Martinez ended up buying six of the popular toy. Hundreds of people descended upon Wal Mart and other area stores early Friday morning to get started on their Christmas shopping. Charity is almost completely crowded out of some shoppers' minds.
People stride by with their eyes averted or a shy smile, but keep their pocketbooks closed.
The bell keeps ringing, rarely accompanied by the ring of change in a metal bucket. The ringer keeps smiling, yet the Salvation Army cauldron by Wal-Mart SuperCenter's entrance remains more red than green. You're doing good work, but I don't have any change. They're out to avenge what they perceive as an unfair indignity suffered by police Capt. Not satisfied that Garden City commissioners have intervened in the police reorganization plan that would have demoted Wojdylak from a captain to a lieutenant, a group calling itself Citizens for Progressive Change is circulating petitions calling for commissioners to fire City Manager Bob Halloran and Police Chief James Hawkins.