Area schools see movement in new SCHSL realignment
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — The South Carolina High School League () announced the classification placement for More »
Liberty leaders receive update on developing water system
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — Efforts to create a water system “for Pickens County people” remain on More »
Wreaths Across America ceremonies held across county
COUNTY — Multiple ceremonies were held across Pickens County earlier this month in honor of National Wreaths Across America More »
Merry Christmas
Mountain View Funerals and Cremations owner Wes Hiott, along with Santa Greg, delivered Christmas gift baskets last week to the More »
Easley OKs fix for collecting grass clippings
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Easley officials have approved a fix that will allow the city to pick up grass clippings once again.
Citing expensive damage to the city’s vacuum trucks caused by grass clippings, Easley City Council passed a resolution
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Nonprofit collecting hats for elderly men
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A local nonprofit that collects items for area seniors has announced its June donation drive.
Members of Warmth and Comfort for the Elderly in Upstate SC use their crochet skills to provide warm items for nursing home patients, hospice groups, home health patients and elderly people who live at home and can’t afford them.
They also hold regular donation drives.
“During the month of June, we will be collecting hats for the gentlemen in health facilities and shut-ins,” said Tammy Ferguson, the group’s CEO. “These may
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‘I regret this is the ultimatum I was given’: Steadman out as Clemson planning director
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
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CLEMSON — After serving Clemson for nine years, first as zoning director and eventually as planning and codes director, Todd Steadman and the city have parted ways.
Although city administrator Andy Blondeau told The Journal Steadman resigned, his May 18 resignation letter provided by the city said his decision came “based on the ultimatum I was given today to either resign or be terminated against my will.”
“I regret this is the ultimatum I was given as I have enjoyed serving my city for the past nine plus years and would
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Courier Obituaries 6-8-22
STEVEN KENT O’SHIELDS
SURFSIDE BEACH — Steven Kent O’Shields, 67, went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach.
Born in Greenville, he was the loving husband of Karen Sellers O’Shields (Kay) and a son of Frances Eleanor O’Shields and the late James Arthur O’Shields.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons, Alex O’Shields (Lynn) and Brian O’Shields (Averie), both of Easley; stepdaughter, Stacy Browder (Jonathan); stepsons, Scott Patterson (Shay), Will Lovern (Lyndsey) and Grayson
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Good things come to those who wait
This one falls under the heading of, “You Just Never Know.”
There is a news peg at the end, so please bear with me as I take a quick stroll down Memory Lane to give you the background.
Rewind the tape to 1974.
One night, not long after my brother Paul and I had moved to Macon, Ga., to become starving musicians, a knock came on our apartment door.
We weren’t expecting company.
It was a high school kid. Well, he was two or three years younger than us, so he seemed like a kid. I think he was a
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It was hot enough for us
I suppose, unless you live here, coming to the South from other parts in July can be a shock to the system.
It’s just something we don’t think about. It’s our normal.
But I’ll take it over cold weather. It was July 1996 in Atlanta, Ga. The Olympics were in full swing, and my cousins had tickets to the equestrian events. They invited me to go. So very early in the morning, we went to the Amtrak station in Clemson, and I took the train to Atlanta. My cousin Bill met me at the station and we drove through town to their house. Downtown Atlanta was deserted. I’d never seen it like that before. We were in one of the only
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Letters to the Editor
Looking for changes
Dear Editor,
I live near the crossroads of Chastain and White Oak roads in Central. Chastain Road is a shortcut between U.S. Highway 123 and S.C. Highway 93. Clemson workers must find this road extremely convenient, since traffic becomes heavier every year. Chastain is very curvy, with two schools at the 123 end and a SWU church with child care at the 93 end. The speed limit in front of my house is posted as 35 mph. Nowhere on Chastain is the speed limit above 45 mph. Motorcyclists love this road because of the curves, I guess.
I’ve tried multiple times to get the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office to try and slow traffic. They said they’d increase patrols, but I’ve not seen any evidence of
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Christ is the vine, we are the branches
I was having a discussion with a friend the other day about how it seems that so many people are living in fear and discouragement when he mentioned something that really made me think. He said that it was impossible to be depressed and walk in the joy of God’s presence at the same time.
After our conversation, I continued to ponder this thought, and by the way, I do agree with it. I’m not saying that developing an optimistic lifestyle is easy, but being a positive or a negative thinker are both learned behaviors. Since a healthy relationship with the Lord is associated with the level of our spiritual joy, we can know that a
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Clemson-led research team launch rockets into aurora borealis to study dynamics of energy exchange
CLEMSON — As the Northern Lights danced over Poker Flat Research Range near Fairbanks, Alaska, early one morning in April, a team of researchers led by 
Clemson University assistant professor of physics Stephen Kaeppler launched a sounding rocket into the colorful aerial display.
Three minutes later, the scientists launched a second rocket.
The researchers launched the rockets to study how energy behaves during an
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NSF grant boosts effort to better understand what controls space weather
CLEMSON — When you open a weather app on your phone or catch the latest forecast on the local television news, the information you receive affects several decisions you make that day — which clothes you will wear and what activities you will do.
Space has weather, too, and while its effects on daily life may not be as obvious, it can be just as impactful.
Space weather is activity on the Sun’s surface that ultimately affects the Earth and its atmosphere. Like tornadoes and severe thunderstorms, space weather can also be devastating. Extreme space weather impacts electric power grids, spacecraft, and satellites used for communication, global positioning systems and intelligence gathering.
Clemson University Department of Physics and Astronomy Associate Professor Xian Lu
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