Within these walls
Historic schoolhouse restored, marker unveiled at Soapstone By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — A historical marker on the More »
This week in the PICKENS COUNTY COURIER’s FOOTBALL FRENZY Sponsored by MOUNTAIN VIEW FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS
ON A ROLL!! LIBERTY OVERCOMES SLOW START FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN LIONS LOOKING TOWARDS CLINTON; GREEN WAVE PREPARE FOR MANN; More »
Pickens Lip Sync Battle sparks community unity
PICKENS — The second annual Lip Sync Battle was held at the Pickens Amphitheater on Saturday, bringing music, laughter and More »
Grand opening held for Hagood Mill Pavilion
The grand opening of the Heritage Pavilion at Hagood Mill Historic Site was held on Friday at a free community More »
PC Habitat for Humanity to host dinner next week
COUNTY Pickens County Habitat for Humanity (PCHFH) invites neighbors, supporters, and community partners to gather for the Have a Heart More »
4th annual Barns, Boots, Brew and Silent Auction set for Oct. 7
EASLEY — Family Promise of Pickens County is excited to present its 4th Annual Barn, Boots Brew and Silent Auction More »
Election filing coming to close
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — As the two-week filing period for the November general election comes to an end this week, upcoming battles for local seats are starting to come into focus.
With incumbent Pickens County Council members Ensley Feemster and Trey Whitehurst not running for reelection, three candidates have put their name in the hat for the open council seats.
In District 1, which covers the Clemson area, Claiborne Linvill is the only candidate who had filed to replace
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Local woman renews career as artist after brain injury
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — As strange as it may sound, Easley artist Emily Ruff says her art is actually better now than it was before she suffered a broken neck and traumatic brain injury in an accident some four and a half years ago.
She doesn’t recommend flipping a car nine times on an interstate highway for improving one’s
artistic abilities.
But learning how to use the creative part of her brain to compensate for a temporary decline in function of the analytical part seems to have had that effect, she says.
“I feel like I see things a little differently,” she told the Courier. “And that translates into creativity, for sure.”
That would not have been possible without the therapy she received at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, she says.
And her renewed career as an artist is a testament to this year’s theme of Brain Injury Awareness Month, sponsored by the Brain
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DHEC: Calf may have exposed 13 people to rabies
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CLEMSON — Thirteen people were referred to their health care providers after potentially being exposed to a rabid calf near Clemson earlier this month, according to the South Carolina Department of Environmental Control.
A calf raised near S.C. Highway 28 South in Clemson tested positive for rabies, according to a DHEC release issued Friday.
The calf was part of a rabies-vaccinated herd, but was too young to have been vaccinated against rabies itself, the
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Homeschooling parents invited to presentation
PICKENS — The Prevention Department of Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County is inviting homeschooling parents to attend a special presentation 
next week.
The talk will be held from 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, at Café Connections in Pickens. The topic is “Safe Medication Storage in the Home.”
Coffee and cake will be served, and attendees will have a chance to win a medication lockbox.
The event is free, but registration will give the presenters a head count.
To register, search “Safety at Home Homeschool Event” at eventbrite.com.
Café Connections is located at 319 E. Main St. in Pickens.
Main Street water tank in ‘very bad shape’
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens officials last week approved undertaking a report that will tell them if a part of downtown’s landscape can remain standing.
During a special called Pickens City Council meeting March 21, Massie Hughes with American Tank Maintenance presented officials with options concerning the inactive empty water tank that overlooks Main Street.
The company assessed the tank prior to the presentation, and Hughes said the company recommends council approve an engineering structural analysis of the tank “before we
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By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
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CENTRAL — About 40 to 50 people, some who have lived for years in a historically black area of Central known as “Head Town,” are worried about having to 
relocate as the owner of the property plans to sell.
However, Black Lives Collective and Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) officials are working with about 18 families and asking Central Town
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Central officials eye options for Head Town residents
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
CENTRAL — Addressing pleas by residents of a predominantly African American neighborhood fearing displacement as the property they live on is up for sale, Central Mayor Andrew Beckner and town council say they plan to do everything they can to help.
Beckner said he hasn’t received a formal proposal from Wayne Head, owner of the property known as “Head Town,” but is concerned.
“(Displacement) is the No. 1 thing I want to avoid,” Beckner said. “It gives me a pit in my stomach to think it would happen,
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Azalea Festival continues to grow
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — The 2022 Pickens Azalea Festival is set for Mother’s Day weekend.
Festival director Roy Costner IV spoke about the festival and requested $6,500 from hospitality taxes at a special called Pickens City Council meeting on March 21.
“We are extremely excited for the 2022 Pickens Azalea Festival,” Costner said. “We have moved
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‘For the Better of the World’ Upstate Conference April 1-3
GREENVILLE — As one of thousands of global conferences, the Baha’is of the Upstate of South Carolina, including Anderson, Oconee, Pickens, Greenville and Spartanburg counties, will host their local area conference the weekend of April 1-3 in Greenville.
The global conferences are bringing a hopeful direction to the world by inviting local action so together all “well-wishers of humanity” can help build vibrant communities that are a “haven of peace” and “may work for the betterment of the world and live together in concord and harmony.”
Attendees will examine Baha’u’llah’s vision for humanity and reflect on how that vision has, during the past century, inspired communities to work on building unity among the peoples of the world.
For more information about the conference and to register, call (864) 855-2072 or visit the Pickens County Baha’is and Friends Facebook page at facebook.com/pcbahaifriends.
