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Daily Archives: 03/18/2015

Man faces charge of sex with child

COUNTY — A former Pickens resident has been charged with engaging in sexual activity with a child.

According to a news release sent Tuesday afternoon by Pickens County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy Creed Hashe, 22-year-old Donnie Wayne Hamilton of 201 A St. in Greenville is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor or attempt with a victim under 11 years of

Former Easley star helps lead Wofford into NCAA tourney

By Ben Robinson
Staff Reporter

brobinson@thepccourier.com

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — March Madness is upon us, and former Easley High School star Spencer Collins will lead the Wofford Terriers into the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row after helping the squad to a Southern Conference championship win over Furman last week.

Collins, a former All-State performer and North-South All-Star for the Green Wave, scored 10 points in last Monday’s 67-64 win over Furman in Asheville, N.C.

After being a four-year starter at Easley, culminating with scoring 26 points per game and being

Auditor presents quarterly report to school board

By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal

goliver@upstatetoday.com

EASLEY — The internal auditor for the School District of Pickens County recently told the board of trustees she will have completed at least one internal audit at all schools within the district by the end of the current academic year.

Melissa Bowman said the original 2014-15 audit plan she is working under includes the internal audit of pupil activities accounts at 11 schools — seven elementary schools, two middle schools and two high schools. She has completed two audits to date, at Daniel High School and Centra

Pickens working on backup water pump

PICKENS — The City of Pickens has a maintenance worker coming Thursday to try get the city’s backup water pump to work, according to public works director Cory Cox.

Cox said the city needs the pump as a backup in case one of its regular pumps goes out of order.

“If the pumps go out, we will be dependent on Greenville Water,” Cox said, “That’s why we want a backup.”

In other topics addressed at Monday night’s Pickens City Council work session, the Pickens

Annual Kidsfest coming to Hagood Mill on Saturday

PICKENS — Hagood Mill will host the eighth annual Kids Fest concert and YAMs Talent Show this Saturday.

The event, which will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. on the outdoor stage, will be hosted by Gregg “Buffalo” Barfield, Michele Barfield and Steve McGaha — the “Wizards of Odd.” The trio will present a wide variety of musical workshops and musical performances for kids of all ages.

All kids are invited to participate in a “Found Instrument Workshop,” from 11-11:45 a.m., where they will learn to build and play a host of homemade folk instruments like kazoo, spoons, the jug

Walk MS fundraiser planned this month

Members of Team CassRox and Bonnie will be raising money for MS on March 28.

Members of Team CassRox and Bonnie will be raising money for MS on March 28.

PICKENS — Walk MS Team CassRox and Bonnie is hosting a fundraiser event Saturday, March 28, for the National MS Society’s Greater Carolinas Chapter.

The day will start with a yard sale at 9 a.m. Hot dog plates and baked items will be on sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The fundraiser will be held at the Rock House in Pickens, located at 294 Boggs Road, near Glassy Mountain.

There will be a cake walk and random drawings for door prizes.

Adult coed volleyball leagues now forming

PICKENS — The Pickens Recreation Department is now holding registration for adult coed volleyball, formally known as the “Backyard League.”

Players must be 21 years of age. The registration fee will be $45 for in-city and $55 for out-of-city per couple and due at time of sign-up. Individual fees are $22.50 for in-city and $27.50 for

Easley softball starts season

Robert L. Bradley/Photo

Easley High School’s Taylor Waldrop concentrates on the ball to hit a double in the second inning against Greenville last week. Easley defeated the Lady Red Raiders 21-3. Easley then defeated Wren Monday night 3-1 to improve to 4-2 on the season.

EASLEY — After opening the 2015 season with a disappointing loss to Hillcrest, the Easley High varsity softball team rebounded with a resounding 21-3 victory over Greenville last week. Easley had defeated Pickens twice and lost to West-Oak in a preseason tournament at Liberty High.

Easley opened this week with a 3-1 win over rival Wren to move to 4-2 on the season and was set to finish a three-game homestand with games against Hanna on Tuesday and Westside on Wednesday.

The Lady Green Wave will play in the Byrnes tournament this weekend at Tyger River Park in

A sucker isn’t born every minute

Who decides what commercials air on television? It’s a mystery to me how any person with a brain would think objectifying women and turning out soft porn would induce any busy mother 6-25 Page 4A.inddwith a carload of children to stop in at their restaurant to buy hamburgers.

Madison Avenue, I don’t get it. If a fast food restaurant wants my business, they’re going to have to do better.

There are a lot of women in the United States who work, chauffeur children after school, do laundry and a host of other chores. They are also the person in a household who

Setting up the stage

Saturday I got involved with a little bit of show business. My father, B.F. Robinson, has been with a group of musicians that visits the nursing homes and performs for the patients. The fact that many in the nursing homes cannot hear very well probably helps their success rate. Quite 6-25 Page 4A.inddhonestly, many older Americans are placed in nursing homes and forgotten by their families, so most of the residents are happy with any visitors.

My father’s group is a bunch of retirees. I will be honest. In all my studies, the closest I’ve come to being able to play a musical instrument is pushing the play button on a tape recorder. But many of these people have been playing music for years. We’re not exactly in a suburb of Nashville, so I guess they knew they had some talent but never used it as they worked