My friends, my neighbors, my brothers and sisters of Pickens —

This past week, extreme weather tested us.
Winter Storm Fern and the bitter ice that followed placed many of our neighbors in real danger. The cold was fierce. The darkness was real. The road was hard.

But let me tell you something:
Pickens did not bend. Pickens did not break. Pickens rose.

Because when the storm came, the people came.

Our police officers came.

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