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Blood Connection official fears blood shortage
Residents urged to donate
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
UPSTATE — Residents are urged to donate blood soon, to help the Blood Connection prevent a blood shortage and to ensure area hospitals have the blood supply they need during emergencies and everyday operations.
“Our need for blood donations is very urgent,” Blood Connection president and CEO Delisa English said last week
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Camp held for special needs students
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — With the help of the Pickens High School cheerleading and girls’ basketball program, PHS hosted the 
inaugural Project Freedom camp for students with special needs in grades 6-12 on June 28.
According to event organizer Rikki Owens, Pickens schools had never hosted a camp for their special needs population. Owens, a special education teacher at Pickens Middle School, decided that needed to
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Willows of Easley gets 5 Stars
EASLEY — Premier senior living community The Willows of Easley announced recently that it earned the Sensight Survey Resident Satisfaction Five Star Award in 2022.
The Resident Satisfaction Five Star Award is presented to senior living communities who attain an overall resident satisfaction score of 85 percent or higher and a minimum 50 percent participation rate.
Overall resident satisfaction is measured as the percentage of residents who Strongly Agree or Agree that they are very satisfied with their senior living community as a place to live, would gladly recommend their community as a place to live and rarely think of leaving their community to live elsewhere.
“The team at Sensight Surveys is thrilled to partner with Grace Management, an organization committed to high levels of resident satisfaction and engagement,” said Lynn Ackerman, Ph.D., co-founder and chief customer officer of Sensight Surveys LLC. “We are honored to bestow the 2022 Resident Satisfaction Five Star Award to these 12 Grace Management communities who put their hearts and souls into delighting their residents every day. Thank you for your passion and commitment to helping the residents of your communities live a truly awesome life!”
The Willows of Easley is an assisted living and independent living community located in Easley. Residents enjoy delicious restaurant-quality dining, a wealth of social activities, and the freedom to explore individual interests. The Willows of Easley provides countless opportunities to connect and grow with special amenities like a welcoming parlor and library, delightful sunrooms with spectacular views, fitness center, and much more. The community is managed by Grace Management Inc., a nationally recognized leader in the delivery of senior living management services.
“We are truly honored to receive this great recognition knowing that it directly comes from those we serve, our amazing residents and their loved ones, who are the heart of our community,” said Laura Spearman, executive director at The Willows of Easley. “Our team at The Willows of Easley is proud to serve all who call our community home and strive to continually elevate the senior living experience.”
At The Willows of Easley, home is truly where the heart is. Each day the community team is committed to providing a place that is welcoming and where each resident feels like they belong.
The community bills itself as “a place of comfort, compassion, support and respect where it’s not just like home, it is home.”
What to eat when it’s too hot to cook
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
June 21 was the official first day of summer, but the thermometer before that said otherwise.
When it is 95 degrees outside it is summer, and it is much too hot to stand over a hot stove.
So make it easy on yourself and take a break from hot meals. These are the days when cold and light meals are especially appealing.
And it is always a good thing to try something a little different.
Stay cool and eat light.
County roads listed in DOT paving plan
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The South Carolina Department of Transportation’s 2022-23 Pavement Improvement Program contains 1,133 miles of paving projects throughout the state, including around 25 miles of projects in Pickens County.
In the announcement of this year’s program, Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall said the recommended projects “utilize a county by county distribution of paving funds in order to ensure that every county of the state is
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Pickens High School teacher wins prestigious award
PICKENS — Alpha Delta Kappa’s Nu chapter announced this week that its 2022-24 president, Ashley Butler, has been awarded the state’s Excellence in Education award.
The Excellence in Education Award is a prestigious honor awarded by the Alpha Delta Kappa international organization
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Celebrate America!
County July 4 events planned
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County is celebrating Independence Day with a number of events this week and Monday.
Central/Clemson
Although it ran for more than a quarter of a century before the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, the annual Clemsonfest is not returning this year, as officials announced earlier this year that the event was “officially done.”After years at the Y Beach in Clemson each July 3, the event had moved to the Spittoono site on Eighteen Mile Road in Central, a move that
