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The Tranquil House Inn features a world-class restaurant and a liew if ShaUoiAag Bay. Manteo's Tranquil House Named Top 5 Inn The Tianquil House Inn lias added another honor to a growing list of acco¬ lades. Hie Manteobcd and breakfast recent¬ ly received the top honor, the Standing Ovation Award, from the INNovations rating sc nice . The New Jersey linn des¬ ignated the inn as "renowned and wide¬ ly recognized for its market superiority in guest facilities, services and atmo¬ sphere." The Tianquil House was one of just five inns out of hundreds rated across the country to achieve this status. The INNovations top five list for 1994 also included: the Beaver Kill Valley Inn in lew Beach. New York; the East Wind Inn and Meeting Place in Tenants Harbor. Maine; the Madrona Manor in Healds- bury. California. and the Wake Robin Inn in Lakeville. Connecticut. INNovations rating system is similar to the АЛЛ and American Bed & Break- last Assoc iation programs. The1 criteria lor evaluation arc based on housekeep¬ ing. maintenance, architecture, interior decor, ambience and inspection. The program also factors in the "hospitality" and "marketing" efforts of an inn. Inns with services for business markets receive special consideration, because the needs ol that c lientele place gtcatei demands tif I1.n4.1l llumr Im on a facility. "We are delighted that The Tranquil I louse has been singled out for this pres¬ tigious honor from among the finest inns in the country." says Tranquil House owner Don Just. "We are con¬ stantly improving out facilities to better serve the needs of our guests, and it’s great to see the efforts of our staff bear¬ ing fruit with this recognition." The Tranquil House* on historic Roanoke Island features 25 individually appointed guest rooms and overlooks Shallowbag Bay. Facilities include a con¬ ference facility for groups of up to 50, and a distinctive restaurant, 1587. that has gained wide acclaim for sophisti¬ cated ambiance and inventive cuisine among Outer Banks restaurants. Filmmaker Ken Burns Gives Papers To UNC II you thought last fall’s PBS docu¬ mentary by Ken Burns on baseball was a tad long, wait until you visit Chapel Hill and in wading through tape ol his old films. The I’nivcrsity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is now home to tens of thou¬ sands of feet of video and audio tape and thousands of documents, all stemming from documentaries produced by noted filmmaker Bums. The works, part ol I NC’s Southern Historical Collection, were given to the university recently by Burns, creator of such well-known PBS documentaries as The Civil Wat and Baseball Burns, the head of Florentine Films, received an honorary doctor of letters during Car¬ olina's commencement last May. The collection includes project files and footage for a variety of Bums' pro¬ jects. says David Moltke-Hansen, direc¬ tor of the Southern Historical Collec¬ tion. Complete working papers and footage from eight works, including The Civil War, The Shakers. Radio Pioneers and Huey Long, were among those given to the library. Background files and tape from his lat¬ est work. Baseball, are not in the collec¬ tion. "But we hope to continue to serve as his archives as his career continues.” Moltke-Hansen says. Burns' papers and footage are im¬ portant for several reasons, says Moltke- Hansen. “First. Ken Burns is arguably the sin¬ gle most important historical documen¬ tary filmmaker of the 20th century'," he says. “No other historical documentary filmmaker has the same si/e audience as he has or the same recognition outside specialized circles.” Burns' PBS production The Civil War attracted more than 40 million viewers during its 1990 debut and was public television's highest-rated show ever. Burns directed, produced and co¬ authored the series, which won more than 40 major film and television awards, including two F.mmys and two Grammys. "Furthermore, what lie has done — not using re-enactments but rather using historical documents and shots of the sites where events happened — has transformed what people expect of many historical documentaries.” Moltke- Hansen says. “He also has a genius for identifying subjects which appear to his audience to be critical to American self¬ understanding." Burns’ topics have ranged from the Shakers to the Statue of Liberty to artist Thomas Hart Benton during his more than 15 years as a documentary-maker. in preparing for his films. Burns com¬ piled an enormous amount of useful visual material, musical material and interviews with leading authorities on the subjects being documented. h the Stutc/Febnury 1995 4