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Keowee Vineyards make donation to help ‘Feed A Hungry Child’
On August 27, the Keowee Vineyards CRO Advisory Board proudly presented a check to their Fund the Need recipient, Feed a Hungry Child Pickens County, in loving memory of board member, Lori Primasing. Thanks to the generosity of community members, they raised $78,500 this year. Every dollar will go directly to providing weekend meals for more than 700 students in Pickens County, ensuring they have food from Friday afternoon through Monday morning. The Keowee Vineyards CRO Advisory Board is deeply grateful to everyone who contributed to this important cause. Together, the Vineyards is making a difference in the lives of children in our community.
Semper Fi Barn to host Community Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony
SIX MILE — The Semper Fi Barn will host a community-wide Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony on September 11, offering area residents a meaningful 
opportunity to honor those lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks. The ceremony, themed “Remember • Reflect • Recommit” welcomes flexible participation to accommodate varying schedules.
The remembrance event begins at 8:30 a.m. with four distinct moments of silence timed to coincide with each attack 24 years ago. The ceremony allows community members to join for the full event, individual moments of silence, or the fellowship
This week in the PICKENS COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY
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Blue Flame set school record with 70 points in blowout win over Walhalla.
Lions Drop Home Opener to Knights; Wave can’t stop Wren; Liberty lashes Southside; Clemson offense sputters against LSU; all this and more in this week’s FOOTBALL FRENZY, sponsored by Mountain View Funerals and Cremations available only in the Pickens County Courier.
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Young at Heart Senior Center opens in Easley
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Pickens County Meals on Wheels executive director Kim Valentin said bringing a senior center back to Easley was “way overdue.”
A day long in the works finally arrived as officials cut the ribbon Thursday morning on the Young at Heart Senior Center, part of the Easley YMCA at the McKissick Campus.
“We’ve been working on this since, I want to say it was around COVID times,” Valentin said. “We’ve been working on the plan for quite some time and working out all the details, and then of course acquiring the funding.
“Our portion of it ended up being about $880,000, and thanks to the city of Easley and grant money that was secured from Sen. (Thomas) Alexander and from the PIP grant
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Residents share thoughts on Abernathy Park redesign
CLEMSON — A beloved park in Clemson will soon be getting a facelift but first, the city is asking its residents what it would like to see in its transformation.
Residents were given two opportunities earlier this week to share their thoughts on the
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Hope in hard times: The story of a small family business that made the most of a global pandemic
PICKENS — Most of us remember the shutdowns, the masks, the mandates … the uncertainty.
The COVID era was an interesting time that seemed to either pull people together or push them apart. This is a story about a family that decided to pull together and to make the most of uncertain times.
When the shutdown happened, Ben Cade and his wife, Essie, were both forced out of work for more than three weeks. Ben, a licensed optician and lab manager at a major optical chain, was out of work due to mandates
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