Monthly Archives: February 2017
CU economist: Innovation necessary to spur growth
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — In a world of drivers bogged down in traffic, be a bicyclist.
That was part of the message Dr. Bruce Yandle, dean emeritus
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Small business has big impact
Geek Out Games store owner Jonathan Rudy poses with the highest local Toys for Tots award of appreciation.
CENTRAL — Every year, Detachment 1131 of the Marine Corps League coordinates and executes the duties of our local
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Courier Letters to the Editor 2-8-17
Small, but powerful
Dear Editor,
So small a word, yet so powerful.
Only four letters in all. Like a weapon, it can be a blessing in the right hand. In the wrong, a curse. So sad most of it is one-sided. More often than not you get this kind. More songs,
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Focus on the Super Bowl ads
I’d rather not talk about the game. Just one more disappointment on a list of disappointments from the past four months.
Sometimes those you really want to win don’t win. They came so close, and it wasn’t until it was almost over that I started
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Courier Obituaries 2-8-17
Edith L. Riddle “Nanny”
Pickens — Ms. Edith L. Riddle, 65, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017.
Born March 13, 1951, in Pickens, a daughter of the late, Jack and Willis Riddle of Pickens, she was predeceased by her son,
Event planned to celebrate Café Connections’ fifth anniversary
Photos special to The Courier
Café Connections owners Ann and Steve Corbin held a prayer rally last year for the community’s first responders. Another rally is planned for 2017. Pictured upper right Steve Corbin chats with a young Café Connections customer.
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS —
When Ann and Steve Corbin announced that they were going to open a “hospitality ministry” in Pickens, “a lot of people thought that we had lost our minds,” Ann said.
But the Corbins and their ministry are still going strong, five
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Lawrence earns Eagle Scout award
EASLEY — Dakota Lawrence, son of Traci and Samuel Lawrence, received his Eagle Scout Award at a Court of Honor ceremony at Covenant Presbyterian church on Jan. 28.
Lawrence earned the rank of Eagle through Troop 37, which is sponsored by Easley First Baptist Church. Bryan Dickard is
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King to discuss waterfalls at plant society meeting
CENTRAL — At the Feb. 21 meeting of the Upstate Native Plant Society, photographer and writer Thomas King will present “Waterfalls of South Carolina: Waterfalls, Hikes and Wildflowers Along the Way.”
King is well-known for his hiking guide Waterfall Hikes of
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Atax committee announces project funding availability
COUNTY — Pickens County is now accepting accommodations tax funding applications for projects for the 2016-2017 fiscal year from organizations involved in tourism-related activities or projects.
The funds, collected from Pickens County accommodations tax, are intended to be used to further the growth of the
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‘Scouting For Food’ gives back to local community
COUNTY — “Scouting for Food” is Scouting’s community stewardship project aimed at addressing the problem of hunger in the community in which we live and work. The food is carried to local food pantries, churches, shelters for the homeless, and other local agencies that feed the needy. a
Scouting for Food is a project rooted in the very foundation of the Scouting movement. Through initiative and hard work, the Boy Scouts have developed a framework
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