Monthly Archives: June 2020
Runoffs set for next Tuesday
COUNTY — Pickens County voters will head to the polls one more time next Tuesday, June 23, for a pair of 2020 Republican primary runoff elections.
Two S.C. State House seats will be up for grabs, as Districts 3 and 5 each have two candidates facing off to be on the ballot in November.
All registered voters are eligible to vote, even if they did not vote in last week’s Republican primary.
In the S.C. State House District 3 runoff, current Pickens County School Board trustee Phillip Bowers
Old Gettys building abandoned to make way for apartments
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The former Gettys Middle School site has officially been declared an abandoned 
property.
During its June 8 meeting, Easley City Council passed a resolution certifying that the property located at 105 Stewart Drive is an abandoned building site.
“We have somebody that’s submitted site plans to turn this property into apartments,” city administrator Stephen Steese said.
The South Carolina Abandoned Buildings Revitalization Act was created to “incentivize
July 4th event to be only fireworks
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Easley’s Fourth of July celebration 
will feature only fireworks.
The impact of the pandemic on Independence Day activities was discussed at city council’s June 8 meeting. Council’s regular July meeting will not take place until after the holiday.
City public information officer and marketing director Chase Campbell said “the Fourth of July event this year will just be the fireworks.”
“After meeting in our staff meetings and seeing what other municipalities are doing about their usual Fourth of July events, we’re only going to do the fireworks display,” he said. “We’re not going to have any type of food trucks. We’re not
Clemson changes college name, asks legislators to alter Tillman
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — Clemson University has changed the name of its honors college and requested the S.C. 
General Assembly change the name of Tillman Hall.
Clemson’s board of trustees unanimously approved dropping Calhoun from the school’s Honors College, named after former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun. Calhoun defended the institution of slavery. Clemson’s campus is built on Calhoun’s Fort Hill Plantation.
Provost Bob Jones recommended the school rebrand and rename the honors college to the Clemson University Honors College. The
Resuming curbside recycling ‘almost unattainable’ for Easley
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Easley officials hope to one day resume the city’s curbside recycling program.
City officials recently announced that curbside recycling would be suspended beginning this week.
During discussion of the fiscal year ’20-’21 budget during council’s June 8 meeting, Councilman Brian Garrison asked city administrator Stephen Steese to discuss what the city’s plans are for recycling.
The decision to suspend curbside recycling “mostly has to do with the recycling market in general,” Steese said.
The city currently partners with Pickens County to recycle, he said.
“We take all of our recycling to Pickens County,” Steese said. “They sort
Fall volleyball and soccer registration open at Pickens Rec
PICKENS — Fall soccer and volleyball registration are being taken now through July 24 at the Pickens Recreation Center on Sangamo Road in Pickens.
For soccer, the following coed age divisions are offered: 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-15.
Volleyball age divisions are 7-9, 10-12, 13-14 and 15-17.
Following registration, a skills/evaluation day will be held for each age division. The registration fee
You have the right to catch coronavirus
How do you sanitize a bowling ball? There is no implied criticism in asking this question. I’m just 
asking because there is a sincere need here to understand.
I don’t bowl. My husband used to and was on a championship bowling team at one time in his life. But that was then. As Grandmama used to ask my brother, “If Vince Nelson jumps off the roof of a building, does that mean you have to do it, too?”
It’s possible to have drive-in church services, but if drive-in bowling is available, it hasn’t come to my ears.
Coronavirus has not gone away, and although there is ample
And I know He watches me
I was working out in the yard the other day and a tiny sparrow landed on the ground just a few feet 
from me. I watched as it moved its head around and then flew off with lightning speed.
I was reminded of the passage in Matthew chapter 10 that states that God keeps His eye on every sparrow and how He watches us even more closely. What a comfort to know that wherever we are or what experiences we are going through, our loving Heavenly
Courier Letters to the Editor 6-17-20
Give them a gift greater than money
Dear Editor,
A number of years ago I heard about a prison with 1,500 inmates that told them for Mother’s Day they would give them a card to send their mothers. All they had to do was give them their names and they’d buy one and mail it for them free. The demand was so great that they had to reorder. The cards were sent, and Mother’s Day was a success.
The next month was Father’s Day, and the same offer was made. Not one request for a card.
Men who have children need to take time to be with their child or children. No guarantee they’ll
Rogers golf tourney scheduled Saturday
PICKENS — The 16th annual Charles F. Rogers Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament is scheduled for Saturday.
The tournament, which annually benefits a male and female senior basketball player from Pickens High School planning to attend a university, college or technical school, is set to kick off with a 2 p.m. shotgun start at Southern Oaks Golf Course.
The tournament will follow a captain’s choice format, and entry costs $75 per person or $300 per four-person team. Hole sponsorships are available for $100, $75 and $50, and prizes will be awarded for first,
