Monthly Archives: May 2018
County presents money to city
Pickens County councilman Wes Hendricks presented a check from county recreation funds to Pickens mayor David Owens and members of city council to help with funding for a park at the city’s Doodle Trail trailhead. Pictured, from left, are Hendricks, Patti Welborn, Donnie McKinney, Donna Owen, Lois Porter, Fletcher Perry and Owens. Courtesy photo
Volleyball clinic planned next month at Pickens Rec
PICKENS — A volleyball clinic is scheduled at the Pickens Recreation Gymnasium at 545 Sangamo Road in Pickens on June 11-13.
The clinic will help support the Caroline One 14 Elite Pickens squad (known as FIRE) at the USAV Girls Nationals in Detroit later in June. The clinic director will be Peggy Anthony, head coach of FIRE, and assistant director will be Bekah Cortez, the assistant coach. All 10 players will volunteer as instructors.
After gym expenses, all proceeds will go to the team to offset costs of
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You can’t go wrong with puppy love
It was 2002, they were running the Kentucky Derby and we were in the market for a puppy. We’d owned rat terriers for years, but had 
always bought them from breeders. But we enjoyed them so much we thought it would be fun — and possibly lucrative — to breed them. So I did some research, talked to a lot of people and found a breeder in Bluffton who was reported to have a good blood line. She had one male and two females and had two litters ready to go.
I called and talked to her, got prices and directions and went ahead and reserved a male.
We drove down with our map in hand, ate a great lunch, then followed
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Letters to the Editor
Let’s just not talk about sister city
Dear Editor,
I just watched the last Pickens County Council meeting video of May 14. Here is the link on Facebook, as they had not posted it on their main web page at the time I wrote this letter to the editor (chairman Roy Costner discusses sister city at approximately the 1:09:38 mark in the video): https://www.facebook.com/PickensCountySC/videos/581643405548502/.
Chairman Costner recommended they “not talk about sister city” any more and should pull it out of the budget and not fund this idea.
Watching the video made it clear to me the chairman is advocating to still pursue a connection with Karlsruhe through other means.
Costner seems to think there are only “seven people” who object to the sister city program initiative and that those seven are just throwing stones and being judgmental. He furthermore states that the majority of the Karlsruhe citizens attend church more than Pickens County citizens do and we shouldn’t be worried about the unvetted Syrian Muslim refugee problem they have or the fact the majority of their citizens are liberal-minded. My research shows that Germany is far from being churchgoing (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_attendance).
I don’t know about you, but I know liberals who go to church every Sunday … just because you go to church on Sunday doesn’t mean you are a conservative and have conservative family values. Is it just that Costner doesn’t understand the threat of liberalism ideology on our county, or is it he’s fine with our students “exchanging ideas” with liberals and being in an unsafe environment with Islamic refugees when they travel to Karlsruhe for cultural exchange? I am not sure which. But please know that the idea of student exchanges is not dead with this council. They just aren’t going to “talk about it” with the public any more, according to the video.
The No. 1 job of government is to protect its citizenry and keep them safe. Sending students over to Germany right now is not being safety-minded.
Stay vigilant, my friends, as they will be meeting behind closed doors calling it economic development and “not talking” about sister city and hoping you forget what they are up to. In other words, they are taking sister city out of the budget and not funding it and not talk about it … however, they will continue to pursue the idea of it in other ways.
Reminds me of a previous council who ignored the will of the people on building new schools and made it happen via the “Greenville Plan.”
Johnnelle Raines
Pickens
Bill could improve Medicare audiology services for seniors
Nearly one-fifth of South Carolinians — more than 940,000 people — rely on Medicare for health care coverage. More than half of these folks suffer from hearing loss, and 27 percent of them have been diagnosed with dizziness or a balance disorder. Mobility and communication are critical for health and well-being as we age. However, decades-old Medicare requirements prevent many older adults from having the same access to audiology services that the rest of America enjoys.
I see first-hand the hardship that my patients and their families
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Aging in place takes advance planning
If retirement is just around the corner, you have decisions to make, and the biggest is whether you’ll stay in your home. With no job to keep you tied to your current location, will you move to another state to be near children and grandchildren? Will you move to a warmer climate, or a city or state that’s cheaper?
If you’ve decided to stay right where you are, there are steps you should take now to make sure your home can meet your needs as the
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Courier Obituaries 5-23-18
James Edward Hendricks
PICKENS — James Edward Hendricks, 85, husband of the late Edna 
Aiken Hendricks and Doris Gantt Hendricks, passed from this life on Friday, May 18, 2018.
Mr. Hendricks was born in Rosman, N.C., a son of the late Carl and Myrtie Morgan Hendricks. He was retired from Brunswick Yarns and later from Teleflex Fluid Systems, and he was a past member of Old Toxaway Baptist Church and attended Rice’s Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include his daughters, Linda Nations (Larry Hahn) of Greenville, Susie Sutherland (Preston) of Six Mile and Cathy Young (Bobby) of Six Mile, seven grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren. Also surviving are brothers Amos Hendricks of Penrose, N.C., and Carl Hendricks of Rosman, N.C.
In addition to his parents and wife, Mr. Hendricks was preceded in
NCCAA bringing top-level baseball, community service to Easley
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The J.B. “Red” Owens Recreation Complex and Easley High School will be the venues for the National Christian College 
Athletic Association’s Baseball World Series this week.
Tournament play kicks off today, May 23, and runs through Saturday.
This is the first year that the city of Easley has hosted the tournament, according to NCCAA executive director Dan Wood.
The tournament had previously been held at Prasco Park in Mason,
Ohio.
Easley caught the attention of the association when the city entered the bidding process.
“Easley was a very interesting potential bidder because of their long history with the Big League World Series and now the Senior League World Series,” Wood said Friday. “The staff put in quite a concerted effort with their presentation.”
The NCCAA announced Easley had been awarded the tournament in September.
“The whole process has gone very well,” Wood said. “We’ve been very encouraged by all of the efforts that have been made over the last six to eight months.
Easley will host the NCCAA World Series this year and next year.
After that, it will go back out to bid.
“I think Easley’s intent is to look at it long-term,” Wood said. “We’re not opposed to that kind of long-term relationship. We were at our previous host for 10 years.”
Wood said his association has been impressed by the venues Easley
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Lynne Mathis named BPW Woman of Accomplishment
UPSTATE — The purpose of the South Carolina Business and 
Professional Women’s Woman of Accomplishment Award Program is to honor successful women who have distinguished themselves in their career and community service and are outstanding role models for young women.
The program publicly recognizes the achievements and efforts of women in our communities.
Lynne Mathis, who was recently honored as the BPW Woman of Accomplishment, has served as the controller for Marsh/Bell Construction Company Inc. in Easley for the past 11 1/2 years. She and her husband live in the Powdersville community. They have one son. In May 1995, Mathis received her Bachelor of Arts in English from the
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Happy 101st birthday
Happy birthday to our mother, Edna Holden, who turned 101 on May 3. She was given a party at Pendleton Street Baptist Church. We thank God for our mother every day. We are so blessed to still have her. We love you, Mama!
Love
Shirley, Ruby and Ricky
