Daily Archives: 03/02/2021
‘Federal partners’ get vaccine from VA
Who are the Department of Veterans Affairs federal partners? Inquiring minds want to know.
A recent VA press release boasted about surpassing the VA’s milestone of administering 1 million doses of the COVID vaccine. That’s a great number, but that 1 million-plus isn’t all veterans.
Some 626,000 veterans got the first and (and sometimes) second dose. Over 400,000 went to VA employees. But 1,200
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Courier Obituaries 3-3-21
CHARLOTTE ANN MILLER
SIX MILE — Charlotte “Ann” Miller passed early on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, of cumulative health 
problems, but not of COVID.
Ann was born on Jan. 30, 1945, at Fort Stewart Military Base in New Windsor, N.Y. and grew up as an army “brat.” Her father, a colonel in the U.S. Army, after the Second World War served in Taiwan, Japan and Austria in Europe. She carried to her end an Austrian accent. She was a student at Pueblo High School in Tucson, Ariz., and at the University of Arizona. She married Robert Walker Miller Jr. in June of 1966 and moved to Southeastern Pennsylvania, where her first daughter, Elizabeth
County players honored
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — High school basketball season has come to an end in Pickens County, and with it has come numerous accolades for many of the county’s top performers.
Sixteen Pickens County athletes were selected to all-region squads and even more impressively, two athletes were selected to their class’s all-state teams.
Daniel senior guard Sincere Hicks was named to her
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Red Devils reign at Upper State
COLUMBIA — Liberty High School sent 10 wrestlers to the Upper State championship meet at C.A. Johnson High School on Saturday, and more than half returned home as state qualifiers.
The Red Devils had three athletes finish as the top wrestler in their weight divison in Blake
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Local club volleyball team finishes third in tourney
ATLANTA — A local club volleyball team put on an outstanding performance Feb. 20-21 at the 
prestigious invitation-only Beast of the Southeast tournament held in Atlanta.
The 16 Open Division featured 24 top teams representing eight USAV regions in 10 different states. Carolina One 16 Elite Pickens, known as
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Wave deal with growing pains against Hillcrest
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — For the first time since COVID-19 shuttered spring sports in March of last year, Easley 
softball took to the diamond for a preseason scrimmage against Hillcrest on Thursday.
Going up against a perennially tough Rams team, the Green Wave struggled to get anything going as they fell
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Lions add former Clemson lineman Thomas to staff
By Eric Sprott
Courtesy The Journal
esprott@upstatetoday.com
CENTRAL — After stepping away from football last year to get his body healthy after a six-year NFL 
career, Brandon Thomas got the itch to return to the game in a new capacity.
And for the former Clemson standout, the timing couldn’t have been any better.
The wheels actually turned so fast, Thomas could hardly
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Honoring more of the Greatest Generation
COUNTY — The Fort Prince George Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) continues to recognize World War II veterans. Chapter regent Carolyn Nations and American history chair Ann Warmuth recently presented four veterans with DAR certificates in recognition of their service.
Nations and Warmuth feel that there are more World War II veterans in Pickens County whose service should be honored. If you know of any World War II veterans or want more information on the veteran service projects, contact the DAR Fort Prince George Chapter at fpgchapterdar@gmail.com.
Scouts Troop 51 and Cub Scout Pack 51 to host annual food drive
PICKENS — Scout Troop 51 and Cub Scout Pack 51 are hosting a canned food drive for their annual Scouting For Food program to benefit the Gleaning House Ministry in Pickens.
Donations of canned goods will be accepted at the Pickens Amphitheater parking lot from 
12:30-1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 6. At 1:30 p.m., the Sweet Potato Pie Kids from the YAMs program will also
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Literacy association book sale is this week
PICKENS — The spring 2021 book sale to benefit the Pickens County Literary Association is being held from now through Saturday at the Market at the Mill, located at 225 Pumpkintown Highway.
Hours for the sale are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. There will be plenty of parking available.
As usual, Saturday will be $5 a box day. Most of the prices range from 50 cents to $1.
For more information, reach out to the Pickens County Literacy Association on Facebook or email pickensliteracy@yahoo.com.
