Daily Archives: 01/08/2014
Grief support group set to meet at Duckett-Robinson
CENTRAL — An eight-week grief support group for adults called A Healing Place will meet at 7 p.m. Mondays starting Jan. 13 at Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, 108 Cross Creek Road, Central.
Issues to be discussed include: Understanding Your Grief, Dealing With the Misconceptions of Grief, Exploring Your Feelings of Loss, How to Nurture Yourself,
Tri-County Tech nursing program to host forum at school’s Easley campus
EASLEY — The Practical Nursing Program of Tri-County Technical College will host an open forum meeting Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. as part of the continuing accreditation process with the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The ACEN welcomes comments from interested individuals from the nursing community, students, and graduates, as well as the public.
This meeting is open to the public and will be held at the College’s Easley campus, 1774
Arial Mill community genealogy to be topic at OPD meeting Jan. 21
CENTRAL — Linda Smith Cheek will discuss her new book about the Arial Mill Village with the members of the Old Pendleton District Chapter of the S.C. Genealogical Society on Tuesday, Jan. 21 from 7-9 p.m. at the Clemson-Central Library, 105 Commons Way, off Highway 93 in Central.
Cheek will speak about the Arial community; the people who lived there and their genealogies. If time permits, she has an interesting story about her experience with her Smith yDNA test.
She is a 22-year member of Old Pendleton District Genealogical Society and is the former Editor of the chapter’s newsletter. Cheek is also the author of two books on the
Tri-County and SC Works Centers to host job fair
UPSTATE — Tri-County Technical College’s Corporate and Community Education Division (CCE) and the local SC Works Centers are reaching out to unemployed and underemployed individuals by hosting a Job Fair and Training Expo Jan. 10.
The event will be held for Anderson, Oconee and Pickens counties residents from 9 a.m.-noon in the Industrial and Business Development Center located on the College’s Pendleton Campus.
Participants will be given the opportunity to meet and interview with area employers and to find out about short-term training options in the fields of health care, business, heavy equipment operator, industrial/manufacturing and trucking driving. “This is an easy way for job seekers to talk with potential employers about their
Free tax preparation helps Pickens County residents maximize their tax credits, savings
EASLEY — Now that tax season is soon upon us, United Way’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is gearing up for a busy season. VITA offers free income tax preparation to low- and moderate-income individuals and families in Pickens County, ensuring that residents receive all eligible tax credits and deductions.
“As President of United Way of Pickens County, I am thrilled to be offering our community free tax preparation services through the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program with the help of IRS-trained and certified volunteers,” local United Way president Julie Capaldi said. “VITA ensures that tax payers receive the maximum amount of eligible tax credits and deductions available to them, particularly the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Valuable tax credits like EITC can
FOP makes donation
On behalf of the Fraternal Order of Police – Foothills Lodge #9 of Pickens County, R.A. Gibson presented a donation of $500 to Shriners Hospitals for Children-Greenville on Dec. 31.
Courier Letters to the editor 1-8-14
Unhappy with board action
Dear Editor,
I am disappointed the Pickens County School Board voted against selling the abandoned Gettys Middle School for $300,000. Legacy Charter School was going to buy the school and renovate it for the students of Easley.
Even trustee Judy Edwards said the school district should keep the school because it may be needed in the future for another school. Legacy would have given Easley that extra school Edwards talked about, at no cost to the taxpayers of Pickens County.
This is what Legacy did in Greenville. Their non-profit organization funded the purchase and renovations to Legacy Parker and Legacy Elementary, and these schools now serve 1,100 low-income students on the west side of Greenville.
How to burn a brush pile
Olivia Fowler
On The Way
By Olivia Fowler
We always seem to have a brush pile somewhere on Fowler Farm that needs to be burned. Some years there’s more than one, according to events involving trees and fences, branches and undergrowth. It’s interesting to see how quickly an area can transform from a spread of green grass into a jungle. One day you may have a groomed yard or healthy pasture. With a few weeks of neglect, honeysuckle, blackberry brambles, broom sage and tiny trees will begin their invasion. If too much time passes without some kind of maintenance, the area becomes a jungle.
Briars, brambles and rogue tree limbs can’t be left lying around. They have to be piled up in an uncultivated area, away from buildings and woods, then left to dry out so that later, when the time is right, they can be burned.
Ready to face a new year
Ben Robinson
All About Ben
By Ben Robinson
The news is that it is now a new year, and I’m looking forward to a better year.
The past two years have been rough. I was fired from the job I had held for more than 20 years by folks who had basically only driven by the office.
So I cannot dwell on their problems. I have been lucky to have the opportunity to work with my longtime friends at The Courier. Why worry about how the other guys are doing when I have the opportunity to work and build this newspaper up?
This year should be interesting as I learn more about The Courier.
Just because I’ve known several of the people here many years does not give me the right to do things my way. It is only respectful to learn the ways of the Courier staff
Six Mile baseball/softball clinic set for March
SIX MILE — The third annual Six Mile Spring Baseball/Softball Clinic is scheduled for March 8 and 9 at Ponderosa Park in Six Mile.
Registration forms will be available soon.
Jay Reames from Top Notch Training (TNT) will help Daniel baseball coach Randy Christmas and several members of the Daniel baseball and softball teams instruct the children during the clinic.
