| PAGE LABEL EVEN | T Vol. 117HE No. 62 JOURNALTuesday, March 30, 2021 $100 ELITE GROUP? T J Tigers’ tight ends ‘LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE’: Everlan offers a new way of looking at senior living. B1 offer plenty of ‘DEADLY SERIOUS’: Biden, CDC head warn of virus rebound if nation lets up. D1 promise. C1 OCONEE COUNTY Administrator: County looks to flag $75K for trail study budgetary purposes and “The feasibility for us 13 budget workshop and what happened at Travel- recently said it could be developing a greenway will likely account for the ers Rest (which is at one Potential greenway project funded out of the econom- development study. end of Greenville Coun- ic development capital may come in At a February strategic ty’s Swamp Rabbit Trail) could be undertaken in phases project fund. The fund is phases, which planning retreat meeting, — that’s just a prime projected to have an end- is very likely Councilman John Elliott example of adding some- ing balance of $3.6 million how we’ll have called for the county to thing great to citizens and BY RILEY MORNINGSTAR approval to spend up to at the end of June, accord- it funded,” fund the study for a trail providing revitalization THE JOURNAL $75,000 for a greenway ing to budget documents. Brock said along S.C. Highway 11 to an area that needs it project feasibility study Outdoor recreation was during a bud- near Salem. desperately.” WALHALLA — Oconee this budget season. prioritized by residents Brock get meeting “The town of Salem In 2019, Ten at the Top County administrator Brock told The Journal who participated in the this month. desperately needs revi- hosted a community work- Amanda Brock said she last week the set amount buildout of the county’s A formal budget will talization,” Elliott said at plans to ask for council would be flagged for 2030 comprehensive plan. be presented at the April the meeting. “You look at SEE STUDY, PAGE A3 CLEMSON OCONEE COUNTY Attorney says city makes it difficult to ‘get stuff done’ Party planning BY GREG OLIVER site “because of the dif- Republican precinct organization draws about 300 THE JOURNAL ficulty of getting stuff done” in Clemson. CLEMSON — Green- Stilwell not only BY NORM CANNADA ville attorney Rivers referred to the morato- THE JOURNAL Stilwell, who has repre- rium passed by council sented three property more than a year ago SENECA — After a postpone- owners on Keowee on the issuance of con- ment earlier this month because Trail since 2015, told struction permits for the meeting space wasn’t large Clemson City Council large-scale, multi-fam- enough for the crowd that last week that he has ily residential develop- showed up, Oconee County lost four deals already ments containing 200 Republicans met on Saturday and is on the verge of morning to elect precinct offi- losing another at the SEE ATTORNEY, PAGE A5 cers and delegates to the county party’s convention. Oconee party chairman Bill Jerome said approximately 300 people attended Saturday’s biennial precinct reorganiza- tion meeting at the Gignilliat Community Center in Seneca. “We are in the process of compiling and summarizing precinct data, but we certainly PHOTOS BY NORM CANNADA | THE JOURNAL had a record number participat- Above: Standing, Oconee County Republican Party chair Bill Jerome ing in their individual precinct and S.C. Republican Party executive director Hope Walker talk with GREG OLIVER | THE JOURNAL meetings on Saturday,” Jerome representatives of the Madison precinct during Saturday’s party re- Greenville attorney Rivers Stilwell said his clients wrote in an email to The Jour- organization meeting. Below: About 300 Oconee County Republicans have lost four deals on Keowee Trail because of nal on Monday. “At this time it attended the meeting at the Gignilliat Community Center in Seneca difficulty doing business with the city. looks like 27 of Oconee County’s to organize party precincts. Jerome said attendance marked a “record 31 precincts were organized and number” of participants in the individual precinct meetings. Each pre- that about 300 total (convention) cinct elected officers and delegates to represent the precinct in the delegates were elected.” county convention, scheduled for April 10. Jerome told the crowd on SOUTH CAROLINA Saturday that party officials prepared for 443 people at the ‘We certainly had a record number meeting, which would have SEE PARTY, PAGE A5 participating in their individual precinct SC health officials meetings on Saturday.’ Bill Jerome tout antibody Oconee County Republican Party chairman program’s success Nearly 10K in state have had COVID-19 treatment THE JOURNAL STAFF antibody infusions in November for emergen- SENECA — State cy use to treat patients health officials esti- who had specific health mate more than 1,000 issues, including those hospital admissions with a body mass index for COVID-19 have greater than 35, those been avoided through affected by diabetes, a monoclonal antibody chronic kidney disease, program. immunosuppressive The U.S. Food and disease and/or taking Drug Administra- tion (FDA) approved SEE ANTIBODY, PAGE A3 | INSIDE | | INFO | WILLIE SAYS: ARRESTS A6 COMICS B2 OPINION A4 DELIVERY (864) 882-2375 CALENDAR A2 ENTERTAINMENT B3 SPORTS C1 CLASSIFIEDS (864) 882-2375 CLASSIFIEDS D2 LIFESTYLE B1 STOCK REPORTS D4 ADVERTISING (864) 973-6305 I got a little help COLUMNISTS B2 OBITUARIES B4 WORLD | NATION D1 on this one. B4 The power to seduce. The 2021 C 300 Coupe CARLTON MOTORCARS www.CarltonMB.com 2446 Laurens Road (864) 213-8000 Greenville, SC 29607 | PAGE LABEL EVEN | A2 THE JOURNAL TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2021 Clemson schedules vaccine clinic for ‘limited number’ of students, employees Monday’s COVID-19 THE JOURNAL STAFF vaccine, Clements said in a cam- Clements said he expected more pus announcement on Friday. The information on the clinic to be re- numbers at a glance CLEMSON — Clemson University second dose application is set for leased this week, on the heels of the Confirmed Confirmed Percent president Jim Clements recently April 26. school and Ingles Markets partner- cases deaths positive announced a “limited number” of “Having a high percentage of ing to vaccine around 1,000 faculty employees and students will be able vaccinated students, faculty and and staff. The two entities said the South Carolina 499 0 4.7% to participate in a vaccine distribu- staff will help us ensure that the fall partnership will continue into the Oconee County 13 0 1.5%* tion clinic next Monday. semester is as safe and normal as future as state eligibility guidance Clemson and the Medical Univer- possible,” Clements said. “The vac- progresses. Excluding student Pickens County 23 0 2.1%* sity of South Carolina will host the cination clinic is one additional way workers and contract employees, * Seven-day moving average clinic out of Littlejohn Coliseum, we’re working to provide vaccine approximately 6,268 people work for Cumulative cases offering up the Pfizer-BioNTech access to our population.” Clemson University. South Carolina: 464,169 cases, 8,053 deaths Oconee County: 8,282 cases, 125 deaths Pickens County: 16,095 cases, 246 deaths Free COVID-19 tests available this week SOURCE: SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL THE JOURNAL STAFF to DHEC. Today, a mobile in Pickens from 9 a.m.-4 people. There are signs COVID-19 testing site will p.m. today through Friday. cases are dropping in the SENECA — Free be at Blue Ridge Commu- To preregister for test- county, with 112 cases be- | CALENDAR | COVID-19 testing is being nity Center at 315 Holland ing, DHEC recommends ing confirmed in Oconee offered in Oconee and Pick- Ave. from noon-5 p.m. The those interested use over the past week. WEDNESDAY ens counties this week. mobile site is being hosted site-specific links provid- Oconee had a confirmed THE OCONEE Board of Disabilities and Special Needs will meet at South Carolina De- by Healthy Me, Healthy SC. ed in the Contact Details total of 8,282 COVID-19 9:30 a.m. in the administration building at the Tribble Center. Meet- partment of Health and No appointment is needed section at scdhec.gov/ cases as of Monday. ings are open to the general public. Environmental Control for the free testing, with re- covid19/findcovid-19-test- The county’s incidence (DHEC) officials will be at sults being provided within ing-location. Results can rate was at 10,411 cases KNOW THE 10 signs of dementia on Zoom with Eunice Lehmacher the Seneca Health Depart- three days. Patients under be expected within 72 per 100,000 residents on at 11:30 a.m. For Zoom information, call 1-800-272-3900. Alz.org/sc ment at 609 N. Townville 18 years old must be accom- hours, and testing is free. Monday, keeping Oconee St. from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. panied by a guardian. Oconee County contin- in the top 10 among South MONDAY today through Fri-day. In Pickens County, free ues to rank in the “high” Carolina’s 46 counties. CHARLES MCGEE Byrd Post 120 American Legion will meet at 7 The testing opportunities testing will be available at category for two-week cu- Pickens County is first p.m. at 575 N. Fairplay St., Seneca. have been sponsored by the Pickens Health Depart- mulative incidence rate of in the same measure per Tour Health, according ment at 200 McDaniel Ave. cases reported per 100,000 100,000 residents, at 12,684. APRIL 11 THE WALHALLA VFW Post 6830, chartered on April 12, 1946, will celebrates its milestone with an anniversary program at 2 p.m. All members and friends in the community are welcome to join and Five beds open at OMH Sunday night, according p.m.