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The Meeting Place Senior Center Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ce-ramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian club meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m.; bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.;

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Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:

Tryon’s 10th anniversary commemoration of 9/11 will include a two-day music event in Rogers Park. Five groups will be featured with music ranging from popular tunes and light rock and roll to jazz covers and original takes. Sev-eral guest speakers are planned as well, including actress Patti D’Arbanville (“Sopranos,” “Rescue Me,” etc.). Picnics and beverages are allowed. Check the Bulletin next week for more on area 9/11 observances.

A fundraiser for Lennie’s Kids, an organization that works with the Foothills Humane Society to help local animals, was held Sunday, Aug. 28 at Harmon Field. The photo above shows some of the art in the silent auction. Organizer Leonard Rizzo said, “Once again, we had a grand old time. This year we raised only half of what we did in previous years, but that’s okay, times are tough – at least that’s what I tell my kids.” Rizzo also said he appreciates the many volunteers who help him host these events, and the many establishments and individuals that donate gifts. “The best part of these events is that many of my special cases attend,” Rizzo said. “I’m sure I’ll miss some but I’ll name a few that attended: Rockie, who had a plastic soda ring embedded around his shoulder and neck as a pup; Keena, the sweet little albino Dachshund; Cagney who was shot in the foot and the show-stopper was Hannah Belle, the once-emaciated coon hound who has now topped 40 pounds.” (photo submitted)

‘Grand old time’ for Lennie’s Kids

Polk cannot deed land to St. Luke’s hospitalHospital seeks loan, moves forward with expansion plansby Leah Justice

Polk County and St. Luke’s Hospital officials have discov-ered the county cannot deed the land to the hospital, at least not

without complications.The hospital asked the county

earlier this year to deed over to St. Luke’s 14.13 acres of county-owned hospital land and the building. The hospital said the transaction was needed to help St. Luke’s secure a loan to construct a $5.6 million expansion.

The county hired attorney

John Crill of Parker Poe out of Raleigh, who specializes in hos-pital financing, to give advice on what options the county has in the request.

Polk commissioners and hos-pital officials learned that in order to dispose of any county-owned


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Monday’s weather was: High 83, low 67, no rain.

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OBITUARIESRaymond C. Cantrell, p. 7

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Tryon Youth Center, bridge lessons for grades 6 - 12, Wednes-days, 9 - 11 a.m. Free.

Saluda Center Wednesday activities, Trash Train, dominoes game, 10 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga 12:30 p.m. 828-749-9245.

Tryon Kiwanis Club meets Wednesdays, noon, Congrega-tional Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

Female Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Wednes-days 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Male Domestic Abuse Inter-vention Program, Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

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Saluda Center Thursday ac-tivities: knitting group, 9:30 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga, 5:30 p.m.; 828-749-9245.

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Polk County Historical Asso-ciation Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Saluda Community Library will have preschool story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. Open to all area children and caregivers.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.

Polk County Republican Women’s Club, Thursday, Sept. 1, 11:30 a.m. Michael Gage, Co-lumbus town councilman, will be the guest speaker. Located at Tryon Estates. Everyone is invited to attend. Call 828-863-2437 for reservations or information.

Rotary Club of Tryon meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Rd.

PolkFresh Farmers Market, Thursdays, Tryon, McCown St., 4 - 6:30 p.m., VISA/EBT accepted. Visit polkcountyfarms.org for ven-dor list or sign-up.

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Columbus Lions meets Thurs-day, Sept. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at Cal-vert’s Kitchen. Zone Chair Leon Pryor will speak. Information call 828-894-2505.

Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 801 W. Mills St., Suite A, Columbus.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Thursdays 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.

Mill Spring VFW Post 10349, bingo, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. (year round). 828-894-5098.

Polk County Democratic Party Executive Committee will meet on Thursday, Sept. 1 at the Democratic Headquarters in Columbus at 7:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

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Seniors on Sobriety (SOS) AA Meeting, Fridays at noon, Polk County Chamber of Com-merce Building, 2753 Lynn Rd. (Hwy 108), Tryon. 828-894-0293.

Tryon Toy Makers Museum, open Friday 2 - 6 p.m., 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828-290-6600.

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American Legion Post 250, weekly bingo games, Fridays, 7 p.m., 43 Depot St., Tryon. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Smoke-free.

Narcotics Anon., Saluda Se-nior Center, Friday, 8 p.m.

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Columbus Farmer’s Market, Saturdays, 8 - 11:30 a.m., Womack building parking lot. Visit www. polkcountyfarms.org to register or for more information.

Grassroots Art Project holds art classes to benefit Lennie’s Fund and the Humane Society, Saturdays, 9:30 – noon. There is no fee for the class and almateri-als will be provided. Classes will be held at the Congregational Church Annex, 210 Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-899-0673 for more information.

Book Lovers will meet Sat. Sept. 3 at 9:30 a.m. at Lanier Li-brary to discuss books members have enjoyed. Open to all book lovers. More information: call 828-859-9535.

Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum open Satur-days, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

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property, the county would have to put the property out to bid for qualified healthcare providers, meaning another hospital could win the bid.

“There’s no interest from any-one to [put the hospital out to bid],” said Polk County Man-ager Ryan Whitson. “We are very happy with St. Luke’s.”

Instead, the county plans to extend its lease with St. Luke’s to help facilitate the loan.

St. Luke’s CEO Ken Shull said the hospital is very appreciative of Polk County, which has been very cooperative in the process.

Shull said the hospital is now awaiting approval of the certifi-cate of need from the state, which could be approved on Nov. 29. In the meantime, the hospital is working on the design of the expansion with architects Design Strategies out of Greenville and Charlotte. Design Strategies are nationwide healthcare architects.

The hospital is also currently talking with lenders to seek an ap-proximate $3.5 million loan. The total project is estimated at $5.6 million with $2 million planned to come from fundraising, according to Shull. The hospital foundation has already raised $1 million.

The project will include a 15,000-square-foot addition with six patient rooms and combining the hospital’s inpatient and outpa-tient services. (See page 4 for an article about the expansion.)

Shull said the schedule for the expansion is currently on track, with the project going out for bid in either December 2011 or Janu-ary 2012.

“We hope to have a ground-breaking in February or March of next year,” Shull said.

The construction is expected to take less than a year, with plans to occupy the new facility in the December 2012/January 2013 timeframe, according to Shull.

St. Luke’s Hospital began in 1928 when the nonprofit cor-poration was formed. In 1929,

a 25-bed hospital opened on Carolina Drive in Tryon, with 230 patients being treated in the first year. The Carolina Drive hospital, now known as the Jervey-Palmer building, was expanded in the 1950s-1960s. The hospital was declared unsafe for any more ad-ditions in 1966. In 1968, a bond was approved by Polk residents to raise $1.5 million for a new hospital.

In 1969, with $20,000, the St. Luke’s Auxiliary purchased 40 acres of land off Hwy. 108 in Co-lumbus and donated 14.13 acres to

Polk County for the construction of a new hospital. The hospital donated the old hospital land and building to the county, which used it to house county offices for ap-proximately 40 years. The county plans to completely vacate the now aged Jervey-Palmer building this year.

The new 75-bed hospital, which cost $3.1 million, opened in 1972.

Other phases of expansions are planned for the hospital, including a second story for the orthopedic addition.

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The front of St. Luke’s Hospital as it is today. The new wing is proposed to extend from the left of the front of the hospital. (photo submitted)

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St. Luke’s announces $5.6M construction projectWith an increasing number of

advanced orthopaedic procedures taking place in a busy operating suite, St. Luke’s Hospital is plan-ning a new patient care wing.

Hospital officials plan to build a six-bed replacement facility on the hospital campus, featuring enlarged patient rooms, a state-of the-art gym for physical rehabili-tation, a new nurses’ station and a large, comfortable room for family time.

This will be the first major fa-cility upgrade for St. Luke’s since 1991, when a six-bed intensive care unit was added. The hospital was originally built in 1972,

“We’re delivering state-of-the-art care in a 40-year-old building,” said Ken Shull, chief executive officer for St. Luke’s Hospital. “Right now, we are not as efficient as we should be, and we’re not as attractive as we

(Continued on page 6)April 18, 2011 Columbus, NC

Replacement Phase I

St. Luke’sH O S P I T A L

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April 18, 2011 Columbus, NC

Replacement Phase I

St. Luke’sH O S P I T A L

Proposed Enlarged First Floor PlanThe proposed plan for St. Luke’s Hospital’s new patient care wing, which shows the addition on the left of the hospital’s front entry. The new six-bed wing is proposed to include enlarged patient rooms, a state-of-the-art gym for physical rehabilitation, a new nurses’ station and a large room for family time.

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could be. But these plans will al-low St. Luke’s Hospital to provide improved aesthetics, efficiency and recovery for our orthopedic patients.

“Even with a dedicated staff who inspire confidence and excel-lence in patient care, we are faced with an aging facility, cramped patient rooms and small baths with narrow doorways that make it difficult for patients to maneu-ver,” Shull said. “And that’s just a few of the challenges confronting our staff and patients.”

The N.C. Department of Health Service Regulation is re-viewing the hospital’s certificate of need application. Hospital of-ficials look forward to breaking ground by February 2012, and construction should be completed by January 2013.

St. Luke’s Hospital has seen a steady increase in orthopaedic procedures since Brian Rosen-

berg, MD, opened his solo prac-tice, Rosenberg Bone and Joint, in 2004. Dr. Rosenberg performs advanced procedures for hip and knee replacements, including the direct anterior hip replacement surgery and the “ShapeMatch” knee implant. He is the second surgeon in the United States to be trained and approved to per-form this custom fit knee replace-ment, and he performed the seventh “Shape-Match” knee re-placement in the country at St. Luke’s.

St. Luke’s officials said the hospital is fast becoming a leader in the region for orthopaedic services. According to Shull, or-thopaedics now accounts for 50 percent of the surgeries performed at St. Luke’s, which is located

in an area of active retirees and Baby Boomers. Dr. Rosenberg’s progressive techniques and in-dividualized patient care have helped attract patients from across the region and across the ocean.

H o s p i t a l officials call this orthopae-d i c p a t i e n t wing Phase I with intentions to eventually r e p l a c e t h e 4 0 - y e a r - o l d facility. Phase I connects the new wing to the administrative hallway.

T h e 15,000-square-foot addition is projected to cost $5.6 million. The St. Luke’s Hospital Founda-tion has already raised $1 million towards the project. Additional funds will be raised by the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation and through bank financing. No coun-

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ty taxes will be raised or used to support the building project, hospital officials said.

Susan McHugh, chair of the St. Luke’s Hospital Board of Trust-ees, said that the board has spent a great deal of time considering this project.

“We’ve checked into renova-tions, but that is cost prohibitive,” McHugh said. “We’ve checked into building a new facility, but that is even more exorbitant. So we’ve determined that a small addition on the current property is the best way for us to take the next step to meet the needs and desires of our community without asking taxpayers to support our efforts.

“Our board, administration, staff and physicians are excited about the plans,” McHugh said. “We believe this project will ener-gize the community for continued support and trust in St. Luke’s Hospital for their healthcare needs.

– article submitted by Kathy Woodham of St. Luke’s Hospital

“We’re delivering state-of-the-art care in a 40-year-old building. Right now, we are not as efficient as we should be, and we’re not as attractive as we could be.”

-- Ken Shull, chief executive officer for St. Luke’s Hospital

Raymond C. Cantrell

Raymond Calvin Cantrell, 91, husband of Sarah Jackson Cantrell of Radar Road, Ruth-erfordton, N.C., died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Autumn Care Nursing Center, Saluda.

Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late James How-ell and Jesse Hardin Cantrell.

He was a veteran of WWII, having served in the U.S. Army, and was a retired truck

driver. Mr. Cantrell was a mem-ber of Melvin Hill Church of the Brethren.

Surviving are his wife of 65 years, Sarah Jackson Cantrell; a daughter, Marie Humphries

Obituaries (Jerry) of Spartanburg, S.C.; two sons, Jim Cantrell (Cheryl) of Spartanburg and Tom Cantrell (Amy) of Green Creek. Also sur-viving are seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Larry Edward Cantrell, who died in l996.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 in the Melvin Hill Church of the Brethren, Green Creek, with Rev. Earl Byers officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Melvin Hill Church of the Brethren, 555 Melvin Hill Rd., Columbus, N.C. 28722.

An on-line guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfu-neralchapel.com.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

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Editor Samantha HurstManaging Editor Barbara TillyCommunity News Editor Gwen RingReporter Leah JusticeAdvertising Dir. Mike EdwardsPressroom Mgr. Tony Elder

Expanding on quality care For Polk County commissioners and St. Luke’s Hospital officials

much of this summer has been peppered with discussions about the legalities of the county possibly deeding a chunk of property back to St. Luke’s for the organization’s pending expansion.

It appears, however, that the situation might be too complicated for the county to move forward. Polk County administrators in May even went as far as to hire an outside attorney specializing in hos-pital finance to help them navigate their options. Through several satellite conferences the county has discussed the complexities of such a move with this lawyer and hospital officials but it looks as if St. Luke’s will have to move forward without the boost of this property transfer.

It’s important in this case and at this phase of the hospital’s plan to have all the support it can from the community.

If you have never required care at St. Luke’s to the extent of staying overnight, trust us when we say you would feel more than cozy with the limited square footage each patient room affords. After a tour of these rooms, our editor saw first-hand the cramped space allowed in the lavatory, which prohibits a patient from even taking a walker into the restroom with them.

Getting numerous nurses and doctors into one of the rooms becomes trying and in some emergency cases even requires the patient’s bed to be pushed up against one wall to allow personnel to perform their duties.

Tryon Daily Bulletin weekly pollDon’t forget to visit www.tryondailybulletin.com to vote in our weekly poll. Voting ends Thursday, Sept. 1 at noon. This week’s poll question: Have you ever lived in an area where an earthquake was felt?

Letters to the Editor

Free our tax dollarsTo the editor: I would like to comment on

your story, “Columbus accepts grant for new police officer, ve-hicle. Governor’s Highway Safety grant pays almost $80K first year. The Columbus Police Department soon will be at full staff thanks to N.C. Governor’s Highway safety Pro-gram.”

The Columbus pro-gram sounds good. And it will be, particu-larly with the cooperation of the county and the surrounding cities as has been recently shown with their drug program.

So I am all for our local pro-gram. But wait a minute, why is it called the governor’s program? Is this her program? Or is she trying to buy my vote.

I checked with my friend Google. Sure enough the state does have an extensive program of passing out this kind of money, but where does the money come from? It turns out to come from the National Highway Safety Ad-

ministration. And where do they get their

money? From you and me. So we pay our federal tax and send our money to Washington. They “ad-minister it” and send it to our state, who administers it and sends it to our local government to use for us.

One study on this system shows that you get back about 10 cents on the the dol-lar, however, in these times, we do help the employment in Ra-leigh and Washington.

Where is Tea Party when we need them?

The state and federal govern-ment have a roll here, but it should concentrate on research of need, best practice and equalization.

Let’s tell our elected officials that we would prefer to spend our whole dollar here, and not try to buy our votes with our money, with their claim of “look what I did to get your share of ‘free money.’”

An interesting Google find is “GOFREEGOVERNMENTMO-NEY.”

— Jack Black, Tryon

Is the Voter ID law necessary?

To the editor: In the 2008 and 2010 elections

combined, North Carolina had a total of 10,059,778 people who voted in the primaries and general elections.

Of that number, 487 people were suspected of voter fraud and were referred to local district attorneys for further in-vestigation and possible prosecution.

I received these facts on March 24, 2011 from Ms. Kara McCraw, staff attorney and legislative analyst to the N.C. General Assembly.

Since the actual prosecutions and convictions are local, Ms. Mc-Craw doesn’t have that number.

Rep. Guice supports the Voter ID law. My question to him, Sen. Apodaca, and others is: Why?

It’s clear there is no widespread violation of our election laws here in North Carolina. Therefore there

is no real need for this legislation that will cost taxpayers more and limit citizen partic-ipation in our govern-ment. North Carolina

has excellent election laws now. With only 487 people alleged to have committed any election fraud, there’s obviously no serious threat to our elections processes.

Perhaps where we need to focus our attention is in other processes of our elections, such as the actual counting of the votes.

— Neb Conner, Tryon


opinion


Farewell to the Fox To the editor:Last night (Tuesday, Aug. 16)

many of us gathered at The Hun-gry Fox restaurant on Highway 176 for its final night of serving.

It was a cheerful evening despite the sadness of losing one of our favorite lunch and Monday night dinner spots.

Jana and Darrell Hinely have done us proud with excellent food and friendly service over the past years and will be much missed in the food service busi-

Weeds about to cover Morgan Chapel bridge

To the editor:We are about to

have a dangerous situation at the new bridge where Mor-gan Chapel Road crosses over Pacolet River, where it meets River Road.

A lot of time and money has gone into the beautification, safety and driving convenience in this area but now so many weeds have grown up at the end of the bridge until it’s hard to see.


ness especially Darrell’s recipes such as his “crispy” crab cakes, “robust” roast beef, “magnifi-cent” mousse pie and “creative” cookies.

Jana will be taking up a previous occupa-tion working with animals as a vet tech and Darrell will be continuing his culi-nary skills in another

environment.Champagne corks popped as

we all wished them well in their future endeavors.

— Annette Murphy


At night you can make out headlights of cars coming up River Road but during the day

you have enough vis-ibility to get from the end of the bridge to the scene of the crash.

Then you have two drivers end up in the driver’s seat of a Fordrolet. That’s when a Ford broadsides a Chevrolet in a neat little fireball.

The state, or whoever the re-sponsible party, is can eliminate this problem with an inexpensive weed eater.

— Wayne Bilbrey, Tryon

Don’t forget that many of us in times of illness or injury often have family wishing to be on hand to ensure proper care and give emotional support. Doing so in any hospital isn’t often a cushy experi-ence for family but in the allotted space in many of St. Luke’s current patient rooms it becomes even less comfortable.

Now, all of this is not to say that St. Luke’s staff doesn’t go to every length to provide the best of care they can, but the expansion would only further allow them to provide better service, especially to those patients receiving orthopedic care, which the new wing will be dedicated to provide.

The 15,000-square-foot addi-

tion is projected to cost $5.6 mil-lion, of which St. Luke’s Hospi-tal Foundation has already raised $1 million. Additional funds will be raised by the foundation and through bank financing. Of-ficials say no county taxes will be used for the project. But what is needed is community support.

Having access to a community hospital in an area with a popula-tion the size of Polk County is a blessing. Let the state certificate of need board know how much you value St. Luke’s and that you stand by the expansion of services and comfort. St. Luke’s provides much-needed care and economic dividends to the community in the way of jobs for our citizens. It’s our turn to care for it.

— Editorial staff, Tryon Daily Bulletin

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To be fair, I’ll give a few quick updates first.

My sched-uled visi t to Durango in his new home was postponed for now, because he went fishing with his new owner. How great is that?

Jewel is holding her own and still has my heart in her paws. I’m expecting new X-rays to see if she’s improving and decisions will be made then.

I’ve often explained that I don’t have answers for some of the situations many animals find themselves in. Many like-

Used, abused and discardedminded people just shake their heads and wonder, how could this be? We wonder because to discard a pet just like so much trash never enters our mind.

The tale I’m about to tell is not for the squeamish, so

please forgive me, but it is the only way to prove a point.

T.C. (“tough cookie”) was

brought into the Landrum Vet-erinary Hospital a few weeks ago. T.C. is a beautiful orange tabby – I call them Morris cats.

Dr. Donna Raines brought him to my attention the very next day. T.C.’s neck was bloody and raw with gaping wounds that seemed an inch deep. The wound was infested


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with hundreds of maggots and it was a miracle he survived this long.

The sight of him filled me with anger, pity and compas-sion. My first thought was an embedded col-lar, but Donna fee l s i t was something far more intrusive like a plastic tie or a thick rubber band.

I know what you’re think-ing, readers, for I thought the same thing.

“What sort of diabolical mind could do such a thing?”

I’ll never have the funds to handle all the cases such as these that are brought about, so please be aware that Landrum and all the other vets take on many of them pro-bono.

Through it all, T.C. hasn’t shown anger, fear, pain or hate. On the contrary, he is perhaps the most loving cat I have ever known. His favorite thing is to wrap his paws around your neck, rub his head against you, and purr up a storm. I know, for I have tearfully held him many

times.As of this

writing, T.C. is still at the Landrum vet, w h e r e h i s

wounds are healing nicely, and thanks to the staff (espe-cially Elaine) he has found a new home.

I know that love is the great-est and strongest emotion of all – even T.C. has shown me that – but when I run across cases such as his, I have to pray to the good Lord to give me the strength to keep it in my heart.

Thanks for listening.

• Special cases(Continued from page 10)

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At July’s assembly in the N.C. capital, the Senior Tar Heel Legislature (STHL) was awaiting passage of the budget for the new fiscal year. Like other agencies and programs that receive oper-ating funds at the beck and call of the General Assembly, STHL was eagerly awaiting the word on just how budget cuts would affect senior programs.

As things turned out, only slight adjustments in allocated funds were noticed with most programs held intact. Much inter-est was in the expansion of Project CARE.

Among other areas covered in the project were the adult day care centers. It was thought the General Assembly would remove more funding from this program, however, only a slight cut in the funds for next year passed.

One of the main benefits of Project CARE provides a respite for caregivers of elder and/or disabled relatives. With future funding, these day care centers can provide a few hours of relief to a home-care provider, by as-suring them excellent care will be provided to anyone brought to the center.

One of the most popular senior programs is found in the senior centers, which received the same funding for the new fiscal year. Out of our state’s 100 counties, some 97 have a senior citizen’s center.

According to the new census, Polk County has some 6,000 citizens over the age of 60, with many active in programs at its new center. Our country’s population of citizens over age 60 is expected to reach 7,700 during the next 15 years.

Statewide, during this same period, 74 counties will have more citizens age 60 and older than citizens age one to 17. Presently, 32 counties have more residents age one to 17 years old. North Carolina is rapidly becoming a haven for retirees, which is the basis for long-term projection. With this increase, there will be more demands on adult service

Senior report from Raleighprograms as indicated by this year’s General Assembly effort to not decrease funding for the care of our aging population.

The director of the N.C. Di-vision of Aging addressed the Senior Tar Heel assembly on problems facing our seniors. He mentioned the ever-growing abuse and exploitation of seniors and cited a recent release study showing that one in nine seniors were in this category within the last 12 months.

He encourages more report-ing of “scams” and physical abuse to local law enforcement agencies. The Alamance County Department of Social Services (DSS) reported some 263 cases of this type of abuse during 2010, compared to 164 during the same period the year before. This trend is being mirrored across the state.

There were some 115 delegates and alternates representing 91 counties in attendance at the second senior assembly of 2011. One purpose of the assembly is to bring to the attention of the state’s General Assembly needs of our aging population. Several state of-ficials addressed the audience and pledged their continuing efforts to see that our state government planned for the aging of North Carolina’s population now, rather than entering a waiting game.

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For the second concert of the Tryon Concert Association’s (TCS) 57th season, the Takacs String Quartet will be returning to the Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC) stage on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m. This group comes back by popular demand, having performed here in March 2010.

Takacs, headquartered at the University of Colorado in Boulder (U.C. Boulder), origi-nated at the Music Academy in Budapest in 1975 when four music students realized the joy of performing together. They won many prizes in their coun-try as well as in international competitions.

In 1983 the group decided to bring their families to the U.S., where they accepted a position as quartet-in-residence at U. C. Boulder. Here they conduct a graduate string quartet resi-dency program enabling other quartets to work with Takacs members and other string facul-

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As well as teaching, the group has an active touring schedule. In the past season they have performed in major cities across the U.S., Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In this busy 2011-12 season they will be collaborating with the noted pianists, Garrick Ohlsson and Joyce Yang and with cellist, Ralph Kirschbaum.

This group has received numerous awards, for both its performances and its recordings.

These include, in part, Disc of the Year and Chamber Award from “BBC Music Magazine,” a Gramophone Award, a Grammy Nomination and Chamber Mu-sic of America Award. This year the group was honored in its na-tive land with the Commander’s

Takacs String Quartet performs for Tryon Concert Association’s 57th season

Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary.

For information about season tickets, call 828-859-6065, write Tryon Concert Association, P.O.

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Box 32, Tryon, N.C. 28782 or visit the website www.Tryon-Concerts.com.

- article submittedby Joella Utley

Rhyme orReason

by Rodney Gibson

If the economy is so bad, then why are so many American corporations flush with cash? According to Moody’s, 1,600 of the companies it rates hold cash in the amount of $1.2 trillion.

American corporations have not had this much cash in their coffers since, hmm, well, never. (From 1980 to 2004, cash-to-asset ratios went from10.5 – 24 percent, and have risen another 33 percent since per Dow Jones data.)

Many pundits think that the economy is not growing because consumers are cautious with their spending. The other side of the argument i s the reason the economy is so weak is that American businesses are hoard-ing their cash, not hiring or investing.

S u r e l y, y o u k n o w t h e age-old philosophical ques-t ion abou t “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” If you’re like me, I now under-stand why America no longer leads. It’s the same reason that a “star quarterback” in college becomes the worst ball player on the team in his senior year. No guts. He has risen to the level where a mistake or injury can end his professional career before it begins.

Similarly, the “back room boys” on Wall Street will punish and try to end the ca-reer of any CEO that takes a risk on America just as they have for the last 30 years. So, what is really wrong?

I think that there are at least four things that are contributing to our “economic quagmire.”

Politics: We definitely have a problem on the political side of the equation. There are too many people with polarized ide-ologies or “idiotologies” in this case. Pragmatic statesmanship is extinct because it looks like liberalism to one side and wing nuts to the other.

The recent political and eco-

nomic “fiasco” related to increas-ing the debt ceiling is the “case in point.” We should show no mercy to the “my way or the highway” crowd come election time.

We cannot stand the damage they cause. They should save their breath trying to justify it and just apologize to the Ameri-can people. What we need are problem solvers, not boisterous blow hards.

Business leadership: What we have is a situation where true business leadership and just a bit of patriotism are needed.

I t seems that all we get are excuses for 30 years of lead-ership failures. Wall Street is al-

ways whining about how it’s the government’s fault. Yeah, right.

The lack of government regu-lation caused this economic meltdown and then we had to bail their behinds out. The only companies that appear to invest in America are foreign compa-nies. Thyssein Krupp’s major steel making facility outside Mobile, Ala., and the BMW auto plant in Greer, S.C. are just two examples. Why is it that these companies can make such huge investments on American turf while American-owned compa-nies just sit on their piles of cash? This is not a “government” issue; it is a business leadership issue.

American people: Personally, I’ve grown a bit tired of hearing some “quack” complain about American workers. American workers are the most productive in the world: Period. And labor costs represent only about 15 percent (various sources includ-ing the BLS) of the cost of manu-facturing in the United States. I’m even more tired of hearing quacks complain about teachers and government workers.

I have extensive experience in industry and government and what I know is that the propor-tion of good-to-poor performers is about the same whether it’s

industry or government. We just hide it better in the private sector.

Consumerism: To create val-ue, you have to make something that people will buy. It can be your local pottery, restaurant, textile mill, chemical company or your local farm. Value is not created by your financial advisor, your lawyer, insurance agent, government agency, banker or consultant. These types of ac-tivities are parasitic to the value-creating side of economy.

The value-creating part of our economy went from ap-proximately 50 percent of our economy in 1980 to less than 7 percent in 2008 (BLS statis-tics). With it went good paying jobs for the average worker. So, why would anybody think that consumers could lead us out of this mess?

Bottom line: The only way out of this “chicken and egg” dilemma is for American busi-nesses to start investing their cash in America. The hoarding of cash by wealthy individuals and corporations is the primary rea-son for our economic quagmire.

First, you have corporations with more cash un-invested than in any time in modern history. Second, in the last 30 years we have the top one percent of Americans with income growth of 176 percent versus 19 percent for middle class households (The Great Divergence 2010 – Noah). This has resulted in a huge shift in wealth to upper incomes and a correspondingly huge decline in the strength of the United States economy.

If ever there was solid proof that “trickle-down economics” is “Voo Doo economics,” this is it (thank you, President George Bush Sr., for your wisdom).

Good governance and good business leadership would not have let this shift become so dra-matic. But we haven’t had good leadership since Eisenhower and I have no faith at all in the new crop of business or political leaders.

No guts.

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William Ray Horne

William Ray Horne, 90, of Columbus died July 12, 2011. He was son of the late Jessie Monroe and Cora Collins Horne and hus-band of Mildred Holbert Horne.

He was a member of Mill Creek Church of the Brethren and Mill S p r i n g Ve t e r a n s Lodge. He served in

the U.S. Army as Medic during WWII.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Bill Horne of Green Creek; four daughters, Juanita Odel of Sunny View, Marilyn Horne and Regina Pate, both of Green Creek. and Laura Saenger of Hickory, N.C.; four sisters, Geneva Harrell of Bak-ersville, N.C., Imogene Burns of Inman, S.C., Janice Fagan of Green Creek and Linda Horne of McAdenville, N.C.; 10 grand-children, Kim Odel, Kelly Brad-ley, Lee Bradley, Brandon Horne, Ashley Horne, Rebecca Horne, Joseph Pate, Jacob Pate, Miles Saenger and Will Saenger; and five great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, July 15 at Mill Creek Church of the Brethren Fellow-ship Hall. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. in the church sanctuary, conducted by Rev. Steven Abe. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

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Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late Callaway Bur-gin and Florence Jackson Gibbs. He was a veteran of WWII, hav-

ing served in the U.S. Army, a member of the VFW Post 10349 and the Woodmen of

the World. Mr. Gibbs was the husband of Omie Lee Laughter Gibbs, who died in 1986.

Survivors include one daugh-ter, Patsy Gibbs Toney (Dean) of Rutherfordton, N.C.; son, Harold Gibbs of Rutherfordton, N.C.; one sister, Alvah Gibbs of Columbus; and a brother , Herbert Gibbs of Mill Spring. Also surviving are five grandchil-dren, Randy Toney (Kimberly), Marc Toney (LeeAnn), Lora Brock (Jeff), Jeffrey Gibbs (Col-leen) and Elizabeth Gibbs and six great-grandchildren, Mason Toney, Kevin Gibbs, Anthony Brock, Bryan Gibbs, Nick Gibbs and Zane Gibbs.

Funeral services were held Sunday, July 16, in the McFar-land Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

Burial was in Polk Memo-rial Gardens, Columbus, with military rites by the Polk County Memorial Burial Squad.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P. O. Box 336, Forest City, N.C. 28043 or Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Dr, Columbus, N.C. 28722.

The family will be at the home of his daughter, Patsy Gibbs Toney, 400 Radar Rd., Ruther-fordton, N.C.

An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfu-neralchapel.com.

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Dorothy Waymon Simmons

Rev. Dorothy Waymon Sim-mons, 82, formerly of Tryon, died June 13, 2011 in Atlanta, Ga.

Memorial service noon, July 30 at Columbia Senior Residenc-es at MLK Village, 125 Logan St. SE, Atlanta, Ga. 30312. Contact sister: 678-862-3800.

Survivors are three sons, Al-len (Rudy) Waymon of Syracuse, N.Y., Kenneth Simmons of Hous-ton, Texas, and Lovell Simmons (Andrea) of Lawrenceville, Ga.; one sister, Frances Fox of River-dale, Ga.; three brothers, John Ir-vin Waymon of Antelope, Calif., Carrol Waymon of San Diego, Calif., and Samuel Waymon of Nyack, N.Y.; a host of grandchil-dren, great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by both parents, Mary Kate and John D. Waymon; son, Van Waymon; sisters, Lucile Waddell and Nina Simone (Eunice) and brother, Harold Waymon Sr.

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The Arts in Education Depart-ment of Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC) announces high school student auditions for the third fall educational tour.

Auditions will be held at Lan-drum High School, Polk County High School, Chapman High School and at the Tryon Fine Arts Center. All high school students are encouraged to participate. Actors will be reading from the script.

This season’s production is Washington Irving’s classic, “The Legend of Sleepy Hol-low,” adapted by Kathryn Shultz Miller and directed by Marianne Carruth.

The classic story is set in the Village of Sleepy Hollow near Tarry Town, N.Y. in 1795. The storybook tale revolves around the main characters, the bum-bling, awkward schoolteacher Ichabod, the coquettish Katrina and Ichabod’s brutish rival, Brom Bones. There are also characters that play storytellers, keeping the action and pace moving through-out. This adaptation remains dedi-

‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ high school student auditions

cated to the spirit of the original work yet expertly involves all ages with lots of suspense and comedy.

The roles available are Icha-bod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, Brom Bones and one to two story-tellers. Depending on the turnout for auditions TFAC will assemble two casts, one to tour S.C. schools and one to tour N.C. schools.

Rehearsals begin Sept. 8 and will take place on Sunday through Thursday at Tryon Fine Arts Center. The show opens Oct. 24

and closes on Oct. 31. It will be presented at Polk County and Spartanburg District One schools during the school day, with a public performance on Sunday, Oct. 30 at Tryon Fine Arts Center. Specific dates and venues are to be confirmed.

For more information or to ar-range an audition, call Marianne Carruth, director of arts in educa-tion at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 828-859-8322, ext. 213.

- article submittedby Marianne Carruth

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