Monthly Archives: May 2021
UFOs, cicadas and the Wild West
Time to put a few things in context here.
Our topics for today are UFOs, zombie cicadas and Wild West gun laws.
If this column is unsettling to you, or offensive, please don’t take it too seriously. Laugh it off and go on.
So…
I guess you’ve heard about the declassified report on “unidentified aerial phenomena” — otherwise known as UFOs — that the Pentagon is supposed to be releasing soon — or may already have released by the time you read
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Pickles, the albino ferret
Aunt May was in a panic. There was obviously something wrong with Pickles. Pickles was plucking out her beautiful white fur until only her pink skin was exposed. Her little pink eyes matched her pink skin. She was pink from head to toe. Aunt 
May had always denied that Pickles was an albino, because, after all, she has two black spots on her ear. Aunt May could find no veterinarian nearby who could help Pickles. It was suggested that Pickles might have fleas, but that was not the case. Meanwhile, Pickles, listless and lethargic, continued to pluck her fur.
Aunt May adopted Pickles from her son, Jonathan, when he got a job in
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Not every problem has a simple solution
It’s come to my attention that over the past few years there are a number of perfectly good gardening gloves in the basket where I keep things loosely organized for yard work.
They are usually in a loose pile stuffed in with the trowel and clippers, ant poison and miracle grow.
This spring I decided to dump everything out onto the porch floor and go through the pile to see what could still be useful and what should go. That’s when I discovered that yes, there are a lot of gardening gloves in the basket. But most of them are for the left hand only. There are only two pairs of gloves that have both left and right hand capability.
So why are there six left hand gloves with no mates?.
The right hand gloves have to be thrown away when all the fingers have holes in them and the seams come apart.
Logically, I should throw away all the mateless gloves.
But something just won’t let me do it. It probably has something to do with the line of McBride ancestors who believed nothing should be thrown out, as
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Courier Letter’s The Editor 5-26-21
Informative, as usual
Dear Editor,
I read Councilman Alex Saitta’s letter to the editor on May 19. It was very informative, as usual. I agree with his priorities of the recycle centers. They have gone down the past few years. On numerous occasions, I have gone to the center and the trash bin was full and bags were
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Courier Obituaries 5-26-21
ROBERT EDWARD RAINES
PICKENS — Mr. Robert Edward Raines, 69, loving husband of the late Cathey Smith Raines, passed away on Monday, May 17, 2021, at St. Francis Hospital in downtown Greenville.
Robert was born in Easley on Aug. 9, 1951, to the late Marcus and Fannie Raines. He loved his family, especially his 
children and grandchildren, and was always willing to help anyone in need. Robert was a former football coach
County golf teams compete at state
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Over the weekend, athletes from all four of Pickens County’s high schools took part in the South Carolina Track and Field State Championships for their respective classifications, and it proved to be a very fruitful day, with three teams placing amongst the top 10 and three county athletes winning individual
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County athletes take titles at state track championship
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — Over the weekend, athletes from all four of Pickens County’s high schools took part in the South Carolina Track and Field State Championships for their respective classifications, and it proved to be a very fruitful day, with three teams placing amongst the top 10 and three county athletes winning individual state titles.
The big winner over the weekend was Daniel High School, which placed both its boys’ and girls’ teams within the top 10 in Class 3A.
The Daniel girls were the closest to winning the title, finishing third with 64 points behind Waccamaw, which finished with 70 points, and region foe Seneca, which brought home the state title with 74 points.
The Lions were led on the day by senior stalwart Ally
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Pickens’ Clark named all-state
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The 2021 season was a rebuilding year for a Pickens Blue Flame softball squad that featured no senior players.
However, there should be plenty of optimism for the Blue Flame next year, especially after Amber Clark’s recent
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Golf fundraiser scheduled for June
PICKENS — A fundraiser golf tournament sponsored by the Carolina One 16 Elite Pickens volleyball team will be held at the Rock Golf Club and Resort, located at 171 Sliding Rock Road in Pickens, on Saturday,
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Daniel, Easley squads eliminated from playoffs
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — After successful years on the diamond, baseball and softball season has come to an end for all of Pickens 
County’s high school teams with the elimination of Daniel baseball and Easley baseball and softball from the playoffs last Wednesday.
The fifth-ranked Lions opened the playoffs with a 12-1 win at Mid-Carolina on Saturday before falling on Monday at Powdersville in their first loss of the double-elimination Class 3A district playoffs. The rematch with the Rebels on
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