Category Archives: Community
Courier Community Calendar 3-6-24
• Oyster Roast set for St. Michael’s, Easley
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church will host its annual oyster roast from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at 1200 Powdersville Road in Easley. Proceeds from the event benefit multiple charitable organizations in Pickens County. Attendees enjoy all-you-can-eat oysters, brunswick stew, sides and beverages (photo ID required). If oysters aren’t your favorite, the event also offers many other food options.
Tickets are $45 for adults, $10 for children 6-11 and free for children 5 and under. Rain or shine, oyster-shucking takes place outdoors, so visitors should dress accordingly. Please also bring personal oyster knives and gloves. Tickets are available for purchase by mail or at the church office. Cash or checks only, no refunds. For ticket pickup, the
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PHS hosts Charles Johnson Raider competition
PICKENS — On Saturday, Feb. 17, the Pickens High School JROTC program hosted the first-ever U.S. Army Specialist Charles Johnson Raider competition, joined by teams from the Liberty, Daniel, West-Oak and Spring 
Valley JROTC programs.
Raiders is an after-school team offered only through
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Courier Community Calendar 2-28-24
• Oyster Roast set for St. Michael’s, Easley
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church will host its annual oyster roast from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at 1200 Powdersville Road in Easley.
Proceeds from the event benefit multiple charitable organizations in Pickens County.
Attendees enjoy all-you-can-eat oysters, brunswick stew, sides and beverages (photo ID required). If oysters aren’t
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Courier Community Calendar 2-21-24
• Legion Post 67 seeks members
American Legion Post 67 in Liberty is accepting applications for membership from all U.S. military wartime veterans. For more information, call (864) 787-2322.
• Sertoma Club invites locals to meet
The Clemson Sertoma Club invites all local residents to attend its meetings. The club meets at noon the first and
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Courier Community Calendar 2-14-24
• Women Voters to discuss heath care
A program by the League of Women Voters entitled “Working Together for Better Health in Oconee and Pickens” will take place on February 20 from 7 – 8 p.m. at Clemson United Methodist Church located at 300 Frontage Road in Clemson. A panel that will include Misty Lee, Community Engagement Manager, Anderson, Oconee, Pickens and Greenville will dicuss the matter. The public is welcome
• PC Transportation Committee to meet
Pickens County Transportation Committee meeting will be held in the Pickens County Council Chambers located at
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Hagood Mill to host Deep Winter Blues
PICKENS — With Winter winding down, event organizers are promising a great day of music and memories on Saturday, Feb. 17 as the Hagood Mill presents “Deep Winter Blues”. The site is open 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Upcountry South Carolina is a historical Mecca for the Blues. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s the streets of Laurens County, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson reverberated with the music of bluesmen/street- preachers as they were strolling with
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Coffee with a cause
On Friday February 2, Freddie Frei cut the ribbon at Dusty Rose Coffee Roasters. A locally owned and operated coffee bean roasting company. The new business’ moto is “Roasting coffee with a cause – Rescuing horses one cup at a time.” You can learn the full story at www.drcroasters.com. DRCR offers coffee beans from Colombian, Mexico and Ethiopia. They have whole bean or ground, medium, medium dark or dark roast and sold retail or wholesale Picture are Tim O’Briant, Danny Adams, Allie Winter, Owner Freddie Frei, Floyd Rogers, Brittany Chapman, Bryan Owens. The new business is open 9am – 4pm Wednesday – Saturday and located in Warehouse 1, booth P30 in the Market at the Mill, 225 Pumpkintown Highway, Pickens. For more information call (864) 780-3878.
Thanks, Pickens Rotary
The City of Pickens Police Department would like to thank the Pickens Rotary Club for a donation of $1,000 dollars to purchase Narcan for their officers. The donation allowed for the purchase of 44 doses of Narcan, a life saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids, including heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medications when given in time. PPD appreciates Rotary continued support and the work the club does in our community.
Community Calendar 2-7-24
• Legion Post 52 to meet on 4th Tuesday
American Legion Post 52 officials invite all military veterans to join them in Easley. Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Post building at 310 Pope Field Road in Easley.
• Pickens Rotary meets Wednesdays
The Rotary Club of Pickens meets at 12:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Pickens
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Long-time reunion
Nearly 43 years after getting a basketball scholarship to play at South Carolina State University, Pickens Mayor Isaiah Scipio was reunited with his college coach John Jones during Monday night’s Meet the Mayor and Council event at the Pickens Village Library. Jones, who came to the event from Raleigh, N.C., with his wife Matie, recruited Scipio to play for the Bulldogs after stellar career at Pickens which saw the Pickens Mayor twice earn all-region nods. As a junior in 1980, Scipio was a key member of the 22-2 Blue Flame that advanced to the state quarterfinals. Pictured from left: Matie Jones, Isaiah Scipio, John Jones and Pat Mulkey.
