Letters

Dear Editor, On Feb. 11, 2019, Liberty will have missed Mr. John William Callaham walking through our town for the last seven years. Mr. John was a lifelong resident of Liberty and spent his 83 years serving and worshiping in his home town. I still find myself scanning the sidewalks…

Dear editor, The Dialysis Patients Demonstration Act attempts to remove patients’ choice. All patients should have a choice in their dialysis provider. There is no reason for patients to be involuntarily enrolled into an organization and then be required to opt-out within a specific block of time, in order to…

Dear editor, Well, what can I say? It’s been a roller coaster and after nine years, my heart told me that it’s time to move on to new adventures. I want to extend a heart-felt thank you to the community of Pickens County for their support through times thick and…

Dear editor, A few weeks ago a student posted a threat on social media to harm students in one of our county high schools. Within 90 minutes, law enforcement was taking that student into custody. This quick response was made possible by a strong partnership that now exists between local…

Dear Editor, I heard about how the county council is discussing closing the Liberty library. This new county council inherited nearly $25 million in cash from the old council. Plus the county’s annual tax revenue is at a record. Reading the article, I wondered how can they be short of…

Dear Editor: This Valentine’s Day, many veterans who fought to preserve our freedoms will be hospitalized, receiving the medical care they earned, but separated from the homes and communities they defended. No one should be alone on Valentine’s Day, and with the help of our grateful community, no veteran has…

Dear Editor: Feb. 14 marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period before Easter, when Christians abstain from animal foods in remembrance of Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the wilderness. The call to abstain from eating animals is as current as the teaching of evangelical leader Franklin Graham, yet…

Dear editor, As a citizen of Pickens County and on behalf of the South Carolina Native Plant Society, I am writing in response to the letter Pickens County House Representative David Hiott wrote to the EPA in support for off shore seismic testing and drilling for oil. Representative Hiott’s letter…

Dear editor. A year ago, not long after being elected commander of the local American Legion Post 52, Jimmy “Bones” Wilson came up with the idea placing wreaths on the veterans graves locally as they do at Arlington National Cemetery. He got all the rules set up by “Wreaths Across…

Dear editor, If a grocery store clerk accidentally scanned a product twice, costing you double, you would be right to politely complain. Have you ever wanted to pay double for your taxes? Well, you already do, and you should politely complain to your state legislators. The S.C. Legislature requires county…

PICKENS COUNTY — On Thursday, Dec. 14, Christmas came for Pickens County residents. A conservation easement was filed with Pickens County. After much work by Upstate Forever and others, Atlantic Coast Conservancy filed an easement to protect Glassy Mountain from a subdivision development. The fruits of everyone’s labor paid off…

Dear editor, I would like to apologize to the motorists that I may have gotten a little testy with prior to the Easley Christmas parade. My job was to man the intersection of East 2nd Avenue and Bradley Street in front of the First Baptist Church. I had to ascertain…