Gilstrap and secretary placed on paid leave after school records audit

LIBERTY — School district officials have been tight-lipped about the situation at Liberty High School, where principal Randy Gilstrap and secretary/bookkeeper Buea DeNard were placed on paid administrative leave over the weekend following a random records audit last Friday.

CATEECHEE — The demolition of the more than a century old Woodside I dam in Cateechee began Tuesday morning.

CLEMSON — A Greenville man was arrested and charged with three counts of unlawful communications after Clemson police believe he made sexual phone calls to a 14-year-old girl and her mother.

CLEMSON — An all student-run business, Clemson Campus Banner + Design, recently took on the town of Six Mile as a client, helping it celebrate its centennial by designing and producing landmark art work.

EASLEY — The Greater Easley Chamber of Commerce held its 63rd Annual Awards Gala Saturday night at Tri-County Technical College’s Easley campus.

PICKENS — The first ever “Canned Food Run” bike ride to benefit the Gleaning House will be held on April 9.

The event will help provide needed canned food items for the Gleaning House, a local food bank in Pickens.

All bikes and bikers will meet at noon on the corner of S.C. 8 and S.C. 183 in Pickens. Bikes will be leaving the parking lot at 1 p.m. All bikers are asked to bring three nonperishable food items to donate to Gleaning House. Everyone is welcome to take part.

The ride will end with a free concert. Door prizes will be given, as will trophies for the oldest bike and the best looking bike.

For more information, call Fred C. Powell at (864) 878-3354.

CLEMSON — The Clemson University Police Department has released a composite sketch of a suspect in the robbery of an on-campus pharmacy last week.

Officers said the man walked into the pharmacy at Redfern Health Center Monday, Feb. 14, at 8:24 a.m. and handed a note to pharmacists ordering them to give him drugs.

Police said he did not show a weapon, but held his hand inside a dark tote bag as though he had one. He left the health center on foot with two bottles of pills, officers said.

The man is described as white, about 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing 175 pounds. He was wearing sunglasses and a gray hooded jacket with orange Clemson letters.

Anyone who has seen the man or who has information about the robbery is asked to contact the CUPD at (864) 656-2222.

PICKENS — Cannon Memorial Hospital recently donated an Automated External Defibulator (AED) to the Pickens Recreation Complex as an added measure of safety for their programs.

The AED is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias and treats them through defibrillation, oftentimes saving someone’s life.

EASLEY — Baptist Easley Hospital recently named Roger Boatwright, M.D., the Cam Underhill Practicing Excellence Physician of the Quarter. The award is based on the Baptist Easley Medical Staff Standards of Behavior: Integrity, Compassion, and Competence.

PICKENS — In a 27-year celebration, the Pickens Azalea Festival could in 2011 prove to be the best yet in its history of packing a glorious spring weekend with a myriad of arts and crafts, a variety of food choices, tours through the picturesque historical city of Pickens, amusement rides, children’s activities, military exhibits and a array of musical entertainment.