Daily Archives: 02/26/2014
Beyond the Bull to join annual Helping Hands benefit fundraiser
CENTRAL — In August 1984, an emergency shelter and foster home for abused and neglected children from across the upstate of South Carolina opened its doors.
Helping Hands of Clemson received its first children into the house that was licensed to care for 16 children that year.
Today, the house is licensed to care for 54 children. To date, Helping Hands officials have cared for an estimated 8,000, the majority coming from Anderson, Greenville, Oconee and Pickens counties.
If you have ever driven through the depot district of downtown Central, there, on Main Street,
Northland Communications opens new state-of-the-art customer service center
UPSTATE — Northland Communications has scheduled the grand reopening of its new customer service center located at 9A Boardwalk Place in Seneca.
The new center showcases the fastest Internet speeds featured on the latest tech toys and high definition streaming available through online content providers, allowing customers to experience their services and entertainment products first-hand.
Northland will be celebrating its grand reopening with a community event on March 1, featuring fun product demos at the interactive gadget bar, door prizes, free food from Chick-fil-A, fun giveaways, a bouncy house and more. The community is invited to come out to celebrate the new
Y2Y 10K Challenge set for April 26
COUNTY — The Pickens County YMCA is bringing back its popular Y2Y 10K Challenge.
With the course, participants will run from the Easley YMCA to the Pickens YMCA, which is exactly 10K (6.2 miles). Registration for the Y2Y 10K Challenge is open from now until April 24.
Participants will park at the Pickens YMCA on April 26. Buses will transport everyone at 7:10 a.m. to the Easley Y, and the race will start at 7:30 a.m. There will be fun activities at the Pickens Y for families and kids while they await their loved ones’ arrival.
Courier Obits 2-26-14
Tommy Holcombe
Easley — Thomas Larry “Tommy” Holcombe, 66, husband of Joyce Beasley Holcombe, died, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014.
Tommy was born in Greenville County, a son of the late Russell Thomas and Gladys Lucille Crane Holcombe. Tommy was retired from Dillard Funeral Home in Pickens as a licensed funeral director and embalmer. He was formerly employed with Coca Cola of Greenville as a sales representative. Tommy was a 1997 graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in Atlanta, Ga. Tommy was a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church in Easley where he formerly taught the college and career Sunday school class. He was always interested in the young people of the church and he formerly served as youth director at Cedar Rock Baptist
Black History Month
A history of the celebration
Black History Month
Black History Month, or National African-American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating black history.
The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. That September, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent minister Jesse E.
County museum to kick off Pickens County Youth Arts ’14 with reception March 1
COUNTY — The Pickens County Cultural Commission recently announced that, in recognition of “National Youth Arts” month as well as “National Music in our Schools” month, March will once again be Pickens County Youth Arts Month.
The Pickens County Museum of Art and History and the schools of Pickens County will celebrate with a reception to kick off the month at the museum on Saturday, March 1, from 1-4 p.m.
A special “thank you” presentation for elementary schools will be made at 1:30 p.m., and an awards ceremony for the middle and high schools will be held at 2:30 p.m.
In addition to the always-entertaining
visual arts exhibition, which will be on display beginning March 1 and continuing through March
Courier Legal for 2-26-14
The publisher shall only be liable for an amount less than or equal to the charge for the space of the item in error in the case of errors in or omissions from any advertisement, and only for the first incorrect insertion.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the Probate Court of PICKENS COUNTY, the address of which is 222 MCDANIEL AVE., B-16 PICKENS, SC 29671, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.), or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to
Courier Notice to Creditors 2-26-14
The publisher shall only be liable for an amount less than or equal to the charge for the space of the item in error in the case of errors in or omissions from any advertisement, and only for the first incorrect insertion.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371ES with the Probate Court of PICKENS COUNTY, the address of which is 222 MCDANIEL AVE., B-16 PICKENS, SC 29671, within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this
Courier Trespass Notice 2-26-14
In the state of South Carolina, trespass after notice is a misdemeanor criminal offense prohibited by section 16-11-620 for the South Carolina Code.
Those who enter upon the lands of others without the permission of the owner or manager shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor trespassing.
All persons are hereby notified and warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or trespass in any
Courier Classifieds 2-26-14
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