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Legion to host block party for annual Army/Navy game
PICKENS — American Legion Post 11 will host a block party to watch the Army- Navy football game at the post’s 
headquarters at 185 Hagood St. in Pickens.
The game is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, and all post members and their family are invited. Other members of the community are also invited.
Finger food will be available. If you have a favorite finger food you would like to share, please do so. No alcohol will be permitted.
Community Calendar 12-4-24
• Sertoma Club invites locals to meet
The Clemson Sertoma Club invites all local residents to attend its meetings.
The club meets at noon the first and third Tuesdays of each month at Occasions at Wedgefield, located at 1551 Eighteen Mile Road in Central.. New visitors are always welcome.
• Pickens Rotary meets Wednesdays
The Rotary Club of Pickens meets at 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Pickens County Museum.
Guests are invited to the meetings to learn the 20 reasons to join Rotary.
• Widowed persons group meets in Easley
Moving Forward, a widowed persons group meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Silver Bay Restaurant
DEW: County jobless rate rises
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COLUMBIA — The unemployment rate in Pickens County saw an increase during in the latest jobs report released last week.
The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported that unemployment went up from 4.3 percent in September to 4.9 percent in October.
The rise in unemployment comes just one month after Pickens County saw its jobless rate drop one full percentage point from
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Courier Community Calendar
• Sertoma Club invites locals to meet
The Clemson Sertoma Club invites all local residents to attend its meetings.
The club meets at noon the first and third Tuesdays of each month at Occasions at Wedgefield, located at 1551 Eighteen Mile Road in Central.. New visitors are always welcome.
• Pickens Rotary meets Wednesdays
The Rotary Club of Pickens meets at 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Pickens County Museum.
Coldwell Banker Caine to open new Six Mile office
SIX MILE — Coldwell Banker Caine has announced it will open a new gallery office in the heart of the Lake Keowee community.
Citing Coldwell Banker Caine’s long history serving the community’s real estate needs, as well as general growth and demand for real estate in the Upstate, vice president of sales and broker-in-charge of the Greenville office Lauren Buckland said the expansion is a natural and
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Morgan to serve as CAA principal
CENTRAL — On Monday, November 18, 2024, the School District of Pickens County Board of Trustees 
approved the Superintendent’s recommendation for Mrs. Brittney Cassell Morgan to become the interim principal of Central Academy of the Arts beginning January 1, 2025. Mrs. Morgan will step into this role as the current principal, Mrs.Tish Goode, takes a leave to address personal medical needs.
Mrs. Morgan brings a wealth of experience to Central Academy of the Arts, having served as the Assistant Principal at Forest
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Pickens County man charged with exploiting child
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A Pickens County man faces multiple charges of sexual exploitation of a minor following a 
recent investigation by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.
According to a PCSO release issued Thursday, the agency’s Special Victims Unit received a CyberTip case from the National Center for
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Bowers lauds successes, has high hopes for SC 8 fixes
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Emergency services and roads were among the topics Pickens County Council chairman Chris Bowers shared with Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce members during the “State of the 
County” event Nov. 14.
Bowers shared with the group a proposed rendering of the county’s planned emergency services/dispatch center, set to be built behind the
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