Category Archives: Community
Business of the month
The Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce is excited to recognize the Pickens Service Club as our November Business of the Month. The Pickens Service Club, originally the Pickens Sertoma Club, remains committed to supporting local charities with a focus on helping youth. Each year, the club sponsors two local children to attend Camp Sertoma at the Clemson Outdoor Lab, giving them guidance, support, and a memorable growth experience. The club also supports nonprofits such as the Cannon Hospital Foundation, Helping Hands, Family Promise, United Way, the American Red Cross, and the Pickens Youth Athletic Association, and is a member of the Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce. Though small with limited resources, the club continues to make special community donations when needs arise.
Courier Community Calendar 11-26-25
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PPC invites all to holiday carols event
Pickens Presbyterian Church invites the community to a special Lessons and Carols Service on Saturday, December 21 at 11 a.m. The church asks you to join them at 311 West Main St, in Pickens for a beautiful morning of scripture readings and beloved Christmas carols, celebrating the story of Christ’s birth.
This year’s service will feature a live instrumental ensemble, and Pickens Presbyterian
And the winners are
The art students at Liberty High School know how to create art that dazzles and inspires, and at the November 4 Art Club meeting four talented artists, and their teacher Amanda Stokes, were recognized for their creativity by the Liberty Community Scholarship Board. The highly talented art contest winners who beautifully illustrated “The Joy of Christmas” are Holly Burgess who earned the first place honor; Bonnie Creely winning 2nd place, Brooklyn Johnson awarded 3rd place and Austin Jackson awarded 4th place; and, their artwork will be featured on the widely distributed 2025 LCS Christmas Card. Look for this card in your mailbox and at the Pickens County Museum. The art contest is sponsored by Strickland Services with many prizes awarded by community leaders including gift bags from CVS Liberty, manager Justice Simms; decorated chocolate chip cookie cakes from Ingles Liberty, manager Thomas Capogna; award certificates and cash prizes. The winners are pictured with memebers if the Liberty Community Scholarship board.
Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative to host annual Tree Lighting
PICKENS — Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative will kick off the Christmas season with the co-op’s annual tree lighting at their 
Pickens office at 734 West Main Street on November 25 at 5:15 p.m. For 43 years, this highly anticipated community event has created joy and camaraderie throughout the Pickens community by bringing people together to celebrate the reason for the Christmas season.
This long-standing tradition would not exist if it weren’t for the foresight of former co-op
Courier Community Calendar 11-19-25
• Food pantry hours announced at PPC
The Food Pantry at Pickens Presbyterian Church is open Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To receive food, individuals must present a valid ID showing residency in Pickens County. Pickens Presbyterian Church is located at: 311 West Main Street in Pickens.
• Dacusville Lions to host monthly bingo
The Dacusville Lions Club will be hosting Bingo night on the second Thursday of each month at the Lions Building in Dacusville, located at 1384 Thomas Mill Road. The next Bingo session will be Thursday, Dec. 11 There are set to be 10 games beginning at 7 p.m., and proceeds will go toward funding community eventand other community needs. The games should conclude around 9 p.m. Bingo night will be a family-friendly event and monetary prizes will be available. For more, contact Bob Spalding at (864) 430-0119 or bob@bobspalding.net.
• Pickens Rotary meets Wednesdays
The Rotary Club of Pickens meets at 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Pickens County Museum. Guests are invited to the meetings to learn the 20 reasons to join Rotary.
• Fleet Reserve meets on third Saturday
Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 15 meets on the third Saturday of each month at Chicopee United Methodist Church, located at 403 S. Catherine St. in Walhalla.
The Fleet Reserve is open to all veterans of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Contact Tom Smith via phone at (864) 868-9397 or via email at fleetrevbrn015@gmail.com for more information.
• Legion Post 52 to meet on 4th Tuesday
American Legion Post 52 officials invite all military veterans to join them in Easley. Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Post building at 310 Pope Field Road in Easley.
• Sertoma Club invites locals to meet
The Clemson Sertoma Club invites all local residents to attend its meetings. The club meets at noon the first and third Tuesdays of each month at Occasions at Wedgefield, located at 1551 Eighteen Mile Road in Central.
• Widowed persons group meets monthly
Moving Forward, a widowed persons group meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Silver Bay in Easley.
For more information, call Marian Huskins at (864) 270-6032.
• H.O.P.E. meetings scheduled monthly
Dillard Memorial Funeral Home and Hillcrest Memorial Park have announced the renewal of the H.O.P.E Ministries program. The program, which helps others through programs and the exchange of ideas and information, will host its next meeting on Nov. 25.
“We are pleased to offer this as a support system for families in our community and surrounding areas who have experienced a loss,” said Tanya Gravely, general manager of Dillard Memorial Funeral Home. Meetings will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at Hillcrest building beside Dillard Funeral Home in Pickens with the Rev. Lewis Edwards, community relations and director of H.O.P.E. For more information, call (864) 878-6371.
Remembering the past, looking to the future
By Steve Townsend
Special to the Courier
news@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — As the late summer sun set at the at the Semper Fi Barn, thirty-seven fallen veterans were honored in a ceremony that was brief, but profound.
One by one, dog tags bearing their names were hung—a simple act carrying immense
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Courier Community Calendar 11-12-25
• Dacusville Lions to host monthly bingo
The Dacusville Lions Club will be hosting Bingo night on the second Thursday of each month at the Lions Building in Dacusville, located at 1384 Thomas Mill Road. The next Bingo session will be Thursday, Nov.13. There are set to be 10 games beginning at 7 p.m., and proceeds will go toward funding community eventand other community needs. The games should conclude around 9 p.m. Bingo night will be a family-friendly event and monetary prizes will be available. For more, contact Bob Spalding at (864) 430-0119 or bob@bobspalding.net.
• H.O.P.E. meetings scheduled monthly
Dillard Memorial Funeral Home and Hillcrest Memorial Park have announced the renewal of the H.O.P.E Ministries program. The program, which helps others through programs and the exchange of ideas and information, will host its next meeting on Nov. 25. “We are pleased to offer this as a support system for families in our community and surrounding areas who have experienced a loss,” said Tanya Gravely, general manager
Courier Community Calendar 10-29-25
• Fundraiser set at Cold Springs Church
Cold Springs Baptist Church, located at 169 Cold Springs Church Road in Pickens, will host a fundraiser from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 1. All church family and friends are invited to come enjoy and help.
• Dacusville Lions to host monthly bingo
The Dacusville Lions Club will be hosting Bingo night on the second Thursday of each month at the Lions Building in Dacusville, located at 1384 Thomas Mill Road. The next
Spooky Happenings Around Pickens County
Pickens County is ready to celebrate the spooky season, with events planned around the area throughout the rest of the month.
CENTRAL, OCT. 30
Get ready for the cutest howl-oween ever. Join The Central Roller Mills on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 6 p.m . for our Pet Costume Contest! From spooky pups to sassy cats, they can’t wait to see your furry friends strut their stuff.
Prizes for the best-dressed pets, lots of laughs, and plenty of photo ops you’ll want to frame. Costumes optional for humans… but highly encouraged.
EASLEY, OCT. 31
Swing by Fleetwood Post Acute’s Trunk or Treat on Oct. 27, 4-6 p.m. The Residents and Staff would love to see you there and give you a Sweet treat, 200 Ann Drive, Easley, SC 29640.
PICKENS, OCT. 31
Get ready for a spooktacular night in Pickens! Join City of Pickens- City Hall on Oct. 31 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. for the Annual Main Street Trick-or-Treat — it’s going to be frightfully fun.
Located on Main Street, Pickens (Ann Street to Catherine Street).
SIX MILE, OCT. 31
It’s that time of year again — Six Mile’s annual Trick-or-Treat on Main Street is back on Oct. 31from 6 – 8 p.m. Local businesses and churches will line Main Street to hand out candy, kids will parade in costumes, and families can enjoy an evening of community fun and Halloween spirit. Families dress up, show out, and enjoy a night of community tradition.
LIBERTY, OCT. 31
This year, City of Liberty teaming up with Potters Clay Fellowship to bring even more fun to Halloween night.
In addition to Trick-or-Treat on Commerce Street, we’ll have a fall festival set up in Sarlin Park thanks to Potters Clay Fellowship. As always, this is a free event for the children in our community! The fun will begin at 6 p.m. on Oct. 31.
SIX MILE, NOV. 1
Join Gap Hill Baptist Church for their Fall Festival on Nov. 1. The event goes from 6-8:30 p.m. There will be Trunk or Treat, Chili Cook-off, Cakewalk, S’mores, Hayrides and Fire Pits. Gap Hill Baptist Church is located at 127 Gap Hill Rd, Six Mile.
Wilson’s annual Halloween Spooktacular is October 31
PICKENS — Mark your calendars for the fourth annual Wilson’s Spooktacular, set for Friday, Oct. 31, beginning at 5 p.m. at 719 East Cedar Rock St. in downtown Pickens.
Guests can enjoy spooky yard decorations for all ages, along with cotton candy, mixed
