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South Carolina GOP Chairman: “There’s no time to be demoralized.”
PICKENS COUNTY—South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly told a group of Pickens County Republicans that now is not the time to look back. Connelly aimed to rally Pickens County GOP members at a recent meeting last week, saying an effort to turn things around would require aggression. “We can’t afford to look at the past. We have to move forward,” Connelly said. “We need all hands on deck. We’ve got the majority in the house,...
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Fire destroys Easley home
Easley firefighters work to put out a blaze that damaged most of a home on Robert P. Jeanes Road in Easley Monday afternoon. Easely Fire Chief Butch Womack said the house was a “total loss.” The house is occupied by one person, but the resident was not at home at the time of the fire. There were no injuries reported.
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A small church with an enormous history
PICKENS COUNTY—To many, Soapstone Baptist Church may not stick out, but inside the walls of this structure overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains is a deep history that has gone, for the most part, untold. Born in 1943, Mable Owens Clarke is a decedent of freed slaves that lived in a small community called “Liberia” in northern Pickens County. Clarke was born near the church, and the significance of the site, she said, is greater now than i...
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Jet Toy competition returns to local schools
PICKENS COUNTY—Pickens County students are again competing for top honors during the annual JetToy Challenge Fifth Grade design teams and their balloon-powered toy cars were to compete Tuesday at the 2013 School District of Pickens County JetToy Challenge on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at the Pickens County Career and Technology. “Students use principles that professional engineers use,” said Dr. Barbara Nesbitt, Coordinator of Elementary Education....
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