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Tips for packing a healthy school lunch for your kids
CLEMSON — Packing a fun and healthy lunch for kids will not only get them excited about lunch, but ensure they are being fueled with nutrient-packed foods for their growing bodies.
Kimberly Baker, Ph.D., RD, LD, director of the Clemson Extension Food Systems and Safety Program Team, shared a few tips below for packing healthy school lunches. Children should take part in choosing and making their lunches to create buy-in with what they will be eating and as a part of teaching them to make
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Asparagus the wonder vegetable
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
Asparagus is delicious and versatile. Packed with nutrients, it is also an antioxidant.
There are many different ways to prepare it, but the most important thing to remember in cooking asparagus is not to overcook it. You want it tender enough to chew, but not limp and soggy.
I hope you’ll try these recipes and that your family enjoys them as much as mine does.
Hiring Heroes
Pickens County officials launch new campaign to grow fire, EMS services
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County officials are taking steps to grow the ranks of the county’s fire and EMS services.
A press event was held Friday morning at the Pickens County Emergency Services
Training Facility to officially kick off the county’s “Hiring Heroes” recruitment campaign.
Pickens County Council
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Police say man exposed himself on Doodle Trail
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A man faces indecent exposure charges after police allege he exposed himself on the Doodle Trail.
Nicholas Chase Simmons, 23, of Pickens, is charged with two counts of indecent
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The Benefits of Play
State’s first-ever ‘Play Club’ brings exciting results, academic study finds
CENTRAL — Several years ago, Central Academy of the Arts transformed its school days with the first-ever “Play Club” in South Carolina in recognition that, “American kids are suffering from depression, anxiety and isolation at unprecedented rates, and research has traced much of that problem to a decrease in free, unstructured interaction
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delightful pasta salads for summer tables
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
Pasta salads don’t have to be boring, predictable or bland.
There are many variations you can try. Don’t limit yourself as to dressings. If you don’t like Italian dressing, don’t use it. And remember to season the pasta well.
Another thing you need to remember is to rinse the pasta in cold water after it is cooked. This will keep it from getting sticky.
I hope you’ll get out of your comfort zone and experiment a little. Enjoy.
Space Force names Clemson University strategic partner
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — Clemson University is now one of just 14 schools in the country to enter an exclusive strategic 
partnership with the newest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces — the U.S. Space Force.
School president Jim Clements and other school officials welcomed from Space Force and signed a memorandum of understanding in its University Partnership Program (UPP) on Monday with Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David Thompson. Clemson is the 13th university to join the partnership
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Dog exposed to rabid skunk in Pickens
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A skunk found in Pickens tested positive for rabies, according to a release from the South 
Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
The skunk was found near Shady Grove Road and Mount Bethel Road,
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