6 -Thomasville Times - Tuesday, September 14,2010
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FAIR
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Vinnon Williams, DCAF
agriculture manager, said
of theKlddeKamps. “One
boy was there a week and
when we took him home,
his daddy asked where
he had been. The par
ents didn’t even notice he
was gone for a week. We
asked one girl why she
liked coming to the camp
and she said “because
you guys don’t beat me
out here.” Those are the
types of kids we’re deal
ing with here.”
This year’s DCAF is ex
pected to attract close to
30,000 visitors and will
take place from Sept. 20
to Sept. 25, with a wide
array of attractions.
Tuesday wlH feature a
dairy show, showcasing
aU five breeds of North
Carolina dairy cows and
there wUl be a goat show
on Wednesday The Miss
Davidson Coimty Pageant
win highlight Thursday’s
festivities and babies will
take center stage on Fri
day in the annual “Dia
per Derby.”
“We do aU of this to
provide those children
the best experience possi
ble,” said Carl McKnight,
director of livestock.
“When you read some
thing from a child who at
tended the camp say the
best part was being able
to eat three times a day, it
hits home. We put in a lot
of work to make this hap
pen. It is the only motiva
tion we need.”
In the 1920s, tuberculo
sis threatened the lives of
children across the coun
try, especially those who
were underprivileged.
Charter members of the
Lexington Kiwanis Club
recognized this problem
and set out to help by spon
soring “Kiddie Kamps,”
where underprivileged
kids could come and eat
healthy in an effort to get
them stronger to possibly
ward off the disease. Fol
lowing years of fundrais
ing, a committee went to
Davidson County Com
missioners and requested
the right to sponsor the
annual fair. On July 20,
1945, the Davidson Coun
ty Fair Association was
Incorporated. In 1953, the
Lexington Kiwanis Club,
with the help of its mem
bers, purchased the land
for a permanent Kiddle
Kamp.
“There are so many
people Involved from the
community,” Williams
said. “For a small county,
this is one big fair.”
Gates open Monday,
Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. The fair
costs $7 for adults and
$2 for children. The fair
grounds is located at 400
Greensboro St. in Lex
ington. For more infor
mation, visit davidson-
countyagfair.com.
Stajf Writer Eliot Duke
can be reached at 888-3578,
or duke@tvilletimes.com.
READING
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end. Kindergarten stu
dents will begin the pro
gram later in the fail.
TPS paid for the initia
tive through its parent
involvement fund.
“These books are just
the right text for then-
grade level,” said Ceretha
MithceU, director of cur
riculum and Instruction
for ThpmasvUle City
Schools. “There’s a par
ent connection that’s
part of the program that
parents and children will
read together. We have
thousands of books and
thought this would be a
great way to use the funds
that were available to us.
The more time with text,
the more comprehension
students will have.”
MitcheU said the plan
is to extend the initia
tive through fifth grade.
School systems across
the state are increas
ing the amount of books
available to students, but
MitcheU said that paren
tal involvement was miss
ing in some of the other
programs. The backpack
program brings the home
involvement element that
TPS was looking for.
“We felt we wanted to
involve the home set
ting,” MitcheU said. “We
thought the weekend
time would be good, but
we needed something
organized. We put every
thing together and feel
like this has the potential
to be a great idea.”
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backpack to use with any
book title and there also
wUl be a parent connec
tion with some of the ma
terial.
“We’re trying to get
parents involved so they
imderstand what the
program entails," said
second grade teacher
Adrienne Barnes. “We’re
working on reading com
prehension. If we can get
the parents to understand
how important reading
comprehension is I think
they wUl jump on board
automaticaUy Not only
do we want this to be fun
and memorable, but also
monitor the comprehen
sion of the text. That’s'
what we’re seeing in the
classroom that needs to
be carried over into the
home. This is just anoth
er tool we're giving them
to feel more confident
about what they're doing
to help their chUd.”
Barnes pointed out that
many chUdren don’t have
access to a lot of books
at home, and the new
program aUows them to
expand their reading ho
rizons.
“You would be sur
prised at how many kids
don’t have an abundance
of books,” Barnes said.
“It’s something most of
us take for granted. The
backpack program makes
sure the chUdren always
have something at home
to read.”
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OBITUARIES
Index
Thomasville
James E. Hobgood, 87
Henry, W. Myers, 87
Lexington
James R. Bennett, 68
Addison Biesecker, 44
Betty G. Crotts, 75
Joe D. Goss, 78
Ola S, Lookabill, 92
Mary Moore, 74
Pete Wilson, 74
Other areas
Debra Burns, 48
Elizabeth Dotson, 78
James R. Bennett
LEXINGTON — James
Robert Bennett, 68, of Si-
merson Road, died Satur
day, Sept. 11, 2010, at his
home after an extended
Ulness.
Funeral wiU be held at
1 p.m. Wednesday at Pied
mont Funeral Home Cha
pel with the Rev. Darrell
Cox officiating. Burial
will follow at Forest HUl
Memorial Park. The fam
ily will receive friends
from 6 to 9 p.m. today at
the funeral home.
Piedmont Funeral
Home is in charge of the
arrangements. Online
condolences may be made
at www.piedmontfuneral-
home.com.
Addison Biesecker
LEXINGTON—Mr. Ad
dison Biesecker, age 44,
of Midway School Road,
Winston-Salem, died Fri
day
Funeral service wUl
be held at 2 p.m. today at
Davidson Funeral Home
chapel.
Online condolences
may be made at www.da-
vldsonfuneralhome.net.
Debra Burns
TRINITY —Mrs. Debra
Sue Hutchins Burns, 48,
a resident of Wedgewood
Terrace, died Sunday,
Sept. 12, 2010, at High
Point Regional Hospital.
She was born on Jan.
16, 1962, in Guilford
County to the late Wayne
Hutchins and Grace Phil
lips Hutchins.
In January 1977, she
married Wayne Edward
Burns, who survives of
the home; also stuviving
is a daughter, Edreena
Dawn Burns; sister, San
dra of Trinity; and four
grandchildren.
Debbie’s wishes were
to be cremated, and her
ashes will be scattered
in the ocean near Little
River, S.C.
Online condolences
may be sent to www.jc-
greenandsons.com.
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Betty G. Crotts
LEXINGTON — Betty
JoAnn GUIs Crotts, age
75, of Crotts Drive, Lex
ington, died Friday, Sept.
10, 2010, in Hinkle Hos
pice House after a four-
month illness.
Memorial service wiU
be held at a later date. The
famUy received friends
from 1 untUl 4 p.m. Sun
day at the home on Crotts
Drive.
Born June 3, 1935, in
Princeton, WVa., to Rob
ert GUIs and Minnie
GUIs, she was a home
maker and a member of
the Church of God.
Online condolences
may be made at www.da-
vidsonfuneraIhome.net.
Elizabeth Dotson
CLEMMONS — Eliza
beth Gertrude Warren
Dotson, age 78, of Plum-
stead Lane, died Friday,
Sept. 10, 2010, at her
home.
Graveside service wUl
be held at 11 a.m. today
at National Cemetery of
Salisbury with Chaplain
Ryan Wagers officiating.
No formal visitation wUl
be held.
Davidson Funeral
Home, Hickory Tree Cha
pel is serving the famUy.
Online condolences
may be made at www.da-
vidsonfuneralhome.net.
Joe D. Goss
LEXINGTON — Joe
Donald Goss, 78, of Riv-
erwood Road, Lexington,
died Friday, Sept. 10, at
Hinkle Hospice House.
No funeral services are
planned.
In lieu of flowers, me
morials made be made
to Hinkle Hospice House,
202 Hospice Way, in Lex
ington. Piedmont Funer
al Home is in charge of
the arrangements. On
line condolences may be
made at www.piedmont-
Tuneralhome.com.
James E. Hobgood
Mr. James Edward
Hobgood, 87, a resident
of Cold Spring, N.Y., and
formerly of ThomasvUle,
died Monday, Aug. 2,2010,
in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Born in ThomasvUle,
Oct. 15,1922, a son of the
late Dr. James E. Hob
good and Maude Weaver
Hobgood, he joined the
US. Navy, went to Japa
nese language school in
StUlweU, Okla., and then
to Occupied Japan to be
an interpreter.
Memorial graveside
service wUl be held
Wednesday at 11 a.m. at
ThomasvUle City Cem
etery with the Rev. Peggy
A. Finch officiating.
Online condolences
may be made to the Hob
good famUy at www.jc-
greenandsons.com.
Ola S. Lookabill
LEXINGTON — Ola
Smith Lookabill, 92, of
Lexington Health Care,
Lexington, formerly of
N.C. 150 South, died Mon
day, Sept, 13, 2010, after
declining health.
Graveside fimeral ser
vice wUl be held at 11
a.m. Wednesday at San
dy Creek Cemetery, in
Lexington, with the Rev,
Howard Baker officiat
ing. There wUl be no visi
tation.
Memorials may be
made to St. Luke’s Lu
theran Church, 4299
South N.C. Hwy 150, in
Lexington. Piedmont Fu
neral Home is in charge
of the arrangements. On
line condolences may be
made at www.piedmont-
funeralhome.com.
Mary Moore
LEXINGTON — Mary
Jane Alford Moore, 74, of
Lexington, died Friday
at the Hinkle Hospice
Home.
Graveside service wUl
be held at 11 a.m. today at
the Forest HUl Memorial
Park Mausoleum.
Davidson Funeral
Home Lexington Chapel
wUl be serving the fam
Uy.
Online condolences
may be made at www.da-
vldsonfuneraIhome.net.
Henry W. Myers
Mr. Henry WUlard
Myers, 87, a resident of
ThomasviUe, died Satur
day, Sept. 11, 2010, at the
Hinkle Hospice House of
Davidson County.
WUlard was born in
Davidson County on Aug.
13, 1923, a son of Henry
Bradley Myers and Mon-
nie Lou Kirk Myers. He
was a lifelong resident
of Davidson County, a
former maintenance su
pervisor for the Baptist’s
ChUdren Home in Thom
asvUle and was a veteran
of World War II, having
served in the U.S. Navy.
WUlard loved fishing and
was a member of Liberty
Baptist Church, where he
served as a deacon and
Sunday school teacher.
He was preceded Ui death
by his parents. WUlard
married CoUeen Whit
lock, who survives, of
ThomasvUle.
Surviving in addition
to his wife are his sons,
Rick Myers and wife,
Lynn, of Lexington,
Lynn Myers and Kenneth
Myers and wife, Diane,
aU of ThomasvUle; broth
ers, Bradford Myers and
wife, Linda, and Dale My
ers and wife, Becky, aU of
ThomasvUle; sisters, NeU
Morris and Margaret Ed
wards, both of Thomas-
vUle, Martha Ann Crick-
more, of ShaUote and
Brenda Moore, of Char-
lott; three grandchUdren
and two great-grandchU-
dren.
Funeral service wUl
be held at 2 p.m. today at
Liberty Baptist Church
with the Rev. David Bow
man and the Rev. Ken
MiUer officiating. Inter
ment wUl foUow m the
church cemetery. Mr. My
ers wUl remain at J.C.
Green and Sons Funeral
Home until placed in the
church 30 minutes prior
to the service. The famUy
received friends at the fu
neral home Monday from
6 untU 8 p.m.
In lieu of Uowers, me
morials may be made to
Liberty Baptist Church,
225 Liberty Ave., or Hos
pice of Davidson, 200
Hospice Way, in Lexing
ton. Online condolences
may be sent to the Myers
famUy at www.jcgreen-
andsons.com.
Pete Wilson
LEXINGTON — Hobert
Ed “Pete” WUson, 74, of
Michael AUey, died Sat
urday, Sept. 11, 2010, at
Hinkle Hospice House,
foUowmg an extended Ul
ness.
Fraveside service wiU
be held at 2 p.m. Wednes
day at Lexington City
Cemetery with the Revs.
Kenneth Deal and Al
len Smith officiating.
The famUy wUl receive
friends at Davidson Fu
neral Home Lexington
Chapel from 6 to 8 p.m.
today. At other tunes they
wUl be at the home of the
sister, SaUy Leonard, on
Michael AUey.
Any memorials may be
directed to Hinkle Hos
pice House, 200 Hospice
Way, m Lexington. On
line condolences may be
made at www.davidsonfu-
neraIhome.net.
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