Monthly Archives: September 2022
District honors top teacher, support staffer
COUNTY — The School District of Pickens County honored its 2022-23 Teacher of the Year and Support Employee of the Year at a banquet on Monday night.
At the banquet, which celebrated the support employees and teachers of the year for each of the district’s schools and other departments, McKissick Academy 
of Science and Technology (MAST) second-grade teacher McKenzie Martin was named the district Teacher of the Year, while West End Elementary School secretary and bookkeeper Jackie Burrell won honors as the district’s Support Employee of the Year.
TEACHER OF THE YEAR
According to a district news release, Martin is an innovative member of the McKissick Academy staff. Before joining the staff at MAST, Martin taught at River
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Pickens unbeaten heading into region play
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Just a year removed from winning its first state championship in seven years, the Pickens High School volleyball team has seen plenty of change 
over the offseason.
All-State players Bailee Earnhardt and Caroline Lucas have graduated, and former head coach Rikki Owens has shifted her focus to the girls’ basketball program.
Despite the changes, first-year head coach Mellie Crumpton has the Blue Flame rolling so far
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Easley celebrates 50th anniversary of 4A state titles
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — It’s been half a century since Easley High School was home to both the state’s best football and girls’ basketball teams in the 4A classification, and 
last Friday, the high school hosted a celebration to honor the teams before the Green Wave’s football game
against J.L. Mann.
The first of the two state champions was the 1972 Easley football team. Coached by legendary coach Larry Bagwell, who later became the mayor of Easley from
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Five inducted into Liberty High Athletic Hall of Fame
LIBERTY — During halftime of the Red Devils’ football game against Dixie High School on Friday night, Liberty High School honored five LHS legends with induction into the school’s athletic hall of fame.
2022 Liberty High Athletic Hall of Fame inductees
Don Brock
Don Brock, who graduated from Liberty in 1984, was an exceptional all-around athlete, as he accomplished great success in football, basketball and basketball.
During his senior season of football, he was selected to the all-county team as a tight end.
On the hardwood, Brock also showcased his skills as a great basketball player, where he was a three-year starter on the
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Bidding farewell to Queen Elizabeth II
It’s easy for us Americans to make fun of royalty and all the flummery that props it up, but it does make me sad to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
So what does that have to do with Pickens County, and why should you care?
Well, for one thing, I’m pretty sure that the majority of residents of Pickens County, myself included, can trace their ancestry back to Great Britain. So it’s our heritage.
Of course, many Pickens Countians, myself included, can also count among their forefathers some who fought the redcoats sent over by Elizabeth’s fourth great-grandfather, George III.
But we’ve been friends with the Brits for quite a while since then, so I say best wishes to the new monarch, King Charles
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Will we follow God or the world?
Christians are accountable to love and pray for their family, and friends, and against evil everywhere, but unfortunately, many have lost the enthusiasm and the burden to ask God to set them on fire for His glory.
If Christian leadership is afraid to declare war against Satan and evil strongholds and principalities, how can they be inspired or have the faith to become a living sacrifice for God? When there is no difference between a spiritually blind world and those who claim to be God’s front-line warriors, society falls deeper into spiritual
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Maximizing your meals when the larder is empty
I learned of a neighborhood group, six seniors, who are trying to keep themselves fed against all odds. They’ve come up with a brilliant plan: At the end of each week they pool whatever foods they have left over and have dinner together. They split the leftovers to take home.
The woman who told me about this talked about a website she discovered where all manner of ingredients could be entered, with the machine scouting the internet for recipes that could be created using those ingredients.
Whoever created the SuperCook website (www.supercook.com) did a fantastic job. Meats, grains, fruits, vegetables,
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SC Old Time Fiddlers Convention planned Saturday at Hagood Mill
South Carolina State Fiddling Championship will be decided
PICKENS — As autumn approaches and the leaves turn their brilliant colors, it signals the time for fiddle music in the mountains.
This Friday and Saturday, old-time music will fill the hills and hollers around Hagood Mill as the historic site hosts the S.C. Old Time Fiddlers Convention. 
Some of the best musicians from around the Southeast will gather to compete in a variety of categories, with the top fiddler being named South Carolina’s state fiddling champion. The traditional contest goes back to the 1920s, when Clemson University opened the doors of stately Tillman Hall to the local musicians of the nearby South Carolina mountains for a music competition.
The S.C. State Fiddling Championship will take place this Saturday, Sept. 17, beginning at
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Courier Community Calendar 9-14-22
• UWC set to host fall market on Sept. 17
All are invited to a fall fest, vendor fair, craft show and bake sale this Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The event will be at United Wesleyan Church, located at 738 Rice Road in Easley, in the church’s Lifeline Building, with free admission.
The market will feature a variety of local vendors, door prizes, raffles, bake sale and breakfast and lunch items available to purchase.
All proceeds will go to the church’s Operation Christmas Child shoebox ministry.
• Upstate Parkinson’s group hosts meetings
The Upstate Parkinson’s Society (UPS) will host a Parkinson’s challenged/caregiver discussion group at Pickens County-Hampton Memorial Library, located
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Liberty overcomes early deficit in win over Dixie
By Matthew Kannarney
Special to The Courier
news@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Former President Woodrow Wilson once said, “the difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.”
Wilson’s quote describes resilience. Anyone who follows sports closely knows that resilience is often the deciding factor in who wins
and who loses. After taking two straight losses, and trailing most of its game Friday night, the Liberty High School football team showed
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