Monthly Archives: February 2016
Azalea Festival Committee sets date for annual pancake breakfast
PICKENS — For the second year in a row, the Pickens Azalea Festival Committee will be hosting its annual pancake breakfast.
The event will be held at the Pickens Senior Center on Saturday, March 5, with all proceeds going to support the 32nd annual Pickens Azalea Festival set for April.
Tickets can be purchased for $6 from 7-11 a.m. for plates including eggs, bacon or sausage, pancakes, grits, or biscuit and gravy, coffee or orange juice.
Lenten services set at Pickens-area churches
PICKENS — Enhance your journey to the cross this Lenten season by attending a brief service each Tuesday starting at noon, followed by a light lunch.
These ecumenical events are sponsored by the Pickens Ministerial Association and are open to the entire community.
Lenten noon services will continue on March 1 at Grace United Methodist Church. March 8 Lenten services will be at Seventh Day Adventist Church, and the final service of the season will take place on March 15 at Faith Lutheran Church. All the services will be held in Pickens.
Courier Community Calendar 2-24-16
• Cannon to offer Wellness Wednesdays
Cannon Memorial Hospital will be offering a February Wednesday Wellness Special at the Cannon Annex each week in February from 7 a.m.-10 a.m. No appointment or doctor’s order needed.
Participants can receive a discounted lipid panel for $15 (regularly $24) with results back within a week. Free blood pressure screenings are also available. For more information, contact Wellness at (864) 898-1331.
• Classes offered at Hagood Center
New Fiber Room Center activities at the Hagood Center in Pickens have been scheduled for February.
Below is a list of the center’s regular activities:
Monday: 10-11:30 a.m. — cathedral window quilts with Jacquie.
Tuesday: 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. — weaving with Pat; 9-11:30 a.m. — doll clothes with Jacquie; 10-11:30 a.m. — yo-yos with Irene and prayer shawls and cancer caps with Sharon (in the library). Wednesday: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. — weaving with Pat (in the heritage room); 10-11:30 a.m. — knitting with Tally.
Thursday: 10-11:30 a.m. quilting with Sara; 1:30-3:30 p.m. — rug hooking with Cheryl.
• PHS class of 1956 set to hold reunion
The Pickens High School Class of 1956 is planning a reunion for April 9. It will be a dutch lunch at The Gatehouse Restaurant at the corner of Ann and Griffin Streets in Pickens. It will begin at noon.
Make your reservations by calling Allison Dalton at (864) 859-4396, Marie Welborn at (864) 878-9124 or Tunkie Stokes at (864) 878-6101.
• East Side Baptist plans fishing clinic
East Side Baptist Church will host a free bass fishing clinic on Saturday, March 12, at 1 p.m. The speaker will be Bassmaster Terry Chupp.
East Side is located at 920 Anderson Drive in Liberty. For more information, call the church office at (864) 843-6481.
Think outside the box with oatmeal
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
There’s no better way to start a chilly morning than with a hot bowl of oatmeal, but this healthy grain has many more uses than just as hot cereal.
One of the favorite cookie recipes of all time is printed inside the box top of Quaker Oatmeal, but don’t stop there.
Try oatmeal in some of the delicious and different recipes we are featuring this week.
I think you’ll find a favorite.
Oatmeal Griddle Cakes
- 2 c. milk
- 1 1/2 c. quick oats
- 1 c. flour
- 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- 1⁄3 c. butter, melted
Pour the milk over the oats and let stand five minutes.
Stir the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt together.
Add the beaten eggs to the oat and milk mixture. Add the melted butter.
Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients just until moistened.
You may keep this in the refrigerator for several days or make immediately.
Fry on griddle until brown. These are thick and take a little longer to cook than regular pancakes.
Serve warm with your favorite toppings.
Scottish Oat Scones
- 1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
- 2 c. rolled oats
- 1/4 c. white sugar
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 c. dried currants
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/2 c. butter, melted
- 1/3 c. milk
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
In a large bowl, mix the flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, salt and currants. Make a well in the center. In a small bowl, beat egg until frothy, and stir in melted butter and milk. Pour into the well, and mix to create a soft dough. Pat dough into two 1/2-inch thick circles. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Score eight wedges into each circle of dough.
Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until risen and browned. Split wedges, and serve warm.
Orange Oatmeal Cookies
- 8 tbsp. (1 stick) butter plus 1/4 tsp. for the baking pan
- 1 egg
- 1/4 c. mashed ripe banana (about 1/2 banana)
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 c. packed brown sugar
- 1-1/2 tsp. grated or minced orange zest
- 1 c. whole-wheat pastry flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1-1/2 c. old-fashioned rolled oats or 1 c. oatmeal plus 1/2 c. 4-grain cereal
- 1/4 c. unsweetened shredded coconut
- 1/2 c. (2 ounces) chopped walnuts
- 1/2 c. golden raisins or 1/2 c. chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed or a wooden spoon, beat eight tablespoons butter and egg until well blended and smooth. Gradually beat in banana, vanilla, and sugar. Mix until combined. Add orange zest and, using a wooden spoon, mix until thoroughly blended.
In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking powder, oats, coconut, walnuts, and raisins or chocolate chips. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until there is no sign of dryness.
Smear 1/4 teaspoon butter on a baking sheet, then drop heaping tablespoons of the dough onto the sheet two inches apart. Press down lightly on dough to flatten. Bake about 20 minutes, until lightly browned. Do not overbake. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool.
Blackberry Oatmeal Cheesecake Bars
- 1 can (15 oz.) blackberry fruit filling or topping in light syrup
- 2 tbsp. cornstarch
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 2 c. quick cooking oats
- 1-1/2 c. packed brown sugar
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 c. (2 sticks or 16 tbsp.) cold butter, cut into cubes
- 12 oz. (1-1/2 large packages) cream cheese, at room temp.
- 1-1/4 c. powdered sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temp.
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 13x9x2-inch baking pan with non-stick foil.
Strain blackberries over a bowl and reserve juice. Press berries through a fine mesh sieve into the juice to remove the seeds. Add cornstarch and mix until smooth. In a saucepan, bring berry mixture slowly to simmer, stirring constantly until it begins to thicken. Remove from heat and let cool.
Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Press half of mixture into baking pan. Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool cool slightly.
Blend cream cheese until smooth, then beat in powdered sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating only until incorporated. Then beat in vanilla and lemon juice.
Spread blackberry mixture evenly over bottom crust. Place dollops of cream cheese mixture evenly over blackberry mix and swirl gently, if desired. Top with remaining half of crumb mixture.
Bake 45 to 50 minutes, until center is no longer jiggly. Cool to room temperature. Lift out bars by the foil insert and cut into bars.
Refrigerate until chilled before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.
Courier Legals 2-24-16
SPECIAL REFEREE’S SALE
CASE NO. 2015-CP-39-00803
BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY, INC. f/k/a FIRST CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, INC. against SANDRA KNIGHT GARDNER, I, the Special Referee for Pickens County, will sell on Monday, March 7, 2016, at 11:00 a.m., at the Pickens County Courthouse, 214 East Main Street, Pickens, SC, to the highest bidder:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being situate in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, on Campground Road (Highway No. S-39-222), and being known as Tract A containing 6.04 acres, including all r/w; Tract B containing 0.16 acres, including all r/w; and Tract C containing 0.79 acres, including all r/w, as shown on a plat entitled “Survey for Bertha H. Smith,” prepared by Robert R. Spearman, RLS #3615, dated December 13, 1984; reference to said plat is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.
This being the same property conveyed to Sandra K. Gardner by General Warranty Deed from T. Bennett Bunton dated May 3, 2006 and recorded with the Pickens County ROD in Deed Book 1001 at Page 97 on May 5, 2006.
Property Address: 385 Campground Road, Liberty, SC 29657
TMS # 4088-14-34-9777
TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Special Referee at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to Plaintiff’s debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff’s representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, then the Special Referee may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).
As a deficiency judgment is not being waived, the bidding will remain open thirty (30) days after the date of sale.
Purchaser to pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 4.74% per annum. Subject to assessments, Pickens County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.
R. Murray Hughes, III,
Special Referee
for Pickens County
F. Lee Prickett, III – Holder,
Padgett, Littlejohn + Prickett, LLC,
1204 A E. Washington St., Greenville, SC 29601 (864) 335-8808
Feb. 10, 17, 24
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NOTICE OF FILING OF COMPLAINT
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
C/A NO.: 2015-CP-39-1353
AgSouth Farm Credit, ACA, Plaintiff, v. Zeta Alyana Gardner; Zachariah Gardner; Jane Doe, representing the unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, assigns and all other persons entitled to claim through Vivian H. Debnam, deceased; John Doe, representing the unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, assigns and all other persons entitled to claim through Christopher J. Debnam, deceased; Richard Roe, representing any and all unknown, minors, incompetents, persons in the military service of the United States of America, persons imprisoned, and persons under a legal disability; Bank of America; Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC. Defendants.
TO: DEFENDANTS ZETA ALYANA GARDNER, ZACHARIAH GARDNER, JANE DOE, JOHN DOE AND RICHARD ROE
NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT the Lis Pendens, Summons and Complaint in the above-titled action were filed with the Clerk of Court for Pickens County, South Carolina on November 11, 2015. The object and prayer of which is set forth in the Complaint.
TURNER PADGET GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A.
Ian D. McVey (SC Bar No. 71196)
Post Office Box 1473
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
Telephone: 803-227-4267
Facsimile: 803-400-1564
E-mail: imcvey@turnerpadget.com
Attorneys for the Plaintiff
December, 2015
Columbia, South Carolina
Feb. 10, 17, 24
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LIS PENDENS
(Suit on Note)
(Foreclosure of Mortgage)
(Deficiency Judgment Waived)
(Non-Jury)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
C/A NO.: 2015-CP-39-1353
AgSouth Farm Credit, ACA, Plaintiff, v. Zeta Alyana Gardner; Zachariah Gardner; Jane Doe, representing the unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, assigns and all other persons entitled to claim through Vivian H. Debnam, deceased; John Doe, representing the unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, assigns and all other persons entitled to claim through Christopher J. Debnam, deceased; Richard Roe, representing any and all unknown, minors, incompetents, persons in the military service of the United States of America, persons imprisoned, and persons under a legal disability; Bank of America; Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC. Defendants.
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action is being commenced and is now pending in the Court of Common Pleas for Pickens County, South Carolina, upon a complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants for the purposes of foreclosing upon Plaintiff’s Mortgage by and between Christopher J. Debnam and Vivian H. Debnam and AgSouth Farm Credit, ACA, dated June 4, 2008, and recorded on June 5, 2008, in Book 3856 at Page 76 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County, in the below described real property which, at the time of the filing of this Notice, was situate in the County of Pickens, State of South Carolina, was more fully described as:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being situate in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, about seven miles Northeast of the Town of Pickens, on the South side of S.C. Road 109, (Connelly Road), and according to a plat of C.E. Shehan, Surveyor, dated May 24, 1982, of plat of John D. Smith, and containing 10 acres, more or less, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.
Beginning at a railroad spike in center of road at northwestern corner, and running thence along center of road N73-4E 700 feet to a point; thence continuing along center of road N66-3E 26.37 feet to a railroad spike; thence leaving center of road and running along property of Wilson and Kay Browning S20-58E 540.15 feet to a concrete monument; thence along property now or formerly of Medlin-Williams Estate S63-37W 737.5 feet to an iron pin’ thence N20-08W 657.7 feet to a railroad spike in center of road, the point of Beginning.
TMS No.: 5114-00-22-6871
TURNER PADGET GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A.
Ian D. McVey (SC Bar No. 71196)
Post Office Box 1473
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
Telephone: 803-227-4267
Facsimile: 803-400-1564
E-mail: imcvey@turnerpadget.com
Attorneys for the Plaintiff
November 2, 2015
Columbia, South Carolina
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Feb. 10, 17, 24
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SUMMONS
(Suit on Note)
(Foreclosure of Mortgage)
(Deficiency Judgment Waived)
(Non-Jury)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
C/A NO.: 2015-CP-39-1353
AgSouth Farm Credit, ACA, Plaintiff, v. Zeta Alyana Gardner; Zachariah Gardner; Jane Doe, representing the unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, assigns and all other persons entitled to claim through Vivian H. Debnam, deceased; John Doe, representing the unknown heirs, devisees, distributees, personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, assigns and all other persons entitled to claim through Christopher J. Debnam, deceased; Richard Roe, representing any and all unknown, minors, incompetents, persons in the military service of the United States of America, persons imprisoned, and persons under a legal disability; Bank of America; Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC. Defendants.
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 1901 Main Street, 17th Floor, P.O. Box 1473, Columbia, South Carolina 29202, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff(s) will move for an order of reference or that the Court may issue a general order of reference of this action to a Master in Equity/Special Referee, pursuant to Rule 53, of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AND/OR TO MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES, AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY:
YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff(s).
TURNER PADGET GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A.
Ian D. McVey (SC Bar No. 71196)
Post Office Box 1473
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
Telephone: 803-227-4267
Facsimile: 803-400-1564
E-mail: imcvey@turnerpadget.com
Attorneys for the Plaintiff
November 2, 2015
Columbia, South Carolina
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Feb. 10, 17, 24
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
(NON-JURY MATTER)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CASE No. 2015-CP-39-1247
David Spencer, Plaintiff, vs. Tax Collector of Pickens County; Treasurer of Pickens County; JOHN DOE AND MARY ROE, fictitious names used to designate all unknown persons who claim any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described herein, and anyone who may be in the military, infants, incompetents or under any legal disability and ROGER ROE AND SARAH DOE, fictitious names who represent unknown heirs, devisees or distributees of Dixie Kelly Clegg a/k/a Dixie K. Clegg, deceased; AND the following parties believed to be alive and well: Thomas Henry Clegg, Kelli C. Duncan, and judgment Creditors who may claim as follows: Discover Bank. 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 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 Defendant 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
February 5, 2016
Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 2
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LIS PENDENS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CASE NO. 2015-CP-39-1247
Lis Pendens #2015-LP-39-290
David Spencer, Plaintiff, vs. Tax Collector of Pickens County; Treasurer of Pickens County; JOHN DOE AND MARY ROE, fictitious names used to designate all unknown persons who claim any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described herein, and anyone who may be in the military, infants, incompetents or under any legal disability and ROGER ROE AND SARAH DOE, fictitious names who represent unknown heirs, devisees or distributees of Dixie Kelly Clegg a/k/a Dixie K. Clegg, deceased; AND the following parties believed to be alive and well: Thomas Henry Clegg, Kelli C. Duncan, and judgment Creditors who may claim as follows: Discover Bank. Defendants.
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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, seeking to remove cloud from title to certain real property by reason of a tax deed in his chain of title, which property was, at the time of the commencement of this action and at all times thereafter, including the date of the filing of this notice, situate in Pickens County, South Carolina, and more fully described as follows, to wit:
“ALL that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, being shown and designated as Lot No. 5, Forest Park Subdivision, prepared by J. C. Smith & Associates, Surveyors, dated July 21, 1992, and recorded in Plat Book 44 at Page 199, in the Register of Deeds Office for Pickens County, South Carolina, reference to said plat is hereby made for a more complete metes and bounds description thereof.”
This being the identical property conveyed unto David Spencer by deed of Barry F. Chappell, Delinquent Tax Collector of Pickens County, dated December 19, 2014, and recorded March 19, 2015, in Deed Book 1669 at Page 154, Pickens County records. Also see corrective deed to David Spencer dated August 7, 2015, and recorded September 1, 2015, in Deed Book 1710 at Page 92, Pickens County records.
Property address: 203 Birchwood Street, Easley, South Carolina 29642
TMS# 5038-12-87-6161
_/s/____________________________
R. MURRAY HUGHES
Attorney for Plaintiff
S. C. Bar #2800
P. O. Box 1389
Pickens, SC 29671
Telephone: (864) 878-2124
Fax: (864) 676-6422
E-Mail: rmhughes@murrayhugheslaw.com
October 9th, 2015
Pickens, South Carolina
Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 2
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SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CASE # 2015-CP-39-1247
David Spencer, Plaintiff, vs. Tax Collector of Pickens County; Treasurer of Pickens County; JOHN DOE AND MARY ROE, fictitiousnames used to designate all unknownpersons who claim any right, title, interest or lien upon the real estate described herein, and anyone who may be in the military, infants, incompetents or under any legal disability and ROGER ROE AND SARAH DOE, fictitious names who represent unknown heirs, devisees or distributees of Dixie Kelly Clegg a/k/a Dixie K. Clegg, deceased; AND the following parties believed to be alive and well: Thomas Henry Clegg, Kelli C. Duncan, and judgment Creditors who may claim as follows: Discover Bank. Defendants.
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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.
/s/_______
R. Murray Hughes, III
Attorney for Plaintiff
P.O. Box 1389
Pickens, SC 29671
(864)878-2124
S. C. Bar #2800
October 9th, 2015
Pickens, South Carolina
Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 2
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
VETERINARY CLINIC, P.A.
On February 4, 2016, the officers of VETERINARY CLINIC, P.A. filed Articles of Dissolution with the Secretary of State for South Carolina. All creditors with any claim against the Company should file such claim with James T. Mullikin, 214 Barnette Road, Liberty, SC 29657, within 120 days of this notice. The claim should contain a statement of the amount claimed, the address of the claimant, and a brief description of the reason for the claim. All claims against the Company shall be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim has commenced within five (5) years after the publication of this Notice.
VETERINARY CLINIC, P.A.
By: _________________________________
James T. Mullikin, President
Feb. 24
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LEGAL NOTICE
The Pickens County Planning Commission will meet in a work session on Monday, March 14, 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. SD-16-002 Keowee 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.
Feb. 24
Notice to Creditors 2-24-16
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: Patrick Dale Winchester
Date of Death: 12/17/2015
Case Number: 2016ES3900057
Personal Representative:
J. Lindsay McClure
Address: 346 Wolf Creek Rd.
Pickens, SC 29671
Attorney: R. Murray Hughes
Address: P.O. Box 1389
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 10, 17, 24
Estate: Ronald E. Sparks
Date of Death: 01/17/2016
Case Number: 2016ES3900062
Personal Representative:
Stanley W. Vaughan
Address: 611 Phillips Road
Greer, SC 29650
Attorney: Clayton L. Jennings
Address: 1151 E. Washington St.
Greenville, SC 29601
Feb. 10, 17, 24
Estate: Joe E. Murphree
AKA: Joseph Earl Murphree
Date of Death: 01/15/2016
Case Number: 2016ES3900051
Personal Representative:
Paulette B. Murphree
Address: 623 Old Bethlehem School Rd.
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 10, 17, 24
Estate: Joe Alton Chapman
Date of Death: 11/24/2015
Case Number: 2016ES3900056
Personal Representative:
Geraldine D. Chapman
Address: 704 Mt. Bethel Rd.
Sunset, SC 29685
Feb. 10, 17, 24
Estate: Laverne Annabelle Benko
Date of Death: 11/14/2015
Case Number: 2016ES3900018
Personal Representative: Thomas Benko
Address: 298 Cross Creek Trail
Pickens, SC 29671
Attorney: Adam B. Lambert
Address: Post Office Box 9
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 10, 17, 24
Estate: Donald Louis Hunter
Date of Death: 01/14/2016
Case Number: 2016ES3900053
Personal Representative:
Kathy Renee Hunter
Address: 606 Fox Squirrel Ridge Rd.
Pickens, SC 29671
Attorney: Adam B. Lambert
Address: Post Office Box 9
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 10, 17, 24
Estate: Harrison Eugene McAlister
Date of Death: 12/25/2015
Case Number: 2016ES3900033
Personal Representative:
Crystal Marie Humphrey
Address: 105 Avalon Circle
Easley, SC 29640
Attorney: Adam B. Lambert
Address: Post Office Box 9
Pickens, SC 29671
Co-Personal Representative:
Penny Marie Winchester
Address: 312 Woodfield Dr.
Easley, SC 29642
Feb. 10, 17, 24
Estate: George Raymond Barrett, Jr.
Date of Death: 11/28/2015
Case Number: 2016ES3900073
Personal Representative:
Addie Mae W. Barrett
Address: 214 Gantt Springs Rd.
Liberty, SC 29657
Attorney: Adam B. Lambert
Address: Post Office Box 9
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 10, 17, 24
Estate: Dorothy Lynn Childers Phillips
Date of Death: 01/19/2016
Case Number: 2016ES3900066
Personal Representative: Dorothy Ridley
Address: 512 Lisa Lane
Brandon, FL 33511
Attorney: Adam B. Lambert
Address: Post Office Box 9
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 10, 17, 24
Estate: William Zane Simmons
Date of Death: 12/16/2015
Case Number: 2016ES3900074
Personal Representative:
Donald Stuart Simmons
Address: 111 Woodberry Circle
Easley, SC 29682
Attorney: Kenneth D. Acker
Address: P.O. Box 9
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 17, 24, Mar 2
Estate: Elizabeth Morgan Crawford
Date of Death: 01/08/2016
Case Number: 2016ES3900055
Personal Representative:
Raymond Mays Crawford
Address: Post Office Box 50
Sunset, SC 29685
Feb. 17, 24, Mar 2
Estate: Charles Vincent Fletcher
Date of Death: 13/31/2015
Case Number: 2016ES3900093
Personal Representative: Sue S. Fletcher
Address: 312 Wild Wing Way
Easley, SC 29642
Attorney: S. Allan Hill
Address: 819 East North Street
Greenville, SC 29601
Feb. 17, 24, Mar 2
Estate: Jean Spivey Poore
Date of Death: 01/05/2016
Case Number: 2016ES3900046
Personal Representative: Alfred M. Poore
Address: 132 Albertson Drive
Easley, SC 29640
Attorney: Tyler B. Oshields
Address: Post Office Box 1428
Easley, SC 29641
Feb. 17, 24, Mar 2
Estate: Paul Rhome
Date of Death: 02/04/2016
Case Number: 2016ES3900111
Personal Representative: Anthony Rhome
Address: 7920 Merrill Road
Jacksonville, FL 32277
Attorney: R. Murray Hughes
Address: P.O. Box 1389
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 24, March 2, 9
Estate: Kenneth L. Adams
Date of Death: 02/07/2016
Case Number: 2016ES3900113
Personal Representative: Barbara Adams
Address: 118 Goodwin Drive
Central, SC 29630
Attorney: Adam B. Lambert
Address: Post Office Box 9
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 24, March 2, 9
Estate: Charles Vando Hendricks
Date of Death: 01/25/2016
Case Number: 2016ES3900112
Personal Representative: Betty Hendricks
Address: 401 N. Main Street
Six Mile, SC 29682
Attorney: Kenneth D. Acker
Address: P.O. Box 9
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 24, March 2, 9
Estate: Bertha Mae Lay Hayes
Date of Death: 02/06/2016
Case Number: 2016ES3900090
Personal Representative:
James Christopher Hayes
Address: 702 Eastatoee Creek Rd.
Sunset, SC 29685
Co-Personal Representative:
Brian Travis Hayes
Address: 117 Holder St.
Pickens, SC 29671
Feb. 24, March 2, 9
Courier Trespass Notices 2-24-16
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:
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 July2016
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
James Dan Winchester and Avenelle S. Winchester Jan. 2017
Jessica Anderson Faus 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
Deborah Lusk Young and Lola S Lusk Jan. 2018
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Smith moderates coal ash forum in Liberty
By Ben Robinson
Staff Reporter
brobinson@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — County council member Neil Smith served as moderator for a public meeting with those concerned about possible dumping of coal ash in Pickens County last Thursday at the Liberty Civic Auditorium.
“Our intent is to gather as much information, as far as the facts,” Smith said at the meeting. “We’ve got a lot of conflicting information. I just talked to Sen. (Larry) Martin and found out something that I didn’t realize that gives me a little more heartburn about the whole issue. That’s why we’ll be trying to find out what exactly the controversy is about. What we’ve got to do is get the real answer, not just various opinions.”
Smith promised that microphones would be available so that questions from the crowd could be heard.
“We will try to get as many answers through as we possibly can,” Smith said. “If we don’t get an answer tonight, we’ll send them to the county, to our delegation, send them to DHEC … and try to get these questions answered.”
Smith said the controversy surrounds land in Pickens County that was purchased by a company known as MRR in 2007.
“At that time, the county had nothing in its rules or procedures that would prohibit a Class II landfill from coming into the county.”
Smith explained that a Class II landfill is a construction and debris landfill. The county has been operating a Class II landfill for 40 years.
Smith estimated that there were “close to 100” Class II landfills in the state of South Carolina.
According to a regulation set by the Environmental Protection Agency, coal ash or coal residual has been downgraded from a hazardous material to a material that has to go into a lined landfill, Smith told those in attendance.
“And that’s where we’re starting to run into problems. Because in the past a lined landfill in this state was a Class III landfill,” Smith said. “And this company was trying to use a Class II landfill.”
“And apparently we were the first in the state,” Smith continued.
Smith reported that Rep. Davey Hiott had gotten a bill passed in the state house which would keep coal ash out of Class II landfills.
“Sen. Martin has a similar bill waiting — the rules are different in the state senate,” Smith said. “What we need is to find out how we can help him get that through.”
Smith complained about DHEC rules.
“DHEC seems to see this as something they can change the rules in midstream,” he said.
Police looking for burglary suspect
Courtesy photo
Police are asking for the public’s help identifying this man suspected of burglarizing a storage unit in Six Mile.
SIX MILE — Authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a man suspected of burglarizing a storage unit in downtown Six Mile.
The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office released a photo of the man and the vehicle police believe he was traveling in last week.
According to a news release, sheriff’s office investigators believe the man broke into a storage unit at 132 S. Main St. in Six Mile earlier this year. Officials said several items were stolen, and a personal check taken during the burglary was later forged and negotiated at the Country Corner convenience store on S.C. Highway 183 between Six Mile and Pickens last week.
Sheriff’s office detectives were able to get photos of the suspect and his vehicle from surveillance cameras.
Anyone with information about the suspect or his identity is asked to call the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office at (864) 898-5500 or Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC.
