future,” UNC-

Wilmington

3/25/1997 State Employees Combined Campaign Celebration

3/25/1997 SRO Forum

3/26/1997 “A Closer Look with Tom Joyner” Television show

3/27/1997 Education Week Interview, National Press Club

Box 3

4/4/1997 Excellent Schools Act Town Meeting, Goldsboro, NC

4/4/1997 NCSU Award, McKimmon Center, Raleigh

Date Event

4/7/1997 Governor’s Conference on Small Business, Raleigh

4/7/1997 Excellent Schools Act Town Meeting, Asheville, NC

4/7/1997 Travel and Tourism, Asheville, NC

4/8/1997 Hog Farm Moratorium

4/8/1997 NRA Eddie Eagle Photo Op

4/8/1997 President’s Summit for America’s Future

4/9/1997 Graduated Driver’s License Bill Signing

4/9/1997 Telephone Interview with the Charlotte Observer

4/9/1997 Smart Start Orientation, Research Triangle Park

4/9/1997 Shoulder to Shoulder for Public Schools, Raleigh

4/10/1997 NC Jaycees Reception, Executive Mansion

4/11/1997 NCAE Convention, Raleigh

4/14/1997 Forsyth County Bar, Winston-Salem

4/14/1997 Winston-Salem Editorial Board

4/22/1997 General Electric, Charlotte

4/16/1997 Smart Start Town Meeting/”I am Your Child” Event

4/16/1997 Broughton High School DWI Rally, Raleigh

4/17/1997 “Stars in the East” Celebration, East Wake High School

4/17/1997 The Magnolias (Senior Housing) Grand Opening, Raleigh

4/18/1997 Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Summit

4/18/1997 Vanguard Cellular Systems Dedication

4/18/1997 Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce Luncheon

4/18/1997 Peeler Open Elementary School, Greensboro

4/22/1997 General Electric, Charlotte

4/22/1997 NCCU School of Education Groundbreaking

4/22/1997 Smart Start, CP&L Contribution

4/22/1997 TTA’s RegioSprinter Demonstration and Legislative Reception, Logan’s

Trading Co.

Box 4

4/23/1997 Senate Budget Press Conference

4/23/1997 Main Street Managers Reception

4/23/1997 Press Conference

4/23/1997 Board of Directors Dinner, Philip Morris Companies, Inc.

4/24/1997 NC Professional Teaching Standards Commission

4/24/1997 SEANC Legislative Day Barbecue

4/25/1997 Corning Groundbreaking Celebration, Concord

4/25/1997 Musgrave Machine & Tool Ribbon Cutting, Davie County

4/26/1997 Jefferson-Jackson Day

4/27-28/1997 President’s Summit, Philadelphia

4/28/1997 “I Am Your Child” TV Special, Executive Mansion

4/29/1997 NCCBI’s Council of Local Chambers of Commerce

4/30/1997 Editorial Boards Briefing on Smart Start and Excellent Schools Act

5/1/1997 Banner Pharmacaps, High Point

5/1/1997 SEANC Annual Luncheon/Membership Drive Kickoff

5/1/1997 Water Quality Improvement Plan Press Conference

Date Event

5/2/1997 Transportation 2001 – TIP Update, Raleigh

5/2/1997 Hyde County Prison Dedication

5/2/1997 ECU Education Conference

5/6/1997 Covance Dedication Ceremony

5/6/1997 Carolina Hurricanes Announcement

5/8/1997 The Fifty Group, Angus Barn, Raleigh

5/8/1997 Wade Edwards Learning Lab and Sculpture Dedication, Needham

Broughton High School

5/9/1997 South Carolina Jefferson-Jackson Dinner & Reception, Columbia, SC

5/10/1997 “Hands on Charlotte” Day

5/12/1997 NC Close Up – “The State Today,” Peace College, Raleigh

5/12/1997 Statement on Jason Summey

5/14/1997 Democratic Party Legislative Gala

5/14/1997 Cabarrus, Rowan, and City of Kannapolis Chambers of Commerce

5/15/1997 Biogen RTP Dedication

5/16/1997 Entrepreneurial Schools Conference

5/16/1997 NC PTA

Box 5

5/19/1997 “Ambassadors Across America”

5/19/1997 Smart Start/CP&L Building Dedication

5/20/1997 Smart Start Awards

5/21/1997 State Aging Conference

5/21/1997 NCIH Stakeholder’s Conference

5/21/1997 State Employees Combined Campaign Video/Salvation Army Steak and

Steak Event Video

5/22/1997 Hendrick SOS (Support Our Students) Announcement, Charlotte

5/22/1997 Statement of Henry McKoy on the Board of Governors Election

5/28/2997 Delta Day at the Capitol, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

5/28/1997 Vice President Al Gore Town Meeting, Raleigh

5/29/1997 Flue Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation, Raleigh

5/30/1997 Legislative Black Caucus

5/30/1997 NC Welfare Rolls down 22 percent

6/2/1997 Governor’s Global Forum

6/2/1997 Stanley Works Announcement

6/2/1997 Rowan County Smart Start Event

6/2/1997 Bill Lee Freeway Dedication

6/4/1997 Ghanian Delegation Welcome

6/4/1997 Alice Aycock Poe Center

6/4/1997 Deaf-Blind Week

6/5/1997 Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center/National Educational

Research Policy and Priorities Board, Chapel Hill

6/6/1997 Hurricane Preparedness Bill Signing, Capital Rotunda

6/6/1997 Commission on National & Community Service, Raleigh

6/9/1997 Tar Heel Girls State, Greensboro

6/9/1997 Tar Heel Boys State, Winston-Salem

Date Event

6/11/1997 C. D. Spangler Retirement Toast

6/11/1997 Annual NC Conference of the United Methodist Church, Fayetteville

6/12/1997 Change in Personnel System

6/13/1997 Establishing Paternity Campaign Kickoff

6/13/1997 State Employees Combined Campaign “Thank You” Celebration

Box 6

6/16/1997 Bosch-Siemens Meeting

6/16/1997 Neuse River Boat Ride

6/16/1997 “Dreamer’s Showcase” Interview with Mary Kurek and Ted Haigler,

Craven-Pamlico-Carteret Regional Library

6/16/1997 WUNC Radio Live Call-in

6/16/1997 Smart Start Town Meeting, Craven-Pamlico-Carteret Regional Library

6/18/1997 NCAE Summer Leadership Conference

6/18/1997 Task Force on Racial and Religious Violence & Intimidation

6/19/1997 Bob Ingram Taping

6/21/1997 Greater Mt. Airy Chamber of Commerce Parters in Education HOSTS

Kickoff

6/23/1997 Welfare Rolls down 24 percent

6/23/1997 Work First Roundtable, Bowman-Gray/Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem

6/24/1997 Neal Family Adoption Celebration, Old Senate Chamber, Raleigh

6/24/1997 Governor’s Awards for Bravery and Heroism, Raleigh

6/24/1997 ESA (Excellent Schools Act) Bill Signing, Effie Green Elementary

School, Raleigh

6/24/1997 Reward for Double Murder in Robeson County

6/25/1997 Telephone Interview with Bob Williams re: Tobacco Settlement

6/26/1997 Carolina Hurricanes Hockey, Raleigh

6/26/1997 1999 Special Olympics World Games Press Conference

6/26/1997 Dean Smith Award Presentation

6/30/1997 Governor offers reward for murder in Winston-Salem

6/30/1997 James B. Hunt, Jr. Ferry Dedication, New Bern

6/30/1997 Work First Roundtable, Greenville

7/1/1997 Overhauling Personnel System

7/1/1997 Rusty Goode Highway Dedication

7/2/1997 FEMA Announcement

7/3/1997 Keith Center Ceremony

7/2/1997 Airbag Safety Campaign Video

7/5/1997 NEA Friend of Education Award

7/7/1997 Charles Kuralt Speech

7/8/1997 Interview with Fred Barnes from the Weekly Standard

7/8/1997 Jack Betts Interview

7/9/1997 North Carolina Now Interview

7/12/1997 Work First Forum, Charlotte

7/15/1997 NC Associate of School Administrators Summer Conference,

Wilmington

7/15/1997 NC Wildlife Resources Commission Reception

Date Event

Box 7

7/16/1997 Child Protective Services Plan

7/16/1997 White House Meeting with Farm Bureau Representatives on the Tobacco

Settlement

7/17/1997 WPTF Live Call-In

7/22/1997 Wake County Leaders for Education Breakfast

7/24/1997 Jonathan Howes Reception

7/24/1997 NCHICA Video Greeting

7/24/1997 Interview with John Wagner

7/24/1997 Paul Broyhill/Lorraine Mummert Congratulatory Message Taping

7/28/1997 Support Our Students (SOS) Remarks, NGA Committee on Human

Resources, Las Vegas

8/1/1997 Wayne McDevitt Swearing-in Ceremony, Raleigh

8/5/1997 Senator Don Kincaid Roast

8/5/1997 Comments on the death of Joe Pell

8/7/1997 DWI Bill Signing, State Capitol, Raleigh

8/7/1997 Baseball Bill Signing, State Capitol, Raleigh

8/11/1997 Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Awards, Asheville

8/11/1997 I-40 Rock Slide, Haywood County

8/11/1997 Craggy Prison Chapel Dedication, Asheville

8/12/1997 Madison High School Roundtable/Assembly

8/12/1997 UNC-Asheville Luncheon

8/14/1997 SEANC Video

8/14/1997 Fisheries Reform Bill Signing

8/15/1997 NC Association of County Commissioners

8/15/1997 American LaFrance Grand Opening

8/19/1997 UNCW Convocation

8/19/1997 APT Taping

8/19/1997 HUD Announcement

8/20/1997 BASF Corporation Agricultural Products Division Groundbreaking

8/20/1997 Asheboro High School Back-to-school visit

8/20/1997 NC State Alumni Video; Engineering Graduate Research Center Video

8/21/1997 Terry Sanford 80th

Birthday Celebration

8/21/1997 Transit Bill Signing Ceremony

8/22/1997 Olin Broadway Business Council on Management and Development

8/25/1997 Northeastern NC Community Leaders Luncheon, Kill Devil Hills, NC

8/26/1997 Work First Roundtable, Union County

8/26/1997 Clayton Middle School Back-to-school visit

8/26/1997 SEANC Volunteerism Event, State Capitol

8/27/1997 Today Show Live, Crabtree Valley Mall, Raleigh

8/27/1997 Clean Water Bill Signing, State Capitol, Raleigh

8/27/1997 Central Tobacco Exchange Visit, Smithfield

8/27/1997 UNC-TV “Ask the Governor” Show

Box 8

9/2/1997 C. C. Cameron Video Taping

Date Event

9/2/1997 Meeting with Dr. Werner Burgert, BASF Corporation

9/3/1997 AHEC Anniversary, Chapel Hill

9/4/1997 Work First Forum, Charlotte

9/4/1997 NC Travel Council Luncheon Meeting

9/5/1997 SEANC Convention

9/5/1997 Governor’s Tour – Hurricane Fran + One Year

9/9/1997 President’s Seat Belt Initiative

9/10/1997 Del International Inc. Grand Opening

9/10/1997 International Visitor’s Council Volunteer Award Reception, NC Museum

of Art

9/11/1997 Economic Development Board Meeting

9/11/1997 Superintendent’s Meeting

9/11/1997 NCNN Capitol Ideas Radio Show

9/12/1997 Governor’s Commission on Juvenile Crime & Justice Meeting, Charlotte

9/15/1997 Public Hearing on Juvenile Crime and Justice, Fayetteville

9/16/1997 Signing of Senate Bill 929, Kidworks

9/16/1997 Improving Customer Service Workshop, Raleigh Convention Center

9/16/1997 Year of Excellent Schools

10/10/1997 Roundtable on Juvenile Crime, Dillon Training School, Butner, NC

10/11/1997 Vance Aycock Weekend, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC

10/13/1997 Videotape for the Healthy Carolinian Awards Banquet

10/13/1997 Governor’s Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service, St. Raphael

Catholic Church, Raleigh

10/15/1997 Celebration of Education in the Piedmont Triad

10/15/1997 Phone Interviews with Stephanie Gibbs and Dudley Price re:

European/Japan Trade Trip

10/15/1997 EPA Brownfield Grant Announcement

10/15/1997 Reading Together Program Visit, Northwood Elementary School

10/16/1997 Asheville Roundtable and Public Hearing, Buncombe County Courthouse

10/16/1997 Global TransPark Authority Board Meeting

10/17/1997 National Association of State Boards of Education Luncheon

10/20/1997 North Carolina League of Municipalities, Raleigh, NC

10/20/1997 EPA Groundbreaking, Research Triangle Park

10/20/1997 Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Conference, Chapel Hill

Box 9

10/22/1997 Interview with Bob Meadows re: Racial Reconciliation Conference

10/22/1997 Martin Lancaster Ceremony, Wayne Community College

10/22/1997 Governor’s Commission on Juvenile Crime & Justice Public Hearing,

Winston-Salem

10/24/1997 Gala Dinner Remarks

10/24/1997 White House Education Event

10/28/1997 Education Town Meeting, East Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte, NC

10/28/1997 Carolina Partnership for Economic Development, Annual Meeting

10/28/1997 Conference on Racial Reconciliation, Charlotte, NC

Date Event

10/28/1997 Work First Transportation Forum, Cary, NC

10/29/1997 130th

Annual Baptist State Convention, Goldsboro, NC

10/30/1997 NC Now Interview with John Bason

10/30/1997 NC Funders Summit, Raleigh, NC

10/31/1997 54th

NAACP State Convention, Raleigh

10/31/1997 John Wagner Interview

11/3/1997 GCJCJ, Durham Public Hearing

11/3/1997 Nortel Groundbreaking, RTP

11/5/1997 National Education Goals Panel, Conference Call

11/5/1997 Meeting with General Barry McCaffrey, Washington, DC

11/6/1997 Eisai, Inc. Dedication Ceremony, RTP

11/6/1997 NC Board of Transportation Remarks

11/4/1997 IBM Technology Symposium, RTP

11/6/1997 Governor’s Conference on Early Brain Development

11/7/1997 Governor’s Commission on Juvenile Crime and Justice, Legislative

Building, Raleigh

11/7/1997 Sam Hunt Highway Dedication, Burlington

11/7/1997 Booze It and Lose It PSA, Executive Mansion, Raleigh

Box 10

11/13/1997 PepCom Announcement, Raleigh

11/13/1997 Interviews re: DOT with Charlotte Observer and Wilmington Morning

Star

11/14/1997 Commission on Business Laws and the Economy Meeting

11/14/1997 Novopharm Grand Opening

11/17/1997 1997 North Carolina Awards Banquet

11/17/1997 Colin Powell Luncheon

11/18/1997 Cabinet Planning Conference Retreat

11/18/1997 Circuit City (Divx) Announcement

11/18/1997 Governor’s Commission on Juvenile Crime and Justice, Wilmington, NC

11/20/1997 NCNN “Capitol Ideas” Call-In Show

11/21/1997 ECU Global TransPark Conference, Greenville

11/21/1997 1997 Entrepeneurial Schools Awards

11/21/1997 Carnegie Corporation of New York

11/21/1997 DWI Legislation, New York Times Interview

11/22/1997 Young Citizens Awards Program, Wake Forest University

11/25/1997 Charlotte Public Hearing

12/1/1997 Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Awards, Williamston

12/1/1997 Peter Ridder (Charlotte Observer) Lunch

12/3/1997 Children’s Christmas Tree Decorating, State Capitol

12/8/1997 Cabinet Meeting

12/8/1997 Hill Center Capitol Campaign Breakfast

12/9/1997 Governor’s Tree Lighting Ceremony

12/9/1997 Hammond Road-Timber Drive Connector, Garner

12/9/1997 Project Impact Signing, FEMA, Wilmington, NC

12/10/1997 Fred Chappell, Poet Laureate, Remarks

Date Event

Box 11

12/10/1997 Cooperative Extension Service Highlight Ceremony

12/10/1997 Guilford Mills Contribution Announcement and Luncheon, UNC-

Greensboro

12/10/1997 Pavillon International Visit, Mill Spring, NC

12/10/1997 Year of Excellent Schools, Jesse Wharton Elementary School,

Greensboro

12/15/1997 DWI/Seat Belt Phone Interview with Associated Press

12/15/1997 Governor’s Conference on Teaching and North Carolina’s Future: Best

Practices in Peer Review

12/15/1997 VF Corporation Reception, Greensboro, NC

12/15/1997 Children’s Health Insurance Press Conference, Raleigh, NC

12/16/1997 Year of Excellent Schools PSA, Ligon Middle School, Raleigh

12/16/1997 Governor’s Education Retreat, Museum of History, Raleigh, NC

12/17/1997 Interview with Bill Friday, Governor’s Mansion

12/18/1997 Hunters for the Hungry, Shepherd’s Table Soup Kitchen, Raleigh

12/18/1997 Farm Bureau Conference

12/18/1997 Dennis Patterson Interview

12/19/1997 “Year in Review” Actuality

12/19/1997 Governor’s Commission on Juvenile Crime and Justice

12/19/1997 Governor’s Commission on Juvenile Crime and Justice

1998

Box 1

1/6/1998 Orange County Partnership visit (Smart Start)

1/6/1998 North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts,

Raleigh, NC

1/7/1998 PanAm Games Bid Announcement

1/7/1998 Glaxo Wellcome Events, Zebulon facility

1/12/1998 Excellence in Education Awards, Asheville, NC

1/12/1998 Western North Carolina Floods visit

1/13/1998 Carolina Ballet Event, Capital City Club, Raleigh, NC

1/13/1998 Leo Daughtry Press Conference

1/14/1998 North Carolina College Futures Conference

1/14/1998 Norris Tolson Swearing In Ceremony, Raleigh, NC

1/15/1998 NCCBI and City of Durham video tapings

1/16/1998 Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

1/16/1998 NC Board of Ethics Statement

1/20/1998 Communities in Schools Volunteer Visit

1/28/1998 Johnston County Principals’ Association

1/28/1998 Western North Carolina Storm Damage Tour

1/29/1998 NC Press Association

2/2/1998 Cabinet Meeting, Greenville, NC

2/2/1998 Lenoir and Greene Counties Smart Start Visit

2/2/1998 Year of Excellent Schools, Southeast High School, Guilford County, NC

2/3/1998 United Way Annual Meeting

Date Event

2/3/1998 Reading Together Script

2/4/1998 Dennis Patterson Lunch

2/6/1998 Charlotte Flexliner Event

Box 2

2/11/1998 Governor’s Advisory Commission for Military Affairs Swearing In

Ceremony

2/14/1998 State Democratic Executive Committee

2/16/1998 Congressional Award Ceremony for Drew Houlihan

2/17/1998 Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center

2/17/1998 Stanley Cup Event

2/19/1998 Tiara Yachts Celebration

2/20/1998 Dow Jones News Service Phone Interview

2/21/1998 National Education Goals Panel Meeting, Washington, DC

2/23/1998 North Carolina Initiative on Race, Governor’s Only Meeting at the White

House

2/26/1998 Children’s Health Insurance Plan

2/26/1998 Emerging Issues Forum, McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC

2/27/1998 Children’s Health Insurance Plan

2/28/1998 Horace Mann League Luncheon

3/5/1998 Children’s Health Insurance Plan, Hillsborough Town Meeting

3/5/1998 SEANC Membership Drive, Kickoff Campaign

3/9/1998 Children’s Health Insurance Plan, Extended Cabinet Meeting

3/10/1998 Governor’s Commission on Juvenile Crime and Justice

3/10/1998 Volunteer Summit Reception

3/11/1998 Freightliner Announcement

3/12/1998 23rd

Annual NC Indian Unity Conference, Fayetteville, NC

3/12/1998 Distinguished Women of North Carolina

3/12/1998 Stedman Town Meeting, Cumberland County, NC

3/13/1998 National Agriculture Awareness Week, PSA

3/13/1998 NC Future Teachers of America

3/13/1998 Statement on death of Archie Davis

Box 3

3/16/1998 Children’s Health Insurance Plan, Winston-Salem, NC Town Meeting

3/17/1998 National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education Meeting

3/17/1998 NCPE Appeciation Dinner

3/18/1998 NCCBI Young Executives Forum

3/19/1998 Children’s Health Insurance Plan, Jacksonville Town Meeting

3/20/1998 Emerald Society Reception

3/20/1998 AT&T Smart Start Announcement

3/20/1998 SECC Luncheon

3/21/1998 Tornado Damage Tour, Stoneville, NC

3/22/1998 American Association for Higher Education

3/23/1998 Child Health Insurance Program, Special Session Press Conference,

Capitol Building

3/24/1998 Child Health Insurance Program, Rally

Date Event

3/26/1998 Wide-A-Wake Forum, McKimmon Center, Raleigh

3/30/1998 Education Commision of the State Teleconference

3/31/1998 Governor’s Conference on Rural Health

3/31/1998 Major League Baseball Game, Minnesota Twins vs. Montreal Expos

Box 4

4/2/1998 USS North Carolina Battleship Event

4/2/1998 Azalea Festival, Wilmington, NC

4/3/1998 PepCom Groundbreaking Ceremony, Raleigh, NC

4/6/1998 Travel and Tourism Conference, Charlotte, NC

4/7/1998 Cabinet Meeting, Charlotte, NC

4/7/1998 Lakewood Preschool Visit, Charlotte, NC

4/9/1998 RSVP 4th

Annual Senior Citizen Fair, Harnett County, NC

4/9/1998 Marye Ann Fox Chancellor Announcement, NCSU, Raleigh, NC

4/13/1998 FedEx Announcement, Greensboro, NC

4/13/1998 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Volunteer Drive, State

Capitol, Raleigh, NC

4/13/1998 Halifax Mall Dedication, Raleigh, NC

4/14/1998 Museum of Natural Sciences/SAS Institute Donation

4/17/1998 Eno River State Park Event, Durham, NC

4/21/1998 Farewell Reception for Bill Hefner, Stanly County, NC

4/21/1998 Statement on CHIP Special Session

4/22/1998 Terry Sanford Funeral Services, Durham, NC

4/22/1998 At The Crossroads, NC Board of Science and Technology, Raleigh, NC

4/23/1998 NC Statewide Summit on the Year 2000, Durham, NC

4/22/1998 Dr. T. Berry Brazelton and Governor Hunt on Smart Start, Live Satellite

Town Meeting

4/24/1998 Triangle Volunteer Summit, Hillside High School, Durham, NC

4/24/1998 World Class Region Conference

4/25/1998 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Raleigh, NC

4/27/1998 NC Developers Open

4/29/1998 Wyeth-Lederle Dedication, Sanford, NC

4/29/1998 Molly Broad Inauguration, Raleigh, NC

4/30/1998 Work First Business Council, Research Triangle Park

Box 5

5/1/1998 NC PTA State Convention

5/1/1998 NC Secretary of Commerce Announcement

5/3/1998 President’s Council of the US Open Golf Championship, Pinehurst, NC

5/4/1998 Budget Statement

5/4/1998 Ericsson Supplier Appreciation Day, Lynchburg, VA

5/5/1998 Conflandey Plant Groundbreaking, Columbus County, NC

5/5/1998 Lee County Volunteer Summit

5/5/1998 For Kids Only Child Development Center, Shallotte, NC

5/5/1998 Kids Count Data Book Press Conference

5/5/1998 Kids Count Data Book Press Conference (folder 2)

5/6/1998 First Union Smart Start Announcement, Charlotte, NC

Date Event

5/6/1998 Congress of National Black Churches, Charlotte, NC

5/6/1998 World Trade Association Dinner Video

5/7/1998 Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Bill Signing

5/7/1998 1997 Governor’s Business Awards, NC Museum of History, Raleigh, NC

5/7/1998 Quickie Manufacturing Grand Opening, Lumberton, NC

5/7/1998 Parker Manufacturing Opening, Pembroke, NC

5/8/1998 Gubernatorial Papers Presentation to Governor James G. Martin, Capitol,

Raleigh, NC

5/8/1998 NC Association of FSA (Farm Service Agency) County Office

Employees

5/8/1998 Secretary Rick Carlisle Swearing-In Ceremony, Capitol, Raleigh, NC

5/11/1998 National Early Childhood Institute, Executive Mansion Reception

Box 6

5/12/1998 NC Early Childhood Institute, Raleigh, NC

5/12/1998 NC Citizens for Business and Industry (NCCBI) Legislative Conference,

Raleigh, NC

5/12/1998 Miss M’s Tot University, Jacksonville, NC

5/13/1998 NC State Employees United for Wellness Fair, Jim Graham Building,

Raleigh, NC

5/14/1998 Kay Hagan Fundraising Event, Greensboro, NC

5/14/1998 Free Clinic of Reidsville and Vicinity, Inc., Dedication and Open House

Ceremony, Reidsville, NC

5/14/1998 Reidsville Rotary Club Meeting, Reidsville, NC

5/18/1998 Southern Women in Public Service, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC

5/18/1998 Smart Start Visit, Asheville City Preschool, Asheville, NC

5/18/1998 Smart Start Friends of Children Reception

5/19/1998 Vance County Volunteer Summit, Henderson, NC

5/19/1998 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games Luncheon

5/20/1998 Chancellor-Elect Marye Anne Fox Introduction Luncheon, Cardinal

Club, Raleigh, NC

5/20/1998 Juvenile Justice Reform Act Conference Call

5/21/1998 Kickoff of Traveling Exhibit for the Queen Anne’s Revenge, Capitol,

Raleigh, NC

5/21/1998 Henson P. Barnes Bridge Dedication, Goldsboro, NC

5/22/1998 Conservation Farm Family of 1998, Efland, NC

5/22/1998 Governor’s Global Forum III, UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

5/26/1998 Structured Sentencing Reception, Raleigh, NC

5/26/1998 Wachovia/Smart Start Event, Bolton Elementary School, Winston-Salem,

NC

5/28/1998 Richard Moore for NC House Re-election Fundraiser, Charlotte Motor

Speedway, Charlotte, NC

5/28/1998 Retirement Reception for Charlie and Rae Harvey, Tobacco Growers

Association of North Carolina, Inc (TGANC), Raleigh, NC

5/28/1998 MIX 101.5 Radiothon Script

5/29/1998 Legislative Black Caucus, Research Triangle Park

Date Event

5/29/1998 Partnership for Biotechnology Workforce Training Luncheon, NC

Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park

5/29/1998 Flue-Cured Tobacco Stablilization Corporation 52nd

Annual Membership

Meeting, Kerr Scott Building, Raleigh, NC

5/29/1998 Governor’s Crime Commission Luncheon, Raleigh, NC

Box 7

6/1/1998 Nucor Announcement

6/1/1998

[5/21/1998]

Expressions & Learning Center, Gaston County Smart Start Event

6/2/1998 Nucor and Hertford County Celebration

6/2/1998 Reception honoring Dr. John Weems

6/3/1998 Sir Walter Cabinet 75th

Anniversary Gala

6/4/1998 NC Hospital Association Interview with Dr. Ron Levine

6/5/1998 Governor’s Actuality Line, Governor’s Advisory Council on

Hispanic/Latino Affairs

6/7/1998 Business/Education Joint Council Meeting, Washington, DC

6/8/1998 Goodwill Family Child Care & Resource Center, Wilkes County

6/8/1998 Tar Heel Boys State, Winston-Salem, NC

6/8/1998 SOS Blue Ribbon Awards Ceremony, Raleigh, NC

6/8/1998 Jo Ann Davis Building Dedication

6/10/1998 Shoulder to Shoulder Education Rally, Raleigh, NC

6/12/1998 Union County Smart Start Event

6/12/1998 Chatham Central High School Commencement Address, Bear Creek, NC

6/12/1998 Rowan County Smart Start Visit

6/15/1998 Davie County Smart Start Visit

6/15/1998 Tar Heel Girl’s State, Greensboro, NC

6/15/1998 Smart Start Executive Director’s Forum, Chapel Hill, NC

6/16/1998 Meeting with Secretary Moore regarding Safe Communities Issue Team

6/17/1998 Early Childhood Rally

6/18/1998 NCPFC Board Meeting, Interview with David Rice, Winston-Salem

Journal

6/19/1998 Catawba County Smart Start Visit

6/22/1998 Teacher of the Year Reception

6/25/1998 Honoring of Judge James R. Strickland

6/25/1998 Bekaert Dedication, Research Triangle Park

6/25/1998 Carolina Farm Show Announcement

6/25/1998 Governor’s Awards for Bravery and Heroism

6/25/1998 Meeting with Consul Rita DeBruyne of Belgium (part of speech missing)

6/25/1998 Honoring Judge James R. Strickland

Box 8

6/26/1998 IBM Smart Start Announcement/ Family Focus Forum

6/29/1998 “Teaching for the Future” Forum

6/30/1998 SREB/Future of the South report

7/1/1998 Interview with Wanda Stark, WXII-TV re: Smart Start, China Mission,

and Domestic Violence Bill

Date Event

7/1/1998 Tar Heel Challenge Academy Graduation

7/1/1998 AT&T $1 Million Contribution to Exploris

7/6/1998 Randolph County Smart Start Visit

7/6/1998 Johnston County Smart Start Visit

7/8/1998 Rep. Bobby Hunter Swearing-in Ceremony as Judge

7/15/1998 1998 Summer Leadership Conference, Asheville, NC

7/15/1998 Student Government Retreat, Mars Hill

7/16/1998 Jim Black for NC House Fundraising Event

7/17/1998 McDowell County Volunteer Summit

7/17/1998 Job Link Career Center Grand Opening

7/17/1998 Annette Bryant for NC House Fundraising Event

7/17/1998 Spectrum Dyed Yarns Plant Dedication

7/21/1998 Teacher Town Meeting

7/22/1998 NC Dental Society Legislative Day

7/23/1998 Economic Opportunity Act Bill Signing

7/24/1998 Bright Beginnings Child Care

7/24/1998 Currituck County Judicial Center Dedication

7/27/1998 GRASP Juvenile Program Town Meeting, Durham, NC

7/27/1998 Democratic Women of North Carolina Legislative Day

7/29/1998 1998 Summer Intern Reception, Executive Mansion

7/29/1998 APT Video Script

Box 9

7/30/1998 Rally for John Edwards, NC State Fairgrounds

7/30/1998 American Heritage Rivers Designation

7/30/1998 Work First Conference Welcome

7/31/1998 Kiddie Korner at University Ridge Child Care Center, Charlotte, NC

8/6/1998 ABCs Announcement

8/10/1998 Craven County Smart Start Visit

8/11/1998 Yadkin County Volunteer Summit

8/11/1998 Greensboro Judicial Event

8/11/1998 Linda Garrou for Senate Fundraising Event

8/11/1998 AMVETS 54th

Convention

8/12/1998 SECC Kickoff

8/12/1998 Belhaven School Groundbreaking

8/12/1998 Marian McLawhorn for NC House Fundraising Event

8/13/1998 Durham ABCs Celebration

8/13/1998 Juvenile Crime Press Conference

8/14/1998 NC Association of County Commissioners

Box 10

8/17/1998 Asheville Cabinet Meeting

8/17/1998 Governor’s Volunteer Awards

8/25/1998 Hurricane Bonnie Satellite Tour

8/26/1998 NBC Nightly News, Hurricane Bonnie

8/28/1998 Hurricane Bonnie Disaster Tour

8/31/1998 NCNN “Capitol Ideas” call-in show

Date Event

9/1/1998 WSOC Interview

9/2/1998 Secretary Dan Glickman Luncheon

9/3/1998 APT Script, Glaxo Wellcome Child Health Recognition Awards, NC

Healthcare and Communications Alliance

9/3/1998 John Wagner Interview (no speech)

9/3/1998 Ed Nye Fundraising Event

9/9/1998 USDA-APHIS Center for Plant Health Science and Technology

9/9/1998 Tarheel Little League All Stars Reception, Mansion Garden

9/9/1998 Clean Water and Sewer Bond Bill Signing

9/9/1998 Ethics in Government Seminar

9/10/1998 Sustainability Summit Closing Remarks

9/11/1998 SEANC Convention

9/15/1998 Pepsi Mentoring Gift

9/15/1998 NC Annual Sports Summit

9/16/1998 Zeno Edwards Event

9/16/1998 Photo Op with Rev. Thomas L. Walker

9/18/1998 Mack Jarvis Retirement Luncheon

9/18/1998 Rep. Joe Tolson Fundraising Event

Box 11

9/22/1998 Global TransPark Conference Call

9/25/1998 APT Tapings, Democratic Convention, Mecklenburg EMS Agency 25th

Anniversary, NC Mutual Life Insurance Company Centennial

Celebration

9/24/1998 Interview with Ann Saker, News & Observer

9/25/1998 Press Conference, Session Statement

9/28/1998 Purple Heart Bill Signing

9/29/1998 Special Olympics World Summer Games Festival – Plan Unveiling

9/30/1998 Leslie Cox Fundraising Event

10/1/1998 NC Health Choice for Children

10/1/1998 Installation Ceremony for Judge James Wynn

10/2/1998 Jim Phillips Fundraising Event

10/6/1998 Tarheel Association of Principals and Assistant Principals

10/7/1998 NGK Ceramics 10th

Anniversary Celebration

10/8/1998 Kay Hagan Fundraising Event

10/8/1998 Employment Security Commission/ IAPES Institute

10/12/1998 Aaron Plyler and Bill Purcell Fundraising Event

10/12/1998 Governor’s Volunteer Awards

10/13/1998 North Carolina School Age Accreditation Project

10/13/1998 North Carolina Quality Leadership Award Ceremony

10/13/1998 1998 DWI Bill Signing

10/13/1998 NCBCE Reception

10/13/1998 Economic Development Announcement – The Dialog Corporation

10/14/1998 Attack Asthma Campaign Kickoff

1014/1998 AT&T/Smart Start Parent Resource Guide Announcement

10/15/1998 NC Center for Nonprofits Conference

Date Event

10/16/1998 NBPTS Annual Meeting and Private Reception

Box 12

10/17/1998 National Association of State Boards of Education

10/19/1998 Marshall A. Rauch Highway Dedication

10/19/1998 NC League of Municipalities

10/19/1998 Mecklenburg Mass Transit Event

10/19/1998 John Bridgeman and Gene Miller Fundraising Event

10/20/1998 Water, Sewer, Gas Bonds Press Conference, Raleigh, NC

10/21/1998 1998 Crime Prevention Awards for Excellence

10/22/1998 Water, Sewer, Gas Bonds Press Conference, High Point, NC

10/22/1998 Living Waters Smart Start Visit

10/23/1998 Water, Sewer, Gas Bonds Press Conference, Charlotte, NC

10/23/1998 Frederick Law Olmstead Way Dedication

10/23/1998 ABCs Celebration, Greensboro, NC

10/23/1998 Joe D. Spearman, Jr. Building Dedication

Box 13

10/26/1998 Wilson Train Station Dedication

10/26/1998 Governor’s Awards for Excellence

10/26/1998 Global Transpark Authority Meeting, Kinston, NC

10/26/1998 James Iredell Award Event

10/26/1998 Wilson Station Grand Opening

10/27/1998 Juvenile Justice Reform Act Bill Signing

10/28/1998 Wade Edwards Learning Lab Tour

10/28/1998 General Baptist State Convention

10/29/1998 Education Roundtable, Lexington, NC

10/29/1998 NCAE Rally/Education

10/30/1998 School visit with Rep. Richard Moore, Kannapolis, NC

10/30/1998 Union County School Visit, Sun Valley High School

10/31/1998 Greensboro Gospel Extravaganza

11/2/1998 Nucor Celebration, Wilson, NC

11/4/1998 NBC-17 Interview

11/4/1998 State Board of Education Meeting

11/5/1998 Affordable Housing Bill Signing

11/5-6/1998 Transatlantic Business Dialogue Conference

11/19/1998 China Media Availability

11/20/1998 Entrepreneurial School Awards

11/20/1998 Capitol Christmas Tree Event

11/22-23/1998 AASCU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

11/30/1998 Governor’s Volunteer Awards

12/1/1998 High Speed Rail Conference, Charlotte, NC

12/3/1998 Center for Creative Leadership Dedication Ceremony

Box 14

12/4/1998 4th

Annual SOS Conference

12/4/1998 6th

Annual Decoration of Children’s Christmas Trees

12/7/1998 10th

Annual Leo M. Croghan Conference, Developmental Evaluation

Date Event

Centers

12/7/1998 Sen. David W. Hoyle Highway Dedication, Hickory, NC

12/7/1998 Governor’s Volunteer Awards, Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, NC

Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC

12/8/1998 Governor’s Tree Lighting Ceremony, NC State Capitol Building

12/10/1998 Promising Practices, National Education Goals Panel News Conference

12/11/1998 Education Coalition and NC Partners Legislative Briefing

12/14/1998 Merck Manufacturing, Expansion Groundbreaking Ceremony, Wilson,

NC

12/14/1998 Governor’s Work First Business Council Awards

12/15/1998 Remarks honoring James Poyner, Wake County Bar Association

Memorial Service

12/15/1998 Aisin AW announcement

12/17/1998 Systemic Change in Education, NGA Conference

12/18/1998 Unveiling portrait of Judge Earl Britt, Federal Courthouse, Raleigh, NC

1999

Box 1

1/7/1999 Canada Office Opening Reception

1/7/1999 Markham-NC Technology Roundtable

1/11/1999 North Carolina Passenger Rail & Transit Summit

1/11/1999 DPI Winter Leadership Conference

1/12/1999 NC Promise Mentoring Campaign Kickoff

1/12/1999 Leadership Raleigh State/Local Government Day

1/12/1999 Innovations Reception, Greensboro, NC

1/14/1999 Office of Juvenile Justice Press Conference

1/15/1999 Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Day; John Larkins Award

Presentation

1/15/1999 Wisconsin Tissue Announcement, State Capitol

1/29/1999 SEANC Board of Governor’s Meeting, Raleigh, NC

1/30/1999 State of the State Address, “First in America: A Goal for North

Carolina’s Schools”

2/3/1999 NCCBI Legislative Conference, Raleigh, NC

2/4/1999 Wendover Child Development Center

2/4/1999 Jamestown Elementary Visit

2/6/1999 NC Democratic Party

2/6/1999 TIAA-CREF Announcement, UNC-Charlotte

2/15/1999 Budget Statement

2/16/1999 Sir Walter Meeting and Cabinet Luncheon

2/17/1999 Business-Education Conference on Racial Reconciliation, Opening and

Closing Remarks

2/24/1999 Message Meeting

2/25/1999 Government Technology Forum

2/25/1999 Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative

2/25/1999 Myrtle Grove Middle School

2/26/1999 Lt. Col. Richard Holden

Date Event

3/1/1999 CREP Signing Ceremony, Center for Environmental Farming Systems,

Goldsboro, NC

3/2/1999 Homanit Announcement

3/3/1999 Holden Swearing-In Ceremony, NC Highway Patrol

3/3/1999 Research Triangle Park 40th

Anniversary Luncheon

3/4/1999 NAEP Report

3/10/1999 Interim Report: First in America Goals, Education Cabinet Staff

3/10/1999 Special Olympics Bill Signing

3/10/1999 NCACDSS Promising Practices Conference

3/11/1999 Leadership North Carolina class on government

3/11/1999 NC Cares Announcement

3/11/1999 Day Care Services Association Capital Campaign Kickoff

3/12/1999 North Carolina Indian Unity Conference

3/12/1999 Future Teachers of America

3/16/1999 First meeting of the State Advisory Council of Juvenile Justice

3/17/1999 Safe Kids Initiative

3/18/1999 Buffet Luncheon honoring Joint Governing Boards, 11th

Annual

Education Cabinet meeting

3/21/1999 Bill signing to honor Sen. Kenneth Royall

4/1/1999 Signing of Senate Bill 41

4/6/1999 UNC-TV Interview

Box 2

4/7/1999 Summit on Mountain Air Quality, Asheville, NC; Introduction of Gov.

Mike Leavitt, Opening Remarks, Afternoon Session remarks, Closing

remarks

4/8-11/1999 Azalea Festival Kickoff Press/Photo Op

4/12/1999 NCNN “Capitol Ideas” call-in-show

4/12/1999 Governor’s Summit on Fatherhood, Charlotte, NC

4/14/1999 Lucent Technologies Announcement

4/19/1999 Clean NC 2000 Kickoff

4/20/1999 Executive Order on Historically Underutilized Businesses

4/21/1999 NC Women’s Conference

4/22/1999 Visit of President Petru K. Lucinschi of the Republic of Moldova

4/22/1999 Traffic Stops Statistics Bill

4/24/1999 Wake County Democratic Breakfast

4/24/1999 Inauguration of Laura Carpenter Bingham, Peace College

4/26/1999 Theodis Beck Swearing-In Ceremony, Department of Correction

4/26/1999 NextSteps Initiative Announcement, Wilson, NC

4/30/1999 Bicentennial Events, Greene County, NC

5/4/1999 Campaign-finance reform bill signing, State Capitol

5/6/1999 Smart Start Conference, Charlotte Convention Center

5/13/1999 Watauga County/ASU/Boone Chamber of Commerce Anniversary Gala

6/3/1999 Jack Betts Interview, State Capitol

6/5/1999 Interview with Stan Swofford of the Greensboro News and Record

regarding Jesse Helms

Date Event

6/7/1999 Cabinet Meeting, UNC-Wilmington

6/7/1999 Governor’s Task Force on Youth Violence and School Safety

6/7/1999 NCNN “Capitol Ideas” call-in show

6/7/1999 Johnson Elementary School, Wilmington, NC

6/9/1999 Meeting with Senator Dannelly, Bob Davis, and Arthur Griffin,

Mecklenburg County, NC

6/9/1999 Smart Start Documentary Taping with Patti Rand

6/9/1999 1999 Tar Heel Boys State, Wake Forest University

6/10/1999 Corporate Conference on Domestic Violence

6/11/1999 Ed Press Award, Washington, DC

6/14/1999 Tar Heel Girls State, UNC-Greensboro

Box 3

6/15/1999 SOS Blue Ribbon Awards Ceremony

6/17/1999 NCBCE (NC Business Committee for Education) Videoconference Call-

In

6/17/1999 Men Marching for Kids Audio Taping

6/18/1999 Old Hickory Council of Boy Scouts of America

6/22/1999 Press Conference for DOT Secretary, State Capitol

6/24/1999 Bravery and Heroism, Speeches 1 and 2, Citizen Awards

6/25/1999 Special Olympics: Flame of Hope Arrival, Citation Special Olympics

Airlift

7/12/1999 US Department of Commerce – Secretary Daley Trade Education Tour

7/21/1999 Legislative Post-Session Talk

8/2/1999 Chief Justice Henry Frye Announcement

8/6/1999 Announcement of DENR Secretary Bill Holman

8/8/1999 NGA Human Resources Committee Remarks and Agenda

9/1/1999 Swearing-In of Bill Holman as DENR Secretary

9/2/1999 Riley Bus Tour

9/2/1999 Governor’s Volunteer Awards

9/7/1999 Swearing-In of Chief Justice Henry Frye

9/8/1999 Franklin Freeman Swearing-In Ceremony

9/10/1999 SEANC Annual Conference, Greensboro, NC

9/10/1999 Save Our State Air Quality Forum, Swannanoa, NC

9/15/1999 Dr. Leo Lambert Inauguration, Elon College

9/21/1999 Address by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., Flood Relief

9/30/1999 Introduction of President Bill Clinton, National Education Summit

10/5/1999 Hurricane Floyd Federal Emergency Funding Request

10/11/1999 Comments for the Business Advance Payment Program Event, Rocky

Mount, NC

10/12/1999 Methodist Home for Children Groundbreaking

10/13/1999 Hurricane Floyd Legislative Meeting

10/20/1999 Platinum Rule Awards

10/22/1999 NBPTS (National Board of Professional Teaching Standards) Dinner

honoring the retirement of President Jim Kelly, Washington, DC

10/26/1999 League of Municipalities Annual Meeting

Date Event

11/5/1999 New Terminal Dedication at Craven County Regional Airport

11/5/1999 Clean NC 2000 Eastern Summit

11/12/1999 Entrepreneurial Schools Awards Dinner, Cary, NC

11/15/1999 North Carolina’s 1999 Award Ceremony

11/23/1999 Swearing In of David E. Kelly as Secretary of Crime Control and Public

Safety

2000

Box 1

1/3/2000 John Wagner Interview

1/6/2000 Milken Awards

1/31/2000 Legislative Commission on Smart Growth, Growth Management &

Development Issues

2/21/2000 Rural Prosperity Task-Force Report Presentation

2/22/2000 Introduction of Secretary Richard Riley, State of American Education

Address

3/1/2000 Distinguished Women of North Carolina Awards 2000

3/3/2000 Project Impact Business Summit

3/23/2000 NC Commodity Leaders meeting

3/29/2000 Campaign Finance Reform Forum

3/31/2000 Chancellor’s Medallion Ceremony for Wayne McDevitt

3/31/2000 NCAE Convention Speech

4/4/2000 North Carolina @ Your Service, Executive Cabinet Meeting

4/6/2000 School Networking Grants Announcement

4/12/2000 North Carolina @ Your Service, Information Resources Management

Commission

4/26/2000 Digital Divide Roundtable and Tour

4/27/2000 One Million Acres Announcement, Crowders Mountain State Park

4/28/2000 NC Clean & Green 2000, CleanNC2000 Rally

4/28/2000 NC Association for Biomedical Research 10th

Anniversary Celebration

4/2000 Tipper Gore Introduction

4/2000 Jim Graham Highway Dedication

5/1/2000 “Project East 2000: The New Direction,” Mount Olive College

5/1/2000 Conflandey Groundbreaking and Ribbon-cutting, Whiteville, NC

5/3/2000 Introduction of Mike Easley, Democratic Unity Press Conference

5/4/2000 Governors’ Summit on Mountain Air Quality

5/11/2000 Official Statement by the North Carolina Phase II Board (North Carolina

Tobacco Growers and Quota Owners)

5/17/2000 Budget Statement

5/19/2000 Grandover Resort and Conference Center

5/22/2000 NC Global TransPark Authority Board Meeting

6/6/2000 Juvenile Justice State Council Meeting

6/6/2000 Interview with America’s Promise

6/8/2000 Nortel Announcement

6/10/2000 North Carolina’s Outstanding Youth in Public Service

6/13/2000 Vision 2030 Report Meeting

Date Event

6/16/2000 Increased Air Service for Charlotte, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce

6/23/2000 Thomas Built Buses, Dedication Ceremony

6/26/2000 World Botanic Gardens Congress

6/26/2000 Charles M. Shelton Highway Dedication Ceremony

6/28/2000 Million Acres Bill Signing

6/29/2000 Governor’s Awards for Bravery and Heroism, remarks for slain officers

and other recipients

7/12/2000 DPI Summer Leadership Conference

7/14/2000 End-of-session availability, State Capitol

7/14/2000 Announcement of Economic Opportunities Fund

7/17/2000 Marizetta Kerry Child Development Center, Charlotte, NC

7/18/2000 Tim Simmons (The News and Observer) Interview

7/19/2000 Higher Education Bonds Referendum Kickoff

7/21/2000 Tar-Pamlico Water Quality

7/2000 National Association of Counties, Charlotte Civic Center

7/2000 Teacher/Principal Roundtable

8/3/2000 Hattie Daniels Day Care Center, Wilson, NC

8/5/2000 Purchase Knob Land Donation Celebration

8/7/2000 Wilson Home Demolitions

8/8/2000 Van Swamp Acquisition News Conference, Plymouth, NC

8/10/2000 Back-to-School Roundtable, Greenville, NC

8/11/2000 NC Association of County Commissioners

9/15/2000 Cooperating Technical State Agreement Signing

9/18/2000 Remarks for Chief George L. Sweat Swearing-In

9/20/2000 QVC Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

9/25/2000 Highway Patrol/CALEA Event

9/26/2000 NC Electronics and Information Technologies Association

10/9/2000 “Wilderness North Carolina” Sound Bite

10/9/2000 Town Meeting on Higher Education Bonds, Instructors Conference of the

Community College System, Greensboro, NC

10/10/2000 Chatham County Education and Economic Development Summit

10/17/2000 Education Summit: Closing the Achievement Gap

10/17/2000 Investing Intellectual Capital in Early Childhood Health, Charlotte, NC

10/20/2000 Phone Interview with FEMA for their History Project, State Capitol

10/23/2000 Smart Start visit/Working Mother magazine, Rocky Mount, NC

10/24/2000 JBH Young Citizenship Awards

10/25/2000 133rd

Annual Session of the General Baptist State Convention

10/27/2000 Highway Dedication Ceremony for Gen. Hugh Shelton, Congressman L.

H. Fountain, and Dr. Moses Ray

11/1/2000 Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Conference

11/13/2000 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence, Washington, DC

11/17/2000 Entrepreneurial Schools Awards Dinner, Cary, NC

11/20/2000 Governor’s Awards for Excellence

11/27/2000 NC Awards

11/29/2000 National Black Caucus of State Legislators’ 24th

Annual Conference,

Date Event

Charlotte, NC

12/06/2000 Presentation of First in America – 2000 Report Card and 2000 Progress

Report, Raleigh, NC

12/11/2000 USS North Carolina Ceremony

12/18/2000 NC Electors, State Capitol