Oh, Davey!DeKalb man pens screenplay for latest clay adventure

DeKALB - When Matt Swan was a child, he watched the televised adventures of Davey and Goliath, a boy and his talking dog. Now the DeKalb resident has a different appreciation for the clay animation characters, who in a series of TV episodes produced beginning in the late 1950s sought to reinforce Christian values. Swan wrote the screenplay for their latest adventure, "Davey and Goliath's Snowboard Christmas." "When I was growing up, I watched 'Davey and Goliath' often," he said. "I liked it very much." The one-hour program will air this Sunday on the Hallmark Channel. It also ran last weekend. Through it, Swan tells the story of Davey, who while out snowboarding meets two friends of different religions. "(Producers) wanted to make a piece t