Monday evening Pickens City Council meeting was packed full of citizens in the gallery. Discussions of a new 4 way stop, water main fixes, police vehicle buy outs, and supportive speech from Tammy Anthony regarding the renaming of the Pickens Rec Center. The renaming will now proceed to a second reading.

(Side note)
Although many thought that there was a “hold back” on the Rec Center to be named after Cheri Anthony…. we don’t believe this was the case. The aim of council was to get policy in place first because there has been no preceding president. Council needed to set the foundation of credential, and parameter of ordinance and policy to rename a city owned building before they move forward. Anything short of this would open Pickens City Council to a barrage of citizens desiring a city owned entity or building named after another citizen. Cheri Anthony has worked for over 20 years with the Rec department and has recently retired.

I.e. … Parameters/Credentials of ordinance policy:
1. Time of service to the city
2. Substantial monetary donation
3. Substantial acreage donation

On tonight‘s episode of Pickens local we have with us Amy Williams. Amy is running for Pickens county school board. She will let us know a little bit about her educational past, what she’s doing now to get on school board, and how she sees the future of the school district.

Alex is an American missionary to Mexico. His home church is Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Pickens Sc. He’s “tent” making technique is coffee sale to help fund and send other missionaries.

On tonight‘s episode of Pickens local we have with us Breann Griffin Nicholson and Tammy Iffland. Breann will tell us everything that’s going on at behavioral health services Pickens, their activities, her new job, and surrounding events. Tammy will let us know her testimony about her daughter, her diagnosis, drug use, and subsequent death.

On today’s episode we interview Brandon Enoch. Brandon is the new director of the Pickens Rec. He’ll tell us a little about himself, and his vision for the future.

On tonight‘s episode of Pickens local we have with us Ken Roper. Ken Roper is the Pickens county administrator and will let us know a little about recycling, trash, roads, millage, and all sorts of other issues that concern our county

On tonight‘s episode of Pickens local we have with us Matthew Kutilek. Matthew is a Marine who has recently retired from the United States Marine Corps where he served as a lieutenant colonel from the battlefield of Afghanistan, to the Pentagon. Who let us know information about Afghanistan… How it was, how it is, and what we should expect in the future