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Easy Bend Rodeo Company returns to T. Ed Garrison Arena
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Blue Flame softball takes down Green Wave
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Community Calendar 5-17-23
• Nix reunion set for June 4 at Northside
The descendants of Ulysses and Lou Annie Monroe Nix will gather for the annual Nix reunion early next month.
The reunion, set for Sunday, June 4, is set to be held at Northside Baptist Church, located at 421 Sangamo Road in Pickens. Lunch will be at 1
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Courier Trespass notices 5-17-23
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
Courier Legals 5-17-23
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DEMAND HEARING
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
IN THE PROBATE COURT
CASE NUMBER: 2018ES3900380-2
IN THE MATTER OF:
MAMIE LEE B. DORSEY (Decedent)
As an interested person in the above Estate, you are hereby notified that the documents necessary to close this Estate have been or are now being provided to you. These documents are the full Accounting (if applicable) for this Estate, the Proposal for Distribution (if applicable), and the Application for Settlement. The Personal Representative is required to file with the Court proof that these documents and this Notice have been sent to you.
From the date this proof is filed with the Court, YOU HAVE THIRTY (30) DAYS TO DEMAND IN WRITING A HEARING (use FORM 113ES)
2 arrested on drug charges
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Two people face multiple charges after police said a traffic stop at the Applebee’s in Easley last month turned up heroin, crack cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.
The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office Community Action Team conducted the stop on April 24, according to a news release issued Monday.
The vehicle was occupied by David Alan Jones and Gisselle Emily Alvarenga, who appeared to be smoking marijuana, the
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Infant sleep program aims to help parents, babies
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — The Pickens County Coroner’s Office has launched a new program designed to keep infants safe while they’re sleeping.
The Infant Safe Sleep program kicked off a couple of weeks ago, according to chief deputy coroner Andrew Wilson.
The program is designed to educate parents on the safest ways for their infants to sleep and gives them some equipment to help them do so.
It’s all too easy for an infant to die in their sleep from suffocation or being rolled on
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DHEC: Mortality rates on rise for SC infants, mothers
COLUMBIA — Both infant and maternal mortality rates in the state have dramatically increased, according to data released last month by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).
South Carolina’s infant mortality rate rose 12 percent from 2020 to 2021, which is
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County council retains special library millage
By Greg Oliver
Courtesy The Journal
goliver@upstatetoday.com
PICKENS — After considerable resident input and internal debate, Pickens County Council voted last week to amend a change in the proposed budget and leave the county library system on its own special millage.
The motion, which passed 4-2, was presented by Councilwoman Claiborne Linvill, who represents the Clemson area, in response to county administrator Ken Roper’s decision to redirect dedicated library millage totaling more than $3
million in the general fund.
“I think Mr. Roper felt he needed to do that, but this would represent a change in how libraries have been funded for 27 years, and millage has been put there in such a way so that the growth rate we’ve been discussing this entire meeting is matched to the funding of the libraries,” said Linvill, who represents the Clemson-area District 1.
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