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Memorial Day ceremony honors county’s first Vietnam casualty
PICKENS — On Memorial Day, the community gathered at Charles Johnson Memorial Park to remember and recognize the service and sacrifices one Pickens family made to their country.
“You can now come to this location and tell your children and your
grandchildren about Charles Johnson,” Mayor Fletcher Perry said.
A crowd came out Monday morning for the unveiling of signs dedicating the roads near the park to Specialist Fourth Class Charles Johnson, Pickens County’s first Vietnam War casualty.
Johnson was a member of A Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry of the U.S. Army and was killed in action on March 30, 1966, during Operation Lincoln in the Pleiku Province. He was 25.
Johnson was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and is
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Easley YMCA developing new $17.5M campus
EASLEY — Before a large group of gathered community members, Easley YMCA officials announced the development of a new campus at its existing location in a ceremony last week.
According to a news release issued May 25, the new Easley YMCA will replace a 22,000-square-foot building that was originally built and opened in 1960 and renovated over the years.
Plans for the new Easley YMCA campus began shortly after the completion
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New marker preserves memory of Cherokee town
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The next time you ride down Shady Grove Road heading northwest out of Pickens, look off to your left after 
you cross Town Creek.
Gaze across the new crop of corn springing up out of the fields on the rich bottom land along the confluence of Town Creek and Twelve Mile Creek.
Take a deep breath and let your mind drift back in time. Go back 250 years or more and look again.
Yes, the cornfield is still there. But you also see little Cherokee children running along the creekside, and women
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Blue Flame finish spring on high note
PICKENS — Spring practices have finally come to an end for the Pickens High School football team, and after a disappointing finish to last season, the Blue Flame are more than ready to rebound following a solid session over the past 
month.
“I think it went good,” Pickens head coach Chad Smith said of spring practice. “We were able to bring in coach (Allen) Sitterle and made some changes. It was definitely more disciplined this spring.”
The addition of Sitterle — who led Daniel to four
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Make Popeye proud and eat your spinach
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
Some people don’t like spinach.
Or at least they think they don’t. I believe that’s because they’ve never eaten a good spinach dish.
Remember when you’re buying spinach to avoid leaves that are too big or brown on the edges. Stick with smaller green leaves.
I’m willing to bet you’ll like at least one of these recipes. Enjoy!
Facing the future
Mother Nature cooperated with beautiful weather as more than 1,000 Pickens County seniors received their diplomas in graduation ceremonies at the county’s four high school football stadiums on Saturday morning. To see photos of all the graduates and awards information for each of the four schools’ senior classes, pick up a copy of this week’s Pickens County Courier for this year’s graduation special section. You can also see the student by drilling down on our website.
County athletes take titles at state track championship
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Over the weekend, athletes from all four of Pickens County’s high schools took part in the South Carolina Track and Field State Championships for their respective classifications, and it proved to be a very fruitful day, with three teams placing amongst the top 10 and three county athletes winning individual state titles.
The big winner over the weekend was Daniel High School, which placed both its boys’ and girls’ teams within the top 10 in Class 3A.
The Daniel girls were the closest to winning the title, finishing third with 64 points behind Waccamaw, which finished with 70 points, and region foe Seneca, which brought home the state title with 74 points.
The Lions were led on the day by senior stalwart Ally
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GRADUATION EDITION – Pickens High School Class of 2021
Pickens Honors and Awards
The following is a list of awards, honors, recognitions and scholarships recently presented to students at Pickens High School, as provided by the School District of Pickens County.
Valedictorian — Griffin Mason
Salutatorian — Emily Parrish
Academic Honors Awards — Sarah Allison, Jackson Crumpton, Gentry Durham, Tessa Ellis, Haiden Ferreira, Griffin
