Category Archives: Opinions
August roars in
Leo the Lion roars into August, bringing hot, muggy temperatures punctuated by intermittent thunderstorms and threats of a hurricane.
This is not surprising, since Leo is a fire sign and is ruled by the sun. Keep it cool by wearing light, loose-fitting clothes, walk on the shady side of the street and cool off with a refreshing slice of watermelon. Aug. 3 was National Watermelon Day, but you can still eat watermelon all
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Courier Letters to the Editor 8-7-24
Higher priorities for COVID funding
Dear Editor,
I read the story about Pickens County Council giving $500,000 to the YMCA. I did not vote for this, and I want to explain why.
In 2021, the federal government gave the Pickens County government $23.4 million. Departments within the county government made $66 million of requests for that COVID relief money. In the end, the county spent millions on things like blue bins at the recycle centers ($187,000), a countywide radio system for police, fire and EMS ($10.3 million), a shredder for the landfill ($900,000), bonuses for first responders and essential staff who worked through
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Fight the heat
When cooling centers are opened up in our town, you know it’s brutally hot. It’s not something that’s usually done 
around here. But recent temperatures have been shocking for our area.
I made a tour of the cooling stations one afternoon, fully expecting them to
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Focus on the invisible, not the impossible
Stop for a moment and closely observe this trial you’ve been going through.
When you are wounded and perplexed, it seems all you can think about is the pain, but within this raging battle, ask 
yourself (and be honest) if you’re focusing more on the circumstance than on God, who has all the answers. Ask and allow Him to heal your heart.
This situation will not last forever and after a period of suffering the time will come to crawl back to your knees, stand up, dust
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Courier Letters to the Editor 7-31-24
Believe in yourself and look up
Dear Editor,
I came into this world screaming and kicking many years ago! I brought nothing with me, and I have most of it left!
Never became famous, but I am loved by many around me. Never became rich, but I have things that can’t be bought with all of the money in the world. Things like good times I spent with those who loved me. They have brightened my
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Presidential politics paralleling the past?
The election of ‘24 is one that surely will never be forgotten.
A firebrand populist, unlike any presidential candidate who came before him, versus an old-school political insider.
Turmoil within the party of the incumbent.
Polarization over social, racial and economic issues.
Fears about the future of American democracy.
And an assassination attempt.
Yes, the election of ‘24 rocked the nation.
1824, I mean.
2024 promises to be possibly even more memorable, and consequential — while in some ways paralleling the one that came 200 years earlier.You must be logged in to view this content.
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Why seniors need to adopt a new pet
Animal shelters across the country are loaded with adoptable animals, with more coming in all the time. How did this happen?
When the pandemic started and people were locked at home, many decided the time was perfect to adopt a pet. But now that offices have reopened and the kids are back in school, those pets have, in too many
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It’s not double dipping
Veterans who took the separation check that was offered when they left the service cannot legally get disability payments now — until that separation money is paid back.
Think about that a minute.
The military wants to wind down and asks a veteran to go ahead and retire early, maybe
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Blind snakes and mad dogs
Dogs, stars and the moon collide in July to create the dog days of summer.
The phrase “dog days of summer” is used to describe the hot, humid, sticky days from July 3 through Aug. 11. The dog days could also be called the sweaty days, because you sweat so much that sunscreen melts
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The church equips Christians for ministry
I’ve been in church all my life and I know people who believe that attending an assembly fulfills the majority of their Christian obligations.
Somewhere down through the centuries, the idea of the Ekklesia being a boot-camp to train soldiers and a school to teach disciples how to engage in spiritual warfare and develop their ministries,
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