Daily Archives: 01/21/2015
Man arrested in ‘gruesome’ case of animal mistreatment
LIBERTY — A Liberty man was arrested last week after sheriff’s deputies and animal control officers found a number of dead and decomposing animals at his home, according to Pickens County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy Creed Hashe.
Ricky David Turner, 33, of 33 Blackbottom Road, was charged with ill treatment of animals, first offense, and failure to bury dead animals.
Hashe said the sheriff’s office was notified last Wednesday that Pickens County Animal Control
Man killed in moped wreck
EASLEY — An Easley man lost his life after wrecking his moped over the weekend.
Gregory Alan Duncan, 47, of 214 Cornerwood Street in Easley, died at the scene of the crash near the intersection of Arial Street and Old Pond Road in Easley on Saturday, according to Pickens County coroner Kandy Kelley.
The wreck happened at 7 p.m., and Duncan was not wearing a helmet, Kelley said.
According to Lance Cpl. Bill Rhyne of the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Duncan was traveling
Pickens man wanted on multiple charges
WALHALLA — Oconee County police are asking for the public’s help in finding a Pickens man wanted on three outstanding warrants.
Oconee County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Jimmy Watt said Friday that Joseph Coy Kilby, 28, whose address is listed on warrants as Swiss Entrance, is wanted on charges of second-degree burglary, petit larceny and possession of implements capable of being used in a crime.
Investigators say the incident occurred Jan. 5, when they allege Kilby broke into a building on Woods Edge Drive in Seneca and made off with around $1,750 worth of various pieces of
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2015
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The Rev. Artis Bufford of Easley Union Missionary Baptist Church speaks on the steps of the Pickens County Courthouse during the annual celebration held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.
‘We cannot sleep’
Pastor urges crowd to continue to
be active in pursuit of King’s dream
By Ben Robinson
Staff Reporter
brobinson@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Easley Union Missionary Baptist Church pastor Rev. Artis J. Bufford addressed the public during the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday in Pickens and challenged his audience to remain active in pursuing King’s dream.
“We cannot sleep,” Rev. Bufford said.
The program was held in front of the Pickens County Courthouse and featured words from
Perry reflects on segregation days
By Ben Robinson
Staff Reporter
brobinson@thepccourier.com
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Pickens City Councilman Fletcher Perry reflected on Pickens’ past during Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Pickens County Courthouse.
PICKENS — Pickens City Councilman Fletcher Perry can remember what it was like growing up in Pickens before desegregation.
Perry and a friend used to go to a store downtown to get hot dogs.
They were not allowed to enter from the front of the store.
“”I didn’t think about it then,” Perry told the audience during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Clark creating criminal justice committee
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Pickens County sheriff Rick Clark greets community members during an event in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday in Pickens.
By Ben Robinson
Staff Reporter
brobinson@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens County sheriff Rick Clark said he was glad to be a part of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day program on the steps of the Pickens County Courthouse following the Rev. C.L. Cruell’s recitation of Dr. King’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech.
“Because after that, you really don’t have to say much else,” Clark said. “You kind of go back to Aug. 28, 1963,” the date Dr. King originally made the speech.
Clark admitted his generation had missed much of the racial tension in America. Born in 1967, he attended elementary school
Proposed bill could cap business license fees
STATE — South Carolina Rep. Rick Quinn (R-Lexington County) announced recently he’s filing new legislation to reform laws on business license fees and cap the amount cities and towns can charge. Quinn called the present system “grossly unfair and an outrageous assault on small business.”
Under the current system, cities and towns across South Carolina collect more than $300 million annually in business license fees. Every business pays a unique license fee based on a percentage of the gross income of that business. Quinn said calculating fees on the basis of gross
Area students named to Dean’s List at NGU
UPSTATE — North Greenville University has recognized area students for academic accomplishments by naming them to the Dean’s List for the fall 2014 semester.
To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must maintain a 3.5 grade point average while taking a minimum of 12 hours.
Easley: Hannah Leigh Billingsley, Jessica Danielle Bowers, Hannah Elizabeth Bridges, William Benjamin Caapell, Richard Alexander Chapman, Zachary Hall Conn, Kendra Sherry Freeman, Andrew James Gilstrap, Aldea Danieyl Goodson, William Richard Goubert, Kaleh Hunter
Pastels class begins January 28 at the Pickens County Museum
PICKENS — The Pickens County Museum of Art and History has opened registration for Erin Cronin-Webb’s “Introduction to Pastels” classes.
“Portrait of a Girl,” pastel by Erin Webb
The classes will be held on Wednesdays from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. starting on Jan. 28, and then again on Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 and March 4.
The six-week session being held in the Liz Smith-Cox Educational Studio will cover a discussion of different types of pastels and their uses, composition and understanding how the use of values can create drama and visual excitement. Students will work on different textured surfaces, explore different methods of underpainting and receive tips on framing and sources for the best supplies for the pastel artists.
For Webb, it is the journey that has made the artist. Like her Celtic ancestors, she has wandered much, always exploring new ideas, new images and new passions. As
It could never happen today
During the 1990s, a documentary titled “Uprising” about efforts by workers in the South to unionize textile mills was made. It was a factual account about events taking place in 1934 at a 
textile mill in Honea Path.
There was so much concern about having the film aired on SCETV, a decision was made not to air it. This was 20 years ago. But it happened.
Despite the resistance by the powers-that-be, the documentary was shown at the Easley Library on a rainy night with perhaps a dozen people in attendance, counting the team from Columbia that presented it.
Why was the film so controversial?
In September 1934, textile workers at the mill in
