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This week in the PICKENS COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY Sponsored by MOUNTAIN VIEW FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS
WASHED AWAY
BREWINGTON’S BIG DAY HELPS GREEN WAVE
OVERCOME 15-POINT FIRST HALF DEFICIT IN WIN OVER WOODMONT
DANIEL SCORES 27 UNANSWERED TO TOP SENECA; LIBERTY LOSES CLOSE BATTLE WITH CRESCENT; BLUE FLAME BASH BEREA ON THE ROAD 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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School district breaks ground on new learning facility in Pickens
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The School District of Pickens County’s latest project aims to broaden the educational horizons of both children and adults.
Officials broke ground Friday morning on the Gateway to Innovation — G2i for short — at the Dr. Mendel H. Stewart campus, housed on the grounds of the former Pickens Middle School site.
“This is a significant event,” said school board chairman Randy Robinson, who recalled telling district superintendent Danny Merck to “kick out a wall at the career center” to enlarge the district facility for growth.
“He did one better,” Robinson said of Merck. “He had a thought, and that thought’s behind us.”
Robinson thanked district staff for “planning ahead, thinking ahead and having a vision
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Think pink for breast cancer awareness
The Courier is going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of those whose lives have been affected by this devastating disease, we will accent our front page with pink every week of October.
The pink ribbon has been synonymous with breast cancer for years. Nowadays, people rarely think twice when they see pink ribbons, having grown accustomed to the pink ribbon and what it symbolizes.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been celebrated each year since 1985, and many other breast cancer awareness initiatives have been devised since then. While the pink ribbon may seem like it’s been in use for just as long, it was actually established only a little more than 20 years ago.
Although you can see waves of pink every October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, many people don their ribbons year-round. Great strides have been made with respect to breast cancer, but with about 225,000 new cases popping up each year in the United States alone, there is still work to be done.
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Six Mile residents claim officials retaliated against fire personnel
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
SIX MILE — Six Mile leaders are being accused of retaliating against two members of the Six Mile Fire Department for comments they made during a town council meeting.
In social media posts last week, residents accused Mayor James Atkinson of having Six Mile Fire Department Chief Mikie Barrett moved to another fire department and having
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Homeless shelter served with eviction notice
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
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PICKENS — A shelter established to give those facing emergencies a place to stay is in danger of closing.
Pickens County Shelter of Hope is a passion project for Tracy and Sunshine Gantt, who added it to their ministry and worked for years to establish the shelter before it opened in April 2020. The shelter serves the homeless and struggling families.
In a post to her Facebook page on Sept. 17, Sunshine Gantt wrote that the shelter was served with a 30-day
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Blue Flame take region lead with win over Daniel
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — With region play entering full swing, longtime rivals Daniel and Pickens 
faced off on Sept. 16 with control of Region 2-4A on the line.
The Blue Flame fell to Daniel twice in the regular season last year, dropping the region title for the first time in more than a decade.
While Pickens ended up recovering from the losses last fall, taking down Daniel in the playoffs en route to its 17th state championship, the Blue Flame still felt they had unfinished business against the Lions and looked the part as they swept their cross-county foe in three straight sets.
“We came in here with a purpose,” Pickens
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