Daily Archives: 06/18/2014
Remembering a friend…
Courtesy Photo
Former Hagood Mill Site director Ed Bolt will be remembered by friends and family during a tribute set for Saturday at the mill.
Hagood Mill to honor Bolt on Saturday
Friends and family will join together at the Hagood Mill Historic Site Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. to pay tribute to the life of Ed Bolt.
Bolt was the mill’s site director for the past 16 years before he died unexpectedly at age 60 in December.
Saturday’s event — part of the “Music in the Mountains 2014” series — will feature a memorial concert including many of Bolt’s closest friends as performers and guests. Visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, instruments and singing voices to help celebrate Bolt’s life.
Much of what visitors see today at the site can be attributed directly to Bolt’s vision
Robbery suspect found dead in jail
SLED investigating Easley incident
EASLEY — A man arrested on armed robbery charges was found dead in a cell at the Easley Police Department on Friday morning.
According to Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley, Donald Arnold Warren, 50, of 404 Henry St. in Easley, was found unresponsive in a cell and pronounced dead shortly after 7:30 a.m. Friday.
Although Kelley said no foul play is suspected, the incident is being investigated by the State Law Enforcement Division. Results of an autopsy conducted at Greenville Health System will be available in four to six weeks, she said.
An Easley Police incident report identified Warren as the suspect in the armed robbery of the First American Cash Advance located at 1040 S. Pendleton St. in
Man charged with attempted murder
SIX MILE — A Central man is facing an attempted murder charge after police said an argument ended in a stabbing at a campsite over the weekend.
According to a release from Pickens County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy Creed Hashe, the 911 dispatch center received a call just moments after midnight on Saturday regarding a stab victim at a primitive campsite near the Twelve Mile Creek Bridge on S.C. Highway 137 near Six Mile.
Deputies arrived on the scene within five minutes and found a 33-year-old man with multiple stab wounds to the upper body and face. The victim was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital, where he underwent surgery for his wounds and was admitted to the hospital.
Hashe said detectives determined that the incident was the result of a verbal altercation that escalated to an outbreak of violence between the victim and an acquantaince, Kendall Dean Shipman, 39, of 224 Nuthatch Road in Central.
There was one witness to the confrontation, an adult, according to Hashe.
Shipman was arrested and charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon during comission of a violent crime and public disorderly conduct. He was being held Tuesday without bond at the Pickens County Detention Center.
2 facing charges in store robbery
CLEMSON — Two men in custody in Anderson County will face charges in Clemson after police said they robbed a convenience store at gunpoint and used a stolen car as a getaway vehicle.
Suspects
According to a release from Clemson Police chief Jimmy Dixon, two men entered the Sunoco store on U.S. Highway 76 at around 8 a.m. on Saturday pulling masks over their faces.
Once the clerk saw the men, he locked himself in the store office, where one of the men held a pistol pointed at the door while the other went to the register and took an undetermined amount of cash.
The men left in what was later determined to be a vehicle stolen from Anderson
Annual Marine trip to Upstate planned
UPSTATE — The public is invited to participate in a welcoming parade on Monday held to honor visiting Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C., as well as a group from the Marine Corps Upstate Wounded Warrior Regiment. Around 40 Marines are expected for the event.
Individuals and businesses are asked to help line the parade route with signs, flag waving and expressions of thanks as the motorcade moves from Easley to downtown Seneca and on to Lake Keowee. Businesses along the route are also encouraged to place a “welcome” or “thank you” message on any electronic sign they may have.
Last year around 300 motorcyclists led the motorcade in recognition of the
Hospital, SWU sign deal
Southern Wesleyan University president Todd Voss, left, and Baptist Easley CEO Michael Batchelor sign an agreement aligning the two organizations for the future.
EASLEY — Baptist Easley CEO Michael L. Batchelor and Southern Wesleyan University president Todd Voss signed a letter of agreement aligning the two organizations for the future last week.
“As we continue to preserve, promote and enhance the health of those we serve, it is critical that we connect with partners who share a common mission and commitment to our community,” Batchelor said.
One of the first joint initiatives will be the development of a Master’s in Business Administration with a Health Care Administration concentration. The program will be the first program of its kind in the Upstate.
The 22-month program, which could launch as early as this fall, will combine the finance, operations and business management components of a traditional MBA
Sitterle, Smith highlight second Daniel Athletic Hall of Fame class
By Eric Sprott, Courtesy The Journal
CENTRAL — Nearly a decade has passed since he last roamed the sideline for Daniel High School, but Allen Sitterle’s name still quickly elicits memories of four State championships on the gridiron for the Lions.
Those crowns, which came during the 1991, 1992, 1995 and 1998 seasons, were the highlights of Sitterle’s tenure at the school, which ran from 1989-2005. And though his Daniel days may now be long behind him, Sitterle will soon make his way back to Central for one more Friday night under the lights.
More specifically, he’ll be back helping headline the second class of the Daniel High
Runoffs set for Tuesday
By Ben Robinson, Courier Staff
STATE — South Carolina voters will have one last chance to choose their candidates for November’s general election, as a runoff election will be held Tuesday.
The only races on the ballot will be for state offices.
Mike Campbell, who finished third in the lieutenant governor race in the June 9 primary, became eligible for the runoff after Pat McKinney, who placed second in the race, dropped out. Campbell and Henry McMaster will face off Tuesday in a runoff election, as will Republican candidates for state superintendent of education Sally
Pickens Senior Center soon to offer fiber arts room tours
PICKENS — The Hagood Community Center will soon be the place for those interested in the fiber arts.
The center is home to the Pickens Senior Center and will soon be hosting welcome tours for a room dedicated to fiber arts. The room will be available to individuals of all ages, small groups and fiber arts organizations for both casual get-togethers and instructional programs. The dedication is set for June 25 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and June 26 starting at 5 p.m.
The dedication will be a chance to tour the facility, view the newly acquired Granger collection of quilts, hooked rugs and antique sewing tools and to explore how the use of the room best meets the needs of the community.
An interest survey has begun to circulate among the community which asks that
Pickens city council covers variety of topics at meeting
By Ben Robinson, Courier Staff
PICKENS — At Monday night’s city council meeting Pickens mayor David Owens urged recreation department director Cheri Anthony to keep Bruce Field in mind when planning fall recreation events.
Anthony replied that the field may host this year’s Super Saturday event to kick off recreation football.
Owens was pleased with the idea and even said the city would make adjustments to allow for more parking.
The mayor, city administrator Katherine Hendricks, councilmen Patrick Lark and
