Yearly Archives: 2020
School board approves bonus for employees
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — Although unable to give salary increases in its fiscal 2020-21 budget due to the impact of COVID-19, the Pickens County School Board on Friday morning unanimously approved a one-time 
bonus to all of the district’s nearly 2,600 employees.
During a special called meeting, the board accepted a recommendation by chief financial officer Clark Webb to award employees with the district since Aug. 24, 2020, with a one-time bonus. The employees work through payroll, agency contacts or Kudzu Staffing, a staffing agency through which
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Nonprofit asks for Christmas cards, other items for elderly in health care facilities
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Recent weeks have been busy ones for a local nonprofit that aims to assist senior citizens.
Tammy Ferguson is co-chair of Warmth and Comfort for the Elderly in Upstate SC.
“In October and November, we have collected blankets, throws, hats, scarves and gloves for our
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4-car wreck near Six Mile kills man
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — An Indiana man died Sunday evening after a wreck near Six Mile involving four vehicles.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Rodriguez-Aela Manuel, 44, of
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School board picks new officers
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — The Pickens County School Board unanimously elected new officers for the next year at its Monday night meeting.
Shannon Haskett was elected chairman, while Brian Swords was named vice chairman and Karla Kelley was picked as secretary.
Haskett, a lifelong resident of Pickens and a 1990 graduate of Pickens High School, has served on
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Clemson’s semester to be virtual after Thanksgiving
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CLEMSON — The in-person class portion of Clemson University’s fall semester came to an end this week, and students are urged to not return to the area following the Thanksgiving holiday.
Clemson University president Jim Clements discussed the end of in-person instruction in an update he issued Friday afternoon.
“After next Tuesday, all classes will revert to online instruction, and we are strongly encouraging our students to not return to the Clemson area following the
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Nearly 500 county students in quarantine over last week
COUNTY — Although the number of positive COVID-19 cases among School District of Pickens 
County staff members and students remained steady at 35 for the second week in a row last week, the number of students across the district quarantined as a precautionary measure increased dramatically.
In its weekly update released Friday, the district said 57 staff members and 486 students had been
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Courier Obituaries 11-25-20
FURMAN SHEDD
CENTRAL — Furman Shedd, 82, the son of the late Ollie Lee Shedd and late Lawrence Shedd, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, peacefully at home surrounded by family.
He is now in heaven with his son, Jeffrey Furman Shedd.
Furman was a remarkable person. He retired from Clemson University after working there for 22
Still counting our blessings
One of my favorite assignments as a reporter used to be writing a Thanksgiving story to run on the front page of the biggest newspaper of the year.
There have been years when it seemed trivial to write such a story in light of all that had gone on. After 9/11, for example. Or in the aftermath of the economic crash of 2008.
But I don’t recall a year like this, when it seems like one calamity after another has affected so many areas of our daily lives.
On a personal level, my dad died in February. It was only a few weeks later that the word “coronavirus” came into our vocabulary, and it soon consumed our
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Thanking your family
It’s almost Thanksgiving. And although 2020 may have been a difficult year for you, as it has been for many people, you can probably still find things for which you can be thankful — such as your 
family. How can you show your appreciation for your loved ones?
Here are a few suggestions:
• Invest in your children’s future. If you have young children — or even grandchildren — one of the greatest gifts you can give them is the gift of education. You
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A-hunting we will go
Only one generation ago, when hunters entered the field, they were on their own. They’d hunt for sign, and in some cases, as in quail, pheasant and duck hunting, they relied on skilled hunting dogs 
to both smell out the game and retrieve it.
Deer hunters still scout for deer in areas where they’ve been sighted, then spend countless hours up in deer stands watching and waiting.
But since technology entered the field, it’s not as difficult to find deer as it once was.
Unless there are circumstances well beyond the hunter’s control that interfere with a successful hunt.
For example, we have a friend who has permission to
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