Monthly Archives: April 2015
Homeschool Arts Academy to open in 2015-16 school year
EASLEY — The Fine Arts Center of Easley is pleased to announce the addition of a Homeschool Arts Academy for the 2015-2016 school year.
“This is the perfect way to start our fifth year in business,” owner Amanda Gunter said. “We’ve always had a lot of homeschooled students participating in our music lessons and acting
Courier Legals 4-8-15
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DEMAND HEARING
IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF PICKENS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE PROBATE COURT
CASE NUMBER: 2013-ES-39-00849
IN THE MATTER OF:
CHARLES M. THOMAS (Decedent)
DENNIS D. HENDRIX, PETITIONER
vs.
CAMMIE LYNN THOMAS,
DONALD THOMAS, JR
and LISA THOMAS, DEFENDANTS
As an interested person in the above Estate, you are hereby notified that the documents necessary to close this Estate have been or are now being provided to you. These documents are
Courier Notice to Creditors 4-8-15
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 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 Trespass Notices 4-8-15
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
Courier Classifieds 4-8-15
Announcements
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A rose by any other name
What’s your opinion concerning renaming Tillman Hall?
Does it matter that much? Pitchfork Ben Tillman is dead. My life won’t be affected either way. But if the name is changed because he was a racist, then we must consider all the other men for 
whom things are named who were undoubtedly racists.
Thomas Green Clemson was a slave owner. Change the name of the town. John C. Calhoun was a racist. Remove his name from any building or town named in his honor.
George Washington was a slave owner. Should we burn down Mt. Vernon? He did do some other things that had value. Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner and fathered a number of children with his slave, Sally Hemings, who
Man charged with homicide in deadly November wreck
EASLEY — A Greenville man was charged last week with reckless homicide nearly five months after a passenger in his truck died in a wreck near Easley.
Nathaniel Cleveland Blackwell, 20, of 441 Roe Road, was arrested last Tuesday in connection with the deadly Nov. 3 accident.
Pickens County deputy coroner Gary Duncan said at the time that Cory Edward Mathis, 17, of Belton, who was wearing a seatbelt, was partially thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead
New weekly feature set to focus on local small
Local Biz Buzz
PICKENS — As the only locally owned and operated newspaper in Pickens County, we at the Pickens County Courier have made it a point since our doors opened in 2007 to do our best to help local businesses survive and thrive.
As we operate a small business ourselves, we know the challenges faced by those who strike out on their own looking to make a difference.
With that in mind, we are launching a new feature this week that will shine the spotlight on a
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Ready To Roll
Rocky Nimmons/Courier
The Bargain Exchange flea market hosted a car and bike show on Saturday to raise money for MARYS House, a local shelter for abused women and children. The event also featured a poker run, with participants traveling around the area looking to score the best hand. In addition to the car and bike show and poker run, concessions, raffles, music and a kids zone were featured, as well as pictures with the Easter bunny and an Easter egg hunt for the children. Pictured above, the Bargain Exchange’s flea mascot prepares to launch the first wave of motorcycles for the poker run on Saturday.
School board passes capital needs plan
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — After months of discussion, the Pickens County School Board of Trustees gave final approval last week to a $4.65 million capital needs plan for the 2015-16 academic year.
School district spokesman John Eby said $3.25 million of funding for the plan was generated by refinancing the district’s bonds for the 2006 building program at a lower interest rate.
Eby noted the additional $1.4 million was made available due to the sale of a property on Pendleton Street for $300,000 and the movement of the Pickens Elementary project into the
