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In the 1990s, the Pickens County, South Carolina Council wanted to adopt a seal, and they saw a design commissioned in 1968 for the county’s centennial in the Pickens Sentinel. They made a lithograph of the design, but it was still missing something, and Council Member Norman Langston felt it needed a little color. He knew just the person | In the 1990s, the Pickens County, South Carolina Council wanted to adopt a seal, and they saw a design commissioned in 1968 for the county’s centennial in the Pickens Sentinel. They made a lithograph of the design, but it was still missing something, and Council Member Norman Langston felt it needed a little color. He knew just the person - his son, Bryan - and the right price - free - to spruce it up. | ||
“I guess I got shoehorned into it,” said the younger Langston, who now works in the County Sheriff’s Office in forensics, where his artistic skills are employed sometimes to sketch crime scenes. | “I guess I got shoehorned into it,” said the younger Langston, who now works in the County Sheriff’s Office in forensics, where his artistic skills are employed sometimes to sketch crime scenes. |
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