Save A Lot gives back to Pickens
PICKENS — With the help and generosity of its valued customers, the Save A Lot store in Pickens has donated More »
County elections official recognized for excellence
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com COUNTY — Pickens County’s election analyst was recently recognized by a stateorganization for going More »
Devils cruise to region win over Blacksburg
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — Coming off a heartbreaking loss to Landrum, the third-ranked Liberty High School More »
PHS Class of 1963 to hold 55th class reunion
PICKENS — The Pickens High School Class of 1963 will hold its 55-year class reunion beginning at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Larry Looper’s barn on Belle Shoals Road in Pickens.
The event will be a Mexican-style tailgate party. Dress will be casual. Those who prefer adult beverages should bring their own.
RSVP by Oct. 15 to June Bowers, 270 Lakeview Drive, Pickens SC 29671, or by email to junebowers@gmail.com. For more information, contact Linda Newman at (864) 477-9090 or Dean Holder at (864) 414-1353. Invitations will be sent.
County VA office seeks vets for veterans parade
PICKENS — The Pickens County Veterans Affairs Office is looking for veterans to participate in a Veterans Day parade in Pickens County this year.
The veterans parade will be held at 2 p.m. Nov. 11 in Liberty. County officials want to invite all veterans and military members (National Guard, Reserves, active duty) to participate.
Participants may gather as groups and ride on a float or trailer pulled by a
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Community Calendar 9-26-18
• Mt. Bethel to host Revival Oct. 1-4
The Rev. Jeff Roper will lead revival services at Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church from Oct. 1-4, beginning at 7 p.m. Special music and a nursery will be provided each night. Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church is located at 126 Mt. Bethel Church Road in Sunset. The Rev. Dick Waldrep is pastor.Everyone is invited.
• Event planned at Cafe Connections
The public is invited to show up Thursday night, Sept. 27, at Café Connections in downtown Pickens to learn a little about our Constitution and the role you play in impacting our government. The free class will
Spiritual emphasis speaker tells students to ‘take obedient risks’
CENTRAL — Heather Semple of 12Stone’s Central Campus Leadership Team was the speaker for a series of spiritual emphasis services Sept. 10-12 on Southern Wesleyan University’s Central campus.
Semple challenged students to take “obedient risks” to follow God’s will. Semple is a 1997 SWU graduate.
Semple prayed for students at the conclusion of the last service, “build a foundation inside of them in this university that is one grounded and founded in truth.”
At the start of each semester, SWU conducts spiritual emphasis services, providing a time for spiritual reflection and growth.
A growing Wesleyan church serving the Atlanta area through multiple campuses, 12Stone is based in Lawrenceville, Ga.
Kelly promoted at Tri-County Tech
UPSTATE — Grayson Kelly has been promoted to vice president for institutional advancement and business relations at Tri-County Technical College.
In addition to continuing in his role as executive director of Tri-County Technical College’s Foundation, he now has the added responsibilities of business relationship management with the college’s community partners.
Along with providing direct leadership to the foundation operations and staff, alumni and grants functions of the college. Kelly is working to strengthen partnerships with existing business and industry using an Integrated Workforce Solutions model.
The College’s Integrated Workforce Solutions (IWS) committee engages credit and non-credit divisions in shared governance over numerous Tri-County/employer projects, such as the IBEST Manufacturing and IBEST
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Brock and Stevenson join C. Dan Joyner in Easley
EASLEY — Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors announced recently that Jon Brock and Brenden Stevenson have joined the company’s Easley office as a sales associate.
Brock is a native of South Carolina and grew up in Greenville. After graduating from Greenville High School, he joined the United States Air Force. He recently sold his business of 17 years, where he was a contractor for FedEx Ground, servicing the Upstate South Carolina area. Brock is active in the community, volunteering with both his church and
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Courier Obits 9-26-18
Frances Turner Wimpey
PICKENS — Mrs. Frances Turner Wimpey, 91, of Pickens and widow of the late Grady Horace Wimpey, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca.
Born on Sept. 27, 1926, in Pickens County, she was the daughter of the late Elford and Pearl Scruggs Turner. She was a member of Three and Twenty Baptist Church and enjoyed gardening and quilting. Mrs. Wimpey was a caring person with a sense of humor. She worked as a private care nurse’s aide for several years and loved her family.
Surviving are her six children, Carolyn Simmons, Tommy G. Wimpey
Pickens coach says Blue Flame ‘a difficult team to contend with’
By Rocky Nimmons
Publisher
rnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The Pickens Blue Flame have the first five games of the 2018 season in the books and despite some tough losses, PHS head coach and 
athletic director Chad Smith believes his team is ready to make a run in Region I-4A.
Smith says his kids are ready to start the tough road ahead.
“Our kids are getting better every week,” he said. “If we continue to improve and erase mistakes in critical situations, then we will be a difficult team to contend with going forward.”
The Flame played a great game against Berea two weeks ago, mounting 461
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READY FOR THE REGION
Devils happy with success at midseason, ready for more
By Clay Counts
Special to The Courier
claycounts21@yahoo.com
LIBERTY — The Liberty Red Devils have reached the midpoint of their season and had a bye week last week to rest up for the region schedule ahead.
With a 3-2 record through the non-region schedule, the Red Devils have seen steady improvement week to week with their gameplay.
Many of the concerns LHS coach Kyle Stewart has addressed in post-game interviews have been a clear area of emphasis in practice or game prep the following week. This has led to much cleaner gameplay as Liberty heads into its first
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BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN
Harried’s 243 yards lift Easley to region victory at JL Mann
By Eugene Jolley
Courier Sports
ejolley@thepccourier.com
GREENVILLE — It wasn’t pretty, but all that mattered Friday night for the Easley Green Wave is that they got a region win against J.L. Mann, 21-13.
Senior tailback Jeremy Harried rushed for 243 yards on 23 carries and scored two
touchdowns. He also had another 64-yard touchdown nullified due to penalty.
Speaking of penalties, the officials probably had to ice their arms down after the game, as 24 penalties were accepted during the game, not counting several flags that were called but refused.
“That (game) had a little bit of everything,” Easley coach John Windham said. “It was crazy. We got the lead and they came back and scored. Then we got the lead again. The last drive, we had three big runs that were called back for holding. We had been running the same play, but all of a sudden they called us for holding. Those were tough calls. I was proud of the guys for the way they fought. It
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