Daily Archives: 10/05/2022
School board bans pair of books
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — The Pickens County School Board voted last week to ban two books from the school district’s classrooms and libraries after getting heated pushback about one of them from some parents.
“Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You” by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds recently came under fire from parents who said the book
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Inside This Week’s FOOTBALL FRENZY
Green Wave pull off breathtaking comeback win over rival Pickens 3B, Daniel destroys Walhalla in second half 2B, > Red devils give Abbeville first-half scare 4B, > Pickens can’t hang on to beat Easley 5B, Clemson silences doubters in win over NC State 6B
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Local historian presents plan to preserve scenic Highway 11
Having worked on Highway 11 issues for 30 years, I am very encouraged to see so much interest in, and support for, efforts to preserve the integrity of the Highway 11 scenic corridor.
The problem is folks appear to be sharply divided into two schools of thought. One group, the clear majority, wants to put a halt to all 
commercial and residential development along our portion of the scenic highway, and the other group fears that efforts to preserve the scenic corridor would unduly restrict their private property rights.
One thing everyone needs to keep in mind is that Highway 11 is not the Blue Ridge Parkway, nor
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Think pink for breast cancer awareness
The Courier is going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of those whose lives have been affected by this devastating disease, we will accent our front page with pink every week of October.
The pink ribbon has been synonymous with breast cancer for years. Nowadays, people rarely think twice when they see pink ribbons, having grown accustomed to the pink ribbon and what it symbolizes.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been celebrated each year since 1985, and many other breast cancer awareness initiatives have been devised since then. While the pink ribbon may seem like it’s been in use for just as long, it was actually established only a little more than 20 years ago.
Although you can see waves of pink every October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, many people don their ribbons year-round. Great strides have been made with respect to breast cancer, but with about 225,000 new cases popping up each year in the United States alone, there is still work to be done.
