IT IS TIME TO VOTE IN THE PICKENS COUNTY COUNTY COURIER’S READERS CHOICE AWARDS
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Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce celebrating 60 years
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com PICKENS — The Greater Pickens Chamber of Commerce uses a variety of tools to More »
PCSO lauds ‘Devil in Disguise’ guilty pleas, sentences
By Jason Evans Staff Reporter jevans@thepccourier.com STATE — The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is hailing recent guilty pleas entered in More »
Lady Lions clinch third straight region title with win over Tigers
By Bru Nimmons Sports Editor bnimmons@thepccourier.com TIGERVILLE — The Daniel High School girls’ basketball team traveled to Blue Ridge on More »
Courier Letters to the Editor
Saitta gives update on road paving Dear Editor, Last month, I wrote the SCDOT had added repaving S.C. 183 from More »
Whiten takes the stage at the Opry
By Rocky Nimmons Publisher rnimmons@thepccourier.com NASHVILLE — What a week it has been for Six Mile native and up‑and‑coming country More »
The witch’s grave
Bill, severely wounded in Afghanistan, limped from shrapnel lodged in his left leg. Suffering from PTSD, unable to find a job, he welcomed the forgiving obscurity provided by alcohol.
The preacher got him into AA and found him a job as the caretaker of an old cemetery. He lived in the caretaker’s cabin. He cut the grass in summer and raked the leaves in the fall. His only companion was a little black cat with a splotch of white fur on her chest. He named her Josephine.
Bill whistled as he began to rake up the leaves covering the graves. He stopped to brush
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Letters to the Editor 11-1-23
Growth comes with impact
Dear Editor,
Growth is inevitable, but at what expense? Census Bureau data shows that S.C. ranked fifth in the nation for population growth from April 2020 to July 2022. While most would agree that growth is good for our communities, it should not create a burden to the current and future
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Can we truly live in peace?
Have you considered that worry and anxiety is an issue we can control?
Many within the medical world agree that stress is not a lurking monster that forces us to be afraid, but rather our negative thoughts are a nurtured response to what we see and hear. In other words, our assumptions become empowered when our emotions embrace them. Thus, if 
we can learn how to re-wire or renew the way we think, we can begin to walk in victory over fear which we blame for ruining our happiness.
We’ve heard about going to our “happy place” a seemingly magical location where we can take
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Devils dropped by Wildcats in third round
By Bru Nimmons
Sports Editor
bnimmons@thepccourier.com
NINETY SIX — Looking for their third consecutive trip to the Upper State championship, the Liberty Red Devil volleyball team travelled to Ninety Six High School last Wednesday to take on the Wildcats.
Despite back-and-forth battles throughout the match’s four sets, the Red Devils were unable to reclaim their spot in the upper state match,
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Lions’ season ends against Powdersville
By Ian Taylor
Courtesy The Journal
itaylor@upstatetoday.com
CENTRAL — Not many teams in high school sports get to have a happy ending to their seasons, and this year it wasn’t the Daniel volleyball team’s turn to go out on top.
Hosting Powdersville in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs on Tuesday, the Lions attempted to come back from a 2-1 deficit but could not pull off the reverse in
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Blue Flame ousted by South Aiken
AIKEN — The Pickens Blue Flame volleyball team knew they were in for a battle when they travelled nearly three hours to take on the South Aiken Thoroughbreds on Thursday night.
The T-Breds gave Pickens all it wanted early on taking a 2-0 lead and were close to taking the 3-0 sweep before the Blue Flame battled back from a 24-22 deficit in the do-or-die third set to take a 25-24 lead.
However, Pickens was unable to complete the comeback ultimately falling 31-29
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Courier Classifieds 11-1-23
Announcements
Courier Notice to Creditors 11-1-23
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: Melanie Renee Atkins
Date of Death: 8/26/2023
Case Number: 2023ES3900773
PICKENS COUNTY DELINQUENT TAX SALE 11-1-23
DELINQUENT TAX SALE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
By virtue of and under authority of certain Tax Executions issued to me, I, April L. Carman., Delinquent Tax Collector of Pickens County, have levied upon and taken exclusive possession of the
following property and will sell the same to the highest bidder at PUBLIC AUCTION within the legal hours of sale at the Pickens County Performing Arts Center, 314 W. Main Street, Liberty, South Carolina, on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, beginning at 10:00A.M.
THE LAST OPPRTUNITY TO PAY TO AVOID THE TAX SALE IS FRIDAY, November 10, 2023. NO PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON THE DAY OF SALE.
PLEASE BE SURE TO PAY IN CERTIFIED FUNDS (CASH, CASHIERS CHECK OR MONEY ORDER)
NOTICE: PURSUANT TO SEC.12-51-55 (S.C. CODE OF LAWS), THE 2023 PROPERTY TAXES (CURRENT TAXES) WILL BE ADDED TO THE AMOUNTS LISTED BELOW.
THE SUM OF THE DELINQUENT TAXES AND CURRENT TAXES WILL BE THE MINIMUM BID FOR EACH PROPERTY.
YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER TO BID AT THE TAX SALE. THE FORM IS AVAILABLE ON THE DELINQUENT TAX PAGE OF THE COUNTY’S WEBSITE AT: WWW.CO.PICKENS.SC.US/DELINQUENTTAX.
THERE WILL BE NO REGISTRATION ON THE DAY OF SALE.
OWNER (NOW OR FORMERLY) MAP/PARCEL # AMOUNT DUE AS OF 10-27-23
ABRAMS, JAMES 5028-08-99-2106 $4,305.17
AIKEN, MICHAEL E. 5110-16-94-4391 $356.79
ALLEN, BILLY RAY 5059-15-52-5782 $520.01
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