COUNTY — During a rescheduled SDPC board meeting held Wednesday, July 25, board members in a 3-2 vote passed chairman Alex Saitta’s motion to, as soon as legally and contractually possible, use all the building program balance above and beyond the district’s construction budget of $374.3 million for early retirement of bond principle.
Judy Edwards and Dr. Herb Cooper voted against the motion. Board trustee Jim Shelton was absent from the meeting.

COUNTY — SDPC board member Jim Shelton is questioning the legality of a vote taken during the called and rescheduled board of trustees meeting held last Wednesday, July 25.

SIX MILE — Pickens County sheriff’s deputies are on the lookout for a man who robbed the Dollar General store in Six Mile last week.
According to an incident report, deputies responded to the store just after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24, in reference to an armed robbery. When arriving on scene, officers spoke to two visibly upset store employees, who detailed the robbery.

EASLEY — Bill Robinson is well aware of his family’s role in local history.
“We have been here ever since Easley became a town,” Robinson said last week as the Easley Rotary Club honored him for his longtime service to the club and perfect attendance to the club’s meetings since 1952.
Robinson was surrounded by his family — his wife Mary, his four children, their spouses, and his eight grandchildren — as S.C. Sen. Larry Martin and S.C. Rep. Phil Owens came together to present the Order of the Silver Crescent to Robinson last Tuesday.

PICKENS — A father and grandmother charged in the death of a 22-month-old child in 2008 were found guilty last Friday in a Pickens County courtroom.

Paducah, Ky. — An Easley-area quilter has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2012 AQS Quilt Show & Contest, August 22-25, at the DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Paige Alexander has been chosen to display the quilt, Grandmama’s Legacy of Flowers, along with 357 others in the first year of this annual contest.

PICKENS — Registration is now open for the Pickens County Museum’s Fall-Winter 2012 series of Herb Classes with instructor Robin McGee. The classes, all to be held at the Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center, are designed for adults and are very hands-on.
McGee is a community herbalist, organic gardener, herbal medicine-maker, writer and herbal educator now living in Anderson. She has been studying, using and creating herbal medicines and products for more than a decade.