Monthly Archives: March 2018
Courier Trespass Notices 3-14-18
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
Courier Notice to Creditors 3-14-18
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 be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371ES) indicating the name and address of the claimant, the
Courier Legals 3-14-18
SUMMONS
Attention: REGDRIC LITTLE:
You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Termination of Parental Rights Complaint which can be obtained at the Pickens Family Court Clerk’s Office, docket 2017-DR-39-1114 in this action and to serve a copy of your answer to the Complaint, upon the subscriber, Attorney Robert Clark at 5409 Augusta Road, Greenville, SC 29605 within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint, within that time, the Plaintiff(s) will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and a judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
Mar. 7, 14, 21
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MASTER IN EQUITY’S SALE
2013-CP-39-01305
BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: TD Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Carolina First Bank against Paul E. McGraw, Betty A. McGraw, et al., I, the undersigned Master in Equity for Pickens County, will sell on April 2, 2018
Residents still questioning Germany trip
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Residents grilled Pickens County Council members Monday over a recent trip to Germany by two members and several county staff members.
As the Courier earlier reported, council chairman Roy Costner, councilman Chris Bowers, county attorney Ken Roper, tourism director Jay Pitts and Alliance Pickens executive director Ray Farley traveled to Germany last month.
The purpose of the trip was related to both economic development and tourism, officials said. During the trip, attendees met with business leaders from era-contact, as well as
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For the love of dogs
Group raising funds for dog park
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A planned addition to the Pickens County Animal 
Shelter aims at connecting dogs with residents to help the animals find forever homes.
Leadership Legacy Park is the brainchild of Leadership Pickens County’s Class of 2018, which is raising $10,000 to create the park.
The class held its first fundraiser, called “Barks and Brews,” last
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Deputies arrest pair wanted in string of crimes
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — Pickens County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a Greenville County man and Oconee County woman wanted on outstanding warrants in three counties last Thursday.
Chief Deputy Creed Hashe said Ryan Adam Carr of Travelers Rest and Eliyah Kiana Rogers of Walhalla, both 19, were arrested without incident at a home on McCoy Street in Easley
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PCSO joins with firefighters for arson training
Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Forms New Partnership with Fire Service to Provide Improved Services to County Residents
CENTRAL — The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office joined forces last week with firefighters from around the county to form and train a specialized investigative resource that will focus on suspected arson-related incidents.
Members of the sheriff’s office and county fire service members underwent an intensive five-day training course for basic fire investigation taught by the S.C. Law Enforcement Division and
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Pickens council OKs change to business license ordinance
By Rocky Nimmons
Publisher
rnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens City Council members passed an ordinance on Monday that would eliminate declining business 
license rates for businesses in the city that gross more than $1 million in sales.
The ordinance originally included language that would also increase license fees for smaller businesses inside the city by as much as 10 percent. But during the meeting, council member Donna Owen asked that the ordinance be amended to take the increase for smaller businesses out, while maintaining the elimination of the declining rates on larger grossing businesses,
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Yards of Yarn set for Saturday at Hagood Community Center
PICKENS — This Saturday, March 10, at 7 p.m., Yards of Yarn will perform at the beautifully renovated Hagood Community Center auditorium.
Because at one time Hagood Community Center was a mill school in the heart of the Pickens textile mill village, a showabout textile mills of the area will be done.
Yards of Yarn will be headlined by Hunter Holmes and Steve McGaha, two phenomenal musicologists and musicians. Holmes, a resident of Laurens and well known for his work, performs songs of the Piedmont textile mill communities of the
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Professor to share ‘Black Clemson’ history in SC
By Karen Land
Clemson University
news@thepccourier.com
CLEMSON — Rhondda Robinson Thomas, associate professor 
of English at Clemson University, has received a $50,000 Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship.
Thomas will use the award to broadly share the university’s history through a museum exhibition called “Black Clemson: From
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