Monthly Archives: January 2016
Courier Legals 1-20-16
SUMMONS
IN THE PROBATE COURT
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE MATTER OF
ESTATE OF NELLIE BAGWELL
CASE NO. 1987ES3900103
TO: Possible unknown heirs of Nellie Bagwell
YOU ARE HERE SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition for Sale of Real Property in this action, a copy of which was filed in the Pickens County Probate Court on September 12, 2015, and is hereby served upon you by Publication, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Petition on the subscriber at his office at 859 Pendleton Street, Pickens, South Carolina, 29671, within thirty (30) days after the date of service; hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; an if you fail to answer the said Petition within the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said Petition and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.
ACKER LAMBERT HINTON, P.A.
Adam B. Lambert
Attorney for Petitioner
Pickens, South Carolina
Dated: December 30, 2015
Jan. 6, 13, 20
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NOTICE OF SALE
2015-CP-39-589
BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Pickens County, heretofore granted in the case of United States of America, acting through the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture vs. Christa L. Moss, I, the undersigned Master In Equity appointed under Order of said Court, will sell on February 1, 2016 at 11:00 o’clock, a.m., at the Pickens County Courthouse, Pickens, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to wit:
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, located 2.5 miles North, Northeast of Pickens, being shown and designated a a portion of Lot No. 7 of Blue Ridge Estates on plat prepared by C. E. Shehan Surveying, dated November 9, 1983 and according to said plat, having the following courses and distances, to wit: BEGINNING at iron pin at axle on edge of Blue Ridge Circle; and running along common line of portion of Lot No. 7 herein conveyed and Lot 8 N 75-15 West 179.01 feet to old iron pin; running thence along line of McJunkin North 03-48 East 149.05 feet to old iron pin; running thence along line of McJunkin North 03-48 East 149.05 feet to old iron pin; continuing along line of land of McJunkin North 83-26 East 38.00 feet to new iron pin; running thence along line of portion of Lot No. 6 and a portion of Lot No. 7 (as shown on plat) South 44-17 East 219.40 feet to new iron pin on Blue Ridge Circle; running thence along edge of Blue Ridge Circle South 33-41 West 49.85 feet to the beginning corner.
This being the identical property conveyed unto Beverly E. Widener by deed of the United States of America recorded December 10, 1987 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Pickens County in Record Book 26 at Page 55.
This being the identical property conveyed unto Christa L. Moss by deed of Beverly E. Widener recorded November 22, 1993 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Pickens County in Record Book 222 at Page 122.
TMS #4192-09-26-1622
Property Address: 134 North Blue Ridge Circle, Pickens, SC 29671
TERMS OF SALE: For Cash, the Master In Equity will require a deposit of 5% of the amount of the bid (in cash or equivalent) by 4:00 p.m., on the sales date, the same to be applied on the purchase price in case of compliance, but in case of noncompliance within Twenty (20) days, the same to be forfeited and applied to the costs and Plaintiff’s debt and the property shall be resold at the risk and expense of the former purchaser. Purchaser shall pay for the deed and necessary revenue stamps for the deed. Purchaser to be responsible for payment of taxes and assessments not past due at the time of sale.
No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the sale but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.
The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, existing easements, and restrictions and easements and restrictions of record, and any other senior encumbrances.
Interest on the balance of the bid shall be paid to the day of compliance at the rate of 6.5% per day.
The sale will not be held unless the Plaintiff or its attorney is present at the sale or has advised the Master’s office of its bidding instructions. This sale is subject to all matters of record and any interested party should perform an independent title examination of the subject property as no warranty is given.
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R. Murray Hughes
Special Referee
Gary P. Rish, PC
Attorney for Plaintiff
P. O. Box 508
Irmo, SC 29063
(803) 749-1764
Jan. 13, 20, 27
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CASE No. 2015-CP-39-0872
Billie Jane Pressley, Plaintiff, vs- Teresa D. Fowler, Leslie C. Pressley, Curtis Blake Pressley AND John Doe and Richard Roe representing possible unknownparties, Defendants.
Upon reading the attached Affidavit, it appears to my satisfaction that this is a proper case in which service may be had upon Defendants by publication as authorized by 15-9-730 and 15-9-720 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the Lis Pendens, Summons and Notice and Service by Publication shall be published in Pickens County Courier, a newspaper having general circulation in the County of Pickens, South Carolina, once a week, on the same day of each week, for a period of three consecutive weeks, said publication being hereby designated as the one most likely to give notice to said Defendants. Any Defendants having a last known address shall be mailed a copy of the Summons and Complaint certified mail\restricted delivery.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
/s/ Perry H. Gravely
JUDGE, THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OR
CLERK OF COURT FOR PICKENS COUNTY
PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA
Date: January 4, 2016
Jan. 13, 20, 27
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LIS PENDENS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CASE # 2015-CP-39-872
Billie Jane Pressley, Plaintiff, vs- Teresa D. Fowler, Leslie C. PressleyCurtis Blake Pressley, and all Persons unknown claiming thru William A. Pressley deceased,anyright,title, estate, interestin orlien on the realestate described in the Complaint; being as a class designated as John Doe, and any such unknowninfants or persons under disability or in the military service being as a classdesignated as Richard Roe, Defendants.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending before this Court upon Complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants for partition and sale of the following described real estate which is the subject of this action:
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Woodside Mills Village Plat #2, in the Town of Liberty, State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, and being more particularly describedas Lot 38 as shown on a plat entitled “A Subdivision of Woodside Mills, Liberty, Plat No. 2, Liberty, S.C.” made by Piedmont Engineering service, Greenville, S. C., dated December, 1951, and having the courses, distances, metes and bounds as will be shown by reference to said survey recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County in Plat Book 1920 at Page 138. According to said plat, the within described lot is also known as No. 4 Tillman Street and fronts thereon 126 feet.
The interest of the Plaintiff is the one-third (1/3) interest in the above property conveyed to the Estate of William A. Pressley by Deed of Distribution of the Estate of Curtis W. Pressley dated December 23, 2010 and recorded January 24, 2011 in Deed Book 1366 at page 48. The Estate of William A. Pressley is being probated in the Pickens County Probate Court in case file #2010-ES-39-509 (See Deed of Distribution dated March 7, 2014 and recorded March 7, 2014 in Deed Book 1587 at Page 329). Billie Jane Pressley and William Lee Pressley are the two children of William A. Pressley and the sole heirs of William A. Pressley as to his real property. William Lee Pressley conveyed all his right, title and interest in and to this property unto Billie Jane Pressley by deed dated February 19, 2014 and recorded February 28, 2014 in Deed Book 1586 at Page 114, Pickens County records.
Pickens County Tax Map Parcel #4087 12-95-9512
Property address: 4 Tillman St., Liberty, SC 29657
_/s/_______________________
R. MURRAY HUGHES, III
Attorney for Plaintiff
P. O. Box 1389
Pickens, SC 29671
(864) 878-2124
SC Bar #2800
July15, 2015
Pickens, South Carolina
Jan. 13, 20, 27
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SUMMONS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CASE # 2015-CP-39-872
(Non-jury Partition Action)
Billie Jane Pressley, Plaintiff, vs- Teresa D. Fowler, Leslie C. Pressley, Curtis Blake Pressley, and all Persons unknown claiming thru William A. Pressley deceased, anyright,title, estate, interestin orlien on the realestate described in the Complaint; beingas a class designated as John Doe, and any such unknowninfants or persons under disability or in the military service being as a classdesignated as Richard Roe, Defendants.
TO THE DEFENDANT(S) ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the Complaint in this matter, a copy of which was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Pickens County, and to serve a copy of your Answer thereto upon the subscriber, R. Murray Hughes,III, at his office located at 4606 Moorefield Memorial Highway, Suite 3, (P.O. Box 1389) Pickens, South Carolina, 29671, within thirty (30) days from the date of service hereof upon you. If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court, above named, for judgment by default to be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the within Complaint.
YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference in this case to the Special Referee for this Court, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this case and any appeal from the final judgment entered herein to be made directly to the South Carolina Supreme Court or Court of Appeals as appropriate.
TO: MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS:
YOU ARE HEREBY summoned and notified to apply for appointment of Guardian ad Litem to represent said infant under eighteen years of age within thirty days after the service of this Summons. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by Plaintiff herein.
TO: INFANT(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEAR OF AGE AND IMPRISONED PERSON(S):
YOU ARE HEREBY summoned and notified to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to represent you in this action within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, and if you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff herein.
TO: INFANT(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE (INCOMPETENT OR INSANE) AND TO THE GENERAL OR TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN, COMMITTEE WITH WHOM (S)HE (THEY) RESIDE(S):
YOU ARE HEREBY summoned and notified to apply for appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to represent said infant(s) under fourteen years (said incompetent or insane person) within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, and if you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff herein.
/s/_______
R. Murray Hughes, III
Attorney for Plaintiff
P.O. Box 1389
Pickens, SC 29671
(864)878-2124
S. C. Bar #2800
July15, 2015
Pickens, South Carolina
Jan. 13, 20, 27
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PETITION for DETERMINATION OF HEIRS
PETITIONER: Charlena Elizabeth Blake
DECEASED: William Turner Gowens
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:
DATE OF BIRTH: 09/21/1913
DATE OF DEATH: 05/26/2002
NAMES OF POSSIBLE KNOWN HEIRS AND RELATIONSHIPS:
REASON FOR PETITION: To establish the heirs of the deceased dated on date of death.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: February 16, 2016
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Place: Pickens County Probate Court
222 McDaniel Avenue
Pickens, SC 29671
PURPOSE: Hearing upon the Petition of Charlena Elizabeth Blakein the Estate of William Turner Gowens.
DESCRIPTION OF PLEADING: Petition for Determination of Heirs under South Carolina Code of Laws, 1976, as amended.
A full copy of the Summons and Petition is available from the undersigned attorney. If you do not appear at the hearing or file and Answer, the relief requested will be granted.
Executed: Tuesday, January 12, 2016.
_________________________
BY: Adam B. Lambert
P.O. Box 9
Pickens, SC 29671
(864) 878-1184
Jan. 13, 20, 27
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Legal Notice
The Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service is a cooperative program financed from federal., state, and local funds. We are subject to the rules and regulations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. “Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to people of all ages, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital or family status and is an equal opportunity employer”. Accordingly, persons who believe theyor their organization to be subjected to discrimination by the Extension Service may file a written complaint. Such complaints should be sent to either:
Director, Cooperative Extension Service
103 Barre Hall
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0110
Administrator, Extension Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC 20250
Secretary of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC 29250
The Pickens County office of the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service is located at 222 West Main Street, Pickens SC 29671. Office hours are 8:00am-4:30pm Monday through Friday.
Jan. 20
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LEGAL NOTICE
The Pickens County Planning Commission will meet in a work session on Monday, February 8, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. in the Main Conference Roomat the Pickens County Administration Facility, 222 McDaniel Avenue, Pickens, SC.
After the work session, the monthly Planning Commissionmeetingwill be held at 6:30 p.m. in the same location. The following items will have a public hearing at this meeting:
1. LU-16-002Joseph Kirk/Brittany Roper requesting land use approval related to a recreation use greater than 1.00 acre. Proposed use is located at 250 Saco Lowell Road, Easley.
TMS# 5029-15-74-3235
2. SD-16-002Keowee Mountain, 5 lot addition to an existing Residential Development located on SC 133, Sunset.
TMS# 4152-00-00-5338
More information for each item is available in the Planning office in the Department of Community Development and is open for public inspection during regular business hours. If any member of the public requires special assistance please call 864-898-5956.
Jan. 20
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NOTICE
The Vineyards Fire Commission will hold a Budget Review Meeting to review fire department activities in 2015 and explain the budget to be submitted to the Pickens County Commission for the fiscal year 2015-2016 at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at the fire station located at 111 Granny Gear Road, Sunset, SC, 29685.
Jan. 20, 27
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Courier Notice to Creditors 1-20-16
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.
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 claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate: Jesse Holmes Morgan, Jr.
Date of Death: 12/20/2015
Case Number: 2015ES3900822
Personal Representative: Betty M. Stephens
Address: 156 Glassy Mountain St.
Pickens, SC 29671
Attorney: R. Murray Hughes
Address: P.O. Box 1389
Pickens, SC 29671
Jan. 6, 13, 20
Estate: Mildred Reece Derossett
Date of Death: 11/20/2015
Case Number: 2015ES3900823
Personal Representative: Donald Derossett
Address: 3036 Walhalla Hwy.
Six Mile, SC 29682
Attorney: R. Murray Hughes
Address: P.O. Box 1389
Pickens, SC 29671
Co-Personal Representative:
Ronald Derossett
Address: 123 Ligon St.
Pickens, SC 29671
Jan. 6, 13, 20
Estate: James Calvin Suber, Jr.
Date of Death: 10/26/2015
Case Number: 2016ES3900022
Personal Representative: Elizabeth Suber
Address: 830 N. Brickyard Rd.
Columbia, SC 29223
Attorney: Corinne B. Cannon
Address: Post Office Box 629
Clemson, SC 29633
Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3
Estate: Christopher Noel Vandenbosch
Date of Death: 09/16/2015
Case Number: 2016ES3900034
Personal Representative:
Jessica Lynn Bergman
Address: 6914 Frog Pocket Place
Tampa, FL 33616
Attorney: Jeremey Poindexter
Address: Post Office Box 774
Seneca, SC 29679
Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3
Estate: Maybelle B. Hendricks
Date of Death: 12/14/2015
Case Number: 2016ES3900028
Personal Representative: Elijah Bagwell
Address: 2109 Shannon Circle
Fayette, AL 35555
Attorney: James C. Alexander
Address: Post Office Box 618
Pickens, SC 29671
Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3
Courier Trespass Notices 1-20-16
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 manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:
Jessica Anderson Faus Jan. 2016
Barry and Rhonda Herd Feb. 2016
Harold Caddell Feb. 2016
Pamela Wilson Feb. 2016
Danny McCall March 2016
L.C. Russell March 2016
Joshua Daughety and Sue Mittelstadt March 2016
Jim D. Kelly April 2016
The Echo Valley Land Trust June 2016
Frank M. and Marie M. Crane June 2016
Jimmy McGrew June 2016
Dwight C. and Thelma P. Thrift June 2016
Melvin Lamar and Catherine Gilstrap July 2016
Artistic Builders Inc. July 2016
Larry Gibson July 2016
Greg M. Cadell and Mary E. Caddell. July 2016
John F. Hendricks July 2016
Doris and Waymon Aikens July 2016
Cecil and Ruby Reid Aug. 2016
Jerry Galbreath Aug. 2016
Glenn and Carolyn Sellers Oct. 2016
Carl W. Porter Nov. 2016
Charles M. Smith Dec. 2016
Dolly Morris Dec. 2016
John T. M. Tompkins Dec. 2016
Sarah Rampy Jan. 2017
Frances Mathis Jan. 2017
Betty McGrew Hill Jan. 2017
Mildred Rigdon Cobb Jan. 2017
Tredwell and Erica Zeigler Feb. 2017
Edward and Evinne Elrod July 2017
Randy and Lynn Griffin Aug. 2017
Jeffery D. and Sandra Couch Aug. 2017
Courier Classifieds 1-20-16
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Yard Sale
Indoor Yard Sale women’s winter & summer clothes sizes 12-14 and shoes sizes 8-10 call Linda 864-637-9784. 1-20
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For Sale
3 Cemetery plots in Pickens at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, in the Bible Garden of the main cemetery $1,800 EACH serious buyers call 864-868-5973.
1/20
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FOR SALE: 1989 Honda Accord. Auto. Runs good. Great fuel mileage $1300. Text or call Randy 864-230-4855. 1/20
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For sale: 1999 F-350 duelly super duty v-10 gas. Auto. 6 wheel drive. Mechanically great condition. Strong truck. $6000. Call or text Randy. 864-230-4855.
1/20
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For Rent
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Planning commission suspends company’s land-use permit
COUNTY — The Pickens County Planning Commission has voted to suspend the land-use permit for a landfill by land owners MRR Pickens LLC as a result of the company’s plan to use the landfill for the disposal of coal ash.
The North Carolina-based company was granted a permit in 2007 and 2015 to create a construction and debris landfill. The approval of the permit was granted after MRR Pickens LLC officials appeared for a public hearing on an application for a renewal of their Feb. 12, 2007, land use permit for a proposed landfill off S.C. Highway 93 near Liberty, according to the Pickens County Planning Commission.
During a planning commission meeting Monday, the commission agreed to suspend the original permit and draft a letter to send to the company.
The letter, signed by all members of the commission, said Ronald Gilbertson of MCC Pickens LLC in a 2007 appearance before the commission characterized the type of waste for the project as lumber, vinyl siding, concrete and brick, grass clippings, leaves, limbs and storm debris.
He also indicated that the lifespan of the project would be for 20-25 years” No mention was made of the disposal of coal combustion residuals — also known as CCR or coal ash — or the need for a landfill liner or plans to fill up the landfill quickly.
“Based in part on these representations by your company, the Planning Commission granted your land use request,” the letter to MCC Pickens LLC read.
“In your 2015 appearance before the Commission, Mr. Dan Moore of your company indicated that there were ‘no changes’ from the 2007 request, and estimated that the proposed landfill would serve the citizens of the county for ‘50 years or more,’” the letter read. “No mention was made of the disposal of CCR. When you were specifically asked by a Commissioner about the need for a liner, Mr. Moore stated that no liner would be required. Based on these representations by your company, the Planning Commission granted your renewed use request.”
According to the letter, planning commission members learned from media reports that the company planned to dispose of coal ash in the landfill and had filed an application for a variance with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control that included plans for a significantly shorter life span of the facility — five years — and the installation of a liner to comply with Class III requirements. This came “despite the fact that you repeatedly characterized this landfill as a Class II facility in all of your communications with the Commission,” the letter to MCC Pickens LLC read.
“These are significant deviations from the information you provided to us in 2007 and 2015,” the letter read. “We consider these changes to be material alterations to the land use approved by the Commission, and constitute violations of your land use permit. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority granted under the Unified Development Standards Ordinance … and elsewhere, the Commission hereby suspends your land use permit for this project. You are directed to cease and desist any and all activities at the proposed site until such time as you have presented sufficient information to the Commission of your intention to strictly comply with our 2007 and 2015 land use approval and receive a renewal of your permit from the Commission.”
The commission also pointed out that any violation of a land-use approval is a misdemeanor with a punishment of a fine and/or jail time for each act or omission thereof. Each day of a continuing violation constitutes a separate offense.
The letter, which legally halts all work on the landfill, was sent on Monday with copies also sent to Pickens County Council, Sen. Larry Martin and Rep. Davey Hiott.
Deputy fired after arrest
EASLEY — A longtime Pickens County Sheriff’s Office deputy who had been on leave since August lost his job last week after being arrested following a domestic dispute at his home.
According to warrants, Easley police arrested Henry Campbell, 53, of 304 S. D St., Apt. 5, last Tuesday night and charged him with first-degree domestic violence and discharging a firearm in the city.
Sheriff’s office chief deputy Creed Hashe said Campbell, who had been employed with the sheriff’s office since 1998, had been on extended personal leave since August. The morning after his arrest, Campbell’s employment as a lieutenant with the sheriff’s office was terminated, Hashe said.
Warrants claim Campbell fired a 9 mm handgun in the parking lot outside his home and made verbal statements about ending his life during the dispute. A gun and shell casing were recovered at the scene, according to a warrant.
In addition, warrants also claim four children were present during the dispute.
Hashe said the gun involved in the incident was not a sheriff’s office weapon, but a personally owned handgun.
Hashe said Campbell was detained in the Easley Police Department Jail and never taken to the Pickens County Detention Center.
Campbell was released on bond on Thursday, according to officials.
Special teams errors, big plays end Tigers’ national championship bid
By Robbie Tinsley
Courtesy The Journal
rtinsley@upstatetoday.com
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Clemson’s 17-game winning streak, its 51 straight wins when leading in the fourth quarter and its national championship hopes were dashed with a three-play swing.
And mistakes that the top-ranked Tigers were able to overcome during their 14-0 start to the season proved too much against No. 2 Alabama, as the Tide won their fourth title in seven years with a 45-40 victory on Monday night.
A brilliant, bone-chillingly gutsy decision by Alabama head coach Nick Saban on an onside kick in a tie game with 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter was followed by 51-yard touchdown throw from Jake Coker to O.J. Howard on a busted coverage to give Alabama a 31-24 lead. Then after Clemson kicked a field goal to cut the Tide’s advantage to four points, Kenyan Drake returned the ensuing kickoff for a 95-yard touchdown for the back-breaking blow at University of Phoenix Stadium.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said it was night where the nation “saw why we’ve been so successful.”
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Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson walks off the field following the Tigers’ 45-40 loss to Alabama in the College Football Playoff national championship game in Glendale, Ariz., on Monday night.
“But championship football is a game of a few plays, and that’s really what this one came down to — just a few plays,” he said. “Give them credit for that.”
Alabama’s Heisman Trophy-winning running back Derrick Henry finished with 158 yards and three touchdowns on 36 carries, but it was Howard — the game’s Most Valuable Player — who did the most damage to Clemson. Not only did he catch a pair of 50-plus-yard touchdown passes, but he also had a 63-yard catch-and-run to help the Tide seal the victory late in the fourth quarter.
He finished with 208 yards on just five catches — a per-reception average of 41.6 yards.
“We just had three busts,” Swinney said of Howard’s three big receptions. “We had three critical errors where we just didn’t do our job.”
In all, Alabama had four plays of 50 or more yards — Howard’s three catches and a 50-yard touchdown run by Henry in the first quarter — which accounted for 217 of its 473 yards of total offense.
It was the onside kick that Swinney deemed the most important play of the game. Clemson had come back from an early second-half deficit to lead 24-21 and after forcing Alabama to settle for a game-tying field goal with 10:34 to go, he felt the momentum was still the Tigers’.
But as Alabama’s Adam Griffith ran to kick the ball off, he dinked it over toward the right sideline. There was a huge gap in the Clemson kickoff unit, and the first player to run under the ball was the Tide’s Marlon Humphrey.
Saban had seen when the Tide lined up in a narrow kickoff formation that Clemson also stayed narrow.
“I thought we had it in the game any time we wanted to do it,” he said. “I made the decision to do it because the score was 21-21 and we were tired on defense and weren’t doing a great job of getting them stopped.
“I felt like if we didn’t do something or take a chance to change the momentum of the game that we wouldn’t have a chance to win.”
“It was a huge play,” Swinney said. “But then we followed it up with a bust for a touchdown. So it was a combination of mistakes. It was one thing to give up that play, but that doesn’t mean you don’t go out and do your job on another play.”
Howard — who Coker found for a wide open 53-yard touchdown down the sideline for the first score of the second half — was this time given the middle of the field to roam for an easy 51-yard score.
Ahead 31-24 just 50 seconds after trailing 24-21, Alabama never trailed again.
Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson threw four touchdowns and accounted for 478 yards — 405 passing and 73 rushing, more than Alabama’s team yardage — in a losing effort. Already over 1,000 rushing yards coming in, he went over 4,000 passing yards to become the first 4,000-1,000 quarterback in NCAA history.
The stats and milestone weren’t much comfort for Watson after the game.
“At the end of the day, I wanted the W,” he said. “All the stats don’t really matter to me. I just wanted to get the win and do something that we haven’t done in 34 years. But at the end of the day, I love my teammates, love my brothers, and you’ll see us in Tampa next year.
Tampa, for those curious, is where the College Football Playoff national championship game will be held for the 2016 season.
Isaacs, Stewart slaying suspect dies in custody
PICKENS — The man accused in the shooting deaths of a legendary Pickens High School football coach and his neighbor died early Wednesday morning, according to officials.
Albert Leon Bowen, 64, was charged with two counts of murder in the Sept. 14 deaths of former Blue Flame coach Bill Isaacs and his neighbor, Dickie Stewart.
Bowen, who was arrested shortly after Isaacs and Stewart were found dead of gunshot wounds along the roadside of North Homestead Drive in Pickens, had been in custody since the day of the killings, according to Pickens County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy Creed Hashe.
Bowen was turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service on Oct. 22 to be flown out of state for court-ordered psychological evaluations, Hashe said, and suffered a health issue while being back to South Carolina that forced him to be admitted to an out-of-state hospital.
Hashe said Bowen died in the hospital of health complications at around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
Agency gives school district good report
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — It appears the School District of Pickens County’s efforts to address concerns by AdvancED are finally starting to make the accreditation agency take notice in a positive way.
District spokesman John Eby said Friday the district received an update from AdvancED in which the agency noted significant progress taking place in several areas.
The report focused on improvement priorities related to the following four indicators: the governing body ensures that the leadership at all levels has the authority to meet goals for achievement and instruction and to manage day-to-day operations efficiently; the system maintains facilities, services and equipment to provide a safe, clean and healthy environment for all students and staff; curriculum, instruction and assessment throughout the system are monitored and adjusted systematically in response to data from multiple assessments of students learning and an examination of professional practice; and the governing body operates responsibly and functions effectively.
Eby said AdvancED acknowledged the district’s “tremendous commitment” to addressing the first and fourth indicators relating to the School Board of Trustees.
Previously, AdvancED reports encouraged the district to “ensure that decisions and actions of the governing body are ethical, free of conflict of interest and in accordance with defined roles and responsibilities.” In its current report, Eby said AdvancED “congratulated the district on progress made.”
Steps taken by the board to address the issue included agreeing on best practices with a consultant and legal counsel, updating policies regarding board activities, participating in board retreats and professional development and establishing a plan to review all policies with the South Carolina School Boards Association.
As recently as May, AdvancED issued a letter to the school district stating that “little to no progress” had been made toward two required actions cited during a March 24 visit that featured interviews with board trustees and district staff.
Not only did the state schools accreditation agency state it was evident that board members continued to function outside their defined roles and responsibilities but also that a lack of compliance had reached “a severe level of non-compliance.”
The AdvancED report issued at that time led to fears the agency could strip the school district of its accreditation if problems were not addressed.
In July, the school board of trustees enlisted help from the School Boards Association — requesting it conduct a comprehensive review of school district policies and conducting training sessions with the board — and held its first retreat in years.
In December, the school district submitted a progress report to AdvancED, required after the agency’s March visit.
AdvancED’s latest report, issued in response to the district, also noted progress on the other two indicators — the $4.6 million capital needs plan approved by the board last year was noted as an important step toward the district maintaining “facilities, services and equipment to provide a safe, clean and healthy environment for all students and staff.”
AdvancED also accepted the school district’s Instruction Design Model as evidence that “curriculum, instruction and assessment throughout the system are monitored and adjusted systematically in response to data from multiple assessments of students learning and an examination of professional practice.”
Progress reports on those two indicators will not be required by AdvancED until the next regularly scheduled reaccreditation cycle in 2018.
Because of the progress AdvancED noted in its latest report, the agency won’t be sending a monitoring team back to the district unless they receive a formal complaint from the community or if board actions warrant intervention.
AdvancED has requested the district submit another progress report in Dec. 2016 showing continued improvement.
Superintendent Danny Merck said he is pleased over the latest AdvancED report, in which the school district continues to be fully accredited and follows a year of high academic performance.
That includes ACT and SAT scores among the top five of all South Carolina school districts, Top 10 for students scoring Silver and above on the ACT WorkKeys, increased Advanced Placement participation and performance, ASPIRE scores for students in third-grade through eighth-grade above the national average in 20 out of 30 categories and a graduation rate that rose for the seventh year in a row.
“Showing progress on our board governance was key to earning this positive report, and I am extremely grateful for the very hard work our board has done to make sure our schools continue to be some of the best in the state,” Merck said.
