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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 218
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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Tree hits truck driving in Tryon by Leah Justice
Les Spangler and Pat Chestnut can thank their lucky stars today. Spangler and Chestnut were traveling along Hunting Country Road yesterday in a Chevy S10 truck Spangler purchased two weeks ago when a tree fell and landed across the truck’s toolbox just behind the cab. Chestnut, who was a passenger, said he and Spangler were just riding along talking and all of a sudden the tree hit the truck. “I saw the tree when it was about two feet from my window,” Chestnut said. Spangler apparently saw the tree falling and sped up just before it hit, Chestnut said. Given how close the tree came to hitting the cab, Chestnut says he feels lucky to be alive. Neither of the men was injured seriously. The tree was apparently blown down by strong winds around 10 a.m. yesterday just past FENCE on Hunting Country Road. The fallen tree blocked the road for a brief
Heavy winds yesterday caused a tree to fall on this truck while it was traveling along Hunting Country Road yesterday. The tree barely missed the cab; neither the driver, Les Spangler, nor the passenger, Pat Chestnut, were injured seriously. The road was closed for a short time while Tryon and Columbus firefighters cleared the tree. (photo by Leah Justice)
time, but crews with the Tryon and Columbus fire departments quickly removed the tree from the road.
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176, Saluda, 7 a.m. - noon. Polk County Transportation Authority makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month. 894-8203. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, We Care informal social group for women coping with loss. Open to new(Continued on page 2)
Polk County EMS, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and N.C. Highway Patrol were also on scene.
St. Luke's foundation receives $200,000 from Duke Endowment St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation recently announced it has received a $200,000 grant from the Duke Endowment that will be used to support the hospital’s efforts for better electronic communication to improve patient care. “We are so grateful that our foundation is the recipient of a $200,000 grant from The Duke Endowment,” said Meshelle Colvin, executive director of the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation.
The grant will help fund a $2.6 million capital investment that is necessary to move toward electronic medical records (EMR). EMRs have been identified as mandatory tools by the federal government to advance patient care, efficiency, productivity and safety. EMRs allow providers immediate access to and ability to share a patient’s important clinical information.
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
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