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After the fuss, public option to cover few Business & Farm, Page 5A
Ford workers reject contract changes State & Nation, Page 8A
Jewish settlements roadblock to talks World, Page 10A NCSU’s Clem Johnson jars Jermaine Thomas’ helmet lose in Saturday game with FSU.
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could have been found in a Once upon a time, the child’s room half a century ideal for a child’s room ago. was a cozy haven filled “We’re experiencing drawith sturdy push-pull pinion age Sports, 1B matic age compression — toys, handmade dolls and children aren’t children for a few baskets of dress-up as many years any more,” clothes. ovember says Melissa Bernstein. That was before batteries, computer programs for “Five year olds are receiving iPods as gifts, and toddlers, and the array of 3-year-olds are playing stuff that talks, squawks, video games. Imagination jangles and jolts in little and the ability to innovate hands. come when the brain can Some modern parents engage in open-ended want to lower the volcreativity.” ume on tech toys and on In this intense, strifechildren’s environment as ridden world, she believes, a whole. Volume XCV, No. 256 many parents are eager Amanda Heravi, of to provide their kids with Larchmont, N.Y., says simple, enriching her toddler, Jake, and his (252) 436-2700 “real, $1.25 play.” new sister, Lilia, should Lisa Lowe of Long drive the play experiBeach, Calif., puts out ence. “Wooden puzzles, the SugarBooger coltrains, blocks — whatever sounds Jake thinks should lection, which includes closet dividers in themes accompany the toy, I love like Nursery Rhyme and to hear,” she says. “Then Campground, complete I can tell that he’s really with sticker sets to help using his imagination.” organize. Her Yummy Not surprisingly, many of the designers and retail- Kitchen and Gingham melamine tray sets are ers responding to this charming, as is the beechtrend are parents themrattle. selves. Bullock A. Currin D. Currin Frazier Harris Hinmanwood kitty Johnston McCoy Sergent Wicker Some technology, of When Atlanta couple course, suits parents fine. Jim and Erica Lancaster Californians Heather had their first child 14 Hamda and Linda Suh of years ago, “our house Cloud B studio developed began to fill with plastic and electronic toys which a collection of plush toys, By WILLIAM F. WEST neither suited us nor the some with nightlights, Daily Dispatch Writer environment we wanted to soothe restless babies. for our kids,” 1991, has opposition from three Gentle sounds like rain lief facing another challenge fromsays Jim. Erica, who had worked and whale song emanate Clean Up Henderson candidates: Nancy Alford, Nancy Frank Strickland and additionon The Nature Company’s from the soft bodies of giweek is set to start ThursCompton and Town Commissioner toy development team, en- raffes, dolphins and sheep; ally facing a write-in campaign visioned a collection that This product image released by ToysRus shows the Little Boutique Wall Dec day and will continue until you can set the sounds Kevin Rumsey. by departing City Commissioner updated familiar classics; on a timer. Turtles and Nov. 13. extension of our overall past when share it op- discount for Alford in 2005 andwein 2007 Steve Powell. Jack Rabbit Creations was ladybugs project a starry with our children,” says home decor.” Her color • www.m Residents are encourborn. Their jack-in-thesky on the ceiling, and a posed Day. Alford is retired, The contest palette runs to “white, Deanna Campbell, whobut — tin pails, boxes feature • Oxford may- characters Labrador retriever smells aged to tidy up their runs myretrobaby.com, of- with themes soft green and accentspart of works time at A&W Grocery had started like Fifi the poodle and like soothing lavender. oral race, Kittrell fering toys and decor that vegetable colors.” properties, with the city Space, Balle Spots the bunny; there & Grill. The line has been popular out as a third and Middleburg ToysRUs has launched evoke a range of bygone ern. Cool rep are knitted toys, big fleecy among Hollywood celebrito suspend fees for the a line of nurseryCompton decor is retired from UNC races,jingle page 9A decades. “In a fast-paced consecutive reB y WILLIAM F. WEST By WILLIAM F. WEST balls and old fashcars and airp ties. called Little Boutique. picking up of trash, tires world, that’s calming.” • Granville DailyNeiterman, Dispatch Wariter Care in Chapel Hill. ioned tin lunchboxes. • www.su Daily Dispatch Writer match between Nora Vintage-styleHealth switchplates, without rims, discarded polling places Melissa and Doug Beechwood New York-based textile frames, wall art Rumsey and stor- is a senior district Strickland and Bernstein have built a toy and One-Stop artist, creates juvenile closet divide furniture and applicances age are attractively priced, Sourcebook: southern of executive Boy Scouts— of Tray set The election on Tuesday in the Woodlief, but empire in14A Wilton, Conn.,Elections • www.cloudb.com designsat for the retailers like results, page and a leafy tree decal is for the for that time period. around that sentiment. Sleep Sheep, Twilight Turtle, Target, and likes her ownfeature end of Granville County simple yet chic. • www.m America in Raleigh. northern part of Granville County there was a draParents stock up on City Public Works Direc“to be an Lavender Lab, $21-$34 each; com — woo “We connect with the contestschildren’s for allrooms three municipali-
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Clean Up week set to begin
Granville municipalities vote Tuesday Incumbent has three challengers for Stem mayor
Oxford: 13 vie for four seats; three for two in Stovall
tor Linda Leyen additionally advises that, if citizens wait until the end of the period to place items at the curb, then they need to call her office at (252) 431-6115 to be added to the list of items to be picked up in order to avoid the fee, if items are not picked up until the week of Nov. 16. Clean Up Henderson
Please see CLEAN UP, page 4A
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Deaths Henderson William A. Carrol, 40 Manson C.B. Curtis Don’t forget to setJr. Oxford clocks back one hour81 11 12 1 M. Brooks, Maynard 10 Joyce2C.Clayton, at 2 a.m.61 Sunday. 9 County3 Vance Lendward Terry,AP50 8 4
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will be focused on a three- candidate contest for Oxford’s top position and on a 13-candidate contest for four to-be-open Oxford City Commission positions, while Stovall voters will choose from three candidates for two Town Commission positions. Specifically, much attention will be on Oxford Mayor Al Wood-
matic change at the start of October, when Powell decided to instead seek election as Oxford’s chief executive. Powell at the end of July had announced he would not seek reelection to the City Commission, citing his commitment to being
Please see OXFORD, page 4A
ties there, but the one contest to watch could be for mayor of Stem. Incumbent Jack Day in published reports had been quoted as saying he would not seek re-election, but he changed his mind and is running again for a two-year term. And Day, who has been Stem’s chief executive since
Drugstore ‘a good icon to keep’
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Vehicles at risk for larcenies
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Internet cafe joins lunch counter, grill, soda fountain
OXFORD — The former Jones drugstore on Friday morning reopened with the same Jones name, minus the pharmacy, but with the old time lunch counter, grill and soda fountain intact in a remodeled interior with an Internet café and a custom framing shop. Kathleen Wiegersma is the owner of the new business, which is located at 116 Hillsboro St. in the central business district, and Trinity Delorme is her general manager. Wiegersma’s husband, Skip, owns Skip’s Aquatic Solutions along Barker Road near Henderson. Kathleen Wiegersma, who is originally from upstate New York, has been in the Raleigh- Durham area approximately since
Wooden animal nesting blocks by Melissa & Doug
Wooden animal nesting blocks by Melissa & Doug
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Daily Dispatch/WILLIAM F. WEST
Kathleen Wiegersma, left, is the owner of the new Jones grill in central Oxford. She is pictured here with her husband, Skip. 1984 and has been in the Oxford area for approximately four to five years. She said she has worked several years for Nortel Networks and started working in the rear of a frame shop just to the northeast along Hillsboro
Street at the intersection ofCollege Street. “And, the next thing I know, we’re off on this adventure,” she told the Dispatch moments before the grand opening ceremony. Actually, she said, the
new business resulted from her being approached by a “Save Jones Grill” contingent. “The first time, we said, ‘Sorry, it’s a little more than we can handle Please see DRUGSTORE, page 3A
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Jumbo Chiming Roly Poly Fleece Balls, by Jackrabbit Creations
Henderson PD says crime now more frequent
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of the 116 Hillsboro St. location. “And we put out a survey to ask what people wanted to see in the 7 6 5 Obituaries, 4A Don’t forget Don’t forget place and talked to several different OXFORD to set — SandratoCole set Rodger people about them taking it over wasclocks a key reason why theback former back clocks and no one could do it,” she said, Jones drugstore and grill is reborn one hour one hour Did you forget? at 2 a.m. at 2 a.m. a reference to her being part of a as a grill with an Internet café and Don’t forget to set Sunday. Sunday. contingent seeking to preserve the a custom framing shop. clocks back AP grill. one hour Rodger, AP a photographer, had 11 12 1 10 2 at 2 a.m. 11 12 1 the final days 11 12 of1 the lunch “And then I came across Kathworked 10 2 10 2 Sunday. 9 3 leen and Trinity and bugged them counter of the pharmacy at the 9 9 3 AP about it,” she said, referring to 8 4 request of3 Charlie Jones, because 8she loved4 the place 8 and because 4 7 6 5 she Kathleen Wiegersma, the owner 7 6 5 7 6 5 had once worked at a soda fountain <AP> DAYLIGHT SAVINGS END 102709: Graphic toofbethe new business, and Trinity the general manager. when she was younger. used as a reminder of daylight saving time; two sizes;Delorme, 1c x “I actively someone to 1 1/4 inches; 46.5 mmsought x 32 mm;out 1/2c x 2 1/8 inches; 20 “They were going to do a coffee shop down by the Walmart, which save the place because I could mm x 54 mm; with any related stores; MMS;not ETA 2 p.m. made no sense to me,” Rodger said. <AP> do it myself,” she told the Dispatch
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And in Stem, voters will be choosing three town commissioners for a four-year term. On the ballot are incumbents Lonnie Cole and Ellen Wilkins and candidates Al Brinkley, Angela Gooch Claiborne, Kevin Easter and Thomas Willoughby.
Charlie Jones in early September announced his intentions to close the pharmacy and the grill. He and his team joined the new Walgreens at the corner of Hillsboro and Linden Avenue. Rodger is happy with the opening of the new café, grill and frame shop, adding, “I love the fact that the counter is still here” and adding, “I love the fact that we now have real espresso and cappuccinos in Oxford.” “And I think, in the future, it’ll change only for the good,” she added. Contact the writer at bwest@hendersondispatch.com.
Reports of larcenies from vehicles have increased recently, and citizens should be aware of how to avoid becoming victims. Many of the larcenies were committed when someone broke into the vehicles by damaging a window, Lt. Irvin Robinson, who heads the department’s crime prevention effort, said. Some of these larcenies have been attributed to the drivers or passengers of the vehicle leaving items in plain view on the seat or in the floor, he said. When leaving a vehicle, Robinson said, follow these guidelines: • Do not leave anything you value in plain view from the outside of your vehicle. • Secure all personal items in the trunk or a locked glove compartment or console compartment. • When placing items in the trunk, try to do so in an inconspicuous manner, or before arriving at your destination. • Lock the car doors. • Close all the windows, sunroof and convertible top. On trucks, make sure any rear cargo area window is closed and secured. Please see VEHICLES, page 3A