Educational toy store opens in Batavia.(Business)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August, 2005

Byline: Heather Cunningham ***** CORRECTION/date 08-28-2005: The Toy Town store in Batavia is at 381 N. Randall Road and is in the WindPoint shopping center. The shopping center was incorrect in a story in Friday's Business section. ***** Where can you find flashcards, workbooks and puzzles, planes, trains and automobile toys, books and science kits, and arts and crafts paraphernalia all in the same store? The new Toy Town in Batavia boasts this mix: items that kids will love to play with, that will teach them something new at the same time.

"We want to promote fun, positive play for children," said Norma Ireland, who co-owns the business with her husband. "With the best products, they don't even realize that they are learning at the same time. It...