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Liberty Primary named national Model School
LIBERTY — The International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE), whose mission is to encourage, inspire and support today’s educators, has named Liberty Primary a 2021 Model School for its relentless focus on student outcomes in an unprecedented year.
Liberty Primary recognized opportunities for growth, collectively established a vision and systematically worked together to take action.
Liberty Primary is one of 16 Model Schools from across the United States that will share its best practices at ICLE’s 29th annual Model
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Festival fun finally returns
Lots to do locally this weekend and beyond
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — After a year of lockdowns and social distancing, spring brings with it a number of festivals and events this year, including many that are returning from last year’s cancellations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Pickens Azalea Festival will be held this Friday and Saturday, April 16 and 17.
Roads will close at 6 p.m. Friday evening before the cruise-in, which will be held from 7-10 p.m. and will feature cars and Jeeps from all eras.
o fees or applications are required for this year’s cruise-in. Organizers ask that those who would like to participate in the cruise-in enter from South
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Bake a Big Batch of Brownies
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
I know there are some who really don’t like brownies, and I understand and don’t judge. We all have a different set of taste buds and can’t
control our genetic makeup.
But for those of you who do like chocolate — and I am among those — you may like some of these variations on the classic brownie recipe.
None of these recipes are rocket science, fortunately, but I — and my taste buds — think they’re good. We all hope your taste buds agree.
Enjoy them as a treat or an everyday snack.
‘The hand of God’
Local residents recall day Liberty avoided military aircraft disaster
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY —
It was a typical Saturday morning in downtown Liberty, and 12-year-old Jerry Nalley was at home watching TV with his younger sister.
“Probably some Western,” he recollected.
All at once they heard a great “commotion” — and it wasn’t coming from the cowboys and Indians on their black-and-white television set.
“It was just a tremendous noise,” he said. “We didn’t know what in the world it was.”
This Saturday morning — Feb. 27, 1960 — turned out to be anything but typical.
Jerry ran out the back door just in time to see one of the vertical stabilizers of a C-119 airplane — a
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New face for city council
A special Pickens City Council meeting held Monday evening recognized outgoing city councilwoman and mayor pro tem Donna Owen and newly elected Councilman Robert Nealy, who won Owen’s seat by pick up more than 71 percent of votes in a three-way special election March 23. Replacing Owen
as mayor pro tem will be Councilman Jimmy Davis, who was nominated Monday evening and elected unanimously by council. Above: Mayor Fletcher Perry, center, recognizes Owen for her service on council alongside Nealy, who will fill her seat. Inset: Davis is recognized by Perry as the newly elected mayor pro tem.
Blood donor turnout hits historic low
Blood Connection extends hours in response to need
EASLEY — The Blood Connection, the community blood center, is seeing historically low blood donor turnout and has extended its center hours in response to the urgent need.
According to the latest TBC data, local hospitals have consumed twice as much blood as the community has donated. If the trend continues, it could cause a blood rationing event or blood shortage for hospitals in the community. Donation centers are now open earlier and later to accommodate more blood donors.
Unexpected traumas are “exacerbating the issue,” according to Allie Van Dyke, partnerships and media coordinator for the Blood Connection.
“The Blood Connection was recently alerted by one of its hospital partners that one patient
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Liberty unveils marketing plan
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — “Over the next three years, it will be a critical time to build on the momentum that this marketing plan creates, to start to move these big boulders forward,” Designlab’s Jessica Masse told Liberty officials at a meeting last week.
Masse unveiled the city’s three-year marketing plan March 30 at the Rosewood Center.
“What is unique and special about Liberty?” Masse said. “We’ve figured that out, we think.”
With the region experiencing strong economic growth and job creation, Liberty offers “a safe, high quality of life and living standard while
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Lions sweep county track meet
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Liberty High School hosted the annual Pickens County Track and Field Championships on Thursday, with winners coming from 
all four of Pickens County’s high schools.
However, the big winner on the day was the Daniel High School track program, which won both the girls’ and boys’ meets.
The Lions were well ahead of the competition, taking both by more than 20 points, with the boys scoring 121.5 points and the girls scoring 110.83.
Two of the biggest reasons for Daniel’s big day were the performances of TraVon Lay and Jeffery Davis. The two were named co-MVPs of the meet for their contributions on the day.
Lay, a record holder at the county meet in both the 100- and 400-meter hurdles, took first in both events on Thursday, while also taking first as a member of the 4×400-meter team alongside Ally Wilson, Graycen Sanders
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SC Botanical Garden spring plant sale online this month
CLEMSON — Spring has sprung, and after being cooped up all winter, many South Carolina residents are planning to spruce up their gardens.
To help residents decide what plants to plant, the South Carolina Botanical Garden is holding its annual spring plant sale online, beginning
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