This week in the PICKENS COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY Sponsored by MOUNTAIN VIEW FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS
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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 »
Green Wave announce 2023 Athletic Hall of Fame class
EASLEY — Easley High School will honor its 2023 athletic Hall of Fame class next month.
Three former Green Wave athletes have been selected to join the Easley High Athletic Hall of Fame — Danny Cobb, CJ Fuller and Haleigh Smith.
The inductees will be honored in the EHS cafeteria on Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. prior to the Green Wave’s football game against Greenwood at Bill Carr Stadium. There will be a dinner held for inductees and any past Hall of Fame members.
Danny Cobb
A 1967 graduate of Easley High School, Cobb excelled not only the football field but also in the classroom. He was the co-captain of the 1966
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Roper discusses growth, development standards
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS COUNTY — Pickens County Council is trying to balance “growth that’s smart…growth that’s manageable…growth that still protects 
the unique nature of Pickens County,” County Administrator Ken Roper said last week.
Since its very first meeting, the current county council has been focusing on the issues that
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Nonprofit announces 2024 collection drives
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Next year will provide a variety of opportunities for locals to benefit area senior citizens.
Members of Warmth and Comfort for the Elderly in Upstate SC use their crochet skills to provide warm items for nursing home patients,
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Can you dig it?
On Sept. 15, 1959, Nikita Khrushchev, general secretary of the Communist Party and premier of the Soviet Union (also known as “The 
Butcher of Budapest”), and his wife, Nina, arrived in Washington for a summit meeting with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. This was during the Cold War, when
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Is the truth out there?
First, a Chinese spy balloon flies right over our heads. Then an $80 million fighter jet vanishes over our airspace.
Such weird occurrences in South Carolina surely put us in the crosshairs of the search for UFOs.
OK, that’s a stretch. But why shouldn’t the state that produced the legendary Lizard Man of Lee County be the most likely place for close encounters of the third kind?
You might think I’m making light of the possibility of extraterrestrial aircraft tooling around in
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Courier Letters to the Editor
Something different
Dear Editor,
Now for something different.
I just wanted to share some thoughts with all of you. As I’ve heard it said of life, we all wear two faces. One face we wear in the public to show off. The other we wear at home among our families.
The two faces are always said to be worlds apart. That is very true. The family knows us like no other human does, that’s for sure! Only God
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Libraries celebrate Constitution Week
Shown are photos from area libraries decorated for Constitution Week by Fort Prince George Chapter DAR regent Carolyn Nations. The DAR appreciates everyone’s support in helping make the worthwhile project possible and allows so
the children can go read about the Constitution and pick up pencils, bells and handouts with fun activities. The displays are available at the Central-Clemson, Easley, Liberty and Pickens libraries for families and children. There will be information tables at each library with lots of free items with fun things to do.
Community Calendar 9-27-23
• Amazing Grace to host homecoming
On Oct. 1, Amazing Grace Fellowship will be celebrating homecoming. Amazing Grace Fellowship is located at 229 Pearl St. in Pickens. EDIFY will be singing during the Sunday School Hour starting at 10:15 a.m. The Rev. Roger Stephens will be the special speaker, followed
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Bunton speaks to LCSB
Mary Anne Bunton, chair of the Anderson University Board of Trust, and her husband, Ray Bunton, were the guests of the Liberty Community Scholarship Board at a recent morning coffee meeting with former Liberty Community Scholarship recipients Jaida Smith (2020), Lexy Whitaker (2022) and Millie Bigbee (2023), all accomplished young women who are currently pursuing degrees at Anderson University. Bunton is in the center, standing with Smith on the left, Whitaker on the right and Bigbee second from right. Bunton’s service is in evidence in small and large ways across Upstate communities, as she has been a member of the Anderson University Board of Trust for more than three decades. Not pictured are scholarship winner Gabriela Juan (2022) and Carla Stone, First Citizens Bank vice president and honorary board member.
