Daily Archives: 10/08/2014
Beneficial bats
By Scott Stegenga
For The Courier
news@thepccourier.com
Mosquitoes are very efficient at finding the smallest source of calm water for egg laying. When it comes to reducing the mosquito population, dryer conditions are helpful but not the only factor at work. An animal that will not win many awards in a beauty contest that is coming to our aid is the bat, the only flying mammal.
Beneficial bats
Most of us have heard about a bat’s “sonar” method of feeding. This is actually called echolocation, where very high-pitched sound waves are used to zero in on flying insects. The bat reacts to any reflected sound waves that bounce back to them off even the tiniest of airborne insects. Bats can only identify prey at short range and so exhibit erratic flight patterns as they seek out their food. Occasionally when a small pebble is tossed into the air where bats are feeding, one will swoop at the object before the realization that it is not something to consume. The type of feedback perhaps indicates that the stone is much too dense to
Bears I have known
By Dennis Chastain
For The Courier
news@thepccourier.com
It was the middle of December, and bears were the last thing on my mind. Like most people, I was under the impression that by mid-December bears were snuggled in their beds with visions of white oak acorns dancing in their heads. I was wrong.
Bears I have known
I was deer hunting up in the top third of a nearby mountain. The situation was pretty tight in there. I was sitting on the ground, actually sitting right in a deer trail at the narrow, V-shaped head of a hollow. I had plopped down on the deer trail itself because it allowed me to watch another, more promising, deer trail at the bottom of the hollow which was all torn up with rubs and scrapes. The morning was going smoothly until a big, bulky, 400-pound black bear showed up walking along the deer trail where I was sitting cross-legged.
By the time I saw him he was not more than 50 feet away and closing in fast. I stood up and shouted in the most intimidating
Courier Legals 10-8-14
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Pickens County Board of Appeals will meet in a work session on Monday, October 27, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at the Pickens County Administration Facility, 222 McDaniel Avenue, Pickens, SC, in the Main Conference Room.
Following the work session, the Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. in the main conference room at the Pickens County Administration Facility, 222 McDaniel Avenue, Pickens, SC. The following case will be heard:
1. BOA-14-006 Application for a variance for a flag lot with below-standard road frontage. Parcel is located on
Courier Notice of Creditors 10-8-14
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,
Courier Trespass Notices 10-8-14
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
Courier Classifieds 10-8-14
Announcements
To all persons claiming interest in 1988 13’ 6″ 1430 Starcraft, Daniel T. Burchett will apply to SCDNR for title on watercraft/outboard motor. If you have any claim to the watercraft/outboard motor, contact SCDNR at (803) 734-3858. Upon thirty days after the date of the last advertisement if no claim of interest is made and the watercraft/outboard motor has not been reported stolen, SCDNR shall issue clear title. Case No: 20140908950767 10/1, 8, 15
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Native American Cherokee Trail River Festival Oct. 18th-19th, 1800 12th St. Ext., Cayce, SC. Chief Sliverheels, son of “Tonto”, Dancers, Music, Crafts, Food, More! Information: 803-366-1705. SW
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