Bowers did right thing

Dear Editor,

As a legitimate delegate to the Pickens County Republican Party convention, I saw firsthand what went on and who the players were at the GOP convention. The group who caused the problems are the same people who show up regularly at Pickens County School Board meetings and criticize Phillip Bowers and other conservatives on the board for their recent votes to restore prayer and stop tax increases.

This whole issue is about pouring more money into education and slurring Bowers and other conservatives in the GOP who want to restore traditional community values and spend taxes wisely. I know this because among the delegates

As one of the world’s most significant concerns, climate change was a major topic when utility CEOs gathered at this week’s International Electricity Summit in Japan.

I was honored to represent the U.S. and Duke Energy at the summit. We acknowledged that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to address climate change. Each country comes at this issue based on its own unique circumstances that reflect its natural resources, economic profile, market structure and political dynamics.

Duke Energy has made steady progress in meeting this challenge and has reduced carbon

After a long, fitful night of sleep, I awoke Monday morning ready to face the world again from the Courier office.

Outside my window, I heard the sounds of a storm. That meant that unless I was quick, I would be getting wet when I tried to go to work.

I heard my mother leaving to take my nephew, Kevin, to work. Kevin had injured his arm over the weekend. My mother was happy to take him to the doctor, but

This is the time of year that takes me back to childhood. We would all be excited about the approaching “end of school,” and each morning would bring that longed-for day closer.

Early morning began with the sounds of tractors cranking out at the barn. I could stand on the front porch in my cotton pajamas and watch Leroy leave the barnyard on the Super M. Uncle Jack would be out there directing the day.

He’d be wearing one of his khaki shirt and pants that were like a summer time uniform with a tan ballcap and sunglasses. He always had a pack of Lucky Strikes in his

Looking for help finding bracelet

Dear Editor,

A month or so ago, my husband and I and some six other friends went to the Pickens High School fundraiser in the fine arts building at Pickens High School for Blue Flame athletics.

We stopped in Liberty to eat at Nino’s Greek and Italian Restaurant before heading up to listen to some bluegrass music.

I lost a very special yellow gold diamond tennis bracelet. I am just sick over this, and every time

Monday night, after covering a brief Easley City Council meeting, I jumped into my car and found that I was hungry. No problem, I thought. There’s a restaurant less than a stone’s throw from city hall with a drive-thru.

Get something to go, drive home, and eat.

So I get in line. I have to admit, I am a picky eater. Growing up, I never saw the need for such things as mustard, mayonnaise or ketchup on my hamburgers. So I make a special order.

“I would like a bacon cheeseburger, plain. That’s bread, meat and cheese,” I say, though a person who works at a restaurant not knowing what “plain”

Remember true history

Dear Editor,

Phillip Bowers is on the school board and led the successful charge to stop the 4.7-mill tax increase for even more buildings, supported by Alex Saitta and Henry Wilson. They led the fight to bring prayer back to school board meetings.

Those who urge a property tax increase do so in spite of the fact the state is holding back money from all school districts and local governments. The state legislature has reduced the money

What’s your opinion concerning renaming Tillman Hall?

Does it matter that much? Pitchfork Ben Tillman is dead. My life won’t be affected either way. But if the name is changed because he was a racist, then we must consider all the other men for whom things are named who were undoubtedly racists.

Thomas Green Clemson was a slave owner. Change the name of the town. John C. Calhoun was a racist. Remove his name from any building or town named in his honor.

George Washington was a slave owner. Should we burn down Mt. Vernon? He did do some other things that had value. Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner and fathered a number of children with his slave, Sally Hemings, who

The world as I know it doesn’t exist anymore. It changed on Saturday afternoon.

The day began well. It was sunny, and the birds were hopping around in the yard doing bird stuff. The buds on the dogwood trees showed promise, and the peonies were well up.

It was a day conducive to getting things done. And that’s what we did. Amazingly enough, several projects were finished without interruption. That doesn’t happen very often.

A visit to the grocery store was on the list of things to be done, and it was during this task that

It turns out that through my computer’s Facebook somehow I’ve been hacked.

Starting last week, I started getting messages from my friends saying, “I feel this picture is too explicit, please remove it from your Facebook site.” When I first saw such a message, I dismissed it as junk mail. After all, I am still not smart enough to actually download a photo for my own use, much less send it to anyone else.

But I kept getting more and more messages, so I decided to investigate. I tried to find the offending picture, and eventually I found that I somehow had a message on my home page that was