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POLK LIBRARY *" 204 WACKER ST. COLUMBUS, N 0 23722 Ind Class Postage at Tryon. North Carolina 28782 and additional post offices. Postmaster: send address changes to The Tryon Daily Bulletin. PO. Box 790, Tryon. N. C. 28782 THE WORLD’S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER Founded Jan. 31. 1928 by Seth M. Vining (Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955) Jeffrey A. Byrd, Editor and Publisher The Tryon Daily Bulletin (USES ^43-360) i* published daily except Sat. and Sun. for S35 per year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin, Inc. 106 N. Trade St . P.O. Box 790, Tryon. NX . 28782 The Tryon Daily Bulletin Phone 859 9151 Vol. 65 - No. 223 The pre-Christmas weather: Friday, high 50, low 17, hum. 40 percent; Saturday, high 59, low 33, hum. 55 percent; Sun day, high 67, low 40, hum. 55 percent. They were still turning people away at the Saluda School door Sunday for the last scheduled performance of Cinderella. The word had spread and parents, with children in tow, had’ flocked to the auditorium. It was a great show, full of terrific music, and even actresses playing the evil steps isters couldn't hide their real charm. There is one more perfor mance planned. The players will reassemble to put on the school for Polk County students on Friday, Jan. 3. The public is invited. What's Happening: The Heritage Chamber Flayers, a unique ensemble of French hom, strings and piano, P er { orm Friday, Jan. 3 at A n 31 Thermal Community . 'lege Polk campus. Tickets will be $5 at the door for Tr y° n Little Iheaters upcoming production of Come Blow Your Horn will (Continued On Back Page) Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Weetern North Carolina TRYON. N C 28782 Don't Wait Until You Need It To Have A Health Directive A patient with a Living Will can choose natural death rather than resuscitation by machines when death is imminent, but what if the machines are already in place? What if the patient is in a vegetative state, as in the case of Karen Ann Ouinlin? The St. Luke's Hospital Board of Trustees learned the details of the Patient Self Determina tion Act which will be required of all health care facilities receiving Medicare supple ments. Pat Claypoole, Director of Nursing, told the trustees of the new requirement to provide information to all patients on Living Wills and other health care directives. Now, health care facilities will ask each patient if he has a health care directive and if it applies to only "end of life" situations, Claypoole explained A Living Will is a declaration of the desire for a natural death B a yP°°le said. The Living Will is protected under North Carolina State Law, but it only deals with end of life situations, she explained. A Health Care Power of Attorney does not require an end-of-life situation and an agent can decide medical treat ment, based on the directive the patient has given him in the (Continued On Back Page) THURSDAY, DEC.26,1991 Clay Hardin, Bob Worsnop (Photo by Allan Boas) 4-H Teen Club Receives Community Service Award Bob Worsnop, Youth Chair man of the Tryon Kiwanis Club, presents the Polk County 4-H Service Award to Clay Hardin, President of the 4-H Teen Club, for the club's recyc ling and leadership activities. —Community Reporter New Arrival Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Green of Tryon announce the birth of a son, Richard "Dylan," born Dec. 18th at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center He weighed 5 lbs. The paternal £ ra " d Pa r e n s are Mr. and Mrs Richard Green of Tryon and the ma . e J? a 8 rand parents are Mr and Mrs. Guynell Smith also of Tryon. -Community Reporter 16 Pages Today 20C Per t ops St. Luke's Pension Plan To Be Improved St. Luke's Hospital employees will benefit from a new pension plan accepted by the board of trustees Thursday. The Trustees approved changing from a defined benefit pension plan to a defined con tribution pension plan through the Lincoln National Insurance Co. effective March 1, 1992. The hospital employees want a change in the pension plan, and this plan benefits the employees as well as the hospi tal in the long run, said Pension Committee chairman Bob Biel- aski. He added that this is not the best plan in the world, but it is all the hospital can afford. The current plan allows for little yearly increase and is based on all of an employee's working years, lowering the amount because of low payment ? 10re years ago, explained Wheeler, St. Luke's Human Resources Director. Now one third of the pension cost is going to administrative costs he added. In the past two years 12 vested employees left the hos pital and each took the lump sum due him rather than take the annuity payment, Whee^r pointed out. The new defined contribution program gives more money to the employee, and less to administration, he said The new plan is based on current wages and encourages employee saving as the (Continued On Back Page)
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