Category Archives: Opinions
Courier Letters to the Editor 11-22-23
Remember to be thankful
Dear Editor,
Be thankful. You can go to bed and not have to worry about being blown up by missiles or cannon fire. Be thankful if you have three full meals a day. Be thankful you can travel from town to town and not have to fill out paperwork as to where you’re going. Be thankful that you can complain about the government and not fear being
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Jesus did not call us to be a benchwarmer
I’ve watched Kentucky basketball since I was a kid and I admit that sometimes I do get a little carried away.
I was reading an article a few years ago and was intrigued by a comment from the father of one of the players, who by the way was a top 10 NBA draft pick. He was 
asked about the first time he recognized that his son was going to be a special player, and he explained that it had a lot to do with the way he held the ball even at an early age.
He went on to say his son’s body language revealed a deep bonding connection, a reverential respect and a level of love
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Courier Letters to the Editor 11-15-23
Upset about Performing Arts Center board mess
Dear Editor,
It was upsetting to read about the mess the PAC Foundation Board is in.
There needs to be an investigation of everyone involved in this scandal. I can’t believe our Pickens County Council has been so careless about so much money. What other departments or boards have the same problems, but no one is following up on how our tax money is being spent? Sounds to me like embezzlement has been going on.
I urge the appropriate officials to thoroughly investigate this and charge the guilty people.
Nancy Reece
Pickens
Saitta speaks on troubles with PCPAF
Dear Editor,
The article last week about the Pickens County Performing Arts Foundation, provided a lot of new information Thank you. I praise the new foundation board for
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Courier Letters to the Editor 11-8-23
Honoring the elderly
Dear Editor,
The Bible says, “Once a man, but twice a child.”
I was thinking about that the other day. When you are a child and say or do anything silly or embarrassing, it’s overlooked. Same for when you get old.
It’s like, “Y’all excuse Daddy, he’s getting old.” To which you might reply, “Old? What do you mean old? I changed your diaper when you were
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Nurses have super powers
Nurses are needle-poking, blood-stealing, chart-reading, bedpan-carrying super heroes in scrubs, who will wake you up in the middle of the 
night to take your temperature.
They tolerate cranky patients, even though they are exhausted from working two shifts
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God is not only watching
Late one stormy London night in 1763, a man filled with despair was determined to end his life.
He hired a driver to take him to the river and was convinced that if he could only cast himself into the depths of the Thames, his agony could 
be finally put to an end. He was unwavering in his resolve as he stepped down from the carriage, and as it pulled away; he walked through the fog toward the pier and suddenly
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Losing it all in the 1973 St. Louis fire
On July 12, 1973, a fire in St. Louis, Mo., at the National Personnel Records Center destroyed between 16 and 18 million military personnel files. My mother’s file was one of those.
The files covered the period from pre-World War I to 1963. There began decades of veterans struggling to prove military service in order to access their benefits.
When I sent away for my mother’s records, what I received back was a certificate,You must be logged in to view this content.
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Early resolutions for 2024
Having stuck with less than half of the New Year’s resolutions I made for January 2023, I decided that for 2024 I need to give much more 
thought to what I commit to. In other words, not to take on more than I can actually do … and to give a much longer period of consideration to the whole thing. Hence this early start in talking about resolutions.
I’m leaning toward one-time efforts, things I commit to doing once, not whole lifestyle
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The benefits of cooperation
On the same day that our U.S. House of Representatives effectively voted against a third person to be speaker, our state and county delegations held a press conference announcing how cooperation led to $95 million coming to our county to fix Pickens County’s most 
dangerous road, S.C. Highway 183. The contrast between functioning government and dysfunctional government could not have been greater.
S.C. 183 has been a safety priority for many years — decades if you have lived here. Five-year crash
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The witch’s grave
Bill, severely wounded in Afghanistan, limped from shrapnel lodged in his left leg. Suffering from PTSD, unable to find a job, he welcomed the forgiving obscurity provided by alcohol.
The preacher got him into AA and found him a job as the caretaker of an old cemetery. He lived in the caretaker’s cabin. He cut the grass in summer and raked the leaves in the fall. His only companion was a little black cat with a splotch of white fur on her chest. He named her Josephine.
Bill whistled as he began to rake up the leaves covering the graves. He stopped to brush
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