Monthly Archives: December 2021
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Courier Trespass Notices
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:
Teresa Granger, Brian Wood
Courier notice to Creditors 12-29-21
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
Courier Legal Notices 12-29-21
SUMMONS AND NOTICE
BY PUBLICATION (ADOPTION)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE FAMILY COURT THIRTEENTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF PICKENS
2021-DR-39-824
Henry B. Church and Brenda K. Church, Plaintiffs, vs. Casey Lynn Bill Ramirez, Jose Luis. Gonzales, John Doe and Jennifer C. Church, Defendant
TO DEFENDANTS CASEY LYNN BILL RAMIREZ, JOSE LUIS GONZALES AND JOHN DOE
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint for Termination of Parental Rights and Adoption of the minor
New district lines lead to gerrymandering concerns
Ex-House candidates level accusations after Rep. Neal Collins served on committee
By Ron Barnett
Staff Reporter
rbarnett@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — State Rep. Neal Collins of Easley is being accused of gerrymandering, after the redistricting committee he served on redrew House district boundaries that left his two-time opponent Allan Quinn in another district.
Quinn isn’t the only former candidate making such allegations.
Phillip Bowers, who ran in the 2020 Republican primary for an open seat in the Clemson-area district that was won by Jerry Carter, also found his residence assigned to a different district in the process. Carter was not on the redistricting committee.
Quinn and Bowers had pitched themselves as more conservative alternatives to Collins and Carter, and both told the Courier they believe the new district lines were redrawn specifically to eliminate them from contention in the 2022 GOP primaries.
Both lived close to the edge of the district.
“(Collins) did that so that I could not run against him,” Quinn said. “I’m not the only one he did it to.”
Collins said he can’t comment specifically on those allegations because of pending legal action.
But he said the redistricting process was driven by demographic changes and the mathematical domino effect that forces adjustments in adjoining districts to keep the populations among
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County finance head gives budget update
COUNTY — Several months into Pickens County’s fiscal year, “things are better than we anticipated,” finance director Ralph Guarino said.
Guarino gave a mid-year budget update during county council’s Dec. 6 meeting.
“I don’t have any reserve at this point about us being able to make our $48 million budget,” he said.
Taxes make up about 68 percent of the revenues of the general fund. Taxes primarily consist of
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SCHSL unveils new alignment
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina High School League announced its proposed realignment for the 2022-24 seasons on Friday, and some big changes are coming for Pickens County’s high school teams.
The biggest changes will come for Liberty, which will remain in Region I-2A but will face an almost entirely new region of teams. The Red Devils’ new region is made up of Blacksburg, Chesnee, Greenville Tech, Greer Middle College and Landrum. Since Greenville Tech and Greer Middle College don’t have football programs, Abbeville and
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Clemson confirms cases of omicron variant
Officials keep eye on data to decide on return plans
By Riley Morningstar
Courtesy The Journal
rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — Although final exams ended more than 10 days ago, a Clemson University lab has confirmed 10 positive cases of the COVID-
19 omicron variant.
School officials announced Monday that the cases were detected at the on-campus lab and further sequenced over the weekend.
“While the samples are de-identified, we can confirm they were obtained through
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County reports 4 more COVID deaths
COLUMBIA — With the threat of the omicron variant coming to Pickens County, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has reported four COVID-19 deaths in the county over the past week.
According to DHEC, there were three confirmed and one probable deaths in the one-week period from last Tuesday to Monday, when the latest numbers were available.
As it has for much of the pandemic, Pickens County remains the worst out of the state’s 46 counties
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