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Wednesday, March 23 2013
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FIRST PLACE WINNER — |
Gene White, No. 5 above,
is pictured crossing the
finish line in the recent §
5K-10K run at Gateway
Trail for males 70-99,
with a time of 47 minutes
43 seconds. White, who
started logging miles in
2006, has walked a total
of 4600 miles with 777
miles completed in 2012.
By his 81st birthday in
September he plans to |
reach his goal of 5,000
miles. White, retired city
planner with the City
of Kings Mountain,
averages walking 50-60
miles a month on
the Gateway Trail.
The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net
Fircfichters burn house,
conduct training
Pictured is the historic
house at 207 W. Mountain
* Street which was burned last
Wednesday during Cleve-
land Community College
Fire Academy class training
* by Kings Mountain Fire De-
partment.
“The winds were pretty
gusty at the time but firemen
burned the house at request
of owners who donated it for
- the fire training exercise,”
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said Chief Frank Burns.
Grover Fire Department also
assisted.
(Photo by BETH BROCK)
Blood Drive, March 21
“Giving and playing” is the motto for the Wood-
bridge Golf Links blood drive on Thursday, March 21.
Woodbridge Golf Links and the Woodbridge Home-
, owners Association are co-sponsoring a Red Cross
event that gives back to donors. Donors will receive
a free round of golf at Woodbridge. Each contributor
will also be eligible to win a six month membership to
the golf'club.
Cindy Webb, General Manager of the golf club,
¥ and Nancy Quinn, President of the homeowners asso-
" ciation, decided to reward donors for their time and
gift of blood. Woodbridge residents are also baking
cakes to be served to patrons of this event.
» Club Woodbridge, located on New Camp Creek
¢ Church Road, will be site for the drive. Hours are 3
4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Appointments may be made by call-
: ing the golf club at 704-482-0353. Drop-ins are wel-
» come. Come early and have a piece of award winning
cake before giving blood.
LIFESTYLE DEADLINES
Deadline for wedding and
engagement information is
12 noon Monday. Items re-
ceived after deadline will run
if time and space permit; if
not, they will be held until
the following week.
The cost is $20. Wedding
and engagement forms are
available at the reception
desk at The Herald, 700 East
Gold Street. Only the infor-
mation requested on the
form will be published at the
$20 price. Additional infor-
mation will be charged at
regular advertising rates.
THORNBURG
From page 4A
ones long before the need arises. This is
an important lesson | have learned after
working in the field of aging for twenty-
seven years. | have assisted many senior
adults and their family members with the
preparation of Living Wills and Health
Care Power of Attorneys during my ca-
reer. Completing these documents are
two very important ways we can avoid
an unhealthy family crisis dealing with
end of life health choices, and who bet-
ter to make these choices than we our-
selves while we are healthy and
competent.
Executing both documents is a good
idea. The Living Will makes your wishes
known to those you love and care about.
It takes the hard decisions out of your
loved ones hands and lets them know in
writing what you want done. The Health
Care Power of Attorney allows you to
name a trusted person to serve as your
health care decision maker and this is
important because many standardized
living will forms can be limited in what
they can accomplish and what condi-
tions they cover. For example, most pro-
vide instructions that apply only if the
individual is in a terminal condition, suf-
fering from dementia or permanently un-
conscious, yet Charles P. Sabatino, J.D.
of the American Bar Association says
that the majority of health care decisions
that need to be made for patients lacking
. capacity concern questions about day-
to-day care, placement options short of
“pulling the plug”.
* Not only have | experienced this pro-
fessionally but personally with both of
my dear parents. Having to. decide what
a parent would want is a heart wrench-
ing decision that none of us should have
to make but my family has had to do
that in the past and you may have to if
you do not have these documents in
place. It is because of my personal and
professional experiences in these matters
that | executed these documents for my-
self many years ago. Many folks may fear
that the execution of these documents is
telling medical personnel to “Not Treat”
but this is simply not true. Advance di-
rectives are also used to say that the in-
dividual wants all possible treatments
within the range of generally accepted
medical standards. What is said depends
upon one’s particular wishes and values.
Even when an advance directive avoids
all life-sustaining treatments, one should
always assume and insist upon continu-
ing pain control, comfort care and re-
spect for one’s dignity.
Page 7A
An often forgotten piece of the ad-
vance directive puzzle is funeral plan-
ning. | know from experience as a part
time licensed funeral director/embalmer,
this is often the case especially for indi-
viduals who die suddenly without warn-
ing and/or who are younger. Funeral
pre-needs are nice, but even if folks have
not done a pre-need contract, some dia-
logue with their loved ones regarding
their wishes is better than none. We en-
courage folks to preplan or write down
their wishes and desires and share this
information with their family. This will
lessen the uncertainties at the time of
crisis.
As far as pre-needs are concerned, be
an informed consumer and compare
prices. Ask funeral homes for a copy of
their general price list.
“The Funeral Rule,” enforced by the
Federal Trade Commission requires fu-
neral directors to give you itemized
prices in person and if you ask, over the
phone. As a smart consumer, you need
to know what you are paying for. You
need to know what happens to the
money you've prepaid. Each state is dif-
ferent. You need to know what happens
to the interest income on money that is
prepaid and put into a trust account. You
need to know how you will be protected
if the firm you have chosen goes out of
business. What if you change your mind?
What if you move to a different area or
die while away from home? All these are
good questions a savvy consumer will
want answered. Funeral planning is a
must in your Journey. The adage of “shop
before you drop” may be uncouth but
true. Following some basic common
sense rules should save your loved ones
both heartache and money at the same
time.
Monty Thornburg has been the Direc-
tor of the Patrick Center for 30 years and
is a part-time licensed funeral
director/embalmer. He has seen person-
ally and professionally first-hand the im-
portance of having these documents in
place.
He is a member of Journey, a group of
community volunteers who believe end
of life issues are a Road We All Will
Travel. How we travel is determined by
how we prepare for our journey. One of
the primary tasks of Journey is to edu-
cate the community and family members
about end of life issues and to educate
the community and family members .
about care giving for both the caregiver
and receiver. Web site where copies of
the Living Will and Health Care Power of
Attorney forms can be downloaded
http://www.nclifelinks.org/
MOORE
From page 4A
our youth for high de-
mand careers. During this
first month we have made
some very tough deci-
sions, all of which | be-
lieve were necessary to
putting this great state
back on the track to suc-
cess for all. In the near fu-
ture, we will tackle the
topics of reforming our
outdated tax system, as
well as protecting our
election process.
iri GREAT OUTDOORS
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The Great Outdoors reserves the right to make any changes.
Currently, we are
working on repealing the
estate or inheritance tax,
commonly referred to as
the “death tax.” Upon
one’s death, his or her as-
sets are taxed before
being passed along to
one’s relatives. The penal-
ization of growth, suc-
cess, and hard work is
unfair. The government
should not double-tax in-
dividuals — once in life,
and again in death. North
Carolina and Tennessee
are the only states in the
southeast that have this
tax, and Tennessee is al-
lowing theirs to expire in
2016. Ridding ourselves
of this outrageous tax
meant to redistribute hard
ts ele OUT .
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| want to thank the
many constituents that
call my office to offer per-
spective upon the many
issues at stake for North
Carolina, and | assure you
that your voice is heard. |
also want to thank you for
the honor and privilege to
serve as your Representa-
tive. | look forward to
hearing from you. You can
reach me at my Raleigh
number, 919-733-4838 or
you can e-mail me or my
Legislative Assistant,
Nancy, attim.moore@
ncleg.net or Moorela@
ncleg.net.
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