Monthly Archives: February 2018
Special Olympians recognized
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Four Special Olympians were recognized this week for their achievements.
Marcus Crowder, Ansley Hayes, Tyler Poole and Anne Smith will be representing Pickens County and South Carolina at the National Special Olympics in Seattle in July.
The four athletes were recognized by Pickens County Council
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Red Devils wrestling for Upper State title
LIBERTY — The Liberty High School Red Devil wrestling team advanced to the Upper State championship match with wins over Landrum 74-6 and North Central 51-30 on Saturday.
Winning two matches on the day for the Red Devils were Jack Brissey, Lucas Bates, Noah Kelly, Ajah Young, Hunter Powell,
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Baseball, softball registration open at Pickens Recreation
PICKENS — Baseball and softball registration is being taken now through Feb. 23 at the Pickens Recreation Center on Sangamo Road in Pickens.
The following coed age divisions are offered: instructional (age 4), tee ball/coaches pitch (5-6) and pitching machine (7-8).
Age divisions offered for boys’ baseball include minors (9-10), O-zone (11-12), boys (13-14) and majors (15-19), provided
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Six Mile Rec holding baseball, softball signups until Feb. 15
SIX MILE — The Six Mile Recreation Department is currently registering participants for spring youth baseball and softball.
Registration will end on Thursday, Feb. 15. Baseball and softball age divisions and costs are $40 for tee-ball for boys and girls ages 4-6, $65 for coach pitch baseball for ages 6-8, and $75 for 10U baseball for ages 8-10, 12U baseball for ages 11-12, 10U softball for girls ages 8-10, 12U softball for girls ages 11-12 and 15U Softball for girls ages 13-15.
Participants may download a form or register online at sixmilesc.org/recreation.
For more information, contact the Six Mile Recreation Department at (864) 506-2940 or sixmilerec@gmail.com.
Legislators talk failed power plant
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
PICKENS — Members of the Pickens County Legislative Delegation told a group gathered for a Pickens United meeting last week that the controversial SCANA-Santee Cooper-V.C. Summer issue is continuing to be their primary focus in the S.C. General Assembly.
“The thing that’s drawing most of the attention is the failed
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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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