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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 25
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, March 7, 2011
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Hospice commemorates 30 years Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon. NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Family Member Support Group, meets in Columbus on the first Monday of the month, 10 a.m. to noon. For info and/ or location, contact Lisa at 828-894-0104 or Annie at 864457-7278. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Monday activities include line dancing, 10 a.m., senior fitness, 11 a.m., Bingo or bead class, 12:30 p.m. 828894-0001. Christian Fellowship Luncheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mondays except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and discussion of relevant issues; interdenominational. 859-5051. Chess Club, Mondays, 12:30 p.m., recreation room, LaurelHurst Apartments, Columbus. Open to anyone in community. 894-3336. Saluda Center, Monday activities include Line Dancing at 12:30 p.m. For more information visit Saluda.com. (Continued on page 2)
Hospice of the Carolina Foothills celebrated its 30th anniversary at Tryon Estates on Sunday, Feb. 20, thanking donors who have supported their mission since 1981. Among them are Nell Deaver (seated), one of the founders of HoCF and its first volunteer executive director; (standing, left to right) current board vice chair man Ron Smith; executive director Jean Eckert and board chairman Bill Jenks. For more information about being involved as a donor or volunteer with this provider of end-of-life care in Polk, Spar tanburg and Greenville counties, call 828-894-7000 or 864-457-9122. (photo submitted)
Students, families exchange cultures by Samantha Hurst
Sabrina Schultheiss and Helen Li do as much studying in the hallways of Polk County High School as they do in the classroom. The two are foreign exchange students through the AFS program, which aims to broaden students’ learning by exposing them to a new culture. Schultheiss studies the culture of her classmates daily. “I have learned so much I don’t even know where to begin,” Schultheiss said. “The school’s teachers, they are very open to students asking questions and the students are very interested in why I came here.” Polk County resident Henrik Krarup and his wife, Lone, serve
as local liaisons for the AFS program. The couple began as host parents to a Japanese student. The next year the Krarup’s own son traveled to Japan as an exchange student. Their youngest son just left for New Zealand to spend his own year as an exchange student. “We’ve certainly looked at all the program offers that really is about making a safer world for everyone,” said Krarup “It’s this thing about where you meet total strangers from a different culture … It builds out your tolerance to other cultures. You start seeing that things can be different and that’s good.” Lone Krarup said Polk County High School has been particularly cooperative in taking multiple
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AFS students in some years. They have also encouraged many of their own students to look into the program. Schultheiss said throughout her middle school years she had heard much about America and the foreign exchange program. She had even met a fellow camp participant in Switzerland who had been an exchange student in Tennessee and who had a wonderful experience. From that conversation she said she was convinced this was an experience she needed to have in her life. “I’ve learned that the stereotype some people have about America is not true. They kind of give you a certain view on the (Continued on page 3)