Name: Tar Heel Traveler special: Scott Mason takes a look at a collection of fond memories
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In an extended Tar Heel Traveler special, Scott Mason takes us on a tour of fond memories from the past.

>>> WOO-HOO! >>> REALLY COOL THINGS BACK HERE. >> EVERYBODY FOLLOW ME. >> IT'S LEGENDARY. >> JUST LIKE BOOM. >> UNBELIEVABLE. >> HOW MANY PLACES ARE YOU GOING TO AND SEE A GREEN HORSE? >> WE ARE HAVING A BLAST! >> DELICIOUS. >> I THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT. >>> WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "TAR HEEL TRAVELER." I'M SCOTT MASON. OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE PRODUCED STORIES ABOUT FOND MEMORIES. OLD FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND MUSIC TRIGGER MEMORIES. THE GOLDEN MEMORIES OF OUR PAST. THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAILROAD DEPOT AND THERE'S MORE THAN TRAINS RUMBLING THROUGH, THERE'S MUSIC ON A GOLDEN PLATTER. MILTON BULLOCK, HE SINGS AT THE TRAIN STATION.  HE SANG FOR YEARS WITH THE PLATTERS. ONLY YOU >> AT ONE TIME THE PLANNERS WERE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL VOCAL GROUP IN THE WORLD.  >> LOU WASHOW WAS THAT EXPERIENCE? >> MAN, IT WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD. >> THE PLATTERS FORMED IN 1952. COULD YOU BELIEVE YOU WERE GOING TO BE SINGING WITH THE PLATTERS? >> DIDN'T EVEN HAVE AN IDEA. >> MILTON JOINED THE GROUP IN THE '60s. HE WAS A TEENAGER FROM PRINCEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. WHO HAD BEEN WORKING A MAINTENANCE JOB IN NEW YORK CITY. >> AND I WOULD SING TO MYSELF, NOT KNOWING THAT I WAS BEING EVED DROPPED EAVESDROPPED UPON. SHE SAID I HAPPEN TO KNOW THE PUBLISHER OF THE PLATTERS. AND THAT'S WHEN I WOULD MEET ALL OF THE ORIGINALS. >> EVENTUALLY, HE WOULD BECOME A PLATTER HIMSELF. >> FROM THERE ON, MAN, IT WOULD BE NOTHING BUT A BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY. >> TODAY, HE IS KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN PLATTER. REMEMBER WHEN >> HE REMEMBERS TRAVELING THE WORLD. >> CHINA, AUSTRALIA. >> HE REMEMBERS MEETING FRANK SINATRA. AND ELVIS PRESLEY. ELVIS SAID THAT AND YOU THE PLATTERS HAD INSPIRED HIM? >> YES. >> MILTON BULLOCK ALSO REMEMBERS THE DIFFICULT TIMES. >> LOOKING DOWN THE BARREL OF A SAWED OFF SHOTGUN IN ATHENS, GEORGIA. >> THE GROUP OFTEN PERFORMED IN FRONT OF WHITE CROWDS. >> BUT THEY HEARD THE SOUND AND WE WORMED OUR WAY INTO THEIR HEARTS.  I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL NOT ONLY TO GOD, BUT TO THE FANS THAT MADE THE PLATTERS WHO THEY WERE. >> MILTON BULLOCK LEFT THE PLATTERS IN 1970 AND IN TIME, RETURNED HOME TO NORTH CAROLINA.  EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY, HE ENTERTAINS AN AUDIENCE AT THE DEPOT IN ROCKY MOUNT. AND SWINGS DOWN MEMORY LANE. TALKING ABOUT MY GIRL >> MILTON BULLOCK, THE GOLDEN PLATTER. ONLY YOU. >> IT'S WHAT I WANT TO BE REMEMBERED THAT I MADE A DIFFERENCE. I'M PROUD OF YOU >> MUSIC, MEMORIES, A MAN CAVE IN HARNETT COUNTY. OPEN THE DOOR AND TURN BACK TIME. >> OF COURSE MY BEER SIGNS AND MY ELVIS STUFF. >> CLUB E.. A NOSTALGIC GET AWAY ON ELVIS PRESLEY BOULEVARD. WHEN DID YOU BEGIN COLLECTING THIS? >> 12, 14 YEARS OLD. JUST LITTLE THINGS I WOULD PICK UP. >> MOVIE POSTERS AND OLD RECORDS AND ELVIS, ANYTHING ELVIS. >> STARTED FROM NOTHING AND BECAME ONE OF THE GREATEST ENTERTAINERS THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN. >> ELVIS IS IN THE HOUSE. AND SO IS BOND. JAMES BOND.  MOVIE POSTERS, A REMINTIC MUSICAL, AND JAW-DROPPING CLASSIC. >> I JUST ALWAYS LOVED MUSIC. >> AND YES, IT IS A ROOM FULL OF MUSIC TOO. >> FROM RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THE BAND OF OZ.  >> IT WAS ONCE A GARAGE. >> AND I TURNED IT INTO MY MANCAVE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND HE STUFFED IT FULL OF MEMORY. >> GREAT PLACE FOR YOUNG FOLKS TO GO BACK THEN AND MISBEHAVE SOME BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME.  >> WHERE ARE YOU FROM ORIGINALLY? >> I'M ORIGINALLY FROM DUNN. >> THAT'S HIM, GEORGE TERRY MASSEN GILL. >> I GO BY GEORGE AND I GO BY TERRY. >> GEORGE TERRY. >> I'VE BEEN CALLED A LOT WORSE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU CAN COME HERE FOR A MONTH OF SUNDAYS AND STILL NOT ACTUALLY SEE EVERYTHING. >> CONNIE AND GEORGE TERRY -- >> WE WERE ABOUT FOURTH ROW. >> SAW ELVIS PERFORM LIVE. >> THIS PARTICULAR CONCERT THAT WE WENT TO WAS IN GREENSBORO. >> THE SCARF. >> BENT OVER AND GAVE IT TO HER. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN HE GAVE YOU THE SCARF? >> I WAS E  ECSTATIC THAT I GOT ONE. >> IT STILL HAS HIS MAKEUP ON IT. >> I GOES YOU WILL NOT WASH THAT SCARF. >> OH NO. MY FAVORITE SONG BY ELVIS IS "IF I CAN DREAM." THAT SONG IS ALL ABOUT LOVING EVERYTHING. AND EVERYONE. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SORT OF SYMBOLIZES. OH WHY CAN'T MY DREAM COME TRUE >> MUST BE NICE TO KIND OF SIT IN HERE AND JUST GET AWAY. >> WELL, YES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY YOU LIVING IN THE PAST. WELL, MAYBE SO. BUT IT'S MEMORIES. CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, YOU GOT TO ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN. >> IT'S A FUN ROOM AND I LIKE TO COME DOWN IN THE EVENING. >> DOWNSTAIRS. INTO THIS ROOM. >> IT'S KIND OF A RETREAT FROM THE WORLD. >> INTO A PAST WORLD.  THE PAST, INSIDE A MANCAVE IN CHAPEL HILL. >> I THINK THE FIRST THING I GOT WAS A JUKEBOX. >> THE JUKEBOX. >> THE COKE MACHINE. >> THE COKE MACHINE. THE RESTAURANT BOOTHS. >> THE DINER TABLE I CALL IT WAS -- KIND OF REMINISCENT OF MY YOUNGER DAYS. >> AND ED JENKINS REMEMBERS THOSE DAYS GROWING UP AROUND HIS DAD'S STORE NEAR GREENVILLE. >> TYPICAL OLD-FASHIONED COUNTRY STORE. >> WITH ONE PUMP OUT FRONT. >> I GREW UP TALKING TO PEOPLE. WAITING ON PEOPLE. WRINGING UP THE CASH REGISTER. THAT STORE SPARKED MY WHOLE INTEREST IN GETTING INTO SALES AND MARKETING. >> MEET MR. NOBODY. >> NOBODY DID IT BETTER. >> SO I STARTED A COMPANY CALLED WOLFER AND TWEETER BACK IN 1975. >> WOOFER AND TWEETER. >> IT WAS A STEREO SHOP? >> IN CHAPEL HILL. A LANDMARK.  >> MICHAEL JORDAN WOULD OCCASIONALLY COME IN AND BUY CASSETTE TAPES. I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT ANYBODY OVER 50 WOULD SAY I REMEMBER THAT. >> THEY MIGHT REMEMBER ED. >> AND WE ALL HAD THAT LONG HAIR. HIPPIE LOOK YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY. >> BACK IN THAT DAY. >> SHE GREW UP YOU KNOW DOWN IN SMITHFIELD. >> EVA. ELVIS, DEAN. >> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOWN HERE. >> AND IN HERE. >> I DON'T WATCH A LOT OF MOVIES BUT I LOVE TO WATCH LIVE CONCERTS. >> THE SOUND OF MUSIC.  AFTER WOOFER AND TWEETER, ED BECAME THE DISH DOCTOR. >> HELLO, DISH DOCTOR. >> MY CABLE TV HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. >> SATELLITE CITY. >> I SAID THIS MAY BE THE NEXT BIG THING. >> THAT WAS FUN TOO. >> ALL OF THE THINGS I DID ARE KIND OF COMING TOGETHER. >> COME TOGETHER IN THE MANCAVE. >> IT'S STILL KEEPING PERFECT TIME. >> THE CLOCK THAT HUNG IN HIS DAD'S STORE. THE SMASH HITS HE USED TO SELL. >> I'VE BEEN COLLECTING THIS STUFF FOR YEARS. >> ADMIT ONE. AND THAT ONE IS ED JENKINS. >> JUST A PLACE TO GET AWAY AND YOU ARE IN ANOTHER WORLD.  >>> IT'S A MATTER OF RECORD. IN SELMA, AND IT'S ALSO A STACK OF MEMORIES.  >> AS CHILDREN, POLITICAL, COUNTRY. >> ROCK AND ROLL. >> EASY LISTENING. >> HOW MANY RECORDS DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE? >> I HAVE GOT 55,000 IN THAT ROOM. >> 55,000? >> WELL -- >> LET'S BEGIN NOW. >> WHERE TO BEGIN? >> YOU KNOW, I WAS IN A BAND AND I PLAYED THE TROMBONE IN THE GLENN MILLER ERA. >> STARTED COLLECTING MUSIC. >> THEN I JUST KEPT GOING. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT WAS 35 YEARS AGO. >> WC FIELDS. >> THOSE WERE THE HAPPY DAYS. >> JUST HAVING FUN.  >> A MATTER OF RECORD INCLUDES CASSETTES. >> CASSETTE TAPES. ALL THE OLD RECORDINGS. >> EIGHT TRACK TAPES. >> AND WELL, THERE'S PETER FRAMPTON. >> TURNTABLES. >> IT'S ALL WORKING AND I DO REPAIR WORK ON EVERYTHING. >> OLD RECORD PLAYERS. >> SWINGS WITH THE ARM. LISTED AT $450 IN 1921. >> $1,500 TODAY. >> SOMEBODY COMES IN AND WANTS TO SELL THEIR COLLECTION? THAT'S HOW I GET THEM.  AND I THINK THE BEST WORD I CAN HEAR WHEN THEY COME IN THE FRONT DOOR IS "WOW." >> A SHOOTING STAR. IT MUST BE A SIGN FROM OZ. >> DO YOU GET EXCITED WHEN A RARE FIND COMES IN THE DOOR? >> OH, YEAH. WOW. [ LAUGHTER ] THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN. >> RARE. >> IT'S WORTH $10,000. >> THE CONTROVERSIAL COVER. >> NEEDED TO BE PULLED. >> AND REPLACED -- >> I LIKE ANYTHING THAT CAN GET MY FEET A-GOING. >> A WITH YOUR LETSER. >> A REPLICA OF THE ORIGINAL  I'M HAVING FUN, YES. >> Reporter: FUN IN SELMA. IT'S A MATTER OF RECORD. BEING IN THE STORE, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN A TIME CAPSULE? >> YEAH. I MEAN, I'M STUCK IN THE '50s. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. I'LL COME RUNNING BACK TO YOU >>> ORDER "TAR HEEL TRAVELER" BACKS AT THE "TARHEEL TRAVELER."COM. AT THE T >>> A PLACE CALLED WILLIAMS LAKE IN SAMPSON COUNTY. >> THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE LIKE WILLIAMS LAKE. AND NEVER WILL BE.  >> THE WILLIAMS LAKE DANCE CLUB. >> IT IS RIGHT ON THE LAKE. >> OVER THE LAKE. THERE WAS WATER UNDER THAT PAVILION. >> IT WAS PROBABLY THE GREATEST THEME CLUB IN THE WORLD. BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT WAS A THEME CLUB. >> THE LAKE FROM 1932 TO 1970 IN SAMPSON COUNTY. >> I GREW UP THERE. AND WENT SWIMMING THERE WHEN I WAS 18 YEARS OLD. >> A MAN CLAIMED CLAYTON WILLIAMS OWNED THE PROPERTY. >> HE BROUGHT A JUKEBOX IN AND THAT'S WHEN THE DANCING STARTED. >> WHEN CLAYTON WILLIAMS RETIRED IN 1964, HE TURNED TO A YOUNG SAXOPHONE PLAYER WHO HAD ALWAYS ENJOYED WILLIAMS' LAKE. >> I WAS ONLY 22 YEARS OLD AND I TOOK IT OVER. >> WHEN ROBERT TOOK IT OVER. HE BROUGHT IN THE BANDS.  THEY WERE HUGELY POPULAR BANDS. >> IF I HAD -- I HAVE HAD PEOPLE FROM GREENSBORO, OR CHARLOTTE, COME. >> TO SAMPSON COUNTY. >> TO HERE IN THE WOODS. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THIS? >> WELL, IT KIND OF BREAKS YOUR HEART. >> A SAGGING WALL AND BROKEN BOARDS. >> AND THE MUSIC WAS CHANGING TO VIETNAM WAR WAS GOING ON. >> THE CLUB CLOSED IN 1970. >> AND OVER THE YEARS, THE ROOF COLLAPSED. THE BUILDING FELL IN. THIS WAS ALL THAT'S LEFT. >> BUT IT IS NOT ALL THAT'S LEFT. SO EACH YEAR YOU HAVE A REUNION. >> I STARTED IT IN 2008 AND WAS ONLY GOING TO HAVE ONE. THIS WILL BE NUMBER EIGHT. I MEAN, IT'S STILL TODAY, 50, 60 YEARS LATER. IT'S STILL ONE OF THE GREATEST MEMORIES OF THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES REALLY. THERE WAS NO OTHER PLACE LIKE WILLIAMS LAKE. AND NEVER WILL BE.  >> PEOPLE WHO GREW UP IN NORTH CAROLINA MAY REMEMBER A POPULAR KIDDIE TRAIN. MAY EVEN REMEMBER THE MAN FROM ZEBULON WHO BUILT IT. THOSE MEMORIES HAVE BEEN FOUND NOW. >> MY DAD BUILT THE TRAIN AROUND 1967. >> A LITTLE TRAIN FOR KIDS. >> HE RAN IT FOR 20 YEARS. >> ANDY'S KIDDIE RIDES. >> HE STARTED DOING CHRISTMAS PARADES AND TOWN PROMOTIONS. >> CAMERON VILLAGE. >> MY DAD BESIGNED THAT. >> THE SHOPPER HOPPER. >> TO PUT THE TRAIN IF THE MIDDLE OF IT. >> ANDY WAS AN ENTERTAINER. >> ALWAYS PLAYED MUSIC. THAT LED TO THE DAYBREAK SHOW IN RALEIGH. >> ANDY ROGERS. ANDY'S DIG BREAK. >> FIVE DAYS A WEEK. CHANNEL 5. WRAL. MY DAD GOT PRETTY WELL-KNOWN. THAT'S WHEN HE BUILT THE PLANE. >> AND A TRAIN AND A BOAT. ANDY'S LITTLE LOVE BOAT. >> HE HAD A BLAST WITH THIS THING. >> THE TRAIN. >> IT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE. >> IT WAS ANDY'S ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL JUNIOR NUMBER 6. UNTIL PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER CAME TO TOWN. AND THAT'S WHEN ANDY RENAMED IT THE PEANUT SPECIAL. >> NOW MY DAD DIDN'T GET TO MEET THE PRESIDENT. BUT JIMMY CARTER SAW THAT TRAIN. >> ANDY GOT A FRIEND TO WRITE A SONG CALLED REQUEST @ PEANUT SPECIAL."  >> FOLKS WOULD BUY THESE RECORDS AND DAD WOULD RIDE KIDS AROUND AND HE HAD A BIG TIME. HE HAD A BIG TIME. >> BUT IN TIME, ANDY GREW ILL. >> EVERYTHING HAD TO GO. >> INCLUDING THE TRAIN. TO PAY THE MEDICAL BILLS. >> ALL DISAPPEARED. >> ANDY DIED IN 2000. THE END OF THE LINE. AND THEN -- OUT OF THE BLUE, A RECENT PHONE CALL. >> HE SAID WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE YOUR DAD'S TRAIN AND AIRPLANE? >> A FARM NEAR SELMA, DEEP IN THE WOODS. >> THERE'S THESE BIG TARPS DOWN THERE. AND I GOT UP UNDER ONE AND THAT TRAIN WAS UNDER THERE. >> THAT'S ANDY'S. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I GOT WEAK IN THE KNEES. >> AMEN. THAT'S WHAT -- THAT'S GOOD. >> THIS TRAIN HAD BEEN SITTING IN THOSE WOODS UNDER THOSE TARPS FOR 31 YEARS. >> NOT JUST THE TRAIN BUT ALSO ANDY'S STUMP JUMPER. >> I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DIDN'T SURVIVE. >> IT'S ROTTED BUT NOT THE TRAIN. THE TRAIN IS LARGELY INTACT. AND NOW AT HIS SON'S HOME IN ZEBULON. >> LOOK AT THAT. I MEAN THE DOOR WORKS. >> THE MEMORIES COME BACK. IT'S A PEANUT SPECIAL >> PLAYING MUSIC AND RUNNING A TRAIN, MY DAD WAS HAPPY. HE LOVED THIS. >> ANDY LODGERS AND THE PEANUT SPECIAL. MAY BE ONE DAY IT WILL RIDE AGAIN. >> IT BROUGHT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN JOY. ON A VICTORY RIDE >>> TIMES CHANGE BUT MEMORIES REMAIN. FOND MEMORIES OF THE WAY THINGS WERE. IN RALEIGH, THE OLD GRISTMILL STILL GRINDS. THE SPINNING, THE GRINDING. >> MOST ALL OF US OVER 75 YEARS OLD. REAL FINE CORN MEAL. I THINK THIS IS GREAT. >> WATER, WOOD AND STONE. >> THE LEGACY OF THESE THINGS, TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME. >> ALL THE OLD GRISTMILLS. >> I LOOK FORWARD TO PHOTOGRAPHING OLD THINGS. >> HE BEGAN PHOTOGRAPHING A FEW AT FIRST. AND THEN HE FOUND OTHERS. >> YOU KNOW THERE CAN'T BE THAT MANY MORE. WAS I WRONG. >> HE WAS FASCINATED. >> IT WAS A LOT OF THESE THAT ARE OLD. >> SOME FROM THE 1700s. >> 260 YEARS. ROCK'S MILL IN. TRENTON. >> EAST IN JONES COUNTY. EARLY 1700s. >> PROVIDE POWER TO THE CITY OF TRENTON. ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES IN NORTH CAROLINA TO HAVE POWER. >> COOK'S MILL. >> OUT IN -- MEBANE. THAT'S PREREVOLUTIONARY WAR. THE WEST POINT WAR IN E KNOW STARTED IN 1780. >> MID 1800s. >> YOU MUST HAVE HAD A BALL SHOOTING THESE. >> YES. >> JEFF HAS CAPTURED DOZENS OF OLD GRISTMILLS ACROSS THE STATE. SOME STILL WORKING. OTHERS STILL STANDING BUT VACANT. FLOODED. WEBS MILL IN NASH COUNTY. HURRICANE FLOYD. >> WHERE THE WATER LINE CAME UP TO ABOUT HERE. >> YATES MILL, RALEIGH, 1756. >> TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION. HAND CUT STONE. >> AND NO POWER TOOLS TO HELP THEM DO IT. >> NO. IT WAS ALL DONE BY HAND. OLD MILL OF GUILFORD. YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN THERE. 1767. IN NORTH CAROLINA, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO SHOOT THE LIGHTHOUSES. THEY THINK THAT'S ALL NORTH CAROLINA HAS. I LOVE THE LIGHTHOUSES. BUT THERE'S ONLY SO MANY. >> STILL, SO MANY GRISTMILLS. HAS IT SURPRISED YOU DOING THIS? >> YEAH, THAT THESE STRUCTURES CAN LAST. >> THEY WERE BUILT TO LAST. >> THEY WERE BUILT TO LAST. THE CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT THESE THINGS HAVE IS JUST -- PHENOMENAL. >>> THERE ARE FADING SYMBOLS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. HERE IN WILSON COUNTY, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OLD TOBACCO BARNS. AND A MAN NAMED BARNES PRESERVING THEM IN PICTURES. WHY DID YOU WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OF THEM? >> I'M NOT SURE. >> KEITH BARNES WAS NOT SURE EITHER HOW MANY TOBACCO BARNS THERE WERE IN WILSON COUNTY. THE OLDEST, MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD AND WITH EACH PICTURE OF EACH BARN, KEITH BARNES BEGAN TO REALIZE WHAT THESE RELICS REALLY MEAN. >> WELL, START FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THIS HOUSE OVER HERE. THEY WORKED IN THIS BARN. AND THIS BARN PAID FOR LOT OF CLOTHES AND CARS AND FOOD. AND IT DID IT CONTINUOUSLY. THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM BECAUSE PART OF THEIR LIFE. >> PART OF THIS AREA'S LIFE. WILSON WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE WORLD'S LARGEST TOBACCO MARKET. >> IN ITS DAY THERE WAS A LOT OF ACTIVITY. >> THE BARNS WERE FOR HANGING THE TOBACCO LEAVES. CURING IT AND DRYING IT. >> THEY WERE JUST LIKE AN OVEN. >> KEITH CLICKED AND CREPT UP TO BARN AFTER BARN. >> OF THE 1200 I HAVE TAKEN YOU WON'T FIND TWO EXACTLY ALIKE. >> 1200 PHOTOGRAPHS HE'S TAKEN. ALL IN WILSON COUNTY IN ABOUT A YEAR'S TIME IN HIS SPARE TIME. >> THE THING IS ALL GOT CHARACTER. THEY HAVE ALL GOT STORIES. >> SEEN SOME BARNS BARELY STANDING. AND OTHERS WITH ALL NEW USES. >> GARAGES, WORKSHOPS, STORAGE SHEDS. >> IN A WAY, KEITH HIMSELF HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED. >> I LOVE THE VINES. >> HE THINKS HE KNOWS NOW WHY HE'S CAPTURED THESE LONELY LANDMARKS FROM A LIFE LONG GONE. BECAUSE WHEN THEY ARE GONE, A WAY OF LIFE THAT MEANT THE WORLD TO WILSON MAY IN FACT FADE FOREVER FROM THE LANDSCAPE OF ITS PAST. >> THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT ARE GOING TO BE GONE. SOON. >>> WELCOME BACK TO THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "TAR HEEL TRAVELER." AN EDITION THAT'S A COLLECTION OF FOND MEMORIES. IN 2017, ORGANIZERS IN RALEIGH UNEARTHED MEMORIES SEALED FAR BELOW GROUND. >> THE MOMENT I KNOW YOU ALL CAME FOR. THE UNHEARTING AND UNVEILING OF THE TIME CAPSULE. >> HALF A CENTURY IT'S BEEN BURIED. 50 YEARS TO THE DAY. >> THE DATE IS JUNE 8th, 1967. >> THE RADIO RECORDING OF THAT TIME. >> SO LET ME SAY HELLO TO ALL OF YOU IN THE YEAR 2017. FROM THE YEAR 1967.  >> ISN'T IT INTERESTING LOOKING BACK IN THE PAST? >> I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE. >> HERE TO SEE WHAT'S INSIDE THE CAPSULE. >> EIGHT TRACK TAPE. >> MAYBE -- >> SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE. I DON'T KNOW. >> I DON'T KNOW. '67 IS AWFULLY EARLY. >> I WAS SO YOUNG BACK THEN. [ LAUGHTER ] >> MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WERE HERE WHEN THE CAPSULE WENT IN. >> OH YOU BET. >> SOME WERE TEENAGERS THEN. >> YOU HAVE ONE THING THAT I REMEMBERED DISTINCTLY GOING INTO THE TIME CAPSULE WAS A PAIR OF GO-GO BOOTS. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TWO LETTERS IN THERE. >> THESE LETTERS WERE PROPHESIES OF WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE LIKE IN 50 YEARS. >> WE'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE IN THE MIDST OF THE 20th CENTURY. >> THE TIME CAPSULE COMMEMORATED THE OPENING OF THE CARDINAL MOVIE THEATER AT NORTH HILLS. >> IT WAS PRETTY BIG BECAUSE IT WAS REVOLUTIONARY. >> HAD TWO SCREENS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> THE CAPSULE AT LAST COMES UP FROM UNDER. >> ALL RIGHT, EDDIE, CAN YOU HOLD IT UP FOR EVERYBODY? >> THE COPPER CAPSULE. HELD UP AND CUT IT OPEN. >> IF THIS ENDS UP BEING JUST A BIG BOWL OF SOUP, WE APOLOGIZE. >> UH-OH. WATERLOGGED. >> THE ITEMS ARE WET. >> THE ITEMS. >> WE HAVE SOME FILM. >> A WRAL FILM REAM. >> NORTH CAROLINA MANUAL. A RECORDING TAPE. >> COULD IT BE THIS RECORDING? >> TO THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW IN OUR FOOTSTEPS, 50 YEARS FROM NOW. >> POLICE COMPLAINTS AND ARRESTS. HOPEFULLY NOBODY HERE WAS ON THIS LIST. >> A ONCE BEAUTIFUL BARBIE DOLL. >> THIS IS IN PLASTIC WHICH APPARENTLY WAS NEW. >> AND THIS -- >> IT APPEARS TO BE A KEY TO THE CITY. >> IT'S WORK ISN'T IT? >> IT'S VERY HISTORIC. >> WATER IN THE BOTTOM. DISAPPOINTED I GUESS THAT IT LEAKED. BUT WOW. YOU KNOW, 50 YEARS FLIES BY. >> REMEMBERING THE GOOD OLD DAYS. >> I GUESS IT MAKES YOU THINK OF THE FUTURE TOO. >> OH, YEAH. IT'S ALL INTERTWINED. >> MAY THEY AT LEAST KNOW OUR FATHER THAT WE LOVED OUR DAY AND THAT WE THOUGHT THAT OUR DAY A GREAT DAY. >> THE CAPSULE'S WET CONTENTS WERE A DISAPPOINTMENT. BUT BACK THEN, IN 2017, RALEIGH LEADERS DID BURY ANOTHER TIME CAPSULE. TO BE OPENED 50 YEARS LATER. WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "TAR HEEL TRAVELER." WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT TIME DOWN THE ROAD. I'M SCOTT MASON. "TAR HEEL TRAVELER." ORDER "TAR HEEL TRAVELER" BOOKS AT THETARHEELTRAVELER.COM. BOOKS THAT CELEBRATE THE STATE. COPIES AUTOGRAPHED AND PERSONALIZED AT

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I'm meteorologist, Amy Wilmeth in the WRL severe weather center, quiet weather in the forecast for a while. We did have the cold front move through yesterday. A northerly flow behind that will cool temperatures tonight into tomorrow today. Though beautiful weather with near normal temperatures will get up to 73 in Durham, 74 in Raleigh and 78 for the high temperature in Fayetteville. If you're headed to the Bulls game this evening, what treat? This is great baseball weather. The game gets started at 635 will be at 68 at 6 p.m. down to 65 by seven o'clock and 63 by eight o'clock and it stays nice and dry for that. It does turn kind of chilly tonight. Many of us down into the forties, 48 in Durham, 46 in Rocky Mountain, 49 in Goldsboro, 49 in Southern Pines. So it is going to be a chilly start to our Friday and it stays fairly cool Friday afternoon. We'll have partly to mostly cloudy skies. 67 for the high in Durham, 69 in Raleigh, 72 for the high temperature in Fayetteville. So many outdoor events this weekend and the weather cooperating very nicely. Brugal oo gets started Friday evening and then it happens again on Saturday for Friday evening. If you're headed, there, temperatures will be nice and mild in the sixties and it stays dry and then spring days in Cary, that's on Saturday, that's out at Bon Park looks like great weather for, that will be in the mid f in the morning. But then upper sixties by one pm, low to mid seventies during the afternoon and early evening hours. And maybe after that, you want to go some soccer, the courage taking on the rain. It's a home game and beautiful weather for soccer. Low seventies at 7 p.m. 69 by nine o'clock and 64 at 11 o'clock, that's for Saturday evening. So a lot of things happening this weekend and the weather really looking good. 74 today, a little cooler Friday and then back up to 74 Saturday, even warmer Sunday, 81 for the high 86 on Monday and then upper eighties in the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

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Gov. Roy Cooper, museum leaders and museum paleontologist Dr. Lindsay Zanno on Thursday preview Dueling Dinosaurs, a brand new exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The exhibit opens to the public Saturday.

In that institution's history. But all of you can and I have seen that enthusiasm and that understanding that you are part of something special over the past few years as you have prepared for this day. So to the staff of the museum, thank you. And it's not just staff, a project like this wouldn't have been possible without a lot of important partners on behalf of everyone involved in this immensely successful public private partnership. And in addition to the General Assembly's extraordinary investment, I would like to take a moment to thank some of the very generous supporters of the Dueling Dinosaurs capital campaign, the SECU Foundation, the Bank of America Duke Energy, the North Carolina Glaxo Smith Kline Foundation, Wake County, friends of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences who really not only helped us in, in raising the funds but also in making this day happen and this opportunity happen. And so many others who are recognized on the campaign do donor wall just to the right of the exhibit entrance. So I encourage you as you go through there today to make sure you take a look at that wall. Now, along with the state's investment. This village of support has enabled the museum to open this new globally unique visitor experience. And on that note, I would like to invite Secu Foundation board chair, Chris Ayers to speak to the foundation's leadership gift, Chris. Thank you. Well, good morning fellow paleontologists. Um I'm excited to be here today representing the SECU Foundation and the over 2.7 million members of state employees credit union who fund that foundation. So this is a great day of celebration for the State of North Carolina, the Department of Cultural and Natural Resources and the many museum supporters and friends who have joined together to make this day a reality. I can tell you the foundation, the State Employees Credit Union has been looking forward to this day for a long time, going all the way back to when we got a sneak peek when they first rolled these fossils into the museum uh a number of years ago. So today's ribbon cutting ceremony shines a brilliant light on the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences as a research institution and the largest museum in the southeast of its kind. The work of the museum professionals and the world class facility benefits more than 1 million visitors each year. And we're delighted to help fund the Secu Dino Lab, which will be enjoyed by students, teachers and families from across the state and beyond. In addition to the SECU Diner lab, the foundation support of the museum also includes the large icon globe that we're in right now that you see outside the building, uh The SECU Daily Planet. As longtime supporters of the museum SECU is pleased that our collaborative efforts help bring the museum and our state to the forefront of natural sciences, education and research, innovative initiatives like this can only be achieved through incredible teamwork and support from the community if it isn't obvious. Let me say that we are so happy to be part of this team and we feel really lucky to have our SECU headquarters and our Sal Salisbury Street branch right next door where we get to see the daily droves of visitors year round. SECU is built on the principle of people helping people and our members live that philosophy through our support of nonprofits that uplift people and communities throughout our great state. For those of you who may not know the SECU foundation is funded through a unique concept known as the power of a dollar where SECU members contribute through the reallocation of their $1 monthly checking account fee. Collectively a dollar truly can make a profound difference. As you see here today, this summer marks the foundation's 20th anniversary. And over the past 20 years, our foundation's commitment to North Carolina nonprofits has surpassed a quarter of a billion dollars for scholarships, grants, financing for education, housing, health care, human services, all benefits to our great state. And we're going to celebrate that 20th anniversary. This fall dueling Dinosaurs is history in the making right here in downtown Raleigh. And we're so lucky to have a front row seat to marvel at the Scientific Discovery and the World of Paleontology. We at the SECU Foundation are honored to be part of this and I want to thank everyone for the great work and contributions that so many of you have made to make this day in this exhibit a reality. Thank you, Chris. Now I mentioned earlier about our staff and they really are all superstars, but there is one particular staff member who has as this project has developed over the recent years, kind of reached celebrity status. If you read Walter magazine, you probably read a profile of her and her work and how that has contributed to uh this particular exhibit. I'm pleased to introduce that person to you this morning. None other than uh the individual who had the vision to make this happen. Doctor Lindsay Zano, head of Paleontology here at the museum, Doctor Doctor Zano. Good morning. It's wonderful to be hosting you all this morning. You know, every week I get an email from a parent who wants their child to meet and talk to a scientist every single week. They want to fuel that child's love for science, encourage them to pursue their dreams. But more than anything they want that science to be real, they want it to be accessible, meeting those Children is wonderful. It's also not enough because not every parent has the resources of the opportunities to reach out to a scientist and arrange a one on one meeting for their child. Most of the Children who are interested in science will fall through the cracks and every public event I attend, I have a conversation with someone in our community who doesn't see the relevance of science to their daily lives who's never been invited to peek behind the proverbial curtain to see who scientists are and what we do and how we go about solving problems that are relevant to our communities. Today, we mark the next step in the evolution of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. We celebrate the opening of the dueling dinosaurs experience. This is one of the most daring public science projects ever imagined at its heart is a world class specimen and the barrier breaking sccu Dino lab that houses it. The specimen represents a single moment in time 67 million years ago when behemoths like tyrannosaurs and triceratops battled for life. The lab is a place where there are no walls between the scientists and the communities that we serve. One where the term behind the scenes loses all of its meaning. A place where every kid regardless of their socioeconomical status can talk to a scientist every day, any day, a place where they can look in the face of a scientist and see themselves staring back at them a place where science is done for the public with the public and transparently in front of the public and for those that cannot make it to us on site, we're broadcasting this project all over the world. Now, the dueling dinosaurs experience is fueled by an amazing team of scientists who I'm so proud of. And in the past two years, we've grown from 6 to 14,000. And that's because a year and a half ago, we launched our public science project Cretaceous Creatures. And already over 14,000 middle school students from around the state have made once in a lifetime scientific discoveries as real members of our scientific team. And we are just getting started. I want to close this morning by thanking the state all of our incredible donors, my amazing museum colleagues, and especially my team for believing in this project, for believing in my vision. I want to thank them for tirelessly working for eight years to bring this project to the people of North Carolina and beyond. You are all dreamers and I could not be more honored to be on this journey with you. One thing we can all agree on is the world loves dinosaurs. So today we're going to bring the next generation of leaders in science and technology and engineering and innovation and have them born right here in North Carolina. Let's show the world how it's done. Thank you. Make sure I didn't mess up the screen and dropping that. Um Thank you, Doctor Zano and I don't know what the acoustics are back there. But standing up here as you were talking about Children in that next generation from up here, you could hear all the Children up there in nature Research Center visiting the labs and it just kind of brought to life. What you're talking about this experience will mean it's now my pleasure to introduce to you, my boss, uh Secretary Reed Wilson. Now I can tell you, Secretary Wilson, this is a special project. He does a lot of openings, ribbon cuttings for our sites all across the state, state parks aquariums and not to play favorites. But I know this one ha holds a special place in his heart. He was telling someone this morning that he's been working on this project for seven years and so Secretary Wilson, I'm pleased to introduce you and we finally got here. Thank you, Jeff. Good morning, everybody. Uh Thank you all for being here this morning and to all involved. Uh Congratulations. This is an amazing huge day for North Carolina and for this museum, you know, making doing dinosaurs a reality has been a collective effort. And I want to thank some people that have already been thanked, but you can never thank these people enough. First, our sponsors, we would not be here today without your generous support. No doubt about that. I also want to thank the board and the staff of the friends of the Museum of Natural Sciences and three of the four board presidents who have been presidents during this period are here with us today. Um, but the whole board has been invested in this and not only did you all raise significant sums of money, but you tiptoed way out on that branch of risk. I remember the conversations. Well, we really sure we wanna do this. Uh But you were, you made the decision to, to just dive in um because you kept your eyes on the prize and, and understood what the risk was, but all that risk went away. Uh I wanna thank the museum staff. Um Thank you so much. I know that every section of this museum has been involved with this. And I, I dare say that there isn't anyone on the staff of this museum who wasn't involved in this project at some point. Um And obviously to Doctor Zano and your paleontology team. Um Y'all are just amazing. You're brilliant. All of you. Um Javin Sutton and your ex exhibition team, Christy Flint and your education team. I mean, I could mention everybody in this museum, everyone's been involved. It's been a long process and you've done a phenomenal job because here we are today and of course, we wouldn't be here without substantial public support. Thank you to members of the General Assembly um who prioritized the investment in this state of the art lab in particular. I do want to thank the leadership of the legislature speaker Moore, Senator Pro TEM Berger, minority leader, blue and minority leader Reeves. Uh, they're unable to join us today, but I think we should give a round of applause to the entire general assembly who supported this project. So it's taken us a while for us to get here today. And as Jeff mentioned, I've been involved with this one probably since the first week I was in this department in early February 2017. Um So it's not been quite 67 million years, but sometimes it felt like it. Um Is that my wife laughing? I remember, I do remember vividly the early Sunday morning in April 2017, almost exactly seven years ago to this day when these specimens arrived. I watched as the movers painstakingly removed them from the tractor trailer truck and carefully moved them into their hidden storage places. It was definitely a goose bumps moment for hours and then we had the groundbreaking in the midst of COVID, uh which complicated everything. And as I said, then at the groundbreaking, when this lab opens, our state will become a must see destination for dinosaur lovers everywhere, from young kids to academics to anybody. Um And so here we are and it's even better than I think any of us dreamed it could be. You will see when you go in there. What a special exhibit this is. We have the best dinosaur specimens in the world and the best setting for people to see them and learn from them. Hundreds of moments and of awe and wonder will unfold in there every single day. And I can't wait to just wander over here sometimes to watch the kids' eyes pop open. Now, at the heart of this project is the science. Our paleontologists will make discoveries as they carefully uncover these and analyze them. Science will be happening in front of the public's eyes. Um And so do doing dinosaurs is an excellent way for the state to engage students in scientist scientific discovery and to develop greater science literacy. So why is that important? Um It's important because the only way we're going to solve our big problems is to rely on the science and the experts who know what they're talking about. And the key to getting to that point is to expand science education to make sure that every child understands the value of science and how scientific discovery works. The Dueling Dinosaurs exhibit is going to pull people into this amazing world of science that's so important to our future. So I am now pleased to introduce a leader who uses science and facts and data to make his decisions as governor of the state of North Carolina and he has supported this project throughout its duration. Everyone please give a warm welcome to our Governor Roy Cooper. Thank you, Secretary Wilson. I'll tell you when we have cabinet meetings every Monday. His is always the coolest report, particularly when we get the updates on the dueling dinosaurs. Uh I am so grateful to everyone who helped to make this happen. The partners. Thank you so much for the work you've done all of the contributors. Uh My family, Chris is proud that our state employees credit union accounts that $1 a month is going to things like this. That is so exciting. And when I think about this week, I spent Monday Earth Day on the Blue Ridge Parkway looking at our amazing vistas uh in Western North Carolina on Tuesday and Wednesday, I got to spend time with North Carolina's own astronaut Christina Cook who set records for time that a woman astronaut spent in space and space walking. And she actually presented us with a lob Lily pine that had been germinated on the moon. Native plant, Karen, first lady made sure it was a native plant, uh excited about planting that in our pine forest at the executive mansion. And she presented us with the North Carolina flag that flew with her on her mission in the International Space Station for 11 months, presenting it to the people of North Carolina. Then I got to come over here with Doctor Zano, doctor Doctor Young and to go through this exhibit and to talk to these scientists and see see these dinosaurs and think about how amazing it was that this was happening right here in North Carolina. You know, North Carolina is the first and best in so many things. Now, we're the best in dinosaurs. I love it. You know, it is amazing and extraordinary that we have the best preserved and most complete tyrannosaur and triceratops in the world. Right here at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Scientists. This exhibit will add to an already excellent rep reputation that North Carolina has as a world class research university community College state. And I'm excited about that. I have been through this exhibit and, and to see the faces of the paleontologist, how excited energetic that they are. And they're also excited and maybe even a little bit nervous about sharing their work as they do it with the world, with the cameras on top of them, with their brushes and their equipment as they make discovery after discovery. And I said, you know, you're gonna get comments and praise and maybe some criticism from science, all scientists all over the world. They said, we know we know and we're ready for that and that's what makes this so special. Uh Doctor Young Doctor Zano, thank you for leading me through. Thank, thank you for the work. I asked Doctor Zano what she was gonna do this summer? She said, Utah, Montana and Mongolia. Wow, that's cool. Bring some stuff back with us uh to, to us but to compete, compete in today's world stem and steam classes. Are more important than ever. And our next generation of leaders will be walking through this museum every day that it's open and this exhibit will stimulate interest in a lot of them. I have declared 2024 as the year of public schools in North Carolina. And I am deeply grateful that the legislature stepped up and invested in this exhibit. Uh It, it took a lot of work to pull everything together and their work was instrumental and I am encouraging them now also to invest more in our public schools in our early childhood education. Our state has a history of investing in public education in order to fuel our innovation and our discovery. And when these young students learn in their school classes and they get to come here and meet face to face with these sci scientists. It's going to develop interest and it's going to create our scientists of the future this state of the art secu diner lab and the dueling dinosaurs belong to the people of North Carolina. It's open to everyone free of charge. That is amazing. Thanks to everybody who made this happen. This is a proud day for the state of North Carolina. Thank you so much. Thank you, Governor Cooper. Uh It truly is an exciting day for all of us and thank you for being here. Now, at this time, I would like to invite everyone to join us just outside the auditorium here. A little bit to the right at the at the entrance for doing dinosaurs for the official ribbon cutting. And I want to invite all of you up there on the 2nd, 3rd floor. Presents. Come on down and join us. So let's go celebrate. Thank you. Yeah, we're at the back line up a little bit. It's gonna be quite a few people here. They are going to be coupled. OK? Don't cut it. Yeah, check, check, get out. OK. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Right. The the face. Thanks this chair, right. You all right. So fantastic. Hey guys for media. We questions afterwards over step on. This is the best to the future. This very good virtually. Yes. Is young. Was it? How about that? This is Yeah, you and then I now make the tea for. Can you be away if you're gonna be here? J JJ? Yeah, I was gonna have how many we have to get here in the morning right here. I didn't see anyone. All right, I need to tell everyone you should never put your hands inside the mouth of a tyrannosaurus. It's very sharp, well done on the end. Just a little bit here. Thank you. All right, just in the position. All right forward. Creep forward. Look for the fray. There we go. 321. Hold on. Is there we go. No cool, cool. The skin is tough. It's a meat eater. Not a ribbon eater. So OK. Sorry. OK. Barry can we do one more second? Let me fill in real quickly with one more. Yeah, they have thank you. Who gets to keep this to bring here? Let's get next to a do what you want us here. That be perfect. And can I get you on? So right here, you know what the secret with you and, but yeah, one photo, 12 and three. All right, thanks everybody. Right. If we have five, hello, if you guys want to come over here, I'll stand where the governor is gonna be. I.

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