Monthly Archives: April 2014
Liberty Spring Fest and Cruz-in planned
LIBERTY — Liberty will host the third annual Spring Festival and Cruz-In Saturday, May 3 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Cruz-In donations will go to The Parenting Place — a local non-profit family resource center committed to providing a coordinated set of services to help every mother and father become the best parent they can be.
This year’s festival will offer a wide variety of activities for the whole family. Scheduled events include: arts, crafts, children activities, dunking booth, cake walk, displays from non-profit
Rogers golf tourney scheduled for May 10
PICKENS — The 10th annual Charles F. Rogers Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament is scheduled for May 10.
The tournament, which annually benefits a male and female senior basketball player from Pickens High School planning to attend a university, college or technical school, is set to kick off with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start at Pickens Country Club.
The tournament will follow a captain’s choice format, and entry costs $50 per person for a four-person team. Hole sponsorships are available for $50 as well, and prizes will be awarded for
Pickens Middle School gets Clean Air Upstate Sustainability Grants
PICKENS – Pickens Middle School has been selected as one of the first recipients of a Clean Air Upstate Sustainable Schools Grant. The school will receive a $1,000 grant through the Clean Air Upstate initiative, which is being coordinated by Ten at the Top. Funding for the grants was provided as part of a grant from Duke Energy to the Clean Air Upstate effort.
Pickens Middle School was awarded grants as part of a competitive process amongst schools from across the Upstate that have previously demonstrated a commitment to supporting a sustainable environment by participating in the Breathe Better (B2) anti-idling program. The B2 program is an anti-idling/clean air campaign sponsored by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) which educates about the harmful effects of vehicle
National Federation of Music Clubs’ Junior Festival selects local students
EASLEY — The 30th annual South Carolina Northwestern District III of the National Federation of Music Clubs held its Junior Festival on March 1 at Rock Springs Baptist Church in Easley. Seven local piano teachers entered students to be judged by music professionals. The Junior Festival program is designed to promote study and stimulate interest in American and world music literature, and to encourage participations to reach a high standard of musical achievement. Students perform and receive evaluation in a non-competitive setting.
The following students were selected to represent the Easley area in South Carolina State Recital at the Junior Convention to be held in May at the Newberry Opera House, Newberry, in conjunction with the South Carolina Federation of Music Clubs’ Convention.
March for Meals wraps up
COUNTY — During the month of March, Pickens County Meals on Wheels (PCMOW) held its annual March for Meals Campaign. Initiated by the Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA), March for Meals is designed to create understanding about senior hunger issues by connecting local businesses, residents and public officials with senior nutrition services like Pickens County Meals on Wheels.
This year’s March for Meals emphasized how programs like Meals on Wheels are essential to helping seniors live independently in their own homes. Each weekday, PCMOW volunteers on 22 different routes help keep more than 240 homebound elderly and disabled seniors healthy, fed, safe and independent.
Throughout March, PCMOW hosted a variety of awareness, fundraising and volunteer activities. The “Take-us-for-a-Test-Drive” campaign, where people rode with volunteers during their regular delivery, produced seven new volunteers and one new driving group.
Fundraising activities included a wine tasting and wine auction held by the Cliffs at Keowee
Those were the days
On The Way
By Olivia Fowler
Olivia Fowler
As children we’d often go to the movies on Saturday mornings while Mama ran errands and bought groceries. We lived 10 miles from town, so going to town for supplies was a pretty big deal. We didn’t refer to it as going to the movies.
Mama would say, “Would you like to go to the show?” And of course, we always did.
There were two movie theaters in town, the Gibson and the Centre. Movies stayed on sometimes for several weeks until everybody in the county had an opportunity to go.
This was at a time when Saturday morning movies began at 10, and there would usually be a double feature. The Lone Ranger and Tonto were very popular, as were Davy Crockett and Tarzan.
Mama thought snacks bought at the show were way too expensive. After all, you could get a
Let’s save Kentucky Missions
All About Ben
By Ben Robinson
Ben Robinson
It happened Sunday night. I was at church for a meeting preparing for Vacation Bible School this summer. I just had to listen, agree to do whatever I could to help, and smile a lot.
Before I went into the meeting, I was stopped by Wilburn Pitts. I grew up with Wilburn’s son, Teddy. Since then I have had several opportunities to work with Wilburn myself. His sense of humor makes some think he never takes himself seriously, but I’ve come to know that Wilburn is one of the most dedicated friends any person could have. That night he was at the church preparing for the upcoming Easter production by our choir.
“Did I tell you about Kentucky Missions?” Wilburn asked.
I figured that Wilburn had heard of a theme being adopted.
COURIER LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Fiefdom mentality
Dear Editor,
Until we all realize that we are all one county, that our cities make up one county and that our counties are one Upstate, we will continue with “one step forward and two steps backward.”
There are too many fiefdoms in existence already. What’s good for Easley is good for Liberty, what goes on at Clemson makes us all look smarter. What a company locating in Pickens does is good for Six Mile.
I recommend Googling “Ten at the Top” and visiting that website to learn more about the
Baptist Easley hosts March of Dimes kickoff
Baptist Easley CEO Michael L. Batchelor and his daughter Hannah during the March of Dimes kickoff at the Hospital.
EASLEY — Children of Baptist Easley employees and the community watched a puppet show, heard a story, and decorated a cookie while learning about the mission of the March of Dimes. Children, accompanied by their adult sponsors, met in the hospital cafeteria from 5:50-6:30 p.m. on March 25. Children were sponsored by adults at $10 per child, with all proceeds going to the March of Dimes.
“We wanted children to understand the needs of others in our community and to learn what it means to give back,” Baptist Easley CEO Michael L. Batchelor said. “We are planting a seed here, for the future of our community.”
Batchelor’s 8-year-old daughter, Hannah, along with her mother, Kami Batchelor, put on a puppet show. Hannah also shared her experience of what it was like to be a hospital patient on a holiday. Because of that experience, she visits children in the hospital one holiday every year.
Baptist Easley is supporting three national fundraising events in a “March madness” campaign known as Because We Care. During the month of March, employees are raising money through various events and activities to benefit the March of Dimes, American Heart Walk, and Relay for Life. A Silent Auction open to the community will be held on Thursday from 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m. in the hospital concourse. All proceeds will be divided equally among the three charities.
March of Dimes community director Erin Reid challenged the children to pledge their own support. The total pledged from the children was $3,544.
Amanda Taylor, Nurse Manager of the Birthplace, is the March of Dimes chair for Baptist Easley. Batchelor is March of Dimes chair for Pickens County. Jax Stallard is Pickens County ambassador for the March of Dimes.
The total goal for Pickens County is $135,000.
Annual Tech bluegrass concert planned
UPSTATE — Tri-County Technical College’s ninth annual Bluegrass under the Stars concert is set for this Saturday at the school’s Pendleton Campus.
The free concert and fireworks event for the family is held annually in conjunction with the town of Pendleton’s annual Spring Jubilee celebration. The event will be held from 6-9:30 p.m. in the amphitheater. It will be held rain or shine (rain location is College’s Student Center).
Bluegrass traditionalists Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice will headline the show. The band took home three awards from the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music Association (SPBGMA)’s 39th annual Bluegrass Awards Feb. 3. The band received the SPBGMA’s Album of
