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[resonant strings lead 
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(male narrator) 
Welcome to "Our State,"

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a production of UNC-TV

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in association 
with "Our State" magazine--

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for over 70 years,

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bringing the wonders 
of North Carolina

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to readers across the state.

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On this edition,

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a visit with the coastkeepers

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and the big job 
they face each day...

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how an entire house 
has found its way

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inside 
Elizabeth City's

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Museum 
of the Albemarle...

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and the master 
of tiny,

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wooden 
masterpieces

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turned from 
beautiful

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and exotic woods of the world.

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[gentle piano melody]

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(male announcer) 
From Manteo to Murphy

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and all the small towns 
and big cities in between,

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BB&T believes opportunity lives 
everywhere in North Carolina.

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It's a belief we've held 
for more than 130 years

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and guides us 
as we support our communities

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from the mountains 
to the coast.

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We love calling 
North Carolina home,

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and we're proud to provide 
major funding for "Our State."

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♪

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[seagulls calling]

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[water lapping]

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[surf pounding]

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(narrator) 
A coastal island 
in its natural state,

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very much like what 
the first European settlers

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may have seen 
when they came ashore...

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and what most of us 
like to picture

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when we think 
of the coast.

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That image may still exist 
in our minds,

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but in reality, 
in most places, anyway,

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it looks more like this.

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And the consequences of our 
love affair with the coast

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are fast catching up 
with us.

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(woman) 
Every biological system

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has a carrying capacity.

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And we're doing 
everything we can

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to pack more and more 
people in here.

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And my great fear is that, 
you know,

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I'm gonna tell my grandchildren 
about a coastal North Carolina

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that's not gonna exist.

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And, uh, that's why 
I do what I do.

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(man #1) 
To protect this organism,

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we better come out here 
and swim and fish,

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come down 
to the shoreline and crab

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and bring your grandchildren.

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If we don't, we're gonna be like 
New Jersey and California,

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where you cannot swim 
in the water.

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Do we want that?

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I don't think so.

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(narrator) 
These are the voices 
of our coastkeepers,

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three individuals 
dedicated to safeguarding

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our coastal rivers, 
sounds, and beaches.

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As part of the North Carolina 
Coastal Federation,

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they are independent 
of any state agency.

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They don't enforce 
or write laws.

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Instead, 
they work with citizens

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who want to have a voice

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in the management 
of coastal issues.

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(woman) 
We have three parts 
of our program.

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One of them is 
environmental education.

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One of them is 
restoring our marshes

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and oyster reefs and other, 
you know, coastal habitat.

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And the original goal

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of the coastal federation 
was advocacy--

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making sure that our coast 
is protected...by law.

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The laws are followed.

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And that's really 
what a waterkeeper does,

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more than anything.

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(man) 
It is unfortunate 
in North Carolina that--

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and I suspect 
it's true of most states--

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that enforcement in-- 
of environmental regulations

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these days is done mainly 
by complaint, um.

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And that's not because 
the agencies don't want

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to enforce 
their rules, uh.

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They just don't have 
the manpower to do it.

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We're the squeaky wheel, 
you know.

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We are the squeaky wheel, 
and, uh,

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we try to get the agencies 
to do their jobs.

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(narrator) 
Monitoring what's going on 
in coastal waters

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is a big job 
for just three coastkeepers.

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It's made easier 
by a small army of volunteers,

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such as these folks,

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who are helping with 
a study to measure pollution

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that's plaguing 
the White Oak River.

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The nearby community 
of Cedar Point

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is a partner 
in the project.

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(man) 
The four watersheds

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we're looking at 
with this test

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or this project, 
they're all impaired.

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Like to see that changed--

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see what we can do 
to 
ensure that that does change.

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Development will occur, 
but we can be smart about this

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and ensure that, uh, 
part of that development

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is to, uh, keep future 
problems from occurring.

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(narrator) 
Samples are taken

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all over the watershed 
to help define

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the amount of pollution 
finding its way

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into the creeks 
and then into the river.

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The overall culprit, 
however, is clear,

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and it's the same 
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stormwater runoff.

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(man #2) 
See the concrete pipe 
coming out

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at the end 
of the bulkhead?

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(two men) 
Yeah.

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(man #2) 
That's the problem 
we face.

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That's a stormwater pipe.

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Dumps--dumps 
that stormwater, uh,

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here into Bogue Sound.

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[water flowing]

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And, uh, that stormwater 
carries with it

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a lot of pollutants, um.

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Heavy metals...

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hydrocarbons...

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coming right off the highway.

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And, uh, bacteria is the one 
we're most concerned about

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because of its effect 
on shellfish waters.

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[crickets chirping]

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[water lapping]

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(narrator) 
Howe Creek, near Wilmington,

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is another example 
of the challenges being faced.

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It was once classified as 
"outstanding resource waters,"

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the state's 
highest designation.

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(man #1) 
Back in the '80s,

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there was no sewer 
on Howe Creek.

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When the city of Wilmington 
brought sewer in,

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it actually allowed 
development in areas

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that really should have 
never been developed.

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And thereby, it lost 
its water quality designation

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and is permanently closed 
to shellfishing--

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the entire watershed.

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(narrator) 
It's not sewage

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but stormwater runoff 
from nearby residential areas

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that has closed these waters

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and may now 
be affecting survival

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of the shellfish beds.

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(DeBlieu) 
The coastal federation's motto 
is, "no wetlands, no seafood."

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And it's absolutely true; 
if you don't have the wetlands

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to help filter out 
all the pollutants

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that come from 
the heavy coastal rains,

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we're not gonna have anything 
left of our estuaries.

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[crickets chirping]

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(man #1) 
Three hundred species 
of fish use oyster beds

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as their habitat.

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They filter the water.

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Well, when the water gets bad 
and these start dying,

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they are telling us something--

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that we're not 
living here right,

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we're not developing right,

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and we're not controlling

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what we do 
with our stormwater

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and our...sewer systems 
and everything else

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that affects 
our water quality.

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This is a keystone species 
in North Carolina,

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and if we lose it,

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we're not gonna 
be able to swim.

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(narrator) 
There are success stories.

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The small town 
of Cape Carteret

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became concerned 
wh 
en Lowe's proposed a new store

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alongside Highway 24.

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The town believed that 
the state's requirements

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for Lowe's to build 
retaining ponds

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capable of holding water 
from 1 1/2 inches of rain

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was not adequate protection 
for nearby Deer Creek.

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[water splashing]

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(man) 
We were concerned about 
the creeks, so, ah,

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we thought maybe we'd ask Lowe's 
if they could maintain

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10 1/2 inches 
of stormwater runoff on-site.

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And Lowe's was very good 
about that,

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said "absolutely,"

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and they keep their 
stormwater runoff on-site,

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almost 100%.

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[thunder & rainfall]

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A 10 1/2-inch storm 
would be almost a--

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a storm of the century,

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or a Category 4 
or 5 hurricane.

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(narrator) 
The real success here 
is the example of one town

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and one retailer 
agreeing to go far beyond

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what is normally done 
in regulating stormwater.

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It's an example other towns 
are starting to follow.

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(Tursi) 
When I started this job 
five years ago,

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you started talking 
about stormwater

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and people's eyes 
would glaze over.

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But--but now, 
because of efforts, you know,

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we have made 
and other groups,

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there is a very, 
very clear understanding

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among most people 
of what's happening.

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[seagulls calling]

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(narrator) 
Another case of a community 
acting to save themselves

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is the fishing village 
of Wanchese, below Manteo,

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where developments 
seem poised to alter

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the entire character 
of the town.

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But the solution 
turned out to be

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an aggressive rezoning plan.

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[boat engine whirring]

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It's all geared 
toward family businesses

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and the fishing culture.

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The smallest lot you can have 
is a half acre.

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And it's single-family 
residential.

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So they have 
effectively zoned out

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the kind of development 
that has ruined

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portions of the coast 
for fishing families.

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And their efforts 
are being copied

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in places like Manns Harbor, 
here in Dare County.

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You know, Wanchese will 
forever be a fishing village.

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That's a drum! 
That's a nice drum!

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(woman) 
Aw, nice one!

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(Tursi) 
This is where

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the traditional 
coastal communities were.

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They weren't on the beach; 
no one lived on the beach.

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This is where 
the boat builders,

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the commercial fishermen, 
the decoy carvers,

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the hunters-- 
this is where they were.

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And now this is--

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those are the lifestyles 
that are--

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that are gonna be threatened 
here in the next wave

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of development 
that's gonna occur.

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We're really threatened 
of losing our identity

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of who we are 
as coastal North Carolinians.

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(narrator) 
Town by town,

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group by group, 
one person to another,

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the constant goal 
of the coastkeepers

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is to push us to define

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sensible development 
guidelines for the coast

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and then set out 
to live by them.

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(Tursi) 
I've kept aquariums

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my entire life, uh-- 
freshwater aquariums.

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And the first one I got, 
Santa Claus brought to me

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when I was 
eight or nine years old.

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And as soon as the pet store 
opened after Christmas,

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I ran down there 
and got 20 goldfish

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and put 'em 
in this 10-gallon tank.

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And they were fat 
and sassy

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and happy for... 
a week.

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And then one died, 
and the other died.

256
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Within two or three days, 
all the fish died.

257
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And I've learned a lesson 
that has stayed with me.

258
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You can't put 20 fish 
in a 10-gallon tank.

259
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[strings resonate darkly]

260
00:10:52,418 --> 00:10:54,620
We're coming up 
against that limit

261
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as to what 
this water body can stand.

262
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Do we want to be 
that ten-year-old kid

263
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who shoved 20 fish 
in a 10-gallon tank

264
00:11:04,096 --> 00:11:05,598
and watched it all die,

265
00:11:05,698 --> 00:11:08,067
or are we gonna be 
smarter than that?

266
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♪

267
00:11:09,435 --> 00:11:12,338
(DeBlieu) 
Nature is in charge here; 
we're not.

268
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I think our job 
is to be stewards for nature

269
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in the best way we can be 
and, you know,

270
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try to get people thinking 
about what it's like

271
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to live 
in a dynamic system.

272
00:11:23,449 --> 00:11:26,052
(Giles) 
If we do not 
develop correctly, you know,

273
00:11:26,152 --> 00:11:29,221
we're gonna kill the goose 
that laid the golden egg.

274
00:11:29,321 --> 00:11:32,992
It's not a lost cause, 
and it can be done.

275
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North Carolina has 
a beautiful coastal system.

276
00:11:35,895 --> 00:11:37,596
Uh, we're not New Jersey.

277
00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,498
We're not South Carolina-- 
Myrtle Beach,

278
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and that's why everybody 
wants to live here.

279
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♪

280
00:12:00,319 --> 00:12:02,922
[lyrical dulcimer melody]

281
00:12:03,022 --> 00:12:05,691
[hammer pounding]

282
00:12:07,059 --> 00:12:09,295
(female narrator) 
There are plenty of places

283
00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:12,498
to visit in our state 
where you can get a good sense

284
00:12:12,598 --> 00:12:14,800
of North Carolina history,

285
00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:16,602
but nothing quite like this.

286
00:12:16,702 --> 00:12:18,337
[pounding]

287
00:12:18,437 --> 00:12:20,806
Something truly extraordinary

288
00:12:20,906 --> 00:12:23,909
has been taking shape here 
for many months.

289
00:12:24,009 --> 00:12:25,678
[energetic violin joins]

290
00:12:25,778 --> 00:12:28,414
(narrator) 
This is the 1755 
Jackson House,

291
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housed in the Museum 
of the Albemarle,

292
00:12:31,884 --> 00:12:34,987
a modern building along 
Elizabeth City's waterfront.

293
00:12:35,087 --> 00:12:37,456
♪

294
00:12:37,556 --> 00:12:39,458
(man) 
This is really 
a great opportunity

295
00:12:39,558 --> 00:12:41,527
for people to feel 
what it was like

296
00:12:41,627 --> 00:12:43,829
to live in this house 
in the 18th century.

297
00:12:43,929 --> 00:12:45,598
The story of this house

298
00:12:45,698 --> 00:12:47,600
is something 
that is fascinating,

299
00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:50,436
and I took the paperwork 
home one night,

300
00:12:50,536 --> 00:12:52,304
all the research, 
and read through it,

301
00:12:52,404 --> 00:12:54,039
and it was just fascinating

302
00:12:54,140 --> 00:12:56,408
about how it changed 
from a struggling family

303
00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:58,544
to a fairly well-to-do 
family.

304
00:12:58,644 --> 00:13:01,947
(narrator) 
The building had quite a few 
lives come and go

305
00:13:02,047 --> 00:13:03,549
before it was brought here...

306
00:13:03,649 --> 00:13:04,817
in pieces,

307
00:13:04,917 --> 00:13:07,153
from Pasquotank County 
not long ago.

308
00:13:07,253 --> 00:13:09,121
[tranquil piano melody]

309
00:13:09,221 --> 00:13:11,657
Daniel Jackson Jr. 
built the house

310
00:13:11,757 --> 00:13:14,193
and operated 
an isolated subsistence farm

311
00:13:14,293 --> 00:13:17,062
beginning in about 1755.

312
00:13:17,163 --> 00:13:19,598
The house would later 
serve as the center

313
00:13:19,698 --> 00:13:22,134
of a small, 
antebellum plantation

314
00:13:22,234 --> 00:13:24,203
and then a home 
to tenant farmers

315
00:13:24,303 --> 00:13:26,372
around the time 
of World War I.

316
00:13:26,472 --> 00:13:28,007
♪

317
00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:31,744
The reconstruction 
of Jackson House

318
00:13:31,844 --> 00:13:34,480
has fallen primarily 
to Russ Steele,

319
00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:36,816
who has some mostly 
positive words

320
00:13:36,916 --> 00:13:39,418
for his carpenter 
predecessors.

321
00:13:39,518 --> 00:13:42,054
(Steele) 
I give 'em high marks 
for inspiration.

322
00:13:42,154 --> 00:13:44,924
There's some interesting 
places where you see

323
00:13:45,024 --> 00:13:46,659
how they solved 
a particular problem,

324
00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:48,994
and it may not be 
the most elegant solution,

325
00:13:49,094 --> 00:13:51,530
but it's clever.

326
00:13:51,630 --> 00:13:55,234
They tried to get 
high degree of proficiency,

327
00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:58,137
and executing that 
is always a problem.

328
00:13:58,237 --> 00:13:59,738
Can I pull this off?

329
00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:03,075
Can I make it look as good 
as it should be?

330
00:14:03,175 --> 00:14:04,677
[pennywhistle leads 
gentle guitar]

331
00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:07,012
(man) 
All the interior 
woodwork missing

332
00:14:07,112 --> 00:14:10,049
will be adapted 
from what we know existed

333
00:14:10,149 --> 00:14:12,084
in eastern North Carolina

334
00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:15,087
and Russ's background 
in the Chesapeake Bay...

335
00:14:15,187 --> 00:14:16,355
bam, bam

336
00:14:16,455 --> 00:14:18,023
'cause our building traditions

337
00:14:18,123 --> 00:14:21,594
came from the Chesapeake Bay,

338
00:14:21,694 --> 00:14:22,928
not necessarily

339
00:14:23,028 --> 00:14:25,931
from interior, uh, 
North Carolina.

340
00:14:26,031 --> 00:14:27,933
[folksy violin leads guitar]

341
00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:30,669
(Steele) 
Pine is the--probably 
the material of choice

342
00:14:30,769 --> 00:14:32,438
for most of the house.

343
00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:35,674
There's some cypress-- 
a little bit of poplar.

344
00:14:35,774 --> 00:14:38,510
(Thomas) 
What we've been doing 
is looking at other buildings

345
00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:40,646
that date-- 
mostly a little bit later,

346
00:14:40,746 --> 00:14:43,048
but that have surviving 
elements that we can try

347
00:14:43,148 --> 00:14:46,218
to see if they would fit 
in this building.

348
00:14:46,318 --> 00:14:48,387
(narrator) 
Restoring the Jackson House

349
00:14:48,487 --> 00:14:51,957
is like deciding 
which puzzle piece goes where.

350
00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:53,893
(Steele) 
The difficulty, 
I think, we have--

351
00:14:53,993 --> 00:14:55,761
this is like shooting 
a moving target

352
00:14:55,861 --> 00:14:57,496
because there's 
a lot of changes

353
00:14:57,596 --> 00:15:00,866
that took place in the house 
over a long period of time.

354
00:15:00,966 --> 00:15:04,203
(narrator) 
And one of the puzzle pieces 
has been trying to decide

355
00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:08,741
precisely where 
the two rooms were divided.

356
00:15:08,841 --> 00:15:12,144
(Steele) 
If you start at the top, 
there's a bit of this molding,

357
00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:14,413
and there are nail holes 
left in it

358
00:15:14,513 --> 00:15:17,383
all the way across, 
and panels--

359
00:15:17,483 --> 00:15:19,518
boards were running 
from the bottom

360
00:15:19,618 --> 00:15:22,121
to the top to create 
a partition wall.

361
00:15:22,221 --> 00:15:23,589
[sentimental piano melody]

362
00:15:23,689 --> 00:15:25,324
When the wall was removed,

363
00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:27,493
these boards 
managed to survive.

364
00:15:27,593 --> 00:15:29,828
They were recycled, 
but this, we think,

365
00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:32,631
went all the way 
across here.

366
00:15:32,731 --> 00:15:34,967
(narrator) 
Fewer than 5% of people

367
00:15:35,067 --> 00:15:37,069
in pre-Revolutionary America

368
00:15:37,169 --> 00:15:40,139
lived in so commodious 
a dwelling.

369
00:15:40,239 --> 00:15:42,775
(Steele) 
The majority of houses 
in the 18th century

370
00:15:42,875 --> 00:15:44,643
in this region 
were one-room houses,

371
00:15:44,743 --> 00:15:47,012
and this being 
kind of a two-room plan,

372
00:15:47,112 --> 00:15:48,614
is really a great 
representative

373
00:15:48,714 --> 00:15:52,484
of a very early surviving 
house from that period.

374
00:15:52,584 --> 00:15:55,220
You know, there was 
some attempt to jazz it up.

375
00:15:55,321 --> 00:15:57,623
[lively dulcimer melody]

376
00:15:57,723 --> 00:16:01,560
This is a piece of crown, 
just, uh, OG molding.

377
00:16:01,660 --> 00:16:04,029
It's a nice treatment 
to dress up a room

378
00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:06,031
and close up gaps 
that are left

379
00:16:06,131 --> 00:16:09,401
at the top of the, uh-- 
the panel wall.

380
00:16:09,501 --> 00:16:11,403
Sometime 
after the Civil War,

381
00:16:11,503 --> 00:16:14,473
we understand that, uh, 
the house was modified.

382
00:16:14,573 --> 00:16:16,308
A full second story 
was added.

383
00:16:16,408 --> 00:16:18,811
A new staircase 
was put in.

384
00:16:18,911 --> 00:16:20,412
There was an opening here.

385
00:16:20,512 --> 00:16:22,281
This was your 
stairwell opening.

386
00:16:22,381 --> 00:16:25,150
This is a--the ghost mark 
of a stair stringer

387
00:16:25,250 --> 00:16:27,219
that started all the way 
at the bottom,

388
00:16:27,319 --> 00:16:30,289
and they cut through this 
bit of chair molding here--

389
00:16:30,389 --> 00:16:32,491
goes up through this window

390
00:16:32,591 --> 00:16:35,928
all the way up 
to the very top.

391
00:16:36,028 --> 00:16:38,998
(narrator) 
Larger windows 
were another embellishment,

392
00:16:39,098 --> 00:16:41,433
a feature that said "modern."

393
00:16:42,701 --> 00:16:44,837
But since 
today's Jackson House

394
00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:48,040
is being interpreted 
as of 1755,

395
00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:50,342
authenticity 
requires restoring

396
00:16:50,442 --> 00:16:53,212
the original-sized windows.

397
00:16:53,312 --> 00:16:54,747
(Steele) 
Unfortunately for me,

398
00:16:54,847 --> 00:16:57,783
each one of these windows 
is different.

399
00:16:57,883 --> 00:16:59,718
There are no two alike,

400
00:16:59,818 --> 00:17:03,522
so you more or less 
custom-make each one.

401
00:17:03,622 --> 00:17:05,591
(narrator) 
The house went through

402
00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:08,660
anywhere from three 
to five building periods,

403
00:17:08,761 --> 00:17:10,796
and now 
it's going back in time,

404
00:17:10,896 --> 00:17:13,032
so to speak, to 1755,

405
00:17:13,132 --> 00:17:14,933
where it will stay.

406
00:17:15,034 --> 00:17:17,136
♪

407
00:17:17,236 --> 00:17:20,973
Nearby there will be a younger 
architectural companion

408
00:17:21,073 --> 00:17:23,175
from the early 1800s.

409
00:17:23,275 --> 00:17:24,777
(Thomas) 
Well, this represents

410
00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:26,578
an early-19th-century 
smokehouse

411
00:17:26,678 --> 00:17:28,313
and the museum 
plans to replicate

412
00:17:28,414 --> 00:17:29,715
or reconstruct this--

413
00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:31,316
put it back together, 
basically.

414
00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:33,352
(narrator) 
Which, for the moment,

415
00:17:33,452 --> 00:17:36,588
looks like nothing more than 
a hopeful pile of wood...

416
00:17:36,688 --> 00:17:38,557
and maybe 
not even that hopeful

417
00:17:38,657 --> 00:17:41,093
unless someone gets busy.

418
00:17:41,193 --> 00:17:43,796
[lively fiddle 
and guitar tune]

419
00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:48,634
♪

420
00:17:48,734 --> 00:17:50,702
[power drill buzzing]

421
00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:53,872
♪

422
00:17:53,972 --> 00:17:55,974
(man) 
Whoa, careful!

423
00:17:57,242 --> 00:17:58,644
(narrator) 
The restored smokehouse

424
00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:01,180
is just one more piece 
of evidence

425
00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,450
from a past that was lived 
one day at a time

426
00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:08,287
by people who were more 
like us than we might imagine,

427
00:18:08,387 --> 00:18:11,457
even 250 or so years ago.

428
00:18:11,557 --> 00:18:13,792
[sentimental piano melody]

429
00:18:13,892 --> 00:18:15,794
Touring these 
historic buildings,

430
00:18:15,894 --> 00:18:18,297
we are able 
to look in on their lives

431
00:18:18,397 --> 00:18:20,165
from a distance

432
00:18:20,265 --> 00:18:23,001
as, nail by nail 
and board by board,

433
00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:25,737
they worked their share 
in creating a dream

434
00:18:25,838 --> 00:18:29,942
that eventually would become 
21st-century North Carolina.

435
00:18:31,210 --> 00:18:33,212
It's a fascinating story,

436
00:18:33,312 --> 00:18:35,614
and the next chapter 
is ready to be written,

437
00:18:35,714 --> 00:18:37,416
perhaps by you,

438
00:18:37,516 --> 00:18:40,752
at the Museum of the Albemarle 
in Elizabeth City.

439
00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:42,855
♪

440
00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,702
[ethereal harp melody]

441
00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:59,505
(male narrator) It's not easy 
to 
picture craftsman Jim McPhail

442
00:18:59,605 --> 00:19:02,674
in the button-down world 
of big business--

443
00:19:02,774 --> 00:19:04,910
at least now.

444
00:19:05,010 --> 00:19:07,412
Today he wears 
what might be called

445
00:19:07,513 --> 00:19:09,014
"comfortable clothes"

446
00:19:09,114 --> 00:19:12,384
and works in an atmosphere 
of his own making...

447
00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:15,721
filled with the rich aroma 
of exotic woods

448
00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:17,956
being turned 
into something wonderful.

449
00:19:18,056 --> 00:19:19,691
[lathe whirring]

450
00:19:19,791 --> 00:19:23,629
That something is McPhail's 
handsome layered wooden bowls,

451
00:19:23,729 --> 00:19:26,131
and it all began as a hobby.

452
00:19:26,231 --> 00:19:27,799
(McPhail) 
I started doing this

453
00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:30,469
as a recharge-your-battery 
thing on the weekend

454
00:19:30,569 --> 00:19:32,804
at a high-pressure 
corporate job

455
00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:35,641
and ended up doing it 
for a living.

456
00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:40,679
♪

457
00:19:40,779 --> 00:19:42,648
(narrator) 
The bowls that Jim creates

458
00:19:42,748 --> 00:19:45,284
are rich with detail 
from a creative mind

459
00:19:45,384 --> 00:19:48,220
that somehow sees the bowl 
that eventually will emerge

460
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,522
from a series 
of production steps

461
00:19:50,622 --> 00:19:52,858
as a finished product...

462
00:19:52,958 --> 00:19:55,961
beginning with the selection 
of the several wood species

463
00:19:56,061 --> 00:19:58,664
that go into each piece.

464
00:19:58,764 --> 00:20:01,166
(McPhail) 
There's no material 
in the world I know,

465
00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:02,501
particularly 
in natural material,

466
00:20:02,601 --> 00:20:05,337
that has the differences 
of color and texture

467
00:20:05,437 --> 00:20:07,906
and the like that-- 
that wood does.

468
00:20:08,006 --> 00:20:10,976
♪

469
00:20:11,076 --> 00:20:14,746
There is 800 or 1,000 kinds 
of wood in the world,

470
00:20:14,846 --> 00:20:17,115
and it's really fun 
to work with.

471
00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:21,153
These are some of the more 
than 200 kinds of wood

472
00:20:21,253 --> 00:20:23,088
I have here 
in the shop--

473
00:20:23,188 --> 00:20:24,923
really interesting 
bunch of textures.

474
00:20:25,023 --> 00:20:27,759
This is, um, 
bacote from Mexico--

475
00:20:27,859 --> 00:20:30,095
has this wonderful 
stripe in it,

476
00:20:30,195 --> 00:20:32,764
and African blackwood.

477
00:20:32,864 --> 00:20:36,735
See, it basically looks 
as dark and as black as ebony,

478
00:20:36,835 --> 00:20:38,737
but it's not endangered.

479
00:20:38,837 --> 00:20:40,872
It's pretty expensive, 
though, um.

480
00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:42,374
Then this purpleheart.

481
00:20:42,474 --> 00:20:45,143
Purpleheart is this 
beautiful purple wood

482
00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:46,745
that comes from Brazil,

483
00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:49,014
and it's so prevalent 
down there,

484
00:20:49,114 --> 00:20:50,882
they use it for making 
packing crates,

485
00:20:50,983 --> 00:20:52,884
believe it or not.

486
00:20:52,985 --> 00:20:54,319
Wood is my palette.

487
00:20:54,419 --> 00:20:56,054
I can use 
the different colors,

488
00:20:56,154 --> 00:21:00,325
so I don't look at 'em 
as being imbuia or blackwood,

489
00:21:00,425 --> 00:21:03,161
I look at 'em 
as color and texture.

490
00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:05,998
And I can combine 'em 
together to make my bowls.

491
00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:08,800
♪

492
00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:10,369
(narrator) 
That process starts

493
00:21:10,469 --> 00:21:13,639
by gluing the squares 
of wood together.

494
00:21:13,739 --> 00:21:15,240
(McPhail) 
So what I do

495
00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:16,975
is to first 
take an accelerator,

496
00:21:17,075 --> 00:21:20,212
which makes the glue, um, 
glue real fast.

497
00:21:20,312 --> 00:21:22,714
I spray it on the piece,

498
00:21:22,814 --> 00:21:25,050
and I take the glue,

499
00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:28,153
and I spread it on the...

500
00:21:28,253 --> 00:21:30,022
bottom piece

501
00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:33,158
in kind of a pattern-- 
a circle.

502
00:21:33,258 --> 00:21:36,995
I push it down onto the veneer 
and kind of squeegee it around

503
00:21:37,095 --> 00:21:39,564
to get rid of any 
air bubbles and the like,

504
00:21:39,665 --> 00:21:40,999
and it's already set.

505
00:21:41,099 --> 00:21:42,668
CA glue sets 
almost immediately.

506
00:21:42,768 --> 00:21:44,403
To make sure 
it's all done,

507
00:21:44,503 --> 00:21:46,738
I give a little spray 
around on the edges,

508
00:21:46,838 --> 00:21:48,607
and I cut off the excess...

509
00:21:48,707 --> 00:21:51,877
♪

510
00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:55,080
spray it, 
take the glue again,

511
00:21:55,180 --> 00:21:56,815
and it takes 
about 20 minutes

512
00:21:56,915 --> 00:21:58,917
to 45 minutes 
to glue each bowl.

513
00:21:59,017 --> 00:22:00,352
Squeegee it around.

514
00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:02,321
And it's a fairly 
tedious process.

515
00:22:03,722 --> 00:22:05,324
[spraying]

516
00:22:05,424 --> 00:22:07,893
And you glue it 
layer by layer by layer

517
00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:11,363
until you've glued up 
the entire bowl.

518
00:22:11,463 --> 00:22:13,532
Then I pick up 
a compass.

519
00:22:13,632 --> 00:22:16,535
I turn a circle that'll 
let me see what diameter

520
00:22:16,635 --> 00:22:18,036
actual bowl's gonna be.

521
00:22:18,136 --> 00:22:19,871
[saw whirring]

522
00:22:19,971 --> 00:22:22,074
♪

523
00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:24,409
The next step 
is to put a post

524
00:22:24,509 --> 00:22:28,213
or waste block 
onto the piece.

525
00:22:28,313 --> 00:22:30,382
(narrator) 
Now comes the fun part--

526
00:22:30,482 --> 00:22:32,451
turning the block 
of prepared wood

527
00:22:32,551 --> 00:22:34,052
into a work of art.

528
00:22:34,152 --> 00:22:35,654
[grinding]

529
00:22:35,754 --> 00:22:38,824
[gentle oboe leads harp]

530
00:22:38,924 --> 00:22:40,826
(McPhail) 
I shape the outside first,

531
00:22:40,926 --> 00:22:42,694
which gives me 
the overall look

532
00:22:42,794 --> 00:22:44,563
of what 
the bowl's gonna be.

533
00:22:44,663 --> 00:22:54,139
♪

534
00:22:54,239 --> 00:23:03,915
♪

535
00:23:04,015 --> 00:23:05,984
The inside of the bowl, 
when it's turned,

536
00:23:06,084 --> 00:23:07,586
it really is kind of--

537
00:23:07,686 --> 00:23:10,322
even after doing 
se 
veral thousand of these bowls,

538
00:23:10,422 --> 00:23:12,224
it's quite a revelation.

539
00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:13,658
[grinding]

540
00:23:14,926 --> 00:23:18,497
As you turn into it, 
the color starts changing.

541
00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:24,002
♪

542
00:23:24,102 --> 00:23:25,971
You start seeing 
each of the layers

543
00:23:26,071 --> 00:23:27,406
that you've glued up,

544
00:23:27,506 --> 00:23:29,975
and as much as you know 
they're gonna be there,

545
00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:32,043
it's still a kind of 
a fun surprise.

546
00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:33,445
♪

547
00:23:33,545 --> 00:23:35,080
'Cause it's really fun

548
00:23:35,180 --> 00:23:37,382
to watch 
the bowl inside emerge.

549
00:23:37,482 --> 00:23:40,285
♪

550
00:23:40,385 --> 00:23:42,621
I spent 30 years 
as a graphics designer

551
00:23:42,721 --> 00:23:44,689
and learned an awful lot 
about color

552
00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:46,525
and color combinations 
and texture.

553
00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:48,693
I kinda draw on 
that knowledge.

554
00:23:50,495 --> 00:23:52,731
Whatever combinations 
make a pretty bowl

555
00:23:52,831 --> 00:23:54,566
are the ones I like best.

556
00:23:56,601 --> 00:23:59,171
(narrator) 
Next step: finishing.

557
00:23:59,271 --> 00:24:02,174
(McPhail) 
I coat the inside 
and outside of the bowl

558
00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:04,576
with a superglue 
that's real thin,

559
00:24:04,676 --> 00:24:06,745
and it puts 
a really nice, even,

560
00:24:06,845 --> 00:24:09,247
regularized surface 
on the bowl.

561
00:24:09,347 --> 00:24:12,851
Then I polish with a product 
called "Micro-Mesh,"

562
00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:15,587
a space-age product 
used by the Air Force

563
00:24:15,687 --> 00:24:17,923
to polish windshields 
on F-18s.

564
00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:20,225
It makes wood look beautiful.

565
00:24:20,325 --> 00:24:22,227
♪

566
00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:25,063
(narrator) 
Then it's time 
to separate the turned bowl

567
00:24:25,163 --> 00:24:28,500
from its support pedestal-- 
a process called "parting."

568
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,368
(McPhail) 
You've gotta be careful 
with it.

569
00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:32,103
You can make a little mistake

570
00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:34,172
and scratch the bottom, 
which basically destroys it.

571
00:24:34,272 --> 00:24:36,741
And you gotta have 
your hand ready to catch it,

572
00:24:36,842 --> 00:24:38,877
because if you don't, 
it'll hit the floor.

573
00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:41,279
It's a dramatic 15 seconds 
in your life

574
00:24:41,379 --> 00:24:43,215
when you part a bowl off.

575
00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:49,221
(narrator) 
Well, the only step remaining 
is to sign the bottom.

576
00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:52,791
And, of course, if you're 
as meticulous as Jim McPhail,

577
00:24:52,891 --> 00:24:55,527
you also write down 
everything you've done.

578
00:24:55,627 --> 00:24:58,296
(McPhail) 
This shows you all the 
different kinds of wood

579
00:24:58,396 --> 00:25:00,432
I've used in each one 
of these bowls.

580
00:25:00,532 --> 00:25:03,668
What I do is, when I cut 
the corners off the bowl,

581
00:25:03,768 --> 00:25:05,670
I sand 'em down 
nice and smoothly.

582
00:25:05,770 --> 00:25:08,373
I put the bowl number 
on the piece,

583
00:25:08,473 --> 00:25:10,242
and then I can later 
go back

584
00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:11,977
and identify 
what the woods are.

585
00:25:12,077 --> 00:25:13,879
I've even had 
people call in saying,

586
00:25:13,979 --> 00:25:16,515
"I have one of your bowls; 
what are those woods?"

587
00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:19,518
I can always tell 'em 
'cause I've got the reference.

588
00:25:20,785 --> 00:25:23,855
(narrator) 
There are bowls that you have 
to flip upside-down

589
00:25:23,955 --> 00:25:26,424
to see some of their 
hidden beauty.

590
00:25:30,595 --> 00:25:32,597
There are lidded bowls.

591
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,937
Some appear to have maps 
on their sides...

592
00:25:39,037 --> 00:25:42,007
and all have one thing 
in common--

593
00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:44,843
each bowl 
is relatively small.

594
00:25:44,943 --> 00:25:46,444
(McPhail) 
It's kind of funny.

595
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:48,179
Small bowls 
are for two reasons:

596
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,582
I'm not able 
to do really big work

597
00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:52,450
because I've got 
a hip condition,

598
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:54,519
and I can't stand up 
at the lathe

599
00:25:54,619 --> 00:25:56,621
and turn great big bowls.

600
00:25:58,056 --> 00:26:01,092
The other reason-- 
I do this for a living.

601
00:26:01,192 --> 00:26:04,029
(woman) 
It's like throwing a pot 
in wood.

602
00:26:04,129 --> 00:26:05,830
Yes, yes, 
very much.

603
00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:07,699
(McPhail, voiceover) 
And it puts the product

604
00:26:07,799 --> 00:26:10,268
at a price point 
where people can afford it.

605
00:26:10,368 --> 00:26:12,137
(woman) 
Oh, I love your 
finished products.

606
00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:14,439
Well, 
thank you.

607
00:26:14,539 --> 00:26:17,108
At first, I had a really 
hard time selling stuff

608
00:26:17,208 --> 00:26:18,843
because when I really 
liked one

609
00:26:18,944 --> 00:26:21,546
I didn't want to sell it, 
and after a while,

610
00:26:21,646 --> 00:26:24,115
you begin to realize 
I can do another one.

611
00:26:24,215 --> 00:26:25,984
[grinding]

612
00:26:26,084 --> 00:26:29,254
♪

613
00:26:33,758 --> 00:26:35,660
[water sloshing]

614
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,762
[birds chirping distantly]

615
00:26:47,038 --> 00:26:49,174
[gentle hammered 
dulcimer melody]

616
00:26:49,274 --> 00:27:04,255
♪

617
00:27:04,356 --> 00:27:11,029
♪

618
00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:13,098
[fiddle leads 
as tempo quickens]

619
00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:28,013
♪

620
00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:30,382
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621
00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:32,484
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622
00:27:32,584 --> 00:27:35,086
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623
00:27:39,057 --> 00:27:41,693
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624
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625
00:27:51,269 --> 00:27:54,172
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00:27:54,272 --> 00:27:57,108
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629
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630
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