Yearly Archives: 2020
Opioid summit inspires at SWU
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — At the height of his baseball career, Darryl Strawberry stepped up to the plate, helping his teams win four World Series titles.
These days, Strawberry steps up to the microphone, traveling the world and sharing his story of 
substance abuse, treatment and recovery.
Strawberry spoke at the recent Road to Recovery Through Christ Summit at Southern Wesleyan University. The Steppin’ It Up Coalition and Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County
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District updates virus numbers
COUNTY — Only two of the School District of Pickens County’s more than 20 schools had no staff or 
students quarantined due to the threat of COVID-19 as of Friday.
Ambler Elementary and Dacusville Middle were the only schools in the county with no students or staff testing positive or quarantined, according to data posted on the district website.
The district reported Friday that eight staff members had
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Local COVID-19 spread increases
COLUMBIA — South Carolina officials have reported just one new COVID-19 death in Pickens County over the past week, but the virus’ spread in the county over the past two weeks is cause for 
concern, as Pickens has moved from the state’s lowest two-week incidence rate to one of its highest over the past three
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Fund could provide some road repairs
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A county fund could be used to help pay to fix smaller road issues through Pickens 
County.
The issue came up during county council’s Aug. 10 meeting.
The Forfeited Land Commission is a company created by state law “that bids in for property when no one bids on it at the delinquent tax sale,” county administrator Ken Roper said.
“Something bad will have happened,” he said. “Someone didn’t pay
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Clark gives update on sheriff’s office
Counseling programs to begin soon
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark says the detention center has only had one inmate with COVID-19 during the pandemic.
“We’ve done very well as compared to a lot of people across the state, especially the Department of Corrections,” he said.
Clark gave an update on the sheriff’s office during a virtual Pickens United meeting Aug. 31.
“We talk about it every day,” Clark said of COVID-19. “We’ve been very lucky.”
His agency’s biggest concern regarding the pandemic “is the detention center,” he said.
“We’ve done well with that,” Clark said. “We’ve only had one person booked in that had COVID that we know of, and we tried to get them out the next day.”
The detention center staff “has been great” in dealing
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Easley company sponsoring 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
GREENVILLE — An Easley-based company is set to sponsor a memorial event to honor and remember New York first responders who selflessly gave their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
Safe Industries, which has provided safety equipment, firefighting products and services to first responders for 15 years, is sponsoring the Greenville City 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, set to be held
New cycling event coming next year
Public meeting planned for next week at mill
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A new cycling event is coming to the Jocassee Gorges next year, and organizers expect the inaugural event will draw 1,000 cyclists to the area.
The Gran Fondo Hincapie-Jocassee is set for March 6, 2021, according to a release from Hincapie
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Make your investments work as hard as you do
Labor Day has come and gone. Of course, this year, the holiday may have a different impact, given the employment-related stress and disruptions stemming from the coronavirus. Yet, it’s good to 
recognize the value of work and its importance in achieving your life’s goals. But if you’re going to retire comfortably and reach your other financial objectives, you also need to invest — and your investments need to work as hard as you do.
To help make this happen, you need to know why you’re investing in the first place. You likely have a
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Medical decisions made by neighbor?
How would you like it if you were admitted to a hospital, unable to express your wishes and ask questions, and a neighbor strolled in and started making medical decisions for you?
The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General was asked to investigate after this happened to a veteran who was hospitalized for three weeks.
The OIG determined that the neighbor had no legal authority to make medical decisions for
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Courier Obituaries 9-9-20
ERVIN MCGILL BREZEALE SR.
PICKENS — Ervin McGill Brezeale Sr., 91, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his daughter’s 
home to be with the Lord on Monday morning, Aug. 31, 2020.
Born on Jan. 14, 1929, in Pickens County, he was the son of the late George Ervin and Cora Jane Brezeale of Six Mile. He drove a truck for most of his life along with Pony Express. He loved gardening and had a green thumb and always had a beautiful yard with lots of beautiful flowers. For one third of his life, Mac lived in Charlotte, N.C., where he and his wife, Lucille Daves Brezeale, grew their home and family of six kids
