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Monthly Archives: January 2015

EarthSkills returns to Hagood Mill

PICKENS — Hagood Mill will welcome back an EarthSkills wilderness self-reliance workshop for 2015.

The hands-on survival class is open to all adults and will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28. Each class is limited to 10 students. Students wishing to enroll must be at least 18 years of age.

EarthSkills instructor Alex Garcia, a U.S. Army veteran, will return with an expanded training

Courier Legals 1-21-15

INFORMATION TO HEIRS AND DEVISEES

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN PROBATE COURT

CASE # 2013-ES-39-00299-2

On October 2, 2014, Application/Petition was made to the Probate Court of Pickens County at (address), 222 McDaniel Ave. B-16, Pickens SC 29671 (check all that apply):

IN THE MATTER OF:

Courier Notice to Creditors 1-21-15

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 Notices 1-21-15

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

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Man charged with attempted murder

PICKENS — An Easley man is being held without bond at the Pickens County Detention Center after police allege he shot a man last month.

Christopher Michael Cox, 30, of 100 Parkway Drive, was arrested Jan. 7 and charged with attempted murder and possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a violent crime.

According to an arrest warrant, police believe Cox shot an Easley man on Dec. 28.

An incident report says the shooting victim told police he and his wife were at a home on Robert P. Jeanes Road a little after 4 a.m. on Dec. 12 when Cox asked to borrow a phone. The man said

Local legislators hold meeting with public

Photo courtesy Greg Oliver

State Rep. Davey Hiott of Pickens, left, is greeted by Central resident and former Pickens County Council chairman Bob Nash following the annual Pickens County Legislative Delegation meeting last week in Easley. Also pictured is State Rep. Gary Clary of Clemson.

Residents express concerns on topics

including education, business, roads

 

1-14 Page 1A.inddBy Ben Robinson
Staff Reporter

brobinson@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — The members of the Pickens County legislative delegation held their annual public meeting last Thursday at the Carr Center of West End Hall in Easley.

The delegation — consisting of state senators Larry Martin of Pickens and Thomas Alexander and state representatives Gary Clary, Davey Hiott, Neal Collins and Joshua Putnam — heard from a number of residents about their concerns heading into the 2015 session of the South Carolina General Assembly, which began Tuesday in Columbia.

Pickens resident Johnelle Raines of Parents Involved in Education said after many complaints from parents, the state moved from requiring Common Core standards in South Carolina

Easley OKs trail funding

Mayor appoints committee to help make

Doodle Trail as profitable as possible

By Ben Robinson
Staff Reporter

brobinson@thepccourier.com

EASLEY — One half of the funding for the Rails to Trails project on the former line of the Pickens Doodle was approved by Easley City Council on Monday night.

The next step will be for the city of Pickens to approve its half of the funding for the project to move forward. The project will retrace the path of the old Pickens Doodle train that used to run between Easley and Pickens with a multi-purpose recreational trail.

The trail is planned to be 8.5 miles and end on Fleetwood Drive in Easley.

Vicki Ciplickas, owner of the Starving Artist Café on Main Street, appeared before council to

Police: Man led chase on stolen motorcycle

CLEMSON — Clemson police are looking for the public’s help in finding a man accused of leading officers on a chase on a stolen motorcycle.

1-14 Page 1A.inddBenjamin J. (BJ) Hill, 39, is charged with possession of stolen goods, failure to stop and driving under suspension, second offense.

According to a news release from Clemson police chief Jimmy Dixon, officers received a report Jan. 6 of a 1999 Yamaha YZ4R6 motorcycle stolen from an apartment complex within the city.

On Saturday, a Clemson officer spotted a motorcycle being driven within city limits with a tag matching that of the stolen motorcycle, Dixon said.

During an attempt the stop the vehicle, the driver sped up to evade the stop, at one point stopping to allow a passenger to

Two charged with stealing more than $2k in merchandise

WALHALLA — Two Pickens County women were arrested last week and charged with shoplifting more than $2,000 worth of items at the Wal-Mart in Seneca.

Amy Michelle Johnson, 40, of Watts Road in Liberty, and Stephanie Dawn Porter, 33, of Latham Road in Easley, were arrested on Jan. 7. Warrants charging them with shoplifting allege the two stole 36 miscellaneous items with a value of around $2,282.19.

Oconee County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Jimmy Watt said a deputy responded to the Wal-Mart store at around 7:12 a.m. Jan. 7 in reference to a shoplifting in progress.

Watt said a female store employee told police she discovered the women in a stall in the