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Hembree appointed PC Veterans Affairs Officer after election loss
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The county’s new Veterans Affairs Officer began his term July 1 but the 
man in the role is not the one who won the advisory election in May.
Voting for the advisory election was open from April 28 to May 9 and Walt Carter won with 51 votes over John Hembree’s 48.
But the Pickens County Legislative Delegation
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Easley couple receives Order of the Palmetto for lifetime of service
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — An Easley couple were awarded South Carolina’s highest civilian honor, in recognition of decades of service, both in the classroom and outside it.
The Order of the Palmetto was presented to Betty and Jim Garrison at a ceremony 
Monday morning at the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library – a fitting location as Betty and Jim Garrison worked hard to establish the Captain Kimberly
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Pickens County doctor pens new children’s book
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The past several months have been busy ones for Dr. Lori Carnsew – she 
recently published her first book and received statewide recognition from fellow family physicians.
A family physician, Carnsew has practiced in Pickens County for 25 years “doing full spectrum family medicine,” she said.
“From taking care of babies through nursing home,” Carnsew said.
Nearly 9 years ago, she founded Verity Primary Medicine
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AnMed expands access to urgent care in Clemson
CLEMSON — AnMed and Urgent Care Group have partnered to open AnMed Urgent Care in Clemson, located at 885 Tiger Boulevard, Building A.
Formerly known as AnMed CareConnect, AnMed Urgent Care continues to deliver exceptional care with expanded hours and improved access to convenient, compassionate and cost-effective services. The clinic is open
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Courier Trespass Notices 7-9-25
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing. All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:
Kevin Hardin Sept. 2025
Greg & Rosemarie D’Ginto Sept. 2025
Thomas and
Mary Ann Shivers Sept. 2025
Treadwell and Erica Zeigler Oct. 2025
‘Long overdue’
Monument to Andrew Pickens to highlight Legacy Square
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Those passing by Legacy Square in Pickens are sure to have noticed work being done where the fountain used to be.
A monument to General Andrew Pickens is being built there, a project that Pickens Historical Society President Wayne Kelley calls “long overdue.”
“There is no proper monument here to General Andrew Pickens, the namesake of our
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Easley thrift store aims to help others
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The operator of DH Tiny Homes Thrift Store hopes his small store can help fulfill a big purpose and assist the currently homeless while preventing others from becoming so in the future.
Dewight Crowley spoke with the Courier on June 25 about his purpose and that of the store, located at 319 Gentry Memorial Highway in Easley.
“I’m a lifelong drifter,” he said. “I started hitchhiking around the country at 14 years old.”
He traversed the country selling souvenirs at events.
“Back in the seventies and eighties we were called drifters,” Crowley said. “Now they’re just called homeless – completely two different things. Part of my ministry is determining the difference between homeless and drifters.”
He drifted again 8 years ago, following a divorce.
“I wanted to find a new life for me,” Crowley said.
That period, before he settled in the area, allowed him to “see the difference between
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