Monthly Archives: August 2013
Victims Advocate Day
Gospel Lighthouse Ministry held its seventh annual Victims Advocate Day on Saturday at Carolina Community Church in Liberty. The ministry collects needed items for women and children who have been involved in abusive homes, children who have been taken from meth lab homes and children who have been sexually abused. The ministry also provides Teddy bears for area law enforcement to give to children. Guest speakers at the event were Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark and the Rev. Calvin Branch. Branch was presented with an honorary doctorate degree of divinity from the ministry, and Clark was given a plaque to commemorate his 18 years in law enforcement in Pickens County. Pictured above is the Rev. Daniel Stansell presenting Clark with his award.
Road to be named for Stone
PICKENS — Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark will honor his predecessor C. David Stone next week for his 44 years of service to the county.
At 9 a.m. on Aug. 23, the current L.E.C. Road in Pickens will be renamed to C. David Stone Road with a special ceremony.
“We wanted to honor Sheriff Stone in a way that would last for generations,” Clark said. “It is fitting that the road he came to work on every day will now be named after him and in honor of his service to Pickens County for over four decades.
“I would like to thank the local officials who contributed to the process of making this vision a reality and I invite all of our citizens to come out and attend this dedication to Sheriff Stone.”
Central man killed in flood
CENTRAL — Heavy rains and flash flooding turned deadly last week in Pickens County.
A day after raging floodwaters forced the closure of Silver Creek Road in Central last Tuesday, emergency crews were called to the road on Wednesday night after the body of 23-year-old Logan Dale Evans was found nearly a mile downcreek from the road, Pickens County coroner Kandy Kelley said.
Evans had reportedly been missing since Tuesday night, and his vehicle had also been washed downstream approximately three-quarters of a mile from the roadway, according to Pickens County emergency management director Chuck Haynes.
Kelley said Evans’ body was found on property owned by his family.
More than 50 emergency personnel responded to the scene from Pickens County EMS, the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, the Six Mile Fire Departement, Central Rescue, the coroner’s office and the emergency management water response team, Haynes said.
Hot licks competition added to Founders Day Music Festival
PICKENS — This year’s Founders Day Music Festival, set for Sept. 14 in Pickens, will add a hot licks competition to the schedule.
And seven bands, headlined by such award-winning groups as Volume 5, Deja Bluegrass and Most Wanted Bluegrass will entertain. There will also be another big jam featuring “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”
“Both the hot licks competition and the big jam, which brought tremendous response last year, will be open to anyone who wants to participate,” said Daniel Brazinski, music events chairman. “We also encourage any bluegrass, old-time, country or folk musician to join others in jams throughout the day and evening. We’re even going to have free ‘mini’ lessons, from YAMS instructors, for those that think they might want to learn an instrument.”
Appreciation for readers’ support
Nicole Guttermuth
A New Day
By Nicole Guttermuth
During my tenure as an English lecturer at Clemson, each semester we were required to collect student evaluations of our performances.
Distribution of evaluation forms always took place at the tail end of the semester, so it made for a good half-class kind of day leading into exam week, which worked out perfectly — especially during spring semesters when my students started wearing less and less clothing in preparation for sunbathing or Frisbee games on Bowman Field.
How green it is
Olivia Fowler
On The Way
By Olivia Fowler
It’s August and our grass is green. Not the pale new shoots of spring, but the emerald green seen in the Land of Oz and Ireland. I don’t believe we’ve ever seen that before at this time of year.
We hardly know how to act. In the early morning we go out onto the front porch with coffee. The lantana bush is covered with zebra swallowtails and hummingbirds.
An inspection of the pots of herbs shows water is standing about half an inch deep on top of the soil. In order to keep the roots from rotting, the excess water must be drained off. The drained water sits in a puddle on top of the ground.
Preparing to head Back-to-School
Preparing our children for the future
By Nicole Guttermuth, Courier Staff
Nicole Guttermuth
About this time for the last few years I’ve shared with readers fond memories of my childhood gearing up for the first day of school.
A self-professed nerd, dork and over-achiever, I’ve always loved school and I’ve recently been tinkering with the idea of enrolling myself into a Ph.D. program to earn the doctorate that’s always been part of my grand master plan for life.
Earning an education is stressed in my home to the point that I’m sure my girls roll their eyes behind my back occasionally. The older and wiser I become, the more life I experience, the more firmly I hold tight to the notion that having an education is essential for lifelong success.
Courier Obits 8-14-13
Gloria Rhodes
Easley — Gloria Jean Rhodes, 65, of Easley died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013 at Baptist Easley Hospital.
Born in Greenville County, the daughter of Jesse Rhodes and the late Matilda (Tillie) Alexander Rhodes. She worked for Pickens County Better Skills and was a member of Glenwood Baptist Church.
Surviving in addition to her father, are a brother, Eugene Rhodes (Mary); a nephew, Bobby Rhodes (Tina); four great nieces and nephews, Jacob Dale, Breanna Nicole, Candice, and Jamie Smith.
Courier Classifieds 8-14-13
Yard Sale
Moving Sale: Aug 17, 7 a.m. til 2 p.m. 22 Alexander St., Liberty, SC. 8/14
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Football finally returns
Grayson Howell
On the eve of high school football practice’s first day, hundreds of gridiron fans were able to get an early start to the 2013 season last Thursday at Easley High School, as the Green Wave hosted a community meet-and-greet event at the school’s stadium. Players and coaches signed autographs for fans, who also had the opportunity to eat, listen to music and play games. Above, a line of fans waits to get autographs from Green Wave players. At right, first-year Easley head coach Grayson Howell addresses the fans in attendance at the event. The Green Wave will be trying to build on former coach Chad Smith’s successful tenure at the helm when the 2013 season gets under way with the annual Sam Wyche Meals on Wheels Food Fight Bowl against Pickens at Easley on Aug. 23.
