Category Archives: Opinions
Letters to the Editor
Thank you for Gravely reunion
Dear Editor,
Thank you for your generous coverage of the multi-state Gravely reunion that we had to miss when I was hospitalized with sepsis on July 20.
I was able to connect on Zoom for the last hour of the event and greet some relatives.
Genealogy is not everyone’s cup of tea, but it can yield interesting stories.
In 1820, for example, the migrating relative from Virginia, John Gravely Sr. (married to Margaret “Peggy” Ballenger) and son, John Jr., signed a petition to the Pendleton District Grand Jury complaining about “peddlers and hawkers” wandering the countryside.
My uncle Horace began family history searches and was intent on connecting with English Gravelys, but was lost at sea Feb. 7, 1943. My father Marvin had similar interest, in part because he knew into his twenties his grandfather Ballenger, born in 1828!
PHS history teacher Lucille Hallum said frequently, “We are what we are because we have been what we have been.”
Will Gravely
Littleton, Colo.
Exercising at the rec center
The senior center commandeered a large space at the rec center to use in an experiment. Their goal: to determine if we actually meant what we said about not coming in for exercise classes in a cramped senior center space where 
we’re all breathing on one another. Find more room, we’d said, room to spread out.
Hence, the borrowed space at the rec center (which had to cancel the Tots and Mommy Workout Hour … something
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Do you remember where you were?
Do you remember where you were when you heard that Elvis had died?
Hard to believe, but it was 45 years ago this week.
I was living in Macon, Ga., and it was my friend and musical collaborator Kevin Vannoy who gave me the news.
It was a hot day — Aug. 16, 1977 — a Tuesday, like this week.
I had just gotten back home after walking a couple of miles to the Kroger store to buy some cream cheese.
A bass player from Australia whose name I can’t remember had drifted into
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Courier Letters to the Editor 11-17-22
Clarity and call to action
Dear Editor,
The right questions will lead to clarity. With clarity often comes a call to action…
Question No. 1: What do $4 a gallon gas and the skyrocketing cost of groceries have in common? Answer: Both are the result of Democrat party policies.
Question No. 2: Why are millions of illegal aliens flooding across our southern border? Answer: It is the direct
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Lines of communication
The path to victory was never promised to be an easy one. It’s filled with faith blended with hard work, persistence and a passion to follow God’s directions.
What type of victory are you referring to? The only success and accomplishment that has eternal value is when we follow and accomplish God’s will. So, what is this? Well, there is His general will which includes His written word that is given to help us learn how to
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Getting ready for open enrollment
Before we know it, that yearly event will be here — when we have to decide what to do about our Medicare plans between Oct. 15 and Dec. 7 for coverage that will begin Jan. 1.
There are several things we have to consider, such as taking on a prescription drug plan or changing to a new one, or staying with original Medicare or going with an Advantage plan or changing
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He has a wonderful plan for you
God loves you. This deserves repeating … God loves you! Sometimes people feel that no one cares, but this is not true. Jesus proved how much He loved you when He gave His life for you. How much more can He do than to die and come back from the dead so that you can enjoy a relationship with Him and have eternal
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Considering Clemson council races
Dear Editor,
I read the last edition of the Pickens County Courier very closely. I liked the comprehensive coverage of Clemson elections. Clemson University is so big today it has changed the town to a city, and it is spilling into Central and starting to affect my town of Six Mile, too.
Reading the articles, I wondered who could best address all the problems the growing university is creating? Thecity council election has many qualified candidates. I was impressed by Lillian Boatwright wanting to hold the
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Another COVID winter
We’re in our third summer of the COVID pandemic and another winter is coming.
Think about that statement for a minute. Did any of us imagine, back in the summer of 2020, that the problems would still be with us in 2022? I for one was betting that once the vaccines started coming out, COVID would surely be vanquished. Oh, how wrong I was.
Many of us settled in during that first year of COVID isolation, missing
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Could it be PTSD?
Do you ever wonder if you possibly have PTSD? The Department of Veterans Affairs has created a very short PTSD 
screening webpage designed to see whether any symptoms you have could be related to post-traumatic stress disorder.
The screening test consists of five short questions. At the end you’ll click
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