Monthly Archives: February 2023
Inspiration Is Out There
Local legislator’s bill could send SC residents to space
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — A Pickens County lawmaker wants to create an annual lottery that would send a South Carolina resident to space.
In December, Rep. Neal Collins prefiled H.3460, a bill that would create the Blue Origin Flight Lottery Commission.
Collins called it “the fun bill.”
“But I’m serious about it, and I think that we can do it,” he said Monday. “I love the idea of what
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House fire kills owner of iconic Mac’s Drive In
CLEMSON — Authorities are investigating a fire that killed the owner of one of Clemson’s most iconic businesses.
Edgar T. Hunter Jr., 81, died in the fire Friday at his home at 307 Pendleton Road in Clemson, according to a news release from Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson.
Also known as Ted or Teddy, Hunter was the owner of Mac’s Drive In on Pendleton Road. A fixture in town for nearly seven decades, Mac’s has been featured on
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Grand jury indicts former teacher on student sex charge
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
PICKENS — The Pickens County Grand Jury has formally indicted a former School District of Pickens County teacher who was accused of having a sexual 
relationship with a student last year.
Online court records show Katherine Folger Pelfrey, 35, formerly of Clemson, received a true bill indictment on Jan. 24 for sexual battery of a student aged 16-17 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was released from the
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‘Nothing short of magical’: Annual YAM jubilee a success
By Pauline Blackston
For The Courier
news@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Hosted Saturday at Pickens High School, the 2023 Winter Bluegrass Jubilee will go down in the record books probably not as the one with the greatest attendance or the greatest funds raised — although both of those were fabulous — but as the most magical, awe-inspiring Jubilee to date of those preceding it and of those to follow.
“When the curtains parted and the crowd roared, the hair stood up on the back of my neck,” Preserving Our Southern Appalachian Music (POSAM) board member
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AAA Carolinas: Gas cost up due to rising demand
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
STATE — The average price for a gallon of unleaded gas in South Carolina was nearly 50 cents more last week than it was a month ago, according to AAA Carolinas.
The agency issued a news release Jan. 25 saying the current average in the Palmetto State was $3.25 per gallon, up 15 cents on the week and 47 cents more than the
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Officials want development standards to have ‘teeth’
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Speaking at a recent grassroots meeting about current and future development in Pickens County, Dr. Daniel Lee told the crowd he had some numbers regarding a planned development at a former Alice Manufacturing site “that are going to scare you.”
“If they build out this development on the McKissick property, the Alice Manufacturing property, it’ll be the third-largest
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Save A Lot, customers help to feed area hungry
PICKENS — With the help and generosity of its customers, the Save A Lot store at 529 Hampton Ave. in Pickens has donated more than 1,100 bags of much-needed, high-quality food to The Gleaning House.
Throughout the holiday season, Save A Lot customers in Pickens — and across the country — showed their support for their local communities by purchasing pre-assembled bags of food that were donated to local and regional charitable organizations.
The Pickens Save A Lot has seen among the highest donations across all
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US 123 wreck kills Greenville woman
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — A Greenville woman died last week after her car struck a dump truck and then several trees on U.S. Highway 123 near Liberty.
Pickens County chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson identified the victim as Sarah Marshall, 27, of Vantage Way.
The accident happened at 7:25 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, on U.S. 123 at mile marker 10, 2.1 miles south of Liberty, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol
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Calling to order the Court of Irks and Peeves
Here beginneth the first installment in the annals of Barnett’s Unofficial, Unorthodox and Unauthorized Court of Crotchety Irks and .
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Court is now in session!
The first order of business is to explain that the subject matter to be considered by this Court shall be limited to usage of the English language, both written and spoken.
And to note that the Court’s views on grammar do not necessarily concur with that of crotchety old English teachers, as evidenced by this very sentence fragment.
Secondly, the admission that the occupant of this unesteemed bench makes no claim of being worthy of casting
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Appreciating every day and every hour
I have a good friend who is seriously ill with late-stage cancer. When he was diagnosed about two years ago, he began to write and send a daily text thread to friends about his treatments, how he is doing, the weather, anything associated with astronomy and a generous amount of philosophical thoughts. His personality is that of a 
thinker who appreciates the beauty of simple things.
As I have read his thoughts and was allowed to see into his soul, it has been such a blessing and encouragement to see the good work that God has been doing in his life. He has gone through a lot more discomfort and challenges than we
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