Easley Patch Weekly Roundup: Sept. 11- Sept. 17

Just in case you missed something, here's some of what happened in Easley this week:

Monday

• Clemson announced that 23 Easley residents earned degrees during the Aug. 13 summer commencement ceremony.
• Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty returned to Charleston on Monday to endorse his one-time opponent, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, in the 2012 GOP Presidential Primary.

Tuesday

• Easley Police have charged an Easley man with the attempted murder of another man.
• JR Automation Technologies LLC, a Michigan-based maker of automation equipment for the automotive, pharmaceutical, food and general industries, announced plans Tuesday to expand and locate its new sales, engineering and manufacturing facility in Pickens County.
• Easley City Council voted to approve the sale of the former Easley Recreation Center on Monday night.
• With Arizona officials announcing they will move their Republican primary into February, South Carolina's party leaders say they will do what it takes to protect the Palmetto State's vital electoral role.
• Easley City Council voted Monday night to approve the first reading of an ordinance to redraw the city's six voting wards.

Wednesday

• The Easley Farmers Market Committee held a meeting on Tuesday morning to discuss the possibility of using a vacant lot on West A Avenue, formerly the city's Courtesy Dump, as a community garden.
• Bank of America will soon close one Easley branch as a result of a massive cost-cutting effort to bring the bank back to fiscal stability.
• The average SAT score for South Carolina students dropped last year while average scores on Advance Placement tests improved.

Thursday

• The second reading for the annexation of two properties owned by the local Honda dealership is on hold while an oversight in the property survey is resolved.
• Influential conservatives in three early GOP nominating states find former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney polished, exerienced and electable -- despite the tag that he's a "Republican in name only."
• Police have charged an Easley man with engaging in sexual intercourse with a minor last month.

Friday

• A bill that would significantly limit the power of the National Labor Relations Board passed in the House of Representatives on Thursday.
• Pickens County's Holly Springs Elementary is one of three S.C. elementary schools to be named a 2011 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education on Thursday.
• The unemployment rate in South Carolina rose for the fourth straight month as the national rate held steady at 9.1 percent.

Saturday

• The Easley Green Wave rolled over Riverside High School Friday night defeating the Warriors 42-0. This is the 4th straight win for Easley.
• A 23-year-old man originally from Summerville was found dead Friday in the woods in the Upstate, according to Fox 21.