• Soapstone to hold fish fry next weekend

Soapstone Church invites everyone to a special fundraiser at the church, located at 296 Liberia Road in Pickens, on Saturday, June 19.
The event will feature fine cooking and will be held from noon-8 p.m.
Visitors will enjoy true Southern cooking, including a fish fry, barbecue and fried chicken with all the fixings right from Ms. Mable’s kitchen.
For more information, call (864) 414-8470.

• Libraries offers reading program

This year’s summer reading theme at the Pickens County Library is “Tails and Tales.” The program began on June 7 and runs until July 31. All Pickens County residents will receive a postcard in the mail. The postcard will include a list of fun activities to complete and return to the library. To complete the program, participants can chose to read 10 books, complete 10 activities or a combination of both options to total 10. More postcards will be available at all library branches.

• COTU plans to host meeting on June 17

All are invited to join Conservatives of the Upstate for its monthly meeting on Thursday, June 17.
Scheduled to speak is Rep. Jonathon Hill of Anderson County. Hill will speak to the group about true conservative issues that are not being upheld by elected Republican leadership in Columbia, according to a news release from the group.
The Conservatives of the Upstate will meet at 7 p.m. at Cafe’ Connections, located at 319 E. Main St. in downtown Pickens.
To learn more about Conservatives of the Upstate, visit conservativesoftheupstate.com.