Monthly Archives: October 2023
YLA to host ribbon cutting
COUNTY — Each year, Youth Leadership Academy students, staff, and families take part in a school wide service project that benefits a 
child/family with special needs or extreme medical conditions/costs.
In the winter of 2023, YLA recognized a need in Pickens County for fully wheelchair
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Semper Fi Barn hosting final group event of year to honor fallen Marines
CENTRAL — The Semper Fi Barn will be hosting its final group event of the year this Sunday at 6 p.m.
CEO and founder Tom von Kaenel told The Journal that 241 Marines who were murdered in barracks in Lebanon on Oct. 23, 1983, will be remembered in a ceremony hanging individual dog tags of those killed and the playing of taps. A release from Von Kaenel, a 20-year Army
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Let’s talk Pickens Parks and Rec
The weather is changing… slowly… and I hope that you are taking advantage of these beautiful days to be out in nature. As the cooler weather comes in, we have started working on clearing our trails for the fall hikers to enjoy. With the strong storms over the past year several trees 
have lost their fight against gravity and settled on the surface with us humans. This brings an obstacle for us, and an opportunity for other critters. As you hike our trails and look
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Breaking things — the good, the bad and the ugly
In 1947, USAF Capt. Charles “Chuck” Yeager broke the sound barrier, and he did it with two broken ribs.
Yeager and his wife, Glennis, had gone horseback riding, and his horse threw him and he broke two ribs. Yeager had his ribs taped up by a 
civilian doctor so the Air Force wouldn’t find out.
Yeager gets extra points for breaking his ribs at the same time he broke the sound barrier. A B-29 dropped “Glamorous Glennis” (named for his wife) from its bomb bay at 25,000 feet, and the
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Social Security increase for ’24
The 3.2 percent Social Security increase for 2024 is higher than it has averaged over the past two decades, but it certainly is nowhere near the 8.7 percent increase we received for 2023.
This 2024 increase will mean $58 more per month for those receiving the average benefit in 2023. Out of that $58, we’ll pay an additional $10 for Medicare Part B.You must be logged in to view this content.
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The greatest love ever known
I stumbled upon this story a while back that has been retold many times, and as I read it again recently, it caused me to think about God’s love which cannot be measured or fully comprehended, and I wanted to share it with you today. It’s listed as an allegorical short story called 
“To Sacrifice a Son,” written by Dennis E. Hensley, and was first published in a Michigan Baptist Bulletin in 1967.
There was once a train bridge that spanned a large river. During most of the day, the bridge sat with its length running up and down the river parallel with the banks, allowing ships to pass
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Pledge for improved veteran health care
The Department of Veterans Affairs has hooked up with 13 civilian health care systems with the goal of improving veteran health care, whether those veterans are getting their care in or out of the VA.
The Veteran Interoperability Pledge has been made by those health care systems with agreements to exchange information and collaborate with the VA in several ways: Identify
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Courier Letters to the Editor 10-25-23
Diagnostic errors
Dear Editor,
Sounding the alarm: There are 795,000 estimated people that are misdiagnosed each year, resulting in death and disabilities, a crisis we face today.
We have too many hands in the pot, too many different departments, ambulatory clinics and emergency departments during their inpatient
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Spooky Halloween Fun 10-25-23
Pickens County is ready to celebrate the spooky season, with events planned around the area throughout the rest of the month.
EASLEY, OCT. 27
Easley will host the county’s next event from 6:30-8:30 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 27, at Old Market Square.
The event will give folks a chance to hang out with the community, trunk or treat, take pictures, listen to live music by The Flashbacks and meet the Sanderson Sisters of “Hocus Pocus” fame. Look for the Pickens County Courier booth to say hello to our staff at this event.
SIX MILE, OCT. 28
Mile Creek Baptist Church will hold its third annual trunk-or-treat from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. Mile Creek Baptist is located at 104 Lakeside Drive in Six Mile.
PICKENS, OCT. 28
Go back in time to a special place where boys and girls of all ages can celebrate and best of all, enjoy their Halloween. All are invited to join the fun at 719 E. Cedar Rock St. in Pickens for the second annual Wilson’s Halloween Spook-tacular, hosted by Stephanie and Ray Wilson. The scary fun will be across from Manna Rehab Center this Saturday, Oct. 28, from 5-9 p.m. Trick-or-treaters can walk
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Community Calendar 10-25-23
• Karen Peck set to sing at amphitheater
The Pickens Amphitheater is preparing for an unforgettable evening of gospel music under the stars. Set for 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at the amphitheater off Main Street in Pickens, the concert is bound to uplift the soul.
The legendary Karen Peck and New River will be in concert. Karen Peck and New River have five Grammy nominations and seven GMA Dove Awards to their name.
The group has been making a profound impact on the gospel industry for nearly three decades. Known for their heartfelt lyrics, soul-stirring
