Daily Archives: 04/18/2017
Easley Pride Day planned
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Residents are encouraged to do their part next month to help keep Easley tidy, as the city plans a cleanup day.
During a recent city council meeting, councilman Kent Dykes said Easley Pride Day will be
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LHS names delegates
Liberty High School students were recently selected as 2017 Palmetto Boys and Girls State
delegates. Pictured above, from left, are Frank Cantrell of American Legion Post 67, Boys State delegates Chandler Pittman, Gatlin Bell, Lucas Bates, Grant Hitt and Dustin Krout, and Jerry Nalley of American Legion Post 67. At right are Girls State delegates Emily Sauls and Amber Wilson. Palmetto Boys State 2017 and Palmetto Girls State 2017 are week-long leadership camps where high school juniors with exceptional qualities in the areas of leadership, interest in government, character, honesty, scholarship, maturity and cooperativeness learn about and participate in government and politics. American Legion Post 67 sponsors Liberty male students to attend Boys State, and the American Legion Auxiliary sponsors female students to attend Girls State. This year’s Palmetto Boys State is June 11-17 at Anderson University in Anderson, and this year’s 2017 session of the American Legion Auxiliary Palmetto Girls State will be the same week at Presbyterian College in Clinton.
Coach Brad Scott to speak at Six Mile Baptist Church
SIX MILE — Six Mile Baptist Church is hosting “An Evening with Brad Scott,” the assistant athletic director for player development at Clemson University, this Sunday, April 23, at 6 p.m.
Brad Scott is in his 18th year with the program, including his sixth as an assistant athletic director. He moved into administration in 2011 after 12 years as an assistant coach from 1999-
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Easter sunrise at Hillcrest
Hillcrest Memorial Park and The Pickens Ministerial Association held their annual Easter 
sunrise service on Sunday. Above, those in attendance enjoyed the joyful sounds of the Secona Praise Team just after sunrise. Left, this year’s message was delivered by Secona Baptist Church youth pastor James Lawson. A staple in the Pickens community, the event was first held in 1960.
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Rogers golf tourney scheduled for April 29
PICKENS — The 13th annual Charles F. Rogers Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament is scheduled for April 29.
The tournament, which annually benefits a male and female senior basketball player from Pickens High School planning to attend a university, college or technical school, is set to kick off with a 2 p.m. shotgun start at Southern Oaks Golf Course.
The tournament will follow a captain’s choice format, and entry costs $75 per person for a four-person team. Hole sponsorships are available for $50 as well, and prizes will be awarded for first-, second- and third-place teams, longest drive and closest to the
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Pickens County Habitat for Humanity to host fundraiser
LIBERTY — Pickens County Habitat for Humanity (PCHFH) will host Have a Heart for Habitat, a donor fundraising event, from 6-9 p.m. this Friday, April 21, at Abundant Blessings Farm in Liberty to celebrate 35 years of service to the Pickens community.
The fundraiser is being held in hopes of strengthening ties amongst the organization and its
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Where shall the live?
Statistically, more than 90 percent of seniors wish to live and age in their own home. Most seniors surveyed are relatively healthy. They can care for themselves and still enjoy activities with friends and neighbors. Then tragedy strikes either slowly (with dementia) or suddenly (with other illnesses). Adult children are called. The picture changes.
The question becomes, ‘Where is it best for the infirmed family member to live — at their home, at a relative’s home, or in a facility?”
No healthy seniors want to face this question. They avoid it at all cost, because they don’t
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One SC woman making a difference — globally
This is another column in an occasional series about people in South Carolina who are making a difference. Jennifer Jones-Wood is our guest columnist, and she writes about her work in South Carolina to help young girls around the world.
Today, 130,000,000 girls do not have access to education. Please let that sink in.
One hundred and thirty million girls do not have access to education. If you were to count 
from 1 to 130,000,000 without stopping it would take you approximately eight years. Now that I have your attention let me tell you about The ONE Campaign.
ONE was started in May of 2004 by U2 front man Bono and Bobby Shriver whose family started Special Olympics. ONE is an international, non-partisan, non-profit, advocacy group that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, by raising awareness and
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Letters to the Editor
Recycling plastics
Dear Editor,
Plastics were first used by the Mesoamericans for balls, bands and figures. We use plastics for prescription bottles, grocery bags and the plastic hoist on the back of the knot of clip-on ties.
We use plastic in chewing gum, and chewing gum has been proven by a University of Reading
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Pickens team wins volleyball tourney
PICKENS — One week after finishing 10th in the standings at the 108-team 13s tournament at the Mizuno Big South Volleyball Tournament in Atlanta, the Carolina One 13 Power Pickens team went undefeated in the 34-team Palmetto Regional Tournament in Charlotte, capturing
Carolina One 13 Power Pickens team, known as Fire, are front row, from left: Ali Pace and Hannah Campbell. Middle: Lauren Dow, Bailee Earnhardt, Katie Ann Ray and Amber Chapman. Back row: Coach Lillian Hendricks, Calie Covey, Megan Carpenter, Caroline Lucas, Alaina Craigo, Allison Yates and Coach Peggy Anthony.
the gold championship and the region title to finish the season.
Two years ago, the squad known as Fire finished fourth as an 11U team playing up in the 12s division, while last year finishing runner-up in the 12s.
“This year was their first to finish on top, and it was extremely thrilling,” head coach Peggy Anthony said.
At the Charlotte Convention Center on Friday, April 7, starting at six points each, Fire defeated Fort Mill 13 Green (25-17, 25-16) before beating Charleston Juniors 13 Red (25-15, 25-12). Beginning at four points each the next day, defeated by Fire were Intense 13 Elite Columbia (25-14, 25-12), Palmetto Strikers 13 Premier from
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