The free public event will focus on Lake Hartwell’s fisheries, water quality and the lake’s role in South Carolina’s recreational economy. Presentations and demonstrations will include the organization’s “Trash Tank,” a modified pontoon boat equipped with a crane to remove large debris.

Tri-County Technical College rededicated its Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Wednesday, relocating the state’s first Vietnam memorial to a more prominent campus site and expanding it with new marble emblems, a lighted flag plaza and markers inscribed with the names of local service members who died in the war.

“Our Andersonians go, ‘Well, I’ve been,’” Phillips said, with the familiarity of someone who has heard this before. “You have no idea what’s changed.”

Men of every generation in my genealogy donned a uniform, stepping into the long shadow of war both at home and abroad. This history of America, often measured by the battles fought, is truly honored in those who bore the burden of battle. They soaked the earth in the blood of our soldiers, countless lives lost on battlefields and at sea, early sacrifices searing the nation’s soul.

A newly renovated building on the site of the Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina is being prepared to hold records and memorabilia dating back to the Revolutionary era, as well as other objects of historical interests, a treasure trove of photographs, the paperwork of a cotton mill and other evidence of life in Anderson, Oconee and Pickens counties.

Clemson University and Tri-County Technical College have expressed interest in acquiring the property, Christopher said. The district plans to seek proposals from both institutions, giving its school board alternatives to an earlier possibility which considered renovating part of the building for district offices and leasing other space.

Flags flew, and Main Street was lined with people downtown Sunday for the Anderson County Veterans Day Parade.

On Sunday at 3 p.m., Anderson County will host a Veterans Day parade downtown to honor the people we encounter in the ordinary course of a week: neighbors, co-workers, retirees, familiar faces whose military service may never come up in conversation. Sunday offers an occasion to recognize that part of their lives.

Honea Path is returning its town offices to the historic downtown Town Hall on Monday, restoring a building that Mayor Jimmy Smith said was nearing the point of demolition and bringing government services back to Main Street for the first time since 2008.

Canned goods remain the most pressing need. For people without a reliable place to prepare a meal, the details donations are important. Deloney looks for protein, individually packaged foods, crackers and breakfast bars. A pull-tab lid can make a can considerably more useful.

Democrats managed to flip 10 seats across the Palmetto State on Election Day, according to unofficial results from the state Election Commission, though one of those will require an automatic recount under state law.

Anderson County Councilman Glenn Davis, a Democrat, with 71.42 percent, or 4,316 votes, easily held on his Dist, 2 Seat, easily defeated Republican Challenger James Hayes who received 28.48 percent, or 1,797 votes. In Anderson School Trustee Dist. 5, At-Large, Incumbent Cindy Burriss, with 53.44 percent, or 11,503, defeated challenger Tim Self, with 45.80 percent, or 9,860 votes.

“We just made some history,” said Andrews, South Carolina’s first elected female U.S. senator. “South Carolina, you have shown the nation what is possible,” she said. “You have shown the nation that in this era of partisan divides, of vitriol and name calling, in a politics dominated by billionaires and special interest groups and insiders in Washington D.C., that we will not bow down, that we will not back down, and we will chart our own course.”

Under the change, people can no longer use government aid to buy energy drinks, candy bars or certain sweetened beverages, including ready-made lemonade, tea, sweetened coffee and full-sugar soda.

AIM plans to provide Thanksgiving food for more than 1,000 families Nov. 23 at the Anderson Civic Center and is asking the community to help supply holiday staples.

Before opening night on Thanksgiving, the nonprofit is asking for volunteers: students, retirees, church groups, civic organizations, business teams and anyone else willing to spend part of November getting Christmas ready.

The total number of early voters in the county to 29,793.

Anderson County Council will consider a final vote Tuesday on an ordinance prohibiting the use of county funds, property and resources for Flock camera systems, along with tax incentives for two industrial projects and a new $100 million investment from an unnamed company.

BHP 35, Emerald 30

Westside 28, T.L. Hanna 21

Crescent 49, Pendleton 6

Powdersville 42, Palmetto 14

Wire 3 has announced pre-sales for a $36 million fiber-optic internet network in Anderson Thursday at the Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce, with the first customers expected to receive service before the end of the year.