Monthly Archives: March 2021
‘Wild West’ no more
Work started on Easley subdivisions, greenway
I’ve always loved maps, so I really enjoy zooming around on Google Earth — especially to explore areas right here in Pickens County that I might never have noticed from the ground.
One of the oddities I discovered a few years ago was a spot just outside the Easley city limits that looked like a desert — mostly bare
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Pickens council field down to 3
PICKENS — Just two weeks out from Pickens’ special city council election, one of the four candidates on the ballot has dropped out of the race to replace Donna Owen on council.
Jonathan Baker, an admissions coordinator at Easley
Place skilled nursing and rehabilitation center in Easley, withdrew from the race on March 1, according to Pickens County elections director Travis Alexander.
Left on the ballot to fill the unexpired term of Owen, who announced her resignation in January, will be Allen Brewer,
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Market at the Mill plans spring festival
PICKENS — For area festival lovers who were disappointed by the cancellation of the 2021 Pickens Azalea Festival, there is still entertainment and fun on the horizon.
SpringFest ’21 will bring some big-name musical acts, along with festival rides, a car show and more than 150 specialty vendors both inside and out at the Market at the Mill, located at 225 Pumpkintown Highway in Pickens.
SpringFest will be held over a two-day period
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County COVID rate improves
COLUMBIA — As case numbers continue to drop, COVID-19 deaths were steady in Pickens County over the past week, with six deaths in seven days.
According to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, the county reported six confirmed deaths in the one-week period from last Tuesday to Monday, when the latest
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SDPC virus CASES KEEP DROPPING
COUNTY — Positive COVID-19 cases and quarantines around the School District of Pickens County 
continued on a downward trajectory last week, as nearly half of all the schools in the district had no cases reported and only three staff members tested positive.
Only one school in the district — Pickens High — had any staff members test positive, with two at the school and one in other
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Sculpture unveiled at historic church
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — “We are gathered at this special place to dedicate a sculpture honoring this special place — Soapstone Baptist Church in the Liberia community,” Clemson University anthropology 
professor Mike Coggeshall said Saturday.
Coggeshall was a part of the unveiling of a sculpture, the work of artist Keith Andrews, on the grounds of the church, which was founded by freed slaves in 1865.
“This community and the church that anchors it has struggled through centuries of challenges … to emerge today as a symbol of
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County hopes to ease transfer station issues
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — County staff anticipate increased traffic and wait times for those offloading 
construction and demolition (C&D) waste at the county’s newly opened transfer station.
County administrator Ken Roper discussed the issue during his report to council at its regular meeting
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Clements: Clemson planning fully in-person fall semester
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CLEMSON — Clemson University is anticipating fall semester classes will be held in person.
In an update released Friday, Clemson president Jim Clements said signs show the university’s 
“aggressive approach to COVID-19 testing and safety protocols” has paid off.
“While we’re not out of the woods yet, the prevalence of the virus remains well below 1 percent among the University community and with vaccine supplies ramping up, we are
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Our future is being decided today
The greatest life-changing story ever told is that Jesus died for you, which proves he loved you more than anything in the world. He knows your every thought and intention, listens to every word, and 
sees every act and deed. He has never taken His eyes from you, nor has he ever been distracted or too busy
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A potato by any other name
What’s going on with Mr. Potato Head? Or should I say the potato formerly known as Mr. Potato Head? Do you remember Prince when he couldn’t call himself Prince anymore but was called “the 
artist formerly known as Prince?”
And what about Clifford Moore, who played the Lone Ranger and later traveled the country appearing at events as a symbol of good triumphing over evil? He was suddenly forced to stop wearing his mask and donned dark glasses to play his role. He even sued over
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