Daily Archives: 02/06/2018
OPGS plans meeting on February 20
CENTRAL — The next meeting of the Old Pendleton Genealogical Society will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. at Trinity Wesleyan Church, located at 700 Isaqueena Trail in Central.
The speaker will be Russ Hebert, who will speak on 18th century British army presence in the South Carolina backcountry and their artifacts.
Growth, coal ash among concerns for Liberty residents at town hall
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Coal ash, marketing and the county’s big birthday were among the topics Liberty residents wanted to hear about 
from their county council representative last week.
Pickens County Council chairman Roy Costner held a town hall meeting Jan. 29 at the Pickens County Performing Arts Center. He said he hopes other members of council will hold similar meetings in their districts.
“There’s a lot of great things happening, and we’ve got a lot of challenges,” Costner said.
Coster said while driving to the meeting, he heard about an area
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Courier Obituaries 2-7-18
Trina Allmon
LIBERTY — Trina Lynn Allmon, 54, of 714 N. Ashton Drive, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, at her residence.
She was born in Charlotte, N.C.
Surviving are her mother, Elizabeth R. Allmon of Liberty; a sister, Debra Allmon of Easley; her father, Jerry G. Allmon of West Union.
Services will be private. Online condolences may be sent to the
Keep those robins coming
There are some fat robins hopping around in the yard. We all know what this means, and like everyone else are pretty glad to 
see them. Spring is just around the corner, no matter what the groundhog may think.
Another bright spot is that even though I thought the dogs had destroyed every tulip and jonquil planted on one side of the walkway, I was wrong. There are clearly visible the tips of jonquils peeping up through the dirt.
Boomer and Little Red Dog are not deliberately destructive.
I know they don’t wake up every morning with a plan to dig up
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As far as the east is from the west
Someone said, “Our lives are defined by opportunities, including the ones 
we miss. Let us not weep over chances we have missed, but rather for the ones we did not take.”
When I look back over my life, I can see where I’ve made plenty of mistakes, and I’ve also missed out on some wonderful opportunities. Maybe you are saying the same thing. If so, I encourage you to resist the temptation to live in regret.
Humans are fallible creatures, and we all make wrong choices, but at least
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‘Pillbillies’ — another Appalachian stereotype
A stereotype is a generalized statement or belief applied to everyone in a group, as though the entire group is the same. Any belief or characteristic, 
applied to an entire group, immediately makes it invalid because no characteristics are held by everyone in the group. … Stereotypical beliefs sometimes come from some degree of truth, however. There is probably someone in the group who fits the stereotype,” said Lenora Billings-Harris.
I agree. In his younger years, my maternal grandfather boiled moonshine
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Courier letters to the editor 2-7-18
Preparing for a call to action
Dear Editor,
The Upstate counties of South Carolina are in danger of becoming more progressive and less conservative.
We need your help protecting conservative ideology. We will be meeting on Feb. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Six Mile Town Hall Community Room at 106 S. Main St. in Six Mile.
Conservatives of the Upstate (COTU) seeks to join forces with the various
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Springing to new life
After closing, Holly Springs school reborn as valuable community center
By Dr. Thomas Cloer, Jr.
Special to The Courier
March 14, 2016, was another “date which will live in infamy” for many in our Holly Springs community. It was also sad for families connected to Albert R. Lewis Elementary School. That was the date the Pickens County School Board voted 4-to-2 to close the two schools.
I was four days old when Franklin Delano Roosevelt died. My oldest brother, Nat, was a month old when FDR spoke those words on Dec. 7, 1941, after the Japanese Empire attacked Pearl Harbor. The word “infamy” means a disgrace or the very opposite of fame. My late uncle, Fred Moody, my late mother’s brother, was there serving in the army at Pearl Harbor, and survived the attack.
I have a little propensity to “protest too much” as Queen Gertrude said in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” While that may be true, let me quickly say that I spent years at both of those closed schools, and therefore should at least have my say. Without overdoing
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Courier Community Calendar 2-7-18
• Ash Wednesday pancake supper set
Lawrence Chapel United Methodist Church will host its annual Ash Wednesday pancake supper and service on Wednesday, Feb. 14.
Supper is planned from 5:30-6:45 p.m., followed by the service at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Lawrence Chapel United Methodist Church is located at 2101 Six Mile
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Clemson Area Chamber to hold annual ‘State Of Clemson’ event
CLEMSON — The Clemson Area Chamber of Commerce hosts the State of Clemson address each year to promote the growth of the community in the past year and take a look at what lies ahead for both the city of Clemson and Clemson University.
This year’s event will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 11:30 a.m. at the Madren Center Ballroom on Clemson University’s campus. Registration
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