• Quilters Guild to host meeting Feb. 25

The UpCountry Quilters Guild will have its next meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. The meeting will take place at Pickens Presbyterian Church, located at 311 W. Main St. in Pickens. The guest speaker will be Larry Bertuccelli, a professional long-arm quilter for more than 15 years. His lecture is titled “Long-Arm Quilting — Getting the Most for Your Quilt,” in which he will give tips on how to make quilts your own when taking them to a long-arm quilter.

• See Pickens Scout Troop 51 in action

Have you ever seen a rope being made, an egg boiled over an open fire in a paper cup or cakes baked in a cardboard box? Locla Boy Scouts will be displaying camping and hiking equipment, demonstrating fire building, knife and ax usage, cooking without utensils, and leave-no-tracecamping practices at an open house later this month.

In addition, non-outdoor skill merit badges such as music and Scuba diving will be presented at the event, scheduled to be held from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Scout hut at 188 Black Snake Road in Pickens.

Youth between the ages of 11-17 are eligible to join the Scouts, but everyone is cordially invited to attend the open house. Call Michael Ralston at (843) 818-2470 with any questions.

• Abercrombie set to discuss new book

The Baha’is of Pickens County invite the public to hear local author Richard Abercrombie discuss his recently published book, “Crossing the Line: A Memoir of Race, Religion and

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