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Murder suspect hangs self from tree BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer

A Winston-Salem man on the run after killing his estranged wife early Friday morning was found hanging from a tree hours later in Northern Davidson County as a result of an apparent murder/suicide. Davidson County Sheriff ’s Office discovered the body of Cory Dewayne

Gaither, 32, dangling from a tree limb at the intersection of Friendship Church Road and Chrisonya Lane, approximately a quarter mile from Highway 150, at around 7:30 a.m. after receiving multiple calls from passing motorists who spotted the grizzly scene. According to police, Gaither climbed the tree, tied an extension cord around his neck and a limb and

jumped. “The tree he tied the extension cord to was probably eight to 10 feet off the ground,” Sheriff David Grice said. “His feet were touching the ground. People can still hang themselves with their feet touching the ground. What happens is their carotid artery gets cut off and they basically suffocate.” Earlier in the morn-

ing, Winston-Salem Police Department issued a look-out for Gaither to surrounding law enforcement agencies just hours before his body was found. According to WSPD Capt. David Clayton, Cory Gaither was a suspect in the death of his estranged wife, Allison Gaither, 30, who was found stabbed to death in a neighbor’s yard behind her home at 2040

Ardmore Village Lane in Winston-Salem. The couple had a history of domestic violence and Allison had just taken out a court ordered 50-B — a type of restraining order — against her husband earlier in the week, making it illegal for Cory to have any contact with her. “Shortly after 5:30 a.m., we received a call and dispatched officers to the

2000 block of Ardmore Village Lane in regards to an assault on a female,” said Clayton. “Upon the officers arrival, they located the victim lying outside in a neighbor’s backyard. Paramedics responded and rendered aid, but the victim died at the scene.” Clayton said WSPD officers investigated the

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Yard sale to raise funds for area youths

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BY ELIOT DUKE

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Youth volunteers for the High Point-Thomasville Chapter of the American Red Cross are having a yard sale from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. today, in order to raise money for a trip to a national conference. The sale will be held at the Red Cross Chapter House, located at on 815 Phillips Ave. in High Point.The proceeds are being used to send some of the youth to the 2010 National Youth Institute, a two-and-a-half day conference that provides participants with training, networking, opportunities and learning experiences. Amy Stroud, director of program operations at the High Point-Thomasville Chapter, said that the organization took a group of youth last year, and is trying to raise money to take another group this year. “They get to meet other Red Cross youth from across the country and network, and they learn more about the Red Cross and how to build their leadership skills to better themselves,” Stroud said. “They actually set goals while they’re there for what they want to accomplish with their youth club when they get back to their chapters.” Stroud said that when some furniture companies were getting ready for this fall’s market event, they needed to get rid of furniture from the last market that had not been sold, so they called the Red Cross. The organization decided to ask the community to donate household items as well, and create a yard

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From left, Cooperative Community Ministries volunteers Jo Jones, Robin Beck, Letha Holbert and Peggy Sparks prepare gifts donated to the ‘Adopt a Child for Christmas’ program.

Donations bring hope for the holidays BY KARISSA MINN Staff Writer Not all of Santa’s helpers live at the North Pole. Right here in Thomasville, Cooperative Community Ministry is helping to bring Christmas cheer to local families in need. As a part of CCM’s “Adopt a Child for Christmas” program, participants help buy clothes, toys and books for children up to 18 years

old who are not employed. Executive Director Aurelia Sink said that CCM works with other agencies to make sure that they are not duplicating services. “We took applications in October and November, and now different groups, churches and individuals are ‘adopting’ children now,” Sink said. “They will be bringing the gifts back in here from Dec. 14 through Dec. 17.

Then, volunteers and staff here will call families and tell them that their Christmas is here, and they can come and pick it up.” Donations to the Thomasville Times and Thomasville Parks and Recreation Community Food Challenge will help CCM continue its programs. Other recipients of this year’s food drive include Fairgrove Family Resource Cen-

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Suspect in armed robberies nabbed in D.C. BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer A man wanted for robbing three area banks, including one in Thomasville, was arrested Thursday some 400 miles from the scene of his crimes. Kelvin James Crosby, 28, of High Point, was taken into custody in Washington D.C. during a traffic stop and is currently waiting extradition back to North Carolina, ending a month-long search for the man who robbed

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This year has already been a good one for Liberty Drive Elementary. Not only did LDE make its Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) after coming up short in recent years, the school also made growth, meaning all its students are moving successfully forward from one grade to the next. Feats like this don’t happen by accident and require total effort from an entire school working together for one common cause. One local organization has taken notice to LDE’s accomplishments and recognized the school with a special honor. Piedmont Triad Educational Consortium (PTEC) named LDE a recipient of the “Signature School of the Triad” award Friday morning for making significant improvement in the past 12 months. PTEC is a collaboration of 15 public school districts and 17 higher education institutions in central North Carolina that chooses one school from each district as its annual award winner. LDE represented Thomasville City Schools. “This is a great honor for our school,” LDE principal Benjie Brown said. “It illustrates the amount of effort and hard work our staff has put into trying to help each individual child. We put an emphasis on trying to individualize education for each child to be successful. We are making strides in the right direction and this award signifies that for our school.” PTEC Executive Director Larry Coble presented

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A2 – Thomasville Times – Saturday, December 5, 2009 Be a Santa to a Senior

What’s happening? Fairgrove auction

Fairgrove Family Resource Center will hold its annual auction today at 5 p.m. at Fair Grove Elementary School gymnasium. A variety of items will be up for auction, including a Dempsey Essick painting, signed NASCAR memorablia, furniture, gift baskets, Wake Forest basketball tickets and more. All proceeds will benefit the center’s programs, which assists local families in crisis.

Habitat volunteers

Habitat For Humanity is seeking volunteers to help build decent and affordable homes in Thomasville. The work site is located at 814 Barnwell St. Work begins at 8 a.m. each Saturday and ends at noon. This Saturday’s work will include framing. No construction experience is necessary. Volunteers must be at least 16 years of age. For further information, contact Linda Berrier at 476-8570 or Butch Langfitt at 475-6843. For more information on Habitat for Humanity, visit www.habitat.org.

Luminary Service

Forest Hill Memorial Park in Lexington will hold a Luminary Service today. There will be a flame burning to celebrate the lives of loved ones cherished and missed. Donations for each luminary will be accepted to raise money for the American Red Cross, West Lexington Volunteer Firemen and Locks of Love. For more information, call 248-5312.

From Nov. 1 through Dec. 11, Home Instead Senior Care is again sponsoring the Be a Santa to a Senior program to make sure that isolated seniors in Davie and Davidson counties receive gifts and companionship. The Lexington office of Home Instead Senior Care has joined Chelsea’s Manor, Suntrust Bank, Newbridge Bank, other businesses and agencies that serve older adults to provide presents to seniors who otherwise might not receive a gift this holiday season. The Home Instead office in Lexington also has a tree with ornaments, located at 206 East Center St. in Lexington. Prior to the holiday season, the participating local organizations identified needy and isolated seniors in the community and provided those names to Home Instead Senior Care. Christmas trees that went up in community stores and banks the first week of November feature ornaments with the first names of the seniors and their gift requests. Holiday shoppers can pick up an ornament, buy items on the list and return them in a gift bag, along with the ornament attached. Home Instead Senior Care volunteers will collect and distribute the gifts to these seniors the week of Christmas. Businesses are encouraged to contact the Home Instead Senior Care offices about adopting groups of seniors. For more information or to volunteer, contact Sarah Chambers at 249-1011 or visit www.beasantatoasenior.com.

TARP business expo The Thomasville Civitan Club is sponsoring a day to assist community businesses on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in downtown Thomasville. The event will give businesses the opportunity to showcase their products to the public, promote their business to potential customers and encourage customers to do business in Thomasville. Food, beverages and games will be provided by area not-for-profit organizations. Spaces are available and businesses can register at no cost by calling 475-2222.

Masonic Lodge Installation Banquet Thomasville Masonic Lodge No. 214 A.F. & A.M. will install the officers for its Sesquicentennial Anniversary 150th year on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at the Thomasville Masonic Lodge on Salem Street. The installation banquet will begin at 6 p.m. with a meal prepared by the Order of the Eastern Star and installation will begin at 7 p.m. Installation will be conducted by North Carolina Past Grand Master Rev. David Cash. Please contact Darrell Wilson, 475-2128, to attend this open ceremony. Freemasonry is the oldest and the largest fraternal order in the world. It is a universal brotherhood of men dedicated to serving God, family, fellowmen and country.

gifts of clothes and toys are also accepted. Donations can also be made to help the resource center purchase gifts for children of families in crisis. For more information about the program, call Terri Nelson at 472-7217.

Blood pressure checks

The Davidson County Department of Senior Services Senior Dynamics program offers free bi-monthly blood pressure checks. Visit the Lexington Senior Center at 106 Alma Owens Drive the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. and the last Friday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. to have your blood pressure checked. The blood pressure checks are being provided by CareSouth Home Care Professionals and Piedmont Home Care. For more information, please call the Senior Center 242-2290.

Loose leaf collection The City of Thomasville currently is working to on Loose Leaf Collection. Please rake all leaves to the curb free of any debris (i.e. rocks, trash, limbs). If leaves are mixed with any debris, they will not be collected. Pursuant to solid waste code; section 66-4; leaves should be kept out of the street so as not to impede traffic flow.

Claxton fruit cakes The Silver Valley Civitan Club has over 1,000 pounds Claxton Old Fashion Fruit Cake available for sale. The holiday treat may be obtained from any member, several local businesses or by calling Sales Manager Jerry Surratt at 472-1428. One and two pound cakes are available at $3.50 per pound. This is the 51st year that the Silver Valley club has sold Claxton Fruit Cake and now exceeds 73,000 pounds in total sales. Proceeds are used for numerous Civitan community service projecs including Project Santa Claus.

Gifts from the Heart Fairgrove Family Resource Center is now collecting gifts for local children for Christmas. Residents can call the resource center at 472-7217 to select a child to fill their wish list. Individual

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Thomasville Times Weather 7-Day Local Forecast

Weather Trivia Where is the driest place on Earth in terms of average annual rainfall?

Sunday Sunny 46/27

Monday Mostly Sunny 49/30

Tuesday Partly Cloudy 53/35

Wednesday Isolated Rain 53/38

Almanac Last Week High Day 61 Thursday 55 Friday 59 Saturday 68 Sunday 58 Monday 55 Tuesday Wednesday 63

Low Normals Precip 39 56/36 0.12" 36 56/36 0.00" 37 56/35 0.00" 35 55/35 0.00" 40 55/35 0.08" 29 55/35 0.00" 42 54/34 0.98"

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Today we will see cloudy skies with a 50% chance of rain and snow, high temperature of 41º, humidity of 93% and an overnight low of 28º. The record high temperature for today is 76º set in 2001. The record Average temperature . . . . . . .48.4º low is 17º set in 1991. Sunday, skies will be sunny Average normal temperature .45.2º with a high temperature of 46º, humidity of 60% and Departure from normal . . . . .+3.2º an overnight low of 27º. Expect mostly sunny skies Data as reported from Greensboro Monday with a high temperature of 49º.

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FOCUS Using a debit card online is dangerous Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance BY MARY HUNT Syndicated Columnist

Dear Mary: I saw in a recent article that you do not like debit cards, especially for online purchases. That makes me nervous. I have a debit card that can be used as a credit card. I use it online all the time. Is my card different from the kind of debit card you mean? Why do you not like debit cards? — Theresa B., e-mail

Dear Theresa: There is no such thing as “a debit card that can be used as a credit card.” Funds are withdrawn directly from your account with a debit card. When you use a credit card, you are creating a short-term debt. I’m sure that you, like millions of others, assume that your debit card is also a credit card because when you use your card in bricks-andmortar stores, merchants ask you, “Debit or credit?” Merchants don’t know what kind of card you have, so if they see a card with a MasterCard or Visa logo, they need to know whether you will be signing or using your PIN. When you use your debit card but say “credit” when the mer-

chant asks, that means you opt for a signaturebased transaction. The paperwork is processed through the merchant’s bank with all of the credit transactions. It does not create a debt for you. You do not receive a statement at the end of a billing cycle asking you to make a payment to cover the purchase. The money comes directly from your account. A signature-based debit card transaction can take two to three days for the funds to be removed from your bank account. When you say “debit,” you are asking for a PINbased transaction. In this case, the funds are removed from your account immediately and put into the merchant’s account. Theresa, your debit card is no different from other debit cards, and you are foolish to use it online. Anyone with your debit card number could empty your bank account in a New York minute. Online, a thief needs neither your signature nor a PIN to complete a transaction. Suddenly, the money is gone and your bank account is empty. That creates a horrible hassle, which includes filing a police report, dealing with your bank, proving that you are not

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the one who drained the account and then waiting to see whether you can get your money back. Some issuers are touting “hassle-free” restoration of funds, but that is a marketing campaign, not a requirement by law. Those promises can disappear anytime. Credit cards are regulated by different federal laws, which make card issuers responsible when cards or card numbers are stolen. Do you have a question for Mary? E-mail her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. Mary Hunt is the founder of www. DebtProofLiving.com and author of 18 books, including “Can I Pay My Credit Card Bill With a Credit Card?” To find out more about Mary and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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TIMES STAFF REPORT Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance is ringing in the holidays with its presentation of Christmas My Way, a musical revue conceived by David Grapes and Todd Olson. This Frank Sinatrathemed show features 40 songs including such Sinatra mainstays as “New York, New York,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” and “Chicago, Chicago (My Kind of Town).” The show also includes Sinatra’s versions of many Christmas hits including “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire),” “Mistletoe and Holly,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Silver Bells,” and “I’ll be Home for Christmas.” Christmas My Way will run Dec. 11, 16-19, 21, and 22 at 8 p.m., Dec. 13 and 20 at 2 p.m., and Dec. 19 at 4 p.m. All performances

will take place at the Theatre Alliance playhouse located at 1047 Northwest Boulevard in Winston-Salem. Tickets are $16 for adults, $14 for students and seniors (ages 62 and over), and $12 for children (ages 12 and under). Tickets may be purchased on-

line at www.wstheatrealliance.org or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at (800) 838-3006. Patrons already holding Flexpasses may make their reservations online or by calling Theatre Alliance at (336) 723-7777.

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From page A1 ter, His Laboring Few Ministries and Citadel of Faith Christian Fellowship. Cooperative Community Ministry assisted between 400 and 500 people last year with food and toys. Sink said that the need was great last year, and it is even bigger this year. The application period was closed in November, but she still gets calls from people needing help. She tells them to check back with her, and if extra toys come in, they could get assistance. Sink said that the families who do receive help are very appreciative. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lady told me this morning that she could not provide Christmas for her children this year had it not been for agencies like ours and others helping with it,â&#x20AC;? Sink said. People still can â&#x20AC;&#x153;adoptâ&#x20AC;? children as part of the program, or they can simply make donations of food, money or gift items to the organization, which will go to help people in need. Another way to get involved with CCM is to volunteer. Barbara Price volunteers every Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, organizing files and giving food to families in need. She said she has been involved with them for about a year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I retired from my regular job, I came up here, because I decided I needed to do something to help people,â&#x20AC;? Price said.

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Margaret Marr delivers food to the Park & Recreation Department to support the Times/Recreation Community Food Challenge. The food will help fill local pantries, like Coopertive Community Ministry. She knew just the organization she wanted to help. Price was an administrative assistant at First Methodist Church in Thomasville for 20 years, and during the last 10 or 15 of those years, she helped work to raise funds and collect food for CCM. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wonderful,â&#x20AC;? Price said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People come in here that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have anything. Some of them have a little, but need some more to get them through the week... We get a lot of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;thank youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from them. People are really in need this year.â&#x20AC;? CCM also runs a soup kitchen at 6 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, along with other nights when possible, serving about 60 people each eve-

ning. Volunteers both donate and serve the food. For more information about CCM or the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adopt a Child for Christmasâ&#x20AC;? program, call 476-1842. Staff Writer Karissa Minn can be reached at 888-3576 or newsdesk@ tvilletimes.com.

Davidson County Sheriff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office caught a man suspected of stealing from a Thomasville church to support an addiction to pain pills. According to a DCSO press release, James Ray Watts, 32, of 466 Bramblewood Drive, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering and giving a false report to police after an investigation revealed he stole several pieces of musical instruments and equipment from Canaan

Land Church, located at 139 Fannie Pullum Road. DCSO deputies responded to call from the church on Sunday where a member said someone had removed the objects valued at $3120. Church members were able to give authorities a possible suspect that had done work at the church in the past but hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been there since Easter. The Breaking and Entering Task Force investigated and managed to locate the instruments and equipment at pawn shops in Thomasville and High Point. Warrants were ob-

tained for Watts, who was questioned about a report he filed in October stating his residence was broken into and a Yamaha guitar, Playstation, Nintendo Gamecube and 80 Edocet pills were taken. Watts said the guitar was at a Thomasville pan shop and the game systems were at his home. He stated that he filed the report in an attempt to get his medications refilled due to him being addicted prescriptive medications. Watts was issued a $5,000 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 11.

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A crushing legacy VIEWPOINT

JOE CONASON Syndicated Columnist From now on, the headlines about Afghanistan will be slugged “Obama’s War,” and perhaps that is fair enough given the president’s many endorsements of what he has called a war of necessity. It would be much less fair, however, to ignore the events that led us to this moment, when whatever choice he makes will offer no great guarantee of progress and no small prospect of trouble. Those events began with the inexplicable decision by officials of the previous administration to allow Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and other ranking leaders of al-Qaida to escape from Afghanistan to Pakistan in December 2001. At the time, as a new Senate report on the battle of Tora Bora recalls, Donald Rumsfeld, the secretary of defense, and Gen. Tommy Franks, the commander of American forces in Afghanistan, decided not to augment the tiny contingent of special operations troops on the ground with sufficient force to capture or kill bin Laden and his deputies. They later claimed to be worried that “too many American troops in Afghanistan would create an anti-American backlash and fuel a widespread insurgency,” a rationale that can only evoke bitter laughter now. None of the reasons offered back then for inaction at Tora Bora made sense after the outrage of Sept. 11, when the entire world, including the Afghan people, were cheering the U.S. invasion. The pattern of deception that later led to war in Iraq began with expressions of doubt by both Franks and Vice President Dick Cheney about bin Laden’s presence in Tora Bora — a doubt that none of the commanders on the ground shared and that always sounded more like an excuse than an explanation. If there was any chance that the perpetrators of Sept. 11 could be found in those mountains, then maximum force should have been deployed as rapidly as possible. What we know now, of course, is that Cheney, Rumsfeld and President Bush himself were distracted from the vital necessity of victory in Afghanistan — which meant not only driving out the Taliban but installing a real government in their place — by their obsession with Iraq. Not

only did the al-Qaida leadership escape, but so did Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban, who returned to mount a threatening insurgency two years later, just as the Bush White House and the Pentagon were declaring “mission accomplished” in Baghdad. The resulting neglect of Afghanistan — with all the corruption, disillusionment and anger that has ensued — had reached a critical stage when the Bush administration finally departed. Their own commanders were left behind to warn the new president that after eight years of war, the enemy had gained the upper hand. No further recrimination is necessary — history will render sterner judgments than any that can be written now. But after eight years of incompetence and arrogance, how can the United States salvage what has become of the “good war”? Escalation appears to be a self-defeating strategy. If the secretary of defense worried in 2001 that a few thousand Americans in Tora Bora would enrage the Afghan population, how will that population react to the presence of nearly 200,000 foreign troops next year? The U.S. occupation of Afghanistan further inflames suspicions of American domination not only in that country but across the Muslim world — as the war in Iraq also did — and especially in strategically vulnerable Pakistan. As investigative reporter Aram Roston recently revealed in a cover story for The Nation, the Afghan countryside is already so deeply permeated by the Taliban that contractors shipping logistical supplies to our troops routinely bribe the enemy to allow safe passage. Military sources estimated that the payoffs amounted to as much as 10 percent of the cash value of those shipments. So if we spend another $30 billion a year to send in additional troops, roughly $3 billion will end up in the coffers of the Taliban, far more than they need to buy the ammunition and explosives that kill our soldiers. The president seems to recognize the futility of the current situation. Perhaps he is raising the ante in order to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table, the same objective apparently shared by our allies in Europe and the discredited government in Afghanistan. Unsatisfactory as that would be, it is a legacy of the same politicians who now urge our troops to march resolutely into the deadly mess they made.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas THIS-N-THATS

LARRY MURDOCK Guest Columnist The Thomasville Medical Center Foundation held an open house Tuesday evening for the Lighting of the Christmas Trees. It was an outstanding event. Once everyone had gathered in the Hospital lobby, there was a spontaneous lighting of all the trees. There are 63 trees on display and nine available for silent auction to the highest bidder. The Mount Zion Wesleyan chorus sang traditional carols wearing authentic Charles Dickens attire. The trees will be on display each night until Christmas. Children may come into the lobby to see the trees, but they are not allowed past the elevators without masks. This is necessary to protect hospital patients as well as the children, since children are the most likely carriers of the H1N1 flu virus. ••• Christmas is a very special time of the year for our family and I am sure it is just as special for yours. On Thanksgiving Day or shortly thereafter, radio stations begin playing tunes of the season. I enjoy the religious Christmas songs that tell the story of the birth of Christ and old favorites by Andy Williams; Nat King Cole; Bing Crosby and others. Several years ago in this article I voiced my displeasure at some of the “Christmas?” (question mark intended) songs such as “Rockin Around the Christmas Tree,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas,” “All I Want for Christmas Are My Two Front Teeth,” and certainly not “Grandma Got

Run Over by a Reindeer.” ••• Gayle and I have a special treat in our neighborhood. For the past seven years around Thanksgiving, Mary Ann and Donnell Moody have decorated their lawn for Christmas. They started off with a simple “manger scene.” Donnell said that they have added something new to their lawn each Christmas. They have over 30,000 lights, 15 reindeer and have added a Santa and train this year. There is a steady stream of traffic into our neighborhood to see their display. It’s well worth the ride. Directions: from East Davidson School High, travel Emanuel Church Road toward Piedmont Crossings Retirement Center, you will pass Brown Middle School then turn right into Kenn-Myer. You won’t have any trouble finding the lighted display. I promise I won’t be at the neighborhood entrance trying to collect an entrance fee. When asked why they have the Christmas decorations, Donnell said, “We’re both like two little kids at Christmas. We love Christmas and we like sharing what we love with other people.” ••• Well, we solved the “Forty Crossings” mystery, now here is another one. Oscar Bailey called me the other night and wants to know if anyone recalls the name of a Drive-In Theater on National Highway near the Guilford County line. No, it’s not the Midway. Oscar says this one was on out National Highway and was on the left side of the road. If you recall the lot on the right side of the road which is full of junked lawn mowers, it was just beyond that somewhere near the county line according to Oscar. Send any replies to my e-mail larry.murdock@hotmail.com or give me a call. ••• This year, Gayle and I spent Thanksgiving at our mountain home near Asheville. For our Thanksgiving lunch we drove into Asheville to the J& S Cafeteria. They had advertised a “Thanksgiving

Day Special.” The special was turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, two vegetables, bread, drink and desert for $6.25. Fagg Nolan, president and CEO of J&S said, “It is a fun day for us and we do this as a thank you to our customers every year.” He also said that the day before Thanksgiving they sold about 3,000 whole pies to go. He explained that they have their own pumpkin patch and only sell fresh pumpkin while it last. Their “Thanksgiving Day Special” was a hit. The Cafeteria we ate at served 400 breakfast plates and 2,000 plates for lunch and dinner. As you may or may not know, Mr. Nolan was a former Executive Director of the Thomasville Area Chamber of Commerce. He started to work for the Thomasville Area Chamber in the fall of 75. When he was hired, he recalls the selection committee as being composed by Mr. Harry Brown Finch, Mr. Jim Pearce, Mr. Jim English, Mr. Joe Bennett, Mr. David Nesbit and Mr. Milton Riley. He and Mrs. Faye DeGarde were the only paid staff members. He left Thomasville in the fall of ‘77 for Florence, S.C. and stayed there until he left to help start J&S in early ‘85. Mr. Nolan said, “I guess I relate a lot to food for some reason. I do have fond memories of Dewy Cranford’s Cafeteria, T’Ville Dinner and Roger Phillips’ Cafe. ••• Radio personality Max Meeks has announced his retirement from WMFR-AM effective at the end of his “Max in the Morning” radio show on Jan. 1, 2010. Thomasville can claim Max as their resident now since he and Nancy reside in Thomasville at Piedmont Crossing Retirement Center. Max is a gentleman and an excellent Sunday School teacher. Max, hope you enjoy retirement as much as I do and may God continue to bless you Four things you can’t recover: The stone ... after the throw ... The word ... after it’s said ... The occasion ... after it’s missed. The time ... after it’s gone.

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OBITUARIES Index Thomasville Amos Bryant, 86 Lexington Danny Boles, 56 Ronny Cross, 48 Carlo Scarboro, 88 John Tilley, 60 Other Areas Ramon Creon Handy, 46

Danny Boles LEXINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Danny Boles, 56, of Lexington, died Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, at Lexington Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at J.C. Green and Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville.

Amos Bryant

Bryant Amos Leon Bryant, 86, a resident of Flick Circle and formerly of National Highway, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, surrounded by family and loved ones at High Point Regional Hospital due to a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Thomasville, he was born on Dec. 19, 1922, a son of Grady Lee Bryant and Ethel Bevan Bryant. On Nov. 29, 1947, he was

married to Blanche Myers Bryant, wife of 62 years, who survives of the home. Also surviving are a son, Steve Bryant and wife Terri, of High Point; a daughter, Priscilla Gayle and husband Walter, of Greenville, S.C.; seven grandchildren, Stephanie, Amy and April Bryant, Amelia and Walter Gayle IV, and Hannah and Joshua Starnes; three great-grandchildren, McKenzie, Ayden and Jaxon; several nieces and nephews; and his beloved Jack Russell Terrier, Luci. He was preceded in death by his parents and his identical twin brother, Austin Bevan Bryant. After Bryantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return from serving 27 months overseas with the 45th Thunderbird Division in the European Theater of World War II, where he received the Purple Heart, he and his father organized Bargain Furniture Store in 1945 in Thomasville. His brother Austin later joined the business. Bryant often was known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr. Bargain.â&#x20AC;? He also contributed his considerable cooking skills and unique wit at catering functions with Columbian Coffee and Vending Service for the past 20 years. He was a lifetime member of Heidelberg United Church of Christ, where he served as a deacon, elder and church treasurer. He also was a member and treasurer of the Sam Myers Bible Class and was recently honored as the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Elder Emeritus. Bryant was a long-time member of the Thomasville Masonic Lodge, and a member of the Thomasville Lions Club for 41 years, where he was honored as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lion of the Year 2002-2003.â&#x20AC;? He will be missed by all who knew him and remembered for his smile, laugh and practical jokes, and for his manner of â&#x20AC;&#x153;leading by example.â&#x20AC;?

The family would like to thank the staff of High Point Regional Hospital, and especially the 7th floor personnel who attended Bryant during his stay there, for their exceptional care and kindness. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Heidelberg United Church of Christ by the Rev. Jamie Fonville. Burial will be in Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will be at J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m. today and other times at the residence. The body will remain at the funeral home until the hour of service. Members of the Thomasville Lions Club and the Thomasville Masonic Lodge are asked to serve as honorary pallbearers and should meet at the church by 1:45 p.m. Sunday. Memorials may be directed to Heidelberg United Church of Christ in Thomasville. Online condolences may be made to www.jcgreenandsons. com. ***

Ronny Cross LEXINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ronald Ray â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ronnyâ&#x20AC;? Cross, 48, of Plantation Drive, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at Hinkle Hospice House after declining health of one year. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Riverview Memorial Park in Watha, N.C., with Preacher Clyde Akers officiating. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Davidson Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.

RALEIGH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Highway Safety Program announced today that state and local law enforcement officers cited 31,760 motorists for speeding during the Operation Slow Down/No Need 2 Speed campaign, which ran Nov. 16-29. A total of 83,118 traffic and criminal citations were issued statewide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Speeding is the leading cause of crashes,â&#x20AC;? said David Weinstein, director of GHSP. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These campaigns help make

our highways safer and aim to remind motorists to obey the speed limit.â&#x20AC;? Officers also issued 4,904 safety belt and 873 child passenger safety violations and 1,430 drug charges. In addition, they apprehended 615 fugitives from justice and recovered 98 stolen vehicles. For county-by-county citation totals or more information about No Need 2 Speed, visit the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Highway Safety Program Web site at www.ncdot.gov/programs/ghsp.

TRINITY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ramon Creon Handy, 46, died on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. No funeral services will be held. Family will receive friends at 2 p.m. today at the family farm located in Trinity at 1786

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Take time be thankful for the gifts in life KEEPING THE FAITH

DOUG CREAMER Guest Columnist

In the space of one week I have been fortunate to spend some time with each of my family members. Last week my older sister, my brother, and I got together with my Dad to celebrate his birthday. We had a nice brunch in a restaurant and we spent the afternoon together talking about our respective families. It is nice to hear about all the nieces and nephews and what they are doing. It made

for a nice afternoon. Midweek my older sister and I drove home to see our mother for her birthday celebration. We took her out for a nice quiet meal and reminisced about our family. The memories were vivid and fun as we laughed together. After dinner we went to my little sister’s house and shared some more family time together. My older sister and I got to spend between eight and ten hours in the car while we traveled home and back. You can really talk about a lot of stuff without the distractions of kids and schedules. I enjoyed the opportunity to share with my sister about my life and to hear about hers. It was interesting to share our different perspectives on the family. My family is not perfect. We have our problems and quirks,

but I believe we are a close family. When the chips are down, we are all there for each other. We each care deeply for one another and that includes all of our spouses and the nieces and nephews. I am very grateful for my family. My parents are lucky to have raised four good kids and to have launched us all successfully. Let’s face it, none of us has a perfect family, but we all have much for which we should be thankful. I know of four families that I am praying for on a regular basis that are out of work right now, but even they have much for which to be thankful. For the most part each of those families has good health and is somehow paying the monthly bills. Do they have everything they want? No, but who does? We have the power to choose if we are going

to be thankful or we may miss God’s many blessings. Everyone has problems or negative things going on in their lives. We can choose to focus on our problems and let them overwhelm us, or we can choose to acknowledge that while things are not perfect in our lives, we still have much to be grateful for. No matter how bleak the situation might be, there is always something good in our lives that we need to acknowledge. I do not believe we should be thankful for the bad things that are going on in our lives, because God doesn’t put bad things in our lives. God can, however, bring good things out of bad situations. We can be thankful for those good things. If you find yourself in that place where it is hard to be thankful, let me give you a few things

that come to my mind to help you focus on the positive things in life. I believe it is always good to begin with family and friends. During difficult times it is always good to surround yourself with people who care about you and want the best for you. We all have many blessings in our family and friends. How about your health? If you are not dependent upon machines to keep you alive, there are things about your body for which you should be thankful. Most of us will climb into warm a bed tonight, that isn’t the case for many around the world. You have probably eaten a good meal sometime in the last six hours; sadly there are many people who will go to bed hungry. Consider all the possessions and comforts you have accu-

mulated, you are lucky. The list goes on and on. I want to encourage you to take a moment right now and thank God for some of the good things in your life. A thankful heart attracts the presence of God. God is faithful. He will meet all your needs. If we are honest, we will have to admit that God has taken care of us even through the difficult times in life. If we will trust Him and have a more thankful attitude, I believe it will change our whole perspective on life. It’s not always easy to be thankful, but I believe it is the right and best heart-attitude.

be turkey with all the trimmings. The meal is free to the public; however, donations will be accepted. This is an outreach ministry of Hopewell UMC. For more information, call 431-9507.

Holiness Church Choir will present “Only Love,” a Christmas musical, on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m., and on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 6 p.m, at the church at 1448 East U.S. Highway 64 in Lexington. Admission is one can of food. For more information, call 249-6598.

Doug Creamer teaches Marketing at East Davidson High School. His Web site is located at www. dougcreamer.com Contact him at PO Box 777, Faith, NC 28041 or email doug@dougcreamer.com.

CHURCH NOTES Advent service

Heidelberg UCC will hold its 33rd annual Festival of the Hanging of the Greens Sunday during its 11 a.m. worship ervice. During the service, the sanctuary will be beautifully tranformed for the celebration of Advent and Christmas. Music will be provided by the Chancel Choir under the leadership of Josef Walker, choirmaster/organist. The narration will be The Story Behind the Biblical Story of Jesus’ birth. The church is located at 118 Salem St.

Annual bazaar

Faith Baptist Church will hold its annual bazaar from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the church fellowship hall. The even will include hand made crafts, Christmas gifts, a yard sale, spaghetti plates and more. The church is located at 2984 Rob Curtis Road in Archdale. For more information, call 434-4330.

Barbecue Shoulder and Quart Sale The United Methodist

Men of Hopewell United Methodist Church, located at 4540 Hopewell Church Road in Trinity, will be having a Barbecue Shoulder and Quart Sale today. Shoulders will be $45, and quarts will be $9. The pick-up time will be between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday in the Fellowship Hall of the church. To place an order, call 688-2218 by Friday, Dec. 4.

Breakfast with Santa Parents and children are invited to come to Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, located at the corner of Hasty School Road and South Road in Thomasville, for a breakfast with Santa today from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. There will be pancakes, sausage, bacon, juice, coffee and milk served. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Donations will be accepted. For more information or directions, call 475-1124.

Local missions fundraiser Fairfield United Methodist Church, located

at 1505 N.C. Highway 62 West in High Point, will hold a fundraiser for local missions today starting at 5 p.m. A meal of grilled chicken, vegetables and dessert will be served, followed by fun and games. Cost is by donation only. For more information, call 431-5743.

Christmas Cantata

formation, contact the church office at 472-7718.

Free community supper Hopewell United Methodist Church, located at 4540 Hopewell Church Road in Trinity, will have a free community supper Friday, Dec. 11, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The menu will

Christmas musical The First Pentecostal

On Sunday, at 7 p.m., the Memorial United Methodist Church Chancel Choir and Orchestra, located at 101 Randolph St. in Thomasville, will present its annual Christmas Cantata, “Have You Seen the Star?” The lessons and carols program will feature anthems by John Rutter, Mack Wilberg, Joseph Martin, Barlow Bradford and John Williams. MUMC Chancel Choir and Orchestra is conducted by Bill Cates, MUMC director of music, and accompanied by Brian Vannoy, organist, and will number more than 75 musicians. Gathering music will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be provided by da Capo Brass. All are welcome. For further in-

God’s unchanging principles BY CLYDE DUPIN Special to the Times

At a time when liberal, corrupt politicians, the elite media and some church leaders are ignoring God’s rules for humanity someone needs to speak out. It is time for the church to take a firm stand against same-sex marriage, abortion, and the evil influence of Hollywood. Anyone who tries to take a stand is condemned by words like homophobic, political correctness, tolerance and hate speech. The church has nothing to apologize for in its condemnation of these sins which are clearly condemned in the Christian Bible. At the same time we must have love and compassion for those who break the laws of God. Under the guise of political correctness, the tiny minority of ho-

mosexuals have gained rights for themselves and violated the rights of all who believe in family values. They have gained these rights by recruiting gay journalists, electing gay politicians and controlling much of the entertainment industry. The National Lesbian and Gay Association helps control the media and promotes their agenda and lifestyle daily. This branch of the media, well established in major TV networks, stands ready and armed to verbally assassinate any preacher or political leader who speaks out about these perversions. There is help available for men and women who want to be free from this sad lifestyle. Research and treatment are available to those who want help. These self-help groups are available in most communities and information is

available on the Internet. This debate will go on but people need to know there is help. These forces of evil must not be allowed to destroy our youth. Our church, family and decency are worth fighting for. Everyone needs to know the truth and, if trapped, seek a better lifestyle through God’s help.

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FROM PAGE A1 YOUTHS From page A1

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SCHOOL From page A1 sale. “We have some really good furniture,” Stroud said. “We have probably about five kitchen tables, about 15 side office chairs, we have four or five whole bedroom suites and other bedroom furniture, and then some other smaller items.” In addition to furniture, Stroud said that the Red Cross has received Christmas decorations, TVs, radios, kitchen items, picture frames and office supplies. They

MURDER From page A1 scene and determined Cory Gaither stabbed his estranged wife multiple times and fled the scene in a older model, white Buick Century. DCSO detectives investigating Cory Gaither’s apparent suicide, located his vehicle a short distance away in a nearby parking lot. Once they got his information, detectives called WSPD and found Gaither had the 50-B for domestic violence taken out on him by his wife, prompting them to request a welfare

sale. “We have some really good furniture,” Stroud said. “We have probably about five kitchen tables, about 15 side office chairs, we have four or five whole bedroom suites and other bedroom furniture, and then some other smaller items.” In addition to furniture, Stroud said that the Red Cross has received Christmas decorations, TVs, radios, kitchen items, picture frames and office supplies. They did not accept clothing, because it would be too TIMES PHOTO/ELIOT DUKE hard to organize for the plaque the school re- fundraiser.

did not accept clothing, because it would be too hard to organize for the fundraiser. “Also, if people just want to make donations to help support our youth, that would be greatly appreciated,” Stroud said. Members of Red Cross youth clubs in local high schools help with the organization’s traditional services, Stroud said, like blood drives and disaster drills. They also find their own cause to support and work to educate others about it. Stroud said that some of the youth helped raise thousands of dollars for Invisible Children, an organization

that helps African youth in war-torn countries, and others want to combat human trafficking. “We’re trying to build leadership skills in them, so we tell them that if they’re passionate about something, then we’ll do something about it,” Stroud said. “They come up with something that matters to them, and we pursue first educating them and having them educate others, and then we do a project about it.” For more information about the yard sale or the American Red Cross, call 885-9121 or e-mail strouda@usa.redcross.org.

check at a Winston-Salem residence. “At that point, WSPD advised us that he was a suspect in a homicide which occurred there in the morning,” Grice said. “They joined us in our investigation. We’ve cleared up our business on it. We feel his injuries were selfinflicted and our involvement is complete.” Grice said his detectives found some evidence at the scene of the hanging that may assist WSPD with their investigation, but didn’t elaborate. WSPD took custody of Cory Gaither’s car and his body was sent to Baptist Hospital for an au-

topsy. Clayton said Cory Gaither had a criminal background. “We basically shared information and put all the facts together,” Clayton said. “That’s where we are right now.” Allison Gaither graduated from Parkland High School, and had three children with her estranged husband. Clayton said a neighbor called police after hearing Allison’s screams and believes the attack started in the couple’s home and continued outside. Staff Writer Eliot Duke can be reached at 888-3578, or duke@tvilletimes.com.

“Also, if people just want to make donations to help support our youth, that would be greatly appreciated,” Stroud said. Members of Red Cross youth clubs in local high schools help with the organization’s traditional services, Stroud said, like blood drives and disaster drills. They also find their own cause to support and work to educate others about it. Stroud said that some of the youth helped raise thousands of dollars for Invisible Children, an organization that helps African youth in war-torn countries, and others want to combat human trafficking.

“We’re trying to build leadership skills in them, so we tell them that if they’re passionate about something, then we’ll do something about it,” Stroud said. “They come up with something that matters to them, and we pursue first educating them and having them educate others, and then we do a project about it.” For more information about the yard sale or the American Red Cross, call 885-9121 or e-mail strouda@usa.redcross.org.

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Greensboro Ballet will present its annual production of The Nutcracker on Dec. 17, 19 and 20 at War Memorial Auditorium. With gorgeous scenery and costumes plus exquisite dancing performed by Greensboro Ballet’s own professionals along with guest artists and select students from the school, “The Nutcrackers” has long been a favorite way for families to celebrate the winter holiday season. The story, about a young girl named Clara Silberhaus is filled with magic and fantasy. This year Clara will be danced by Greensboro Ballet professional Blair Chamberlain and her partner is Michael Doyle, appearing as the Nutcracker Prince. In this interpretation of the story, Clara is an adolescent girl who dreams of being saved by a heroic figure, the Nutcracker Prince, who then takes her on a romantic journey through the Land of Snow where they dance a beautiful pas de deux in the midst of Snow Flakes and Ice Crystals. They then continue their journey to the Kingdom of Sweets where they meet the Sugar Plum Fairy, danced by Greensboro Ballet’s Nina Bass. They enjoy an exciting performance of dancers from many lands and at the end of adventure, they journey on together to wherever their wishes may take them. This ballet is truly a family audience favorite and those in attendance are as much a part of the event as the performers. With little girls in the audience all dressed up in velvet and taffeta, watching wide eyed as the snow flakes, sugar plums, and national dancers perform and with little boys cheering on the battle between the Mouse King and the Nutcracker Prince, one can only leave the theatre with a happy heart ready to share the joy of the season! There is another side to this story, however! Every few years, Greensboro Ballet dusts off its parody of this famed ballet and presents its production of “The Cracked Nut.” Critics hate it, balletomanes refuse to attend, but, the dancers and the audience love this outrageous spoof. Absolutely nothing about ballet or current society is sacred in this production. Brought to the 21st

century, the story unfolds in the home of a famous, contemporary family. Instead of international dignitaries coming to the holiday party, celebrities of world and local renown attend. The family’s crazy uncle is there keeping the party hopping and everyone has a good time. There is an event that leads to a real smack down at center stage, followed by a series of Winter Olympic events and then on to the “entertainment.” While some of the dancers appearing in the “entertainment” section are lovely to watch, some of the others are of questionable talent and wouldn’t have made it through the first audition of “So You Think You Can Dance.” Tickets are currently on sale at the Greensboro Coliseum Box Office and through Ticketmaster. You can order by phone at 1-800-745-3000 or on line at ticketmaster.com. Tickets range in price from $10-$35 with special

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TODAY BASKETBALL DCCC @ Oxford 2 p.m. WRESTLING Panther Tourney 9 a.m.

MONDAY BASKETBALL DCCC @ St. Andrews 7 p.m.

TUESDAY BASKETBALL Ledford @ W. Davidson 6 p.m. BASKETBALL Wheatmore @ E. Davidson 6 p.m.

Sports Editor Youth was on display Thursday evening in a nonconference rivalry wrestling match between East Davidson and Ledford. In the end, the youth of the Panthers was slightly better than that of the Golden Eagles in a 52-30 decision. East held a lead of 6-0 after one match, but it was downhill from there. Six pins and a major decision went on the board for Ledford before the Golden Eagles could recover and make the final outcome respectable. “I was real pleased with our effort tonight,” said LHS head coach Bobby House. “The boys are real young this year and I only have three seniors. We have 71 out and that is the most Ledford has ever had. “I am real excited about our season and I think we have a chance to do well.” Jordan Beal (189) got East off on the right foot scoring a disqualification decision in a match that was all Beal, putting the homestanding Eagles on top 6-0. It would be a long time before they scored again. Beginning with Shurlandius Crump at 215, the Panthers scored 40 unanswered points, taking a commanding 40-6 lead. Crump pinned his opponent with 23 seconds in the first period to secure the first six points. At heavyweight, Jonathan Kanoy made quick work of Josh White, pinning him with 1:02 left in the first period. Switching over to the little guys, Tyler Hinch kept the momentum going, taking a 5-1 lead in the first period, before finally getting the pin.

Above, East’s Blaine Lovette finds himself in trouble against Ledford’s Mike Pounds in nonconference action Thursday at East. Pounds won by major decision. At left, Ledford’s Coley Garner (white) is wrapped up with East Davidson’s Harley Owens. Garner came away with a pin in the first period. TIMES PHOTOS/ZACH KEPLEY

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Ledford’s Katelyn Todd tries to shoot over the outstretched arm of an East defender Friday night.

WALLBURG — When East Davidson guard Haley Grimsley is on, there is not much a team can do to stop her. Despite Ledford’s best effort to keep the sharpshooter from doing damage, Grimsley poured in a game-high 22 points to lead the Lady Golden Eagles past LHS 47-35 Friday night in nonconference action. Candace Fox added 11 for East, but the star of the show was clearly her backcourt mate Grimsley. “She always goes hard and has a good attitude,” said head coach Brian Eddinger. “She is one of those special one’s on the floor so it is nice to have her to lean back on.” Grimsley scored 12 of her points in the first half, as the Golden Eagles built a 24-10 lead. Ledford did not do themselves any favors in digging the big hole, settling for long shots and turning the ball over almost every other time down the floor. A lot of it, though, can be attributed to tough defense by East. “That is part of our game,” Eddinger said. “We have got to get those

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The rule of three I don’t think the old tradition of cutting shirt tails for misses on deer is still practiced. When I was deer hunting in the early 1970s, it was practiced religiously, provided someone knew you missed. I don’t remember the name of the young man, though I remember his brother’s name was Bobby, who came out of the woods to our parking place that day. Bobby, was waiting with us as he came up the trail and the plans were already made. Bobby had heard the shot and it was unmistakable that it came from his brother’s stand. He assumed his brother would come to his stand for help if he needed to track the deer or drag him out; he didn’t. When he trudged up without a smile, it was a foregone conclusion the shirt tail was coming off. It seems our young hunter had a perfect shot at a huge buck that was, to his estimate, about 500 yards away. He’d held the crosshairs just over the top of the deer’s shoulder and fired a shot. In those days, I was an amateur ballistician; I read ballistics charts instead of the sports page. It fascinated me how a bullet behaved once it left the barrel of

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DICK JONES Outdoor Columnist a rifle. After my friend’s shirttail was removed, I explained that, provided the deer really was 500 yards away, he’d used nowhere close to enough holdover. I guessed, and later affirmed, that the holdover would have been something like 60” to hit that deer at 500 yards. We later walked off the distance and found the distance was really about 300 yards, the guessed at holdover was pretty close to right at this distance (I could write several stories about those 300 yard 600 yard shots I hear about regularly). Bobby’s brother simply missed the deer; incorrect holdover wasn’t an issue. Every year, it seems I get collared to sight in hunting rifles for

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CATHY ELLIOTT NASCAR Columnist NASCARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to move its annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Week activities from New York City to Las Vegas was met with little, if any, resistance. Las Vegas, of course, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, and although everyone loves New York, it did seem to be time for a change of scenery. It has been more than that; it has brought a change of attitude. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot going on, including various media gatherings, a private dinner for the champion, sponsor receptions and the like. Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosted a big fan event on Tuesday. Stock cars are parked in prominent locations on the famous Las Vegas Strip for photo ops. Tony Stewart did a live radio awards show â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his yearly â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stewiesâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from the Rio Hotel. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of action, and it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just in the casinos. Las Vegas is a happening place. Speaking of the Strip, the city shut the whole thing down for an hour so the top 12 drivers in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup could take a Victory Lap, complete with pit stops and a burnout from four-time champion Jimmie Johnson. The Victory Lap is probably Championâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most spectacular event. When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re standing in front of

the MGM Grand Hotel with all the bells and whistles of Vegas behind you, fans are lining the streets as far as the eye can see, and then those stock cars fire up in front of you, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but think things couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any better. But they did. Wayne Newton â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who has probably never before been referred to as the icing on the cake but in this case was â&#x20AC;&#x201D; waved the green flag for the Victory Lap. Yes, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real. On Thursday, Dec. 3, the National Motorsports Press Association and Myers Brothers hosted their awards ceremony. Other than the NASCAR Sprint Cup awards dinner, this is the biggest event of the week. It honors, if not exactly the little guy, then the guys who are slightly less large. Officials and crew members have their moment in the spotlight, and proactive sponsors are recognized for their contributions to NASCAR. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. flew in for the day to pick up the NASCAR NMPA Chex Most Popular Driver Award for the seventh consecutive year. Junior has turned into a pretty good speechmaker. On this day, he talked about his childhood dream â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the dream of so many kids that in this notable case came true â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of growing up to race cars for a living. He thanked the fans, who select the winner of this award, and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long as you keep supporting me, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep showing up.â&#x20AC;? Joey Logano, who received Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors, may have delivered the best line of the day. Acknowledging Mark Martin as one of his primary role models, Logano said he only hoped he could measure up to that high standard when he

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Ledfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tommy Taylor (112) puts East Davidsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A.J. Holder into a firm lock while on top during Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match. Taylor would eventually win by pin in the first period.

FLATTEN From page B1 Tommy Taylor (112) and Larston Trent (119) followed up with pins of their own in first period action, as the advantage extended to 30-6 with East running out of matches to catch up in. The Golden Eagles stopped some of the bleeding avoiding another pin by Ledford, but did allow four more points with a major decision. Mike Pounds took a 12-0 lead through two periods after a nearfall over Blaine Lovette, and kept the pressure on to tack on more points to the lead. Another LHS pin from Shabaz Butt made it 40-6, until East lit up its side of the scoreboard for the second time with a pin at 135 by Zach Pettit. Pins by Cody Dull (140)

and Coley Garner (145) helped build a 52-12 Ledford lead, but East did make something of the night winning the final three matches. A trio of pins by Asa Bohannon (152), Devin Nelson (160) and Chris Bolen accounted for the final score. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am pleased with how we scrapped there at the end, where we had something we can build off,â&#x20AC;? said EDHS coach Chris Wagner. The kids have worked hard in practice with great intensity. We have just got to get mat time and experience, so hopefully by January we will be ready for conference play.â&#x20AC;? Ledford moved to 2-0 on the season while East dipped to 1-2. Sports Editor Zach Kepley can be reached at 888-3631, or at kepley@tvilletimes.com.

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SPORTS AREA SPORTS BRIEFS BASKETBALL Black Knights edge past East North Davidson held off the East Davidson Lady Golden Eagles Wednesday evening for a 54-52 win in Welcome. Haley Grimsley paced the Eagles with 17 points and four steals. Chelsea Turner added 10 points with Candace Fox and Stacy Hicks each adding eight points. Fox also had five steals and four assists with Hicks hauling down five rebounds. East fell to 1-1 on the year.

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NASCAR From page B2 reached Martin’s age — in the year 2040. Barney Hall seemed truly nonplussed to be presented with the event’s namesake trophy, the NMPA Myers Brothers Award, but still managed to summon up one of his trademark quips — “Like the little fish said when he swam into a concrete wall, ‘… damn.’” Of course, the top 12 drivers were there, participating in what has become one of my favorite vignettes from Champion’s Week. As they are introduced one by one to open the show, the guys come out in their impeccable designer suits and form a single line on the stage. Basically, it’s just a photo opportunity. Literally, all they have to do is stand there and behave themselves. They never pull it off. Never. The world’s greatest drivers, who literally live in each other’s faces week in and week out, never seem to know what to do up there in their fancy outfits. They decide they need to stand up there and have a chat. They fidget; they put their hands in their pockets. They whisper jokes that must be pretty funny because there seems to be an awful lot of hilarity going on. This year was the best. Realizing it was a long line, and they were going to run out of room on the stage before Johnson got out there, Brian Vickers, who was introduced first, tugged on the arm of Carl Edwards to get him to move down. This started a chain reaction-type deal as the drivers pulled and poked and nudged one

GRIMSLEY From page B1 turnovers and get out and run the best we can.” East tacked on to its large advantage going up 34-16 towards the end of the third quarter, getting five points from Amanda Baker in a one-minute stretch. Ledford continued to struggle as they were playing without their best player. Forward Carman Pericozzi was injured in practice on Thursday and was on crutches for the game. That took away a lot of the Panther offense and left them with a big void in the middle. “It was good for us, but I feel bad for her, because she is a good kid and works so hard,” said

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another in an attempt to properly rearrange themselves. Think about kids all costumed up as vegetables or farm animals in a secondgrade play, trying their hardest to occupy their correct spots on stage, and you get the idea. Plus, I’m pretty sure Martin was wearing sneakers. Now, I realize this seems like a small point to make such a big deal out of. But really, it kind of sums up the whole feel of the 2009 Champion’s Week. The most visible faces of a wildly popular sport are in Las Vegas for a week. At the NASCAR Sprint Cup Awards Ceremony, they will be honored for their achievements this year. As an added bonus, they will also get paid for those achievements. They got to drive their race cars down the Strip. They got to mess around on stage with their buddies. They’re having fun. And because of them, so are we. NMPA/Myers Brothers award winners: Buddy Shuman Award— Dale Inman; Home Depot NMPA Humanitarian Award — Michigan International Speedway; NMPA Myers Brothers Award — Barney Hall; NASCAR NMPA Chex Most Popular Driver Award — Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award — Joey Logano; DirecTV Crew Chief of the Year Award — Darian Grubb; Dow Automotive Strategic Call of the Race Award — Jimmie Johnson; Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Year Award — Drew Blickensderfer; MAHLE Clevite Engine Builder of the Year Award — Hendrick Motorsports; Mechanix Wear

Eddinger. “It still did not make it any easier because they had girls step up in her place.” Katelyn Todd was one that stepped in to fill the hole. She had a team-high nine points, battling inside and her teammates kept feeding her the ball. Her free throw closed it down to 34-21 to end the third. Megan Surles nailed a jumper to start the fourth that chiseled the lead down to 11, and Ledford was back in business. Well, for about one minute anyway. Fox converted a driving layup for East and Grimsley swished a 3-pointer on the wing, as the Golden Eagles went up by 16 and would not be caught. East improves to 2-1 on the year while Ledford fell to 2-1.

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Badgers upset Devils as Big Ten wins Challenge for ﬁrst time BY BRYAN STRICKLAND Durham Herald Sun MADISON, Wisc. — The Big Ten’s official logo nestled near the free throw lines at the Kohl Center cleverly incorporates the number 11 between the letters that spell it out, a subtle reminder that the conference actually has 11 members. Wisconsin managed to keep the No. 11 out of plain sight Wednesday night, at the expense of the Duke Blue Devils and the ACC. The Blue Devils entered the game with a perfect 10-0 mark in the Big Ten/ ACC Challenge right along with their conference and had a chance to extend both streaks to 11, but the Badgers refused to let it happen, never trailing in a 73-69 victory. Wisconsin’s win, combined with Ohio State’s victory over Florida State that ended moments later, gave the Big Ten the crown at long last, by a 6-5 margin. Wisconsin’s 17,000-plus fans weren’t worried about the rest of the conference, however, when they stormed the court after the final buzzer. “They just wanted it more, which is probably the worst thing I can say

THREE From page B1 friends and acquaintances. One of the things I’ve noticed lately is that everyone seems to have forgotten the old rule of three that Jack O’Conner and Warren Page pushed when I was reading Field and Stream and Outdoor Life in the Ledford High School Library. Most guys want their rifle sighted dead on at 100 yards or perhaps an inch or so high. It’s true that most deer are shot at less than 100 and what’s the ideal setup here isn’t in Montana but there was a lot of sense to that old rule of three mind-set. O’Connor’s Rule of Three proposed sighting a modern hunting rifle in to be three inches high at 100 yards. Being three inches high meant you’d be slightly higher at around 150, ever so slightly high at 200 and about four inches low at 250 yards. With a really flat shooting magnum you’d still have a point blank shot that would stay in a deer’s vitals at 300 yards. The reasoning was sound. If there’s a possibility of a 250-yard shot, why not sight in so the shot can be accomplished without excessive holdover? For the sake of argument, we’ll say our rifle shoots a 150 grain bullet at 2,800 feet per second. Provided you held reasonably well, you could hold dead on from just in front of the muzzle to about 250 yards and stay easily in a deer’s vital area. You’d only be nine inches low at 300 yards. Those old guys did indeed have a point. Let’s say we sight in that same rifle to be dead on at 100 yards. We’ll be about 4 ½ inches low at 200 yards and a whopping 13 inches low at 250. It’s true that most of us don’t make shots at 300 yards and, if you’re sure you never

after a game,” Duke senior Jon Scheyer said. “They just did whatever they wanted to do. They made every shot, and if they did miss, they got the rebound. “Give them credit. They took the game from us.” Still, the No. 6 Blue Devils (6-1) didn’t relinquish their remarkable run of success in the event easily. After Wisconsin guard Trevon Hughes, who paced the Badgers with 26 points (19 in the second half), extend his team’s lead to 65-54 at the 5:01 mark with his second straight 3-pointer, Duke freshman Andre Dawkins did Hughes one better. Duke was 3-of-11 on 3-point shots before Dawkins drilled three straight in less than two minutes, the third at the 1:52 mark to bring the Blue Devils within 67-65. Duke got the ball back with 40 seconds left, but Kyle Singler, who paced the Devils with 28 points, couldn’t convert on a chance to tie with 27 seconds left. Hawked by Ryan Evans on a drive, Singler’s leaner from the left baseline hit the side of the backboard. “I was supposed to come off a screen,” Singler said. “The play was there, but we just didn’t

execute it right.” Duke twice got the ball back down by three points but settled for a follow from Miles Plumlee the first time to make it 70-69 with 5.7 seconds left. After two free throws by Hughes, Singler’s attempt to whip a pass to a curling Scheyer near midcourt failed, as the ball bounded out of bounds right along with the Blue Devils’ hopes. Wisconsin (5-1) shot 45.3 percent from the floor. Before Wednesday, the best percentage for a Duke opponent was 40 percent. “They played great offense and they played together and hit shots, but at the end of the day, we’ve got to look at ourselves,” said Duke junior Nolan Smith, who scored 13 points. “I just think our team defense wasn’t there like it has been. “Talking to each other and having help-side, team defense — Duke defense — just wasn’t there. I think if we would have played that for a full 40 minutes, it would have been a different story.” Duke’s defense proved no match for Wisconsin’s offense early. The Badgers broke Duke down time and time again with crisp movement with and

will, adding three inches to your 100 yard elevation might not make sense. Fact is though, that three inches high at 100 yards isn’t likely to ever affect a shot at that range but 13 inches at 250 very easily could. The really great thing about the rule of three was that with a normal scope height, the bullet would be dead on at about 25 yards when the rifle was shooting 3” high at 100 yards, making for an easy method of checking your zero. The argument those old guys made was that, since there was very little drop from a modern hunting rifle bullet in the first 200 yards, why not make most of that travel above the line of sight? Indeed, most modern hunting rifles shoot pretty flat for the first 200 yards. Once the velocity begins to fall off even the fastest magnums begin to drop like a rock. After 200 yards, bullet drop almost doubles for each additional 100 yards. True, most scope manufacturers are offering reticules that have distance compensated crosshairs. Many have a rangefinder system that helps you determine the distance but a lot of hunters are just hunting with plain crosshair reticules that offer no such assistance. The rule of three isn’t likely to hurt your chances of a short shot and it sure can help if you do get a long shot. It might even help you keep your shirttail.

ability to shoot a group. Use a steady table or rest and know the capability of your rifle. • Always use the exact load you’re hunting with to sight in. Even small changes in the load make a difference in your zero. • Use a target that has a grid in inches mapped out to allow you to make adjustments. I like the Caldwell Orange Peel sight-in target. It’s 12 inches square, has a 1” grid on the face, shows bullet hits easily, and the diamond shape of the bull allows a really accurate hold even with scopes with thicker reticules.

Sighting in Suggestions • Check your zero at the beginning of each season, any time you change loads, after a flight, after the gun has been disassembled, and after any bumps or drops it’s received. • Always make sure you have a safe backstop. Modern hunting rifles can push a bullet up to three miles. • The quality of your zero depends on your

without the ball, precise passing and sharp shooting to build a 17-7 lead after five minutes. It was an equal-opportunity onslaught. Wisconsin’s first six buckets came from six different players, including 3-pointers from three different players. While Wisconsin got contributions from all comers early — eight Badgers scored over the first nine minutes — Duke avoided getting

blown out thanks to one player: Singler. When Singler drove the lane and scored over Jon Leuer (17 points) for a three-point play to pull Duke within 27-22 at the 8:32 mark, he had 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting. The rest of the team had combined to go 2-of-10. “The first half, Kyle kept us in the ballgame, but in the second half, I thought we competed much better,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

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“We had a chance to win. In the first half, we had no chance to win. “If the second half had been like the first half, we would have been blown out of here.” Notes: Duke freshman Mason Plumlee made his college debut, coming off the bench at the first television timeout. Plumlee played 10 minutes, missing his one shot attempt — a 3-pointer — while grabbing two rebounds.

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Dick Jones is a freelance writer living in High Point. He is a retired competitive shooter, and NRA Certified Instructor. He captained numerous National Championship teams. He is a Distinguished Rifleman and an NRA Certified Rifle, Shotgun, and Pistol Instructor. He teaches Concealed Carry classes and does public speaking for clubs and organizations, hosts outdoor events, and helps church and youth groups raise money with outdoor events. You can contact him at offtheporch52@yahoo.com.

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AREA NEWS How to have a ﬁre safe holiday season BY DOLLY HULIN Special to the Times

Every year, we respond to tragic incidents where people suffer injuries, burns, and even death due to carelessness with holiday decorations. Trees, lights, ornaments, and fireplaces produce extra hazards in your home at a time when hectic activity distracts your attention from fire safety. Here are some safety tips from the Thomasville Fire Department to ensure that we will not make an unplanned visit to your home this holiday season: • Make sure your natural tree is a fresh one. Fresh needles won’t break when you bend them. Once you get your fresh tree home, cut off one to two inches of the trunk and place it in a stable holder. Keep the holder full of water, and the tree away from sources of heat, to keep your tree from drying out. • Use only flame-proof decorations, and check the wiring on all your electrical decorations before you put them up. Avoid using extension cords to run your electrical decorations. Make sure your electrical decorations are tested and labeled. • Don’t use real candles as part of decorations. • Don’t use your fireplace as a disposal site for wrapping paper, boxes, or your tree. These items should be disposed of properly with your normal trash. • Keep an extra eye on friends and family members who smoke. Make sure that ashes and lit cigarettes don’t fall onto chairs, gifts, or wrapping paper. Don’t empty cigarette ashtrays into the trash. • Take an extra minute to ensure all your home fire safety devices are prepared for the holidays. Clean and test your smoke alarm and make sure your portable fire extinguisher is pressurized and not blocked by all the extra holiday packages. Have a happy and safe holiday season! For more information on this or other safety issues, please contact the Fire and Life Safety Education Section at 336-475-5545.

Ledford Middle names honor roll students TIMES STAFF REPORT Ledford Middle School recently named honor roll students for the first quarter of the 2009-10 school year. A Honor Roll students were: Holly Beasley, Emily Boger, Austin Bogue, Brianna Brown, Ethan Burns, Gibson Caudill, Jamie Church, Colin Cooper, Cassidy Crooks, Samantha Curran, Michael Diaz, Cameron Dixon, Laura Dodson, Kimberly Elmore, Rachel Emerson, Mason Flynt, Ora Fulp, Sarah George, Skylar Gibson, Kimberlee Gross, Talbot Gross, Holly Hazelwood, Savannah Hedgecock, Amanda Herman, Cassidy Hill, Zackary Hutchens, Brinley Irvin, Lane Kennedy, Elise Landres, Thomas Le, Cody Leonard, Natalie Liao, Ashley Mann, Ashton McGhee, Bennett Meyer, Miranda Morgan, Alexa Murray, Camren Norton, Hannah Perryman, Gabrielle Plumez, Daniel Powell, Brianna Preece, Erika Prince, Charles Ragan III, Thomas Ramos, Andrew Reiter, Jason Sims, Amanda Siskey, Emma Smith, Hannah Spencer, Megan Stockard, Adam Teague, Aleah Thorburn, Morgan Turner, Shelby Welch, Shane Werran, Alaina Williams, Katelyn Barker, Jeffrey Braddy, Carson Burleson, Guadalupe Cervantes, Jeong Choi, Mackenzie Cranford, Kenneth Darr, Alyssa Doby, Jazmine Eccles, Alexandria Fischer, Casey Jo Frank, Joan Gomez, Emily Gordon, Ryan Gorman, Aubrey Griffith, Blaire Hayworth, Dwight Hilton, Caitlin Holland, Sully Hudson, Nicolas Hurtado, Kristina Johnson, Melissa Johnson, Sandra Kernodle, Saba Khan, Caroline Klemme, Timothy Lewis II, Taylor Luibrand, Courtney Lyda, Morgan Marion, Jack Millikan, Alexandra Moss, Amanda Myers, Kyle Nichols, Ashlyn Noah, Callie O’Buckley, Connor Peacock, Megan Reeves, Brandon Rogers, Sidney Russell, Yulisa Sandoval, Delaney Sexton, Laura Simms, Robert Snider IV, Megan Snyder, Allen Steindel, John Sullivan, Katelyn Sutphin, Ethan Tolbert, Jacob Valero, Breanna VanLeuvan, Madelyn

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AREA NEWS F.Y.I. Bingo

Join those at the Lexington Senior Center for Bingo and fellowship each Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.. The center is located at 106 Alma Owens Drive, Each person is requested to bring two small gifts for prizes. All Davidson County residents 55 and older are welcome to attend. For more information, please call 242-2290.

Strength Training

Weekly Strength Training Classes meet each Thursday morning at 11 a.m. at the Lexington Senior Center at 106 Alma Owens Drive. This 45-minute low-impact program will consist of strength training and flexibility exercises. The strength exercises increase endurance, improve reaction time, prevent back problems, tone muscles and build calorie burning muscle tissue, which aids in losing weight. The flexibility exercises help maintain an individual’s range of motion, slow down the development of arthritis, and strengthen muscles to prevent them from becoming short and tight. All Davidson County residents 55 and older are invited to attend. For more information or to register, call 242-2290.

Tranquil Touch Massage

Licensed massage therapist Sonya Miller offers Tranquil Touch Massage Therapy at the Senior Center. Come and enjoy a private massage at the center located at 106 Alma Owens Drive, the third Wednesday of each month from 12 p.m. to 4. The senior special is a 50 minute full body massage for $45.00 or a 30 minute neck, back and shoulder massage for $25.00. Therapy is open to all Davidson County residents 55 and older. For questions about this service or to schedule an appointment, call Sonya Miller at 848-8700.

Thomasville history books

The Thomasville Historic Preservation Commission joined with Thomasville Habitat for Humanity as the exclusive distributor of “Wheels of Faith and Courage.” Copies of the book are available at the Thomasville Visitor’s Center for $20 and proceeds will benefit both organizations. Wheels of Faith and Courage was published in 1952 and dedicated as a Centennial Memorial. The book written by Mary Green Matthews and M. Jewell Sink contains a definitive history Thom-

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Chair City Cruisers The Chair City Cruisers Cruise-In have moved from Main Street to KMart parking lot. They hold their cruise-in on the first and third Saturday of every month.

Hasty Community Walking Track Zion United Church of Christ of 130 Hasty School Road in Thomasville is pleased to announce the completion of their Hasty Community Walking Track. The track is a walking track on the outside edge of their upper parking lot. Seven times around the track equals one mile. They have also installed a Hasty Community Walking Track sign, five resting benches and a playground for young children. The track is a gift to the Hasty community. The community is invited to exercise at the track.

Piedmont hiking club seeks members Piedmont Hiking and Outing Club — a wholly volunteer organization of approximately 250 people — is currently seeking new members. They participate in four hikes/outings per week, 52 weeks per year. Annual dues are $20 per year per family/individual. Visit our website at www.piedmonthikingandoutingclub.org/ for schedules and information.

Hospice of Davidson Local high school drama students help County volunteers receive Governor’s Award fight hunger TIMES STAFF REPORT The International Thespian Society (ITS), a division of the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), just completed the seventh year of its national community service initiative, Trick or Treat So Kids Can Eat (TOTS-EAT). Thespian troupe 4305 at Trinity High School helped make this year’s TOTS-EAT program a success by collecting 335 pounds of food for local charitable food programs. Trinity was among 282 Thespian troupes from 35 states collecting a record-breaking total of 332,746 pounds of canned and non-perishable food in this year’s campaign. This beat last year’s record of more than 308,000 pounds collected. “Every year, we set the bar higher for total food collection, and each year our members rise to the challenge,” said TOTSEAT Campaign Chair Ginny Utz. “It is inspiring to know that Thespians and their troupe di-

rectors will donate their time and energy for this worthwhile cause. Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat sends such a positive message about schools and their theatre programs.”

About the Educational Theatre Association The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), as the pre-eminent professional association for theatre arts education, shapes lives by sharing ideas and supporting efforts to have theatre arts education (including film, television, and other related media) recognized in all phases of education and lifelong learning. Our members are a network of theatre arts educators, students, professionals, and enthusiasts. EdTA operates the International Thespian Society (ITS), an honorary organization for middle school and high school theatre students. The organization also publishes Dramatics, a monthly magazine for high school theatre students.

TIMES STAFF REPORT Members of the volunteer team at Hospice of Davidson County were recognized earlier this month as recipients of the 2009 Governor’s Award for Volunteer Service. Each year four individuals, groups or businesses from each county are selected by the Office of the Governor. Nominations are evaluated on their volunteer efforts and significant contributions to their communities. Hospice of Davidson County was founded by volunteers in 1984 and continues to rely heavily on the support of administrative, special event and patient/family volunteers. The agency has a strong volunteer base of over 90 active volunteers, half of which provide patient and family services. Unlike other volunteer opportunities, hospice

volunteers complete twelve hour orientation training and are required to attend continuing education throughout the year. Through October of this year, agency volunteers have given over 3,000 hours of their time and driven over 18,000 miles. Hospice of Davidson County is a non-profit, United Way agency that offers specialized programs and services for terminally ill patients and their families. Each year the agency serves hundreds of Davidson County residents through Home Care programs and in-patient facility, The Henry Etta and Bruce Hinkle Hospice House. For more information regarding volunteer opportunities with Hospice of Davidson County, contact Windy Cole-Hedrick, Director of Volunteer Services, at (336) 474-2068 or whedrick@hospiceofdavidson.org.

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POLICE REPORTS

All entries in the section are based on information provided in police reports from the Thomasville Police Department.

Nov. 16

• Bernabe Najera-Lopez (WM, 30) arrested on citation of no operator license at 910 Trinity St. • Elizabeth Melinda Sanchez-Flores (WF, 38) arrested on citation of exceeding safe speed at 10325 I-85 South. • Three R’s Grocery victim of other counterfeiting - using- at 801 Salm St. • Templex Inc. victim of larceny from motoro vehicle at 3 Stanley Ave. • Mayberry’s Restaurant victim of fraud at 1033 Randolph St.

Nov. 17

• Elbert Jerome Wells (BM, 46) arrested on charge of felony larceny at 7 W. Guilford St. • Christina May Marinelli (WM, 36) arrested on charge of first degree trespassing at 211 W. Colonial Drive. • Eddie Mark Streffey (WM, 31) arrested on charge of first degree trespassing at 211 W. Colonial Drive. • Jamie Lee St. John (WM, 22) arrested on charge of injury to personal property at 7 W. Guilford St. • James William Samuels (WM, 41) arrested on charge of failure to appear at 814 Oaklawn Drive. • Emmanuel Solis (WM, 22) arrested on driving with a suspended license at Liberty Drive. • Joe Herman Hubbard (WM, 62) arrested on citation of careless and reckless, passing in a no passing zone at Randolph Street. • Rebekah Lynn Taylor (WF, 21) arrested on citation of possessing a controlled substance at E. Main Street. • Brian Nathan Boone (WM, 22) arretsed on charge of breaking and entering at 415 Julian Ave. • Travis William Edwards (WM, 18) arrested on charge of vandalism to real property at 127 Tricia Court. • Khiry Sherrod Simon (BM, 19) arrested on charge of breaking and entering into motor vehicles at 7 W. Guilford St. • Walter Lawrence Duke (WM, 19) arrested on charge of breaking and entering into motor vheicles at 7 W. Guilford St.

Nov. 18

• Aya Shanyvia Winston (BF, 21) arrested on charge of possessing a controlled substance at 902 Doak St. • Thomasville High School victim of vandalism at 410 Unity St. • Jordan Brent Gobble (WM, 16) arrested on charge of misdemeanor larceny at 1585 Liberty Drive. • Johnathan McClure (WM, 17) arrested on charge of misdemeanor larcey at 1585 Liberty Drive. • Darnell Wayne McClure (WM, 18) arrested on charge of misdemeanor larcey at 1585 Liberty Drive.

Nov. 19

• Wallace Nathaniel Burnside (BM, 42) arrested on charge of misdemeanor breaking and entering. • Gary Theodore Freitas (WM, 21) arrested on charge of larceny shoplifting at 1585 Liberty Drive. • Ethan Bradford Chambers (WM, 18) arrested on

charge of underage possession of alcohol at 900 Unity St. • Jason Lamar Parker (WM, 21) arrested on charge of disorderly conduct at 906 Unity St. • Victim of robbery by firearm at 808 Douglas Drive. • Hill’s Farm and Garden victim of forcible entry burglary at 215 Randolph St.

on charge of larceny shoplifting at 1585 Liberty Drive. • Albert Daryl Malloy (BM, 43) arrested on charge of driving after consuming alcohol at 1340 National Highway. • Victim of vandalism at 100 Liberty Drive. • Walmart victim of felony larceny at 1585 Liberty Drive.

Nov. 20

• Justin Brock Ludwig (WM, 26) arrested on charge of disorderly con-

Nov. 21

• Charles Kittenger Baylis (WM, 27) arrested

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Nov. 22 • Kaye Miller Alford (WF, 57) arrested on charge of simple assault and battery at 406 Sullivan St. • Timothy Eugene Beeson (WM, 41) arrested on charge of injury to personal property at 406 Sullivan St.

• Tammy Renee Blackburn (WF, 29) arrested on charge of using telephone to threaten bodily harm at 112 Cox Ave. • Lillie Deaton Gallimore (WF, 75) arrested on citation of speeding more than 15 mph over limit at 99 National Highway.

Nov. 29

• Derrick Jose Ward (BM, 20) arrested on charge of parole violation at Doak Street.

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• KMart victim of larceny shoplifting at 1122 Randolph St. • Victim of simple assault at 952 Fisher Ferry 952 Fisher Ferry St.

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duct, disturbing the peace at National Highway. • Kevin Craig Laprad (WM, 36) arrested on charge og felony larceny at 1585 Liberty Drive. • Christina Ann Hutchens (WF, 37) arrested on charge of simple assault at 218 Washboad Road. • Michael Todd Dixon (WM, 42) arrested on charge of assault on a female at 216 Washboard Road. • Murpy Oil victim of larceny of gas at 1583 Liberty Drive.

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SCHOOL MENUS Thomasville City Schools

Monday, Dec. 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Breakfast: Super donut, graham crackers, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Hog dog w/chili, chef salad, cole slaw, potato wedges, fresh pears, milk. Tuesday, Dec. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Breakfast: Sausage biscuit, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Macaroni and cheese, sliced ham, chef salad, black eyed peas, sweet potatoes, fresh fruit, milk, fruit juice. Wednesday, Dec. 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Breakfast: Cereal w/ animal crackers, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Pizza, chef salad, tossed salad, seasoned corn, apricots, fresh fruit, milk. Thursday, Dec. 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Breakfast: Pancake on a stick, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Oven fried chicken, chef salad, creamed potatoes, green peas, fruit sherbet, fresh fruit, milk. Friday, Dec. 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Breakfast: Breakfast pizza, fruit juice, milk; Lunch: Cheeseburger, chef salad, oven fried potatoes, fresh fruit, stewed apples, milk.

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Monday, Dec. 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Breakfast: French toast sticks, assorted fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Pizza, Asian chicken w/rice, chicken soup w/corn muffin, steamed carrots, Oriental vegetables, garden salad, pineapple, assorted fruit. Tuesday, Dec. 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Breakfast: Goody bun, assorted fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Hot dog w/slaw and chili, beef teriyaki nuggets w/roll, ravioli w/Texas toast, mashed potatoes, green beans, garden salad, apricot cup, assorted fresh fruit. Wednesday, Dec. 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Breakfast: Super donut, assorted fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Chicken nuggets w/roll, chicken pie w/crust, chicken fajitas w/taco shell, broccoli w/shredded cheese, sweet potatoes, lettuce and tomato, strawberry smoothie, assorted fresh fruit. Thursday, Dec. 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Breakfast: Egg and cheese omelet on English muffin, assorted fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Quesadillas, macaroni and cheese, ribb-que sandwich, California vegetables, spinach, garden salad, applesauce, assorted fresh fruit, cherry crisp. Friday, Dec. 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Breakfast: Sausage biscuit, assorted fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Chicken fillet, managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice entree, chicken pomodoro w/ Texas toast, corn, French fries, lettuce and tomato, fruit cocktail, assorted fresh fruit. * Cereal and toast served daily with breakfast. * Chef salad meal w/ crackers, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, boxed raisins and dried cherries served daily with lunch.

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NORTH CAROLINA DAVIDSON COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as the Executrix of the estate of Monty Wesley Leonard, deceased, late of Davidson County, this is to notify all persons, firms or corporations having claims against the estate to present same duly proven to the undersigned on or before January 6, 2010; otherwise, this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. All persons, firms or corporations indebted to the estate will please make prompt set tlement with the Executrix. This the 1st October, 2009.

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TIMES STAFF REPORT

Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Kacie E. Allred graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training Allred in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Allred earned distinction as an honor graduate of the course. She is the daughter of Christopher Allred of Peachtree St., and Deborah Allred of Birkdale Drive, both of Lexington, N.C.

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NORTH CAROLINA DAVIDSON COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of ELLEN S. PLUMMER, deceased, hereby notifies all persons, firms and corporations having cla ims agai nst said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before December 31, 2009, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

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Carpet/Water Tech. Experience preferred, but not necessary. Valid drivers license required. Competitive wages plus commission. Fax resume to: 336476-6085 or apply in person at: 100 Cloniger Dr., Thomasville, between 10AM & 2PM. Drug free workplace.

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Tammy L. Beck Executrix of the Estate of Monty Wesley Leonard 768 Stratford Road Lexington, NC 27292

October 27, 2009

WELL KEPT HOME with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths on large lot. Den could be a third bedroom or master suite. Home has a paved drive and in good location. $109,900

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NORTH CAROLINA DAVIDSON COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. 09SP 482 PAUL RUSH MITCHELL, Administrator of the Estate of Janice Pearson Hayes, Deceased, Petitioner

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vs. HARRY KEITH HAYES, TERESA R. HAYES, DONNA VARNER, and GREGG RHODES, Respondents. NOTICE OF AUCTION AND SALE OF REAL ESTATE Pursuant of the Order of Brian Shipwash, Clerk of Superior Court of Davidson County, North Carolina dated September 3, 2009, notice is hereby given of the public sale by the undersigned Administrator of the following described real property on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 12:00 noon, the sale to be held on the premises at 705 Lakeview Drive, Thomasville, North Carolina in Davidson County. The legal description of the real property to be sold is as follows: BEGINNING AND BEING Lot Number Seventeen (17) of Fairview Heights as shown on map or PLat of Fairview Heights, Plat of same being duly recorded in Plat Book 13, Page 95 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Davidson County, North Carolina. Reference is made to deed recorded in Deed Book 502, Page 113 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Davidson County. This property is also identified by the Davidson County Tax Department as Tax Parcel Number 16347I00D0017. TERMS OF SALE: The last and highest bidder will be required to deposit five percent (5%) of the total bid (and in nocase less than $750.00) to guarantee payment in full upon confirmation. The above described property will be offered for sale and sold free and clear of any and all liens and encumbrances, except easements, covenants, conditions, and restrictions, if any, which appear of record and affect the property; applicable zoning ordinances, if any. The ad valorem taxes for the year 2009 will be pro-rated at closing. This bid shall remain open for ten (10) days for successive upset bids as provided by law. Except as provided in G.S. 1-339.27A and G.S. 1339.30, there shall be no resales; however, there may be successive upset bids, each of which shall be followed by a period of ten days for a further upset bid. If an upset bid or a motion for resale under G.S. 1-339.27A is not filed within ten days following a sale, resale, or prior upset bid, the rights of the parties to the sale or resale become fixed and the balance of the purchase price will be due upon delivery of the deed. This 21st day of September, 2009. Paul Rush Mitchell Administrator of the Estate of Janice Pearson Hayes, Deceased 17 Randolph Street Thomasville, North Caroina (336) 475-2900 October 20 & 27, 2009

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AREA NEWS

Thomasville Primary School names Top Readers TIMES STAFF REPORT

Thomasville Primary School top nightly readers in kindergarten and grades 1, 2 and 3 were taken to McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Randolph Street on Nov. 24 and treated to a Happy Meal and playtime. The students are rewarded with this special trip for their work as good readers. The students were accompanied by Susie Truell; Donna Davis, CIS coordinator and primary staff; Cindy Fleming, technology; Ava Cox, kindergarten assistant; and Carlton Hogan, transportation supervisor. This program is sponsored by Susie Truell, community volunteer, and McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner Mark Hun-

nicutt. Top readers in kindergarten were Abby Montes de Oca, Courtney Dean, Maliah Compaore, Gisel Hernandez-Bringas, Jackie Robison, Shayleigh Lundy and Elisabeth Garris; in first grade, Myles Howell, Flor de America Rivas, Blake Hethcock, Selena Reyes, Naomi Diaz, Kelsey Jones and Julia Uren; in second grade, Adrianna Stukes, Brandon Saunders, Laurent Hildago, Jaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Kiya Little, Luis Aguilar, Lizbeth Werman-Ramirez, Elian Gutierrez, Berenice Chairez and Mujtaba Khan; and in third grade, Elsy Enamorado, Meagan Flowers, Sophia Perez-Lopez, Todiah Romero, Daniel Garcia, Tylee Jones and Kesha Patel.

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Thomasville Primary School recently treated its Top Readers in first, second and third grades to a Happy Meal at McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Randolph Street.

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