Monthly Archives: December 2018
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.
In the South, especially the Carolinas, collard greens, black-eyed peas and rice are universally thought to be most important for New Year’s dishes.
This tradition can be traced to several other regions, primarily Africa, France and the Caribbean.
The pork roast and saurkraut tradition is favored in states with strong German and Dutch heritages, and the orange brandy cake is a Greek Island tradition.
They’re all good. And I hope prosperity will come to you immediately after eating at least one of these dishes.
Courier Legal Notices 12-26-18
SUMMONS AND NOTICE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE FAMILY COURT
THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
C.A. No.: 2018-DR-39-898
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Plaintiff, vs. Jessica Banks, Richard Steele III, Michael Armstrong, Roxanne Armstrong Defendants.
In the Interest of:
Minor Child, Male, born in 2017
Minors under the Age of 18
TO: DEFENDANTS JESSICA BANKS:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Non-Emergency Removal for the minor child in this action filed against you, the original of which has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Pickens County on September 26th, 2018, copies of which will be delivered to you upon your request, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the undersigned attorney for the Plaintiff to Julie M. Rau, Pickens County Department of Social Services, P.O. Box 158, Pickens,
Courier Notice to Creditors 12-26-18
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 basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the
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Courier Trespass Notices 12-26-18
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 warned not to hunt, fish, cut timber or
Renaissance festival coming to Liberty
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
LIBERTY — Some medieval plans are in the works to bring the state’s only renaissance festival to the Liberty area. 
South Carolina Renaissance Festival Director Alan Blakeborough said the festival will be located off of Chastain Road at the end of Kennel Drive when it takes place in 2019.
A fencing instructor, Blakeborough has attended a lot of different renaissance festivals throughout the years.
“They’re great family events,” he said.
When his business partner purchased some land just outside of Liberty, Blakeborough “brought up the idea of doing a Renaissance Festival,” he said.
“They’re really isn’t one in South Carolina like there is in other states,” Blakeborough said. “I thought it would be a good idea to put one on the
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Reason for the Season
McKinney Chapel in Sunset hosted its annual Christmas pageant
on Saturday to celebrate the reason for the Christmas season. The holiday tradition features festive fellowship and community members reenacting the night when Joseph and Mary welcomed the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. Photos by Kelley McGaha
Police seek suspects in Easley store killing
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Police are asking the public for help identifying the suspects after a woman was shot dead at an Easley convenience store on Friday night.
Surveillance video released by Easley police showed two men with their faces covered entering B Pam’s Food Mart at 201 N. East Main St. around 8 p.m. The 20-second video shows two men entering the store, with one pointing a gun across the counter and another reaching across the counter. After gunfire apparently breaks out, the two men flee the store through the front doors.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley said Stacey Regina Branham, 49, of Weeping Willow Road in Piedmont, died at the scene of a single gunshot wound. She said Branham was an employee of B Pam’s.
Easley Police Chief Tim Tollison later confirmed Branham exchanged gunfire with the men.
Tollison told media that though there was no definitive evidence Branham hit either of the men, “it is a possibility.”
In the surveillance video, one of the men appears to hold his stomach as he
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Healy loses appeal in school board District 7 election
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A new election will officially be in order after the South Carolina Election Commission sided with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Pickens County to overturn the results of November’s District 7 school board election.
The race, which Phillip Healy appeared to win by less than two dozen votes
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County buries time capsule
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens County officials buried a time capsule in front of the 
county courthouse over the weekend as part of the county’s 150th birthday celebration.
County council chairman Roy Costner said the time capsule is sending “messages to the future,” and said he hopes he will be able to attend when the capsule is opened in 2068, when he would be 105.
The burial followed the county’s sesquicentennial Christmas parade, which was opened to entrants countywide in downtown Pickens.
Parade participants and attendees were encouraged to dress in period costumes representing either 1868 or 1968.
“What an exceptional, extraordinary Christmas parade,” Costner said. “What a great celebration of the past 150 years. But you know what? We can now begin to celebrate the next 150 years, because we’re all a part of that.”
County spokeswoman Jamie Burns said the capsule’s contents include items made in Pickens County, memorabilia from Southern Wesleyan University and Clemson University, letters written by residents, yearbooks, class rings and photos, as well as promotional materials from the sesquicentennial celebrations held throughout this year.
Burns said the capsule also holds letters written by the current mayors in the county.
“You’re going to want to go ahead and plan now to be here in 50 years,” Costner said. “They’ve packed it completely full.”
Members of the Pickens County Historical Society sorted through the many items dropped off by residents for possible inclusion in the capsule and helped make the final determinations of what the capsule would contain.
County Councilman Wes Hendricks said the work of “countless” people made the parade and time capsule burial possible.
On Oct. 1, the county’s time capsule buried in 1968 was unearthed. On Oct. 5, Gov. Henry McMaster helped officials publicly unveil its contents.
“That week became very special for many of us in Pickens County,” Hendricks said. “We got to relive memories of times past, of friends and loved ones, some of which are no longer with us. We laughed and we cried during that week.”
The new time capsule will give that experience to the children of today, he said.
“For the younger generation here today, you’ll know what the granite marker saying ‘Open in 2068’ means and you’ll know the priceless memories that will be relived in 2068,” Hendricks said.
He thanked those who contributed items to the capsule.
“You have preserved memories that will fade in time, yet resurface as this capsule will in 50 years,” Hendricks said.
Before the capsule was buried, residents were encouraged to sign the vault.
“Fifty years from now, you’ll be able to see your signature and that of your relatives,” Hendricks said.
Mountain View Funeral Home employees readied the capsule and its vault for airtight sealing and burial. The vault is guaranteed for 75 years.
“It’s time for us to make the opening line of our 2068 story,” Hendricks said.
Mountain View worked with county officials to bring the cost of the vault down, Costner said.
“They really did save the taxpayers a lot of money,” he said. “You look at the price of some of these vaults, it’s upwards of $20,000. They made a significant reduction in that so that we could preserve everything, guarantee it for 75 years and be able to look at those memories when we dig it back up again.”
