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‘A Cup of College’
Ken and Shirley Chappell, owners of The Framery, are known throughout the area for making the ordinary special. Business owners for nearly 40 years, they are pictured here with their gift to the Liberty Community Scholarship. The Chappells framed the “A Cup of College” memory cloth as a gift to the Liberty Community Scholarship organization celebrating Oct. 1 as a day where the schools and community show their support of the scholarship recipients. The event was hosted at Solid Grounds Cafe. The Liberty Community Scholarship is awarded to two Liberty High School applicants, who demonstrate a commitment to excellence. Applications are available from LHS counselor Angie Burgess.
Community Calendar
• Hee Haw Christmas set for Hagood Center
The Hagood Community Center, located at 129 Schoolhouse St. in Pickens, will present Hee Haw Christmas in the Hagood Community Center Auditorium on Dec. 4.
There will be two performances — one at 2 p.m. and another at 6 p.m. The local cast will present good old country music and comedy.
Tickets are $5, in advance only, from Nov. 17-Dec. 1 at the Senior Center on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10-11 a.m. or call (864) 878-9999 from 2-6 p.m. on Monday through Friday.
A BBQ dinner will be served in the lunchroom from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Food tickets will be sold for $6, sold only in
Blue Flame burn through Aiken in straight sets to win program’s 16th state title — and first since 2014
After capturing the Upper State crown and finishing with heartbreaking losses in the state championship four seasons in a row, the fifth time was the charm for the Pickens Lady Blue Flame volleyball team on Saturday, as they broke through to beat Aiken in straight sets in the Class 4A title game in Columbia to wrap up the program’s 16th state championship — and first since 2014. Just days after winning their fifth consecutive Upper State championship over Catawba Ridge, the Blue Flame dominated Aiken from the opening whistle on Saturday to capture the first state title of coach Rikki Owens’ five-year tenure. Above, the Pickens crowd goes wild as the Lady Blue Flame celebrate a point during Saturday’s championship match. To see more, turn to pages got to sports on this website. Jessica Mackey/Courier
Man charged with attempted murder
PICKENS — A local man faces multiple counts, including attempted murder, after police said he shot a woman in the presence of two children last week.
Joshua Butcher, 32, is charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, unlawful conduct toward a child and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Butcher was being held without bond at the
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Ex-bus driver facing 16 child sex charges
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A former School District of Pickens County bus driver is being held behind bars on more than a 
quarter of a million dollars in bonds after being arrested last week on multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.
The Pickens Police Department charged Robert Allen Miller with 16 counts of third-degree
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County’s COVID-19 numbers improving
COLUMBIA — Pickens County has seen some improvement in the battle against COVID-19 this week, according to 
the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), with falling case numbers and only five reported deaths this week.
According to DHEC, there were four confirmed deaths and one probable death in the county the one-week period from last Tuesday to Monday, when the latest
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Upstate Warrior Solution, Goodwill partner to serve vets
EASLEY — Upstate Warrior Solution (UWS), in partnership with Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina, is opening a new office to serve Pickens County veterans and families.
Located within Goodwill’s Saco Lowell Road location in Easley, the new office will enable UWS and Goodwill staff to collaborate and improve service delivery and accessibility to care for veterans and their families. Both organizations have
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Blood Connection encourages blood donations in honor of Veterans Day
COUNTY — This Veterans Day, The Blood Connection will salute our nation’s heroes by inviting the community to contribute to making a donation to The Blood Center of America’s Special Forces Wounded Warrior Fund 
(SFWWF).
Between Nov. 9 and 11, The Blood Connection is donating $10 to the SFWWF for every blood donor who gives at 13 different donation centers across the Carolinas and Georgia. The BCA
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Historic Burdine Lodge to be dedicated Saturday
PICKENS — After a decade of preparation and fundraising by local volunteers, the grand reopening and dedication of the 1700s-era Burdine Lodge will be held this Saturday, Nov. 13, at 1 p.m. at the Hagood Mill Historic Site.
As documented in his journals, it was at this log house that Bishop Francis Asbury stayed and preached as he journeyed to establish the early Methodist societies in the region. Now restored by the South Carolina United Methodist Church Conference Historical Society, the
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Easley man hit, killed by vehicles
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — A Easley man died Nov. 2 after he was struck by two vehicles on U.S. Highway 123.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Scotty Cummings, 39, of Odom Road.
The collision occurred around 7:30 p.m. on U.S. 123 near S.C. Highway 124, according to Master Trooper David
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