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•m :■ >MAS' Ledford meets formidable foe in Central Davidson. urday, October 2,2010 :u)OLPH STREET JiVJASVIIJ vr 27360 THOMASYILLE Columnist Tammy Holyfield gives a 'No Fear' approach to ■ public speaking. 120th Year - No. 1 50 Cents WWW. tvilletimes. com Water, sewer rates top Town Hall discussion BY LISA WALL Editor Thursday’s town hall meeting may not have revolved around politics, but the temperament of ThomasvUle‘citizens resonated a similar air to those recently set on the national stage. The increase in water and sewer rates high lighted the discussion at the meeting at Central Recreation Center, as the nearly 100 citizens in at tendance addressed city council and officials stat ing their displeasure with the recent rate increases and the impact it has had on residents struggling in a difficult economy. Resident Lorraine Mffier set the stage at the public forum by saying WANT TO READ MORE? Find more from the Town Hall meeting in Tuesday's Times. she felt the reason for the water increase was to pay for the nearly 16-mlllion gallon sewage splU that occurred in the summer of 2009. “1 feel that the increase is due to the spill. We didn’t cause the spill, so why are we having to pay for it?” City Manager Kelly Craver responded to the first question of the eve ning by giving an over view of how those rates ane established. “Water and sewer rates were determined by a rate study that was done See WATER, Page A6 .-V ■ “,-r7i“~rn7¥> TIMES PHOTO/ELIOT DUKE Joe and Susan Thornton hold a picture of their daughter Kate, while sitting in the bedroom where she spent her last night before succumbing to leukemia on Sept. 3,2010. Picking up Moving on - Tk • ^ ^ hard to do for ill 6 X 16C6S Thornton family BY ELIOT DUKE Staff Writer S usan Thornton stUl wakes up some mornings think ing she has to go back to the hospital. Some days, she finds herself looking at the clock, wait ing to give her daughter Kate her daily medications, before real izing there’s nothing more to be done. Susan and the rest of the Thornton family’s lives changed two years ago when Kate, then 3, was diagnosed with leukemia. Any sense of the word normal ceased to exist as the family tried to put life on hold while Kate battled for hers. In the weeks fol lowing Kate’s death on Sept. 3, K1SSES4KATE Kisses4Kate.com turns efforts to help local child battling leukemia. See story,: in Tuesday's Times. the Thorntons are stUl picking up the pieces and trying to make sense of a whirlwind series of events that saw a community open its arms for a little girl that touched the lives of so many “I’m stiU in a fog, just kind of walking aroimd,” Susan said. “For two years. I’ve been focus ing on Kate, taking care of her needs and doing what 1 needed to do for her. My whole dynamic of taking care of my other chil dren and being a wife and a mojn has changed. I just focus on one day at a time. 1 don’t know who I am or what my purpose is right now.” No longer are the Thorntons,^ a fragmented family, split apart' by a deadly disease. They are fi- naUy under one roof in a beau tiful new home where pictm-es of Kate sprinkle virtually every wall. Kate’s room hasn’t changed. Stuffed animals remain on her bed under a pink and purple can opy, surrounded by walls filled with hand-painted pictures of mermaids, castles and unicorns — images of a fairy tale world for a young princess taken too soon. See PIECES, PageA6 Survey seeks residents' vision for Thomasville BY ERINWILTGEN ! StaffWriter ThomasviUe Area Chamber of Commerce has begun the active phase of its Community Vision and Strategic Plan, opening a Chair City sur vey to start the stream of citizen input. Though the Chamber has worked for months on the plan, forming a steering community and laying the groundwork, the ThomasvUle Commu nity Survey — which can be accessed on the Cham ber Web site — is the first step in the Commu nity Vision and Strategic Plan, a component of last year’s capital campaign. “We are leading a com munity-wide visioning and commrmity planning process,” said Chamber President Doug Croft. “This process wUl help us ■ create a commimity vision for the future and soipe, strategic plans, some specific steps di rects toward that com- miSfijLy vision.”, , ttie gnline survey takes oiilS' alew minutes and is CS^posed of-! about ten !|que0ifcns,;s^e being ba- deind^^h^e informa tion such as age, gender and place of residence. Croft says the survey is open to anyone, whether they live in ThomasvUle or not. “We are inviting any body and everybody to participate,” he said. “If you live in this area, you work in this area, we in vite your input. That’s our effort to make sure See VISION, Page A3 INDEX Barbecue Festival to celebrate local flavor Weather A2 Focus A3 Opinion A4 Obituaries A5 Religion A8 Sports B1 Business B8 Today's Weather Sunny, 72/48 BY ELIOT DUKE StaffWriter WELCOME — For the past quarter century, October’s ar rival has meant one thing in Da vidson County — the Barbecue Festival is near. Richard ChUdress Racing wel comed organizers and promoters of the 27th annual Barbecue Fes tival in Lexington on Thursday with a luncheon to kick-off this year’s event that wUl take place on Oct. 23. There was plenty of barbecue for everyone as those in attendance got a sneak peak of what attractions wUl be avaU- able for the estimated crowd of more than 100,000 people. “We’re aU a part of making this festival successfiU,” Stephanie K. Saintsing, executive director of the festival, said. “Together we make one awesome team. The festival showcases our barbecue heritage and spotlights our city. I’m honored to be a part of the effort.” The annual barbecue festival has grown into one of the larg est outdoor events in the south east, and this year is shaping up to be no different. Historic Uptown Lexington wfil play host to an afternoon extravaganza, filled with live music, sidewalk vendors and activities for all ages. But most of aU, there wUl barbecue and plenty of it. Dur ing an average festival, visitors go through 15,000 pounds of chopped barbecue, 3,000 dozen sandwich roUs, 5,000 hot dogs, 560 gaUons of barbecue slaw, 50 gallons of chUi and 6,000 pounds of french fries. Admission to the See FLAVOR, Page A3 Advanced technolosy (and babies) delivered daily. TIMES PHOTO/ELIOT DUKE From left, Childress Vineyards wine maker Mark Friszolowski, artist Bob Timberlake and NASCAR legend Richard Childress display this year's edition of Fine Swine Wine. pf!^^^'t-ff.telw, 207 Old Lexington Rd^Thmnasvitle,NC f wum>.th0masviUemedicatemter.oirg • (336) 476-2725 Thomasville, North Carolina • Your Town. Your Times. i ■ -f
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