Banjo pickers set to come Hagood Mill
The Banjo Extravaganza Festival will return to the Hagood Mill Historic Site on Friday, July 18, and Saturday, July 19, offering a weekend of toe-tapping tunes, Appalachian heritage and traditional artistry.
The festival begins Friday at 6:30 p.m. with “Early Banjo History with Clifton Hicks.” Hicks, a well-known performer and historian, will lead a musical journey
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Community Calendar 7-9-25
• Legion Post 67 seeks members
American Legion Post 67 in Liberty is accepting applications for membership from all U.S. military wartime veterans. For more information, call (864) 787-2322.
• Legion Post 52 to meet on 4th Tuesday
American Legion Post 52 officials invite all military veterans to join them in Easley.
Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Post building at 310 Pope Field Road in Easley.
• ‘Night of Nature’ to be held July 15-17
North Anderson Community Church- Presbyterian, located at 4200 Liberty Highway, will be presenting Three Nights of Nature on July 15-17, starting at 7 p.m. each night.
On July 15, Dr. Mike Ferro will talk about arthropods found in your backyard, then on
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Courier Trespass Notices 7-9-25
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:
Kevin Hardin Sept. 2025
Greg & Rosemarie D’Ginto Sept. 2025
Thomas and
Mary Ann Shivers Sept. 2025
Treadwell and Erica Zeigler Oct. 2025
Courier Notice to Creditors 7-9-25
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 uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.
Estate:
Edward Christian Barnaskey
Date of Death: 5/14/2025
Case Number: 2025ES3900397
Courier Legal Notices 7-9-25
NASA: Fireball result of meteorite
By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
COUNTY — A meteor that exploded over Georgia on Thursday afternoon was responsible for a bright “fireball” seen streaking across the skies in parts of the Southeastern United States, including Pickens County, according to NASA.
The fireball was first observed around 12:20 p.m., prompting more than 200
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‘Long overdue’

Monument to Andrew Pickens to highlight Legacy Square
By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com
PICKENS — Those passing by Legacy Square in Pickens are sure to have noticed work being done where the fountain used to be.
A monument to General Andrew Pickens is being built there, a project that Pickens Historical Society President Wayne Kelley calls “long overdue.”
“There is no proper monument here to General Andrew Pickens, the namesake of our
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