Daily Archives: 01/21/2020
Courier letters to the editor 1-22-20
Sitting on the fence
Dear Editor,
I am thinking that closing our primaries in South Carolina still won’t fix the problem of RINOs in the Republican Party. These RINOs have a huge following of what they prefer to be called “moderates” or “centrists.”
These people are abundantly found in Greenville, Easley and Clemson and are showing up in Pickens, Six Mile, Central and Liberty as well. Why is that? I will tell you why — the failure of our church leaders and our public schools who refuse to stand up for conservative Christian
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Daniel girls open region with win
By John Robert Ayers
Courier Sports
news@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — Following an up-and-down early-season trek, the Daniel High School girls’ basketball team needed a win in the worst way against the Palmetto Mustangs to begin region 
play on Jan. 14.
Sitting at 7-7 entering the game, the Lions looked poised to start with a leg up in region play before allowing Palmetto to cut slowly into their lead, whittling it down to four points with 6:48 remaining in the game.
With their advantage dwindling, the Lions stepped up their game with a couple of three-pointers from Sincere Hicks and Jasmine
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Lions fall to Palmetto
By John Robert Ayers
Courier Sports
news@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — Riding a four-game winning streak, the Daniel High School boys’ basketball team 
had plenty of confidence heading into its game against the Palmetto Mustangs on Jan. 14.
The Mustangs, no slouches themselves, as they entered the game at 12-5 on the season, went punch for punch with the Lions as both teams struggled in desire of a region-opening win.
With his team down two with less than 30 seconds remaining, Daniel’s Bobby Taylor was fouled on a shot attempt by Jaden Young. Taylor hit both of the free throws to tie the game up at 53-53, but Young, making up for the foul, put the dagger in the Lions’ heart with a deep three in the final seconds to secure
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Pickens looks to rebound
PICKENS — The Pickens High School women’s basketball team dropped two games to region foes at home last week, and the Lady Blue Flame will seek to rebound this week in region games against Daniel and Palmetto.
On the regular season, the Lady Blue Flame stand at 5-6 overall and 0-2 in the region. The Pickens girls dropped a Jan. 14 home game to Wren, 57-37, then lost at home Friday to Walhalla, 43-36.
“I believe that we learn and keep getting better every game individually and as a team,” Blue Flame coach Rikki Owens said. “We are going to focus on our energy on the court and continue
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Signups now open for soccer, volleyball
PICKENS — Registration is now open for the spring soccer and volleyball seasons at the Pickens Recreation Center on Sangamo Road in Pickens.
Financial assistance is available for those who qualify, and applications will only be taken through this Friday, though registration will be open through Jan. 31.
For soccer, the following coed age divisions are offered — 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. Depending
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Courier Obituaries 1-22-20
Ruby Christine Esuary Nabors
PICKENS — Ruby Christine Esuary Nabors, 99, wife of the late Fred Esuary, passed away Sunday, Jan, 19, 2020.
Arrangements are under the direction of Robinson Funeral Home and Crematory-Downtown, Easley.
ELOISE STEWART REECE
SIX MILE — Eloise Stewart Reece, 82, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2020, in Pickens.
Born in Pickens, she was the daughter of the late Wayne Stewart and Minnie Powell Stewart and wife of the late Charles Jimmy Reece.
She was a member of Antioch Baptist church and served as a custodian at Cannon Hospital.
Survivors include one son, Jerry Lee Reece and his wife Diann of Pickens; and a daughter,
WHY WE CELEBRATE
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday celebrates the life and legacy of a man who brought hope and healing to America. We commemorate as well the timeless values he taught us through his 
example — the values of courage, truth, justice, compassion, dignity, humility and service that so radiantly defined Dr. King’s character and empowered his leadership. On this holiday, we commemorate the universal, unconditional love, forgiveness and nonviolence that empowered his revolutionary spirit.
We commemorate Dr. King’s inspiring words, because his voice and his vision filled a great void in our nation, and answered our collective longing to become a country that truly lived by its noblest principles. Yet, Dr. King knew that it wasn’t enough just to talk the talk, that he had to walk the walk for his words to be credible. And so we commemorate on this holiday the man of action, who put his life on the line for freedom and justice every day, the man who braved threats and jail and beatings and
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REMEMBERING DR. KING
Each January, Americans remember and reflect on the life of a man who stood up for his rights 
and the rights of millions of American citizens. Martin Luther King Jr. ultimately lost his life fighting for the rights of black Americans, and his courage is celebrated every year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
King was a Baptist minister and a social rights activist who helped shape the American Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. King seemed destined for greatness at an early age and studied medicine and law at Morehouse College. However, he chose to follow in his father’s footsteps and make a career out of his beliefs and religion. According to History.com, King entered Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree, won a prestigious fellowship
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Pickens Revitalization Association names Main Street Challenge finalists
PICKENS — The Pickens Revitalization Association recently announced the finalists for the Main Street Challenge, an entrepreneurial start-up competition for the purpose of generating additional retail occupancy in Pickens.
Pickens Revitalization Association will award two cash incentives in the amount of $5,000 or one cash incentive in the amount of $10,000 for start-up businesses or new concepts, which must then open a new location or introduce their new concept in Pickens by May 1, 2020. The money offered to the winner(s) will take the form of a potentially forgivable loan, determined
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Winter Bluegrass Jubilee set for this weekend in Pickens
PICKENS — The Young Appalachian Musicians (YAM) will hold its annual indoor music festival, the Winter Bluegrass Jubilee, this Saturday at Pickens High School.
This year’s band lineup includes Sister Sadie, Carolina Blue, ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band, West End String Band, New Dixie Storm, Young Appalachian Musicians school groups, Sweet Potato Pie Kids, Ella and Mary, and Luke Deuce.
Doors will open at 10 a.m. with the singing of the national anthem by Ansley Burns. Workshops currently include a banjo workshop with Gena Britt, a fiddle workshop with Deannie Richardson, music in education with the ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band, the traditional
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