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March 25, 2006 Staff photo by John Rottet [/assets/story/image_buynow.comp]
The warm morning sun. A game of chess. A brain teaser puzzle. You can almost smell the coffee and cappuccino in this inviting scene at Ideas Coffee House in Durham. The setting feels like home. And that’s no accident. Mack and Delbert Jarmon, the father and son who bought the coffeehouse two years ago, want it to become a home for community discussion. They have held a series of ‘Community Conversations’ where Durham residents discussed local issues. But they also want folks to feel free to come by and enjoy a magazine or rack their brain trying to solve the brain teaser puzzle. Just like home.

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