Category Archives: Opinions
Courier Letters to the Editor 12-7-22
Let’s keep the spirit of Christmas
Dear Editor,
Christmas is upon us. A time of the year when all can be like family, no matter the race, religion or non.
Seems people this time of the year are more forgiving than at others. Well, not all, of course, for the spirit of Scrooge is still alive and well.
People who hate Christmas are a truly a sad bunch. Could be happy and joyous but had rather snarl and snap at our heels and ankle, gnawing away. Maybe they’re
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Do you have workout goals?
We love our new exercise coach. This is the young student who used us as guinea pigs for a college class project, graduated and has now been 
hired by the senior center as our permanent workout guru. It’s only been a month, and already we want to make him Employee of the Year.
Somehow he managed to convince the town to spend large dollars to outfit a space in
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Using God’s speech filter in our conversations
As I’ve prayed for spiritual awareness over the years, the Lord has been patient with my lack of understanding and has graciously allowed me to labor in the area of communication.
When having a conversation with someone, listening intently helps to discern what is on their mind, but most importantly it’s even more important to listen to God in order to know how He wants us to respond. For the Christian, there is no higher responsibility than to monitor and]
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Embracing the lighter side this Thanksgiving
As we celebrate Thanksgiving this year, let us turn away from the toxic negativity that has darkened the view of the world for so many of us these days and embrace the lighter side.
There are a whole lot more good and wonderful things to be thankful for than there are things to be complaining about.
Need I list some of them? I think you already know pretty much what they are: sunshine, family and friends, the love of God, a comfortable standard of living — and that just about anybody
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Much to be thankful for
I’ve always enjoyed Thanksgiving with my family, but many times I become distracted from the intended purpose. Between football, conversations and pumpkin pie, it’s easy to forget how much we have to be thankful for.
Sadly, many have forgotten or maybe they have never known the history of human suffering that is associated with the Pilgrims. It’s been recorded that the new colony was focused on giving God thanks for His blessings and protection, as William Bradford is quoted, “Being thus arrived
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Courier Letters to the Editor 11-23-22
No justice to be found?
Dear Editor,
On Dec. 30, 2021, my 1998 Toyota Tacoma was stolen from my yard, located near Liberty and in Pickens County. Deputies with the sheriff’s office did an awesome job in recovering my truck and arresting two suspects.
Since that day, I’ve been an active part of the justice system. I’ve filled out paperwork, collected estimates in repairing the damage to my truck and been in the courtroom for every hearing.
Tuesday, Nov. 15, was my 12th appearance in court, for an expected plea by one of the suspects.
When the case was called, I, along with an advocate and another of their victims, stood for the charges. A Pickens County deputy walked over
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Goodbye to one of country music’s greats
Back in 1980, when my wife Kathy and I were dating, she told me a story about the adventures she had at Myrtle Beach when she was 18, hanging out with some guys who played in a band at a club called the Bowery.
It was the summer of ‘73. The band was called Wild Country.
She showed me a picture of them and told me how great they were.
“They’re going to be famous someday,” she said. “They made a record.”
“Yeah, right,” I thought to myself, having made a record with my own band in 1973 and not yet
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Get ready to shop small
Black Friday may be the longest day of the year. Used to, it was just the Friday after Thanksgiving. This year, the pre-Black Friday sales started well before Halloween.
Black Friday, of course, is the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, but there’s another day that puts me in the holiday spirit. It’s the day after Black Friday, Small Business Saturday.
Small Business Saturday is when people are encouraged to shop on Main Street instead of in the
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Knowing God unites us
The opportunity to know God is the greatest invitation that has ever been given in the history of mankind. For those who have a passion to learn about Him and serve Him, we will never be able to tell Him enough how much we love and appreciate His love, grace and endless mercy.
There are supposedly more than 2 billion people on our planet who claim to be associated with the Christian faith, and you would think that every person within this family would be united in their love for God and one another. Sadly, this is not the case. When we study religious history and see the numerous groups that aggressively oppose each other, it leaves us with many
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Dacusville Middle School delivering excellence
Last week I said I was going to hang up my old education reporter hat for a while, after straining my brain on the national test scores that had just been released.
But I couldn’t do it.
Once the bug bit me, I couldn’t let it go without making sense of something else I noticed that seemed to stand out.
See if you can figure out what was gnawing at me, from this multiple choice question:
Out of these four schools, pick the one that is different: Clemson Elementary School, R.C.
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