Tim Thomas, left, and Croder Thomas, right, leave their house to drive to a local car repair shop on Oct. 19, 2006. A group of concerned citizens listen to a presentation during a School Counts meeting at the Fine Arts Building on the Madisonville Community College campus.Tim Thomas and his lifelong friend Joe Gause, left, chat in front of Christ Church Holiness on Oct. 18, 2006. Since they were a little children, the two have gone to the same church where Gause's father used to work as a pastor. "His (Gause's) house was down the street from the church," Thomas said. "I stayed around his house as much as my own." Tim Thomas hugs Robert Clemmons, the pastor of Christ Church Holiness, during the service at the church in Madisonville on Oct. 22, 2006. Tim Thomas reads newspaper at his home Friday morning on Oct. 19, 2006 while his face appears on a TV screen during his local TV show, "Focus on Hopkins County." Thomas has been hosting the program for more than 10 years. Tim Thomas's kitchen in the morning of Oct. 22, 2006. Pastor Robert Clemmons touches her daugther Alexis during a service at Christ Church Holiness on Oct. 22, 2006. From left to right, a dog, Cleo, James Eden, 20, Carr Ett, 17, and Dustin Smith, 16, hung around outisde Eden's house in the afternoon of Oct. 21, 2006. Eden said they often wander around their neighborhood with guitars to kill their time. "We are just standing here and acting stupid because there is nothig else to do," Ett Said. Tim Thomas straightens a tie at his home in Madisonville before he leaves for one of many daily meetings. Thomas has two jobs: chairman of Joint Planning Commission for Hopkins County and also as a funeral assistant at a local funeral home. He also volunteers for several organizations.
