Monthly Archives: January 2014
Looking for the ‘Roots of Literacy’
An Appalachian historical perspective
By Dr. Thomas Cloer Jr.
Editor’s Note: This is the first half of a two-part analysis of the roots of literacy by Courier contributor Dr. Thomas Cloer Jr.
Tom Cloer, age 6
You obviously are a reader. If you were not, you wouldn’t be reading this. Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what caused some to be voracious readers and others not to be interested. What makes a reader? What is it that propels some to read everything they can, and others to have an attention span with print just barely long enough to read a T-shirt?
I had the grand opportunity of working with some amazing professors from across America as we decided to examine our own literacy roots in an attempt to answer the questions raised in the first paragraph. What literacy roots do literate people have? In our gaggle of mossy-backed professors were people from such diverse places as Oregon, Wisconsin, Illinois, and good old Pickens, S.C. The professors were from very diverse cultural backgrounds, representing different ethnicities and varied perspectives. I was the only individual among the group, however, with a nomadic Appalachian sawmill village background. I came from “a road less gravelled.” There were about 30 participants in all who told some fascinating stories.
We were all getting long in the tooth and had been in academe long enough for us all to have somewhat similar brains. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) would
Hospitals ask for temporary restrictions on flu visitations
UPSTATE — Hospitals in Greenville, Anderson, Pickens and Laurens counties have joined together to request that children refrain from visiting hospitalized patients because of the level of flu and respiratory illnesses now in the Upstate. Those hospitals also request that anyone with signs of the flu, respiratory illness or cold also temporarily refrain from visiting hospitalized patients.
Hospitals include AnMed Health, Baptist Easley, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, Cannon Memorial Hospital and Greenville Health System, which now includes Laurens County Memorial Hospital.
The age-specific request applies to all children under the age of 18.
Hospital officials said the measure would help protect their patients from contracting the flu and respiratory illnesses,
Courier Legals 1-22-14
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
COUNTY OF PICKENS
CASE # 2013-CP-39-1367
Pickens Savings and Loan Association, F.A. Plaintiff vs- Lynn H. Green, Vinton T. Jones and Earl W. Lee
Defendants
Upon reading the attached Affidavit, it appears to my satisfaction that this is a proper case in which service may be had
Notice of Creditors 1-22-14
The publisher shall only be liable for an amount less than or equal to the charge for the space of the item in error in the case of errors in or omissions from any advertisement, and only for the first incorrect insertion.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer to these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Pickens County, the address of which is 222 McDaniel Ave., B16, Pickens, SC 29671, on or before the date that is eight months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors (unless barred by operation of Section 62-3-803), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in
Trespass Notices 1-22-14
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing.
All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the
Courier Classifieds 1-22-14
Announcements
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Quick arrest made after bank robbery
PICKENS — Officers made an arrest less than 48 hours after a Pickens bank was robbed last week.
According to Pickens police, a man walked into the SunTrust Bank branch on Cedar Rock Street with a note demanding money at about 3:15 p.m. last Tuesday. The man, who was wearing a black hoodie, denim pants and sunglasses, left with an undisclosed amount of cash.
An investigation into the crime, along with help from an anonymous tipster, led police to the Travelers Inn Motel, located at 20 Chalmers Road in Greenville, where officers arrested 68-year-old Brent Christopher McLauren at 1:22 p.m. on Thursday.
McLauren, of 2130 Cheddar Road in Belton, was charged with bank robbery.
Pickens Police detectives were assisted by Greenville County Sheriff’s Office deputies and FBI agents in the investigation and arrest.
McLauren was being held Tuesday at the Pickens County Law Enforcement Center on a $75,000 surety bond.
‘An Historic Gift’
Upstate conservation groups join
to protect Nine Times Forest
Naturaland Trust, Upstate Forever purchase 1,648 acres
COUNTY — Naturaland Trust and Upstate Forever have succeeded in protecting one of South Carolina’s most special places — the 1,648-acre Nine Times Forest in Pickens County.
An ecological jewel, the property contains three mountains of stunning granite outcroppings as well as streams, creeks and stands of hardwoods. Located in close proximity to Jocassee Gorges, the tract also provides exceptional habitat for bear and
Hagood Mill set to open for first time since Bolt’s death
Ed Bolt
PICKENS — For the first time since the unexpected death of site manager Ed Bolt last month, the Hagood Mill will open this Saturday, hosting a day of milling, music and memories from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Bolt, affectionately known as “Eddie” by those who knew and loved him, will be remembered as the mill’s Music in the Mountains 2014 series kicks off.
A memorial celebration in honor of Bolt is still in the planning stages, but friends
Officials: Keep sick kids home
COUNTY — As varying degrees of sickness — including flu and strep throat — move through the student and employee populations, School District of Pickens County administrators are urging parents to keep sick children at home.
According to an information sheet posted on schools’ websites, “in order to keep our schools healthy and decrease the spread of illness,” children need to stay home when they have a temperature of 100 degrees or higher with cough, sore throat, body
