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Pickens County Meals on Wheels to host trivia, music and tacos Saturday
LIBERTY — Pickens County Meals on Wheels is set to host a night of trivia, live music and tacos on Saturday, Jan. 22.
There will be a taco bar set up from 6:30-7:30 p.m., and trivia will start shortly after 7 p.m. and continue between each live music set. There will be a live performance by Matthew Phillips, who is a singer-songwriter from Easley.
Phillips has been playing music in and around Upstate South Carolina for the past 10 years. With roots in blues, folk, country and R&B, there is something for
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Favorite desserts of the First Ladies
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
The angel food cake featured this week was always served at the White House for Eleanor Roosevelt’s birthday. It was also a favorite cake of Rachel Jackson.
Abigail and John Adams were frugal New Englanders who favored simple foods, and the Indian Pudding recipe was an old and treasured favorite of theirs.
Mary Todd Lincoln is reported to have constantly been trying to get Abraham to eat, as he often was so immersed in work he forgot to eat lunch and frequently settled for an apple or piece of cheese. This Courting Cake is said to have been one of his favorites.
Dolley Madison’s Layer Cake was often served at the White House. She was said to be a genial hostess and enjoyed entertaining.
I especially like the Angel Food Cake recipe and think it’s much better than what you can buy. Enjoy.
Winter Bluegrass Jubilee set for this month
PICKENS — The sounds of the Southern Appalachians will fill the air at the 10th annual Winter Bluegrass Jubilee at Pickens High School later this month.
The annual indoor music festival, which operates as a fundraiser for the Young Appalachian Musicians program, is set for Jan. 22.
“We will be back in the Pickens High School Fine Arts Center for the Winter Bluegrass Jubilee,” said Russ Hennessee, who coordinates
the event along with his wife, Sondra. “We can’t wait to reunite with our
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Local Humane Society receiving donations in honor of Betty White
COUNTY — Betty White, America’s Golden Girl, was mostly known for being an actress and comedian.
But White was also a pet enthusiast and animal welfare advocate who worked with organizations including the Los Angeles Zoo Commission, the Morris Animal Foundation, African Wildlife Foundation, and Actors and Others for Animals. Her interest in animal welfare began in the early 1970s.
“For nearly a century, Betty White has been a tireless and devoted animal welfare advocate, and we
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Virus test sites swamped across South Carolina
STATE — Between the omicron variant, a holiday surge and updated isolation and quarantine guidance, waiting lines at COVID-19 testing sites are looking 
more like a line for an amusement park ride.
The Nettles Park testing site in Clemson collected 1,324 tests on Jan. 3, more than double the number of tests from previous record highs, Clemson physician Dr. Ted Swann said last week, and if traffic jams are any indication, the numbers are only increasing.
The drive-thru testing site offers free saliva PCR tests with 48-hour results, and over the past two weeks has had
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Stingy defense helps Green Wave girls defeat Patriots
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — After a disappointing championship loss to J.L. Mann at Eastside High School’s New Year’s Classic over the holiday break, the Easley Green Wave girls’ basketball team knew it needed to get back on track against the Powdersville Patriots on Wednesday night.
The Green Wave responded with one of their strongest defensive performances of the season in a 43-31 win.
“Our goal heading out of that tournament was to clean it up,” Easley head coach Ivan
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Late run dooms Easley boys against Powdersville
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The Easley Green Wave boys’ basketball team seemed on track to right the ship last Wednesday night against the Powdersville Patriots.
The Green Wave, who etered the game just 2-10, led for almost the entire game against a tough Powdersville team and entered the fourth ahead 43-39.
However, a 12-0 run by the Patriots to start the fourth put them ahead for good, leading to a 56-51 loss for Easley.
“The best thing I can say about my bunch is they are giving me everything they’ve got,” Easley head coach Michael Jones said. “They’re playing hard, we just missed some easy shots, had some bad turnovers and most of all, we got beat up on the boards.”
As has been an issue all season, the Green Wave continued to be bitten by the injury bug, as senior guard Princeton Rhodes missed the game.
With such a close finish, Jones said he believed Rhodes’ playmaking may have been able to make a difference in the final result.
While Rhodes missed the game with injury, the Green Wave were thankful to have all-state senior guard Kain James back in the lineup after he missed time earlier in the season.
James, coming off a 29-point performance against Woodmont, paced the Green Wave again in the contest.
In the first, things stayed close as Powdersville’s Kidd Brizek flashed his scoring prowess to the tune of nine early points. The Green Wave countered his early buckets with three three-point field goals, including two by A.J. Brown and a last-second make by Todd Williams, to keep the game tied at 11-11 at the end of the first quarter.
James came alive for the Green Wave in the second quarter, putting up 12 of his 18 points in a scoring clinic to build the lead. His most impressive shot came at the end of the period with the Green Wave up just 28-26. Holding the ball as time wound down in the quarter, James drilled a three-pointer with less than 0.5 seconds left to give Easley a 31-26 halftime advantage.
The Patriots tried to close the gap in the third, but a strong quarter by Easley big Jordan Fortenberry kept the Green Wave lead at 43-39 heading into the fourth.
Trouble came for Easley from the start of the final stanza. An early basket cut the lead to 43-41, then Williams went out with an injury. Already without Rhodes, the loss of another lead ballhandler proved costly as Powdersville took control.
With the offense stalling, Easley’s best hope was to get defensive stops, but even when they did, Powdersville’s 6-foot-7 big man Hayden Assemian was there to clean up with an offensive rebound and a putback.
By the time Fortenberry scored on a putback of his own with 4:01 left in the game, a four-point Easley lead had turned into a six-point Patriot lead.
Another bucket by Fortenberry and a basket by a returning Williams cut the lead to four with two minutes remaining, but Assemian continued to keep the Green Wave at bay with his strong interior rebounding.
Down 55-51 with 24 seconds left, the Green Wave’s struggles on the board ended any chance they had at a victory as they allowed offensive rebounds off of two sets of missed free throws and fell 56-51.
“It was huge,” Jones said of Powdersville’s late rebounding advantage. “(Assemian) was just so overpowering, and that really changed the game for us. He’s a good player, and they use him well.”
With the loss, the Green Wave dropped to 2-11 on the season, but Jones hopes the team can still change its destiny heading into region play.
The Green Wave returned to action on Tuesday against Westside, with results unavailble at press time.
Powdersville 56, Easley 51
PHS 11 15 13 17 — 56
EHS 11 20 12 8 — 51
Easley (51) — James 18, Fortenberry 12, A.J. Brown 8, Williams 5, Bowens 3, Young 3, Leavell 2.
Powdersville (56) — Brizek 19, Assemian 14, Williams 10, Sweet 8, Richardson 3, Kreger 2.
Pickens club volleyball team wins tournament
PICKENS — The Pickens Carolina One 18 Elite volleyball team went 6-0 at the January Jam in North Charleston over the weekend and captured the championship among some of the best teams in South Carolina.
The Pickens Carolina One club volleyball team, which goes by the name “Pride,” features upper-level players from five area high schools — Pickens, Belton-Honea Path, Easley, Walhalla and Wren. Pride is coached by Pickens’ Nikki Anthony, who won four state volleyball championships at Pickens High School and played volleyball at Florida State University. The assistant coach is Stephanie Cuddy, also of
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