Monthly Archives: December 2019
Life of county’s landfill extended
Officials may also reopen centers on Wednesdays
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Efforts from county staff will allow the landfill slated to close this year to be used for several more months.
Acting county administrator Ken Roper discussed the landfill during county council’s Committee of the Whole meeting Dec. 16.
“The council has already, in this budget, allocated money to accomplish the closure of this landfill this budget year, and
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Officials stress need for census participation
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — 2020 is a census year, and county officials say it’s important that the count be as accurate as possible.
Acting Pickens County administrator Ken Roper discussed the census during the Dec. 16 county council meeting.
“Being counted for the census is a very important thing,” he said. “It impacts our ability to receive funding from the federal government. It triggers certain obligations and responsibilities under state law, and it also gives us
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Pickens woman killed in accident
EASLEY — A 20-year-old woman died in a single-vehicle accident last week.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Ramona Lynne Farman.
The accident occurred at 11:55 p.m. Dec. 17 at 3180 Earls Bridge Road in Easley, Kelley said.
Farman was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle, Kelley said. She was pronounced dead at
Shining with the spirit of Christmas
I’ve written a lot of Christmas stories over the years. Most of the time, I’ve gone out in search of the spirit of Christmas in the most unlikely of places. Christmas among families separated by war. Christmas in the 
Greyhound station. Christmas among the homeless.
Even in the bleakest of circumstances, you can almost always find a saint, shining the light of Christmas in the darkness.
A few years ago, I was out on such a mission, driving through the poorest
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SC US attorney now a federal judge
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former United States Attorney for South Carolina Sherri Lydon is now a federal judge.
In October, President Donald Trump nominated Lydon for a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
The Senate confirmed Lydon’s nomination with a 76-13 vote on Dec. 5.
Senator Lindsey Graham is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He issued a statement following Lydon’s confirmation.
“I’m very pleased that Sherri Lydon has been confirmed in a bipartisan vote to serve as a federal district court judge for South Carolina,” Graham said. “She is one of our state’s most talented
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Delegation plans annual meeting
LIBERTY — The Pickens County Legislative Delegation will hold its annual public meeting at the Pickens County Performing Arts Center, located at 314 W. Main St. in Liberty, on Monday, Jan. 6.
Reports from organizations and boards will be heard starting at 5:30 p.m. The floor will be opened for public comments at 6 p.m.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the meeting. Residents will have an opportunity to ask questions
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Easley council votes to table
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The city of Easley could be growing next year, if city council approves two requested annexations.
Council was scheduled to vote on the annexations at the Dec. 9 meeting, but voted to table them.
CWatt LLC, the owner of 67.5 acres on Lenhardt Road and Luke Court, has applied for annexation into the city, as well as a zoning designation of flexible review district.
The requested annexation is in connection with a proposed single-family
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The Christmas story
“And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, 
everyone to his own city.
“Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
“Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the
Path to better SC schools only starts with teacher pay raise
It’s one of those “duh” comments that seems painfully obvious once it’s said, but that holds a truth that we too often forget until it is said.
Great teachers, Gov. Henry McMaster said Tuesday in announcing his plan to raise S.C. teacher pay by $3,000 
next year, “don’t want to do it for the money.” But, he continued, “they can’t do it without the money.”
It’s essentially the same idea that too many people forget
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Wired or wireless?
Much of the time we want to embrace technology and whatever is the latest and greatest. When it comes to our electronic gadgets, sometimes the newest isn’t necessarily the best.
I suspected I was in trouble when my cable provider insisted on installing a new, fancy modem. Within hours, my computer, hooked up via Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity), was dragging and cutting out. After multiple phone calls over
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