Monthly Archives: December 2018
Courier Legal Notices 12-12-18
SUMMONS
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
IN THE FAMILY COURT
COUNTY OF PICKENS
Case #: 2018-DR-39-700
CHRISANDRA SORTO-MEJIA, Plaintiff, -vs- MENNIS A. SORTO-MEJIA, Defendant.
TO THE DEFENDANT, NAMED HEREIN:
You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this
Notice to Creditors 12-12-18
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 claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a
Courier Trespass Notices 12-12-18
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 trespass in any manner whatsoever upon the lands of the undersigned:
Charles M. Smith Dec. 2018
Murphree Farm LLC Dec. 2018
George Hannah Dec. 2018
James and Sheila Stancell Dec. 2018
Dollie G. Morris Jan. 2019
Rocky Nimmons Jan. 2019
Betty McGrew Hill Jan. 2019
Cathy D. Lollis Mar. 2019
Sarah Rampey Mar. 2019
James Dan Winchester and
Avanelle S. Winchester Mar. 2019
Mark Menchhofer April 2019
Doris and Waymon Aikens June 2019
Larry and or Bertie Gibson July 2019
Artistic Builders, Inc. July 2019
Susan P. Gilstrap and
Michael H. Pligrim July 2019
Rose Marie and Greg D’Ginto Aug. 2019
Rick Madden/
RJM and Associates Aug. 2019
Michael Ralston Aug. 2019
H&A Properties Aug. 2019
Harry and Beverly Carson Aug. 2019
Laura Carson Jones Aug. 2019
Jimmy C. McGrew Oct. 2019
L.C. Russell Sept. 2019
Barry S. Durham Sept. 2019
Dorothy Folger Pence Trust Sept. 2019
Randall and Lynne Griffin Sept. 2020
Deborah Lusk Young
and Lola S Lusk Jan. 2020
Judy E. McJunkin Feb. 2020
Sue Ellen Dover Mar. 2020
Echo Valley Land Trust,
William L. Betts, Trustee Feb. 2021
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Sheriff: Homeowner kills escaped inmate
Second escapee recaptured
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — A homeowner shot and killed an inmate who escaped from the Pickens County Prison early Tuesday morning, according to Sheriff Rick Clark.
Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the man Tuesday afternoon as 30-year-old Bruce Webb McLaughlin Jr.
McLaughlin and another inmate escaped from the prison around 2:35 a.m. Tuesday morning after assaulting and overtaking two detention officers, Clark said during a news conference Tuesday morning.
The method of their escaping from the facility is still under investigation,
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Children to be re-immunized after ‘error’
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Two area pediatric offices will offer free re-immunizations to children who may not have received full doses of some vaccinations at earlier well-child visits.
Pediatric Associates-Easley and Pediatric Associates-Powdersville will offer the re-immunizations.
Families with potentially impacted children were sent certified and regular-delivery letters last week, according to a Greenville Health System news release.
Robin LaCroix, medical director of the Children’s Hospital of Greenville Health System, told the Courier an internal audit revealed the issue.
“We feel that most of these children were fully immunized,” she said. “In the absence of being able to prove that, we wanted to take the most
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Santa Claus is comin’ to town
Six Mile kicked off the Christmas parade season in Pickens County with its 48th annual parade on Sunday. Originally set for Saturday morning, the event was instead held Sunday afternoon and drew hundreds to Main Street to get in the holiday spirit. Liberty also postponed its Christmas parade, which was originally scheduled for Saturday night. It will now be held this Friday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. Central’s parade will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, while Dacusville and Easley will host parades at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, respectively. Pickens will close the parade season with its event at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14. Rocky Nimmons/Courier
Clemson visitors may have been exposed to mumps
CLEMSON — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says anyone who visited Clemson University from Nov. 21-29 may have been exposed to mumps.
That timeframe includes the Clemson-South Carolina football game at Memorial Stadium, which drew thousands of people from all corners of the state and beyond.
DHEC officials said in a news release that a case of mumps with connection to the university has been confirmed.
Mumps is a contagious viral infection that is spread by coughing, sneezing, talking, kissing, sharing drinks, cigarettes or eating utensils, or touching
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County gets clean opinion on annual audit report
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens County’s clean record-keeping could help county officials the next time they seek to issue bonds.
During Monday’s county council meeting, Alan Robinson, a certified public accountant with the firm of Cherry Bekaert, presented the county’s 2018 comprehensive annual financial report
“The audit reflects a clean or an unmodified opinion,” Robinson said. “There are no findings, exceptions or issues in the audit. The audit is concluded and presented as a final document.”
He said a highlight of the audit document is the Government Finance Officers Association’s Certificate of Excellence, awarded to Pickens County.
“This is a national award that’s applied for,” Robinson said.
To earn the award, the county must go through a blind judging process, he
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Time capsule deadline extended
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Pickens County residents have a little extra time to gather items they’d like to see included in a time capsule that will be buried later this month.
During Wednesday’s State of the County Luncheon in Easley, county council vice chairman Chris Bowers announced that the deadline to submit items for consideration has been extended to this Friday.
The capsule will be buried at the Pickens County Courthouse on Friday, Dec. 14, following the county’s sesquicentennial Christmas parade, which will run through downtown Pickens. The parade starts at 7 p.m.
“I need everybody in this room to have something at the museum so we can
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