By Ben Robinson
Staff Reporter

brobinson@thepccourier.com

PICKENS — The city of Pickens passed a resolution Monday night establishing a joint committee with the city of Easley for the Doodle Trail.

[cointent_lockedcontent]Mayor David Owens had little to say about the committee, except that councilmen Patrick Lark and Carlton Holley would represent Pickens City Council on the committee.

“But I don’t have the other names yet,” Owens said. “It was going to be the mayor and one council member, but we decided to go with two. (Easley mayor Larry Bagwell) is going to do two. I haven’t talked to anybody about being on the committee.

“Bagwell, he’s probably already got his people. Also, it’s rotating, and one council member and one citizen will be a one-year term starting probably this month. Then each council member and citizen will serve a two-year term. We’ll have them rotating. That way everybody will have a chance if they want to be on it.”

Holley reported on a problem for the city’s recreation program.

“On a sad note, everybody knows that we use the Pumpkintown Festival as a fundraiser to help kids who can’t afford to play,” Holley said. “But because of all the rain, Pumpkintown was canceled early this year, so we need to come up with another fundraiser.”

The city’s Trick or Treat on Main event was a success despite poor weather.

“It was a great success,” reported new Pickens police chief Travis Riggs, who was sworn in at the meeting. “We had the kids lined up, and I can’t tell you how many were in the line, but we were able to get them all through. We still could use more booths. We had about the same as last year, but I’d like to see a few more businesses with booths.”

Holley said a friend who was present estimated 2,000 children attended the event.

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