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Top fancy greens with sliced roasted pork tenderloin and wedges of fresh plum; dress lightly with a ginger marinade and a pinch of sea salt.
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Toss diced ham, golden raisins, peanuts and sweet tender greens with a curry-seasoned vinaigrette.
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Grill and slice fresh tuna to top tender ruby red lettuces; dress with a caper-laced creamy Caesar dressing and a grind of fresh black pepper.
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Fancy Greens With Artichokes, Tomatoes and Sourdough Crisps in a Dijon Vinaigrette Serves 4 1 7-ounce package Fresh Express Fancy Greens 1 14-ounce can quartered artichoke hearts in water (drained) 1 1/2 cups pear, grape or cherry tomatoes, halved 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced 16 1/4-inch-thick slices of sourdough baguette 3 tablespoons olive oil
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Preheat oven to 375°F. Toss sourdough slices in olive oil and bake 12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cook while you assemble the salad. In a medium bowl, combine artichokes, tomatoes and red onion, and gently toss. Add your favorite Dijon vinaigrette and pour over artichoke mixture, and toss well to coat. To serve, gently fold in greens and warm sourdough crisps, lightly toss to coat, divide salad among four plates. (Serve it with a piece of grilled wild salmon for a sensational entrée salad.)
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Top with grilled salmon, slivered almonds, mandarin orange segments
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Serves 2 1 7-ounce package Fresh Express Leafy Green Romaine 2 cups smoked turkey breast, deli sliced or diced 1 Red Delicious apple, sliced 6 ounces blue cheese, crumbled 6 tablespoons toasted pecan halves Cider Vinaigrette 1/4 cup vegetable oil 3 tablespoons cider vinegar 1 tablespoon minced onion or shallot 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1/2 teaspoon sugar Combine first 5 ingredients in large bowl. Add enough dressing to season to taste. Season generously with pepper. Toss well and serve.
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Judge tosses Iglesias’ suit against Oxford police She claims firing when she spoke out about chief By WILLIAM F. WEST Daily Dispatch Writer
OXFORD – A federal judge has dismissed a former Oxford Police Department administrative assistant’s lawsuit against the municipal government, Chief John Wolford, then-City Manager Tommy Marrow and the then-city human resources leader, Don Jenkins.
Sharon Iglesias claimed she was fired in January 2006 for speaking out about Wolford’s alleged embezzlement from a fund designed Iglesias to finance police undercover drug investigations. In December 2008, the city, Wolford, Marrow and Jenkins moved for a summary judgment, which District Judge James Dever III ordered on Monday, saying Iglesias had caused disharmony within the Police Department. A summary judgment is handed down when there are
Court document dismissing Sharon Iglesias’ lawsuit against the Oxford Police Department.
no issues of fact remaining to be tried in front of a jury. “We’re pleased with the result and we think it was the right one,” Norwood Blanchard, a Wilmington attorney who defended Oxford against the lawsuit, told the Dispatch on Tuesday. “She had a pretty strong personal ax to grind with the chief,” Blanchard alleged of Iglesias. “She was beating a dead horse. There just wasn’t anything left there, other than her campaign
to get rid of her boss, her crusade against the chief.” Wolford declined comment when contacted by the Dispatch. Charles Monteith, a Raleigh attorney representing Iglesias, expressed disappointment with Dever’s decision and said, “We’re trying to analyze it and decide what our options are.” One choice is to file with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., with the 30-day filing deadline having started with Dever’s ruling in district court in Raleigh. Dever in March 2008 had already dismissed part of Iglesias’ claims, including that there was a mass conspiracy against
her. The claims left to be decided were regarding her federal rights to freedom of speech and whether there was a wrongful discharge under state law. Dever wrote that a public employer may restrain job-related speech in order “to maintain discipline and ensure harmony as necessary to the operation and mission of its agencies.” Iglesias began working for the city in December 1999 when Roger Paul was chief. Marrow hired Wolford as chief in June 2000. Dever wrote that Iglesias became concerned that Wolford Please see IGLESIAS, page 3A
Future funding questions for water district Local officials, USDA meeting today in Raleigh By AL WHELESS Daily Dispatch Writer
Barbara Beard-Hinton will help identify loans and grants such as federal stimulus money that might be available through the agency. He explained that the intent is to “maximize” funding from grants in an effort to reduce the amount of loan money needed for the two projects. USDA is the acronym for the United States Department of Agriculture. Expected to accompany Ayscue today to the USDA state office are: County Finance Director Steve Stanton; County Planning Director Jordan McMillen; and Lead Engineer Tim Carpenter with the firm of Hobbs, Upchurch & Associates of Pinehurst. The company has the contract with the County to oversee the construction of the water district in four phases. Information gained from the talk with the area director will be passed on to the County Commissioners at their regular meeting on
Will a partnership develop between the County and the Kittrell Water Association to secure funding and develop Phase 1B in Vance’s planned rural Children in the after-school program at the Henderson Family YMCA participate Friday afternoon in a Dance the Day Away water district? dance-a-thon in the children’s gym for America on the Move. The YMCA held line-dancing lessons, a community walk and a It is only one of the makickball tournament throughout the week. jor questions the County’s Board of Commissioners and at least one of its committees are seeking answers to while looking at the overall project. County officials and a key representative of USDA Rural Development meeting. And another 10offer with a $43,000 bid. ing member of Bier Haus. will meet in Raleigh today From STAFF REPORTS to discuss potential federal day round of bidding will Elissa Yount, a former Harris is president of the funding for phases IIA and start. city councilwoman, made Budweiser distributorHenderson attorney IB. Cloninger’s counteroffer a counteroffer of $50,000. ship, which is located off Randall Cloninger has Jerry Ayscue, county tops a $90,000 counterofBier Haus made a counWarrenton Road, and Bier submitted a $95,000 counfer by William Faison of teroffer of $55,000, Yount Haus, which is a limited li- manager, said Tuesday teroffer for the SoutherDurham and who had made a counteroffer of ability company, owns the that he hoped the discusland’s Mill Pond tract in sion he and staff members topped a counteroffer of $60,000, Southerland distributorship building. the southeastern part of Please see FUNDING, page 4A have with Area Director $73,500 by Cloninger. made a counteroffer of The city acquired Vance County. Robert Southerland, a $63,500 and Bier Haus the Southerland’s Mill City Clerk Pam Glover former city councilman took the lead again with a Pond tract in 1952 for made the announcement whose family once owned $70,000 counteroffer. to the City Council at the Please see BID, page 4A the land, made the first Paul Harris is a managpanel’s Monday evening Our Hometown . . . . . 2A Today Business & Farm. . . . 5A Public Records . . . . . 6A Sunny High: 73 Light Side . . . . . . . . . 7A Low: 46 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . 8A Sports. . . . . . . . . . 1-4B on Monday. his wife, Yolanda, and Rev. Bob Shope and Chance Comics . . . . . . . . . . . 4C By WILLIAM F. WEST Thursday The time is past, how“Coach” Rick Alexander Wilkinson. Daily Dispatch Writer Classifieds. . . . . . . 5-7C ever, to reprint ballots, had formed a six-county Oxford’s seven commisNice so Lue’s name is going to non-profit organization sioners serve staggered OXFORD – A candidate High: 75 continue to officially appear called Youth and Parent four-year terms. for the Oxford City ComLow: 54 as a choice among 14 canEmpowerment. Additionally, Oxford mission has ended her Butner didates for the commission, And until that point, voters on Nov. 3 will choose campaign for election to a Sandra A. Mebane, 57 Burnette said. Powell had been the only a chief executive for a position on the board. Details, 3A Henderson Lue becomes the second one of the four commissiontwo-year term. Mayor Al Constance Lue submitted Eliza B.H. Brame, 93 ers up for election on Nov. Woodlief is facing a third a letter citing her husband’s candidate for the commisRobert F. Hughes Sr., 78 sion to withdraw, with the 3 who had been seeking consecutive challenge from health as her reason from Raymond B. Stevenson, 69 other having been first-term another term in office. Frank Strickland. withdrawing from the Warrenton incumbent Steve Powell. The other three comcontest, Granville County William Richardson, 73 At the end of July, Powell missioners not seeking Contact the writer at bwest@ Elections Director Tonya Obituaries, 4A told the Dispatch that he, reelection are Paul Kiesow, hendersondispatch.com. Burnette said in an e-mail
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