PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — A Pickens County school board member says he’s encouraged by a federal appeals court ruling allowing a county governing board to open meetings with prayer. Pickens school board member Alex Saitta says the ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals means board members could offer prayers without being censored, The Greenville News. The court in Richmond, Virginia, voted 2-1 that the Rowen County, North Carolina, Board of Commissioners can give prayers as members see fit.