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Daily Archives: 09/28/2022

Parkinson’s Society adds Woschkolup to board of directors

EASLEY — Upstate Parkinson’s Society (UPS) has announced that Kathleen V. Woschkolup, M.D., has accepted a position on its board of directors as medical director and vice chair.

Woschkolup is a Greenville neurologist specializing in movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease. She is highly respected and renowned for her patient dedication, according to a news release. Woschkolup is a member of the Mercy Bon Secours health system. She graduated from Universidad De Guadalajara (UAG), Mexico, and fulfilled her residency at Medical University of South Carolina. Her office is at St. Francis Millenium, 2 Innovation Drive, Greenville.

Community Calendar 9-28-22

• Senior info sharing session set at Hagood

The Hagood Community Center will host an information sharing session for seniors called Senior Gathering this Thursday, Sept. 29, beginning at 11 a.m. in the center’s dining room, complete with a “make your own” ham/turkey cold cut meal, and with no charge to attend.
The event is sponsored by HFC services for the purpose of sharing a variety of information with seniors to enhance their quality of life and knowledge of resources available to them. There will be no sales pitch, only information. The guest speaker for the initial Senior Gathering will be Christian Merrit, and the

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Red Devils off to hot start in region action

By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com

LIBERTY — One year removed from an Upper State championship appearance and facing the challenge of playing in a new region this fall, the Liberty High School volleyball team doesn’t appear to have lost a step in an unbeaten start to region play.

The Red Devils’ strong play was on full display last week as they dropped region foe Chesnee in straight sets.

“We’re new to this region this year, so we really haven’t known what to expect,” Liberty head coach

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PYAC planning first golf tournament

PICKENS — Founded in January 1965, the nonprofit Pickens Youth Athletic Corporation will host its first-ever golf tournament on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Rolling Green Golf Course.

Set to kick off with an 11 a.m. hot dog lunch and a noon shotgun start, the four-man captain’s choice tournament will raise funds for the PYAC’s mission of providing quality youth sports programs and the best facilities possible for Pickens-area residents.

The cost is $200 per team, and prizes will be awarded for first-, second- and third-place finishes, as well as a closest to the pin contest and longest drive

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Will the Fed’s plan work or leave us fed up?

Well, according to the newspapers, the Fed went ahead and did it: They raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percent.

What does that mean to you? Hundreds, or probably thousands of dollars down the drain if you’re carrying some credit card debt or have a variable rate mortgage, or if you need to buy a house or get a car loan.

The noble motive behind the Fed’s move — which to me  seems to benefit the bankers very nicely and hurt everybody else — was to bring inflation under control.

Inflating the cost of borrowing money is supposedly good because it will cause unemployment to go up (real people to

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Courier Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

We live in the greatest nation ever. One thing I love is we have the freedom of speech.

Your paper is one of the few whose readers haven’t contributed some biased, narrow-minded rants. It’s good to see a paper whose contributors know how to properly present their opinion or opinions in an adult manner, not acting like angst-filled children.

People who write their opinion sometimes rant and rave over their subject. Use name calling for whatever they’re against. So childish it’s unbelievable! It’s as if

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