Daily Archives: 10/08/2019
Basketball signups open at Pickens Rec
PICKENS — Basketball registration will be held from now through Oct. 25 at the Pickens Recreation Center on Sangamo Road in Pickens.
The following age divisions are offered — 5-6 coed instructional; 7-8 boys and girls; 9-10 boys and girls; 11-12 boys
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City on the grow
PICKENS — Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce officials are excited about the growth being seen in Pickens.
Several new businesses have recently held ribbon-cutting ceremonies as they opened for business in the community.
LWV sets meeting schedule for rest of year
CLEMSON — The League of Women Voters of the Clemson Area has announced its meeting schedule for the rest of the
year.
Upcoming meetings are at 7:15 p.m. Oct. 15 at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Clemson with guest speaker Matthew Saltzman, who will talk about redistricting in South Carolina.
Events of the past year or so have brought vast changes to the redistricting landscape. The LWV will review recent
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Ministry gives shelter update
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Efforts to create an emergency homeless shelter in Pickens County are still moving forward, with portions of the building’s renovations halfway done.
Pastor Tracy Gantt and First Lady Sunshine Gantt gave an update on the project’s progress to their social media followers recently, taking them on a virtual tour of the renovation.
“We’re excited about helping these folks complete this project,” J. Davis Construction pre-construction manager Tim Winchester said. “We appreciate the opportunity and we’re thankful for all the volunteers that have come in. We look
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Perfect light, perfect picture
There’s a goat house in a pasture on the roadside in an area I travel fairly often, and it’s a fascinating sight. There are a number of goats living in the area, and they all have different accommodations, but the goat house is among the 
most interesting.
That’s because it’s a two-story structure with a front deck on the second story, a set of steps and a landing and a doorway from the deck into the interior.
I’ve watched mama goats with their babies, young goats and grown goats relaxing or grazing.
Once I drove down past the goat house, turned around and parked on the other side of the road. They watched for a few minutes, but when nothing happened, lost interest.
Then, as the cycle continues, some of the goats have
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Marking National Newspaper Week
It is easy in these times of “fake news” and denigration of the media to forget the importance of your local newspaper. It is National Newspaper Week, so take time to consider what value your local newspaper brings to your community 
and your life.
Newspaper staffers work hard to cover what you need to know and what you want to know. Local journalists write stories about the people who live and work in this community.
A study just released shows local newspapers significantly
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Courier Letters to the Editor 10-9-19
Tackling a range of topics
Dear Editor,
Something is really bothering me. The Liberty High School football team is known as the Liberty Red Devils. This is definitely not the kind of role model our students should have. No wonder there is so much violence in our schools. Instead, I think a much better name would be the Liberty Patriots. Now that is the role model our students should have. Also, for many years, they have lost most of their games. I wonder why? With a
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Fond memories of fox hunters
Daddy was friends with several local fox hunters who frequented his store. Mostly they were the Hudson brothers: Clemmon, R.V. and Cooter. Although Daddy never owned a fox hound, he loved to go with them on the nights they 
hunted close to our house.
These fox hunts were held twice weekly, usually in and around the Twelve Mile River swamps adjacent to our place. I am not sure when these hunters slept, because they were out kinda late each of these nights. The wizened hunters knew whether their dogs were chasing a gray or red fox from the way the dogs ran. Grays tended to run in close circles. The reds would run in a straight line, generally.
The rather loose-knit group of hunters met occasionally at someone’s cabin up in Nine Times. Never knew who owned that cabin. It was rather stark and musty, with little more than lights and table and makeshift
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Turgeon helps firefighters
State Farm agents know first-hand the trauma a family faces following a devastating house fire. That’s one reason why State Farm is taking a proactive approach to working with local fire departments to help communities reduce house fires. Pickens State Farm agent Sara Turgeon donated fire prevention kits to the Pickens Fire Department for National Fire Protection Association Fire Prevention Week Oct. 6-12. The kits contain educational fire prevention materials for homeowners and children. Firefighters can share the information at fire stations or at community events. Pictured, from left, are Pickens Fire Chief Chris Elrod, Pickens State Farm agent Sara Turgeon, Pickens State Farm office representatives Kristine Orzeck Barksdale, Carrie Sutherland and Rebecca Murray and Pickens Fire Department Capt. Rodney Crenshaw.
A Cup of College
Many gathered Oct. 1 to celebrate $461 raised at the one day “A Cup of College” event hosted by Solid Grounds Coffee Shop in Liberty to benefit the Liberty Community Scholarship. The event had huge support, including from Pickens County administrator Ken Roper, Liberty school leaders, principal Josh Oxendine, Angie Burgess, principal Lowell Haynes, vice principal Jaime Few, Kelly Gilstrap, principal Jessica Patterson, vice principal Joy Ellison, principal Lisa Cassidy, Liberty Mayor Brian Petersen, Liberty city administrator Bruce Evilsizer, city treasurer Lisa Smith, and other city and area businesses. Pictured are Friends of the Sarlin Library board member Tracy Morgan, Solid Grounds Coffee Shop owner Debra Chapman, Liberty Community Scholarship board chair Lisa Carpenter, scholarship supporter Sandy Owens and board members Shirley Bowman and Mel Avery.
