Category Archives: Community
Baptist Easley hosts diaper distribution
During a Prisma Health Children’s Hospital Diaper Bank distribution event in Easley on March 22, volunteers provided more than 16,500 diapers and pull-ups, totaling around 220 children served. Families also received giveaway bags from Healthy Blue South Carolina and Pampers, as well as information on where to get their car seat checked locally. Of those families, officials were also able to provide brand new car seats to two families who did not have children in car seats when they arrived. “We heard from the many families that we served how appreciative they were of our services,” said Candi Forester-Smith, manager of the Prisma Health Baptist Easley Foundation. Pictured, from left, are Prisma Health employees who volunteered their time to participate in last week’s diaper bank event at Baptist Easley — Forester-Smith, Lloyd Sarbacker, Dana Rutland, Mary Fields, Renee Hunter, Nancy Kendall and Andrea Stegall.
Community Calendar 3-30-22
• Easley Museum to open on 1st Fridays
The Easley Area Museum has expanded hours of operation that will now include the first Friday of each month. Starting April 1, the museum will be open to the public from 1-5 p.m. Normal hours will continue for every Saturday and Sunday from 1-5 p m. or by appointment.
• Hagood Center to host gospel singing
Hagood Community Center will hold its first musical fundraising concert of the year next month.
Will Brothers and Friends will be performing at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30, in the auditorium. The event is called the Early Spring Jam and is set to feature a
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Who are they?
Officials at the Clayton Research Room at the Southern Wesleyan University Library have a collection of original pictures that they are attempting to identify. We at the Pickens County Courier thought our readers might be able to help. The two pictures include people from the Pickens County area. If you can identify any of these people, contact Mildred H. Brewer at wycar@aol.com or claytonroom@swu.edu with the name and image number under the picture.
T-Mobile is now open
T-Mobile opened its new store at 2829 Gentry Memorial Highway in Pickens on Friday, March 4. Pictured at the ribbon-cutting event are chamber president Bryan Owens and Pickens Mayor Fletcher Perry, who joined store manager Cory Nesbitt and his family and staff during the ceremony.
Pickens Chamber March Member of the Month
The Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce March Member of the Month is Southern Home Liquidators, located at 305 E. Main St. in Pickens. Southern Home Liquidators is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Southern Home Liquidators provides quality products for customers’ homes at a fraction of the cost. Pictured are Mayor Fletcher Perry, Stephen Bobby, owner Melisa Sedler, Frank and Donna Bobby, chamber president, Bryan Owens, Amber Finley and Moose.
60 years of marriage
Calvin and Ruth (Hudson) Gilstrap of Liberty celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursday, March 17. They were married on March 17, 1962, at the home of the Rev. Lester Collins in Easley. They have two children, Angela (Gilstrap) Bowers and Greg Gilstrap (Joni). Mr. and Mrs. Gilstrap retired from Pickens County government in 2008 and are enjoying their time by traveling, camping and boating.
Issaqueena Festival scheduled in May
SIX MILE — Organizers of the annual Issaqueena Festival expect mild weather with lots of tasty food, craft vendors, kids’ games and activities, along with live music at this year’s family-oriented event on Saturday, May 21.
Approximately 50 vendors will line Main Street in Six Mile as the festival gets underway at 10 a.m., providing food and handmade and locally sourced items of all descriptions. Other activities include a car show, appearances by the PAIA Lower Eastern Cherokees with dance and Cherokee storytelling, train rides for kids and continuous live music from two
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Community Calendar 3-23-22
• Local friends and newcomers to meet
The Tri-County Friends and Newcomers will meet the second Monday of each month through April 2022. The group has a new meeting location in the Powdersville Branch Library off S.C. Highway 81. Social time is 10 a.m. Business meeting is at 10:30 a.m.
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Medieval times
People flocked to Liberty on Saturday for the first-ever Renaissance Faire downtown. The event, put on by businesses organized under the Nerdstrom umbrella, featured live music, vendors, food and more, all operating with a medieval theme.
Bowick, Dykes receive Quilts of Valor
EASLEY — Veterans Dr. Hubert Bowick and Kent Dykes were awarded prestigious Quilts of Valor at the American Legion Post 52 meeting on Feb. 22.
Presenting the handmade quilts were Linda Hall and Ronny Hall, representatives of the Quilts of Valor Foundation. Information about the Quilts of Valor program can be found at qovf.org.
Bowick graduated from Clemson in 1944 and immediately went to Army Officers Candidate School. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in 1945 and served in
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