Within these walls
Historic schoolhouse restored, marker unveiled at Soapstone By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — A historical marker on the More »
This week in the PICKENS COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY Sponsored by MOUNTAIN VIEW FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS
ON A ROLL!! LIBERTY OVERCOMES SLOW START FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN LIONS LOOKING TOWARDS CLINTON; GREEN WAVE PREPARE FOR MANN; More »
Pickens Lip Sync Battle sparks community unity
PICKENS — The second annual Lip Sync Battle was held at the Pickens Amphitheater on Saturday, bringing music, laughter and More »
Grand opening held for Hagood Mill Pavilion
The grand opening of the Heritage Pavilion at Hagood Mill Historic Site was held on Friday at a free community More »
PC Habitat for Humanity to host dinner next week
COUNTY Pickens County Habitat for Humanity (PCHFH) invites neighbors, supporters, and community partners to gather for the Have a Heart More »
4th annual Barns, Boots, Brew and Silent Auction set for Oct. 7
EASLEY — Family Promise of Pickens County is excited to present its 4th Annual Barn, Boots Brew and Silent Auction More »
Site set for Family Promise barn dance and silent auction
EASLEY — Family Promise of Pickens County will present its first Barn, Boots & Brew and Silent Auction on Oct. 11.
Sponsored by Cornell Dubilier, Sealevel Systems, Palmetto Upstate Group and Uncommn, the event will be held at Arabella Farm, located at 125 Buck Ridge Road in Sunset.
The event will include a happy hour, appetizers, chili and baked potato bars with toppings, dessert bar and
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Parkinson’s Society adds Woschkolup to board of directors
EASLEY — Upstate Parkinson’s Society (UPS) has announced that Kathleen V. Woschkolup, M.D., has accepted a position on its board of directors as medical director and vice chair.
Woschkolup is a Greenville neurologist specializing in movement disorders like Parkinson’s disease. She is highly respected and renowned for her patient dedication, according to a news release. Woschkolup is a member of the Mercy Bon Secours health system. She graduated from Universidad De Guadalajara (UAG), Mexico, and fulfilled her residency at Medical University of South Carolina. Her office is at St. Francis Millenium, 2 Innovation Drive, Greenville.
Community Calendar 9-28-22
• Senior info sharing session set at Hagood
The Hagood Community Center will host an information sharing session for seniors called Senior Gathering this Thursday, Sept. 29, beginning at 11 a.m. in the center’s dining room, complete with a “make your own” ham/turkey cold cut meal, and with no charge to attend.
The event is sponsored by HFC services for the purpose of sharing a variety of information with seniors to enhance their quality of life and knowledge of resources available to them. There will be no sales pitch, only information. The guest speaker for the initial Senior Gathering will be Christian Merrit, and the
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Red Devils off to hot start in region action
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — One year removed from an Upper State championship appearance and facing the challenge of playing in a new region this fall, the Liberty High 
School volleyball team doesn’t appear to have lost a step in an unbeaten start to region play.
The Red Devils’ strong play was on full display last week as they dropped region foe Chesnee in straight sets.
“We’re new to this region this year, so we really haven’t known what to expect,” Liberty head coach
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PYAC planning first golf tournament
PICKENS — Founded in January 1965, the nonprofit Pickens Youth Athletic Corporation will host its first-ever golf tournament on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Rolling Green Golf Course.
Set to kick off with an 11 a.m. hot dog lunch and a noon shotgun start, the four-man captain’s choice tournament will raise funds for the PYAC’s mission of providing quality youth sports programs and the best facilities possible for Pickens-area residents.
The cost is $200 per team, and prizes will be awarded for first-, second- and third-place finishes, as well as a closest to the pin contest and longest drive
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Will the Fed’s plan work or leave us fed up?
Well, according to the newspapers, the Fed went ahead and did it: They raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percent.
What does that mean to you? Hundreds, or probably thousands of dollars down the drain if you’re carrying some credit card debt or have a variable rate 
mortgage, or if you need to buy a house or get a car loan.
The noble motive behind the Fed’s move — which to me seems to benefit the bankers very nicely and hurt everybody else — was to bring inflation under control.
Inflating the cost of borrowing money is supposedly good because it will cause unemployment to go up (real people to
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
We live in the greatest nation ever. One thing I love is we have the freedom of speech.
Your paper is one of the few whose readers haven’t contributed some biased, narrow-minded rants. It’s good to see a paper whose contributors know how to properly present their opinion or opinions in an adult manner, not acting like angst-filled children.
People who write their opinion sometimes rant and rave over their subject. Use name calling for whatever they’re against. So childish it’s unbelievable! It’s as if
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Dedicating or hesitating?
I attempt to keep my eyes and ears open to learn about the Holy Spirit and human behavior. In my spiritual journey, the situations I’ve encountered through counseling and teaching have graciously allowed me to see the importance of walking in humility through the awareness of God’s presence.
I’m not implying that I’ve arrived at a spiritual plateau where God and I float through the clouds together, but I do believe we can be as close to Him as we desire to be. To be honest, the more I discover about His written and specific will, the more I realize I have hardly scratched the surface of pleasing Him.
I’ve learned that our rebellious human nature loves being independent while God is constantly trying to reveal to
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Sign up for free college courses
In an attempt to keep brain cells active this winter, I have signed up for a college course. The good news is that it’s all online and it’s free. The other good news is that it’s sponsored by a major university.
It’s called Open Courseware, and I found my class on the internet. Yale, Harvard, MIT, Stanford and many others have “massive open online courses,” also known as MOOCs, and their main purpose is to provide learning opportunities. You have to appreciate MIT especially. They make
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Courier Obituaries 9-28-22
EFFIE LEE DOBSON
EASLEY — Mrs. Effie Lee Dobson, 98, of 507 S. B. Street, widow of Edward Dobson, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022.
Born in Anderson County, she was a daughter of the late Edward G. and Mamie Sweet.
Survivors are her grandchildren, Kelly Mathis (James Chico) of Easley and Jason Fricks of Florida.
She was preceded in death by her son, Delton E. Fricks; her brothers, Lewis, Pete and Walt Sweet; and her sisters, Jessie Bently, Bernice Owens, Helen
