Monthly Archives: November 2017
Building to start Monday on tower at peak of Sassafras
COUNTY — The long-awaited construction of an observation tower on Sassafras Mountain, South Carolina’s highest point, is set to begin on Nov. 27, the Monday after Thanksgiving.
A $1.1 million bid on the Sassafras Mountain observation tower project has been accepted from Lazer Construction of Anderson, the general contractor for the project. The summit of Sassafras Mountain will be
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Liberty track star King inks with Stanford
Keyshawn King, a senior at Liberty High School, signed a letter of intent last week to join the track and field team at Stanford University. King chose Stanford over offers from Notre Dame, Brown, Georgia Tech, Wofford and others. The two-time state champion will be competing at the college level in the triple jump and long jump. He visited the school in September and met with the coaches and track team. “I was always taught to use track as a platform to get a higher education,” King said of his decision to attend the prestigious California school. “Stanford was the best fit for me academically and athletically.” King also had a message for the Liberty student body, which attended his signing ceremony. “Don’t let anyone tell you just because you are from Liberty you can’t go anywhere,” he said. “I would not be where I am or who I am without this place.”
It takes a village to cook a dinner
Grandmama believed that Thanksgiving dinner called for many hands. As she always said, “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop,” and truer words were never spoken.
Uncle Walter lived by these words, “If they can walk, they can work.” And that is pretty much the truth, unless the task involves using a very sharp knife.
Children can scoop out oranges, slice
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Open enrollment scams
Medicare open enrollment brings the scammers out in full force. This is the time of year (until Dec. 7) to decide whether to keep your current Medicare plan or make changes to it. Even though the deadline for making changes might have ended by the time you read this, scammers have all kinds of tricks up their sleeves:
• They might try to tell you that open enrollment runs through the end
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Courier Letters to the Editor
A marvelous exhibit at museum
Dear Editor,
On Nov. 9, we had the great pleasure of attending the opening of the J. Michael Johnson photo exhibit, “The Nam Era: Never Forgotten,” at the Pickens County Museum of Art and History.
We have, in our lifetimes, been privileged to visit the great Art
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Last minute Thanksgiving deserts
By Olivia Fowler
For The Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
If you’re the hostess for your family Thanksgiving dinner and people are coming in from other locations, it can be difficult to get everything ready for a crowd. Especially if you’re the lone ranger in the kitchen.
I think we all try to do as much ahead as possible and freeze what we can, while at the same time putting clean sheets on all the beds and scrubbing floors.
These desserts are not complicated and don’t take a great deal of time
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Courier Obits 11-22-17
Robert (Bobby) G. Baker
Saint Augustine, Fla. — Robert (Bobby) G. Baker, beloved husband of Dorothy Comstock Baker (deceased) was chosen by God to come home on his 89th birthday, Nov. 12, 2017, around noon.
He was a loving dad to his five children and their families, Robert G. and Norma Barnes Baker, James and Elizabeth Robertson Baker, Dan and Cissy Baker Allison, Lynda Baker, and Lyndon J. Baker (deceased); loved deeply by his seven younger siblings and their families, Betty Claire Chapman and Clyde Chapman (deceased), Mildred (Mimi) Jenkins and Loring (Lefty) Jenkins (deceased), Mary Frances Nealy (deceased),
Daniel senior John Martin earns BBB’s Student of Integrity Award
UPSTATE — Better Business Bureau of the Upstate presented six high school students with scholarships through the Better Business Bureau Education Foundation during a ceremony Nov. 9 at the Hilton Greenville.
Secretary of State Mark Hammond presented the scholarships, which
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PMA wants to share warmth and love this holiday season
PICKENS — It’s that that time again for Winter Warmth 2017.
The event will again provide free winter clothes for everyone this year, including coats, jeans, sweaters, baby clothes, shoes and T-shirts in all sizes.
The event will be Dec. 2 from 8-11 a.m. at the Pickens Recreation gym, located at 545 Sangamo Road in Pickens. Turn at the intersection of U.S. Highway
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SWU’s Childs Hall campaign continues to seek support
CENTRAL — Childs Hall has been an integral part of the history of Southern Wesleyan University in Central, and a campaign is underway to give it new life.
The 70-year old residence hall, now closed for renovation, will be needed by fall 2019 to accommodate projected growth, making urgent
the drive to complete the $1.5 million fundraising campaign by December 2017. To date, nearly $300,000 has been raised.
“Childs has been a campus icon that we need to preserve for coming
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