Daily Archives: 03/25/2025
More than 1,000 acres burned as fire continues to rage at Table Rock
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A fire at Table Rock had consumed more than 1,100 acres as of Monday night, according to the S.C. Forestry Commission.
On Friday, March 21, the fire at Table Rock State Park was reported to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office’s communications center by law enforcement officers who were searching for Stephanie Womacks, a Georgia woman who has been missing for several weeks after last being seen at White Oak Campground, according to a county update.
The fire’s location trapped deputies and a number of hikers for a period of time before emergency personnel with the
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Hagood Mill pavilion to be completed
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The Hagood Mill Historic Site now has the funding to complete a pavilion on its grounds.
A groundbreaking was held at the Heritage Pavilion last week to celebrate the $1 million in state funding the project was awarded.
“It’s a day of celebration, a day of happiness,” pavilion committee chair Ryan Ferrell said at the March 19 event. “This has
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SC Waffle Fest set for Saturday
LIBERTY — The city of Liberty will host the first-ever S.C. Waffle Fest presented by the U.S. Waffle Company on Saturday. The festival will take place on March 29 on South Commerce and West Front Street in downtown Liberty from 10 a.m. to 4 
p.m.
Admission is free, and the festival will feature a variety of family-friendly activities, including a kids’ zone sponsored by Potters Clay Fellowship. Kids can enjoy face
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BHSPC opens new location
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Staff of an organization whose longtime motto is “…where change begins” welcomed community partners last week to help them celebrate a change that has been long in the works.
Once located in four buildings on two sides of Pickens’ Main Street, Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County (BHSPC) now has most of its staff under one roof at 208 E. First Ave. in Easley.
The agency held an open house Friday morning, hosting tours of the renovated and reworked building that was once the Alice Manufacturing office. The festivities kicked off with a Greater
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Protesters urge Graham, Biggs to stand up to Trump
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Protesters hoping to have U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Congresswoman Sheri Biggs listen to their concerns 
about President Donald Trump and the role Elon Musk is playing in his administration were left disappointed last week.
Both Graham and Biggs were listed as expected guests on a pre-event release about the groundbreaking for the Heritage Pavilion at the Hagood Mill Historic Site.
Protesters showed up to the event hoping for an audience with
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National Vietnam War Veterans Day | March 29
How can you honor Vietnam veterans in your community?
The Department of Veterans Affairs notes that approximately 2.7 million Americans served in the Vietnam War. There was strong domestic opposition to American involvement in the conflict, and many veterans returning from the war were treated poorly and unfairly. That made it difficult for Vietnam veterans to adjust to life at home, a problem compounded by the trauma of the war.
Although it is impossible to reverse time and remedy the poor treatment of Vietnam veterans, there are ways that the public can honor those veterans who sacrificed their safety and health in service of their country. These ideas can
Wave fall to Science Hill in spring break battle
The Easley High School baseball team hosted Science Hill of Johnson City, Tenn. on Friday. After falling behind big in the third inning, the Green Wave rallied in the sixth inning, scoring six runs to cut the Science Hill lead to 9-8. However, the Easley comeback came up short as the Hilltoppers pulled out a 10-8 win. Pictured above: Easley’s Cooper Sears prepares for a pickoff attempt as a Hilltopper baserunner slides back into first base.
Daniel girls win Ga. track meet
ATHENS Ga. — The Daniel High School track team went across the border to Georgia on March 15 for the Loch Johnson Invitational.
The Lions managed a very successful day on the track with the girl’s team finishing in first place at the meet, while two
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Taking a moment to think out loud
Life is filled with ups and downs, joy and good times mixed in with seasons of discouragement and sadness.
I do not believe in a perfect life here on earth and this includes any human living above the reproach of sin and of course, all 
of us having everything perfect within our hopes and dreams of happiness. Even the individuals who have billions of dollars in the bank have times of frustration and disappointment. For example, even those who cruise the seas on luxury yachts have engine breakdowns, and stormy weather. Or how about those who have all the money they could ever spend but are so sick they cannot
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Who is steering the ship?
Genesis 8:3-4 “And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of 
Ararat.”
The Biblical description of the ark that Noah built under God’s direction, indicates only the dimensions (Genesis 6:15). It was built 300 cubits long (450 feet) by 50 cubits wide (75 feet) by 30 cubits high (45 feet), a three-dimensional box.
There is no scripture that we can reference that in any way describes a pointed bow
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