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Dr. Karl Milliren and his staff stand with Saturday, a neglected puppy that was found wandering in a city neigh
borhood. Saturday looks healthy today compared to how he came to the veterinary hospital.
A BRIGHTER SATURDAY
Rescued puppy recovering by leaps and bounds
BY ERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
W ith tail wagging and
nose investigating every
nook, cranny and human
hand in sight, Saturday the puppy
barely resembled the shivering,
skeletal animal of two months
earlier.
Quite different from the little
refugee Kathy Young brought to
Thomasville Veterinary Hospital
on Aug. 28 after discovering him
abandoned in an area neighbor
hood, Saturday has gained almost
11 pounds as well as an abundance
of energy. His fur, which back
then had been patched and ooz
ing from a skin rash, now lays soft
and scratchy in a normal coat.
“His skin looks great,” said Dr.
Karl MlUlren, veterinarian and
founder of the hospital who has
worked with the puppy since his
rescue. “He looks like a dog.”
Young discovered Saturday —
named for the day he was found
— wandering through a Thom-
asviUe neighborhood. She imme-
'His weight looks good,
his skin looks so much
better. He's looking
normal again.'
—- Dr. Karl Milliren
Thomasville Veterinary Hospital
diately noticed his skin rash and
poking ribs, and moved in pity,
the Humane Society of Davidson
County volimteer whisked Satar-
day to the vet after no one in the
neighboring houses claimed him.
The vet diagnosed him with
hook worms and demodectic
mange, a non-contagious disease
caused by a microscopic mite that
lives inside hair follicles. While
these mites live in every dog, a
strong and healthy immune sys
tem keeps them at bay — a luxury
the dehydrated, starved puppy
didn’t have.
Without anything to fight off
the mites, Saturday developed a
skin disease, and a more serious
form at that called generalized
demodicosis, which affects the en
tire dog, causing patchy fur, skin
infections and scaly skin.
During Saturday’s month-long
stay in the hospital, vets worked
to fight his hook worms. Improve
his nutrition and strengthen his
immune system. Antibiotics as
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audit
findings positive
BY ERINWILTGEN
StaffWriter
Despite weathering a
series of tough econom
ic years, ThomasvUle’s
financial picture has
emerged relatively sta
ble.
Thomasville City Coun
cil heard an audit report
from Martin Starnes &
Associates, CPAs, Mon
day for the year ending
June 30, 2010. The audit
itself spans a year-long
process, complete with
two on-site visits.
“We ask a lot of ques
tions and collect a lot of
data,” said Paula Hodges
of Martin Starnes. “We
kind of come in and stir
things up a little bit. Our
audit went really weU.”
Not only did the firm
not find any non-compli
ance with federal and
state awards or problems
with the Chair City’s in
ternal control system,
Hodges said Thomas-
vUle’s financial picture
looked good.
Hodges first looked at
the fund balance, which
serves as a measure for fi
nancial resources. To see
the health of the general
fund, the audit company
looks at the percentage
of money available to
the city - in other words,
not restricted by state
law, grants or council de
crees.
Legally, municipali
ties must have 8 percent
of the fund balance on
hand if necessary. That
8 percent amounts to
about the amount needed
for a month in case of an
emergency Thomasville
currently has 17.4 per
cent of the general fund
See AUDIT, Page 6
New police badge
represents city's history
BY ELIOT DUKE
StaffWriter
When Thomasville
Police Department last
changed the patches on
officer uniforms, furni
ture reigned supreme
in the Chair
City In the
1970s, a large
percentage
of Thomas
ville' resi
dents earned
their living
through the
furniture in
dustry and police
officers patrolled
downtown on foot with
a patch of the Big Chau-
on their shoulders, repre
senting the symbiotic re
lationship between peo
ple and local business.
“It was a different time
back then,” Maj. James
MUls said. “Furniture
was king in Thomasville
and our patch reflected
that. Times have changed
since then and it was time
we changed as well.”
TPD has un
dergone sev
eral changes
in the past
year under
new chief
Jeff Insley
Squad cars
are making
the shift back
black and
white and the city
itself is now divided up
into new districts to in
crease officer accessibil
ity TPD’s latest change
is more a cosmetic one as
See BADGE, Page 6
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BY ELIOT DUKE
StaffWriter
Hundreds of people
turned out on a cold, fall
Satm-day morning to sup
port a local nonprofit dedi
cated to helping children
battling cancer.
Kisses4Kate, a fledgling
organization that raises
money to assist children
with cancer and their fam
ilies, held its inaugural 5K
run/walk fundraiser Sat
urday in Jamestown with
people of aU ages partici
pating in the fight against a
deadly disease that affects
so many An estimated 360
people and more than 40
volunteers took part in the
event where aU the pro
ceeds will go toward help
ing a local 3-year-old boy
diagnosed with cancer.
“It was fantastic,” Kat
ManzeUa, Kisses4Kate’s
executive director, said. “It
was really very, very unex
pected to have the crowd
we did. It was so cold that
morning and we stUl had a
wonderful turnout.
“We are already starting
to provide this little boy
with the help he needs.”
Kisses4Kate originally
was founded as a way to
help ThomasvUle’s Kate
Thornton, a 5-year-old girl
who died in September
after battling leukemia
for three years. FoUowmg
Kate’s death, Kisses4Kate
founders elected to keep the
nonprofit going as a way to
help others facing simUar
circumstances. Saturday’s
5K run/walk was just one
of many fundraisers the
organization has planned
for the upcoming months.
“A lot of local businesses
helped out with donations
and water and fruit for the
runners,” said ManzeUa,
whose 10-year-old daugh
ter also ran in the event.
“We reaUy did have a fan
tastic turnout for our first
ever run. We plan on doing
this again next year. We’ve
been blessed with a lot of
good people. The public
is reaUy responding to us
and are coming forward to
help these chUdren.”
Participants in Satm--
day’s event varied in aU
shapes, sizes and ages. Ner-
va Corbett, a 98-year-old
cancer survivor, complet-
See KISSES, Page 6
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oldest participant, pushed by her great-grandson.
Josh Hamilton. Four generations of the family par
ticipated in Saturday's race.
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