🌱 Patch AM: Is your Easley property or utility account on this tax sale list?

Good day Easley! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Is your Easley property or utility account on this tax sale list?
• Easley remembers the life and legacy of J.M. Ellison

Also on today's calendar: Mark Webb and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and delightful, with a high of 79 and low of 53 degrees.
• Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 84, low: 62.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Final ad for 2026 of the Pickens County Delinquent Tax Sale (yourpickenscounty.com) — Pickens County has published its final list of properties headed to the Oct. 13 delinquent tax sale, including parcels tied to Easley owners and even Easley Combined Utilities. If your name or utility appears here, you have until Friday, Oct. 9 to pay in certified funds and avoid losing the property at auction in Liberty.
   

• J.M. Ellison Obituary Oct 5, 2026 (robinsonfuneralhomes.com) — Longtime Easley resident and businessman J.M. Ellison, 94, has passed away after a life that included Easley High football, Navy service in Korea, and founding well-known Easley hair businesses. Friends can visit Wednesday afternoon at Robinson Funeral Homes on Powdersville Road, with the funeral and interment following in the chapel, and memorials invited to Brushy Creek Baptist Church in Easley.
   

📸 Around Easley

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Easley

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 8
• U-Pick Thursday →
  Sassafrass Flower Farm, 255 Alex Drive, Easley
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday October 8
• Fall Festival
  Crosswell Elementary School Easley, SC 29640
  5:30 pm
• Mark Webb →
  Grainyard, 122 Folger Ave, Easley
  6:30 pm
• Music Video Bingo →
  Southern Weaving Food Hall, 210 Fern St, Easley
  7:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Situational Clarity →
  SCGS Classroom, 8114 Old Greenville Hwy, Easley
  3:30 pm
• Upstate Swing and Brass →
  Grainyard, 122 Folger Ave, Easley
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• SC Carry Permit →
  SCGS Classroom, 8114 Old Greenville Hwy, Easley
  9:30 am
• Loved by Jewell DIY Trick-or-Treat Bag Party →
  111 Walkers Way, Easley
  11:00 am
• Andrew Crocker →
  Grainyard, 122 Folger Ave, Easley
  6:30 pm
Sunday October 11
• Southern Sundays Rally @ Southern Weaving →
  Southern Weaving, 210 Fern St, Easley
  3:00 pm
Monday October 12
• DMS Volleyball at Belton
  Dacusville Middle School Easley, SC 29640
  8:00 am
Tuesday October 13
• Y Mentor Training (Easley YMCA) →
  200 Frank Parrott Road, Easley
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• LongHorn Steakhouse posted a job opening for Bartender in Easley. Apply here.
• Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. posted a job opening for Store Team Member in Easley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Easley here.

🗞 Nearby News

Powdersville

• STRecruiting Notebook 10-5: Notes from the weekend with Clemson handing out more offers, and USC women's basketball landing first 2027 commitment (sportstalksc.com)

Liberty

• Liberty City Councilman Arrested On DUI Charge (fitsnews.com)
• Georgia's Rooke Gets Home-Water Win at Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Hartwell (anglerschannel.com)

Pickens

• 1 dead after house fire in Pickens, coroner says (foxcarolina.com)
• Latest SC high football media poll: Three new teams crack this week's rankings (heraldonline.com)
• Multi-county Upstate emergency response training set to begin October 5 (counton2.com)

Ok Easley! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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