Easley Chamber of Commerce

Director of the new Dan Cooper Library addresses October 2007 Powdersville Council

Faith Line, director of the new Powdersville library named after State Senator Dan Cooper address the Powdersville Council of the Easley Chamber of Commerce at its luncheon on October 25. Faith Line previously worked at the libraries in Anderson and Pendleton. Ms. Line stated that the library will have its grand opening November 18. It is located on highway 81 next to the Powdersville Water District.

The library will have state of the art computers with high speed internet access for us by residents. Software like Word and PowerPoint is also on the computers to aid students in homework. There is a section of the library for research into genealogy. Books on CD’s are available. Agreements have been made with the Kimberly Hampton Library in Easley, and the Pendleton and Anderson libraries to exchanges books as needed by residents.

The building is 17000 square feet. 13000’ square is the library and the remaining 4000’ square houses county offices of the magistrate, state delegation office, treasurer, and building codes official. The library will also have a large meeting room and a kitchen with a capacity of 75 people for civic meetings in Powdersville.

The next Powdersville Council meeting will be January 24, 2008 and will feature Ms. Mary Lou Hill of Ogletree Deakins Law Firm speaking on the Workman’s Compensation Laws in South Carolina and how that affects business people. Mrs. Barbara Schuster is chairman of the Powdersville Council.