Monthly Archives: January 2021
Pickens girls drop close contest with rival Easley
PICKENS — The Pickens Lady Blue Flame basketball team lost a close game with cross-county rival 
and region foe Easley High School 34-31 in a game played in Easley on Jan. 19.
“The fight and determination shines through this group of young ladies,” Pickens coach Rikki Owens said. “They
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Six Mile Rec now registering for spring softball, baseball, tee-ball
SIX MILE — The Six Mile Recreation Department is currently registering participants ages 4-12 for spring baseball, softball and tee-ball.
Fees are $40 for tee-ball (4-6 years old), $65 for coach pitch baseball/softball (7-8 years old), and $75 for baseball/softball
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Pickens Rec spring volleyball and soccer signups underway
PICKENS — Spring soccer and volleyball registration is being taken through Friday at the Pickens Recreation Center on Sangamo Road in Pickens.
In soccer, the following coed age divisions are offered: 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. Depending on size of leagues, the 9-10 and 11-12 divisions may have to be
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SDPC graduation ceremonies again set to be held outdoors
PICKENS — For the second consecutive year, the School District of Pickens County will hold its graduation exercises outdoors.
As a precaution due to COVID-19, the district will hold its commencement ceremonies at 8:30 a.m. May 22 at the four high schools’ respective football stadiums.
School District of Pickens County spokesman John Eby added that graduation will again be a ticketed event.
“The number of tickets will be determined based on
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Nonprofit seeking Valentines for elderly
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Warmth and Comfort for the Elderly in the Upstate, SC is collecting Valentine cards for residents in area health care facilities.
Members of the nonprofit use their crochet skills to provide warm items for nursing home patients, hospice groups, home health patients and elderly people who live at home and can’t afford them. They also hold regular donation drives like the Valentine
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Got your COVID shot? Great, but …
One of the most confounding things about our regrettable, year-long polarizing debate over wearing face masks during the pandemic is that so many people seemed to miss this basic fact: Such masks 
aren’t meant to protect the wearer, but to protect those with whom the wearer comes in contact.
We understand that ever since the first COVID-19 cases surfaced a year ago, people have yearned to keep their lives as normal and unfettered as possible. But anti-maskers who argue that they’re striking a blow for liberty are sadly misguided: Their refusal to don masks has worked mostly to undermine our liberty by prolonging this pandemic and making it more lethal.
That’s why we all need to bear in mind that the coronavirus vaccines now being distributed — and
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Courier Letters to the Editor 1-27-21
Observations on Opinion columns
Dear Editor,
Let me begin by stating that I am conservative — socially, morally and politically — but don’t think I am “radical” in any way. I’ve been called many things in my life, but have never been called “stupid” (my paraphrase) by a newspaper columnist before.
I subscribed to the largest daily paper in our area for 30-plus years, but stopped a few years ago because it was pushing the liberal agenda. My wife and I started picking up a Courier on the way to church each week. We’ve always appreciated the local news, sports, obituaries, etc., and felt the
Knowing God’s expectation for us
How many times will it need to be declared that we can have as much of God as we want? And how many tears will we shed from the sadness of knowing that most people only want enough to get by?
How often we find ourselves being so overwhelmed with problems, worries and stress that we are just too exhausted to invest time with the Lord, and it’s sad but common that many of us are guilty of basing our attitude toward Him according to what type of mood we are in. In Jeremiah 33:3, the Lord invites us to seek His face regardless of our emotional state. “Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show you great and
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Courier Obituaries 1-27-21
BOBBY GARLAND SIMMONS
EASLEY — Bobby Garland Simmons, 62, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Jan. 24, 2021.
Mr. Simmons was born in Pickens County and was the son of the late Garland Hudson Simmons and Lucille Parsons Simmons.
Survivors include his wife of 14 years, Lynn Garrett Simmons of Easley; and daughters, Amy Britz (Luke) of Fort Mill and Jennifer Ables (Ross) of Anderson. Surviving are three grandchildren, Clayton, Carsyn and Connor; and aunts Doris Childs and Gertrude Hughes of Pickens.
Mr. Simmons was of the Baptist faith. He was the owner and operator of the Music Maker in Easley, having operated that business since 2009. He was a keyboard player, having played with several local bands throughout the Southeast. Mr. Simmons was an avid outdoorsman and had turned his home with Lynn into a hunting lodge. He was a member of the Anderson Electric City Shag Club and was known for his steps
Old Six Mile fire station to be transformed into coffee shop
By Lauren Pierce
Courtesy The Journal
lpierce@upstatetoday.com
SIX MILE — Coffee lovers around the Six Mile community may soon be able to enjoy their favorite 
beverage from an unusual drive-thru location — an old fire station.
Town council approved a lease at its meeting earlier this month with Jarred and Jenni Brink, who plan to convert the old station at 106 S. Main St. in Six Mile
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