• Clearview to host meeting April 9

Planning to open for the 2018-19 school year, Clearview Collegiate Academy is a charter school serving grades 6-12 who seek the opportunity and challenge of a rigorous curriculum, high academic standards and outstanding athletics in a safe, small setting while earning up to two years of college credit while in high school.
For those interested in hearing more about what Clearview has to offer, a parent forum is scheduled Thursday, April 7, at 6:30 p.m. at Smithfields Country Club, 100 Pine Ridge Drive in Easley. For more information, visit clearviewcollegiateacademy.org or facebook.com/ClearviewCollegiate/.

• Lawrence Chapel plans jewelry sale

Lawrence Chapel will host a vintage collectible jewelry and accessories sale and a bake sale too on Saturday, April 9, starting at 9 a.m. The sale will last until noon. Lawrence Chapel is located at 2101 Six Mile Highway, Central, SC 29630. For more information, call (864) 653-4461.

• Relay for Life set for April 30 at EHS

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life movement is the world’s largest and most impactful fundraising event to end cancer. Baptist Easley Hospital would like to help our community to unit in fighting cancer and celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and take action to finish the fight once and for all. With the support of thousands of volunteers like you, the American Cancer Society is helping save more than 500 lives a day. Please join Baptist Easley Hospital and take action against a disease that has taken too much. The event is on Saturday, April 30 from 2 p.m. – 10 p.m. at the Easley High School, 154 Green Wave Blvd. in Easley. All Wells Fargo locations in Pickens County are currently accepting donations.

• PHS class of 1956 set to hold reunion

The Pickens High School Class of 1956 is planning a reunion for April 9. It will be a dutch lunch at The Gatehouse Restaurant at the corner of Ann and Griffin streets in Pickens. It will begin at noon. Make your reservations by calling Allison Dalton at (864) 859-4396, Marie Welborn at (864) 878-9124 or Tunkie Stokes at (864) 878-6101.

• Six Mile Farmers Market seeks vendors

The town of Six Mile is looking for vendors at the Six Mile Farmers Depot for the 2016 season. The market starts the third Thursday in April and runs through the last Thursday in September. Vendors may sell plants, flowers, vegetables, fruit and arts and crafts. Cakes, pies, jams and jellies produced in a DHEC-approved kitchen may also be sold. The Six Mile Farmers Market is located on Main Street in Six Mile in the old fire department building next to Town Hall. The market features 18 vendor stations inside and has room outside for several more. If interested, contact market manager Jim Hayes at (864) 650-5078 or james_hayes@sixmilesc.org.

• Pickens Lions plan meetings each month

The Pickens Lions Club is in need of new members. The club meets the first and third Thursday of every month at Pizza Inn in Pickens. Dinner begins at 6:40 p.m., and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. Meetings are open to anyone interested in joining the club or simply finding out more about the club and how it serves Pickens.