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RUN OVER!! Red Devils pick more than 400 yards rushing in rivalry win over Pickens Daniel rebounds with win over More »
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 »
Freedom is not free
Memorial means to “remember,” and every year on the last Monday in May, we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice with their lives in the line of active military service while protecting and defending the country they loved. For those of you that have family members and close friends who died fighting for our freedoms, we can know they perished for a cause greater than their own.
What do you think about when you hear the words Memorial Day, and does it have personal significance? Unfortunately, for some Americans, the true meaning of Memorial Day has been seemingly lost. It’s common for
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What ever happened to customer service?
It was a very long time ago, and though it may sound like a fairy tale today, there was once something called customer service.
In those olden days, customer service meant that if you bought something from a company and something went wrong, you could call and a human being 
answered the phone.
There was no recorded robotic message from an inhuman being or android, just something known as the human voice.
This voice was activated from within the human’s brain and was programmed to respond to a ringing phone by
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Do you think you’re old?
Dear Editor,
I’m old. How old? Old enough to remember phone booths that you walked into and shut the door. Only a dime to make local call. Had to dial a number, not push buttons.
Old enough to remember when TV was black and white. And 21 inches was considered big screen. Movies were 75 cents, as were haircuts. Movies were often
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BHSPC awards two scholarships
PICKENS — Two Pickens High School seniors have earned scholarships from Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County.
Brooke Smith won the Charlie Hagood Scholarship. She plans to pursue an undergraduate degree in biological sciences at Clemson University and continue on to become a physician’s assistant.
Jesi Turner won the Dan Sharpe Scholarship. She plans to pursue an undergraduate degree in health science at North Greenville University and go on to
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AG: Pickens man distributed child sexual abuse material
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A Pickens man is facing multiple charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor, according to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.
Matthew Leon Arotin, 62, was arrested on May 13 and is charged with six counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, Wilson said in a release.
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office made
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Man arrested on multiple drug charges
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A man is facing multiple charges, including trafficking methamphetamine, following his arrest last week at an Easley hotel, according to a release 
from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.
Gregory Paul Simon Jr. was arrested at the Days Inn Hotel in Easley on May 18 after members of the PCSO’s Community Action Team and agents with the S.C. Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services found
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Easley CEO indicted
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SCRANTON, Pa. — An Easley man and renewable energy company CEO was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pennsylvania last week after being accused of fraudulently convincing people to invest more than $1 million in his company.
James Abrams, 39, was indicted May 17 on charges of wire and mail fraud, identity theft, money laundering, unlawful transactions, obstruction of justice and false statements, according to John C. Gurganus, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
The indictment alleges that Abrams, the owner and CEO of renewable energy company EthosGen LLC, provided forged documents and false information to
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Decision 2022
The Questions
1. What qualifications do you have for the office you are campaigning for?
2. What made you decide to seek election/re-election to the office?
3. What changes and improvements do you plan to make in office should you win the election?
County Council District 2
With veteran councilman Trey Whitehurst not seeking re-election, Pickens County School Board member Phillip Bowers will go head to head with local businessman Chris Lollis for Whitehurst’s District 2 seat on Pickens County Council.
Phillip Bowers
1. I’m a lifelong Six Mile resident and a graduate of Daniel High, Southern Wesleyan University and Clemson University. I care about our community and
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Courier Obituaries 5-25-22
PHYLLIS ANN CHILDRESS BOWERS
EASLEY — Phyllis Ann Childress Bowers, 64, went to be with her Lord and Savior on May 16, 2022, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Mrs. Bowers was born in Greenville County and was the daughter of the late Dwight “DD” Douglas Childress and Vera Mae Cobb Childress and loving wife for 39 years to John Lesley Bowers.
Survivors in addition to her husband include a sister-in-law, Beth Swofford Childress; loving niece, Kristin Childress, and nephew, Justin Childress, all living in the United Arab Emirates. Also surviving are very special close cousins, Mildred and Gene Medlin and Jim Medlin.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bowers was predeceased by a brother, Phillip Childress.
Mrs. Bowers was a believer in Christ and longtime member of Gethsemane Baptist Church of Greenville. She loved being a
