Daily Archives: 04/23/2019
Easter sunrise
Hillcrest Memorial Park hosted its annual Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday. The many who attended were greeted by the sounds of the Secona Praise Team, followed by a message delivered by former Pickens High School principal Marion Lawson.
Upcoming fundraisers to benefit Pickens County Meals on Wheels
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Pickens County Meals on Wheels will pack two fundraisers into two days this week.
The organization’s home base, the McKissick Center for Senior Wellness, will host the first fundraiser on Friday — a dinner and concert featuring the Diamond River Band, according to executive director Kim Valentin.
“They are a great, eclectic Asheville-based band,” she said. “They specialize in country, classic rock and current hits with a
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Liberty sewer fee set to be eliminated
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Liberty residents will have a little more jingle in their pockets than they’ve had for the past three years, starting next month.
That’s because a $2.80 fee that has been tacked onto their monthly sewer bills will be going away in May.
Money collected through the fee has gone to pay for a $180,000 sewer line reconstruction project, according to the city.
City council voted in April 2016 to add the $2.80 surcharge for 36 months to pay for replacing 2,000 feet of sewer line during reconstruction of the intersection of S.C. Highway 93 and U.S. Highway 178, according to city figures. The surcharge went into effect in May 2016.
Crazy, hazy recuperation days
I recently had surgery and am now recuperating at home. I’m glad it’s over and very glad I don’t have to do it again anytime 
soon.
From what I’ve heard, everything went well in the hospital. I must ask others who were present for details, as there are three complete days missing from my memory.
That’s due to a reaction to pain medication that didn’t agree with me.
Although few details are clear, due to the hallucinations, I have been told of some the things I did and said while in the land of lunacy.
According to sources close to the matter, I called my cousin
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My best buddy
Joe was my best buddy in my preteen and teen years. We put a lot of miles on each other, or something like that. Joe was the only boy in a family of four girls. He lived about a mile from our house on Meece Mill road.
I remember walking home from Twelve Mile Elementary School with Joe on many occasions. One April afternoon, we were strolling along headed home from school and — for no reason apparent to me, at least — Joe hauled off and threw all his books in the Twelve Mile River. I asked why he did that, and his reply was that he was tired of studying them, and besides, they were heavy. When I told him that he would have to pay for them, he jumped into the river and retrieved the now-waterlogged books.
The next day, the books were dry and about three times as thick as the day before. When asked what happened, he shrugged and said something about the oven being too hot.
When we were 16 or 17, Joe and I once joined a proposed lake
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Courier Letter to the Editor
Prayin’ in Pickens
Dear Editor,
Nothing gives a parent more pleasure than to see their adult children gathered around the dinner table, enjoying the food and each other. Although our children are individuals, and some relationships may be a challenge, we, as parents, love our children and we want them to love one another. Why? Because we are family.
The same is true for God. Nothing gives Him more pleasure than to see His children (the body of Christ) gathered together, enjoying His Word (the food of life) and each other. And while we are individuals and some relationships may be challenging, God loves us and wants us to love one another. Why? Because
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Building a ladder to your dreams
There are certain spiritual laws similar to the natural law of gravity that may be difficult to understand, yet they are true and important keys to victorious living. The power of words falls under this category and are an excellent addition of knowledge and wisdom to our spiritual life.
We can learn that words are much more than simple communication, and when spoken in accordance with God’s desires they actually carry the power to motivate, inspire and
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Courier Obituaries 4-24-19
FRANCES MAHAFFEY
LIBERTY — Frances Elizabeth Duncan Mahaffey, 92, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 15, 2019, at Pruitt Health in 
Six Mile.
Born in Salem, she was the widow of Vernon Mahaffey and a daughter of the late William “Tom” and Mittie Stewart Duncan. Mrs. Mahaffey was retired from Libco Mills and she loved spending time outdoors tending to her flowers. She was a longtime member of Calumet Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir.
Surviving are two sons, Billy Vernon Mahaffey (Janis) and Terry Wayne “Ted” Mahaffey (Darlene), both of Seneca; two brothers, Junior and Virgil Duncan, both of Pickens; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased
Bringing the hits
Legendary Oak Ridge Boys set to headline annual Blue Ridge Fest
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — When Richard Sterban joined the Oak Ridge Boys in 1972, he had no idea the band would still be going strong 47 
years later.
In fact, some people questioned the wisdom of his decision at first.
“I was in kind of a unique position in my life,” Sterban said. “I was with a group called J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet.”
That group was performing with the King himself.
“I was standing pretty much in the dark onstage but I was
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LMSC Teen Miss Pickens County plans meet and greet at The Scoop
Nevaeh Grace Woodson was recently crowned LMSC Teen Miss 
Pickens County and LMSC Sparkle City Sweetheart. She is a sophomore at Daniel High school and will be representing Pickens County at the LMSC Little Miss and Teen Miss South Carolina pageants in July. Woodson is planning a meet and greet from noon-2 p.m. April 28 at The Scoop in Six Mile.
