Monthly Archives: March 2021
Taking their shot
School district staff get first COVID vaccine
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — School District of Pickens County employees had the opportunity last weekend to get their first COVID-19 vaccinations.
“Friday is our first vaccine date, so every employee in the district will have the option of taking the vaccine,” district superintendent Danny 
Merck said. “We’ve divided the Easley and Pickens attendance areas that will actually go to Kmart in Greenville on Friday and Saturday to have their first vaccine. Daniel and Liberty will go to Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital on Friday for their first vaccine. So, we’re kind of splitting it up.”
While every school district employee had the opportunity
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City keeps mask ordinance, adds no penalty, fine
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Easley’s mask ordinance remains in place, but council members are encouraged by recent COVID-19 numbers.
Council discussed the ordinance during its March 8 work session and regular council meeting.
Those meetings were the first presided over by Mayor Butch Womack after his own bout with COVID.
“I’m glad to be back,” Womack said. “It’s been rough, I can tell you that. It’s not over yet,
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Man killed as car hits garage, truck
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley man died Saturday morning after his vehicle crashed through a yard and hit a
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Pop-up vaccine clinic next week
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is partnering with local volunteers to establish pop-up 
vaccine clinics in rural areas around Pickens County.
Appointments are currently being scheduled for a clinic at the Rosewood Center in Liberty on Friday, April 2.
Only those eligible for vaccines in the state’s phase 1b will be able to receive the vaccine, and
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Voters in Pickens, Clemson hit polls
COUNTY — Voters in Pickens and Clemson went to the polls Tuesday to elect a new city councilman in special elections to fill vacant seats, 
with results unavailable at press time.
In Pickens, Allen Brewer, Ed Leese and Robert Nealy were vying for the seat vacated by the resignation of Donna Owen. Jonathan Baker’s name also appeared on the ballot, but he had dropped out of the race and endorsed Nealy.
Clemson voters were choosing between Jim Borick, John Fulmer and Greg Rice to fill the remaining term of the seat formerly held by Robert Halfacre, who resigned his council seat after being elected mayor.
To find out the winners of the races, visit yourpickenscounty.com or check the Courier’s Facebook page.
Company looks to invest millions to redevelop Keowee marina
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
SIX MILE — A company has submitted a proposal to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to redevelop the former Gap Hill Landing — now known as the Sunset Marina — on Lake Keowee to the tune of up to $15 million.
Duke Energy’s Lake Services, based in Charlotte, N.C., filed the proposal to the federal agency Jan. 19 on behalf of Mountain Lakes Marina LLC. Donald Payne, of Mountain Lakes Marina, said that “if all goes well,” construction could start in late summer. Payne said the estimated
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A tug-of-war against nature
Briars!
Why did God make them? I inquired of the Lord as I engaged in a violent tug-of-war with a tangle of prickly, noxious vines that had decided 
to choke my azaleas and change a corner of our front yard into a jungle.
The reply came out of my own mouth with my next yank: “Ouch!”
Translation: “Duh! I put those stickers on there so you would leave them alone. For their own
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It’s hard to say goodbye
Sometimes you don’t miss something until it’s gone. We know everything changes. But still, when someone who has always been there is suddenly gone, they leave a big empty place.
Iva Stratton is retiring after 25 years as the office manager of this newspaper staff.
There are few employees who stay with a company for a quarter of a century. It is a rarity thesedays.
But she did.
She was always there, and while there had responsibility for a vast number of things. She did a lot more than managing accounts, taking ads, balancing books and juggling the daily demands of running an office. She was a problem solver and could be counted on to take up slack
Courier Letters to the Editor 3-24-21
Dear Editor,
Money. There’s a good word to wake up a sleepy reader. America has six coins that are being minted. Penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar and silver dollar. All except two are larger than the other denomination-wise and size as well. A quarter is bigger than a nickel, while a half-dollar is bigger than a quarter and a silver dollar is bigger than the half.
The penny and dime, the smallest in size, but the dime is smaller than the penny, yet worth more price-wise. Four coins have ridges around
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Still in the miracle business
Many people around the world have heard of the Moron Brothers, (Michael Carr and Michael Hammond) who live in my hometown. Mike Carr is a good friend, and I’ve actually performed music with him in church events, and we are also members of a gospel quartet. As a 
dedicated Christian, he’s had some amazing spiritual experiences, and I want to share one of these true accounts with you.
It was around 6 a.m. on a rainy morning in September 1999, when the fire station where Mike
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