Daily Archives: 04/22/2025
Family Promise gets $20K grant to fight homelessness
COUNTY — Family Promise of Pickens County recently received a $20,000 grant from Clayton, ensuring that families in Pickens County receive the support they need to stay
safely housed.
The grant is a portion of the $1.5 million Clayton is dispersing to the Family Promise national network. The funds are a result of the recently announced partnership extension between Family Promise and Clayton. A Future Begins at Home, the initiative born from the collaboration, is dedicated to
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Business of the Month
The April Business of the Month for the Greater Champber of Commerce is the Youth Leadership Academy of South Carolina. Youth Leadership Academy is a public charter middle school serving 288 students in grades 6-8. Along with first class academics, students focus on leadership skills, health and wellness skills, and serving the local community. Through hands on learning, outside of classroom experiences, and mentorship from school staff, students learn how to communicate effectively, solve problems and work collaboratively. YLA encourages academic excellence, parental involvement, and a commitment to service to others, empowering students to make a difference. YLA helps to grow students into responsible, motivated leaders ready to make an impact in their schools and beyond. Pictured are in front Trish Morgan, the academy’s Director of School Based Programs and Community Outreach Sandee Blankenship, YLA head of special rojects Nathan Swords, YLA Principal Melissa Kennedy and Bryan Owens. In Back are Melisa Sedler, Jessica Callahan, Harold Alexander, Dave Michel, Debbie Gravely of the Pickens Chamber.
Liberty’s American Legion Post 67 selects four for Leadership Programs
LIBERTY — The American Legion Frank D. Callaham Post 67 recently announced the selection of four local students to attend two of South Carolina’s most esteemed 
leadership programs — the 2025 Palmetto Boys State and the Nathan M. Wolfe Law Cadet Academy.
After a highly competitive selection process, Liberty High School students Mac Bigbee
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Mobile Medical Clinic headed to Six Mile
A mobile medical clinic is scheduled to be in Six Mile on Thursday, May 8.
Held at Six Mile Baptist Church’s Roper Building, the event will be presented by the 
Samaritan Health Clinic of Pickens County in conjunction with the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM). The clinic will operate from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and will
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Courier Classifieds 4-23-25
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Courier Trespass Notices 4-23-25
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:
H. Melvin Barr May 2025
Susan P. Gilstrap and
Michael H. Pilgrim July 2025
Notice to Creditors 4-23-25
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
Estate: Doris Ann Lesley
Date of Death: 08/11/2024
Case Number: 2025ES3900265
Courier Legal Notices 4-23-25
