Monthly Archives: June 2019
Courier Notices to Creditors 6-26-19
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
Courier Trespass Notices 6-26-19
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
Courier Classifieds 6-26-19
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Man wanted for attempted murder
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a Six Mile man charged with attempted murder after deputies say he attacked his ex-girlfriend.
Boyce Derek Lowrance, 39, of John Holliday Road, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to a news release from Chief Deputy Creed Hashe.
The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office received reports of a disturbance in the 800 block of North Old Mill Road in Easley at 7:15 a.m.
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Community turns out to greet service members
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — The community turned out Monday to welcome a special group of men and women serving their country.
This year marks the 11th year that the Keowee Key community has hosted service members for several days of rest and relaxation.
This year the program includes 18 “warriors” from the Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) and nine wives. Fourteen of the 18 are Marines from Camp
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Liberty schools to change next year
LIBERTY — The two Liberty-area elementary schools will share a single attendance pattern beginning in the fall of 2020 after a recent vote by the Pickens County School Board.
The board voted June 7 to unite the Liberty attendance area, with Chastain Road Elementary set to serve all Liberty students in Pre-K through second grade, and Liberty Elementary set to serve students in third through fifth grades.
District leaders cited two reasons for making the change — unity and specialization.
“For quite a while, community members have asked me why when Liberty Elementary was split and Chastain Road Elementary was built in 2011, the district didn’t go to a primary-intermediate model, and I never got a good answer,” said school board chairman
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Merck gets hefty raise, extension
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
EASLEY — School board trustees gave School District of Pickens County superintendent Danny Merck a two-year contract extension 
and a hefty pay raise last week.
The board extended Merck’s contract to 2025 and gave him a more than 11 percent salary increase to $150,000 a year. He will also receive an annuity equal to 10 percent of his base salary and a car allowance of $10,000.
The board extended Merck’s contract to 2022 and raised his salary from $123,600 to $128,544 in January 2018. Board chairman Brian Swords said language was later added to the superintendent’s contract to ensure he receives pay increases equivalent to the average percentage of leadership increase and or cost-of-living allowance annually. As of this year, his base salary was sitting at a
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Learning all about local lightning bugs
Maybe I just wasn’t paying attention, or maybe it was because it rained every day at the beginning of this month, but I didn’t see the first lightning bug here in Easley until June 11. And even then, there weren’t that many.
I recall that we always used to start seeing them before the end of May, and by this time there were so many of them flashing their little yellow taillights that it was a nonstop light-show every evening at dusk.
Like most kids back in the early 1960s, my brother and I used to take couple of Duke’s mayonnaise jars and punch holes in their lids with a nail and go out in the backyard on summer nights and run around catching the little guys. We imagined that we might be able to get enough of them in there to have a little lantern. We never generated much candlepower, but it wasn’t hard to nab quite a few of them, they were so abundant.
It’s not just my imagination that the population of lightning bugs is diminishing. A
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Fans meet champ
Hundreds of fans turned out to meet former NASCAR Cup series champion and recent Hall of Fame electee Bobby Labonte during a grand opening event at the Clardy Law Firm in Pickens on Saturday. Pictured here, Clardy watches as Labonte signs a miniature car for a fan.
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