Hiott announces retirement, endorses Counts for ‘26 election
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Courier Community Calendar 3-1-23
• Scouts to hold 3rd annual food drive
The third annual community food drive sponsored by Scout Troop 51 and Cub Scout Pack 51 will be held this Saturday, March 4.
Canned goods and other non-perishable items will be collected at the Pickens Amphitheater between 10 a.m. and noon. Financial contributions will also be accepted. The business, organization or church donating most items will receive the Golden Can Award.
Last year, more than 2,348 items and $200 in donations were collected. All items and donations will go to the Gleaning House Food Pantry.
Email pickenstroop51@gmail.com with any questions.
• St. Michael’s oyster roast set for March 18
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church will host its annual oyster roast from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at 1200 Powdersville Road in Easley. Proceeds from the event
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Courier Notice to Creditors 3-1-23
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 description of any security as to the claim.
Estate: Julia Jane Elgin
Courier Legal Notices 3-1-23
STORAGE UNIT AUCTION
March 18, 2023 @ 10:00 am
410 Trotter Road, Pickens, SC
at Trotter Road Self Storage
Unit #’s #19 (lessee is Danny & Dawn Turner & Sarah Jones), #4 (lessee is Jessica Godfrey), #5 (lessee is Edna Smith), #12 (lessee is Ruth Rollins), #6 (lessee is Justina Marburger), #16 (lessee is unknown) and #26 (lessee is Kevin Moore) to be auctioned to highest bidder, cash only, payment due at time of auction. Units
Officials: Man airlifted after Clemson bar fight
By David Ferrara
and Lauren Pierce
Courtesy The Journal
news@thepccourier.com
CLEMSON — A person was airlifted from Bowman Field after a reported bar fight at a downtown Clemson business Sunday night.
An incident report provided by Clemson Police Chief Jorge Campos said officers responded to an assault and battery at Tiger Town Tavern around 10 p.m.
The report redacted the name of the suspect and said both the suspect and victim were drinking and the victim was unconscious at one point. The suspect was a
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State funding paying for BHS move to Easley
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
EASLEY — Behavioral Health Services of Pickens County executive director Angie Farmer believes the path that led to the agency’s future home in Easley was “divinely arranged.”
Finding one building to house all the departments of the agency — currently spread out among four buildings on Main Street in Pickens — had been a longtime goal of hers.
On Monday afternoon, Farmer and several of the agency’s board members met at the former Alice Manufacturing office at 208 E. First Ave. in Easley to publicly
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Upstate Alliance CEO gives update to county council
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — Upstate S.C. Alliance had “a really good year” in 2022, according to its president and CEO, John Lummus.
“It was our largest year for recruitment in numbers of capital investment and jobs since 2014 — about $3.9 billion across the Upstate region, 6,476 jobs, 38 new companies, 30 existing companies, and 43 percent of those were international companies,” he said.
“A total of 68 announcements,” Lummus continued. “The state of South Carolina had 120 announcements, so a little
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Flame reach third round for first time since 1989
PICKENS — After cruising to victory in the first round over South Aiken, the sixth-ranked Pickens Blue Flame girls’ basketball team expected a greater challenge on Saturday night against the 10th-ranked Riverside Warriors.
Instead, the Blue Flame were able to control the game in its entirety, playing arguably their most complete game of the season in a resounding 72-42 win to advance to state quarterfinals for only the second time in program history.
“To be able to reach this point, I have no words,” Pickens junior Maggie Chambers said. “It’s almost too hard to explain, but I love it. To be able to spend every day
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