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Ihp Saily Jar Hrpl BIG JOHN FROM PAGE 1 But perhaps the biggest shock came in the mail when Buoniconti was just 10 years old. “I got a bill in the mail for $1.2 million for my mother’s treat ments,” he says. Buoniconti, who has participat ed in charity walks since he was a child, decided to dedicate a larger part of his life to raising money for those affected by the disease. In 2001, Big John’s Team was created to raise money for people in Buoniconti’s home state of Colorado. But that wasn’t enough. “I realized I just wanted to help people in other states,” he says. So to raise awareness and funds KANNAPOLIS FROM PAGE 1 struct an Institute for Advanced Fruit and Vegetable Science, which will work to find ways to manu facture more nutritious fruits and vegetables. A school of science for 11th and 12th-grade girls will be developed by UNC-Charlotte. Officials said the university ultimately would work on the bioinformatics end of nutrition research. 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Most of the time they sleep in their RV at campgrounds, church es or parking lots. Sometimes, a hotel donates a room to the cou ple. In the mornings, Buoniconti in on the action, but a deal hasn’t been finalized. The capabilities of such a highly scientific region will be attractive to many people and businesses across the country, Broad said. “The research that will be con ducted here will attract some of the world’s greatest scientists and graduate students,” she said. Construction on the first facil ity, a 330,000-square-foot Core Laboratory, will break ground within 90 days, Murdock said. The facility will contain state- 13 Shabby 18 Skidded 19 Trumpets and tubas 24 Xmas month 25 Nappy leather 27 Like some eagles 28 Director Kazan 29 Yearned 30 Luau guitar, briefly 33 Mountain lakes 35 Actress Daly 36 No sweat 38 Smokey’s middle name? 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A 1,000-seat auditorium for national scientific conferences and local cultural events also is planned. The new campus ultimately could allow the city to lead the state in scientific research, said N.C. House Speaker Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg. “Look out Research Triangle, here comes Kannapolis!” Black (02005 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. 40 Menu option 43 Skirt shape 45 Seek damages 48 Crocheted throw 50 Panache 51 Mardi Gras wear 52 Curriculum 54 Nearly 56 Agenda entry 57 Qtys. 59 Mild, yellow cheese 60 Small snakes 62 Exploit 63 H.S dropout's cert. Perhaps the most triumphant day was the day he visited his par ents’ grave site in Massachusetts. “It just so happens that I was retiring my first pair of sneakers,” he says. And as he left those sneak ers and a bouquet of roses by the grave site, for the first time a smile stretched across his face and he wept tears of joy. “I just had an overwhelming feeling of pride,” he says. The stories he’s heard and the survivors he’s met are all the moti vation he needs to keep moving. “It makes the rest of the day walking with sore feet worth it.” Contact the Features Editor atfeatures@unc.edu. said during the event. Dole officials want to benefit local farmers by purchasing large quantities of their fruits and veg gies for use at the center. “The effect will reach far beyond the borders of this campus and involve the entire state’s agricultural community,” Murdock said. About 300 researchers will be hired to fulfill the needs of the complex, he said. v . gjj" / Ihp Sf—- '0 - ■ i lv the way you travel Fedefinetravel.org TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 ibPi DTH/SHANNAN BOWEN John Buoniconti (right) and his wife Heather (left) pose outside the RV that Heather drives to keep up with her husband's miles-long treks. And new training will be avail able for those who lost their jobs at the textile plant in 2003. “A facility will be located right on campus to help former Pillowtex workers and others to be retrained for work in the biotechnical com munity,” Murdock said. The creation of such a scientific utopia has long been a personal interest, he said. “I’ve always dreamed of build ing a scientific community that is i. 1 entirely scientific.” Such a community would be a huge lift for the economi cally scarred city of Kannapolis, Rutledge said. “With that vision that (Murdock) had, it’s just beyond anything that I dreamed of” he said. “I hope I can live long enough to see the fruition of it.” Contact the State & National Editor at stntdesk@unc.edu. 7
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