Monthly Archives: October 2014
Courier Letters to the Editor 10-8-14
Where is Congress?
Dear Editor,
Where in the heck is Congress? They should be in session debating a course of action for Iraq. Instead they are on a five-week recess running for reelection instead working for the security of this country.
Protecting their cushy jobs is more important than protecting the USA.
They take the month of July off, work eight days in August and then take five weeks off to run for reelection, then people get upset over a salute.
Here’s a real scandal. One-third of our embassies do not have an ambassador. The Russian ambassador was finally
Community Calendar
• PHS Craft Fair needs vendors
A craft fair will be held at Pickens High School on Nov. 1 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost for a 10×10 vendor booth will be $10. Email tammyferguson@pickens.k12.sc.us for an application. Money and applications are due by Oct. 20.
• Pickens-Liberty Lions plan meetings
The Pickens-Liberty Lions Club is in need of new members. The club meets the first and third Thursday of every month at Pizza Inn in Pickens. Dinner begins at 6:40 p.m., and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. Meetings are open to
PCLA fall book sale planned this month
PICKENS — The Pickens County Literacy Association will be holding its annual fall used book sale on Oct. 24-25.
Proceeds from the event help the PCLA continue its program of volunteer tutors helping adults improve their reading skills.
The two-day event will be held in the All Saints Hall of Pickens Presbyterian Church, located at 311 West Main St. The sale will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25. It’s not too late to donate to the sale. Items needed include like-new or gently used books of all types, video and audio cassettes, CDs and DVDs.
Drop-off locations in Pickens are the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative office, Grace United Methodist Church, Holy
Public invited to town hall meeting
PICKENS — A town hall meeting will be held at the Hagood Community Center — also known as Pickens Senior Center — on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited.
The meeting is planned to discuss with community members the renovations planned for the center’s auditorium. Upcoming programming, which will be made possible by some of the renovations planned, will also be discussed.
Community input is welcomed on future activities. National Endowment for the Arts will help, through a $25,000 Our Town grant, with the design and programming for the auditorium.
The public is asked to come find out about the exciting renovation and programming at the historical former Pickens
Pumpkintown prepares for 36th annual festival
PUMPKINTOWN — Fall is here again, and thousands of visitors will descend upon the 36th annual Pumpkin Festival in Pumpkintown on Saturday, Oct. 11.
The festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
This is the time of year to enjoy a wonderful fall day in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains while taking advantage of some outstanding shopping, music and food. The festival will kick off at 9 a.m. with a parade from the Pumpkintown Fire Department and ends after passing the Oolenoy Community Building (5301 Dacusville Highway).
Courier Onituaries 10-8-14
Polly R. Pace
Pickens — Pauline Reeves “Polly” Pace, 90, of N. Catherine Street, and wife of the late William Hancel “Hank” Pace, Sr., died Wednesday Oct. 1, 2014 at her home.
Born in Pickens County, she was the daughter of the late Waddy Avery Reeves and Liza Jane Queen Reeves. Mrs. Pace was retired from Singer Manufacturing. She was a member of Pickens First Baptist Church and was an Auxiliary Volunteer with Cannon Memorial Hospital for several years.
Surviving is a son, the Rev. William H. “Bill” Pace, Jr. (Deanna) of Pickens; several grandchildren and great grandchildren; two sisters, Emma Lou Grant of Pickens and Jeanette Hamlin of Piedmont; and two brothers, James
Beneficial bats
By Scott Stegenga
For The Courier
news@thepccourier.com
Mosquitoes are very efficient at finding the smallest source of calm water for egg laying. When it comes to reducing the mosquito population, dryer conditions are helpful but not the only factor at work. An animal that will not win many awards in a beauty contest that is coming to our aid is the bat, the only flying mammal.
Beneficial bats
Most of us have heard about a bat’s “sonar” method of feeding. This is actually called echolocation, where very high-pitched sound waves are used to zero in on flying insects. The bat reacts to any reflected sound waves that bounce back to them off even the tiniest of airborne insects. Bats can only identify prey at short range and so exhibit erratic flight patterns as they seek out their food. Occasionally when a small pebble is tossed into the air where bats are feeding, one will swoop at the object before the realization that it is not something to consume. The type of feedback perhaps indicates that the stone is much too dense to
Bears I have known
By Dennis Chastain
For The Courier
news@thepccourier.com
It was the middle of December, and bears were the last thing on my mind. Like most people, I was under the impression that by mid-December bears were snuggled in their beds with visions of white oak acorns dancing in their heads. I was wrong.
Bears I have known
I was deer hunting up in the top third of a nearby mountain. The situation was pretty tight in there. I was sitting on the ground, actually sitting right in a deer trail at the narrow, V-shaped head of a hollow. I had plopped down on the deer trail itself because it allowed me to watch another, more promising, deer trail at the bottom of the hollow which was all torn up with rubs and scrapes. The morning was going smoothly until a big, bulky, 400-pound black bear showed up walking along the deer trail where I was sitting cross-legged.
By the time I saw him he was not more than 50 feet away and closing in fast. I stood up and shouted in the most intimidating
Courier Legals 10-8-14
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Pickens County Board of Appeals will meet in a work session on Monday, October 27, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at the Pickens County Administration Facility, 222 McDaniel Avenue, Pickens, SC, in the Main Conference Room.
Following the work session, the Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. in the main conference room at the Pickens County Administration Facility, 222 McDaniel Avenue, Pickens, SC. The following case will be heard:
1. BOA-14-006 Application for a variance for a flag lot with below-standard road frontage. Parcel is located on
Courier Notice of Creditors 10-8-14
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,
