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Courier Community Calendar 8-11-22
• Get ready to can safely this season
Did you know your pressure canner gauge needs to be checked annually for accuracy, even if new? Clemson Cooperative Extension can check your pressure canner gauge at the Pickens County Extension Office. Contact Alex Thompson at (864) 365-0628 to schedule a check today.
• CRO starts Dolly’s Imagination Library
Cliffs Residents Outreach, a nonprofit supporting education in Pickens County, recently launched Dolly Parton’s
Tips for packing a healthy school lunch for your kids
CLEMSON — Packing a fun and healthy lunch for kids will not only get them excited about lunch, but ensure they are being fueled with nutrient-packed foods for their growing bodies.
Kimberly Baker, Ph.D., RD, LD, director of the Clemson Extension Food Systems and Safety Program Team, shared a few tips below for packing healthy school lunches. Children should take part in choosing and making their lunches to create buy-in with what they will be eating and as a part of teaching them to make
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Thanking veterans
We all know the debt we owe to our military veterans can never be fully repaid, and yet they continue tirelessly to do good work in their communities across the country. At the Aug. 1 monthly meeting of the Pickens County Historical Society Board of Trustees, president Ken Nabors presented the members of the local American Legion a plaque of recognition. It read “In appreciation to the American Legion Post 151 for their generous support of the efforts and programs of the Pickens County Historical Society to preserve and remember our shared history.”
Courier Community Calendar 8-3-22
• Get ready to can safely this season
Did you know your pressure canner gauge needs to be checked annually for accuracy, even if new? Clemson Cooperative Extension can check your pressure canner gauge at the Pickens County Extension Office.
Contact Alex Thompson at (864) 365-0628 to schedule a check today.
• CRO starts Dolly’s Imagination Library
Cliffs Residents Outreach, a nonprofit supporting education in Pickens County, recently launched Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in the following Pickens ZIP codes: 29685, 29635, 29661 and 29671.
For more information and to register, visit imaginationlibrary.com.
• Veterans invited to American Legion
Veterans in the Liberty area are invited to the next meeting of American Legion Post 67 in Liberty. The Legion meets on the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Scout Hut, circle off North Palmetto Street. All veterans are invited.
• LHS Class of 1962 to hold 60th reunion
The Liberty High School Class of 1962 will hold its 60th class reunion on Saturday, Aug. 13. The event is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at the Silver Bay seafood restaurant at 7027 Calhoun Memorial Highway (U.S. Highway 123) in Easley.
Local girl wins Girl Scout essay contest
Amelia Pearson will get badge that went to moon
EASLEY — A fifth grade Girl Scout from Forest Acres Elementary School in Easley is the winner of a national essay 
contest, “Girl Scouts to the Moon and Back.”
Amelia Pearson participated in the contest and will be awarded a Space Science
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Community Calendar 7-27-22
• Get ready to can safely this season
Did you know your pressure canner gauge needs to be checked annually for accuracy, even if new? Clemson Cooperative Extension can check your pressure canner gauge at the Pickens County Extension Office. Contact Alex
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James Richard Kaplan, chairman of Cornell Dubilier, passes away
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — James R. Kaplan, 87, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2022.
He was born in Windber, Pa., in 1934, where his father was a coal miner. He received a basketball scholarship to the College of William and Mary, where he had an illustrious career. He earned his B.S. degree in 1957 and then married Jane Thompson, his college sweetheart. Jim turned down the opportunity to play professional basketball with the St. Louis Hawks and instead chose to join the Army, where he was commissioned as a 2nd
Gospel singing set for Saturday in Easley
EASLEY — The Mighty Gospel Harmonizers of Liberty will host a special singing to celebrate 36 years of singing and in rememberence of the group’s former leaders, Tim Cheeks and Bro. Howard Williams, both of whom passed away over the last two years.
The event will be held at Divine Purpose Outreach Ministry, located at 103 W. C Ave. in Easley. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m.
On the program along with the Mighty Gospel Harmonizers of Liberty will be the Rev. Floyd Johnson and Silver Tones of Iva, Spiritual 4 of Anderson, Cheeks, Austin Family of Liberty and the J.R. Harmonizers of Anderson, along with a special devotional by the Chosen Men of God of Easley.
The master of ceremonies will be Pastor Keith Robinson of New Ministries Church Greenville.
COVID protocols will be enforced, with masks required (except when singing), and temperatures will be checked at the door.
Member of the Month
The Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce has chosen Cassell and Hendricks, CPA, PA, located at 269 Ann St. in Pickens, as the July Member of the Month. Cassell and Hendricks offers tax planning and preparation, planning and strategic services, accounting and financial reporting, along with payroll using Quickbooks. You can contact them by visiting chcpa.net or by phone at (864) 878-7735. Pictured are Brittany Chapman of Alliance Pickens, Jennifer Dunigan, Jodi Brewer, Jonathan Kemp, Branden Daniels, Amy Avant, Donna Hendricks, Karon Hickey, all of Cassell and Hendricks, and chamber membership director Lisa Turnick. Not pictured were Dia Brown, Kendra Davis and Jan Lawrimore.
Community Calendar
• Get ready to can safely this season
Did you know your pressure canner gauge needs to be checked annually for accuracy, even if new? Clemson Cooperative Extension can check your pressure canner gauge at the Pickens County Extension Office. Contact Alex Thompson at (864) 365-0628 to schedule a check today.
• Northside Baptist plans to host VBS
Northside Baptist Church, located at 421 Sangamo Road in Pickens, will host its annual vacation Bible school on
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