Home Care In Pendleton, SC

PENDLETON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The owner of a dog who was taken to a foster home by the Town of Pendleton Animal Control and escaped is now offering a reward.

Officials said on Friday, May 5, an officer received a call from someone who said they picked up an chihuahua on the loose. The Animal Control Officer made contact with the caller and accepted the dog into their possession.

Officials said the dog’s age is unknown but appeared to be malnourished. The dog’s owner, Nancy Lee, said the dog’s name is Minnie. She is elderly and emaciated-looking due to her age. She also has kidney failure.

According to the town of Pendleton’s statement, PAWS of Anderson was not accepting dogs so the chihuahua was taken to a private citizen to foster the dog until it could be taken to PAWS or the owner located.

However, PAWS of Anderson director and veterinarian Dr. Kim Sanders said they would have accepted the dog.

“PAWS has always accepted injured, sick and aggressive animals. When we reached maximum capacity in January 2023 I emailed Sheriff McBride and asked for Animal Control Officers to discontinue picking up friendly stray animals and have the finders contact us at PAWS so that we could assist them in every way possible while keeping the animal out of the shelter,” Sanders said in an email to FOX Carolina. “Pendleton City and the other municipalities, bring in a much smaller number of animals and they were not asked to discontinue bringing in stray animals. Given the condition and size of the dog PAWS would have accepted her regardless of our capacity.”

Sanders went on to say she is not aware of any rescue in Pendleton City that would be taking stray animals from city employees because they have always been brought to PAWS.

“It is truly heartbreaking for Minnie’s mom to not have closure at this time,” Sanders said. “I would ask that the rescue group and everyone involved in this situation share all information related to Minnie in hope for a positive outcome.”

According to animal control, the dog escaped from the foster and is now missing. Staff searched for the dog all day Monday, May 8, but saw no sign of the dog.

“We are incredibly sorry for the unforeseeable outcome of this situation and hope the dog is found,” said animal control.

Minnie’s owner is offering a $1,000 reward for anyone who has information that leads to finding her.

Town officials started an investigation into this incident.

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ANDERSON — With the unofficial votes tallied a little over an hour after polls closed, Anderson School District 4 Superintendent Dee Christopher was in high spirits after residents narrowly approved a $115 million bond referendum to expand school capacities.

It was a matter of 147 votes that brought those approving of the referendum to 51.58 percent, meaning the district can break ground in April for a new Pendleton High School.

“We’re excited about what’s next,” Christopher said. “In 2017, there were almost the same number of ‘no’ votes as there were this time. The difference is this time, the ‘yeses’ went out and voted. They saw the vision and for us to have over 4,600 votes ... that’s just awesome.”

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The bonds can only be used for capital expenses such as purchasing land, building new facilities and technology upgrades. ASD4 already owns the land where the new high school will be built.

The school board approved a bond referendum in August seeking $115 million to replace Pendleton High School, expand its four elementary schools and relocate Riverside Middle School students to the current PHS campus.

Anderson residents to vote on tax increase for Pendleton-area school expansions

In an election year that didn’t include any other votes for some voters, Christopher was pleased to see the turnout — regardless of how the ballots were cast.

“For an old guy who was a history teacher a long time ago, that’s what being American is all about it using your right to vote,” he said. “I’m just very pleased at everybody. I mean, 4,600 votes? That’s a ton of votes for a local, small school district referendum.”

The bonds will cost residents roughly $64 in additional property taxes for every $100,000 of home value. As the bonds are paid down, the taxes would decrease correspondingly, Christopher added.

ASD4′s 10-year facility plan, which is estimated to cost nearly $150 million, also calls for reconfiguring elementary grade attendance to K-5 to balance the incoming growth in eastern Anderson County across its schools, he said.

About Pendleton

PENDLETON, S.C. (WSPA)- Pendleton is the oldest town in the Upstate that continues to grow but stays true to its roots.

Let’s take a trip down history lane where agriculture was king and wealthy Charleston families came to vacation.

“Early on it was just a lot of sustenance farming and small farms,” Josh Johnson, the curator of the Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina, said.

Cotton farming was a huge part of Pendleton’s history, whether it was small or large plantations.

That changed in 1917 when boll weevils came through the state and wiped out a majority of cotton crops.

Farmers turned to the one thing that kills everything.

“Men would have to put in bricks of arsenic by hand five days a week, twice a day,” Johnson said. “It of course leads to horrible cancer rates.”

Johnson said arsenic still impacts agriculture today because it stays in the soil for a thousand years.

He said it also impacts families to this day and a gentleman that donated a machine to dispense arsenic lost his great-grandmother, grandmother and wife from breast cancer.

A lot of those cotton plants that were eventually wiped out, were made by vacationers from Charleston.

President of the Pendleton Historic Foundation Powell Hickman said, “Charletonians realized they were getting yellow fever and other mosquito-borne illnesses in the summer.”

According to Hickman, that’s when the people from Charleston would vacation to Pendleton and the Upstate.

“They just knew that if you came up here to the upcountry you didn’t get sick.”

The Pinkney family was one of the wealthiest families who made their way to Pendleton and built the Woodburn House in the mid-1800s which still stands today and left a piece of the low country in the Upstate.

Hickman said, “It’s a hidden jewel in South Carolina and really that Charleston culture was brought up here.”

If you go inside the Woodburn House, a lot of the furnishings are original pieces that were once in the many plantation houses throughout the area in the 1820s and 1930s.

Pendleton’s history is engraved in almost every corner of the town, especially in the vibrant village green that has reinvented itself throughout the years and now serves as a focal point for new and old residents.

“We’ve seen a good bit of growth for one thing,” Mayor Frank Crenshaw said. “At the same time we have been successful in maintaining the historical character of Pendleton and the uniqueness.”

Businesses that stretch across downtown Pendleton represent that.

Restaurants and stores evolved as time passed on, but they remain in those same buildings that represent the history of the oldest town in the upstate.

It’s a history that’s represented across South Carolina.

“If you go throughout the state, you’ll see a Pendleton Road or Pendleton Street almost everywhere you go,” according to Mayor Crenshaw.

While you’ll see the name everywhere you go, there will only be one Pendleton, South Carolina, where the people are friendly and everybody knows everybody.

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Pendleton's 24th annual Fall Harvest Festival on the Village Green will be held Oct. 14 from 10 a.m to 5 p.m.

The Town of Pendleton will sponsor the festival with the Leadership Pendleton Foundation this year.

The event will feature free inflatables and children’s activities sponsored by Foothills Church, along with entertainment through the day.

The Pendleton Fire Department will have its smokehouse onsite. There will be over 100 craft vendors and 12 food vendors.

Winners of Pendleton's Scarecrow Contest, consisting of historic Southern figures, will be announced at the festival.

"I was lucky enough to work on the very first Pendleton Fall Harvest Festival in 1999, and I am still a part of it today. I love this Festival because there is something for everyone, which is important to me. I also love that our Scarecrow Season coincides with the festival, making it feel so much more festive," Assistant Town Administrator Amber Barnes said.

Here are some of the events that will be available. For more information click here.

Scarecrow contest

This year's Scarecrow Contest is sponsored by the Pendleton Area Business Council.

"We are excited about the new prizes and the new artist category."

Guests will be able to vote online before the festival. Scan the QR code above to see photos of the scarecrows and to place your vote.

Online votes will be added to the festival votes and winners will be announced at 3:55 p.m. Oct. 13.

United Community Bank Stage events

Award-winning banjo player Charles Wood will perform at 10:05 a.m. Charles Wood currently performs with Asheville North Carolina-based band Nitrograss. For more information on Charles Wood click here.

The band's unique style is based on Wood's compositions.

Dance students from the Elevation Dance Company will perform their latest routines at 11:30 a.m.

At noon, Alan Nowell & Company will perform. Nowell is a native of Anderson. The musician plays the saxophone, flute and sings.

Sweet Potato Pie Kids perform at 2:15 p.m. They are part of the Young Appalachian Musicians program founded by Betty McDaniel, who launched the program at Holly Springs Elementary School in 2008.

The program introduces children and adults to the music of their heritage with instruments common to the Appalachian region.

The Foothills Dance Conservatory will perform at 2:30 p.m., showcasing their performers on the grass area near the guard house on the Village Green. Founded in 1997, Foothills Dance Conservatory is the first premier pre-professional dance school in Oconee County.

It is recognized among the best dance training facilities in South Carolina for its exceptional ballet, jazz, and contemporary training.

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PENDLETON — She baked her first real, homemade cake in college using a roommate’s family recipe to get the girls through exam week.

The three-layer cake topped with chocolate candy was just about the only thing the roommate would eat, and the act of kindness ended up becoming a side job.

Now with a daughter who is a student Clemson University, Kimberly Blackwell is opening Pendleton Candy Company at 119 Mechanic St., in Pendleton on the town square. Her storefront is filled to the brim with candy, chocolates, sweets-themed jewelry and — in a nod to her own childhood candy shop memories — purses.

“When I was little, my grandmother took me to a candy store and I got a gumball-shaped purse,” Blackwell recalled. “And I was so excited because my mother would always say, ‘No’ to everything. So I was like, ‘I gotta have purses because somebody will bring their grandkid and get a purse!’ And they’ll have that memory that I have.”

Now on her second candy shop since the building she was renting in Cashiers, N.C., was sold, Blackwell is excited to provide some sweet moments for the community she calls home. Pendleton Candy Company has a variety of truffles, homemade fudges, candy, cotton candy, slushes, pretzels and popcorn in addition to her baked goods.

“If I do lemon bars and a cake one day, I’ll do like a pie and the cheesecake the next day so I’ll always variety,” she said.

With no kitchen in the candy shop, Blackwell works with another downtown vendor to share baking space. It’s just one of many ways the community has embraced Pendleton’s newest store.

A mortgage lender for over 20 years, several clients have made or purchased items to support her new venture in town. There’s a gumball lamp and a large gumball machine that were gifted, not to mention the fully functional vintage cash register.

Someone picking up an online order offered to clean the exterior of the building for free and the mailbox on the front of the shop was handmade and covered in brightly colored lollipops by a friend.