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RUN OVER!! Red Devils pick more than 400 yards rushing in rivalry win over Pickens Daniel rebounds with win over More »
No vote taken on Pickens annexation
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — Pickens officials on Monday heard again from residents urging them to vote More »
Peabody Engineering expanding in Liberty
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com LIBERTY — A plastics manufacturer plans to expand its Pickens County operations, a move More »
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 More »
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 More »
Central Tigers host inaugural meet and greet
CENTRAL — High School football officially kicks off in the Upstate this week, but the stars of tomorrow are gearing up for their season as well.
Long before players win state titles at Daniel High School, they’re putting in work in the local Central Tigers youth football program.
Residents were able to meet the 2024 teams Thursday night at
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Vice presidents can sometimes surprise us
Calvin Coolidge served as vice president to President Warren G. Harding. He had little to do except for presiding over the 
Senate.
Coolidge kept an $8-a-day suite at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., and dined out often. When Coolidge was asked why he attended so many social
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Courier Letters to the Editor 8-21-24
Study our past to avert future crisis
Dear Editor,
Much has already been said about the increasingly dangerous polarization of our society, but in rereading Bruce Catton’s excellent Civil War account of the Army of the Potomac (Doubleday & Co., 1952) it is clear that we find ourselves today on a
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The necessity of spiritual civilization
Today, our greatest need is the establishment of a spiritual civilization. What does this mean? What are its qualities and 
how is it built?
We are told in Luke, 7:21 “ …for the kingdom of God is within you,” and in Galatians, 5:22-23, “…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance,
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Hearing is one thing, obeying is another
Having the opportunity to be engaged in a constant dialogue with Christ is more than just a hope. It can happen just the 
same as when we sit at our kitchen table and have an enjoyable conversation with a friend.
And how is this possible? Because He’s real the same as you and I are real. Remember that old song, “My God is real, for I can feel Him in my soul?” If
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Finding all the info you need
We don’t always need to have the answers to questions on the tip of our tongue. Whether it’s things we knew long ago and 
have forgotten, or if it’s information about our current world, sometimes it’s enough to know where to find that information.
Check the Senior Blue Book (seniorsbluebook.com) for a whole library of
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Courier Obituaries 8-21-24
MARTHA JOAN ALEXANDER
EASLEY — Martha Joan Alexander, 91, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Aug. 14, 2024, surrounded by her loving family.
She was born at home to the late Lewis and Glator Noblitt in Easley in 1933.
Together, she and her late husband, Kenneth Alexander, leave their legacy
Dacusville Farm Days set to be held Labor Day weekend
DACUSVILLE — The 11th annual Farm Show is set to chug into Dacusville on Labor Day Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.
With more than 200 tractors, antique cars and trucks, crafters, a military encampment, kids zone and food court, there will be something for everyone from tots to seniors. There will be parades of power at noon and 4 p.m. on Saturday and 3 p.m.
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Hagood Center plans to host Hee Haw encore this weekend
PICKENS — The Hagood Community Center is planning an encore presentation of what officials call the “latest and 
greatest edition of ‘Hee Haw.’”
Center officials said they have been asked by many to have one more presentation, saying in a
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Voter turnout campaign underway
COUNTY — A Pickens County-wide voter education and registration campaign is underway by the League of Women 
Voters of Oconee and Pickens Counties (LWVOP) and the NAACP of Pickens County.
The two organizations hope to increase the number of residents registered to vote and showing up at the polls Nov. 5 over that in
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