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SDPC honored for innovation
COUNTY — The School District of Pickens County (SDPC) was honored as an Innovative District at the distinguished 2024 Model More »
Organization honors fallen police officers, including Easley’s Har
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com EASLEY — On the driver’s side of the trailer parked in front of the More »
Local Marine receives award
LIBERTY — A local Marine was honored last week in Quantico, Va., for his service to his country. Allen J. More »
Clemson trustees approve tuition freeze
CLEMSON — The Clemson University Board of Trustees took care of some financial business in a special meeting Thursday — More »
County July 4 events planned for this week
COUNTY — With the nation getting ready to observe its 248th Independence Day, people from around Pickens County will have More »
Local nonprofit collecting warm items, toiletries for seniors, plans open house
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A local nonprofit is seeking items area senior citizens can use to keep warm this fall and winter.
Members of Warmth and Comfort for the Elderly in Upstate SC use their crochet skills to provide warm items for nursing home patients, hospice groups, home health patients and elderly people who live at home and can’t afford them. They also hold regular donation drives.
In September, the group asked for donations of “new or handmade throws, blankets, hats, scarves, gloves, socks, lap quilts and just about any other items of warmth the elderly in our facilities could use,” said Tammy Ferguson, the group’s CEO. “State regulations will not allow us to donate used items at this time.”
The group is also holding a toiletry drive through Dec. 1, she said.
Items needed are Christmas stockings, toothpaste, toothbrushes, body wash (no bar soaps), body lotion, hand lotion, shampoo, conditioner, chapstick, deodorant, pens, pencils, small notepads, new handkerchiefs for men, mirrors, combs, hair brushes and individual-size Kleenex.
“We want small sizes to be able to place more items in stockings,” Ferguson said.
Drop-off sites are the YMCA in Pickens, in Easley at Under the Carolina Moon and Integrated Yoga Therapy, in Powdersville at Front Porch Fixins and in Dacusville/Easley at Earthworks Unlimited.
Warmth and Comfort will hold a drop-in open house from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at 149 Ivey Hayes Road in Pickens.
Light refreshments will be served on the grounds. RSVP by emailing warmthandcomfortfortheelderly@gmail.com or calling (864) 238-4652.
For more information about the group, email warmthandcomfort@gmx.com or call (864) 668-1021. Learn more about the group at its Facebook page.
Great Clips donates
Great Clips recently made a generous donation to the Liberty Community Scholarship, now in its eighth year of service to the community. Pictured above at the Easley Great Clips, Tabitha Irby, the general manager of 17 area Great Clips, stands with Liberty Community Scholarship board members Lisa Carpenter, Bonita Holland and Tracy Morgan.
Rensing Center no longer a nonprofit
PICKENS — The Rensing Center, located in Pickens, has officially closed as a 501(c)(3) non profit organization.
The center still exists as it has for decades as a private creative community on the 27-acre rural property on Mile Creek Road.
The mission remains the same — nourishing imagination and fostering individual renewal, community connection and interdisciplinary interaction among people in creative,
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Courier Community Calendar 10-19-22
• St. Andrew Parish set to hold bazaar
The St. Andrew Parish annual bazaar will take place Saturday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at St. Andrew Catholic Church, located at 209 Sloan St. in Clemson. It will feature a wide variety of handcrafted items, including hostess and teacher gifts, home décor for all seasons,
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Courier Obituaries 10-19-22
ROBERT CLYDE ‘BOB’ STEWART III
EASLEY — Mr. Robert Clyde “Bob” Stewart III, 58, loving husband of Carla Stewart, passed away on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, at AnMed 
Health Memorial Hospital in Anderson.
Bob was born in Pickens County on May 29, 1964, to the late Robert Clyde Stewart Jr. and Lee Ellis Stewart. Bob had a calm, quiet demeanor and goofy sense of humor. He was a graduate and former football player for The Citadel, where he was a member of the Century Club and developed many close friendships. Bob worked for Greenville County as a building inspector. He enjoyed being
Courier Classifieds 10-19-22
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Notice to Creditors 10-19-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the Probate Court of PICKENS COUNTY, the address of which is 222 MCDANIEL AVE., B-16 PICKENS, SC 29671, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form
Courier Legal Notices 10-19-22
NOTICE
To: The Unknown Owner
The following mobile home has been abandoned at 322 Joshua Street, Easley, SC 29640. There is a lien on this mobile home for rent in the amount of $6465.00, plus any additional rent from the date of this notice. Contact Crooks Properties, LLC at 864-918-7692 to claim this mobile home. After 30 days from the date of this notice, Crooks Properties, LLC will apply to sell the mobile home at The Pickens County
City councilman faces sex charge
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens City Councilman Donnie McKinney was arrested last week and charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct 
with a minor, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Agency.
SLED agents arrested McKinney, 75, on Friday, according to a release from spokeswoman Renée
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