PICKENS — County officials’ recent trip to Europe is “just the beginning” and will bring “rich rewards” to Pickens County,

Roy Costner

according to county council chairman Roy Costner.

Costner was joined by council vice chairman Chris Bowers, Alliance Pickens director Ray Farley, county attorney Ken Roper and tourism director Jay Pitts on the trip to the Karlsruhe District of southern Germany from Feb. 14-20.

The group met with industrial and government officials with a view toward building increased economic, educational and cultural ties between the

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