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Devils cruise to region win over Blacksburg
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County planning time capsule events, museum display
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The public will be able to get a closer look at the artifacts removed from a time capsule buried in 1968 with the opening of a new exhibit at the Pickens County Museum of Art and History.
The capsule buried at the Pickens County Courthouse was opened on Oct. 5 as part of the county’s sesquicentennial celebration.
“All the artifacts from the time capsule that we excavated a couple weeks back will be on display,” tourism director Jay Pitts said.
An event set for 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the museum will kick off the “150
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“We’re going to celebrate 150 years of Pickens County’s history,” Pitts said.
During the Nov. 15 event, mayors from Central, Clemson, Easley, Liberty, Norris, Pickens and Six Mile will open and read aloud 50-year-old sealed letters from the 1968 time capsule.
A new time capsule will be buried at the Pickens County Courthouse on Dec. 14 following the “Pickens Sesquicentennial Christmas Parade,” set to begin at 7 p.m. that night.
The downtown event is themed “A Hometown Holiday” and is sponsored by the city of Pickens, the Pickens Revitalization Association, the Pickens County Historical Society and county government.
In honor of the sesquicentennial, registration fees for the parade are being waived.
Parade participants are encouraged to dress in period costumes representing 1868 or 1968. The first 1,000 people who dress up will receive a limited-edition commemorative sesquicentennial challenge coin.
All items to be considered for the time capsule must be dropped off at the Pickens County Museum at least two weeks prior to the burial. Items will be evaluated by the Pickens County Historical Society and the Time Capsule Board.
The time capsule is scheduled to be unearthed in 2068.
While they wait for the next 50-year unearthing ceremony, officials want to continue to add new exhibits, artifacts and “new life into the museum,” Pitts said.
“One of the areas we’re going to start to strengthen is what we do here at the museum,” Pitts said.
The museum will be emphasizing more events for children, he said.
“We’re going to focus in on what we do for children,” Pitts said. “I believe that before we send them to Columbia, we need to let them see who we are and what we are.”
Museum staff are developing “a host of educational programs,” he said.
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Unwinnable battle of the vine
This may be hard to believe, but they sell both honeysuckle vine and trumpet vine in garden catalogues. Yes, friends, you can order it, and if so inclined — or insane — plant it in your yard.
This weekend, I spent several hours trying to remove a trumpet vine from the middle of an azalea that is being strangled. I pulled and pulled, but with trumpet vine the roots are probably 1,000 feet deep in the earth. This vine was tightly wound around the base of the azalea before spreading out and attacking the branches and leaves.
Any sustenance in the soil was being sucked out by the vine, so my poor azalea was fighting for its life.
After exhaustion set in, I understood that in the battle between me and the
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School district leads on safety measures
A few weeks ago, a student posted a threat on social media to harm students in one of our county high schools. Within 90 minutes, law enforcement was taking that student into custody. This quick response was 
made possible by a strong partnership that now exists between local law enforcement and our school district.
When I was elected to the school board in April 2014, I learned that the School district was out of compliance on a law that required a district of our size to have an alternative school. Each year, the district, under direction of the school board, had been requesting a waiver on this law. Our school district had been out of compliance with this law since it elected to close the Simpson Alternative school a few years earlier
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Courier Letters to the Editor 11-7-18
Five-letter words
Dear Editor,
There is a little five-letter word that is so powerful that it can’t be destroyed. No matter the depth it is buried, it will someday surface. It can be run from, but no matter how far or hard you run, it will someday find you.
It, like God, always has been and always will be. Feared by even the mightiest evil, because it can destroy that evil, yet it cannot be destroyed
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Ceremony held in honor of Liles at Jaycee Park
PICKENS — The Pickens Service Club, BSA Troop 51, family, friends, veterans and residents of Pickens conducted a flag-raising ceremony at 
Jaycee Park for the rededication of the E. Rutledge “Rut” Liles Memorial on Oct. 14.
Liles, a son of Pickens, was born May 13, 1947, to Rut Sr. and Mary Liles. Liles grew up in Pickens in the 1950s and ‘60s and was the perfect example of the “guy next door” with his infectious smile.
He was an active member of Grace United Methodist Church and Troop 51 of BSA, where he earned the rank of Eagle
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Pickens baseball seeking vendors for community yard sale at school
PICKENS — This Saturday, Nov. 10, the Pickens High School baseball team will be holding its first-ever community yard sale in the PHS student parking lot as a fall fundraiser for the program.
The event will kick off the 2019 season and prepare to fund the teams for the season. Each vendor area will be comprised of two front and back parking spaces, and the cost of each space will be $20.
The spaces may be paid for the day of the event, and will be assigned on a
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Courier Community Calendar 11-7-18
• Cannon Auxiliary to host Winter Fest
Cannon Auxiliary will hold its annual Winter Fest from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 15 in the AnMed Health Cannon classroom. A variety of handmade items will be for sale. Those who hand make crafts and would like to have a table at the sale are asked to contact Amanda Miller at (864) 898-1134 or amiller@anmedhealthcannon.org or contact Lib Cowan at (864) 878-9999.
• Pickens VA Office to host veterans event
The Pickens County Veterans Affairs office is excited about the upcoming Veterans Day events this year. The office is celebrating the many veterans in Pickens County to show their appreciation to all and the sacrifices that were made.
The second annual Veterans’ Appreciation Dinner is being hosted again
Courier Obituaries 11-7-18
Ruth Mary Medlin
RIDGEWAY — Ruth Mary Medlin, 75, formerly of Pickens, passed away on 
Friday, Nov. 2, 2018.
She had been a resident of Ridgeway since 1996 and was a member of In Touch Ministries and the First Baptist Church of Pickens.
Mrs. Medlin was born Aug. 21, 1943, in Canton, Ohio, to the late Antonio Ortega Morales, a native of Spain, and Helen Paulin Skavarina, a native of Czechoslovakia.
Mrs. Medlin is survived by a brother, Tony Morales of Massillon, Ohio; two sons, Kenneth Wayne Peterman III (Tami) of Pickens and Edward Vincent Peterman; two stepchildren, Dennis Medlin of Ridgeway and Patti Shumpert (Greg) of Lexington and five grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband, Paul Wayne Medlin, and sister, Dolores Mallette.
She was a devoted wife and a loving mother, and will be missed by all who
Flame head to Greer to open postseason
By Rocky Nimmons
Publisher
rnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The Pickens Blue Flame met one of their goals for season 
when they defeated the Palmetto Mustangs Oct. 26 and earned a spot in the Class 4A playoffs with a fourth-place finish in region play.
The feat was another step for Chad Smith’s team, which has continued to play hard and improve as the season progressed.
Pickens, however, has the dubious task of facing one of the best teams in the state when it travels to Greer to take on the Yellow Jackets in Round 1.
The Blue Flame (4-6, 2-3) know how to fight and battle to the end with talented teams and have shown great fight all season. Pickens lost three
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Devils set to open playoffs with trip to unbeaten Chester
By Clay Counts
Special to The Courier
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LIBERTY — After a big road win over Powdersville earned the team a school-record third playoff trip in a row, the Liberty Red Devils are looking for more, beginning with a shot at knocking off undefeated Chester on the road in the first round this Friday night.
Liberty’s 21-13 road win over the Patriots on Oct. 25 was a fitting end to a 5-5 regular season, as the team faced some adversity but battled back to 
come away with the win, just as the Devils rebounded from three tough losses in the region schedule and won the finale to earn their postseason berth and keep their season alive.
“Just proud overall and proud of the second half with these guys,” Liberty coach Kyle Stewart said after the win at Powdersville. “There’s been some
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