Monthly Archives: February 2023
Agencies encourage healthy habits during Heart Month
COLUMBIA — February is American Heart Month, and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is taking the opportunity to share the 
importance of building — and keeping — a strong and healthy heart.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death both in the U.S. and worldwide, according to the American Heart
Association. It was also the No. 1 cause of death in South Carolina in 2021, DHEC said in
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PHS Scholar-Athletes
Pickens High School’s January Scholar-Athletes of the Month are Christian McCrady (wrestling) and Emmaleigh Stone (varsity basketball). The pair were recognized at Friday’s home basketball game against Easley. This month’s award was sponsored in honor of longtime girls’ basketball coach Butch Morris. McCrady is the son of Gregory and Valerie McCrady. Stone is the daughter of Rory and Kristin Stone.
Liberty downs Abbeville in round two
LIBERTY — Ranked atop the South Carolina Class 2A high school wrestling standings, the Liberty wrestling team opened its playoff run in the second round on Saturday against the Abbeville Panthers after receiving a first-round bye.
The Red Devils lived up to their lofty ranking, taking down the Panthers in less than 20 minutes with a 78-6 win.
“We know we’re going up against some pretty tough teams, but we’ve built a pretty good resume this year,” Liberty head coach Dale
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Blue Flame boys beat Easley for first time in two decades
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Just one week removed from its first region win in 62 games, the Pickens High School boys’ basketball team entered Friday’s contest against archrival Easley hoping to break an even longer against the Green Wave.
With a scorching start, the Blue Flame controlled the game from the opening whistle to beat Easley 69-56 — Pickens’ first win over the Wave in more than two
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Easley girls stun Pickens
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — In many ways, Friday night’s matchup between the sixth-ranked Pickens and 10th-ranked Easley girls’ basketball teams was meant to be a coronation for the Blue Flame.
With a win, Pickens would clinch its first-ever region championship, and it seemed like the Blue Flame were well on their way to victory until a fourth-quarter runput
the Green Wave ahead 39-38 in the waning seconds. With just five seconds left and a chance to
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Daniel boys top Seneca, win first region title since 2013
CENTRAL — After taking CENTRAL — After taking the lead halfway through the second quarter of its Jan. 30 matchup with Seneca, the eighth-ranked Daniel High School boys’ basketball team took seemingly every punch the Bobcats had to stay ahead.
With the lead down to 54-47 with less than four minutes to go in the final quarter, it seemed like the Lions might never fully put Seneca away. That was until junior wing Erik Lipsey fought his way into the lane through immense defensive pressure before hitting a spinning layup that energized the home crowd and gave the Lions the push they needed to pull out a 66-58 win and move into pole position in the Western
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Peace in a newfound love for old hymns
I was planning to write about how terrible the traffic is on U.S. Highway 123 through Easley.
I’ll get to that soon enough.
But lately I’ve had another highway on my mind. The one that leads to God.
When we walk with the Lord
In the light of his Word
What a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will
He abides with us still
And with all who will trust and obey.
If those words sound familiar to you, you probably grew up in a church that sang the old gospel hymns like I did.
By the time I turned 11 or 12, I started getting into other kinds of music, beginning with the Beatles. Suddenly all that
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Courier Letters to the Editor 2-8-23
Thanks for sharing love with children
Dear Editor,
I am writing to thank Pickens-area residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season.
Generosity throughout contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Across the U.S., the project collected more than 9.3 million shoebox gifts in 2022. Combined with those collected from partnering countries in 2022, the ministry is
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Do we only follow God when we feel like it?
Have you ever wondered what is the purpose of television, games, movies and social media?
Many will say they were created to entertain and inform us, but what we may not have noticed is that when we are constantly focused on these things, we are usually not listening to what God is saying. To understand what He wants us to do, we must give Him our undivided attention. This is accomplished when we find a quiet place where we can pray,
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