Monthly Archives: April 2021
Blood donor turnout hits historic low
Blood Connection extends hours in response to need
EASLEY — The Blood Connection, the community blood center, is seeing historically low blood donor turnout and has extended its center hours in response to the urgent need.
According to the latest TBC data, local hospitals have consumed twice as much blood as the community has donated. If the trend continues, it could cause a blood rationing event or blood shortage for hospitals in the community. Donation centers are now open earlier and later to accommodate more blood donors.
Unexpected traumas are “exacerbating the issue,” according to Allie Van Dyke, partnerships and media coordinator for the Blood Connection.
“The Blood Connection was recently alerted by one of its hospital partners that one patient
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SDPC updates COVID-19 numbers
COUNTY — In the final days before this week’s spring break, School District of Pickens County officials said Friday that 31 students and four 
staff members tested positive for COVID-19 last week.
The number of students who tested positive for the virus was up from 25 the previous week, while the number of staff members was down two from the week before.
The number of students quarantined was up to 216 last week from 157 the week before, while the
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Central ‘may need to slow down the bleeding’ on water funds
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CENTRAL — Central administrator Phillip Mishoe recently told town officials the water fund budget has been in the red for five of the seven 
months of the current fiscal year that ends June 30.
“We’ve still got five more months to go,” he told council last week. “It’s going to have peaks and valleys, we know that, and know when we hit May and June are going to be red months because the college kids are gone. We expect that, but
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Inspiration at sunrise
Dillard Funeral Home and Hillcrest Memorial Park in Pickens held their annual Easter sunrise service on Sunday. The event brought many out to hear a moving and inspirational message given by the Rev. Ken Lawson. In his message, Lawson asked those in attendance “Who will roll your stone back?”, referring to the scripture where the tombstone was rolled back to find that Jesus Christ had risen, leaving the tomb empty on the very first Easter. This was the first event held at Dillard since the beginning of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Pictured here, Lawson delivers his message as the morning sun appears over the wall at Hillcrest on Easter Sunday.
Liberty unveils marketing plan
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — “Over the next three years, it will be a critical time to build on the momentum that this marketing plan creates, to start to move these big boulders forward,” Designlab’s Jessica Masse told Liberty officials at a meeting last week.
Masse unveiled the city’s three-year marketing plan March 30 at the Rosewood Center.
“What is unique and special about Liberty?” Masse said. “We’ve figured that out, we think.”
With the region experiencing strong economic growth and job creation, Liberty offers “a safe, high quality of life and living standard while
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It just wasn’t meant to be
She was a beautiful little brunette. Seven years old, with big brown eyes and a friendly expression. She probably weighed about 60 pounds. Her name was McKenzie, and she had a lot of energy.
And she was almost an exact copy of Boomer, our boxer bulldog.
She was in the backseat of a car parked at a rest stop in Tennessee between Knoxville and Nashville. Her owner was seated in the driver’s seat. His wife was approaching the car with a water bowl. The windows were cracked, as in rolled down a little bit to keep McKenzie from
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Faith is more than knowledge
Have you ever made plans to do something, but it did not work out? I’m sure that most of us have.
Disappointment is not a stranger, especially to those who are ambitious. There is no doubt the more a person tries to accomplish something, the more failures they will encounter. This does not mean that all the doors are locked forever, but included within the process of advancement,
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Vaccinated? COVID advice clear as mud
If you’re confused about COVID vaccine and when our lives are going to change for the better, you’re not alone.
We’re considered to be fully vaccinated once two weeks have passed after the second dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or two weeks after the one-dose Johnson & Johnson.
What’s new is this, per the Centers for Disease Control and
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VA extends deadlines for life insurance applications
Nobody wants to think about it, but the need for life insurance is a fact of life. And now the cost of life insurance for veterans is dropping, 
opening the door for more of us to be able to afford it.
After separation, we’ve had 240 days to apply and hand over the initial premium to transfer from Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance to Veterans’ Group Life Insurance without having to
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Courier Obituaries 4-7-21
IRENE MARIE RAMOSKI ANDERSON
LIBERTY — Irene Marie Ramoski Anderson passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
Irene was born in Charleroi, Pa., on Oct. 20, 1940. Her parents were the late Jack and Genevieve Ramoski of Bentleyville, Pa.
Irene attended Charleroi High School and graduated from the Cosmetology School of Pittsburgh. She worked many years as a hair stylist and shop owner in Harrisburg, Pa., and Lakeland, Fla. Irene enjoyed salt water and fresh water fishing. She also enjoyed boating, hiking and all outdoor activities and was an avid
