Monthly Archives: July 2019
From the heart
YouTube channel gives flea market pickers online ‘shrine’
When you write a column called “Mountain Rhythms,” you can’t pass up a story like this: “Old-time Flea Market pickers live forever in the cloud.”
Old-time pickers happen to be one of my great interests in life — partly because I’ve become one of them myself. And the group that gathers every Wednesday morning to entertain bargain hunters at the Pickens Flea Market has become, like the Rolling Stones, an institution.
But it’s an institution that, sadly, is fading slowly away. At least that’s the way Chris DeJong felt
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TCTC students’ NCLEX scores surpass state, national rates
PENDLETON — Tri-County Technical College’s recent associate degree nursing graduates earned a 92.59 first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensing Exam (NCLEX).
Their performance on the exam surpassed both state and national pass rates.
According to the National Council State Board of Nursing, the state pass rate is 92.42 and the national average is 89.27.
Following May graduation, 54 first-time candidates took the computerized licensure exam, which tests a graduate’s basic nursing knowledge and decision-making ability on commonly encountered health-care situations. Graduates of Tri-County’s RN program
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Knights of Columbus host golf tourney for Special Olympics
UPSTATE — Each year the Knights of Columbus, Council 6884, hosts the Special Olympics Golf Tournament, which benefits Area 13 Special Olympics.
This year the tournament was held at Oconee Golf and Country Club on June 4. The Oconee Federal Charitable Foundation, for the third year, was the title sponsor of the tournament.
Last year, the tournament generated a $26,000 donation for Area 13 Special Olympics, and since 1994 the tournament has provided more than $246,000 for the cause.
Tournament chairman Rick Hamilton said the Knights try to make the event a fun day of golf for participants, with great food and prizes.
He thanked the Oconee Federal Charitable Foundation for its continued generous support and stressed this a communitywide effort supported by
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Courier Community Calendar 7-17-19
• Youth cheer camp set at Pickens High
The Pickens High School varsity and JV cheerleaders are sponsoring a youth cheer camp set for Saturday, Aug. 3, in the cheer room at PHS from 9 a.m. until noon. The cost is $30 per child, and ages 6-12 may register beginning at 8:30 a.m. Cash or checks made payable to PHS will be accepted. There will be a showcase at 11:30 a.m., and all parents, families and friends are invited to attend. Contact AshleyButler@pickens.k12.sc.us or nicholsonbreann@gmail.com for more information.
• Soapstone set to host fundraiser
Soapstone Church invites everyone to a special fundraiser at the church, located at 296 Liberia Road in Pickens, on Saturday, July
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Sweet treats with heat
By Olivia Fowler
For the Courier
ofowler@thepccourier.com
Almost everyone loves chocolate desserts, but this week we’re featuring chocolate with a
twist.
You may not think chili peppers and chocolate make a good marriage, but amazingly enough, they do.
If you feel a little nervous about adding the chili powders, feel free to cut back just a little, but not too much. Sometimes we are surprised by how good new combinations taste, and this may be one of those times. Enjoy.
Courier Legal Notices 7-17-19
NOTICE
To: The Unknown Owner
The following Mobile Home has been abandoned at 304 Allgood Bridge Road, Pickens SC, 29671. There is a lien on this mobile home for rent in the amount of $434.90, plus any additional rent from the date of this notice. Contact Diane Boggs at 864-878-9887 to claim this mobile home.
After 30 days from the date of this notice, Diane Boggs will apply to sell the mobile home at The Pickens County
Courier Notice to Creditors 7-17-19
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
Courier Trespass Notices 7-17-19
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 7-17-19
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Courthouse bomb suspect arrested
Police say man may have also
planted explosives at DSS office
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Police have arrested a man suspected of planting two homemade pipe bombs outside the Pickens County Courthouse on 
Sunday night, and authorities say he may have also planted explosives at the Department of Social Services office in Pickens.
Emergency officials closed off the area around the DSS office on McDaniel Avenue on
Tuesday after the suspect mentioned something about the building during his arrest Tuesday morning, according to Pickens Police Department records clerk Susan Kinsey.
DSS workers were evacuated from the building as officials from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad, the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI helped Pickens police with the investigation at the scene on Tuesday.
Police had not released information on the suspect’s identity or the results of the search at the DSS office at press time on Tuesday.
Police said two explosive devices were detonated at the courthouse on Sunday night,
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