Monthly Archives: April 2014
Town Creek Revitalization cleanup day set for May 3
PICKENS — Pickens officials have scheduled the first cleanup day for the Town Creek Revitalization Project for May 3.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Playground of Promise, at 149 N. Homestead Road, and the cleanup begins at 9 a.m. There will be free food and music for volunteers at noon following the cleanup.
The Town Creek Revitalization Project is an initiative created by a collective group of citizens of Pickens, focused on improving the quality of life and
The bunny that nobody ate
On The Way
By Olivia Fowler
Olivia Fowler
I was 8 years old when I saw my first chocolate bunny. Until then, I didn’t even know there was such a thing. We were brought up with more simple candies.
Candy came into our lives only three times a year, as Mama believed it would rot our teeth out.
Halloween was the first candy celebration. We didn’t always get to go trick or treating, but when we did it was a very big deal.
We’d take our booty home, dump it out
Easter Sunday
All About Ben
By Ben Robinson
Easter Sunday our family had one of those once unusual days, just trying to get together to celebrate Easter.
Ben Robinson
It started with the Sunrise service, which our church — Nine Forks in Dacusville — celebrates every year with the church next door, which happens to been a predominantly black church, Shoals Creek. We’ve been doing this for years, with the service being held at Shoals Creek one year and Nine Forks the next. We may be mostly different races, but we’re all Baptist, so that means we have a meal after the service. When the service is held at Nine Forks, the Shoals Creek pastor — Rev. Charles Hendricks — preaches the sermon, and Nine Forks provides breakfast.
We were shown up in past years when our
Courier Obits 4-23-14
Robert Lee Aiken
Easley — Mr. Robert Lee Aiken, 83, husband of Clara “Sudie” Atkins Aiken, died Monday, April 14, 2014 after an extended illness.
Born in Pickens County, a son of the late John Wilson and Illeine Robinson Aiken, Mr. Aiken retired from textiles and was of the Baptist faith. Robert learned to play the steel guitar when he was 10 years old and has played with
a hidden treasure
Don’t miss the blooming
of the rare Oconee Bells
By Olivia Fowler, Courier Staff
A trip to the Jocassee wilderness is more than a journey of a few miles. It’s a passage into another time.
What may be most striking upon arrival is the quiet. There are no motors running, cellphones ringing, people shouting or any other intrusive sounds.
An unpaved road is the only way in, and the terrain is more than a little rough. But anyone worth their salt will not be discouraged. There are about 200
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church to host multi-family yard sale
EASLEY — Local residents will have an opportunity to find a Saturday deal and benefit community outreach by shopping at St. Michael’s multi-family yard sale on Saturday, April 26, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church.
In addition to bargains on everything from clothes to household goods, there
Nalley earns scholarship
Julie Nalley, a piano student of Gilda Hendricks and a student at Pickens High School, recently earned the South Carolina Federation of Music Clubs’ Northwestern District Strings Summer Music Camp Scholarship. The SCFMC is the State organization of the National Federation of Music Clubs. Nalley plays the cello.
Pickens Rescue Squad to host ‘Redneck Car Show’
PICKENS — Local residents are invited to get their hot rods, boats, motorcycles and even mopeds ready for the first-ever “Redneck Car Show” hosted by Pickens Rescue 7 on May 10 at the Pickens Flea Market, located two miles west of Pickens on S.C. 183.
The event is looking for entries, and now is the time to start signing up.
“You can really enter anything to the show, and if it doesn’t have a motor, you
Courier Legals 4-23-14
EQUITY COURT SALE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
PICKENS COUNTY
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
2013–CP–39–1406
Pursuant to Court Decree in Appleton, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Lorie L. Reid and Amanda Michelle Chapman, Defendant(s), I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the Pickens County Court House at Main Street, Pickens, South Carolina on May 5, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. the following property:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the State
Courier Notice to Creditors 4-23-14
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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 be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the basis of the
