County collects 11 tons of litter in one-day blitz
COUNTY — Pickens County government offices were closed last Friday as hundreds of employees spent the day removing litter from county More »
Lady Blue Flame finish 7-1 at annual
ROEBUCK — On Sept. 21-22, the Pickens High School Lady Blue Flame volleyball team competed in the Dorman Tournament of More »
Pickens police receive donation to help K-9
Pamela Dodson/Courier The Hyco Fund, based in Anderson, recently donated a Hot-n-Pop system to the Pickens Police Department to install More »
PRA announces 2018-2019 Main Street Challenge
PICKENS — The Pickens Revitalization Association recently announced a new Main Street Challenge for 2018-2019. The Main Street Challenge is More »
New-look offense has Daniel
By Bru Nimmons Staff Reporter bnimmons@thepccourier.com CENTRAL — The 2018 Daniel Lions have exceeded almost all expectations put in front More »
Highly touted freshman Lawrence named Tigers’ starting QB
By Alex Maminakis Courtesy The Journal alex@upstatetoday.com CLEMSON — It’s Trevor time in Death Valley. Clemson announced Monday that freshman More »
Kelly promoted at Tri-County Tech
UPSTATE — Grayson Kelly has been promoted to vice president for institutional advancement and business relations at Tri-County Technical College.
In addition to continuing in his role as executive director of Tri-County Technical College’s Foundation, he now has the added responsibilities of business relationship management with the college’s community partners.
Along with providing direct leadership to the foundation operations and staff, alumni and grants functions of the college. Kelly is working to strengthen partnerships with existing business and industry using an Integrated Workforce Solutions model.
The College’s Integrated Workforce Solutions (IWS) committee engages credit and non-credit divisions in shared governance over numerous Tri-County/employer projects, such as the IBEST Manufacturing and IBEST
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Brock and Stevenson join C. Dan Joyner in Easley
EASLEY — Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner, Realtors announced recently that Jon Brock and Brenden Stevenson have joined the company’s Easley office as a sales associate.
Brock is a native of South Carolina and grew up in Greenville. After graduating from Greenville High School, he joined the United States Air Force. He recently sold his business of 17 years, where he was a contractor for FedEx Ground, servicing the Upstate South Carolina area. Brock is active in the community, volunteering with both his church and
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Courier Obits 9-26-18
Frances Turner Wimpey
PICKENS — Mrs. Frances Turner Wimpey, 91, of Pickens and widow of the late Grady Horace Wimpey, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca.
Born on Sept. 27, 1926, in Pickens County, she was the daughter of the late Elford and Pearl Scruggs Turner. She was a member of Three and Twenty Baptist Church and enjoyed gardening and quilting. Mrs. Wimpey was a caring person with a sense of humor. She worked as a private care nurse’s aide for several years and loved her family.
Surviving are her six children, Carolyn Simmons, Tommy G. Wimpey
Pickens coach says Blue Flame ‘a difficult team to contend with’
By Rocky Nimmons
Publisher
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PICKENS — The Pickens Blue Flame have the first five games of the 2018 season in the books and despite some tough losses, PHS head coach and 
athletic director Chad Smith believes his team is ready to make a run in Region I-4A.
Smith says his kids are ready to start the tough road ahead.
“Our kids are getting better every week,” he said. “If we continue to improve and erase mistakes in critical situations, then we will be a difficult team to contend with going forward.”
The Flame played a great game against Berea two weeks ago, mounting 461
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READY FOR THE REGION
Devils happy with success at midseason, ready for more
By Clay Counts
Special to The Courier
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LIBERTY — The Liberty Red Devils have reached the midpoint of their season and had a bye week last week to rest up for the region schedule ahead.
With a 3-2 record through the non-region schedule, the Red Devils have seen steady improvement week to week with their gameplay.
Many of the concerns LHS coach Kyle Stewart has addressed in post-game interviews have been a clear area of emphasis in practice or game prep the following week. This has led to much cleaner gameplay as Liberty heads into its first
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BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN
Harried’s 243 yards lift Easley to region victory at JL Mann
By Eugene Jolley
Courier Sports
ejolley@thepccourier.com
GREENVILLE — It wasn’t pretty, but all that mattered Friday night for the Easley Green Wave is that they got a region win against J.L. Mann, 21-13.
Senior tailback Jeremy Harried rushed for 243 yards on 23 carries and scored two
touchdowns. He also had another 64-yard touchdown nullified due to penalty.
Speaking of penalties, the officials probably had to ice their arms down after the game, as 24 penalties were accepted during the game, not counting several flags that were called but refused.
“That (game) had a little bit of everything,” Easley coach John Windham said. “It was crazy. We got the lead and they came back and scored. Then we got the lead again. The last drive, we had three big runs that were called back for holding. We had been running the same play, but all of a sudden they called us for holding. Those were tough calls. I was proud of the guys for the way they fought. It
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New-look offense has Daniel
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
CENTRAL — The 2018 Daniel Lions have exceeded almost all expectations put in front of them as they prepare to enter region play.
Coming off a disappointing 2-9 season, many expected the Lions to improve, but the turnaround to this point has been incredible.
Third-year head coach Jeff Fruster, the man behind the turnaround, has seemingly made the right decisions on many of the necessary changes following last year’s washout. After an abysmal season offensively, Fruster and athletic director Tommy Plumblee brought
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Highly touted freshman Lawrence named Tigers’ starting QB
By Alex Maminakis
Courtesy The Journal
alex@upstatetoday.com
CLEMSON — It’s Trevor time in Death Valley.
Clemson announced Monday that freshman Trevor Lawrence has been named the Tigers’ starting quarterback for their game Saturday (noon, ABC) against Syracuse, replacing senior Kelly Bryant.
Lawrence has played in all four games for third-ranked Clemson (4-0, 1-0 ACC) so far, splitting time with Bryant, and the freshman from Cartersville, Ga., has looked the part of his No. 1 overall high school recruit ranking.
His latest performance was against Georgia Tech on Saturday, when he sprung the Tigers’ offense to life and completed 13 of 18 passes for 176 yards and four touchdowns in a 49-21 win over the Yellow Jackets.
Now, he’s earned the starting job — for now.
“After four games, when you look at both of (the quarterbacks), they both have played well, done a lot for us, but it just came down to, you’ve got to reward productivity,” co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott said Monday. “And if you look at his opportunities, he’s taken advantage of them. Kelly didn’t do anything wrong.
“It’s not a lifetime contract. He’s got to prove it in practice, he’s got to prove it in the next game, and when Kelly gets his opportunities, he’ll
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Courier Legal Notices 9-26-18
NOTICE OF SALE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF GREENVILLE
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
2017-CP-23-06373
Knockout Properties, LLC Plaintiff, v. Scott T. Mann, Branch Banking and Trust Company, American Express Centurion Bank, Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, Discover Bank and State of South Carolina Defendants.
Pursuant to Court Decree in Knockout Properties, LLC vs. Scott T. Mann, et al, the Clerk of Court for Pickens County will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Pickens County Courthouse on
Courier Notice to Creditors 9-16-18
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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
