Monthly Archives: June 2014
Brodeur exhibit opens Saturday at museum
PICKENS — The Pickens County Museum of Art and History will be presenting two new exhibitions beginning this weekend.
The museum will host a reception from 6-8 p.m. Saturday to meet the artist featured in “Michael Brodeur: Looking Back, Looking Forward.”
Also opening that evening will be the exhibit “Keith Spencer: Recent Work.”
Both exhibitions will continue through August 14.
Brodeur is an associate professor in studio art at Furman University in Greenville. Born in Claremont, N.H., Brodeur has called Greenville his home for the past 15 years. After graduating from the University of New Hampshire with a B.A. in art, he
Times, they are a-changin’
We went to Cherry Grove beach in June uncertain of what to expect since the use of canopies has been banned. After visiting the website, we found we could use beach umbrellas up to nine feet wide instead, so we bought one for each person as a start.
Fowler and Buddy welded a handle to a two-inch metal auger to allow us to sink the umbrellas deep enough into the sand to prevent them being blown away.
The first day there we saw some interesting sights on the beach. No, there were no canopies. But in place of one 12-by-12-foot canopy per family, there were now four to six umbrellas put together in clusters to shade entire families.
As the new ordinance says nothing about any distance between umbrellas, this was perfectly legal and lifeguards and beach control could say nothing about it.
Now, we were told the reason for banning canopies was because they interfered with the ability of lifeguards and beach patrol to reach people in trouble.
However, it seems they could simply add canopies to the area behind the lifeguard stand and solve the problem.
Any time there was wind, numerous umbrellas — including two of our own — were pulled out of the sand and turned into projectiles endangering those on the beach.
A number of umbrellas were turned inside out and broken. Many people had to leave the beach because they brought babies and small children with them. Others who wanted to protect themselves from the dangers of skin cancer also had to leave.
The uprooted umbrellas were not blown away because they weren’t firmly in the sand. They were blown away because tie-offs are forbidden and there’s no way to anchor them to the beach.
A sign put up by the city informs visitors that if they arrive without beach umbrellas, rental umbrellas are available from the city. Aha!
That sounds to me as though this whole fiasco is just another way to raise revenue.
Last year our family invested in a new canopy to replace our old one. It was a quality product and a little expensive. But we thought it a good investment, as we planned to use it in years to come.
This year we invested in six beach umbrellas, an additional expense. They together cost as much as last year’s canopy. The difference between the canopy and the six umbrellas is that the umbrellas can’t be secured, while the canopy can. The canopy has four supporting poles, and the umbrellas have six. Both have to be removed from the beach at the end of the day.
So now, Fowler has taken one of the undamaged umbrellas and modified it to attach to the F-150 tractor. It keeps him completely in the shade while plowing. We haven’t figured out what to do with the others yet, but are sure we can find a use for them.
Meanwhile, we’ve decided to cross South Carolina beaches off our list. Next year we will go across the state line to North Carolina and visit Sunset or Holden or Ocean Isle, where our canopy is allowed.
We are the fourth generation of our family who made North Myrtle Beach a vacation destination, but that tradition is sadly at an end.
Maybe we were stuck in a rut and needed a jolt to become more flexible. So now, our fifth generation of beach-goers will continue the tradition, just at another beach.
Miserable weekend
What a miserable weekend.
Saturday my father was not feeling very good, because somehow his blood pressure was low. That’s pretty much contrary to family history. We generally have problems with high blood pressure.
He sat and complained about his health for a while. Finally my niece, Jessica, who now has a doctorate degree in pharmacy stuff, said we needed to take him to the hospital to be checked out. So my sister, Rhonda, her daughter, Rebecca, and my mother took him to the emergency room Saturday night. I, being ignorant, stayed at home, out of everybody’s way. You can look at me and know I know little about healthcare.
Eventually they admitted my father to the hospital, and my mother spent the night
Keith Spencer exhibition opens
PICKENS — The Pickens County Museum of Art and History will be presenting two new exhibitions beginning this weekend.
The museum will host a reception from 6-8 p.m. Saturday to meet the artist featured in “Keith Spencer: Recent Work.”
Also opening that evening will be the exhibit “Michael Brodeur: Looking Back, Looking Forward.”
Both exhibitions will continue through August 14.
An exceptional use of color and direct brushwork combine in the artwork of
June is Great Outdoors Month
Celebrating our natural resources
Washington, D.C. — The nation’s top elected officials don’t seem to agree on much — but they completely agree that Americans need to spend more time in the nation’s parks, forests, refuges and other public spaces.
Proclaimed by the President and each governor and celebrated annually in June, Great Outdoors Month is a bipartisan celebration of America’s abundant and diverse outdoor recreation resources and the passion Americans have for
Meals on Wheels to expand services and program offerings
COUNTY — Beginning July 1, Pickens County Meals on Wheels (PCMOW) will expand its programs and service offerings to include not only home-delivered meals, but also congregate meals and activities including health promotion and disease prevention education.
This change is in response to the consolidation of Seniors Unlimited’s senior centers and the agency’s closure on June 30, 2014. The decision to expand its operation was not taken lightly.
“We are committed to meeting the needs of seniors in our community,” executive director Meta Bowers said. “We believe we are the only agency in Pickens County that is capable and willing to step in and safeguard services for seniors in Pickens County. This is a direct expansion of what we do best: feed and care for seniors.”
The expansion will result in the agency growing from its current level of serving 240 home-delivered meals per day to serving more than 310 meals per day, a 23 percent increase in the daily workload. In addition, PCMOW will begin serving a minimum of 25 people daily day through the congregate meals program starting July 1.
“In a perfect world, every older adult would have nearby relatives or neighbors to help prepare meals and visit regularly, but too many members of Pickens County’s senior population have no such support system,” Bowers said.
Providing congregate meals will be a major addition to PCMOW’s services. Both congregate and home delivered meal programs are about more than the meal. The services are crucial to helping people maintain their nutritional health, feel connected in the community and continue living safely in their own homes. For many seniors, this is the only social contact they may have that day. These services are so important in fighting isolation and helping older adults remain active and healthy.
“Our vision is to provide senior programming that will provide a continuum of care for active, aging and homebound individuals in Pickens County,” Bowers said. “By connecting seniors to the services they need, we will aid in their long-term independence in a cost-effective manner.”
To implement these program changes, PCMOW has welcomed Valerie Meador, RD, LDN to its staff.
“It is so exciting to be part of expanding services to those that need it most,” Meador said. “As a dietitian, I am very excited about developing and implementing programs that will help prevent and manage chronic diseases and improve the health of our community.”
According to Meador, PCMOW intends to tailor services to the needs and wants of the seniors in Pickens County. Planned senior center activities and programs will include nutritious noon meals and socialization, nutritional education, structured fitness and exercise classes, educational programming, games, computer classes, music and dance as well as arts and crafts.
The program’s headquarters will continue to be based at its office in Easley
Courier Obits 6-25-14
Dee Evans
Dee Evans
Six Mile — Dionnah Michelle “Dee” Palmer Evans, 41, wife of Andrew Earl “Andy” Evans of Six Mile, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at her home.
Dee was born in Landstuhl, Germany, a daughter of Virgil Wirick and Phyllis Kaye Chance Palmer of Watkinsville, Ga. She was a homemaker and a member of Kings Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband of 18 years, Andy, of the home, daughters include, Katriena Woodruff (Justin), Jessica Ann Acosta-Evans, Aubrey Elizabeth Evans, and Emma Michelle Evans, all of Six Mile, and a granddaughter, Josephene “Josie” Woodruff. Dee is also survived by a sister, Shawn Elizabeth Acosta of Pickens and a number of loving aunts, uncles, nieces and
Courier Legals 6-25-14
NOTICE OF SALE
2013-CP-39-532
By virtue of a Decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Pickens County, South Carolina, granted in the case of Pickens County Habitat for Humanity vs. Rebecca J. Perenick, et al., Daniel E. Hunt, Special Referee for Pickens County, will sell on Monday, July 7, 2014, at 11 o’clock a.m. at the Pickens County Courthouse, Pickens, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit:
IT IS ORDERED that the following property be sold:
“ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being situate in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, within the corporate limits of the Town of Liberty and being shown and known as Lot No. 21, on a plat of J. A. Pickens, Surveyor, dated March, 1950 and being thereon more fully described as follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING on an iron pin on Norris Avenue, which point is common corner of Lot No. 21 and 22; thence along Norris Avenue South 55 East 80 feet to iron pin, which point is also corner of Lot No. 17; thence, leaving street and running South 50-15 West 180 feet to iron pin, which point is also corner of Lot No. 15 and 16; thence
Courier Notice to Creditors 6-25-14
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the Probate Court of PICKENS COUNTY, the address of which is 222 MCDANIEL AVE., B-16 PICKENS, SC 29671, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name an
Courier Trespass Notices 6-25-14
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing.
All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass
