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Lifelong Pickens County resident leaves lasting impact
EASLEY—Most Easley residents will remember Garnet Barnes for his lasting impact on the community, but others remember him for his friendship. “He was a good close friend of mine,” Easley Mayor Larry Bagwell said. “We spoke often at Joe’s coffee shop (Joe’s Ice Cream morning crowd that gathers for coffee) and this is just a tremendous loss for the City of Easley.” Born in Pickens County in 1924, Barnes attended Easley High School where he ...
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Dedication ceremony for Tri-County Tech facility set
A ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony for the Industrial Technology Center will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. The 43,000-square-foot Industrial Technology Center is home to the Welding and Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) programs. The building, which opened the first day of spring 2013 classes, was specifically designed to mimic a real-world industrial setting. It’s also being billed a showplace by economic development p...
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Easley loses long-time entrepreneur, friend
EASLEY—James “Jim” Findley played a key role in important economic growth in Easley, but will likely be remembered for a relentless work ethic and “put-others-first” attitude. “He had a huge influence on the way Easley Combined Utilities expanded,” Easley Mayor Larry Bagwell said. “He was always moving forward and was a very sharp individual.” Born in Anderson in June of 1931, Findley was called to active duty in 1955 where he served in t...
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Creole Choir of Cuba comes to Brooks Center
CLEMSON — The Creole Choir of Cuba brings its passionate melodies, wild harmonies and richly textured arrangements to Clemson University’s Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Thursday. Singing music they learned from grandparents and celebrating the history of their Haitian descendants, these 10 vocalists from Camagüey, Cuba, are Grammy-nominated and multiple award-winners. The Creole Choir was founded in 1994 during the “Spec...
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Clemson to cap disability awareness event with documentary screenings
CLEMSON — Clemson University’s Student Disability Services department will host two events this week to raise awareness about students with disabilities. Faculty, staff, administrators and student leaders will get firsthand experience in what it’s like to live with a disability in the Walk and Roll: Blended Immersion Experience Thursday. Now in its third year, Walk and Roll pairs students with participants for individual and group discussio...
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Clemson researchers to assist SCDOT in improving construction site water quality
CLEMSON — The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has turned to Clemson University water quality researchers to help ensure that it meets future federal requirements to limit the discharge of pollutants from construction sites. Researchers in Clemson’s School of Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Sciences (SAFES) will measure the turbidity — or clarity — of stormwater runoff at active SCDOT construction sites and investi...
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Upstate Forever hosts planned giving workshop
Upstate Forever will present a breakfast workshop on planned giving March 19 from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. at Mary Beth’s, 500 E. McBee Avenue, Greenville. There are many planned giving tools - from charitable bequests and gifts of appreciated property to charitable remainder trusts and charitable lead trusts. Many charitable planning strategies can provide donors with lifetime retirement income while creating larger inheritances for heirs and lega...
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Handgun safety and proficiency class starts Saturday
Tri-County Technical College will offer a Handgun Safety and Proficiency course March 2 to allow qualifying participants to apply for a South Carolina Concealed Weapons Permit. Students will be provided with the basic knowledge and skills for the safe and proper use of a handgun. The course will include eight hours of classroom instruction and additional time on the firing range. The classroom portion of the class will be held at the Tri-Co...
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EDITORIAL
Main Street Easley. Main Street Pickens. Main Street USA. They are the iconic image and representation of small towns even today. Long-time resident of Pickens and Easley will recall the days of the 1950s and 60s when mobs of shoppers and crowds looking for activity congregated on Main Street and busy side. Whether it was Easley’s railroad divided business hub or Pickens’ courthouse centered district, downtown became the destination for...
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Liberty man killed in hit-and-run incident
ANDERSON COUNTY — A hit-and-run that claimed the life of 32-year old Liberty resident Monday night is still under investigation. The incident took the life of Clifton D. Chapman on Sharon Church Road in Anderson County just south of Liberty. South Carolina Highway Patrol officials say 20-year old Ashley Duggan of Liberty is a suspect in fatal collision, which took place at around 6:30 p.m. Chapman was found in a ditch early the next mor...
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"We will be opening on Wednesday March 13, with a Grand Opening ceremony at 7:30 a.m. and we will open the doors shortly after that," said Ginny Marhanka, store manager. "We are excited about being in the Powdersville community and look forward to offering great prices to save our customers money so they can live better."
Wal-Mart in Powdersville set to open March 13
Joe Toppe Staff Writer
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Pickens County residents spoke out against a non-sectarian prayer at a Pickens County School Board meeting on Monday night. Even a non-sectarian prayer, however, may still cause problems for the district.
FFRF Attorney: non-sectarian prayer does not go far enough
PICKENS COUNTY—A recent decision to establish a non-sectarian prayer at Pickens County School Board meetings may not be enough to avoid a lawsuit. Patrick Elliott, a staff attorney with the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) , said Tuesday a non-sectarian prayer does not address all the legal issues. “I don’t think it goes far enough,” Elliott said “Ultimately it still excludes those students and families who are non-religious or jus...
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Board votes in favor of non-sectarian prayer
PICKENS COUNTY—Prayer will continue at Pickens County School Board meetings, but not as many local residents had hoped. The board voted in favor of the first reading of a motion to establish a non-sectarian invocation at the beginning of monthly meetings. Those meetings had previously been opened with a student-led prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The motion was approved 3-2 with one (Jimmy Gillespie) abstaining. Jim Shelton ...
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South Carolina GOP Chairman: “There’s no time to be demoralized.”
PICKENS COUNTY—South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly told a group of Pickens County Republicans that now is not the time to look back. Connelly aimed to rally Pickens County GOP members at a recent meeting last week, saying an effort to turn things around would require aggression. “We can’t afford to look at the past. We have to move forward,” Connelly said. “We need all hands on deck. We’ve got the majority in the house,...
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Easley man dies in head on collision
EASLEY—An 89-year old Easley man is dead after crashing his 2009 Toyota on Popefield road on Saturday afternoon. Samuel Ralph Scott of 208 High Ridge Ct., Easley, was transported to Greenville Memorial Hospital shortly after 1:40 p.m. on Saturday as a result of a head-on collision. Scott later passed away from injuries suffered in the crash, according to Pickens County Deputy Coroner Gary Duncan. Thirty-six year old Tron McCoy, who was ...
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Fire destroys Easley home
Easley firefighters work to put out a blaze that damaged most of a home on Robert P. Jeanes Road in Easley Monday afternoon. Easely Fire Chief Butch Womack said the house was a “total loss.” The house is occupied by one person, but the resident was not at home at the time of the fire. There were no injuries reported.
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