Category Archives: Community
PHS Scholar-Athletes
The February Scholar-Athletes of the Month at Pickens High School are Adelyn Jewell and C.J. Martin. Jewell is a JV soccer player and was nominated by Tim Murphy. She is the daughter of Phillip and Caroline Jewell. Martin is a member of the varsity baseball team and was nominated by Dirk Ellenburg. He is the son of Tripp and Sherri Martin. This month’s awards were in memory of longtime supporters of PHS athletics Mr. and Mrs. Gene Hooper. Awards were sponsored by coach Stan Butler and Dr. Ashley Butler.
Courier Community Calendar
• Pinewood Derby set for Doodle Pavilion
Cub Scout Pack 51 is inviting all area first responders to participate in the annual Pinewood Derby competition, which has a new location this year.
Emergency officials’ attendance will give Cub Scouts an opportunity to meet and engage with local first responders while enjoying a fun event. Previously planned at
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PHS JROTC hold flag burning at Legion post
PICKENS — On the morning of March 15, cadets from the Pickens High School Blue Flame Battalion conducted a flag retirement ceremony at American Legion Post 11.
In the ceremony, more than 50 worn, faded and tattered American and South Carolina flags were committed to the pyre.
Battalion Commander cadet Lt. Col. Caydin Tucker, executive officer cadet Maj. Landon Galloway and cadet
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Harden Scholarship application deadline approaching April 14
PICKENS — The Cannon Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is offering a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating high school senior or other member of the community entering or furthering their career in a medical field.
Recipients will have their scholarship money paid directly to the school of their choice.
To be eligible to apply for the John Harden Scholarship,
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Soapstone Baptist Church fish fry fundraiser set to return on April 1
PICKENS — A popular fish fry fundraiser that benefits a historic church is returning at least one more time.
Soapstone Baptist Church will hold a fish fry fundraiser from 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, according to a news release from John Boyanoski with Complete
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Community Calendar 3-22-23
• Pickens canning workshop planned
Canning is a practical, safe and enjoyable method of food preservation when done properly. Participants in an upcoming workshop in Pickens will be able to engage in the full canning process from preparation to processing using current USDA recommended techniques.
The workshop will highlight pressure canning, and participants will take home a jar of the product they produced. Anyone with or without previous canning
Officials talk train wreck preparedness
With all the train wrecks in the news lately — most of them involving Norfolk Southern, the railroad that slices through Pickens County — it seemed like a good time to check and see what kind of risk we may be facing if a train were to derail here.
“It could happen to any of us, anywhere in the United States,” said Denise Kwiatek, emergency management director for Pickens County.
“We never know when that moment’s going to happen.”
Many of you probably remember a multi-car derailment in Liberty back in 2010 in which two Norfolk Southern tank cars spilled 18,000 gallons of isopropanol and three others discharged 19,000 gallons of a substance referred to only as “hazardous waste liquid.”
The accident forced the evacuation of 536 homes for
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School district moving toward competency-based learning
By Andrea Kelley
Courtesy The Journal
akelley@upstatetoday.com
COUNTY — The School District of Pickens County will soon be working toward a more personalized learning approach for students thanks to a proviso from the South Carolina Department of Education.
In August, the SCDE released Proviso 1.116, allowing districts seeking to implement competency-based education to submit a waiver to the State Board of Education allowing them to create their own standards.
The proviso defined competency-based education as “a comprehensive learning approach for a student to master competencies and related standards along a personalized, self-paced and flexible pathway.”
SDPC director of secondary education Lori Gwinn asked school board trustees during a recent meeting to
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Certified SAFE
Pickens County EMS training officer Dietrich Easter and director Michael Dunaway hold the county’s SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Excellence) designation certification. Pickens County recently became the second agency in South Carolina to receive specialized training to provide care to victims in the county. SAFE is created in partnership with South Carolina Victim Assistance Network, the S.C. Attorney General’s Office, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and South Carolina Hospital Association. “This is a victim’s worst day of their life, and to ensure an easy transition, we educated ourselves on how to talk with the victim, pursue evidence and to walk them through the process,” Easter said. Jessica Mackey/Courier
Community supports teen heart transplant recipient
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Proceeds from a church’s fundraiser this weekend will go to assist the family of a Liberty teen who received a heart transplant last month.
Aaron Whitmire received his new heart on Feb. 2. He turned 14 while hospitalized at MUSC, according to Liberty First Baptist Church member Karin Shore.
“He’s a sweetheart,” she said. “He’s the sweetest kid.”
To help offset the family’s expenses related to the heart transplant, Liberty First Baptist Church will be sponsoring a
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