Equine therapeutic center playground near Seneca

A ceremony on Saturday near Seneca memorialized two Oconee fallen marines, and the event volunteers marked the occasion by dedicating a new playground that Wild Hearts Equine may use to serve its clients and their family members.  The playground was built from scratch by volunteers from BASF’s VETS team, an employee group of veterans dedicated to community service.  The new […]

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A request unthaw the freeze

At its meeting tomorrow night, Oconee County Council is scheduled to consider a request by county staff to re-evaluate a hiring freeze that prevents the county from filling as many as 17 positions.  They would be to cover vacancies that have occurred because of retirement, what are called alternative employment opportunities and other circumstances.  If Council say yes to all […]

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Pedestrian fatality was a 19-month old boy

A Father’s Day weekend tragedy on the grounds of Devil’s Fork State Park at Lake Jocassee.  The coroner says the accident took the life of Benny Esquivel, a 19-month old Asheville, North Carolina boy.  Investigators say around 1:45 Saturday afternoon Benny ran in front of a Jeep Wrangler and died within a half hour at the scene.   Information received by […]

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Juneteenth celebration switched to indoors

Tonight’s Juneteenth celebration has been moved inside to the Hendrix Student Center at Clemson University.  The walk has been cancelled.  Making possible the local commemoration of the day that federal troops ensured that all enslaved persons were freed are the city of Clemson, Clemson University, the city of Seneca, and Call Me Mister.  Juneteenth is the longest-running African American holiday.  […]

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Willie Clyde McCall

  Seneca, SC – Willie Clyde McCall, 90, husband of the late Patricia Moore McCall, of Seneca, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2023, at Cottingham Hospice House.   A native of Seneca, SC, Mr. McCall was the son of the late Lawrence Matthew and Mary Alice Newton McCall. He worked in maintenance at Clemson University and was a veteran of […]

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Johnny Wayne Justice

West Union, SC– Johnny Wayne Justice, 77, husband of Audrey Phyllis Barnes Justice, of West Union, passed away Friday, June 16, 2023, at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville.   A native of Walhalla, SC, Mr. Justice was the son of the late Tillman Clayton and Clara Irene Sullivan Justice. He was a Vietnam Veteran with the United States Army and […]

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Councilman commended for his involvement

A player in the $3 million deal to make way for a book distribution center near Westminster says a lot of credit goes to Julian Davis, the District 4 councilman who contributed assistance to make the deal work.  (Details on the sale of a former manufacturing building on the Sandifer Blvd. are available in a separate WGOG post and can […]

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