Monthly Archives: January 2018
Easley High cheerleaders planning Kiddie Camp
EASLEY — Easley High School’s cheerleading squads will host a Winter Kiddie Camp for children in grades K5 through six Feb. 3 at the school.
Participants will learn cheers, chants, dances, motions and a mini routine to perform at the parent showcase. Additionally they will receive a T-shirt, water bottle and a take-home DVD of cheer material. The cost for the camp will be $25 per participant.
For more specific information about the camp and how to register, contact Lauren Hudson at LaurenHudson@pickens.k12.sc.us. The last day to register for the camp is Jan. 29.
Spring soccer and volleyball sign-ups open at Pickens Rec
PICKENS — Spring soccer and volleybal registrations are being taken now through Jan. 26 at the Pickens Recreation Center on Sangamo Road in Pickens.
Financial assistance is available for those who qualify and will only be taken the first three weeks of the registration period, which will end Jan. 19.
The following coed age divisions are offered in soccer: 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and
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Easley NJROTC squad places in championships
EASLEY — Easley High School’s Navy JROTC orienteering team competed Jan. 13-14 in the Southeast United States Interscholastic/JROTC Orienteering Championships, otherwise known as the Georgia Navigators Cup, held at Mistletoe State Park in Appling, Ga.
The meet was a well-organized event hosted by Georgia Orienteering Club. Schools throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee can enter teams in the interscholastic category, and JROTC units in the same states can enter both the interscholastic and JROTC categories. Teams consist of three to five students/cadets, and the fastest times from three of the runners each day determine the winners.
Easley’s NJROTC orienteering coach Chief Mark Stauder entered four teams of four cadets — two varsity and two junior varsity teams. The varsity teams placed third and fifth, while the junior varsity teams placed sixth and seventh.
The cadets on Easley’s varsity team one were cadets Kelsie Hart, Jason Jeanes, Billy Brown and Brady Beckman. Varsity team two members were
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Courier Obituaries 1-24-18
DeRilla Davis Stewart
EASLEY — DeRilla “Rilla” Davis Stewart, 96, of 202 Herringbone Run, wife of the late Lucius “Wilson” Stewart, passed away Thursday, Jan. 4, 
2018, at McCall Hospice House.
Born in Pickens, Mrs. Stewart was a daughter of the late Lawrence Albert and Ina Rampey Davis. She was a homemaker, who loved cooking and sewing. Mrs. Stewart was the oldest living member of Easley First United Methodist Church, where she belonged to the Wesley Sunday School Class. She was active in her church, including the United Methodist Women. Mrs. Stewart was honored as a Paul Harris Fellow by the Easley Rotary Club, and she was a devoted member of her Garden Club.
Surviving are two daughters, Betty Stewart Ellison (Dr. Eddie Ellison) of Greenville and Tracee Stewart Simpson of Easley; four grandchildren, Megan Ellison Carpenter (Bobby), Stewart Edwin Ellison (Beverly), Davis
Have no fear — summer will return
It’s come to my attention that there’s a certain group of people who have turned up their noses at watermelon seed spitting practices in the South. They claim it isn’t done and is a grossly exaggerated 
practice that doesn’t exist in the real world.
Well, I beg to differ. I’ve seen it done, often. And I have done it myself. Always outside, you understand.
The farm had a beaucoup of watermelons. The watermelon crop was so abundant that the excess was fed to the hogs.
Seldom a summer day passed without a watermelon in it.
When harvest came, watermelons — mostly Congos and Charleston
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Diverse authors for diverse children’s books
Conversation about the diversity in children’s literature took center stage when the organization We Need Diverse Books came onto the reading scene. The discussion has turned to the ethnicity of the authors. Should only diverse authors write and publish diverse picture books?
A recent study by Lee and Low book publishers reported that 80
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Rebuild America
Dear Editor,
We have a bridge on I-85 between Georgia and South Carolina over Lake Hartwell with a hole in it.
This bridge was built in 1962, when traffic wasn’t as heavy as it is now. How many bridges across the country are like this one? So why in the heck do we need to spend money on a useless wall?
I want the bridges I drive across safe. I want bridges and roads safe for the school buses carrying children.
Forget the wall — rebuild America now.
Larry Allen
Easley
Public never the wiser
Dear Editor,
I read the article titled “Residents grill county council about meeting videos.” I understand why citizens are upset the council is not posting its meetings online after that was promised last year.
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Keeping the past alive
Hagood Mill Historic Site and Folklife Center plays key role in maintaining local heritage
By Dr. Thomas Cloer, Jr.
Special to The Courier
have written recently about several jewels in the Pickens crown. I 
now want to focus on another valuable gem. It is growing in worth exponentially as the word gets out about its sparkle.
The Hagood Mill Historic Site and Folklife Center is in walking distance of my home. I have observed the increase in people attending events there. I first became aware of
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BHSPC honors employees
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS – Several Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County 
employees were recognized recently for their dedication to the agency.
Board chairman Douglas Clamp recognized Angela Ellenburg, Angela Farmer, Angela Nicholson and Susanna Deming at the start of a recent board meeting.
“These folks have been working diligently,” he said.
Clamp said the employees being recognized had been with Behavioral
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Housewarming held
Bob and Carol Floriani, new residents of the Foothills 
Independent Living neighborhood in Easley. hosted friends at the “Great Oak Way and Frasier Fir” housewarming. The event, held Monday, Jan. 15, allowed residents to “show off” their new home to friends and families. Foothills Retirement Community has enriched the lives of older adults and their families for more than 60 years.
