Monthly Archives: December 2022
Hundreds of wreaths laid on veterans’ graves
By Ann Warmuth
For the Courier
news@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Pickens County celebrated National Wreaths Across America Day on Dec. 17, with more than 400 volunteers laying more than 1,000 wreaths on veterans’ graves at multiple cemeteries across the county.
The Fort Prince George chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution moderated the seven ceremonies, which included presentations of ceremonial remembrance wreaths for the seven military branches and one in honor of prisoners of war and service members missing in action.
The wreaths, made by the Worcester Wreath Company of Columbia Falls, Maine, are presented by a veteran or civilian honoring a veteran for their service to our
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Roper brags on county council achievements
Roads, fire service changes among accomplishments
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Shaving decades off the county’s road paving reschedule and an overhaul of the county’s fire service are among the accomplishments touted by the 
current Pickens County Council.
The Dec. 5 meeting was the last for county council members Ensley Feemster and Trey Whitehurst, who both decided not to run for reelection.
During that meeting, county administrator Ken Roper gave a presentation on the accomplishments of the current
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County gets good news after audit
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — An audit of Pickens County’s financial statements showed no misstatements or weaknesses in the county’s financial accounting.
Alan Robinson with the firm of Cherry Bekaert LLP presented a report on the results of the fiscal year 2022 audit during county council’s Dec. 5 meeting.
“We are presenting what we call an unmodified or clean audit report,” Robinson said.
An unmodified opinion means there were no material misstatements found in
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Tigers set to take on Vols in Orange Bowl
By Ian Taylor
Courtesy The Journal
itaylor@upstatetoday.com
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — In a news conference earlier this month in Miami Gardens, Fla., ahead of the Orange Bowl, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney looked back on the first time he was a part of the storied game.
It was Jan. 1, 2000, when Swinney was a wide receivers coach for Mike DuBose’s Alabama Crimson Tide, which had gone 10-2 and won the SEC championship. The 
season ended on a loss though, as Michigan quarterback Tom Brady — playing in his last collegiate game — led the Wolverines back from two 14-point deficits to send the game to overtime, where Alabama kicker Ryan Pflugner missed an extra point and the Tide lost 35-34.
“One of my notables of life was coaching against Tom Brady in his last college game, and I didn’t
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Moss plans to resume efforts for prison rehab facility at old county stockade
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
PICKENS — Local pastor Joe Moss said unforeseen circumstances derailed efforts to present county council this year with a plan for building tiny houses for a prison 
rehab facility on the site of the former Pickens County Stockade.
But Moss said he plans to resume those efforts after the first of next year.
“I went to the Rocky River Association, which is in Anderson, since we do have inmates from Anderson and have an appointment to go to the Seneca River Association, which is Pastor (W.C.) Honeycutt, who is the moderator, and the next stop will be the Oolenoy Association, which is right outside of the prison,” Moss said. “I’m going to reach out to
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City may move elections to odd years
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — The city of Clemson is the only Pickens County municipality to hold regularly scheduled elections in even-numbered years.
But the head of the county’s election system appeared before city council earlier this month to explain why that may no longer be possible.
“The proposed change for Clemson’s election cycle is primarily related to the new election laws that were passed in the spring of 2022 and how those laws must be implemented across different types of elections,” Pickens County Board of
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A musical review of 2022
First, let me set the scene:
Imagine the voice of Johnny Cash and the guitar pickin’ of Carl Perkins, with a rowdy crowd of Folsom Prison inmates cheering them on, to a boom-chicka boom-chicka beat…
Now, in your mind’s ear, take an imaginary listen to my musical review of the old year, as it slowly fades into the tattered pages of history.
Kick it off, Carl!
Boom-chicka boom-chicka boom-chicka, boom…
Well I’m gonna sing a song about 2022
And it goes to the rhythm of “A Boy Named Sue.”
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Our hope for the New Year
We are at the end of another year, and it always brings thoughts of starting fresh and having hope for the future.
Most of us have watched the ball drop on New Year’s Eve, which officially declares “out with the old and in with the new.” At midnight, people from all over the world 
will celebrate the turning of the next page of their lives.
Over the years, the “time ball” has undergone several changes in design, and the most recent was created for the millennial celebration in the year 2000 by Waterford Crystal. It’s a geodesic sphere, six feet in diameter and weighing approximately 1,070 pounds. It’s covered with a total of 504 crystal triangles that vary in size, and each piece has a
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Enrolling in VA life insurance
As of now, for the first time in 50 years, the Department of Veterans Affairs is opening up enrollment in Veterans Affairs Life Insurance, aka VALife. Veterans who 
are age 80 or under, with any level of service-connected disabilities, are guaranteed to be accepted to receive up to $40,000 in whole life insurance.
A bonus is that there is no requirement for medical underwriting, meaning that no one is going to squint
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Billion safety recalls
It was recently disclosed that in the first half of 2022, there were over 1 billion recalls across the country of products that we buy.
That’s billion, with a “b.” Depending on the level of the recall, some of them can be extremely serious … even deadly.
How do we know whether we missed an announcement about a product we own? We can go online
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