Daily Archives: 12/19/2017
Man pleads guilty for role in bowling alley shooting
PICKENS — An Easley man was sentenced last week for his role in the death of a teenager outside an Easley bowling alley.
Jamari Trayvar Fair, 20, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, according to a release from 13th Circuit solicitor Walt Wilkins.
Fair was charged for his involvement in the death of KeJuan Brown, 17, on Feb. 17, 2016.
Brown was shot and killed outside of Tri-City Lanes just after 9 p.m. on Feb. 17.
Easley Police Chief Tim Tollison said after the shooting that
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Pickens County Legislative Delegation plans annual meeting with constituents plans annual meeting with constituents
LIBERTY — Members of the Pickens County Legislative Delegation will hold their annual public meeting early next month.
The event is scheduled for Jan. 8 at the Pickens County
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Could there be elves among us?
Are leprechauns, elves, fairies and The Little People all the same? Well, not in my mind. When we were children we wanted to believe in fairies and convinced ourselves they were probably 
real.
We’d tell each other, “Just because we can’t see them doesn’t mean they aren’t there.”
We know that leprechauns have a pot of gold, are native to Ireland and sell cereal. We’ve seen it on TV. The Little People
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Let every heart prepare Him room
The author of this story is unknown and has been told by many people throughout the years. The gentleman to whom I’m going to introduce you was not a scrooge, but a kind, decent man and generous to his family and upright in
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Appliances not what they used to be
Long gone are the days when our 15-year-old coffee pot died and we could confidently run to the store and buy another just 
like it. Things are different now. That coffee pot (or any other older appliance) might not be manufactured anymore, or at least not in any recognizable format. The brand names we used to
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Miracle of the season
Weeks after her heart stopped 7 times, Liberty woman thanks first responders who saved her life
By Pamela Dodson
Staff Reporter
pdodson@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY —
Only God knows when our time comes to an end, and only he knows when he will call us home.
Laura Jones of Liberty knows this with all her heart.
You see, she has died. In fact, she died at least seven times on Oct. 30.
But she now knows that it was not her time to leave this world.
“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best
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SWU honors longtime hoops coach
CENTRAL — As the 2017-18 basketball season got underway, 
Southern Wesleyan University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Charles Wimphrie began coaching what is to be his final season before retiring.
Many of Wimphrie’s former players joined family, friends and university colleagues to
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PHS Class of 1957 holds 60th reunion
The Pickens High School Class of 1957 held its 60th class reunion on Sept. 23 at the Gatehouse Restaurant in Pickens. Pictured in front are Lu Garrett Bagwell, Mary Jo Garrett Groomes, Nan McJunkin Boggs, Mary Jane Gilstrap Nix, Betty Holder Quist, Betty Ballard Powell, Patsy Sexton Chastain, Nancy Lark Looper, Margaret Swords Chappell and Jennie Hendricks Easterly. In the back row are Walter Pace, Geraldine Duncan Chapman, Mary Clement Butler, Franklin Porter, Alton Childs, Nancy Gantt Proffit, Martha Sue Welborn Bradley, Olive Porter, David Stone, Charles Winchester, Carl Durham, Fred Brown, Henry Dickard, L.C. Honaker and Eric Wallis.
Courier Community Calendar 12-20-17
• NA meetings set around county
Narcotics Anonymous has several meetings scheduled around Pickens County.
The “Pioneers of Change” group has open meetings in Clemson every Sunday at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Clemson. The church is located at 397 College Ave.
The group “Chock Full of Nuts” has open meetings in Easley
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Nothing says Christmas like cookies
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
When you bite into a Christmas cookie, you’re doing more than 
eating dessert. You’re revisiting every past Christmas stored in tastebud memory.
Christmas cookies should jumpstart the celebrations we all look forward to. There’s nothing like walking into a warm kitchen from the cold outdoors with the scent of spices and baking in the air.
These recipes are unapologetically packed with richness and
