This week in the PICKENS COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY Sponsored by MOUNTAIN VIEW FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS
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No vote taken on Pickens annexation
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Pickens officials on Monday heard again from residents urging them to vote More »
Peabody Engineering expanding in Liberty
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — A plastics manufacturer plans to expand its Pickens County operations, a move More »
Semper Fi Barn to host Community Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony
SIX MILE — The Semper Fi Barn will host a community-wide Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony on September 11, offering area More »
Keowee Vineyards make donation to help ‘Feed A Hungry Child’
On August 27, the Keowee Vineyards CRO Advisory Board proudly presented a check to their Fund the Need recipient, Feed More »
Don’t mess with Mother Nature
Don’t mess with Mother Nature — and never underestimate the power of a hurricane. By the time Hurricane Helene hit the Upstate, although downgraded to a tropical storm, she was still 
powerful enough to cause flooding and take down trees and power lines, making us powerless.
Scientists have been trying to control the weather for centuries. Everything from rain making to lightning squelching, hurricane snuffing, fog lifting, frost smothering and hail pelting. Melt that
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Courier Letters to the Editor 10-9-24
Hurricane help from local citizens
Dear Editor,
Since early last Friday morning, I have seen some of the best from our Pickens County residents. As I traveled to work through many detours, I saw local heroes out cutting trees and placing warning cones at intersections without power. Highway 123 coming out of Clemson was at a standstill, with a pine tree that had fallen over the entire eastbound lane. I was heading toward Clemson and was getting ready to stop and offer help when I saw a man cutting up the tree as his truck was pulled into the median with hazard lights on. I was stopping to get out and help remove the sections of the tree from the highway when I saw four or five people getting out of their cars that were eastbound to offer assistance.
On Sunday, I took some gas to a friend in the Dacusville area for their generator and saw a
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The dynamic relationship between love and prayer
Last Sunday, I was asked to bring the morning sermon for a wonderful church in the country called Mt. Lebanon Methodist.
I had a dream recently about delivering a message and when I awoke, I went I into my office and asked God to please not let it dissipate before I could write down as much of it as I could remember. Dreams are like the morning fog that fades when the sun comes out. I was noticeably rattled and was typing feverishly. How many know
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Courier Obituaries 10-9-24
KATHLEEN GILLESPIE WATSON
SIX MILE — Kathleen Gillespie Watson, 94, died peacefully at home on Oct. 3, 2024, 
surrounded by her loving family.
She joined C. E. (Ed) Watson, her husband of 73 years, her parents, Janie Walker Gillespie and Lawrence Eugene Gillespie, and her six older siblings, who were all waiting for her in heaven.
She is survived by her children, Carolyn (Ralph) Bolding, Cindy (Garnett) Watson and Steve Watson; her grandchildren, Katie (Geoff) McDowell, Brian (Jamey) Bolding, Gabe (Aleesha) Bolding, Jessica (Tyeler) Prater, Jon (Lauren) Bolding, Jahanna (Tim) Schwab, Josiah Bolding, Walker (Caitlin) Watson, Meggie (Josh) Roseborough, Jordan and Justice Harrison; 18 great-grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Doris (Boyce) Whitman, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Kathleen was a lifelong member of Praters Creek Baptist Church, where she was a constant, faithful witness within the church community. She taught Sunday school, initiated the senior
Courier Classifieds 10-9-24
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Courier Trespass Notices 10-9-24
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned notto hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:
Violet and Clarence Simmons Oct. 2024
Barry S. Durham Dec. 2024
James and Sheila Stansell Jan. 2025
Ronald Russell Mar. 2025
Betty L. Haynes Mar. 2025
Pamela Dodson April 2025
H. Melvin Barr May 2025
Susan P. Gilstrap and
Michael H. Pilgrim July 2025
George Hannah May 2025
Murpree Farm LLC May 2025
Kevin Hardin Sept. 2025
Greg & Rosemarie D’Ginto Sept. 2025
Thomas and
Mary Ann Shivers Sept. 2025
Treadwell and Erica Zeigler Oct. 2025
Rocky Nimmons Nov. 2025
Dollie G. Morris Mar. 2026
Bertie H. Gibson July 2026
John Hendricks July 2026
Randy and Lynne Griffin Jan 2027
County Council questions why Clemson played football game
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Many residents have expressed outrage on social media that Clemson’s football game against Stanford University was not postponed or canceled following the devastation visited upon the 
area by Hurricane Helene.
But could anyone have prevented the game from taking place Saturday evening at Memorial Stadium?
Pickens County officials and staff discussed the matter during a special called meeting of county council, where council members received an update from emergency officials about recovery from the storm.
At the meeting’s start, county administrator Ken Roper said county council
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Hurricane Helene leaves path of destruction throughout county
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Despite leaving much of Pickens County in an area of devastation, the county had had no deaths attributable to Hurricane Helene on Monday, according to county administrator Ken Roper.
Roper gave county council members an overview on the county’s response and the storm’s impact to
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