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Water, shade and power become precious commodities for cattle producers during Arkansas' triple-digit summers, said Don Hubbell, a cattleman and director of the Livestock and Forestry Center in Batesville, Ark.
"If it's 101 in Little Rock, it's easily a few degrees hotter here," he said by phone from his home in the Independence County community of Bethesda.
Hubbell's operation includes approximately 675 head of crossbred commercial cattle. Like all other animals, cattle feel hot and thirsty as the temperature rises.
"During hot weather, water consumption can increase up to double," he said. "A mature cow typically drinks 1 gallon of water per 100 pounds of body weight. As hot as the temperature is now, consumption can easily double."
And like humans, cattle seek the shade where they can find it. "They need shade, especially between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., the hottest part of the day," he said.
Hubbell recommends that producers try to reduce stress on cattle and themselves by working early in the day or after 6 p.m. "If you're working or processing cattle, it's best to do it early, or late in the evening is probably better," he said. "You can work on them and it will continue to cool them down. Otherwise, you have heat stress on top of flight stress. When you process them, it stirs them up and that creates more stress."
Hubbell said growers needed to keep an eye on wells and ponds to ensure adequate water levels. "If the power goes out, or the well goes down, you need a backup plan. After about 12 hours, your cattle can start getting into trouble."
Tom Harrington, a natural resources coordinator with the Arkansas Extension Service, said there are water-related hazards in the heat. "Animals that don't have shade may spend more and more time in ponds and other standing water sources," he says. "That can be hazardous to the animals' health by prolonging exposure to bacteria in the water.
"If these standing water sources are also the animals' drinking source, it may become contaminated by animal waste."
Even if the water is not contaminated, cattle may become reluctant to drink the water because it is warmer, and may have a bad odor or taste, he says.
Harrington offered other tips to keep cattle cool and healthy during the extreme summer heat.
• When watering animals in a tank or trough it is important to keep the water clean. Cleaning the tank will help prevent animals from wasting water when drinking. If watering with a hose, be sure that the tank is level and use a properly working float to keep the water from running over. Water spilling out of a tank can account for 5 gallons a minute when the water is supplied by a hose.
• If animals are kept under a sprinkler system remember that sprinklers work best when they are used with a fan. The water should also be on a timer with water being sprayed 1 to 3 minutes out of a 15-minute cycle. The goal of the water is to help with evaporative cooling. When a fan is used, check the electrical connections to make sure they are properly secured and will not shock the animals. Fans should be cleaned periodically to insure they are workings as efficiently as possible.


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Chinese soup - Egg Drop Soup
Chinese soup has lots of various. Every Chinese soup have its characteristic. Today we share one of most popular Chinese soup in China - Egg Drop Soup. It's delicious and full of nutrition.
And most important is this Chinese soup is easy to cook. So you can try to cook this Egg Drop Soup to have this delicious food with your family. This easy Chinese recipe serves 4. Ingredients: You will need: 4 cups homemade chicken stock 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon ginger (ground) 3 eggs 2 tablespoons chopped green onion Preparation 1. Combine homemade chicken stock, salt and ginger in a medium size saucepan. Bring to rolling boil. 2. While broth mixture is coming to boil, place eggs in bowl and whisk with fork. 3. Once broth mixture is at full boil, add eggs, stirring in one direction, and remove from heat. 4. Garnish with green onions and serve. Variations 1. Substitute canned chicken broth for homemade chicken stock. 2. For spice, add chili flakes to taste. 3. For heartier meal, add noodles. 4. Flavor to taste with soy sauce.

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Oconee County, South Carolina Genealogy
Guide to Oconee County, South Carolina Genealogy ancestry, family history and genealogy court records, deeds, maps, immigration, maps, military records, newspapers, obituaries, plantations, probate records, slaves, local archives, libraries, museums, churches, cemeteries, and Civil War records.
|Oconee County, South Carolina
Location in the state of South Carolina
Location of South Carolina in the U.S.
|January 29, 1868
|County Seat
- 1 County Information
- 2 County Courthouse
- 3 Historical Facts
- 4 Places/Localities
- 5 Resources
- 5.1 African Americans
- 5.2 Cemeteries
- 5.3 Census
- 5.4 Church History and Records
- 5.5 Court Records
- 5.7 Genealogy
- 5.8 History
- 5.9 Land and Property
- 5.10 Maps
- 5.11 Migration
- 5.12 Military
- 5.13 Native American
- 5.14 Newspapers
- 5.15 Periodicals
- 5.16 Probate
- 5.17 Taxation
- 5.18 Vital Records
- 6 Archives, Libraries, and Museums
- 7 Societies
- 8 Websites
- 9 References
County Information
Oconee County, South Carolina Record Dates
County Courthouse
Oconee County Courthouse
205 W. Main Street
Walhalla, SC 29691
Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 678
Walhalla, SC 29691
Phone: 864-638-4280
Court records
Register of Deeds
415 South Pine Street
Walhalla, SC 29691
Phone: 864-638-4285
Land records
Probate Court
415 South Pine Street
Walhalla, SC 29691
Phone: 864-638-4275
Probate and marriage records
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday
Historical Facts
Oconee is a Cherokee word meaning "Land Beside the Water".[1]
Parent County
29 January 1868 - Oconee County was created from Pickens County. [2]
County Pronunciation
Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating South Carolina county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation South Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1682-1987) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
African Americans
United States African Americans South Carolina African Americans
- Megginson, W.J. Black Soldiers in World War I: Anderson, Pickens and Oconee Counties, South Carolina; with a Discussion of Pensions for Civil War Slave Labor. Seneca, S.C.: Oconee County Historical Society, 1994. FHL Book 975.72 M2m
Known plantations South Carolina Plantations:
- Florideville
- Seneca
- Westville
|Tombstone Transcriptions Online
|Tombstone Transcriptions in Print
|List of Cemeteries in the county
|Family History Library
|Billion Graves
|SCGenWeb Archives
|Tombstone Project
|Billion Graves
|See South Carolina Cemeteries for more information.
- To view a cemetery list, see Oconee County, South Carolina Cemeteries.
- National Cemetery Administration
|Historical populations
|Source: "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau.
1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Oconee County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see South Carolina Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.
For 1890, see: United States Census 1890
See South Carolina Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.
See Oconee County, SC census assignments, including links to transcribed files The USGenWeb Census Project®
Church History and Records
- The Old Stone Church, Oconee County, South Carolina. Columbia, S.C.?: Old Stone Church and Cemetery Association with cooperation of the Andrew Pickens and Cateechee Chapters, D.A.R., 1905. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
Court Records
Oconee County has court records from 1868 that are held in the office of the Clerk of Court. Since Oconee County was formed from Pickens County the records of this county may also be searched.
The South Carolina Archives and History Center has court records available on microfilm for Oconee County.
- [Ballenger] Knox, John Ballenger. The Ballenger Family of Oconee County, South Carolina. Seneca, S.C.: Grady Woodfin Ballenger, [1956]. FHL Book 929.273 B212k
- [Beck] Koyle, Susan Lewis and Patricia Lewis Cramer. Ancestors and Descendants of Colonel Samuel Beck and Tabitha Langston. 1997. FHL Book 929.273 B388k, film 2055371 Item 1; digital version at FamilySearch Books Online.
- [Cain] Malone, James T. and Royleta Clopton Malone. William Cain Sr. and His Descendants 1795-2000: With Allied Lines of Murdock, Gibson, Cole and Others, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Texas and Oklahoma. Hemet, Calif.: J.T. Malone, 2001. FHL 929.273 C123mj, film 1440386 Item 7
- [Davis] Mentzel, Laura W. Davis Families of the Savannah River Valley: Containing a Record of the Descendants of Van and Harmon Davis from 1725-1978, Covering the Counties of Newberry, Anderson, Pickens, Oconee Counties of South Carolina; Habersham, Franklin, Hart, Stephens, Polk, Paulding, Gwinnett Counties of Georgia. Salt Lake City, Utah: Hobby Press, 1978. FHL Book 929.273 D29mL, fiche 6100901 (6 fiche)
- [Gilmer] Walker, Robert B. Our Family Genealogy. Typescript. Microfilmed 1960. FHL film 209590 Item 4
- [Grant] Grant, Bishop Franklin (Mrs.). Grant Family of South Carolina. Typescript. FHL film 219477 Item 4
- [Hair] Hair, Thomas Lee. The Long Journey, a Family History, 1687-1991: Embracing an Account of the Arrivals, Movements, and Ultimate Dispersal of the Southern Branches and Descendants of Eleven Allied Families: Adams, Ballenger, Cleveland, Duke, Hair, Harbin, Lewis, Lyles, O'Kelley, Trail, Ward. Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Company Publishers, 1992. FHL Book 929.273 H127hL
- [Hunter] Hunter, Raymond E. The Hunters and Related Families in the Southeastern United States. Augusta, Ga.: R.E. Hunter, 1990. FHL Book 929.273 H916hr
- [Queen] Russell, Jerry Franklin. Red-Redd, Russell, Powell. MSS., 1989. FHL 1697474 Item 13
- [Shedd] Campbell, A.G. Those Other Trapps: Including Some Allied Persons. [Alpine, Calif.]: A.G. Campbell, 1992. FHL Book 929.273 T689ca, film 1750738 Item 25
- History of old Pendleton District with a genealogy of the leading families of the district
- The settlement of Pendleton District, 1777-1800 FHL 975.72 W2c
Land and Property
Because of South Carolina's history as an agricultural state many residents owned land. For more information about types of land records see South Carolina Land and Property.
Tracing records through South Carolina county and district changes can be difficult. In general, for earliest records begin by searching the Charleston District, then your ancestor's residential district, then neighboring districts, then the residential county, then neighboring counties. Not all districts and counties kept records. The following chart shows where you may best expect to find land records for Oconee County:
|Government Office
|Oconee County
|Pickens District
|Pendleton District
|Pendleton County in Washington District
|Pendleton County in Ninety-Six District
|Ninety-Six District
|Charleston District
| Proprietary Land Grants
* Anderson County deeds include the records of former Pendelton District/County
Plats For State Land Grants 1784-1868 For information about the State Land Grants, see State Land Grants
- Abstracts of deeds: Pendleton District, SC, books IJ, K, and L (1807-1812), FHL Book 975.72 R28p
- Abstracts of deeds : Pendleton District, SC, books O and P (1818-1822), FHL Book 975.7 R2pa
- Abstracts of deeds Pendleton District and Anderson District, SC: books Q, R, and S (1822-1830), FHL Book 975.72 R2p
- The settlement of Pendleton District, 1777-1800, FHL Book 975.72 W2c
Early migration routes to and from Oconee County for European settlers included:[5], and William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast, 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). (FHL Book 970.1 M992i) ▲ [6]
- Savannah River pre-historic
- Old Cherokee Path pre-historic
- Lower Cherokee Traders' Path pre-historic
- Coosa-Tualoo Indian Warpath
- Tugaloo-Apalachie Bay Trail
- Augusta and Cherokee Trail in Georgia 1740s
- Old South Carolina State Road 1747
- Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail about 1765
- Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path about 1777
- Upper Road about 1783
- Unicoi Trail or Turnpike 1813[7]
French and Indian War
- "Garrison at Ft. Prince George, 1756, Keowee," Tulsa Annals, January 1973, Volume 8, Issue 1. Tulsa Genealogical Society: Tulsa, OK. FHL 40544
War of 1812
- List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FHL Book 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. See Vol. 5, South Carolina, Oconee County, p. 187. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.
South Carolina State Militia
- Holder, Frederick C.; South Carolina (State) Militia, 2nd Regiment; South Carolina (State) Militia, 5th Regiment; Oconee County Historical Society (Oconee County, South Carolina). The Bailey A. Barton Muster Roll Book of Pickens District, South Carolina [1858]. Seneca, S.C.: Oconee County Historical Society, 1990. FHL Collection Book 975.723 M2b; Film 1697757 item 12. Reviewed in The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 91, No. 4 (Oct. 1990):280-281. Digital version of review at JSTOR ($). Covers present Pickens and Oconee counties.
Civil War
Online Records
- 1861-1865 - South Carolina Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
- 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
- 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
Regiments. Oconee County was created in 1868, three years after the Civil War ended. During the Civil War, the area of Oconee County was part of Pickens District (later Pickens County). Men living in the area of what is now Oconee County may have served in regiments from Pickens District/County.
- - 1st Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, Company F
- -1st Regiment, South Carolina Rifles (Orr's), Company A (also known as Kowee Riflemen), Company C (also known as Mountain Boys), Company E (also known as Oconee Riflemen), and Company F (also known as Blue Ridge Rifles)
- - 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Rifles, Company B and Company C
- - 10th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry, Company B
Other Resources
- Bell, Louise Matheson. Rebels in Grey: Soldiers from Pickens District, 1861-1865 ( Seneca, S.C.: Greys of Oconee Chapter No. 1783, United Daughters of the Confederacy, ©1984), 172 pages. Concerns Pickens and Oconee Counties. WorldCat 11859701.
Native American
- Seaborn, Margaret Mills. From 1730 through 1776, Cherokee Indian Towns of Oconee County, South Carolina: With Principal Paths. n.p.: n.p., 1974. Map. FHL 975.721 E7sm
The Library of Congress has identified the following historic newspapers for Oconee County, South Carolina on their Chronicling America website. For publication details, including dates of publication, frequency, preceding and succeeding titles, and to find out which libraries have holdings, click on the newspaper title.
- Farm and Factory (Seneca, S.C.) 1903-1929.
- Keowee Courier (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current.
- The Journal and Tribune (Seneca, S.C.) 1952-1985.
- The Journal/Tribune (Seneca, S.C.) 1985-current.
- The Messenger (Seneca, S.C.) 1954-current.
- The New Carolinian (Seneca, S.C.) 1897-1898.
- The Oconee News (Walhalla, S.C.) 1901-1911.
- The Seneca Journal (Seneca, S.C.) 1930-1952.
- The Westminster News (Westminster, S.C.) 1953-current.
- Tugaloo Tribune (Westminster, S.C.) 1909-1952.
- Walhalla Banner (Walhalla, S.C.) 185?-1???.
Tap into the minds of local experts. Editors of genealogical periodicals publish unique sources that researchers new to their area may not encounter. Periodicals at various levels (county, region, and state) may carry articles useful to research in this area. For this county, see:
Probate is the "court procedure by which a will is proved to be valid or invalid" and encompasses "all matters and proceedings pertaining to the administration of estates, guardianships, etc."[8] Various types of records are created throughout the probate process. These may include, wills, bonds, petitions, accounts, inventories, administrations, orders, decrees, and distributions. For further information see probate records in South Carolina Probate Records.
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has microfilms or typescripts of wills, inventories, bills of sale, power of attorneys, bonds, notes, administrations, judgments, and sales records. Archival records include estate papers from 1790-1893 from the court of ordinary and probate court records, along with other corollary papers. Statewide Will Transcriptions, 1782 to 1855, database is available online with a searchable index by name. Images are available.
Probate records for the county are available in probate court, court of ordinary, and court of equity. Early probate records may be found in Pendleton District. See probate index for these early records at:
- Judy Chandler Ballard. W.P.A. will transcripts of Pendleton District ; Anderson County, S.C., 1790-1857. Walterboro, South Carolina : J.C. Ballard, (1995?).
Online Probate Records
- 1670-1980 - South Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1670-1980 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
- 1671-1977 - South Carolina Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes 1671-1977 at FamilySearch — images
- 1732-1964 - South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers 1732-1964 at FamilySearch — images
- 1782-1866 - South Carolina, Will Transcripts 1782-1866 at findmypast — $, index
Tax-related records are kept by the offices of the county Assessor, Auditor, Sheriff, and Treasurer. Taxes were levied on real and personal property and can help establish ages, residences, relationships, and the year an individual died or left the area. They can be used as substitutes for missing or destroyed land and census records.
- South Carolina Department of Archives and History tax lists for Oconee County.
Published abstracts
- 1864 - Internal Revenue Assessment, 1864, Old Pendleton District Newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Mar. 2009).
To see how the Civil War financially impacted residents of Oconee County, South Carolina, compare values of real and personal estates on the 1860 Census, with 1866-1867 tax records:
- 1866-1867 - Rich, Peggy Burton and Margarette Gibbs Ogle. Pickens District, South Carolina 1866 Tax List, January 1, 1866- January 1, 1867. n.p.: South Carolina Genealogical Society. Old Pendleton Chapter, 1991. FHL Book 975.72 R4r
Vital Records
Birth, marriage, and death records were not recorded by South Carolina until the 1900s, thus leaving a lack of vital records. Substitute records, when available, are used to obtain this information. These substitute records including newspapers, court records have been added to this section, when applicable.
State-wide birth registration began in 1915. For a copy of a birth from 1915 or later, contact the South Carolina Department of Health. The Oconee County Health Department also has copies but they provide only an abbreviated form with limited information. For more information, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.
- 1766-1900 - South Carolina, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1766-1900 at FamilySearch — images
Birth Substitutes - Indexes
- 1849-1949 - Keowee Courier Newspaper by Oconee County, South Carolina USGenWeb - index, incomplete
In South Carolina, marriage licenses were not required by local governments until 1 July 1911. However, in the 1700s, the Church of England parish churches were required to record all marriages - even if the couple were not members of the denomination. Not all churches recorded these marriages and some have not survived. See South Carolina Vital Records for more information.
The Oconee County probate court holds marriage licenses issued from 1 July 1911 to the present. Statewide registration of marriages began in July 1950 and the South Carolina Division of Vital Records has copies of licenses issued after 1 July 1950 through November 2009.
Newspapers are used as a substitute to locate marriage information. See South Carolina Newspapers.
Marriages and Marriage Substitutes - Indexes and Records
- 1826-1848; 1857-1871 - Abstract of Marriages and Deaths from the Pendleton Messenger, 1826- 1848, the Keowee Courier, 1857-1871 [9] WorldCat 54474080, FHL Collection - index
- 1849-1868 - The Keowee Courier, 1849-1851, 1857-1861 and 1865-1868 by Colleen M. Elliot [10] WorldCat 6421580, FHL Collection - missing years, index
- 1849-1949 - Keowee Courier Newspaper by Oconee County, South Carolina USGenWeb - index, incomplete
- 1911-1950 - Marriage Licenses, 1911-1950 [11] FHL Collection - records
- There are several online marriage indexes containing miscellaneous marriage records found in some counties of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.
State-wide death registration began in 1915. For a copy of the death certificates from 1915 or later, contact the South Carolina Department of Health. The Oconee County Health Department only has copies for deaths occurring in the last 5 years. For more information, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.
Deaths and Death Substitutes - Indexes and Records
- 1826-1848; 1857-1871 - Abstract of Marriages and Deaths from the Pendleton Messenger, 1826- 1848, the Keowee Courier, 1857-1871 [12] WorldCat 54474080, FHL Collection - index
- 1849-1868 - The Keowee Courier, 1849-1851, 1857-1861 and 1865-1868 by Colleen M. Elliot [13] WorldCat 6421580, FHL Collection - missing years, index
- 1915-1965 - South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965 at FamilySearch — index and images
- State-wide South Carolina Death Indexes. There are several online death indexes covering all of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.
Archives, Libraries, and Museums
Oconee County Public Library The library has a South Carolina History/Local Genealogy collection housed at the main library in Walhalla. Holdings include family histories, historical maps, cemetery listings and indexes, biographies of noted South Carolinians, and the local newspapers on microfilm.
Items in the collection cannot be circulated or loaned to other libraries.The Library lacks sufficient staff to do research, nor do they respond to letters from persons requesting such services. Names and addresses of persons in the area who do research for a fee can be provided when such a person is known, However, staff may do limited searching when good information is provided. Costs to cover photocopying and postage are $5.00 per name searched.
- Walhalla Main Library
501 West South Broad Street
Walhalla, SC 29691
Telephone: 864-638-4133
Hours: Monday/Tuesday 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Wednesday - Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Sundays (Sept. - May) 2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- Salem Library
5-B Park Avenue
Salem, SC 29676
Telephone: 864-944-0912
Hours: Monday 10:00 a.m. - 6 p.m., Tuesday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday & Sunday CLOSED
- Seneca Library
300 E. S. Second Street
Seneca, SC 29678
Telephone: 864-882-4855
Hours: Mondays and Thursdays 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday CLOSED
- Westminster Library
112 W. North Avenue
Westminster, SC 29693
Telephone: 864-647-3215
Hours: Monday 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m., Tuesday - Friday 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sunday CLOSED
Family History Centers
Family history centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes. See family history center for more information. Search the online FHC directory for a nearby family history center.
5003 Wells Highway
Seneca, Oconee, South Carolina, United States
Phone: 864-886-9345
Hours: T,Th 10 a.m to 5 p.m Wed. 6;30 p.m. to 8;30 p.m.
Closed: Closed Major Holidays
Oconee Heritage Center
123 Browns Square Drive
P.O. Box 395
Walhalla, SC 29691
Telephone: (864) 638-2224
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Hours of Operation: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm (and by special Appointment).
The Oconee Heritage Center (OHC) brings history back to life through museum exhibits, educational programs, festivals ,and more. Among other things visitors explore the history of Native Americans, Immigration, Railroads, New Deal Programs, Textile Mills, and Agriculture as it relates to Oconee County.
Research Guides
- South Carolina Archives Summary Guide: Oconee County, available online, courtesy: South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
- Inventory of county archives of South Carolina no. 37, Oconee County (Walhalla) FHL Book 975.721 A5h, film 1425646 Item 5
- Old Pendleton District SCGS Chapter
P.O. Box 603
Central SC 29630-0603
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Old Pendleton District includes Anderson, Oconee and Pickens Counties.
- Oconee County Genealogical Society
247 Cross Hill Road
Easley SC 29640
source: Society Hill
- Oconee County, SC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
- Oconee County, SCGenWeb
- Oconee County, USGenWeb Archives
- Oconee County, South Carolina Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- ↑ List of counties in South Carolina
- ↑ WorldCat 50140092 FHL Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002)
- ↑ Voice of Phillip Stalvey, resident of Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2011).
- ↑ Schweitzer, George K. , South Carolina Genealogical Research (Knoxville, Tennessee: s.p. 1985), 39-42, FHL book 975.7 D27s
- ↑ WorldCat 50140092 FHL Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002)
- ↑ WorldCat 1523234.
- ↑ William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971). (FHL Book 970.1 M992i) ▲ WorldCat 1523234.
- ↑ Henry Campbell Black, Black's Law Dictionary, 5th ed. (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1979), 1081, "probate."
- ↑ Revill, Janie, Abstract of Marriages and Deaths from the Pendleton Messenger, 1826- 1848, the Keowee Courier, 1857-1871, [S.I.]: [s.n.], 1933-1936.
- ↑ Elliot, Colleen M., The Keowee Courier, 1849-1851, 1857-1861 and 1865-1868, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, c1979.
- ↑ South Carolina. Probate Court (Oconee County), Marriage Licenses, 1911-1950, Salt Lake City, UT: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2004.
- ↑ Revill, Janie, Abstract of Marriages and Deaths from the Pendleton Messenger, 1826- 1848, the Keowee Courier, 1857-1871, [S.I.]: [s.n.], 1933-1936.
- ↑ Elliot, Colleen M., The Keowee Courier, 1849-1851, 1857-1861 and 1865-1868, Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, c1979.


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I am back fro Egypt and had a very good vacation with sun every day.
So back to work, I have quite many emails and orderes the last week so please give me time to come back to you
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I had been reading that Michelle and Ben Agosto will be interviewed by Nick McCarvel this evening.
The Ladies' Long Programs will be televised tonight on NBC beginning at 7 p.m. (Central Time). If you have IceNetwork, you're in good shape. There may be a podcast as well. I will check it out later.
https://twitter.com/cousin_pj/status/949427608617345024 (cute pic of Michelle)
Another lovely photo of Michelle: https://twitter.com/RobynKanter/stat...37363213627392
https://twitter.com/kwanette/status/949426466390933507 (kwanette gives approximate time for interview)
I wonder if Michelle will present the awards this evening. That would be lovely!


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Everything went sort of haywire in the last week. I've been off of work for exactly six months now due to being unable to eat or keep any food down, surgeries, etc. I think my employer has given up on me, but they won't fire me. They will fire me the day I come back in, but they won't fire me while I'm away. They want me to quit so I can't qualify for unemployment.
Strange stuff. As I've been laying here essentially dying I've been thinking I'd like a last crack at teaching. I was a good teacher. It was the one thing I did really well in my life I think. But I don't see a chance forthcoming for a lot of reasons.
Randomly and interestingly, this lady who teaches in the toughest area in the state and in the lowest performing school in the state (area has many homeless shelters and gang issues and so on, and has almost 75% turnover on teachers per year). She randomly calls and says that she has heard of me before and that I was somebody that is known for working with really hard to deal with kids and have had lots of success, specifically on end of year testing, and advancement and placement for future school years. It was semi-random.
She asks if I'm still teaching, as she had heard from a mutual acquaintance at BYU that I might have quit (which I did do 2 years ago last week). She then just randomly says.... "Well, I was wondering if you'd come teach my class for a month. I am due to have a baby any day and these students need a long-term substitute, but it has to be somebody who's nationally highly qualified for the No Child Left Behind Act, has to hold a current Level 2 professional license, has to be ESL endorsed, has to speak conversational Spanish, etc. etc." It was quite a list, but I was like, "Yes, I meet all of those criteria, but I have a job and am sick and on short term disability. I don't think it would be worth it to go teach for a month for $90 a day and no benefits as that is a MASSSSSSIVE cut in pay and it's a long drive back and forth.
She asks if I'll come up and meet her and volunteer an hour of my time to just talk to her and her teaching mates and see the school and stuff. So I begrudgingly agree and head up on Friday afternoon, even though I'm really sick still. But I tough it out and get there in a snowstorm and the temp was 5 degrees out. Brutal.
We start talking and she explains the class and then says, "Here's the thing.... I am not coming back next year. I will come back in the 2nd week of April and teach until July (they are on year round) and then I will leave. The principal said that whoever comes in long term would have a really strong foothold on the position for next year, and we need male teachers here desperately, and we need good teachers here desperately."
I start thinking about it. She is in a brand new building, right in the middle of a slum. She has every technological gizmo I fought for 10 years to get and got 1 (1 computer) in my old "rich school". There are iPads for every kid. Macbooks for every kid. A projector and a soundsystem, along with a smart board, and a teaching document camera that goes through the projector and onto the smart board. I am just blown away. Then she shows me a room full of hundreds of leveled books and so on. Just tons of equipment for science experiments, and tells me that she has two other people come in daily to help her teach reading. That her class size is capped at 23 (my last class was 38).
I'm seriously considering it. It's a very risky move. Just to take a month long sub job in hopes that it pays off into a full-time position next year, would be kind of crazy. But is it worth it? I felt like those kids needed me. I felt like I needed those kids. It's a pain of a drive. It's going into what everybody here considers a "scary" place. I'd be taking a massive paycut. I'd lose out on a lot of benefits, including my yearly bonuses, which were close to what I made in a year in teaching. But something has been gnawing at me all weekend.
I've been really sick and it just keeps beating me down to where I figure it's all going to end soon. But I wonder if teaching can save me somehow. I don't know how to explain it. I keep having that Shawshank line running through my head, where Red says, "Get busy livin'or get busy dyin', you're damn right." I just feel like maybe a window is creaking open offering me a chance to wrap things up where I'd want to be... in a classroom, helping some kids who really struggle, and hopefully making their lives better.
Now the question is... how unethical is it of me to have been sick (and still be sick) for six months, and maybe I'm ready and healthy enough to return to work in about 2 weeks, and I just decide to go work elsewhere as a temp. Is that corny? Will I get nailed for having to pay them back money if I do that since they paid me disability (in sporadic chunks if they felt like it) while I've been down? I don't feel I can get up to 40 hours a week of working, but this teaching gig would be 32 hours a week (of course it adds up to more, but technically my contract time would be shorter and easier on my body).
I just am having a real crisis of conscience here. I want to do what is right by everybody, and there is really no way to do so. I want to make sure my employer doesn't attack me for tons of cash. I wish they'd just send me a letter and terminate me for being sick for too long so I can just have no choice and will have to take a short term teaching job to make ends meet. I don't want Liberty Mutual coming after me after having paid me to try to get better, but then I don't return to the company I was on leave from. So many confusing points. The best thing that could happen is that the company I work for just releases me tomorrow (terminates me), Liberty Mutual then denies my claim again and says they are giving me no more money, and then I don't have to pay them or my employer back anything. I just need to mail in my security badges and decoder dongles and such that let me into the system and walk away. Or.... I need the principal to call and say "We won't hire you at the end" and then try to hurry and snap back into my current company and be a pretend employee who "loves my job!" for a few more years or until my body shuts down.
Tough times. No easy answers, and no answers forthcoming. I feel stuck on a tiny island with a rock and a palm tree and that's about it. Then today my Mom falls and hits her head and is told that her organs are going bad, she got a massive cut on her forehead, and so on, and we're staying with her while we build a house. Now I'm wondering if I should sell her house and insist she moves in with us so we can watch her, or cancel our house building and just stay here so we can take care of her since she likes this home. Or if I should just get no job and watch her 24/7 to make sure she's fed, taken care of, etc. It's a difficult week, but it seems like possibilities of a different life are coming around. They are just confusing.


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The first day of the conference featured sessions on reducing salt and sugar, menuing sustainable seafood and fruit as dessert.
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Bruce Owen
Title: Lecturer
Concentration: Archaeology, Andean prehistory, complex societies
Education: Ph.D., UCLA 1993
Office: Stevenson 2054H
Email: email@example.com
Website: http://bruceowen.com/index.htm
Bruce Owen was infected by Andean archaeology as an undergraduate at Yale University, joined a UCLA excavation project in the Upper Mantaro Valley of central Peru to get it out of his system, and has never recovered. A determined jack of all trades, he has directed regional site surveys and excavation projects in residential and cemetery sites, studied pre-Columbian metalworking and metal artifacts from Machu Picchu and the rest of the Inka empire, analyzed ceramic assemblages and gravelots, and documented subtleties of radiocarbon dating on the Peruvian coast. His principal interests are in the expansion, collapse, and aftermath of complex societies of the Andes, especially Tiwanaku, Wari, and the Inka in the far south of Peru, but he has digressed into documenting both very early agriculture and contact-era farming villages on the far south coast, and even further to performing extensive statistical analyses of nineteenth-century remains from San Francisco and Oakland. He has designed and built several kite aerial photography rigs with which he has made detailed photomaps of Peruvian sites. Dr. Owen was the founding Director of the Museo Contisuyo, an archaeological museum and research facility in Moquegua, Peru, and is currently the Secretary and Treasurer of the Institute of Andean Studies. He has been teaching at Sonoma State since 1996.
- ANTH 201: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
- ANTH 203: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH 202: Introduction to Archaeology
- ANTH 324: Archaeological Methods
- ANTH 325: World Prehistory
- ANTH 326: Topics in Archaeology: Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory
- ANTH 340: Living in our Globalized World
- ANTH 341: Emergence of Civilizations
- HIST 201: Foundations of World Civilization
Selected Scholarship:
- i.p.
- The Metals from Machu Picchu in the Context of Inka and Regional Metalworking Traditions. In 1912 Yale Peruvian Scientific Expedition Collections from Machu Picchu: Metal Artifacts, edited by R. L. Burger and L.C. Burger. Yale University Publications in Anthropology.
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- Metallurgical Activity: Description, Technical Analysis, and Reconstruction. In Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend, edited by C. Donnan. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA.
- 2010
- Wari in the Majes-Camaná valley: A different kind of horizon. In Beyond Wari Walls, Regional Perspectives on Middle Horizon Peru, edited by J. Jennings. University of New Mexico Press.
- 2010
- An Historical Archaeological Test of a Single Scale of Material Status. 109th Annual Meeting of American Anthropological Association, New Orleans.
- 2009
- La Expansión y el Colapso de Tiwanaku y el Papel de Arequipa (The Expansion and Collapse of Tiwanaku and the Role of Arequipa). In Arqueología del Area Centro Sur Andina, edited by M. Ziolkowski, J. Jennings, L. A. Belan Franco, and A. Drusini. Andes, Boletín del Centro de Estudios Precolombinos de la Universidad de Varsovia 7:431-462.
- 2009
- Social Status in San Francisco and Oakland: Status Indices and Social Reality; Conclusions about Quantitative Methods; Consumption and Status in Nineteenth-century San Francisco and Oakland: Statistical Analyses for the San Francisco West Approach Project. In South of Market: Historical Archaeology of 3 San Francisco Neighborhoods. The San Francisco-Bay Bridge West Approach Project. Anthropological Studies Center, Sonoma State University, edited by M. Praetzellis and A. Praetzellis
- 2009
- Early Agriculture in the Coastal Osmore Valley, Peru: Synchronous Events and Macroregional Processes in the Formation of Andean Civilization. In Andean Civilization: A Tribute to Michael E. Moseley, edited by J. Marcus and P. R. Williams. Monograph 63, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.
- 2008
- Fotografía Aérea por Cometa para Arqueología (Kite Aerial Photography for Archaeology). Congreso Contisuyo, Moquegua, Peru.
- 2007
- Comment on Axel Nielsen, Significant arms: cultural plots, war and social change in the pre-hispanic Southern Andes. Boletín del Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino 12(1):33-34.
- 2007
- The Wari Heartland on the Arequipa Coast: Huamanga Ceramics from Beringa, Majes Valley, Peru. Andean Past 8:287-373.
- 2007
- The Columned Court Complexes of Camaná Were Not What They Appeared. 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin.
- 2006
- Violence and Rural Lifeways at Two Peripheral Wari Sites in the Majes Valley of Southern Peru. In Andean Archaeology III: North and South, edited by W. Isbell and H. Silverman. Kluwer/Plenum, New York. (T. Tung and B. Owen)
- 2005
- Distant Colonies and Explosive Collapse: The Two Stages of the Tiwanaku Diaspora in the Osmore Drainage. Latin American Antiquity 16(1):45-80.
- 2002
- Marine Carbon Reservoir Age Estimates for the Far South Coast of Peru. Radiocarbon 44(3):701-708.
- 2001
- Tiwanaku en Moquegua: Interacciones Regionales y Colapso. Boletín de Arqueología PUCP 5:169-188, Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima. (B. Owen and P. Goldstein)
- 2001
- The Economy of Metal and Shell Wealth Goods. In Empire and Domestic Economy, edited by T. D'Altroy and C. Hastorf. Plenum, New York.
- 2001
- From Sequence to Social Organization: Tiwanaku Multicomponent Society in Moquegua, Perú. 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans.
- 2000
- The Museo Contisuyo: A Successful Partnership across Multiple Boundaries. Society for American Archaeology Bulletin 18(4):27-30.
Current Research:
Proposing a fiber identification study of prehistoric slings in collections in the US and Peru to assess whether a recently documented ethnographic belief about slings used for ritual combat is a continuation of an ancient tradition, with implications for better identifying warfare in the Andean archaeological record.


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We embarked on Project 2.slow to prove a point; that you don't need 500hp and a huge bank account to have a decent-looking, fun-to-drive VW.
So far, most of our work has been mechanical and unseen, yet 2.slow wasn't ready for primetime in the looks department. In this, our last installment, we correct that situation and show off the results - nothing over the top, just cheap and easy changes.
Firstly, we contacted Sly Machines. They specialize in items such as real carbon fiber sheets with adhesive backing, as well as tinted light film.
The carbon sheets are also available in glassfiber and a multitude of colors like blue, red and pink. Being traditionalists, we stuck with natural carbon, but the more adventurous may find the colors enticing.
We used the Performance Carbon Fiber Sheet on the Drag wheels center caps, and it looks great. It was pretty easy to apply; you just need sharp scissors!
Too bad 2.slow didn't have any flat dash sections, it could do with a dress-up... but we've got plenty leftover for a future project. The carbon sheets can also be stretched around curved surfaces too, but we didn't dive into that realm.
The Crystal Headlight Film from Sly Machine was also easy to apply. It did a bang-up job of covering the many cracked lenses. And don't worry about the sparkly bits you can see in the film because it doesn't show when the lights are on, and only under close inspection when they are off.
We decided on smoked film for the turn signals and yellow for fogs - it's a classic look.
Inside, we focused on the two key areas of driver input: the steering wheel and shift knob. We worked with Shutt Auto, which provided us with a Racing Spirit steering wheel and rally-style centering ring, plus a matching shift knob.
The Shutt steering wheel and knob provide enjoyable interaction with the car. After 240,000 miles, you can bet the stock ones were thoroughly worn, and there's nothing like new suede to fix the problem!
We were also tired of rowing the sloppy shifter, and Techtonics had delivered the goods with its engine parts, so we trusted its Mk3 short shift kit would be just as dependable.
The short shift kit was simple to install and easy to adjust between the three shift settings. There's not much else to say, although it looks pretty with the polished finish... too bad it's hidden! Additionally, it didn't add much effort to the shifter, which is a bonus.
Other final touches included a used VR6 chin spoiler from Jason Mingle at NGP Racing, once his wrecked Jetta TDI no longer needed it. Aside from that, we decided to black-out the VW badge as a final task.
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Final thoughts
With 2.slow being transformed from barn-find to occasional autocrosser, we couldn't be happier with the results: A good-looking, solid-performing Mk3 that didn't break the bank. The horsepower isn't high, but the fun-per-dollar ratio is through the roof!
The car really digs into turns, thanks to the FK coilovers, Neuspeed sway bars and Euro Sport stress bars. The Drag wheels and Falken tires from Discount Tire Direct look good, pushed out by FK spacers. And just as importantly, they've held up to the abuse, potholes, city miles and a few track laps.
Acceleration was never going to be 2.slow's strongest attribute, but the changes we've made keep things interesting and make it fun to drive.
The Euro Sport Cool Flo intake, Techtonics 266° cam, cam gear, chip and exhaust are still doing their job admirably - good power, great sound and total reliability.
The EBC Ultimax slotted rotors and Redstuff pads have likewise continued to impress. Rotor wear has been minimal and the pads keep on working. The extremely low dust is another benefit.
So where do we go from here (other than lowering the coilovers)? With the simple and relatively lightweight car, the results are far beyond the sum of the parts. In a bigger-is-better world, it's easy to forget the basics, yet we're having a blast in 2.slow.
And although we don't have any immediate plans, we may return for further installments, most likely in the engine department.
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We'd like to thank the crew at NGP Racing for their help during the build. And a special thanks to Matt Ford at MF Automotive in Knoxville, TN. He helped us with a roadside problem on a road trip, and his crew went out of their way to ensure we were taken care.
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Just back from vacation, the reason for the awful delay between posts.
So over the next few days we will catch up. Starting today with our road trip, or trips, to and from Pennsylvania to Florida. Just before we left, the conversation in the office here centered around driving to Florida, and I said something to the effect that "the last time we drove to Florida …" A co-worker said "That is one sentence you will never hear me ever say … The last time we drove to Florida."
But we did, two cars, six adults (3 drivers) and two kids. It's about 1,050 miles to Orlando. Driving down is okay because you're excited about going on vacation. So you break it up, drive 6 hours the first day, stay in a hotel, finish the second day.
Problem is the 7-year-old knows she's gonna be in the car a long time. The 2-year-old doesn't, so first stop for gas is total meltdown. Hungry. Tired. Confined. Full of energy. And still buckled up.
So we talk him off the ledge and forge ahead. We pass time by watching movies and looking for license plates (we found 42 states on the way back, plus D.C.). And then there are weird town names that always make you laugh. Garysburg, Bowmansdale, Micro, Sunbury (Ga.), Midway, Dumfries, Skippers, Coosawhatchie, Gross and more.
Oh, and the signs, which can be confusing, but on a 20-hour trip, they pass the time.
I think we could have purchased the world's largest cigar, cigarette, 10,000 pairs of Wrangler jeans, illegal fireworks, legal fireworks, a questionable burrito and beef jerky in one place. And if there aren't 1,000 signs for Cracker Barrel restaurants on Route 95, there aren't 10.
All in all, driving 20 hours (twice) with 2 kids, it went as well as can be considered. Nerves got frayed, for sure, but we are still speaking.


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AB-EX/RE-CON: Abstract Expressionism Reconsidered
AB-EX/RE-CON explores both the best known and less familiar practitioners of abstract and gestural painting who dominated the American art, criticism and commentary during the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. Artists on display include Diebenkorn, J. Ernst, Frankenthaler, Hofmann, Kline, and Motherwell. Through June 16. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent Collection
This rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists from the Heckscher Museum's Permanent Collection. Of particular interest is Étienne Berne-Bellecour's monumental Embarkation Maneuver, 1882, which factually depicts the departure of a regiment of cuirassiers following the Franco-Prussian War. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
The Lyon, the Which and the Warhol
An exhibit of photographs by photojournalist Danny Lyon and visionary pop artist Andy Warhol, culled from the Hofstra University Museum's extensive photography collection. The exhibit connects their works to those in other media by Chuck Close, Jim Dine, and Lisbeth Firmin (the "Which"). Through May 19. Hofstra University's David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach Tolerance
A contextualized history that explains the 1920s' increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Afternoon Movie
See Hitchcock," the biographical drama about Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho, Friday, April 12, 2:30 p.m.; also "Life of Pi," the adventure about a young man cast away on an epic journey with a Bengal tiger, Tuesday, April 16, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Friday Film
See "Robot and Frank," a drama about an aging jewel thief whose son buys him a domestic robot, Friday, April 12, 1 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Movie Screening
Watch "Robot and Frank," about an aging jewel thief whose son buys him a domestic robot, Monday, April 15, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Alfred Hitchcock Retrospective
View memorable scenes from Hitchcock's classic films, with Richard Knox, Tuesday, April 16, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.
Film Time
See the 2013 Best Picture winner "Argo," the dramatization about the secret operation to extract six American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran, Tuesday, April 16, 10 a.m., 1 and 7 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Art Talk
Examine "Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity," with art historian Louise Caruso, Thursday, April 18, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Showing
Watch "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," about a group of British retirees who take up residence in India, Thursday, April 18, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.
Bird Walk
Join a Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary naturalist to observe migratory ducks, birds of prey and songbirds, Sunday, April 14, 9:30-11 a.m. $5. Registration required. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, 12 Sagamore Hill Rd., Oyster Bay. 922-3200.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? The list of big-time players Urban Meyer had while winning two national championships at Florida goes on and on: Percy Harvin, Chris Leak, Tim Tebow, Joe Haden and Brandon Spikes, among others.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The list of big-time players Urban Meyer had while winning two national championships at Florida goes on and on: Percy Harvin, Chris Leak, Tim Tebow, Joe Haden and Brandon Spikes, among others.
So far, during his first few weeks working with his new team at Ohio State, he has yet to find anyone of that caliber.
But he remains hopeful.
"You've got to do it over and over again but there are times ..." he said earlier this week after what he called the best practice he's seen the offense have in the short time he's been with the team. "It's not a clown show out there like at a couple of points it was."
It's a three-ring affair in many ways. With a new offensive system, the Buckeyes are learning new plays, new terminology, new philosophies — really one philosophy, Meyer's.
"It's just really, really, really uptempo," offensive lineman Jack Mewhort said of the change. "We're a no-huddle offense now."
That's dramatically different from years past when Ohio State relied more on muscle and execution to blow people off the ball, freeing the skill players to pile up big yardage.
"Last year we were much more of an I-formation team, kind of a pro-style thing with the quarterback under center a lot," fullback Zach Boren said. "This year it's all about spreading the field and making vertical plays, getting the ball up and down the field with speed. We're not going to be lining up with a fullback and a tight end in the box and just running power. We're still going to run power this year, we're still going to be a tough, physical power running team, but we're just going to do it out of different formations and let guys play in space and make plays."
Now if somebody on offense would just prove that they can do that.
All spring Meyer has lamented that no one has shown breakaway speed or playmaking ability. That doesn't mean the Buckeyes haven't made some headway, but it's not like they've unearthed a Harvin who can crack a game open from any of three or four positions.
Running backs coach Stan Drayton, who also assisted Meyer at Florida, recognizes that the offense is basically the same but different players will fit into the system.
"Our best ballcarriers (at Florida) were Percy Harvin and Tim Tebow," Drayton said after Friday's practice. "In this system, in the Urban Meyer system, playmakers touch the football."
We're going to make the system fit our playmakers. At that time, those (Harvin and Tebow) were the best ballcarriers and they had over 1,000 yards. So, now, we feel as if we've got ballcarriers. They're time-proven, they're game ready. There is no question that a 1,000-yard rusher can be in this offense."
In his first season after taking over a program rocked by Jim Tressel's forced resignation less than a year ago and a 6-7 mark under interim coach Luke Fickell last fall, Meyer believes the Buckeyes are gaining ground, literally.
"There's momentum in (the running back) group," he said. "As long as there's momentum in a group, that's a positive. And the receivers are getting better. But someone has to — we need two or three to step up."
Funny, but Ohio State might have found someone to turn the tide on the other side of the ball. Although he is far from proving himself an All-American, as Haden and Spikes did at Florida at cornerback and linebacker, respectively, lineman John Simon has been a mainstay on defense.
How good has he been? Meyer went so far as to compare Simon to one of his favorite players at his last coaching stop, a guy still making headlines.
"The No. 1 guy, the guy who's just a warhorse, he is Ohio State football, is John Simon," Meyer said. "I can't help but say I love the guy. He's one of the most committed — he's Tebowish as far as his commitment."
While none of the wide-outs have really stood out, many others on offense have made big strides.
Quarterback Braxton Miller, running backs Jordan Hall and Carlos Hyde, tight end Jake Stoneburner and occasionally others have displayed a knack for biting off chunks of yardage.
Of the burly (6-foot, 235 pounds) Hyde, Meyer said, "He's drinking the Kool-Aid right now."
But that doesn't mean he's marked himself as someone who can change a game with one step, one swivel of the hips, one shake-and-bake move like famed Florida quarterbacks Leak and Tebow, who delivered national titles.
Besides, it's a long way to the Sept. 1 opener against Miami (Ohio).
"It's a work in progress," Meyer said of the quest to find a football home-run hitter. "But the best thing, the snaps are hitting the quarterback right between the numbers. And guys are competing. So that's why I'm (growing) very impressed with the Ohio State Buckeyes."
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Google Trends looks at most popular Halloween costumes
Google Trends looks at most popular Halloween costumes
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At the end of the 15-week period of consuming omega-3-fortified dairy, the researchers noted significant improvements in cardiovascular risk factors, as measured in blood levels:
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Small amounts of omega-3s are found in plant foods, such as vegetable oils and nuts. The richest sources of omega-3s are fatty, cold-water fish and flaxseeds. But most of the research on the relationship between heart disease, other chronic conditions, and omega-3s has focused on the fats that come from fish. This is an important distinction: Omega-3 fats from fish are different, in terms of chemical structure, from plant omega-3s. Health experts don't yet have enough research evidence to know if plant-based omega-3s will have the same chronic disease prevention benefits as fish fats.
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To get the potential benefits of omega-3s, focus on fish:
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In 2006, Kleem asked Dimora and Russo to assist him in obtaining a county grant to build a pedestrian bridge at Coe Lake in Berea. County commissioners eventually voted to award a $150,000 grant to the city of Berea for the project, according to court documents.
In 2008, Kleem asked Dimora and Russo to assist his brother with a smoking violation at his restaurant. Dimora made phone calls inquiring about the violation, according to court documents.
In 2008, Kleem helped arrange a trip to Las Vegas for Dimora, Russo, Kelley and others. Kleem gave Dimora and Russo $6,000 in cash each -- $1,000 to cover the cost of airfare and $5,000 for gambling. The money was enough to ensure that Dimora and Russo gambled enough to be "comped" suites at the Mirage, as Kleem had arranged, according to court documents.
While in Las Vegas, Kleem gave Dimora approximately $3,500 in gaming chips. He also hired a prostitute, at Dimora's request, for $1,000 and escorted the prostitute to Dimora's suite, according to court documents
While in Las Vegas, Kleem and Dimora discussed details of bids for work on the county's Juvenile Justice Center project, work for which Kleem was bidding. They also discussed having a specific inspector assigned to the Snow Road resurfacing project. The inspector was eventually assigned to the job, as a result of Kelley's efforts and Dimora's influence, according to court documents.
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Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Touchy subject.....
I have always been an emotional little soul, I get that from my mother who can cry at the most ridiculous things (love you mum). I remember the first time we watched Beaches together and we were both crying uncontrollably on the sofa. What a pair of idiots. But I am not talking about the feeling of sadness you get when you watch a sad movie or you see an adorable puppy. I am talking about the cold hard grip of reality when life just doesn't seem worth it anymore.
I believe that most people suffer from some sort of depression or anxiety in their lives. This can come from grief, stress, break down of relationships or any "normal" life experiences we go through. Depression linked to long term illness is somewhat different. When you contemplate a life you didn't really want or expect to live, it can have devastating consequences on your (here's that awful word again) mental health. It doesn't grab you overnight, in my experience, but can be a long downward spiral of a road that eventually takes over you.
I think of the days where I couldn't get out of bed, feeling like a complete failure and insisting that it was never going to get better and I hate myself for that. Its very difficult to be positive all the time and to be fair not everyone likes miss smiley smiley! I sought help in the end when it got to the point where I couldn't see the point. It's a horrible thing when you have to admit to people that you are feeling depressed but the endless panic attacks, sobbing and generally feeling your lying under 10 ton of crap just couldn't continue if I was ever going to get better.
I received help in the form of counselling and yes, more, medication. I normally would not advise anyone to go down the route of medication for mental health problems but I stuck it out as long as possible and decided it was the only way forward in my situation. Don't get me wrong, my RA had a massive part to play in my "sad" days but other issues that came as a result of that (loss of job, moving back home, financial crap etc) all add up to a very vicious circle. The fact is your mental health has a massive impact on your physical health and whilst you are feeling down your physical health will not improve. It was only after seeking help to soothe the mind that physically I was on the way up too.
No-one likes to talk about their "feelings" in this day and age, unless its to someone you pay £100 an hour to while you lie on their couch, but my point is that its vital to discuss the effects RA and other long term illnesses may have on your mind. I am incredibly lucky that I no longer feel the grip of sadness and have a more positive outlook on life (not quite miss smiley smiley). Do not feel ashamed or alone in this, it is perfectly normal and with the right help you will soon feel like there is a point to all this again. Ooh I'm getting all emotional now, damn it mother….
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- Anonymous3 August 2010 at 13:50
Though I am not one to hold things in, I have found many people don't care to hear another person's hardships. I've had days of sadness but have not been "gripped" with the depression I do see many others go through. It is difficult no doubt to endure a long term physical problem but when you add a break down of happiness, it can be all encompassing and overwhelming.ReplyDelete
What can be just as bad is when doctors think "all" chronic pain sufferers must be depressed. It's okay to say, I feel like crap in my body and not have that be misconstrued to read "I'm depressed". This is the one of the reasons my hubs goes to every appt with me.
I had a surgeon who did my cervical spine twice. Once alone and the second time with two other world reknown surgeons. I have permanent root nerve damage in my neck all way down to my L.Dorsi muscles. I was in horrible pain. I had an appt with him and he was running 1 hour 15 minutes late. I had also had a death in my family the day before. I had just begun to weep as he entered the room. He starts talking about how we need to get another look at the neck and see what's happening with the hardware or if the screws have jerked loose. I look up and he see's my tears. He says, "no reason to be so hysterical about this". I was fit to be tied.
I wonder, does the illness cause the depression or the lack of true understanding and compassion cause it. I think this would make for a great poll if enough people could be rounded up to answer/choose.
Good post today and your are right about this fact mostly: "it's vital to discuss the effects of <-----insert disorder here...." You are 100 percent right. Hugs to you. Tazzy
- Beccy Dawson3 August 2010 at 18:00
Thanx Kerrie now everyone knows im a crybaby lol. I was always told it was better to share your worries and problems with the ones you love, but I also know that sometimes a strangers ear is easier to talk into.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4 August 2010 at 12:08
I followed the link here from the NRAS facebook page.
My father had RA for the last seven years of his life before he sadly passed away last year.
We were close, and to see him suffer so badly with the disease in addition to his other ailments (he had asbestosis) was so difficult.
It was the RA that he hated the most, and this led to the changes in his personality and profound sadness.
I feel so much guilt as I never knew quite how to deal with the mood swings, and empathy is impossible when you are in good health.
Keep up the good work, and keep smiling !
great post, I am like a lot of people who hide my true feelings about most!ReplyDelete


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Shiba the mother chimp loves her newborn so much that she's just not letting go.
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