Monthly Archives: May 2017
Annual Rogers Scholarship golf tourney successful for 13th year
PICKENS — Eleven teams participated in the 13th annual Charles F. Rogers Scholarship Award Golf Tournament held at Southern Oaks Golf Club on April 29.
The event, which is held annually, raises money for scholarships that will be awarded to Pickens High School basketball team members who plan to further their education. A senior
First-place winners at the annual Charles F. Rogers Scholarship Award Golf Tournament were Matthew Childs, Tyler Burgess, Chad Roper and Justin Gravely.
from the varsity girls team and a senior from the varsity boys team will receive the scholarship awards later this month.
This will be the 14th year the scholarship has been presented in honor of the late Charles Rogers, a man who gave so much to Pickens High School as a player and coach for so many years.
“This tournament honors the memory of Charles Rogers, and his legacy lives on through this award,” PHS girls’ basketball coach Butch Morris said. “It’s the least we can do for a man that gave his time and talents to Pickens High School, as well as our community.”
The first-place team was made up of Chad Roper, Tyler Burgess, Justin Gravely and Matthew
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Clemson Elementary PTA gives $1K to Feed A Hungry Child PC
CLEMSON — The Clemson Elementary School PTA has donated $1,000 to Feed A Hungry Child PC, Inc.
Clemson Elementary PTA supports the students, faculty and staff of Clemson Elementary School. Fundraising is one of the major jobs of the PTA. Money is raised through PTA 
memberships, the Direct Donation Drive and PTA-hosted events. Bonus Bucks, Art by Me, ink cartridge recycling and other efforts contribute to the funds they raise. Money raised is used for activities and clubs, gift cards and grants for teachers and for school enrichment programs. The PTA president is Jessica Dvergsten, and the school principal is Michelle Craddock.
Feed A Hungry Child PC, Inc. provides sound, nutritional meals for Pickens County K4-12 grade students each weekend, throughout the school year, who would otherwise go hungry.
The organization has declared the third Sunday in May Feed A Hungry Child Giving Sunday.
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Courier Obituaries 5-3-17
Marie Thomason
Easley — Donna Marie Cassell Thomason, 47, of 742 Pistol Club Road, passed away peacefully Monday, April 24, 2017, at The Rainey Hospice House in Anderson.
Born in Easley, she was the wife of Terry “Longbraid” Thomason and the daughter of Bobby James and Judy Holden Cassell. She worked at The Corner Drug Store in Pickens and enjoyed many other things, including woodcarving, crafts, traveling, riding motorcycles and sitting on
‘Dot, through her smile, her wit, her poetry, has brought color to our life. Everyone knows that Dot was a friend.’
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS —
Remarkable lady.
A sweet soul who had a heart the size of a school bus.
Tough.
Tenacious.
Warrior for justice.
Those are a few of the phrases used to describe the late Dot Jackson at a memorial for her held Sunday afternoon at the Pickens Community Center.
But the word used over and over to describe Jackson, who passed away in December, was “storyteller.”
“Dot was a phenomenal storyteller,” emcee Ryan Ferrell said.
The memorial included music, readings from some of Jackson’s work, an excerpt from a play and many stories about the woman herself.
Ferrell began by listing some of the accomplishments throughout Dot’s storied life.
She was a journalist and columnist who worked for the Charlotte Observer and the Greenville News, among other newspapers and publications, including the Foxfire books.
“Dot was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize,” Ferrell said. “I did not know that.”
Her novel, “Refuge,” was named the Southern Appalachian Book of the Year, and Jackson was inducted into the South Carolina Academy of the Arts.
Jackson was also a community activist who “fiercely fought for local environment concerns,” Ferrell said.
“Dot, through her smile, her wit, her poetry, has brought color to our life,” Ferrell said. said. “Everyone knows that Dot was a
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Easley seniors ink with colleges
Three Easley High School athletes signed national letters of intent last week to continue their academic and athletic careers at the collegiate level. Green Wave football standout Braydon King committed to take his skills to Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C., while Andrew Stanifer and Griffin Cassell both signed to play baseball at Milligan College in Elizabethton, Tenn.
Pickens’ Rahn signs with AU
PICKENS — Pickens High School senior Riley Rahn signed Friday to take her cheering skills to Anderson University in the fall.
Surrounded by her family, Pickens High School senior Riley Rahn signs last week to cheer at Anderson University.
A cheerleader throughout middle school and high school, Rahn said she loved the small-school environment and Christian atmosphere at Anderson, which awarded her with a $2,000 scholarship.
Although she has been taking dual enrollment classes at Pickens to prepare her for an easy transition to college, Rahn said she will miss cheering on the Blue Flame every Friday night.
She lists bus rides with her teammates to away games and preparing for pep rallies among her favorite memories at Pickens.
Christian musical ‘Fried Apple Pies’ set for LCA
LIBERTY — Pickens County Meals on Wheels will be presenting the play “Fried Apple Pies” at the new Liberty Civic Auditorium on three consecutive nights, May 5-7, starting at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $5 at the door, and 100 percent of the ticket sales will go to Pickens County Meals on Wheels.
This Christian musical production was created and originally performed in 2011 to a sellout crowd.
The last performance was for three shows in 2015 at the Easley Foothills Playhouse, and all
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Courier Community Calendar 5-3-17
• ‘Old’ Six Mile School reunion set
If you or anyone you know attended the “old” Six Mile Elementary School that was in operation from 1955 until the 1980s, a reunion celebration of students and faculty is being planned. The old school building is now abandoned and holds only memories, but a group now wants to reunite all the students and faculty who ever attended the school. This Saturday, May
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SC honors 2017 Folk Heritage Award winners Dan and Norma Hendricks
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Arts Commission and McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina recently announced that Dan and Norma Hendricks are recipients of the 2017 Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award for bluegrass and traditional music advocacy. The award was be presented during a ceremony at the Statehouse on Tuesday.
Traditional music is a way of life for the Hendrickses, connecting them to their roots, their
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Pickens Middle School teacher wins district’s inaugural first-year award
PICKENS — A Pickens Middle School teacher has been named the winner of the School District of Pickens County’s first outstanding first-year teacher of the year award.
Anna Bross, a sixth-grade English teacher at Pickens Middle, was given the honor.
“We wanted to send a strong message to
SDPC Superintendent Dr. Danny Merck and Anna Bross.
our first-year teachers that our district recognizes and rewards excellence,” SDPC coordinator of personnel services Danny Rogers said. “Teachers like Ms. Bross are our future.”
Candidates were nominated by an administrator or a mentor based on a number of criteria,
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