Monthly Archives: December 2021
Rec funds paying for work at park, airport
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Recreation funds are paying for the creation of a new amenity at the Pickens County Airport and further improvements to a park off of S.C. Highway 11.
County administrator Ken Roper discussed those projects during his report to county council at its Dec. 6 meeting.
A handicapped-accessible playground is being installed at the Pickens County Airport, he
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Man charged with drug trafficking
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A man faces multiple drug charges following a traffic stop earlier this month.
According to a release from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were patrolling Easley in the
Black Snake Road area during the early-morning hours of Dec. 10 when they saw a driver fail to use a turn signal.
Conducting a traffic stop for the turn signal violation, deputies detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle, the release said.
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Christmas waits for no man
Time is like a giant snowball rolling down the hill, and I stand at the bottom, waiting for it to roll over me.
I’ve gone through the recipes and pulled out the ones for fudge, peanut brittle and Christmas cookies. All the ingredients have been bought and are on the pantry shelves or refrigerator.
Contemplating getting it all done and packed in tin boxes is, frankly, daunting.
It will get done. But not today. That about sizes it up in the final days before Christmas.
FedEx and UPS have faithfully delivered box after box to the house. Most of the drivers know
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Come let us adore Him
The holiday season is called the most wonderful time of the year, but between buying gifts, hosting parties, trying not to break your healthy habits (or the bank) and attending family gatherings, it can also be the most stressful time of the year.
Once again, we are trying to figure out what to give people who already have everything they need. Come to think of it, I’m trying to understand how we went from the wise men bringing gifts to Christ as an act of worship to the ritual of giving gifts to each other? I don’t remember
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The Christmas flower
No Christmas holiday is complete without the poinsettia. Before it was called poinsettia, the bright red plant was called cuetlaxochitl (kut-la-sho-she) by the Aztecs. In Mexico, the poinsettia is a perennial shrub that can grow 10 to 15 feet tall.
The poinsettia has been included in Christmas celebrations in Mexico since the 17th century. The star-shaped leaf pattern is said to 
represent the Star of Bethlehem, and the color red symbolizes the blood of Jesus.
There are many legends about the poinsettia. One tells of a poor Mexican girl, who wanted to place an offering at the altar for the baby Jesus, but she could find no flowers, so she gathered
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Courier Letters to the Editor 12-22-21
Former law enforcement employee weighs in
Dear Editor,
I am writing about the Nov. 18-21 issue. I saw where Christopher Vaughn was charged with 10 counts of second-degree sexual exploitation
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Courier Obituaries 12-22-21
GAYE S. MOURITZEN
PICKENS — Dr. Gaye S. Mouritzen, 84, passed from this life on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021.
Dr. Mouritzen was born in Sharon, Pa., daughter of the late Clifford and Edith Sweesy.
Gaye earned a B.A. from Houghton College in 1959, an M.S. in Education from Wagner College in 1964 and an Ed.D. from Nova Southeastern University in 1993.
From 1961 to 1980, she supported her husband, Wayne, in his pastoral work at several churches. including Morgan Memorial Wesleyan
Blue Flame outlast Liberty in OT
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — A lot has changed for the 10th-ranked Pickens High School boys’ basketball team this season, and that change was on display more than ever against Liberty on Thursday night.
Trailing 16-3 after one quarter, the Blue Flame stormed back to close the gap and force overtime before coming out with a 49-43 win.
“They’ve done this all year,” Pickens head coach Jeff Harrelson said. “It seems like every game at some point, whether we’ve gotten up or gotten down, we’ve had to fight back and claw back. For whatever
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Daniel sweeps Green Wave
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — It was a succesful night for both the Daniel High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams last Tuesday as they swept county foe Easley on the road.
Beginning with the girls’ game, Easley had all the momentum early behind big first halves from Mattison Hayes and Reagan Horn. Horn, who scored 23 points and hit five threes in her previous matchup with Daniel, seemed in line for another big game with eight points as Easley headed to the locker room up 19-
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Pickens girls win big
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — It’s hard to imagine there have been much better starts for a team this season than the performance of the Pickens Blue Flame girls’ basketball squad against county foe Liberty on Thursday.
The Blue Flame held the Red Devils scoreless for nearly 12 minutes, jumping out to a 25-0 lead, and brought home a 54-24 victory.
“We did the little things and we were very aggresive,” Pickens head coach Rikki
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