Daily Archives: 03/01/2022
Courier letters to the editor
Saitta speaks on Hwy. 11 development
Dear Editor,
I want to explain why I proposed and voted for a short-term moratorium on most land development on Highway 11. The moratorium is on new manufacturing plants, new commercial development, new signage and new large residential subdivisions. It does not affect single residential lots or proposed subdivisions of less than 10 homes.
For starters, “Scenic” is only in the name “Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway” and it means next to nothing under
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A testimony about a miraculous healing
I want to share a praise report of God healing someone I know personally. We hear about sickness and disease and the endless cries of why, but rarely do we learn about miracles when God intervenes and touches a person with His creative and restoring authority.
In the New Testament, there are true accounts of Jesus asking what He can do for those who were suffering, and when they told Him their request, He said, “I will.” As Christians, we pray because we believe
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Praying in the wake of Putin’s power play
A few years ago, Paul McCartney did a concert in Moscow. Red Square was packed with fans, who, like much of the rest of the world, love his music and appreciate the Beatles’ role in leading a countercultural revolution in the 1960s.
I watched it on TV. It was a great show, and it included interviews with fans who, back in the ‘60s, went to great lengths to acquire Beatles records. Their music was
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Courier Obituaries 3-2-22
JOANN MEECE HAYES
PICKENS — Mrs. Joann Meece Hayes, beloved wife of retired Pastor Tommy Lewis Hayes, passed peacefully on Feb. 21, 2022, after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Hayes was born in Pickens County to the late Claude Jefferson Meece and Bertha Aiken Meece. She was a member of Cannon Mountain Baptist Church. Mrs. Hayes was a faithful pastor’s wife for 28 years and loved to sing, teach Sunday school and along with her husband, help those with spiritual needs. She also loved gardening, growing flowers, traveling, trips to Edisto State Park, going to thrift stores, taking photos and feeding the birds.
Mrs. Hayes and Pastor Hayes have three children, Cindy Burgess (Curtis), missionary and pastor to Montana Randy Hayes (Joan), and Amanda Wood (Jon). She is survived also by a sister, Mrs. Bernice Bowen, and was a loving
Reconciling racism & religion
By Dr. Thomas Cloer, Jr.
Special to The Courier
For Black History Month, we have focused on the award-winning book “Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo,” by African American author Zora Neale Hurston.
“Barracoon” is a Spanish word for “barracks.” A barracoon was the hellhole where captured Africans were kept until their voyage to a life of enslavement. This book is already considered a masterpiece of our American literature by many in the literary world. It won Book of the Year awards in 2018 from 14 different entities, such as Time, NPR, Barnes and Noble, Christian Science Monitor, New York Public Library and Amazon.
Although Hurston finished the manuscript in 1931, it was published in paperback by First Amistad Paperback Edition of HarperCollins Publishers in 2019. I wrote earlier about why it took so long for this masterpiece to be in print. The author finished her manuscript in 1931. Hurston interviewed and wrote direct dictation from the African Kossola of his growth to adulthood in Africa and his capture and voyage to Mobile Bay, Ala. Kossola gave memories ranging from his horrifying enslavement to his release from slavery into Jim Crow America.
Chapters I-XII in Barracoon are the words of Kossola, as Hurston wrote them in the 1920s. The dialect of Kossola was written so expertly by Hurston that it flows smoothly and eloquently in the book. Kossola learned a dialect of spoken English as an adult slave in Alabama. Hurston made many visits to Kossola’s little home in Alabama when Kossola was in his 80s. He would be the last former slave who had grown to adulthood in Africa and could give an eyewitness account. His memories
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Pre-K applications and 5K registration open for future Pickens County students
COUNTY — The Pre-K application process and 5K registration is now open for the 2022-23 school year.
The School District of Pickens County is committed to its mission of providing quality educational experiences that prepare all students to be successful beyond the classroom.
The SDPC encourages all to visit the district’s
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DAR chapter sends love to residents at veterans home
ANDERSON — The Daughters of Fort Prince George Chapter DAR loaded up baskets with gifts during their February chapter meeting and then surprised the residents of Richard Campbell Veterans Nursing Home with a Valentines for Veterans celebration.
The 95 gifts included an assortment of Little Debbie cakes, cookies, applesauce, pudding cups,
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Community Calendar 3-2-22
• Scout Troop 51 to host annual can drive
Scout Troop 51 and Cub Scout Pack 51 are set to host a community can drive on Saturday, March 5, for the local food pantry. Scouts will be collecting canned goods in the parking lot of the Pickens Amphitheater between 9:30 and 11 a.m. in conjunction with their award ceremony. The amphitheater is located at 114 W. Main St. in Pickens. All local churches and organizations are invited to participate, and the organization who donates the most cans will receive the second annual Golden Can Award. Financial
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Use those leftover baked potatoes
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
If you you have a few too many baked potatoes left over, don’t throw them out.
They can appear on the menu the next day in another dish with just a few simple steps.
You may decide to make extra potatoes on purpose just so you can transform the leftovers for another meal.