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A letter to all registered US voters
A letter to all registered US voters
Dear Editor,
In November of this year, eligible American citizens will have the opportunity to vote in our presidential election. If I am able to, I will be voting for our country’s leader for the 16th time. In the almost 60 years I have voted in such elections, as well as local and state elections, I have voted as a Democrat, a Republican and
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Stay ready for the next storm
In many areas of the country it’s been a harsh winter. Snow, ice, wind, flooding … we’ve seen it all, sometimes several of those at the same time. We need to be 
prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws at us.
The first step is to know what’s coming, and when. While the local news and weather can be your trusted source, having other options can’t
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Records center has caught up
The National Personnel Records Center, part of the National Archives and Records Administration, has finally cleared up a huge, four-year backlog of 
work. Caused by the COVID pandemic, at one time they had a list of 600,000 requests for records.
From what we hear, it was a crazy time, with only a certain number of emergency personnel allowed to work in the building at once to take care of
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It’s unwise to underestimate Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley came to Easley one day back in 2016 to sign a bill that had been championed by then-Sen. Larry Martin.
There in city council chambers, surrounded by a standing-room crowd of local 
dignitaries, Haley gave Pickens County’s longtime senator a big pat on the back for relentlessly pushing passage of an ethics reform bill, which she said would help clean out
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It’s a surprise!
Surprises catch us off guard. After all, that’s what makes it a surprise.
According to Homer, the ancient Greeks had been trying to conquer the city of 
Troy for 10 years to no avail. Odysseus and the Greeks built a
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Negativity not cheering for us to succeed
I want to begin today by saying how much I appreciate you for being a faithful reader of this newspaper and this column.
Newspapers are still considered valuable to the older generations as they remember their grandparents
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The Light of Humanity
“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” — Matthew 4:1-4.
Author Primo Levi, writing about his 11 months in the Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz, said that hardest thing to bear was not the hunger, the
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Things to know about primaries
Dear Editor,
I have been an election poll worker for many years. Here are some things you may want to know about South Carolina’s upcoming Presidential Preference Primary (PPP) elections.
The Democratic PPP will be Saturday, Feb. 3. Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
The Republican PPP will be Saturday, Feb. 24. Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
All voters are required to show a government-issued photo ID when checking in to
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The mountains of smoke and music
Just as the sun began to rise, a Cherokee brave moved swiftly, but silently, up the mountain path. A smoky mist cast a hazy glow over the pine tree-covered trail.
He stopped briefly by a rotting log to inspect the tracks he was following. The Cherokee hunted these “smoking mountains” for more than 1,000 years. They learned to listen to what the mountain told
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Good and bad of the YAM Winter Bluegrass Jubilee
When Ed and I arrived home last weekend from the most wonderful Winter Bluegrass Jubilee with a packed-to-the-ceiling van, we could hardly make it fast enough to the couch and recliner.
We talked for a bit of how we were bursting with pride and joy about our event, and then we fell in the bed. But, at 2:15, I woke up — my head and
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