Daily Archives: 04/18/2017
All-region
For their performances during the 2017 season, two players from the Carolina One Volleyball Club 13U Power Pickens team have been named to the Palmetto Region All-Tournament 
Team. Middle hitter Megan Carpenter, right, daughter of Roger and Cathy Carpenter and a seventh grader at Powdersville Middle School, is first team all-region. She tallied 271 kills, hit .266, served 94
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Courier Obits 4-19-17
Faye Harris Marple
CLEVELAND — Faye Carolyn Harris Marple, 78, of Cleveland, wife of the late Robert Neil Marple, passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2017, at her home.
Born in Charleston, she was the daughter of the late Cecil and Vivian James Harris and was a retired educator for the Special School District of St. Louis, Mo.
Surviving are her three sons, Craig Scott Marple of Ravensdale, Wash., Mark Edward Marple
Central Railroad Festival is this Saturday
Special Section in this week’s Pickens County Courier
Welcome to the ninth annual Central Railroad Festival! We are glad to have you and your amily with us and hope that you will have a delightful and fun-filled day. If you have been to the Railroad Festival before, we appreciate your continued attendance and support. If this is your first time with us, we certainly know that you will see what everyone looks forward to each year: great food, craft vendors, and a wide variety of free entertainment, attractions, and entertainment. Best of all, WE HAVE TRAINS!
This insert is your guide to everything you need for an unforgettable day of fun for your whole family. As
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Pickens comes alive for annual Azalea Festival!
The city of Pickens celebrated spring with its 33rd annual Azalea Festival on Friday and Saturday. The event featured a classic car cruise-in and live music from The Tams on Friday night and a full day of festivities on Saturday, including food, a record number of arts and crafts vendors, rides, games, live music and much more.. Rocky Nimmons/Courier
Fundraiser planned to help Meals on Wheels and other local organizations
LIBERTY — Pickens County Meals on Wheels needs your help. Pickens County and PCMOW have found a way to create a fundraiser for Meals on Wheels and other area groups, classes and church or nonprofit organizations.
May 5-7, PCMOW will be presenting the play “Fried Apple Pies” at the new Liberty Civic Auditorium. Tickets are $5 at the door, and 100 percent of the ticket sales will go to Pickens County Meals on Wheels.
However, any organization can request to sell tickets prior to opening night for $5. The goup will receive $2 for every ticket sold. The remaining $3 will go to Meals on Wheels. There are 600 tickets available for each event, and all tickets are general admission. Tickets will be sold for specific days.
To request tickets, call 898-5831 with the number you need for each night. You do not have to purchase anything in advance. All you need to do is request the number of tickets
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West End String Band coming to Dacusville
DACUSVILLE — The Dacusville Community Club will host the West End String Band in concert on Friday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m.
The concert will be held at the community center at 2671 Earls Bridge Road/Highway 186.
One of the Upstate’s most popular bands, the West End String Band just released a new CD in
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Grace United to hold yard sale to help mission team
PICKENS — The Bahamas Mission Team of Grace United Methodist Church is planning a yard sale for Saturday, April 22.
Proceeds from the 7 a.m.-12:30 p.m. sale will be used to complete the construction of the Deep Creek United Methodist Church in Eleuthera, Bahamas.
Breakfast biscuits will be sold in the fellowship hall.
This has been four-year project of the Bahamas Mission Team at Grace.
Community Calendar
• Cannon Auxiliary celebrates 50 years
Cannon Memorial Auxiliary is looking for former members of the auxiliary to attend the 50th anniversary celebration from 4:30-6:30 p.m. May 11. WYFF personality Brennan McDavid will emcee the 50th anniversary celebration at AnMed Health Cannon. Former volunteers are asked to help celebrate 50 years of service to AnMed Health Cannon. All former auxiliary
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Get lost in great cakes
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
Some of these recipes go back a long way.
One of my all-time favorites is the old-fashioned pineapple upside-down cake my grandmother used to make in a cast-iron frying pan. This was a specialty of hers for Sunday night suppers. It never lasted long enough to make leftovers.
The upsy daisy cake was
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Courier Legals 4-19-17
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN RE: Notice of Intention To File Petition To Close Road Under Section 57-9-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina(1976) as amended.
Notice is hereby given that the Town of Central intends to file a Petition to the Court of
