Monthly Archives: December 2016
Courier Community Calendar 12-28-16
• Pickens Lions plan meetings each month
The Pickens Lions Club is in need of new members. The club meets the first and third Thursday of every month at Pizza Inn in Pickens.
Dinner begins at 6:40 p.m., and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. Meetings are open to anyone interested in joining the club or simply finding out more about the club and how it serves Pickens.
• Master gardener class set for January
A 16-week master gardener course will meet each Monday, Jan. 23 through May 15 from 9 a.m.-noon in the main conference room of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources office. A copy of the S.C. Master Gardener Training Manual is included. In order to earn S.C. Master Gardener certification, participants will need to complete the training course and provide 40 hours of volunteer service. Registration closes on Jan. 13. Registration fee is $300. Enrollment is limited and is based on a first-come first-served basis. For more information or questions on the course offering, contact LayLa Burgess or visit clemson.edu/extension/mg/counties/pickens_oconee_anderson/index.html.
• Family Discovery Project set by 4-H
Those interested will be able to learn about their family history, customs and quirks in an online family project sponsored by 4-H. There are no meetings, and the project can be taken as fast or slow as participants wish.
Cost is $10 for 4-H families and $20 for non-4-H members. Contact Pickens County Extension at (864) 878-1394 to sign up.
New Year’s dishes bring good fortune
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
All over the world, people believe that serving certain dishes on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day will bring a prosperous New Year.
Greens of almost any kind are chosen to represent folding money, pork is considered a prosperous meat and peas and beans represent coins in many cultures.
Courier Legals 12-28-16
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Courier Notice to Creditors 12-28-16
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Courier Trespass Notices 12-28-16
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:
Courier Classifieds 12-28-16
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Sheriff’s office investigating Easley shooting
EASLEY — The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that injured an Easley homeowner Saturday evening.
Chief deputy Creed Hashe said Monday the shooting occurred on Stonewall Farm Road at approximately 7:45 p.m. Hashe added that deputies arrived on the scene just before 8 p.m. after receiving reports that a person had been shot one time in the lower arm.
Investigators learned that a 38-year-old homeowner, whose name was not provided, answered a knock at his front door and engaged in a conversation with an unknown male described as having red hair, approximately 6 feet tall with thin build, wearing a dark-colored shirt and blue jeans. The unidentified male asked the homeowner if he could speak with a former tenant at that location, only to be advised by the homeowner that the person being sought had not lived at that location in more than a year.
Hashe said the unknown male became angry and produced a small-caliber handgun, firing one round that struck the homeowner in the lower arm. The suspect was reportedly last seen walking away from the scene on foot. Meanwhile, the victim was treated and released at a local hospital.
Anyone with information concerning the incident is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at (864) 898-5500 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC.
Wyche’s transplant story set to be broadcast on NBC Christmas Day
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — In his time as both a player and a coach, Sam Wyche has seen plenty of football games come down to the wire.
Man sentenced for abusing 6-year-old
pickens — A Pickens man has been sentenced after being convicted by a Pickens County jury of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.
Jose Reyes Reyes, 29, was sentenced to 28 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections, according to a release from 13th Circuit solicitor Walt Wilkins.
Assistant solicitor Brandi Batson Hinton presented evidence at the trial that established Reyes sexually assaulted the 6-year-old victim on numerous occasions at his home in Pickens County where the victim would often spend the night, the release said.
The abuse occurred between Jan. 1, 2013, and June 30, 2013, the release said.
Reyes was convicted on Dec. 13. Judge Perry Gravely issued the sentence last week.
Reyes will have to serve at least 85 percent of the 28-year sentence before he becomes eligible for parole, the release said.
Capt. Marvin Nix of the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.
PCSO: Homeowner killed intruder
EASLEY — A suspected intruder died after being shot by an Easley homeowner last week.
Pickens County coroner Kandy Kelley said Justin Smith, 27, of Cooperfield Avenue in Piedmont, was pronounced dead at Greenville Memorial Hospital on Wednesday morning.
Smith died of multiple gunshot wounds, Kelley said.
The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office has completed the investigation into the fatal shooting, the agency announced last week.
The shooting occurred at a home on Prince Perry Road in Easley.
According to news release from sheriff’s office chief deputy Creed Hashe, the homeowner returned to his home Wednesday morning and found a man, later identified as Smith, in the hallway as he exited the homeowner’s bedroom. Smith was armed with multiple guns taken from the bedroom, the release said.
A brief struggle ensued between the two men, according to Hashe.
The homeowner gained control of one of the weapons, a rifle, and fired multiple shots in the direction of the suspected intruder, the release said.
The man, struck by several rounds, fell onto the wooden deck as he exited the back door of the home, according to the release.
Hashe said crime scene technicians later found and recovered evidence indicating the back door of the home had been kicked in and numerous areas of the residence had been searched and rummaged through prior to the shooting.
Evidence corroborating the homeowner’s statements that the rounds were fired while both men were inside the residence was also collected, according to Hashe.
During the course of the investigation, the sheriff’s office recovered unrelated stolen property that linked Smith to a residential break-in that had been previously reported to the Easley Police Department, Hashe said.
Detectives from the sheriff’s office provided a presentation of the information, including evidence collected at the scene, to the 13th Circuit Solicitor’s Office Friday morning.
This is the first step in the process to reach a conclusion regarding the homeowner’s decision to use lethal force as it applies to SC law, according to Hashe.
Solicitor’s office personnel told detectives that absent additional questions or the need for further follow-up, they hoped to be able to render a decision within the next few days.
