Monthly Archives: January 2022
Delegation plans meeting Monday
LIBERTY — The Pickens County Legislative Delegation will hold a pre-session public meeting at the Pickens County Performing Arts Center, located at 314 W. Main St. in Liberty, on Monday, Jan. 10.
Reports from organizations and boards will be heard starting at 6 p.m. The floor will be opened for public comments directly after.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the meeting. Residents will have an opportunity to ask questions and make comments to members of the Pickens County Legislative Delegation. Members of the delegation will comment on various issues that may be introduced in the upcoming session of the General Assembly, which convenes on Tuesday, Jan. 11.
The delegation is made up of Sens. Thomas C. Alexander and Rex Rice and Reps. Davey Hiott, Neal A. Collins, Jerry Carter and West Cox.
For more information, contact the delegation office at (864) 850-7070.
Twelve Mile upgrades set to start
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — The Twelve Mile Recreation Area is a little quieter this time of season, but the park leased by Clemson from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will still feature some activity in the form of upgrades.
“At some point, going into this offseason, we want to address some things hopefully infrastructure-wise and hopefully limb some trees up 
and take care of some things we couldn’t take care of by taking everything on in the spring right when everything got busy,” city horticulturist Tony Tidwell said recently. “Now we can sort of take a deep breath and have a little better strategy
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Pickens County basketball teams compete in holiday tournaments
COUNTY — With region play beckoning this month, five of Pickens County’s eight high school basketball teams participated in tournaments over the holidays in the hopes of improving their team as they head into the meat of their schedule.
One of the most successful teams over the break was the Easley High School girls’ basketball team. The Green Wave, competing in the New Year’s Classic hosted by Eastside High School, went 2-1 in tournament play and finished as
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An optimistic look into the future
Last week I wrote a satirical, and perhaps even snarky, look at the year just past and the one just beginning.
I like to have fun with my writing sometimes.
Now let me put on one of my other hats for a more optimistic look ahead.
Let’s start with the big picture: the universe.
On Christmas Day, NASA, in cooperation with the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, launched the James Webb Space Telescope. It will give us a great look at all
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Beware of unresolved resolutions
We are plunging into a New Year that requires a retrospective look at our failings and our desire to make a resolution to do better. The fact that we must review our actions for the past year assumes that we have flaws, we’ve made mistakes and we’re not perfect. Therefore, we 
must make resolutions to improve our destiny.
The most popular weaknesses and personality imperfections indicate a need to lose weight, exercise more to get fit, get organized, save money, spend more time with family and friends
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Humans 1, hogs 0
The dogs were carrying on. Something was up.
They’d been barking steadily in the direction of the hay barn in the pasture. We didn’t really believe it, but thought there was a possibility we’d captured the hogs in the trap. Or at least one of them. In my ignorance, I thought it might be possible to get them both at the same time.
Looking back now, it is clearly an example of divine intervention protecting the uninformed.You must be logged in to view this content.
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Courier Letters to the Editor 1-5-22
Let’s all get along in the new year
Dear Editor,
New Year’s already!
“Time, the tide nor the birth of a baby wait on no man,” it has been said. How true that is.
My late mother always said that every decade older we get, the faster time seems to go. That’s true of a lot of things, such as children. Seems they are infants today, children next week and teens the next. My youngest child is going to
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Courier Obituaries 1-5-21
CARTER B. MATTHEWS JR.
GREENVILLE — Carter Broward Matthews Jr., 72, husband of Bille Morris Mathews died on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021.
Carter was born in Pensacola, Fla., a son of the late Carter Broward and Etna Louise Carpenter Matthews. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama Culver House School of Business, where he was a member of Theta Chi.
Milestone win concludes atypical season for Swinney and Tigers
By Alex Dodd
Courtesy The Journal
news@thepccourier.com
ORLANDO, Fla. — When the Clemson football team dropped to 4-3 on the season after a lopsided loss at Pittsburgh on Oct. 23, many wrote off any possibility of a positive finish to the Tigers’ season.
But Dabo Swinney and his team stayed the course.
The Tigers capped off their 11th straight 10-win season — becoming just the third program in college football history to achieve the feat — last week with a 20-13 win over Iowa State in the Cheez-It Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla.
During Swinney’s tenure, Clemson has won a pair of national titles, played in six straight College Football Playoffs and won the ACC seven times in the last decade.
However, this season proved to be perhaps his best, as he became just the third college football
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EHS orienteering team qualifies for invitation to national finals
EASLEY — Easley High School’s NJROTC orienteering team competed in the annual Area 6 Orienteering Championship on Dec. 11 at Morrow Mountain State Park in Albemarle, N.C.
The Area Six Orienteering Championship
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