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119th Year - No. 34 50 CentsThursday, December 17, 2009

Inside TodayLedford sweeps West Davidson

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Local resident makes citizen’s arrest

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TPD TOY DRIVEThe Thomasville Police Department recently concluded its annual toy drive. The toy drive began in November and ended last week with the presentation of the toys to Cooperative Community Ministries, who will dis-tribute the toys to local children. Members of the Thomasville Police Department and other city departments donated a variety of toys for all ages. The Police Department has led this drive for over 10 years and says it will continue to support this effort in helping the community. Front, from left are Offi cer Jeremy Rowe, Offi cer Brandon Widener, Lt. Raymond Widener, Offi cer Chet Jarrell (back) Offi cer Eric Taylor, Ann Williams, Sonja Crumbley, Sgt. Jason Baity and Cindy Pope.

Fire safety urged amid

holiday season

Food drive offerings trickle in slowly

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Robert Ziegler, executive director of the High Point-Thomasville Amer-ican Red Cross gives blood during the Holiday Blood Drive Tuesday.

Economy takes toll on donations

Lights, candles and cooking may make the holiday season festive, but without proper care, they also increase a family’s risk of a home fi re.

“Unattended cooking is the leading cause of U.S. home fi res and home fi re injuries, usually involving the stovetop,” said Dolly Hulin, fi re and life safety director at Thomasville Fire Department. “We recommend that parents create a ‘kid-free zone’ at least three feet around the stove or any areas where hot food and drinks are prepared.”

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recommends that people stay in the kitchen when frying, grilling or broiling food. When sim-mering, boiling, basting or roasting, check food

See SAFETY, Page 4

Tough economic times not only affect how much people can give to their own fami-lies, it impacts the amount of money that is often donated to local organizations whose main purpose is helping those in need.

So is the case for the High Point-Thomasville chapter of the American Red Cross. Over the past year, monetary dona-tions are down considerably, forcing the nonprofi t organi-zation into making some dif-fi cult decisions.

“I would say donations are down between 10 and 12 per-cent,” Bob Ziegler, executive

director for the local chapter, said. “We’re already on a cost-saving mode and have been for awhile.”

One of those cost-saving measures involved the organi-zation not fi lling two positions in the past year. Ziegler said

a staff member had to be laid off a year ago and another po-sition left vacant has yet to be fi lled. Volunteers have stepped up and helped fi ll the void, and the nonprofi t has had to look at other ways to save every dollar.

“We’ve got a couple posi-tions that we’re not fi lling for the time being,” said Ziegler. “We’ve changed some internal operations, like working with a cheaper copy machine. Ev-ery little thing we can fi nd and do, we’re doing.”

Due to lack of donations, Ziegler said the local Red Cross is having to dip into re-serve funds to get by while op-

See TOLL, Page 4

BY ELIOT DUKEStaff Writer

BY KARISSA MINNStaff Writer

An Archdale man got more than he bargained for Tuesday when he tried to steal from a Thomasville company.

According to a Davidson County Sheriff ’s Offi ce press release, Joey Duane Eads, 27, of 6148 Mendenhall Place in Archdale, was in the process of stealing scrap metal from an outbuilding across the street

from Cox Transport & Oil Company at 299 Gate Road when a concerned citizen intervened. A man, who lives on Old Greensboro Road, spot-ted Eads going in and out of the buildings and approached the suspect. Once he realized a crime was taking place, the man held Eads at gunpoint un-til police arrived.

“The man received a call from

a neighbor who advised him that a white male was inside one of the out-building across from his residence,” Sheriff Da-vid Grice said. “He was told the suspect was in the center of three build-ings for quite awhile.”

Grice said that the man approached Eady, who

was piling up pieces of scrap metal, including aluminum and copper, with a handgun.

The citizen, who Grice didn’t want to name, had a concealed weapon permit and managed to detain the suspect while waiting for deputies to arrive at the scene.

“We certainly appreciate his bravery and assistance,” said Grice. “But we would advise people to take a more safe course of action, like just observe until we get there. If it got confrontational, and a situation arose to where deadly

force was needed for a misde-meanor larceny, that might notbe good for the person. Thereare things someone can do likeget a description of the vehicleand things of that nature rath-er than intervening.”

Dean Cox, owner of CoxTransport & Oil company, saidthe same neighbor called hisbusiness and said someonewas rummaging around in the

See ARREST, Page 4

Eads

BY ELIOT DUKEStaff Writer

‘We are already on a cost-saving mode and have been for quite awhile.’

— Robert ZieglerHigh Point-Thomasville

Chapter, American Red Cross

This year, the Thom-asville Times/Parks andRecreation CommunityFood Challenge needs thecommunity’s help morethan ever.

The need is much great-er than in recent years,but donations are off toa slow start. Only 1,800items into the goal of10,000, the Times encour-ages its readers to giveanything they can to helpserve local families.

“We’ve seen a drop inthe number of businessessigning up for the fooddrive this year, as wellas the number of itemseach are able to collect,”Times Editor Lisa Wallsaid. “Our hope is to havea big push in donationsthese last few weeks tohelp these agencies servefamilies in need in ourcommunity.”

See FOOD, Page 3

BY KARISSA MINNStaff Writer

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Thomasville Times Weather Dec. 17, 2009

Almanac Last Week In-Depth Local Forecast

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Today we will see sunny skies with a high temperature of

49º, humidity of 39% and an overnight low of 29º. The

record high temperature for today is 75º set in 1984. The

record low is 10º set in 1951. Friday, skies will be mostly

sunny with a high temperature of 47º, humidity of 52% and

an overnight low of 33º. Expect mostly cloudy skies

Saturday with a high temperature of 40º. Skies will become

mostly sunny Sunday with a high temperature of 40º.

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Charlotte 52/29 s 44/34 mc 42/31 ra

Greenville 47/26 s 48/36 pc 45/33 sh

Raleigh 49/29 s 47/33 pc 41/33 ra

Wilmington 52/32 s 53/37 mc 50/35 ra

Winston-Salem 48/28 s 46/32 s 39/32 mc

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Habitat volunteersHabitat For Humanity is seeking vol-

unteers to help build decent and afford-able 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 in-clude framing. No construction experi-ence is necessary. Volunteers must be at least 16 years of age.

For further information, contact Lin-da Berrier at 476-8570 or Butch Langfi tt at 475-6843. For more information on Habitat for Humanity, visit www.habi-tat.org.

Loose leaf collectionThe 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 im-pede traffi c fl ow.

Claxton fruit cakesThe Silver Valley Civitan Club has

over 1,000 pounds Claxton Old Fash-ion 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 avail-able 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 in-cluding Project Santa Claus.

Start Safe Preschool traning program

Start Safe — a fi re and burn safety program for preschoolers and their families — is being offered to preschool-er teachers to pass along to children in the classroom. Classes will be held Jan. 11, 13, 19 and 21 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. nightly at the Thomasville Fire Depart-ment headquarter, 7 E. Main St. Pre-reg-istration is required by Dec. 30.

The program is unique because it not only involves educating children about fi re and burn safety, but encourages their parents to learn safety measures along with their child. The program covers easy-to-learn techniques such as Making a home safer, preventing burn injuries, using smoke alarms, making a home escape plan and how to get out of the home if there is a fi re. The course can be integrated into any topic that may be discussed in a classroom.

For more information, contact Dolly Hulin at 475-5545. Seating is limited to 15 per class. Three Child Care CEU Credit Hours will be awarded by the N.C. Divi-sion of Child Development.

Homiletics ConferenceUnited Cornerstone School of Divin-

ity will hold its fi rst Homiletics Con-ference on Friday at 1:30 p.m. with a theological luncheon and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday featuring Pastor P. Michael McNair of Emmanuel Baptist Church and Pastor Keith McDaniel of First Baptist Elon, NC. Other partici-pating ministers will be Prof. Herbert Miller, Prof. Nicole Road and Dr. George B Jackson, president of United Corner-stone School of Divinity.

Special emphasis will be placed on capturing the sermon idea, exegesis, historical analysis, Biblical interpreta-tion and more. The event, which is free, will be held at Citadel of Faith Chris-tian Fellowhip at 7 J.W. Thomas Way. For more information, call 476-7218 or (877) 33UCSOD or visit www.ucsod.com.

Blood pressure checks The Davidson County Department of

Senior Services Senior Dynamics pro-gram offers free bi-monthly blood pres-sure 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.

Gumtree spaghetti dinnerGumtree Fire and Rescue Auxiliary

will sponsor a spaghetti dinner fund-raiser on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 from 4 to 7 p.m.

The meal includes all you eat of salad, spaghetti, bread, dessert, tea and coffee. Adult dinner is $7, senior’s (age 65 and older) dinner is $6, and child’s dinner (12 and under) is $4. Hotdogs also will be available for $1. All takeout orders are $7. Extra dessert or bread is $1 each.

The money will be used to puchase items needed by the fi refi ghters and res-cue squad members as they serve the area.

Fit and Strong classesAre you an older adult with arthritis?

Do you have stiffness or pain in your lower back, hips, knees, ankles or feet? Not participating in exercise regularly, or have you NEVER exercised?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, join Fit and Strong!. Fit and Strong! is an award-winning, evi-dence-based physical activity program developed by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Center for Research on Healthy Aging (CRHA) proven to ben-efi t arthritis symptoms and promote an active lifestyle. Join the CHRA in partnership with the Davidson County Department of Senior Services Senior Dynamics program for this life-chang-ing course.

Classes will begin on Jan. 25 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm and will meet every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for a to-tal of eight (8) weeks. Each class will consist of exercise and arthritis/exer-cise education and discussion. Fee for 8 week program is $5.00. All equipment will be provided.

To register, please call the Lexington Senior Center at 242-2290.

Advanced registration is required. Class size is limited, so sign up today! Deadline for registration is January 18.

Fee due upon registration.

THS Class of 1962 ReunionA reunion of the Thomasville High

School Class of 1962 will be held onSaturday, June 12, 2010, at the ColonialCountry Club in Thomasville. Organiz-ers are looking for up-to-date addresses,phone numbers and e-mail addressesfor classmates. For more information,contact Alice Ervin at 561-732-1521.

Old cell phone recyclingThe Davidson County Department of

Senior Services Senior Dynamics pro-gram and the Davidson County SolidWaste Management Department havepartnered together to collect old cellphones for recycling.

Please bring your unused cell phonesto one of the following locations: Lex-ington or Thomasville Senior Centers,Davidson County landfi ll (drop off withthe attendant at the scale house) or atany of the county’s box sites where youusually take your garbage and recycla-bles (place phones in the rechargeablebattery box).

The collected phones will either berefurbished and reused or recycled ac-cording to EPA standards. Help keepharmful materials out of landfi lls andsupport your local Senior Center. Pleasecontact the Lexington Senior Center242-2290 or the Thomasville Senior Cen-ter 474-2754 for additional information.

Senior Living postage donations needed

Senior Services knows seniors lovethe Senior Living Paper, and we enjoybringing it to you each month. As inter-est grows, so does the mailing list andin return the cost of postage. Our goalis to keep the Senior Living a self-sup-porting newspaper, and the only waythat we can do that is through supportof its recipients.

A suggested donation of $10 per yearwould help cover the annual cost of post-age and help those who may be unableto contribute. Every donation is appre-ciated. Send your donations to David-son County Senior Services, 106 AlmaOwens Drive, Lexington, NC 27292.

What’s happening?

Thursday, December 17, 2009 – Thomasville Times – 3

FROM PAGE 1

One of the organiza-tions benefi tting from the food drive is His La-boring Few Ministries, located at 812 Martin Luther King Drive in Thomasville. The group runs a food pantry every Saturday from 9 to 1, and it gives emergency care throughout the week.

Robin St. John, with His Laboring Few, said that the number of fami-lies served has increased from 50 families in the summer to between 70 and 80 families currently.

“The numbers of peo-ple needing food, needing toys and needing clothes is increasing, and the number of people donat-ing is decreasing,” St. John said. “That’s leav-ing us with a large defi cit. The majority of the need

is for food.”The Community Food

Challenge runs through Dec. 31. Donors can reg-ister by calling 888-3590, and they can drop off non-perishable items at the Thomasville Parks & Recreation Administra-tion offi ce at 1 E. Main St. from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-day through Friday.

“I’ve been here almost 10 years, and I’ve never seen it get so hard to come by food,” St. John said. “Ba-sically, we are just run-ning out of everything ... It really means a lot for people to get out and give this year, as much as they can, because there are people out there that are really hungry — includ-ing children.”

While many of the people His Laboring Few now serves are senior cit-izens, others are parents who have no way to sup-port their children. Since

last fall, unemployment has grown dramatically nationwide, and many people are no longer eligible for government benefi ts.

“We’re seeing people who have lost their jobs and can’t fi nd work, and they have looked every-where,” St. John said. “It’s not like people are just out here wanting food for free. They’re ac-tually trying.”

St. John said that in the past, the Thomasville Times Community Food Challenge has helped His Laboring Few “immense-ly,” because there is such a great need in the winter months. Only one other major food drive — run by the post offi ce — bene-fi ts the organization, and it relies on smaller dona-tions from churches dur-ing the rest of the year.

“We appreciate the Times and all the people

who take the time to go out and buy a can of food and donate it,” St. John said. “They can know in their heart that they are actually making a dif-ference in someone’s life — that somebody doesn’t go to bed hungry tonight, because they’re making a difference. We appreciate that greatly.”

St. John said that His Laboring Few also is try-ing to give toys to 300 chil-dren, but they still are in desperate need of dona-tions toward that goal. The organization also is accepting donations to help feed about 3,800 people a hot Christmas dinner. The free dinner will be served at Carter Brothers Barbecue, 2305 North Main St. in High Point, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 25.

“We deliver many of those meals free to shut-ins and the elderly

— people who call and say they’re spending Thanksgiving or Christ-mas alone,” St. John said. “You typically don’t think about that.”

For more information about His Laboring Few Ministries, call 475-2455.

Other recipients of the food drive include Fair-grove Family Resource Center, Citadel of Faith Christian Fellowship and Cooperative Community Ministry.

Food Drive participants this year include Thom-asville/Archdale-Trinity Pediatrics, Thomasville

Retired School Person-nel, Central WesleyanChurch, City of Thom-asville, Park Place Bap-tist Church (FriendshipClass), Britthaven ofDavidson, Rex Oil Com-pany, Low-Sodium Con-nections, ThomasvilleCity Schools staff andstudents, The High PointEnterprise, Theta EtaZeta of Zeta Phi Beta So-rority and Vogue BeautySalon.

Staff Writer KarissaMinn can be reached at888-3576 or [email protected].

FOODFrom page 1

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FROM PAGE 1

regularly and use a timer. If there is a small grease fi re, slide a lid over the pan, turn off the stovetop and leave the pan cov-ered until it is completely cooled. For a small oven fi re, turn off the heat and keep the door closed.

Hulin said that in the event of a cooking fi re, family members should leave immediately, close the door behind them and call 911. If someone tries to fi ght the fi re, the per-son should be sure that others are getting out and he or she has access to an exit.

“December is the peak month for home candle fi res,” Hulin said. “More than half of all candle fi res start when candles

are too close to things such as curtains or oth-er holiday decorations. Make sure that if you’re burning candles, keep them at least 12 inches away from anything that can burn, and remember to blow them out when you go to bed or leave the room.”

The NFPA recommends using battery-operated fl ameless candles, which look and smell like real candles. When using traditional candles, use candleholders that are sturdy and won’t tip over. Never leave a child alone in a room with a burning candle.

Lit candles should never be used to decorate Christmas trees, which Hulin said create another major fi re hazard during the holiday season.

“As it gets right up to the day we unwrap pres-

ents, we stop wateringthe tree, so it’s dryingout,” she said. “That’sthe biggest hazard. If thetree dries out, the lightscan cause a fi re.”

A stand for a fresh treeshould hold at least onegallon of water, becausea six-foot tree can use upto a gallon of water ev-ery two days, Hulin said.Artifi cial trees should belabeled as fi re-retardant,according to the NFPA.Only use UL-approvedlights on Christmas trees,and do not link more thanthree strands together.

For more informationabout fi re safety, view thefi re department’s presen-tation on Channel 13 orvisit www.nfpa.org.

Staff Writer KarissaMinn can be reached at888-3576 or [email protected].

SAFETYFrom page 1

buildings, but he didn’t feel the need to send any-one over to investigate. Cox said the buildings are old and set to be torn down.

“[The neighbor] called and said he saw someone over there, ad he knows us pretty well and knew that no one really goes over there,” Cox said. “I don’t really know why anyone would want to break in over there. I don’t really know what there is to take.”

Eads was arrested and charged with two counts of breaking and entering and one count of attempt-ed larceny. He was issued a $5,000 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 19. The citi-zen wasn’t charged in the incident.

Staff Writer Eliot Duke can be reached at 888-3578, or [email protected].

ARRESTFrom page 1

erating in a defi cit. From Sept. 1 to Nov. 15, the Red Cross was in a freeze as the United Way conducted its fundraising campaign, and hopes are that donations pick up in the beginning of next year.

“We have our major fundraising ac-tivities in the next two quarters, dur-ing spring and summer events,” Ziegler said. “That’s usually when we pull our-selves out of a hole. It will be a little nerve-racking next year, but I’m con-fi dent the people will support us and we’ll end up fi ne.”

Ziegler said the best indicator as to the organization’s fi nances is its direct mail campaign. All of those $10 and $100 checks are what’s down so far as the country’s recession continues. While the Red Cross’ services are not usually economically driven, Ziegler said what has been on the increase is military emergency cases. With so many people having family members overseas, mili-tary families turn to the Red Cross for

emergency loans to pay bills. The Red Cross helps families fi ll out the paper-work and then front the money once a loan is approved. The money is eventu-ally paid back to the Red Cross.

“That is due to the economy — mili-tary families having a tough times while a serviceman is stationed somewhere around the world,” said Ziegler. “May-be the spouse becomes unemployed or there’s delay in the direct deposit of a check. They come to us and they need a loan from military relief. Usually we do two or three a year. We’ve done four in the past three weeks.”

While monetary donations may be down, the same can’t be said for blood donations. At Tuesday’s blood drive in High Point, considered one of the larg-est in the state, a total of 422 units of blood were donated, exceeding the Red Cross’ goal of 375.

The Red Cross will count on two ma-jor fundraising events in 2010. The He-roes of the Red Cross campaign begins in March and there will be a banquet in May. Anyone interested in donating money can call 885-9121 or log on to www.redcross.org.

TOLLFrom page 1

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Army Reserve Pvt. John A. Bryant has grad-uated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mis-sion, history, tradition and core values, physi-cal fi tness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemi-cal warfare and bayonet training, drill and cer-emony, marching, rifl e marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, fi eld tactics, military courtesy, mili-tary justice system, basic fi rst aid, foot marches, and fi eld training exer-cises.

He is the son of Teeska Bryant, and brother of Amanda Grey, both of Denton, N.C.

Bryant is a 2009 gradu-ate of South Davidson High School, Denton.

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By bowing to Sen. Joseph Lieberman and his obstruc-tive pals in both parties on health care reform, Presi-dent Obama has confi rmed what Republicans always say about Democrats: They simply aren’t strong enough to govern. Or at least the Democrats elected last year — and their col-leagues in the Senate leader-ship — don’t seem to be.

Their moment of truth came when Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff and self-styled tough guy from Chicago, urged the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, to strip out the most progressive aspects of the proposed health care re-form bill in order to appease Lieberman. Unless the Con-necticut senator got his way, he threatened to join a Re-publican fi libuster — conniv-ing with a political minority to kill reforms that a major-ity of Americans has wanted and needed for decades.

Neither Emanuel nor his boss possesses the courage to call the bluff of the reform opponents and urge a victory

for that majority through the legislative process known as “reconciliation,” which allows the Senate leader-ship to stuff a sock in the mouth of the fi libuster. Instead, they have surren-dered to the same forces that want nothing more than to frustrate and ruin them.

Not surprisingly, this spectacle of capitulation evokes disgust among many Democrats, surpassed only by the revulsion they feel as they gaze upon Lieberman’s self-satisfi ed grin. His incon-sistency is designed not to achieve any principled out-come but to create turmoil in the legislative process.

He now says, for instance, that Americans between 55 and 64 years old must not be permitted to purchase coverage under Medicare, as Senate Democrats wanted. But that is precisely what he endorsed when he ran for vice president with Al Gore in 2000, when he ran for pres-ident himself in 2004 and as recently as three months ago, when he gave an interview on health care reform to a newspaper in his home state.

Back when he was run-ning for re-election in 2006, he sought desperately to persuade Connecticut voters that he shared their pro-gressive views despite his support for the Iraq war. “I’m saying to the people of Connecticut, I can do more for you and your families to get something done to make health care afford-able, to get universal health insurance,” he proclaimed during a debate with challenger Ned Lamont.

“That’s what the Demo-cratic Party is all about.”

By now we know that he doesn’t really care what the Democratic Party is all about — especially when the issue is achieving reforms of health care that have been a central objective of Demo-crats throughout his lifetime.He is said to care much more about avenging his defeat by Democratic voters in the primary three years ago.

But there is no need to speculate on his lowdown motives. Everyone knows he is a servant of the insur-ance and pharmaceutical industries that have always paid his campaign bills and sometimes maintained his spouse, Hadassah, on their payrolls, either directly or indirectly. He is aggressively eager to block legislation inimical to their interests.

While observing the worst expressions of Lieberman’s character, the public has learned about the president’sdefects, as well. Three years ago, Obama supported the Connecticut senator when few liberals would and then defended his senatorial privileges this year, even after he had endorsed and campaigned for John Mc-Cain and Sarah Palin in 2008.Now Lieberman has repaid those favors with spite — andthat smart, tenacious, cool leader in the White House did nothing but fl inch.

Joe Conason writes for the New York Observer (www.observer.com). To fi nd out more about Joe Conason, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

In this country, even a global warming denialist with a car-bon fetish and bad intentions has the right to see the inner workings of government.

Or, at least, he should.When leaked e-mails re-

cently exposed talk of manip-ulating scientifi c evidence on global warming, Kevin Tren-berth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at The Na-tional Center for Atmospheric Research, argued that skep-tics and other evildoers had cherry-picked and presented his comments out of context.

To rectify this injustice, I sent Trenberth (and NCAR) a Freedom of Information Act request asking for his e-mail correspondences with other renowned cli-mate scientists in an effort to help contextualize what they’ve been talking about.

Surely the tragically unin-formed among us could use some perspective on these innocuous comments by Trenberth: “We can’t ac-count for the lack of warm-ing at the moment, and it is a travesty that we can’t”; “we are (not) close to know-ing where energy is going or whether clouds are changing to make the planet brighter.”

Trenberth, lead author of the 1995, 2001 and 2007 assess-ments of climate change by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, obtains approximately 95 percent of his funding through the federal government, via the National Science Foundation.

Well, soon after my request was fi red off, I was informed by NCAR’s counsel that the organization is, in fact, not a federal agency — because its budget is laundered through the National Science Foun-dation — and thus is under no obligation to provide information to the public.

“Why don’t you put all your e-mails online for everyone to see?” Trenberth helpfully suggested to me. “My e-mail is none of your business.”

Now, generally, I would

agree. It’s every American citizen’s hallowed duty to mind his or her own freaking business — except in those rare instances when one of those citizens happens to be a taxpayer-funded eco-crusader utilizing his appointed sta-tion in life to promote policy that sticks its nose into the lives of every American.

I’m afraid snarky colum-nizing, on the other hand, is not federally funded — at least not yet.

In fact, Trenberth’s work is one reason the nation is moving toward rationed energy use via cap-and-trade legislation. His work is one reason the Environmental Protection Agency, through its endangerment fi ndings on carbon emissions, can regulate industry by decree. It is Trenberth’s government-fi nanced science that drives public policy across this coun-try. Yet Trenberth has less ac-countability to the public than the local parks department.

He is not alone. The Com-petitive Enterprise Institute — one of those troglodyte-funded, big-screen-television-loving outfi ts — was forced to fi le three notices of intent to fi le suit against NASA’s God-dard Institute for Space Stud-ies, demanding the organiza-tion provide documents and raw data that were requested under the Freedom of Infor-mation Act three years ago.

Chris Horner, an attorney and senior fellow at CEI work-ing on the NASA case, says of NCAR: “Without govern-ment, these jobs would not exist; that is a reasonable threshold test to determine whether documents should be available to the taxpayer.”

Public confi dence continues to fall on the global warming alarmism front. But if the evidence of coming tragedy is as incontrovertible as we’re told, taxpayers certainly should not have to beg those they pay to hand it over.

At the very least, taxpayers should be able to hold govern-ment-funded scientifi c insti-tutions to the same level of accountability to which they hold their local dog pounds.

David Harsanyi is a col-umnist at The Denver Post and the author of “Nanny State.” Visit his Web site at www.DavidHarsanyi.com. To fi nd out more about David Harsanyi and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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OBITUARIES

Lauryn BentonLauryn Anise Ben-

ton, 19 days, daughter of Brandon Robert Benton and Brandi Elizabeth De-itz of 337 Daniel St. No. 7, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009, in Thomasville Medical Center.

Benton was born Nov. 23, 2009, in Davidson County.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the J.C. Green and Sons Chapel with the Rev. Jes-sie Howard offi ciating. Interment will follow at the First Baptist Church cemetery in Denton. The family will be J.C. Green and Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville from 6-8 p.m. Thursday and other times at the home.

Online condolences may be sent to www.jc-greenandsons.com.

Vernon D. CanadyLEXINGTON — Ver-

non Delano Canady, 70, of Sherwood Road in Lex-ington, died Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, at his home after declining health.

Canady was born Aug. 1, 1939, in Rockingham County, to James Alvis Canady and Mary Wil-liams Canady. He was retired from the Depart-ment of Motor Vehicles, where he was a driver’s license supervisor for 42 years, and he was a vet-eran of the U.S. Army.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Clyde Akers offi ciating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park.

Memorials may be di-rected to Hospice of Da-vidson County or Free-dom Missionary Baptist Church in Lexington. On-line condolences may be made at www.davidsonfu-neralhome.net.

Buster FrittsLEXINGTON — Ray

(Buster) Lafeyette Fritts Sr., 75, of Taylors Park

Road in Lexington, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, suddenly at his home.

Fritts was born Nov. 10, 1934, in Davidson County, to Shirley Ardd Fritts and Moleta Jane Biesecker Fritts. He was a member of Fairmont Presbyte-rian Church, and he had worked for PPG Indus-tries and Burlington Fur-niture.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Fairmont Presbyterian Church with the Revs. Randy Hall and Ronnie Perdue offi ciating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park. The fam-ily will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today at Da-vidson Funeral Home and other times at the home of the daughter, Penny Perdue, 3830 South High-way 150 in Lexington.

Memorials may be di-rected to Pastors Pantry, Hospice of Davidson County or Fairmont Presbyterian Church in Lexington. Online con-dolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneral-home.net.

Bruce HedrickDENTON — Edward

Bruce Hedrick, 71, of Em-mons Mine Road, Denton, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at New Jerusalem United Church of Christ. The family will see friends from 6-8 p.m. today at Briggs Funeral Home.

Lindsay Arnel HillLEXINGTON — Lind-

say Arnel Hill, 80, died Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, at his residence in Lexing-ton.

Hill was born June 14, 1929, to the late Lindsay Mont and Nellie Gray Hill of Davidson County.

Funeralservice will be held at 2 p.m. today at Community Baptist Church in Lexington with the Rev. Brian Work-man offi ciating. Inter-ment will follow at the church cemetery.

Written and audio con-dolences may be made through www.mem.com.

Judith Ann KenneyNEW LONDON — Ju-

dith Ann (Judy) Ken-nedy Kenney, 65, of New London, died Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center in Char-lotte following a sudden illness.

Kenney was born Oct. 19, 1944, in Washington County, Ohio, to Ernest Kennedy and Helen Grapes Kennedy. She was currently an active member of Chandlers Grove United Methodist Church.

Funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. today at Chandler’s Grove United Methodist Church with the Rev. Derald Smith of-

fi ciating.In lieu of fl owers, me-

morials may be sent to Chandler’s Grove Baptist Church Landscape Fund, care of Nadine Fine, in New London.

Leo Brady MorrisonLEXINGTON — Leo

Brady Morrison, 69, of Texas Drive, died Tues-day, Dec. 15, 2009, at Hinkle Hospice House, following two years of de-clining health.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home Lexington Chapel, with Preacher Clyde Akers offi ciating. Burial will follow in the Northside Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. to-day at the funeral home and other times at the home on Texas Drive.

Memorials may be made to Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington. On-line condolences may be made at www.davidsonfu-neralhome.net.

Margaret MosesLEXINGTON — Mar-

garet Ann Moses, 81, of Tyro School Road, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, at Lexington Health Care following an extended illness of one and a half years.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Forest Hill Memorial Park with the Rev. Da-vid Langley offi ciating. The family will receive friends at 320 Ed Rickard

Road.Online condolences

may be made at www.da-vidsonfuneralhome.net.

Herman Neal WardHerman Neal Ward, 65,

a resident of 262 Boggs Road, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009, at the Brian Center of Lexington.

He was born on June 23, 1944, in Rutherfordton, to Roscoe Ward and Helen Bagwell Ward. He was a meat cutter for Johnson-town and Pennington’s Food Marts, as well as Wagner’s and Herman’s Mart. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a sister, Jan McClure.

On Dec. 20, 1963, he married Patty (Pat) Sue Hill, who survives of the home. Also surviving is his mother, Helen Bag-well Shuler, of Lexing-ton; a son, Jason Neal Ward, of California; a daughter, Tonya Renee Laxton, of Locust, N.C.; a brother, Jim Ward, of Thomasville; a sister, Mary Monson, of Lexing-ton; grandchildren, Regis Lauren, Taryn Renee and Troy Glenn Laxton; and all his hunting and golf-ing buddies.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Memorials may be di-rected to Hospice of Da-vidson County in Lexing-ton. Online condolences may be sent to www.jc-greenandsons.com.

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Buster Fritts, 75Lindsay Arnel Hill, 80

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Army Pfc. Thomas L. McLendon has graduated from basic combat train-ing at Fort Jackson, Co-lumbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mis-sion, history, tradition and core values, physi-cal fi tness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemi-cal warfare and bayonet

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He is the nephew ofCarol Kearse, and broth-er of Tasha McLendon,both of Smith St., Thom-asville, N.C.

McLendon is a 2009graduate of ThomasvilleHigh School.

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PANTHERS SWEEP PAST DRAGONSDalton not too happy

with team

LHS girls ride 26-2

run to win

‘We did not play Ledford basketball tonight.’

— Scott DaltonBoys Coach

‘We picked up our pressure and intensity just a little bit more.’

— John RallsGirls Coach

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Ledford’s Nathan Parks gets an unexpected visitor on his back under the basket as West Davidson’s Josh Burkhart attempted to block his shot.


Molly Saintsing (right) triesto get a rebound away froma West player on Tuesday.

Jon Scheyer poured in a career-high 36 points, while Dawkins scored 16 off the bench in his fi rst game since the death of his sister in an automo-bile accident, as the Blue Devils dominated Gard-ner-Webb 113-68 at Cam-eron Indoor Stadium.

“Jon’s performance was spectacular — to hit 36 points with 13 shots is about as good as you can get,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “I was really pleased with Andre, going through the week that he’s gone through, being away to deal with the tragic death of his sister.

“I thought his perfor-mance was outstanding.”

Scheyer and Dawkins

had plenty of help, with four other players scor-ing in double digits as the No. 7 Blue Devils (8-1) put up their largest point total since scoring 121 against N.C. Central to open the 2007-08 season.

Big men Miles Plumlee and Brian Zoubek scored 13 points apiece, while the team’s leading scor-ers on the season — Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith — added 11 apiece.

Singler was question-able to play because of an ankle sprain but started the game, albeit slowly, not scoring until he hit a free throw at the 16:40 mark of the second half. Singler went on to score all of his points in rough-ly 10 minutes.

On the other hand, Scheyer scored from start to fi nish. He had

gone 5-of-23 from 3-point range over his previous four games but hit all fi ve of his 3-point attempts over the game’s fi rst 15 minutes.

The fi fth one gave Duke a 41-22 lead after Gard-ner-Webb (3-5) had trailed just 17-16 after seven min-utes. At the time of his fi fth of his seven 3-point-ers, Scheyer’s 22 points matched Gardner-Webb’s total and was more than his teammates com-bined.

“I’ve been working real hard on my shot. The last 10 days since we haven’t had a game, it’s given us a lot of time to work on our individual games,” said Scheyer, who hit 7 of 9 3-pointers, all four of his two-pointers and all seven of his free throws. “I hadn’t been playing

really well, and it wasn’t just about my shot — I didn’t feel like I was play-ing as well as I could be.

“Tonight, I was just ex-cited to get out there and play because we haven’t played in a long time, and my stroke did feel real good.”

Even though Scheyer put up the most points in a game by a Duke player since J.J. Redick in 2006, it wasn’t all about scor-ing. Scheyer also had nine assists and eight re-bounds — joining Danny Ferry and Jim Spanarkel as the only Duke players to have at least 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in a game.

And in the process, Scheyer became the fi rst player in school history

ACC BASKETBALL

Scheyer nets 36 as Blue Devils roll

See NETS, Page 8

WALLBURG — The way the game played out for Ledford’s boys basketball team Tuesday against West Davidson, they may just count their blessings and forget the night ever existed.

Ledford has been the story of the year so far, coming up with some huge nonconference wins early on. They got anoth-er one by holding off the Green Dragons 51-44, but the way they got it was not all that satisfying to head coach Scott Dalton.

Building a 31-17 at the half, they looked nothing like one of the best teams in the county in the sec-ond half. Ledford never allowed West to get any closer than the fi nal mar-gin of victory, but their performance, if given a grade would have barely been passing.

“I am not real pleased with anything tonight,” said Dalton. “West Da-vidson did a nice job of making us look bad, and I think we did a nice job of assisting with that. I am not worried about margin of victory — I am worried about how we play and we did not play Ledford bas-ketball tonight. Mentally, we were not there. We had a couple of big wins last week and we may be a vic-tim of our own success a little bit. Maybe we just thought we were a little better than we were.”

Everything was on par in the fi rst eight minutes

See HAPPY, Page 10

WALLBURG — Ledfordgirls basketball coachJohn Ralls has beenaround the game for a longtime, but he has n e v e r quite had a season start the way this one has.

The in-jury-rid -dled Lady Panthers have been working with-out several key contribu-tors, and West Davidsontried its best to take advan-tage of that on Tuesday. Inthe end, though, the LadyPanthers still had toomuch fi repower for theundersized Green Drag-ons, as Ledford coasted inthe second half on its wayto a 53-29 blowout.

LHS has been withoutleading post player Car-man Pericozzi for manygames now, and threeother players are out withinjuries as well. All havetaken a turn getting anMRI, and all Ralls can dois take it in stride.

“We’re keeping thedadgum imaging centerin business,” Ralls saidwith a smile. “It is justtough, but we have to goon and that is one of thereasons why you keep 14players.”

The upset-minded Drag-ons found themselveshanging with Ledford af-ter one quarter, as Chel-sea Sarver kept themclose with six points overthe fi rst eight minutes asWDHS trailed 14-12.

Ledford played poorlyon defense, allowing Westto drive the lane and shootuncontested shots.

West continued to hangwith the Lady Panthersas Olivia Myers took herturn at being the leaderin the second quarter. Hertwo 3-pointers erased asix point lead, as the gamebecame tied up at 20-all.

That was all Ledfordneeded to see, as the lack-

See RUN, Page 8

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to rack up at least 1,500 points, 400 rebounds, 250 assists, 200 3-pointers and 150 steals.

“Even as many as points as he was scoring, it still felt like we were scoring and not just he was scoring,” Krzyzews-ki said.

None of Scheyer’s as-sists went to Dawkins, but his teammates have provided him with in-valuable assistance since Duke’s most recent game.

Dawkins’ sister, Lacey, was killed in a car ac-cident on Dec. 5 on her way to watch Duke’s last game before exam break, a victory over St. John’s. His mother, Tamara Hill, was injured in the wreck, though Dawkins said Tuesday that her inju-ries were minor enough that she was released from the hospital the day of the accident.

Dawkins went home to deal with the tragedy, then returned to school Saturday along with Krzyzewski and assis-tant coach Nate James,

who attended the funeral in Charleston, W.Va., along with athletic direc-tor Kevin White.

“I really appreciate all the support from the fans and alumni,” Dawkins said. “Even [UNC] coach Roy Williams sent some fl owers. I just appreciate all of that.

“I didn’t think it was tough to focus. Once I got in here and it was so intense, you don’t have any choice but to focus. It was easy to focus on basketball.”

Dawkins welcomed a step back toward normal-cy, as did his teammates. The Blue Devils actually looked even better than normal, something they hope to continue when they face No. 15 Gonzaga on Saturday at Madison Square Garden.

“I was pleased coming off this break with the enthusiasm and some of the sharpness that we had offensively,” Krzyze-wski said. “In the time that we have had to prac-tice, we’ve been working on a little bit more of-fense than defense to get in a better fl ow.

“I thought we had that.”

NETSFrom page 7

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

ATHLETE OF MONTHKevin White (left), fi nancial advisor with Edward Jones in Thomasville, and John Ralls, basketball coach at Led-ford High School, present the Student Athlete of the Month award to Taylar Ballard. Ballard, a senior, excels in basketball and volleyball while maintaining a 3.5 GPA. She is the daughter of Ronnie and Tammy Ballard of Wallburg. This award is presented by Edward Jones to a student at one of the Lexington City, Thomasville City or Davidson County high schools for balanced participa-tion in academics and athletics.

luster defense they had played for 13 minutes changed over into an energized, smother-ing one over the fi nal three minutes of the half. West could not fi nd room to shoot and Led-ford started hitting more shots on their end of the fl oor. Brooke Baldwin rebounded a missed free throw and put it back in, then Stevi Williams had a layup 15 seconds later to ignite a 13-0 run. It all ended at the buzzer as Chelsea Free-man hoisted up a quick turnaround jumper that somehow found its way into the basket.

“We got in the passing lanes and got some tips and defl ections, got a couple easy baskets and were able to relax a bit,” said Ralls. “We picked up our pressure and in-tensity just a little bit more. “We did a good job of limiting looks and we did not give them a lot of second chance points.”

Ledford’s defense had more in store for the sec-ond half, limiting West to a single basket, out-scoring them 13-2 in the third quarter.

Megan Surles scored two buckets for LHS be-fore Myers knocked in a jumper for the Green Dragons. It was all black and white from there, as Williams scored four points, Molly Saintsing scored on a turnaround and Taylor Parks tossed in a 3-pointer to build a 46-22 advantage. That would be the end of what turned out to be a 26-2 stretch going back to the three minute mark of the second quarter.

Williams fi nished with 14 points and Free-man 10. Myers tallied 10 points for West.

Pericozzi may be back in time for the New-

bridge Bank Christmas Classic pending a doc-tor’s release.

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WRESTLINGGolden Eagles win close matchEast Davidson edged out Chatham

Central on the road Tuesday evening with a 40-34 nonconference win.

Winners for the Golden Eagles were Dylan Wilder, Jamar Harrington, Blake Small, Zach Brubaker, Asa Bohanan, Devin Nelson, Alan Godbolt and Josh White.

East is 4-6 on the year.

Two place for EastDevin Nelson fi nished second at 160

and Zach Brubaker third at 130 in the Piedmont Tournament over the week-end. East Davidson fi nished 11th as a team.

BASKETBALLGrimsley’s 30 leads East

Haley Grimsley caught fi re for 30

points Wednesday evening at home as East Davidson defeated 4-A county rival North Davidson 69-56. Grimsley also added six steals with Candace Fox adding 15 points and four steals, Taylor Hallman 13 points and Taylor Alexan-der 10 rebounds.

East began the game on a 17-2 run to knock back the Black Knights.

East improves to 7-1 and will host Led-ford on Friday.

EDHS girls roll by WheatmoreHaley Grimsley torched the nets for

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as Ledford established itself in the post, and did all of its scoring inside the 3-point line. West took its only lead at 2-1, then held on for their lives getting blitzed 11-0 over a three minute span. Nathan Parks completed a three-point play to put LHS up 17-7 after one.

Ledford continued to lead by 10 with 1:34 to play in the second quar-ter, and would lead by 14 at intermission as Dylan Smith scored a pair of buckets and Daniel Law-son tallied two on a put-back.

Everything seemed to still be running smooth-ly as a 6-0 run midway

through the third kept the Panthers up by a 41-25 score with Will Essick manning the paint scor-ing 10 of his 16 points on the night. The Ledford players must have felt that was all they had to do.

West denied the Pan-thers a chance to coast home, putting forth a valiant effort that would ultimately come up seven points short.

“We have to be ready to play every night,” said Dalton. “We are good enough to beat anybody we play, but we are also capable of getting beat on any night and we have to understand that.”

Smith added 13 points for the Panthers who will host Trinity tonight in a nonconference tilt.

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Bake Up Some Fun! Rookie Cookie has been combing through her recipe box for some holiday cookie recipes and baking tips to share with you. Your sweet treats will not only be delicious, but they’ll also make great gifts that you can have fun creating. Cut out your favorite recipes and save them to make every year.

Don’t forget to ask an adult to help you with your baking.

A recipe from Rookie CookieBerry Tasty Oatmeal CookiesYou’ll need:

What to do:1. In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugars.2. Mix in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.3. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a separate

bowl. Add to the creamed mixture and stir well.4. Add oats and cranberries. Mix well.5. Cover bowl and let it chill in refrigerator for at least one hour.6. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease 2 cookie sheets. 7. Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls and place them 2 inches

apart on cookie sheets. Flatten each cookie with a large fork dipped in sugar.

8. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Makes 36 cookies.

1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

A recipe from Rookie CookieOrange Muffin CookiesYou’ll need:

2/3 cup butter

1/2 teaspoons salt

baking powder

What to do:1. Cream together butter and sugars in a medium bowl. Beat in eggs.2. In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder and

nutmeg. Add to creamed mixture and mix well.

hour.4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.5. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased baking

sheet. Press balls with a fork until slightly flattened.6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Makes 2 dozen.

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How to read a recipe Cooks and bakers use a lot of abbreviations (uh-BREEV-ee-AY-shuns), or short forms, of words. Most of the abbreviations are for units of measurement, such as ounce (oz.) or gram (g). The chart below will help you understand recipes and the amounts of different ingredients they call for.apron or an old

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refrigerated ingredients, such as butter or cream cheese, out of the fridge before you begin. This will give them time to soften.

Don’t forget to clean up If you clean up spills, dirty dishes and trash as you go along, the final cleanup will be much easier. Leave the kitchen as you found it!

Words that remind us of holiday baking are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: COOKIE, GIFT, RECIPE, BAKE, HOLIDAY, BUTTER, COOL, PACKAGE, VANILLA, FLOUR, SALT, SEND, EAT, APRON, INGREDIENT, INSTRUCTION, ABBREVIATION, MEASUREMENT, CUP, PINT, CLEAN, WRAP, SAVORY, SWEET.

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Jessica Strand and Tammy Massman-JohnsonOn the Web:


Meet Deana Carter Deana Carter is a singer with several CDs, including “Father Christmas.” She is also one of the performers in the new CD “A Family Christmas.”

Nelson heard one of her demo tapes. He invited her to be in the 1994 Farm Aid VII concert. She was the only female soloist in the show. After this show, she signed with a record company.

Deana was born in Nashville, Tenn. Her father is the well-known guitarist Fred Carter Jr. Deana also plays the guitar, as well as drums and keyboard. Deana has been a spokesperson for the National Kidney Foundation, a charity close to her heart. Her father’s life was saved when he received a kidney transplant. Her other causes include AIDS and animal welfare.


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Chocovanilla Pudding CookiesYou’ll need:

3/4 cup packed brown sugar1/4 cup white sugar

vanilla pudding mix

What to do:1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars.3. Add the pudding mix, eggs and vanilla. Mix well.4. In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking soda. Add to the

creamed mixture and stir well.5. Slowly fold in chocolate chips and pecans until well-mixed.6. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for

10 to 12 minutes. Makes 24 cookies.

1/4 cups all-purpose flour

chips1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Peanut Butter Cocoa Crisps This is a no-bake recipe.You’ll need:

2/3 cup chunky peanut butter1/4 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cups cocoa crispy rice cerealWhat to do:1. In a medium pan on low heat, melt chocolate chips and stir

in peanut butter and vanilla.2. Slowly stir in cereal.3. Pour mixture into a 9-by-9-inch pan coated with cooking

9 to 12 bars.

Look through your newspaper for more holiday recipes. Some

savory (salty or sharp-tasting) flavors more than sweets. You might find recipes for mixes made with cereal or nuts for your friends or relatives who don’t have a sweet tooth.

Tasty Shortbread SquaresYou’ll need:

What to do:1. Mix butter and sugar in large bowl until smooth and creamy.2. Add flour and mix well.3. Press mixture in the bottom of a rectangular glass baking dish.4. Bake in pre-heated 350-degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes.

Next week, The Mini Page explores the scientific mysteries surrounding the Christmas star.

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Reindeer CookiesYou’ll need:

dough

What to do:1. Cut sugar cookie dough into 16 half-inch slices.2. Bake as directed in 350-degree oven.3. During the last 5 minutes of cooking, remove cookie sheet and

gently press pretzel twists at the top of each cookie slice to create reindeer antlers. Place red candy in the center for the nose.

4. Finish baking for 5 minutes. Makes 16 cookies.


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The pinning ceremony for Davidson County Community College’s 2009 Practical Nurse Ed-ucation class will take place Thursday, Decem-ber 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the DCCC Conference Center on the Davidson Campus.

The DCCC Practical Nurse Education pro-gram is the only one in North Carolina that is offered online, and this is the second DCCC gradu-ating class. Course con-tent is offered online via email and the Internet with students attending two required labs dur-ing the evenings on the Davie Campus of DCCC in Mocksville. Students complete their clinical rotations on the week-ends.

The program prepares students for the national exam that qualifi es them to be Licensed Practi-cal Nurses or LPNs. The three-semester course of study is taught by Jessica Stevens, RN, MSN. Clini-cal rotations take place at Autumn Care of Mocks-ville, Davie County Hos-pital, Davidson Medical Ministries, Lexington Memorial Hospital, Med-ical Associates of Davie, Milling Manor Group Home, and Piedmont Crossing Nursing Center.

The Practical Nurse Ed-ucation Class of 2009 in-cludes 19 practical nurse candidates. They are Erica Albright, Miranda Barneycastle, Roxanne Beck, Patsy Burns, April Creasey, Kelly Daehler, Ronald Gibson, Chris-tina Hill, Christa John-ston, Herman Lawson III, Cassandra Loman, Holly Medeiros, Kitty Mishak, Jackie Surratt, Lisa Trivette, Ira Tysing-er, Amy Wallace, Felicia Walls, and Courtney Wil-

lard.Laura Koontz and

Christy Lawrence, mem-bers of the 2010 practical nurse education class, are student marshals who will assist with the pin-ning ceremony. The pins signify a transition from student to graduate and are worn on the nurse’s uniform.

The pin is unique to DCCC and is designed in the shape of a Maltese Cross, a symbol associ-ated with a medieval re-ligious order committed to providing care for the sick and injured. Also on the pin is a lamp that hon-ors Florence Nightingale, who carried such a lamp through the darkness as she searched for the wounded on the Crimean War battlefi elds.

Information and intent forms for those interested in applying for the spring 2011 class of Practical Nurse Education will be available in the DCCC Ad-missions offi ce beginning Monday, February 1, 2010. For more information, call 249-8186, ext. 6731, or email admissions@da-

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T h e u n d e r s i g n e d ,hav ing qual i f ied asC O - E X E C U T O R S o fthe Estate of AVIS S.BUNTING a/k/a AVISSECHREST BUNTING,d e c e a s e d , l a t e o fDAV IDSON Coun ty ,he reby no t i f i es a l lpersons, f i rms andcorporat ions havingclaims against saide s t a t e t o p r e s e n tt h e m t o t h eunders igned on orbefore March 10th,2010, or this noticewill be pleaded in baro f r e c o v e r y . A l lpersons, f i rms andc o r p o r a t i o n sindebted to the saides ta te w i l l p l easem a k e i m m e d i a t ep a y m e n t t o t h eundersigned.

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Notice is given that on the 29th day of December2009 at 5:30 P.M. in the City Council Chamber(Old Thomasville Courtroom) 7 West GuilfordS t ree t Thomasv i l l e , Nor th Caro l i na , theThomasville City Board of Planning & Adjustmentwill conduct a Public Hearing in consideration ofthe following:

1. Z-09-07Request for RezoningApplicant: Larry TyndallLocation: 815 Cox AvenueExisting Zoning:R-10 Low Density ResidentialProposed Zoning:R-8 Medium Density Residential

The Public is further advised that at said hearingall interested and affected parties will be heardon these matters.

Hearing impaired persons desiring additionalinformation or having questions regarding thissubject can call the North Carolina relay numberfor the Deaf (Dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-735-2962). Themeeting facilities of the City of Thomasville areaccessible to people with disabilities. The Cityprovides the opportunity to request in advanceauxiliary aids and services.

Copies of the proposed agenda items areavailable for inspection in the offices of thePlanning & Inspections Department, SecondFloor, City Hall, 10 Salem Street between thehours of 8:00 A.M. & 12:00 Noon and between1:00 P.M. & 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday.For further information call Ken Hepler at 336-475-4255.

This is the 15th day of December, 2009.

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Kelby Lomax, a senior at East Davidson High School, was named Teen-ager of the Year by Thom-

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Lomax is fi rst in her class, and is a varsity

cheerleader, a partici-pant in track, a member of the Beta Club, The Academy of Finance and chief junior marshal. She received the Student Athlete Award for the highest GPA for a student involved in at least two sports. The award is giv-en for academic standing, particpaation in sports and community service and moral character.

She is the daughter of Robbie and Angie Lo-max.

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Battle FX 60 60 (:00) ››› “Double Jeopardy” ›› “Next” (2007) Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore. ››› “The Departed” (2006, Crime Drama) Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon. ’70s Show FXNWS 40 59 Bret Baier ËFOX Report The O’Reilly Factor ËHannity On the Record The O’Reilly Factor ËHannity On the Record FGSEW 51 47 ÊReloaded ÊMy Words ÊNHL Hockey Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers. (Live) ÊPostgame ÊFinal Score ÊPoker2Nite ÊFinal Score ÊBest Damn 50 ÊFinal Score ÊFinal Score GOLF 52 52 ÊTour Clinic ÊOpen Highlight ÊU.S. Women’s Open ÊSr Open ÊOpen Highlight ÊGolf Videos ÊGolfCentrl ÊUltimate Matches ÊMatches HALL 49 49 (:00) “The Note” (2007, Drama) Å “Christmas in Canaan” (2009) Billy Ray Cyrus. “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” (2008) Golden Golden Golden Golden HGTV 55 55 Holmes House House Sandra Lee/Christmas House Bang, Buck House House Unsellable First Place House Bang, Buck House House HIST 53 53 Ancient Modern Marvels “Dams” Christmas Unwrapped Decoding the Past Ancient Discoveries (N) Strange Rituals (N) Christmas Unwrapped (:01) Decoding the Past LIFE 33 28 Anatomy Grey’s Anatomy Å Grey’s Anatomy Å “An Accidental Christmas” (2007) Cynthia Gibb. Will-Grace Will-Grace Frasier Medium “Soul Survivor” Medium MSNBC 59 43 ËEd Show ËHardball Å ËCountdown-Olbermann ËMaddow Show ËCountdown-Olbermann ËMaddow Show Scenes From a Murder MTV 27 36 Parental Pranked Pranked South Park South Park Real World-Road Rules ›› “Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights” (2002) Jersey Shore Å Jersey Shore Å NGC 29 45 In Womb Secrets of Revelation Dog Whisperer Dog Whisperer Explorer Dog Whisperer Dog Whisperer Explorer NICK 32 18 iCarly iCarly iCarly “Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh” (2008) Å Lopez Lopez The Nanny The Nanny The Nanny The Nanny The Nanny Hates Chris SPIKE 18 40 CSI ÊUFC Fight Night ÊUFC: Best of 2009 Video Justice Video Justice STYLE 61 61 House Supernanny Å ›› “Mannequin” (1987) Andrew McCarthy. Clean House Clean House Clean House Clean House Nursery. SYFY 45 42 Stargate ›› “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (2006) Johnny Depp. Sanctuary “Sleepers” Stargate Universe Å Sanctuary “Sleepers” Stargate Atlantis Å TBS 23 32 The Offi ce Name Earl Name Earl ››› “Madagascar” (2005) (:45) ››› “Madagascar” (2005) Chris Rock ›› “The Holiday” (2006) Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet. Å TCM 57 57 “George Stevens: Filmmaker” ›› “Enchanted April” (1991) Alfred Molina Å ››› “Four Weddings and a Funeral” (1994) ›› “Amazing Grace and Chuck” (1987, Drama) TLC 44 50 Dress Dress Dress Say Yes to the Dress Say Yes Say Yes Four Weddings (N) Say Yes Say Yes Four Weddings Å Say Yes to the Dress TNT 21 44 Law-Order Bones Å (DVS) ›› “The Nativity Story” (2006) Premiere. Å ›› “The Nativity Story” (2006) Oscar Isaac Å ›› “Cheaper by the Dozen” (2003) Å TOON 48 48 Just Kicks Johnny T Batman Johnny T Ben 10 Star Wars Destroy King of Hill King of Hill Chicken Amer Dad The Offi ce Moral Orel Clerks McGee TRAV 54 54 Creepiest Man/Food Man/Food Man Food Man, Food Ghost Adventures (N) Ghost Adventures Å Ghost Adventures Å Man Food Man, Food Ghost Adventures Å TRU 41 99 PoliceVids Cops Å Cops Å World’s Wildest Forensic Forensic Forensic Forensic Forensic Forensic World’s Wildest Forensic Forensic TVLAND 62 62 All-Family Sanford Sanford Griffi th Griffi th ››› “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” (1987) Roseanne Roseanne Roseanne Roseanne Roseanne Roseanne UNI 56 56 ËNoticiero Un Gancho al Corazón En Nombre del Amor Sortilegio La Rosa de Guadalupe Impacto ËNoticiero Desmadrugados Madre USA 50 16 (:00) NCIS ››› “Elf” (2003) Will Ferrell, James Caan. Å ››› “Enchanted” (2007) Amy Adams. Premiere. (:01) House “Painless” (12:01) ›› “American Wedding” (2003) Å VH1 36 34 › “Coyote Ugly” (2000) Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia. Å Top 40 Videos of 2009 Work for Diddy Tough Love Tough Love WGN-A 77 77 Becker Funniest Home Videos ›› “Behind Enemy Lines” (2001) Owen Wilson. ËWGN News at Nine (N) Scrubs Scrubs South Park South Park Star Trek: Next Gener.

PREMIUM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 12 AM 12:30 1 AM 1:30 HBO 400 400 (:00) › “Fool’s Gold” (2008) ‘PG-13’ ÊJoe Buck Live Å ››› “Tropic Thunder” (2008) Ben Stiller. ‘R’ ››› “The Wrestler” (2008) Mickey Rourke. ‘R’ (12:50) “Doomsday” ‘R’ MAX 412 412 (:00) ›› “Street Kings” (2008) ‘R’ ››› “Patriot Games” (1992) Harrison Ford. ‘R’ ››› “Clear and Present Danger” (1994) Harrison Ford. Å Life on Top (12:50) “Cleavagefi eld” SHOW 421 421 Married ÊInside the NFL Å Nurse Weeds Californ Californ Dexter “The Getaway” ÊBoxing ShoBox: The New Generation. (iTV) (Live) ÊInside the NFL Å TMC 438 438 “Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning” ›› “Sukiyaki Western Django” ‘R’ (:40) ›› “Replicant” (2001, Action) ‘R’ ›› “Striptease” (1996) Demi Moore. ‘R’ Å Pope-Vill.

THURSDAY EVENING A - High Point/Archdale/Guilford Co. Ê - SportsD - Davidson Co. Ë - News/Talk

A D 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 12 AM 12:30 1 AM 1:30 CBS ^ 9 9 ËCBS News Wheel Jeopardy! Survivor: Samoa (N) CSI: Crime Scene The Mentalist (N) Å ËNews ËLate Show W/Letterman ËLate Late Show/Craig Paid Prog. PBS $ 4 4 NewsHour Business N.C. Now Our State Exploring North Car Tree Holiday Sounds ËBBC News ËCharlie Rose (N) Å ËT. Smiley N.C. Now Black Iss FOX ( 10 10 ËAccess H. TMZ (N) Smarter Bones (PA) Å Fringe Å ËFOX 8 10:00 News (N) Seinfeld Seinfeld Bernie Mac King of Hill Paid Prog. Malcolm NBC , 11 11 ËNBC News Inside Ed. ËEnt. Ton. SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas ËThe Jay Leno Show (N) ËNews ËTonight Show ËLate Night ËCarson ION 0 12 8 Fam. Feud Ghost Whisperer Å Ghost Whisperer Å NCIS “Driven” Å NCIS Å Criminal Minds “Doubt” Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. Paid Prog. CW 4 3 3 King Name Earl Name Earl The Vampire Diaries The Vampire Diaries Raymond Raymond King Hates Chris Family Guy Punk’d Comics Un. RENO 911! ABC M 7 7 ËABC News Deal No Millionaire FlashForward “The Gift” Grey’s Anatomy Å (:01) Private Practice Frasier ËNightline ËJimmy Kimmel Live (N) Ë(:06) Extra South Park MNT P 15 15 Simpsons Two Men Two Men The 2009 World Magic Awards Å The Offi ce The Offi ce Payne Payne Law & Order: SVU ’70s Show Lopez WLXI ≠ 6 6 Word-Life Fresh Fruit Lambs TCT Today Walking This Is Day Life Today Today Your Bible Gospel Just Sayin’ In Touch-Dr TCT Today Healing

CABLE 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 12 AM 12:30 1 AM 1:30 A&E 28 30 First 48 Criminal Minds Å The First 48 Å The First 48 Å The First 48 “Ditched” The First 48 Å (12:01) The First 48 (:01) The First 48 Å AMC 24 29 (:00) “Rambo: First Blood Part II” ››› “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003) Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne. ›› “The Matrix Revolutions” (2003) Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne. ANPL 63 63 Weird, True Polar Bears Uncovered Yellowstone: Battle For Life Å Blue Planet Yellowstone: Battle For Life Å Blue Planet BET 22 33 (:00) 106 & Park: BET’s Top 10 Live Monica Monica › “Bait” (2000) Jamie Foxx, David Morse. Å ËThe Mo’Nique Show ËWendy Williams Show “Tales From the Hood” BRAVO 43 73 Housewife Real Housewives OC Real Housewives OC Real Housewives Real Housewives OC Real Housewives OC What Happens (:01) Launch My Line CMT 35 38 Nanny 911 Nanny 911 Å Smarter Smarter The Singing Bee The Singing Bee Smarter Smarter The Singing Bee The Singing Bee CNBC 30 35 Mad Money Kudlow Report (Live) Coca-Cola Stry Big Mac: Inside Biography on CNBC (N) Mad Money Big Mac: Inside Biography on CNBC CNN 34 21 Situation ËCNN Tonight (N) ËCampbell Brown (N) ËLarry King Live (N) ËAnderson Cooper 360 Å ËLarry King Live ËAnderson Cooper 360 COM 37 41 RENO 911! ËDaily Show ËColbert Dunham Dunham Jeff Dunham Christmas Dunham Dunham Daily Show ËColbert Louis C.K.: Chewed Up Futurama Daily Show CSPAN 39 37 (5:00) House of Representatives ËTonight From Washington ËCapital News Today CSPAN2 38 65 (5:00) U.S. Senate Coverage ËTonight From Washington ËCapital News Today DISC 25 31 Air Jaws Sharks of South Africa 10 Deadliest Sharks 10 Deadliest Sharks Deadly Waters Å 10 Deadliest Sharks 10 Deadliest Sharks Deadly Waters Å DISN 73 22 Suite Life Phineas Phineas ››› “Akeelah and the Bee” (2006, Drama) ‘PG’ Phineas Montana Wizards So Raven Life Derek Cory Replace K. Possible E! 46 46 Giuliana E! News (N) Daily 10 Girls ›› “You’ve Got Mail” (1998) Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. ËChelsea E! News ËChelsea Giuliana & Bill Kardashian ESPN 17 25 ÊSportsCtr. ÊHigh School Basketball ÊScoreboard ÊHigh School Basketball ÊSportsCenter (Live) Å ÊNFL Live ÊBaseball ÊSportsCenter Å ESPN2 16 26 ÊInterruption ÊWomen’s College Volleyball ÊWomen’s College Volleyball ÊSportsNation Å ÊWorld Series ÊPoker FAM 20 20 Nestor Jack Frost Å ›› “Jack Frost” (1998) Michael Keaton. Å ›› “Jingle All the Way” (1996) Sinbad Å Whose? Whose? Paid Prog. Paid Prog. FOOD 65 67 Minute Challenge Iron Chef America Iron Chef America Cakes Cakes Good Eats Unwrapped Iron Chef America Cakes Cakes FX 60 60 (5:00) ›› “Spider-Man 3” (2007) ›› “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (2005, Action) Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. ›› “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (2005, Action) Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie. FXNWS 40 59 Bret Baier ËFOX Report The O’Reilly Factor ËHannity On the Record The O’Reilly Factor ËHannity On the Record FGSEW 51 47 ÊRunnin ÊSEC Preview ÊTennis ÊReloaded ÊGame 365 ÊFinal Score ÊBillick ÊFinal Score ÊBest Damn 50 ÊFinal Score ÊFinal Score GOLF 52 52 ÊTour Clinic ÊMasters Highlights ÊHaney ÊHaney ÊHaney ÊHaney ÊMasters Highlights ÊGolf Videos ÊGolfCentrl ÊOpen Highlight ÊBritish Open Highlights HALL 49 49 (:00) ›› “Ebbie” (1995) Å “Moonlight and Mistletoe” (2008, Drama) Å “All I Want for Christmas” (2007) Golden (12:13) The Golden Girls Golden Golden HGTV 55 55 To Sell House House First Place First Place House House House Income Property First Place House House House Income HIST 53 53 Gangland Gangland Å Gangland Å Gangland (N) Å Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Cities of the Underworld (12:01) Gangland Å (:01) Gangland Å LIFE 33 28 Anatomy Grey’s Anatomy Å Grey’s Anatomy Å “Home by Christmas” (2006) Linda Hamilton. Å Will-Grace Will-Grace Frasier Medium Å Medium MSNBC 59 43 ËEd Show ËHardball Å ËCountdown-Olbermann ËMaddow Show ËCountdown-Olbermann ËMaddow Show ËHardball Å ËCountdown-Olbermann MTV 27 36 Parental Pranked Pranked South Park South Park Jersey Shore Å Jersey Shore (N) Å Jersey Shore Å Real World-Road Rules True Life NGC 29 45 Science Rivals of Jesus Ultimate Factories Naked Science Naked Science (N) Ultimate Factories Naked Science Naked Science NICK 32 18 iCarly iCarly Å Malcolm Hates Chris Lopez Lopez Lopez Lopez The Nanny The Nanny The Nanny The Nanny The Nanny The Nanny SPIKE 18 40 CSI: Crime ÊUFC Fight Night ÊTNA Wrestling (N) Å ÊUFC Unleashed MANswers MANswers MANswers MANswers STYLE 61 61 House Supernanny Å ››› “The Thomas Crown Affair” (1999) Clean House Supernanny Å Billionaire Crime: Murder Clean House SYFY 45 42 Stargate Sanctuary “Penance” ›› “The Amityville Horror” (2005, Horror) ›› “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (2006) Johnny Depp. Sanctuary “Penance” TBS 23 32 The Offi ce Name Earl Name Earl ›› “Failure to Launch” (2006) Zooey Deschanel Family Guy Family Guy ËLopez Tonight (N) Very Funny Seinfeld Sex & City Sex & City TCM 57 57 (:15) “The Magnifi cent Seven Ride!” ›› “Christmas in Connecticut” (1945) Å ››› “Holiday Affair” (1949) ›› “Never Say Goodbye” (1946) Errol Flynn. Period TLC 44 50 Dress BBQ Pitmasters Å American Chopper American Chopper (N) BBQ Pitmasters (N) American Chopper BBQ Pitmasters Å American Chopper TNT 21 44 Law-Order Bones Å ÊNBA Basketball Orlando Magic at Miami Heat. (Live) Å ÊNBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers. Å ÊInside the NBA Å TOON 48 48 Caspers Grandma Got Run Over Chowder Flapjack Dr. Seuss’ Scooby King of Hill King of Hill Family Guy Family Guy Chicken Aqua Teen Metal Squidbillies TRAV 54 54 Bathrooms Superstructures Fantastic Houseboats Super Yachts Å Million Dollar Yachts Luxurious Log Homes Fantastic Houseboats Super Yachts Å TRU 41 99 PoliceVids Cops Å Cops Å World’s Dumbest... World’s Dumbest... (N) Hurts Hurts Top 20 Most Shocking World’s Dumbest... World’s Dumbest... TVLAND 62 62 All-Family Sanford Sanford Griffi th Griffi th Married... Married... Roseanne Roseanne Roseanne Å Roseanne Roseanne Roseanne Roseanne UNI 56 56 ËNoticiero Un Gancho al Corazón En Nombre del Amor Sortilegio Nuestra Navidad Impacto ËNoticiero La Escuelita VIP Torrente, un Torbellino USA 50 16 NCIS “Legend” Å NCIS “Legend” Å ›› “Sweet Home Alabama” (2002) Reese Witherspoon. Å Law & Order: SVU Law Order: CI Burn Notice Å VH1 36 34 Special VH1 Special VH1 Special VH1 Special VH1 Special Sex-Dr. Drew › “Coyote Ugly” (2000) Piper Perabo. Å WGN-A 77 77 Becker Funniest Home Videos ÊWWE Superstars Å Funniest Home Videos ËWGN News at Nine (N) Scrubs Scrubs ÊWWE Superstars Å Star Trek: Next Gener.

PREMIUM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 12 AM 12:30 1 AM 1:30 HBO 400 400 Last Legion (:15) ›› “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (2008) › “Mirrors” (2008) Kiefer Sutherland. ‘R’ Å Orgasm: Xtra Lovely “Every F...ing” (:35) Prey MAX 412 412 (5:45) “3000 Miles to Graceland” ‘R’ ››› “Gran Torino” (2008) Clint Eastwood. ‘R’ “Harold & Kumar Escape” (:40) Lingerie 02 Å (:10) “The Omen” (1976) SHOW 421 421 ›› “Scenes of a Sexual Nature” Dexter “The Getaway” “Powder Blue” (2009) Jessica Biel. ‘R’ Å “Three Days of Rain” (2002) ‘NR’ (:45) › “Saw IV” (2007) Tobin Bell. TMC 438 438 (:15) ›› “The Nanny Diaries” Å ›› “The Break” (1997) Stephen Rea. ‘R’ ›› “Lions for Lambs” (2007) ‘R’ (:35) ›› “Mozart & the Whale” “The Model Solution”

CRIME BRIEFSTeenager charged

with sexual assaultA Thomasville teen-

ager is facing sex of-fense charges for the sec-ond time in less than a

month.Jason Ce-

cil-Mckay Snyder, 18, of 317 Har-ris Drive, is charged with mis-demeanor sexual bat-tery fol-

lowing his recent arrest on Monday. According to the Davidson County Sheriff ’s Offi ce, deputies received a report regard-ing a sexual assault of a juveile on Dec. 2. Detec-tives allege that between Dec. 1 and Dec. 31, 2008, the incident involving a 12-year-old occurred on Linwood-Southmont Road.

On Nov. 20, deputies arrested Snyder and charged him with felony second degree rape, mis-demeanor assault on a female and misdemeanor sexual battery for an as-sault on a 16-year-old ac-quantince that occurred on Nov. 16. Capt. Tony Roberson said the par-ents reported the offenses in both cases.

Snyder was released fomr custody after post-ing a $50,000 secured bond.

East students face charges

A pair of East David-son High School students found themselves in trou-ble at school Tuesday for two separate incidences.

Shortly before noon, Mitchell Dean Whitman, 18, of 2880 Kanoy Road, was charged with disor-derly conduct and prop-erty damage for punch-ing and shattering a glass display cabinet following a disruption he caused at the school, according to a Davidson County Sher-iff ’s Offi ce press release. Whitman has a court date in Lexington on Feb. 3.

Two hours later, Keith Tyler Mishoe, following a search of his vehicle by school administrators and the school’s resource offi cer, was charged with possession of a weapon on school grounds. Dur-ing the search, a knife was found inside Mishoe’s ve-hicle, which was parked at EDHS. Mishoe, who was cited and released, has a trial date of Feb. 3 in Lexington District Court.

Two arrested on drug charges

Davidson County Sher-iff ’s Offi ce Vice/Narcot-ics Unit busted two Lex-ington men who were found with nearly 20 pounds of marijuana.

Following a month-long investigation, members of the DCSO arrested Timothy Neal Harrell, 48, of 3903 Horseshoe Neck Road in Lexington, on Monday and charged him with traffi cking mari-juana and maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance after fi nding him in possession of 19.5 pounds of pot and $5,360 in cash.

A second man, Billy Ray Scott, 58, of the same ad-dress, was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver mari-juana and possession of drug paraphernalia after he was found with 125 grams of weed and $587 in cash. The total street value of the marijuana is approximately $20,000. Harrell and Scott were is-sued $100,000 and $5,000 bonds, respectively.

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

Dec. 6• Xavier Scott Wil-

liams (BM, 17) arrested on charge of carrying concealed weapons at Church Street and High-land Avenue.

• Dontaesha Lenell An-derson (BF, 19) arrested on charge of fi ghting at Church Street and High-

land Avenue.• Demaria Dumas (BF,

18) arrested on charge of fi ghting at Church Street and Highland Avenue/

• Wilfredo Ademir Pnce Carlas (WM, 26) arrested on charge of DWI art 705 National Highway.

• Jeffrey Wayne Wil-iams (WM, 27) arrested on charge of simple as-sault at 1589 Fisher Ferry St.

• Robert Lynn Hold-ren (WM, 51) arrested on charge of assualt on a fe-male by male over 18 at 19

E. Main St.• Tiffany Leann

Lapradd (WF, 21) arrest-ed on charge of larceny shoplifting at 1585 Lib-erty Drive.

• Bradley Scott Pass-more (WM, 18) arrested on citation of no opera-tors license at 499 Cul-breth Ave.

• Victim of miscella-neous animal bite at 207 Old Lexington Road.

• Victim of simple phys-ical assault at 1589 Fisher Ferry Road.

• Lowes Food victim

of larceny shoplifting at 1418 National Highway.

Dec. 7• Juvenile (WM, 15) ar-

rested on charge of ac-cessing computers or artifi ce to defraud at 410 Unity St.

• James Douglas Hunt (WM, 37) arrested on cita-tion of failure to stop at stop sign at 7466 N. Bus. Highway 29-70.

• Barbara Sneed Long (WF, 39) arrested on cita-tion of noi fi nancial re-

sponsibility at 1 MapleAve.

Dec. 8• Ethan James Ander-

son (WM, 19) arrested oncharge of possessing acontrolled substance at11 Pine St.

• O’Reilly Automtivevictim of fraud false pre-tense at 701 Randoph St.

• Ashley Ray King (WM,31) arrested on charge ofpossessing a controlledsubstance at 201 NorthRoad.

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