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DHEC: Livestock possibly exposed to rabid horse
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — A horse from Central tested positive for rabies last month, according to a news release from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
The horse was from the Browning Road and Maw Bridge Road area and was in Georgia when it began showing symptoms, the release said.
The animal was submitted to Georgia’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for testing on Feb. 23 and was confirmed to have rabies
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Quinn announces bid for SC House District 5 seat
EASLEY — Allan Quinn of Easley has announced that he will run again this year for the S.C. State House District 5 seat currently held by Rep. Neal Collins.
Quinn made the announcement last weekend at both nights of the 24th annual spring IPRA World Championship Rodeo at T. Ed Garrison Arena in Clemson put on by his company, Easy
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Virtual town hall set to discuss deadly fentanyl
COUNTY — The Prevention Department of Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County will host a virtual town hall meeting on Facebook Live at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15.
The topic will be the powerful and potentially fatal painkiller fentanyl. Counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl have become a deadly crisis in South Carolina, particularly in the Upstate.
Participants in the town hall will have the opportunity to learn where
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Easley student shares top prize in electric cooperative contest
COLUMBIA — Micah Jordan, a native of Easley and student at Clemson University’s Honors College, is part of a team that claimed the top scholarship prize of $5,000 in the “Pay it Forward” competition sponsored by South Carolina’s electric cooperatives. The competition challenged students to search for solutions to pressing social and 
economic problems in the state’s rural areas.
With the inaugural contest, students at the state’s largest public honors college programs put their educations to work by brainstorming solutions. Honors students at Clemson and S.C. State universities were named as
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TCTC honors Pickens County students
PENDLETON — Forty-one students have been named to Tri-County Technical College’s Academic Distinction List for fall 2021, including a dozen from Pickens County.
To be eligible for the Academic Distinction List, a student must be enrolled in six to 11 credit hours for two consecutive terms and earn at least 12 credit hours during the two consecutive terms, with a
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Hamlett to speak to Upstate conservatives
PICKENS — Clay Hamlett, candidate for S.C. House District 5, will be the guest speaker for the next meeting of the 
Conservatives of the Upstate.
The group of like-minded conservative Christians will welcome Hamlett to speak
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John Harden Scholarship applications now available
PICKENS — Cannon Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is now accepting applications for the John Harden Scholarship.
The $1,000 scholarship, established in memory of Dr. John M. Harden, is awarded annually to a person continuing their education to work in a health care field. Eligible candidates are students from Pickens High School, Liberty High School and Lakeview Christian School.
Also eligible are employees and volunteers of Cannon Memorial Hospital
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Riding in style
Market at the Mill officials held a surprise fundraiser to benefit one of their own, Pickens County resident Mike Hart, presenting him with with an electric scooter on Valentine’s Day weekend. The scooter was presented to Hart by Brian Barner at the Market at the Mill on Feb. 12. Some store vendors and other caring people in the community made this day possible. Hart has medical issues and needs a mobility scooter to get around better. “This is a blessing and will make my life easier,” Hart said. Hart was very thankful to all the people who donated.
Community Calendar 3-9-22
• Wild game supper planned at Red Hill
March 11 is the date for the Rudy Hayes Fishers of Men Wild Game Supper at Red Hill Baptist Church. Guest speaker will be Bass Masters chaplain Chris Wells, and New Dixie Storm, a local bluegrass band, will be providing the music entertainment. There will be door prizes, vendors to meet and wild game and other delicious foods, and it is all is free. Everyone is invited to join for the event, set to start at 6 p.m. March 11 at Red Hill Baptist Church,
Sheriff’s office captain arrested
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A captain with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office was charged with driving under the influence following a single-vehicle incident last week.
According to a release issued by Easley Police Department public information officer Sgt. Ashley Anderson, Easley police officers received reports that a black Jeep had “collided into a roadside ditch” on Calhoun Memorial Highway near Outback Steakhouse around 5
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