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Walser presides over final board meeting
BY ERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
LEXINGTON — Com
mission Chair Dr. Max
Walser joked that more
Democrats crammed the
small commissioners’
chamber in Lexington
Tuesday evening than
ever before.
But whether it was the
abnormal leftist popula
tion in the room of the
brief luau in the hallway
before the meeting, no
doubt lingered that
something differ
ent was happening
at Tuesday’s David
son County Board
of Connnissioners
meeting.
Walser, commis
sioner for eight
years and public
servant since he be
gan his teaching career
in 1962, presided over his
last meeting of coimty
government. For the time
being, anyway
Walser
“I hope that
I have the good
grace and the sup
port of my heav
enly Father to go
home and let aU
this stuff go final
ly,” Walser said.
“I’ve never been
able to do that, but
FU really try this
tune.”
Walser added to those
he thanked for campaign
ing for hun so many
tunes, “If I say do that
'l4iope that I have the good grace and
the support of my heavely Father to go
home and let all this stuff go...'
— Dr. Max Walser
again, you run as hard as
you can.”
Walser thanked not
only his family and his
supporters but also his
fellow commissioners.
“I think we’ve got along
very weU,” Walser said.
“We’ve been very civU.
The last really conten
tious year we lived in
was the CivU War. I think
we’re living in one again,
and in aU levels of gov
ernment. We need to be
more civU to each other
and live with each other
and be kind to each oth
er.”
Walser’s comrades had
much to say to him, too.
Vice-Chair Sam Watford
presented hun with the
official former commis
sioner plaque. Commis
sioner BUly Joe Kepley
bestowed the board’s
personal gift of a wooden
gavel hand-carved in na
tive North Carolina red
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Greeting the
Season
Uptown Thomasville will continue its holiday fes
tivities this weekend as the first official tree light
ing ceremony will take place at 6:30 p.m. today at
the bandstand. Santa will be there to read 'Twas
the Night Before Christmas' and illuminate the
tree with the toss of fairy dust. Snapshots with
Santa will return from 5:30 to 8 p.m. today at the
bandstand, and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. at the
Big Chair. City Beautification Committee also has
caught the holiday spirit as they have busily been
bringing back to life the window decorations that
once graced the downtown Belks storefront. The
animated decorations will light up from 10 a.m.
to 10 p.m. daily beginning today in the old Roses
building on Main Street.
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Adopt-A-Ghild’ program
brings Christmas to less
fortunate in Thomasville
BY ERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
In an effort to spread
the joy of the season
as far and wide as pos
sible, Cooperative Com
munity Ministry (CCM)
wUl again hold its Adopt-
A-Child program this
year, bringing gifts to
those famUies struggling
to meet even the basic
needs.
Adopt-A-ChUd, a pro
gram that has been op
erating since CCM’s In
ception m 1995, accepts
applications from parents
m the community and
then seeks individuals,
businesses and churches
to provide clothes and
toys either through dona
tions or purchases.
“It’s an opportunity for
folks to he able to help
give back to some folks
m the community,” said
Chris McCuUough, chair
of the Missions Commit
tee at Memorial United
Methodist Church which
sponsored about 25 chU-
dren this year. “Economi-
caUy the community is a
bit depressed right now,
and for the folks to be
able to anonymously give
is a fulfilling thing.”
CCM has received 300-
plus children this holiday
'It's an opportu
nity for folks to
be able to help
give back to
some folks in the
community;*
— Chris McCllough
season, an increase from
last year, said executive
director Aurelia Sink.
The organization ac
cepts applications from
local families and de
termines need based on
client income and an In
terview process. The fam-
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INDEX High-tech Items top this year's 'wish lists'
Weather
A2
Focus
A4
Opininon
A5
Obituaries
A6
Religion
A8
Sports
B1
Classifieds
B6
Today's Weather
Sunny, 56/29
BY ERINWILTGEN
Staff Writer
High-tech gadgets seem to control the
holiday shopping this year, from the Ap
ple iPad to the Kinect for Wii and Xbox.
The Christmas craze has begun, and
in a frenzy And with some Black Friday
sales beginning early, shoppers every
where got an even further head start
than usual.
So what’s top of the toy list in 2010?
Believe it or not, the toy that’s aU the
craze for little boys is a garbage truck.
Stinky the Garbage Truck moves and
talks and is flying off the shelves at a
rapid pace.
“He seems to be doing realty well,”
said Dawn Buckner, Zone Merchan
dise Supervisor for the Thomasville
Wahnart. “He’s personified, and he
talks to you. Little boys have been lov
ing this little thing.”
Buckner says ride-on cars, regular
cars, bikes and dinosaurs have also been
a big for young boys so far this season.
Little girls, on the other hand, seem to
be loving Furreal Friends dolls, stuffed
animals that make real sounds and
movements. Though the doll comes as
a panda, dog and monkey, the GoGo My
Walkin’ Pup seems to be the most popu
lar, Buckner said.
“That is really hot,” she said. “They
can actually walk it with its own little
leash.”
Other toys Buckner has noticed as
popular for girls include kitchen toys
and, of course. Barbies.
Other popular children’s toys include
Fisher price’s Sing-A-Ma-Jig toy, the
Meowsic Keybord, Toys Story Inflat
able Jet Pack, Fisher Price Kids Digital
Camera and Harry Potter Lego sets.
For teenagers and adults, technology
is key. Besides the iPad and Kinect con
sole, hot items Include the newest model
of the Apple iPod touch, smart phones.
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Margaret Brower of Trinity gets a head start on Christ
mas shopping on Black Friday by taking advantage of
Peebles department store's specials.
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