The 45th annual Pelion Peanut Party will be held Nov. 6-7. There will be amusement rides, crafters, carnival food, live entertainment, a s’mores pit, a fireworks show and plenty of boiled peanuts. Mark your calendar and come join the party.

There will be a dessert contest with categories including cakes and cupcakes; pies and pastries; cookies and bars; no-bake treats and a kids’ category for 12 and under. The theme is peanut-inspired desserts, so get creative with peanut butter, roasted peanuts, candied peanuts and more. Drop-off is at the Pelion Community Center from 4-6 p.m. Nov. 6, and judging begins at 7 p.m. The entry fee is $5.

At the recent town council meeting, Mayor Shumpert and council members congratulated the Diamond Youth softball team for winning the state 1 5U championship.

Greg Downer, the council member who is spearheading the Pelion Museum, gave those in attendance a piece of the old wooden bridge that was covered over when the state took the dam to build a road. When work began on repairing the pipe under the road, crews found a lot of wood from the wooden bridge that the S.C. Department of Transportation had covered when it originally paved the road. There is still no date when the repairs will be completed and the road will be opened.

The Pelion Restoration fundraiser golf tournament will be 9 a.m. on Sept. 18. Cost is $100 per person or $400 per team. Hole sponsorship is $250 and tournament sponsorship is $1,000. Donations are appreciated. There will also be raffle drawings and prizes throughout the day. For more information, contact Tommy Fairey at 803-682-2747 or Jan Green at 803-319-2427. Proceeds from this event will go toward restoring the caboose and the old town hall, which will become the Pelion museum.

The library hosts adults on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 11 a.m. for senior chair yoga. “Grands & Littles” for all ages will be 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Mah jongg will be played at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 26.

“Read with Willow” for families with children will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27. The Spinecrackers book club meets Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. Family story time for families with children meets at 5 p.m. the same day.

The senior center will play Beatball on Monday, Aug. 24 and Wii Bowling on Wednesday, Aug. 26. True North Ministries will be at the center on Friday, Aug. 28, when an end-of-summer banana split party is also planned.

Daily activities at the center include coffee and chatting from 9-10 a.m.; walking the pond from 10 a.m. until noon and daily exercise at 11 a.m. Members play cards from 12:30 until 2:30 p.m. If you are interested in becoming a member of the center, contact Laura Dowey at 803-894-4351.