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JanUarY 10-16, 2024 Vol 46 No 2 | 1 Section | 8 Pages
Jamestown native nixon files for superior court Judge
COMPILed By nORMa B. dennIs and CaROL BROOKs CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING Jamestown residents may place Christmas trees at the curb for recycling during normal yard waste collection days. These days are usually Thursdays and Fridays. There are other options available through Guilford County. Visit www.guilfordcountync.gov and search for “Christmas Tree Recycling.” A MOMENT IN TIME Escape for a happy moment in time at Jamestown United Methodist Church where on Dec. 16 we will explore rock and roll through the eyes of who many consider Elvis Pressley the king of that genre. Prepare to get “All Shook Up” at our Rockin’ Elvis Party. The Sassy Frazze Singers will be guests for the day, entertaining with their special style of music. Designed for people with dementia and their carepartners, these monthly meetings offer an opportunity to relax, play games, and enjoy music, crafts, snacks and conversation in a friendly atmosphere. They are held every third Tuesday from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the JUMC fellowship hall at 403 E. Main St. Park and enter at the front left side of the church. Look for the purple signs. Guests with wheelchairs or walkers may enter from the back under the portico. Someone will be there to greet you. Reservations are requested but not required. For more information or to register, contact Laura Gulledge at 336-906-0430 or lauragulledge@gmail. com. Look for highlights of A Moment In Time at https://www.facebook.com/jumcmemorycafe. NEW STORMWATER UTILITY FEE Beginning this month, utility bills from the Town of Jamestown will include a new stormwater utility fee of $5 per month for all customers within Town limits. This Equivalent Residential Unit, or ERU, will be used to calculate fees for commercial and industrial customers based on the amount of impervious surface on their property. A Stormwater Management Program is required by the State of North Carolina. Some of the fees collected will be used for capital improvement for stormwater infrastructure improvements. LAST MONTH FOR HUNTING LODGE EXHIBIT The “Fields & Feathers, Hunting at Deep River Lodge 1895-1935” at the High Point Museum will close Jan. 31. The exhibit, which opened April 28 of last year, features the Clarence Mackay Estate, which is now Cedarwood, and the Deep River Kennels across Guilford Road on the former Johnson property, both in or near Jamestown. The museum is located at 1859 E. Lexington Ave. in High Point. Have an event that you think needs to be included in About Town? Email Norma B. Dennis at ndworddesign@gmail.com or Carol Brooks at cab1hp@gmail.com
By CaROL BROOKs FreeLANCe WrIter cab1hp@gmail.com It is not official but if all goes well, Jamestown could be the home of two judges on the North Carolina Superior Court. Lawyer Georgia Nixon has thrown her name into the ring to join her friend Paul Newby in the courtroom. Newby has served as chief justice since 2005. Nixon has been an attorney since she was 24 and currently is the managing partner of Nixon Law Offices, PA in High Point, where she is a criminal defense attorney. If she wins the primary March 5 — there are two other candidates — and follows up with a win in the general election in November, she would have to close her practice. Nixon had an immediate answer to the question of why she decided to run for judge. “My children didn’t want to take
over the practice,” she said of her two daughters who also have graduated from law school and are sitting for the bar. But there is more to her decision. “I think we have a lot of judges come through in the recent past that maybe want the office for the wrong reason,” she said. “It takes an amount of personal experience and professional experience. I just feel like it would be a good way to exit out of my career and use my experience in a manner that will help the judicial system.” N.C. General Statutes, Chapter 7A, Article 1B, states, “No justice or judge of the General Court of Justice may continue in office beyond the last day of the month in which he attains his seventy-second birthday, but justices and judges so retired may be recalled for periods of temporary service as provided in Subchapters II and III of this chapter. (1971, c. 508, s. 1; c.)” Since see nIxOn, PAGe 2
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Jamestown resident georgia nixon traveled to Raleigh dec. 4 to register as a candidate for north Carolina superior Court Judge in the Fourth division of the supreme Court for district 24B.
Hudson takes reigns of CJ Greene mustangs By nORMa B. dennIs FreeLANCe WrIter ndworddesign@gmail.com For Candace Hudson, returning to school after the Christmas holiday looked somewhat different than it did for most other Guilford County Schools staff members. Hudson was at a different school in a different position. As the new principal at CJ Greene Education Center, a public school in Jamestown for exceptional children, her first week was largely spent getting acquainted, from visiting classrooms to greeting car riders and their parents. “I am very excited to be here,” Hudson said. “This is a great place. You see smiles on the faces of students when they get off the bus and when they leave to go home. The staff is welcoming and care about the students.” Hudson has worked in
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Principal Candace Hudson is excited to begin work at CJ greene education Center, home of the Mustangs education for 20 years. Although once considering a career in marine biology, having family in the teaching profession influenced her in that direction. Her mother was an elementary school teacher and her aunt taught exceptional children. “When I was in high school, I used to visit my aunt’s classroom and that sparked my interest in special
education,” Hudson said. Raised in Canada, when her father was transferred through his work to Jamaica, Hudson had the opportunity to attend the University of West Indies-Kingston, where she received a bachelor’s degree in geography. Upon returning to Canada she obtained a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Western Ontario-London.
After working as a substitute teacher for one year, she applied for and was accepted as part of a teacher exchange to the United States. She has spent her entire teaching career in North Carolina having received a master’s degree in special education and a post-master’s certificate in school administration from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. “I loved teaching and making the change to administration was with the hope of working with teachers who will love teaching as much as I did,” Hudson said. She began work as an exceptional children’s (EC) teacher at Hunter Elementary and went on to work in that capacity at McNair Elementary and Dudley High School. She was an assistant principal at Page High see HUdsOn, PAGe 2
new restaurant joins businesses at Hunt Village at Sedgefield By nORMa B. dennIs FreeLANCe WrIter ndworddesign@gmail.com
was cosmetic,” Nicole said. “We wanted it to look similar to our Oak Ridge location.” The couple had often talked about having a restaurant, but was not sure what it would be. Because Corey ate breakfast each day before work at New Garden Bagels, that shop’s original owner, Ed Boniberger, encouraged him to open his own place. “When my husband finds a restaurant he likes he is a ‘frequent flyer,’” Nicole said with a smile. “We decided to give the restaurant business a shot and Ed became one of our biggest supporters.” Boniberger has since sold his shop and makes and supplies
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Corey and nicole Crites are excited to open their second business, sedgefield Bagels and deli, in Hunt Village at sedgefield on High Point Road in greensboro. dough for bagels to five restaurants including the two owned by the Crites couple. As for Corey, he now eats breakfast at the couple’s Oak Ridge location and lunch at the Sedgefield one. The restaurant carries 20 varieties of bagels with are boiled and baked fresh each morning.
There also is soup and salads. Sandwiches may be ordered on a bagel or on different types of deli breads including a gluttonfree one. Boar’s Head brand meats and cheeses, as well as chicken, tuna and egg salads and several side dishes provide something for most any taste palette. Although
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The name pretty much says it all — Sedgefield Bagels and Deli. The brand adds the words New York Flavor, Local Charm. “We wanted a name that would catch people’s attention and be very obvious to what we sell,” said Nicole Crites, who owns the restaurant with husband Corey. The business opened Dec. 3 in Hunt Village at Sedgefield on High Point Road in Greensboro. “This is our second location,” Nicole said. “We opened our first one in May 2023 in Oak Ridge. At the time there was not much in this area that met our needs. Later we saw this place had become available and decided to open a second location here.” The Sedgefield location had previously housed three other restaurants so it already had a fully functional kitchen. It did, however need to be deep cleaned. “In addition to thoroughly cleaning the space, a lot of what we did
the food includes many high-end combinations, there are still more traditional sandwiches for those who prefer simpler fare. There is even a sandwich named for Corey that comes with deli ham, egg, cheddar cheese and herb cream cheese. Not officially on the menu at New Garden, it was a combination Corey always ordered, and is now part of the menu at both Bagel and Deli locations. “It has become one of our most popular breakfast sandwiches,” Nicole said. Chef Travis Holdren, who Corey met when frequenting another restaurant, is now working in a corporate setting so is free to join the couple at their restaurants on the weekend. He and Corey developed the menu for each and Holdren creates different specials that are featured each weekend. “We want to have classics people expect when they see the word deli, but also have some gourmet options that would set us apart,” Corey said. see sedgeFIeLd, PAGe 2