January 27, 2014
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
The newest project that the Friends
of Ridge spring are undertaking is set for March 22 at the civic center. We will have an application on line and a
layout of the gym with 5 of the 25 places already reserved.
Market on the Ridge
Antiques, Artisans
March 22 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Mark your calendars
Souper
Bowl of Caring started in 1990 in Columbia, SC with 22 churches. Since then it
has gone nationwide. On February 2, 2014 Churches
around the country will host events to collect food and cash to help nonprofit
hunger organizations.
Visit
the web site: www.souperbowl.org/ for more information and to see how your Church or
organization can help fight hunger on the local level.
The Ridge Spring High School class of 1956 and the Ridge
Spring Monetta High School classes of 1957-1968 are planning a reunion on May
24, 2013. The next planning meeting is Saturday, February 8, 12:30 pm at
Juniper in Ridge Spring. If you would like to help in the planning,
please come or contact Harriet Householder at 803-532-2887, hfhouseholder@gmail.com.
The Ridge
Spring United Methodist Church has a new phone umber: 803.685.0060 and we are
on Face Book
Little League Baseball sign-ups are
as follows The dates are January 18 and the 25 and February 1,
8, and the 15th from 10-1 at the ball field in Monetta. Any Questions call
480-2290.
The Yon Family Farm Sale is coming
up in February 15, 2014 at noon. You can go on line to check out and sign
up. It is their 24th Bull
Performance Sale. www.youfamilyfarm.com
From David Marshall James: Have
been a fan of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series since the low single
digits. She’s now up to twenty
volumes—“Takedown Twenty,” and I had difficulty spreading it out to three
sittings. I’ll follow the foibles of the
Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter (bond-recovery agent) as long as it makes me
laugh out loud, and this one certainly did, with Lula, Stephanie’s coworker,
grabbing most of the guffaws, along with a giraffe that Lula names Kevin. Yes—a giraffe.
Stephanie is finally
desirous of settling down with longtime, on-and-off-again beau (and Trenton
cop) Joe Morelli, but it doesn’t help that his Sicilian grandmother, Bella,
keeps putting the Evil Eye on Stephanie, because the latter is attempting to
apprehend Bella’s nephew (and Joe’s godfather), on whom Stephanie’s cousin
Vinnie has written an enormous bond, for a murder that was caught on a camera
phone and has even been posted on YouTube.
I say Stephanie’s own
grandmother, Grandma Mazur, should have a throwdown with Bella. That could be the focus of “Throwdown
Twenty-One.” The Trenton bookies
wouldn’t be able to answer their phones fast enough, and Lula could fire off
one of her rocket launchers for good measure.
I would be so there.
John Kneece pastor of Ridge Spring United Methodist Church:
“Cuba?
You are going to Cuba on a mission trip? You will be doing construction?
Boy, I could do that.” Those words
pretty much summed up my thoughts early last summer when a couple of friends
from Batesburg-Leesville told me that they had signed up for a mission trip to
Cuba with the United Methodist Church Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM)
program. They also told me that the
team still had openings. With Jo-Ann’s
(my wife) encouragement, I contacted the team leader to see if I could join the
team. He told me that I would be on the “waiting list” because he had filled
all the slots that morning. However, in
just a week or so, he notified me that I had a place on the team. I applied for and received my passport and
took the recommended vaccinations (thought I wouldn’t ever have to do that
again when I retired from the Air Force in 1992). On November 3, 2013, the three of us left
Batesburg-Leesville and drove to Miami to hook up with the other eight team
members at a hotel near Miami Airport.
Other team members came from Sumter, Anderson, Mauldin, Simpsonville,
and Greenville. On November 4th, after doing the
bag-drag-stand-around-shuffle most of the morning (another thing I thought I
had left behind in the Air Force) we boarded the airplane and in an hour or two
landed at Jose Marti Airport in Havana, Cuba.
In Havana, we met representatives from the
Methodist Church in Cuba (an interpreter/tour guide and a bus driver) who would
be charged with our care and feeding while we were in Cuba. Both of them were committed to keeping our
mission team safe and they were absolutely wonderful people to work with. We spent that night at the Methodist Church
in Cuba headquarters building (in addition to the administrative offices for
the Methodist Church in Cuba and the office of the Bishop, they operate a kind
of hostel for pastors and families and for mission teams…kind of a large bed
and breakfast/lunch/supper place). The
next morning after taking care of currency exchange (only Cuban currency is
accepted on the economy) and sorting through the packages of tools and supplies
we had brought to sort out the material that should stay in Havana, we embarked
on the first leg of a 17-hour road trip to Santiago de Cuba, the second largest
city in Cuba, and the location of the John Wesley Methodist Church where our
team would be helping with construction.
We spent the first night on the road at Camp Canaan (pronounced Ka-non),
a Methodist Church retreat and conference center located in a small town about
7 hours out of Havana. The water supply for this camp comes from a large spring
(outflow is enough to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool). This same water comes out of the shower
heads, so the showers were pretty short!
The next morning, we boarded the bus (ugh!!! more service travel memories)
and bombed on down the highway for another 10 hours or so to our destination in
Santiago de Cuba.
In Santiago de Cuba, we went directly to John
Wesley church where we discovered a four floor building with an unfinished roof
over the fourth floor. We also
discovered that the pastor and his family lived on the third floor of the
church. We were told that they had moved
beds and furniture around within their quarters and had created sleeping
accommodations for the eleven- member team.
It was tight, but
comfortable…{This is the first installment
--- next week, building a roof five floors up)…John Kneece
Rene
Miller, RSM Elementary/Middle School
Group Four Spelling Bee was held at
RSM on Wednesday, January 15th. This included students from RSM, JD Lever,
North Aiken Elementary, and Aiken Middle. Congratulations to, Zachary Chaney,
Aiken Middle, 1st place; Gracie Holsenback,
RSM, 2nd place; and Jamari Simmons, 3rd
place, J.D. Lever These students will participate in the County Spelling Bee on
February 3rd at the URS Center on Newberry Street in Aiken. Congratulations to
these students.
The following classes have 100%
participation in Trojan Pride Day. This is a great accomplishment and we are
very proud of the following classes!
They are Mrs. Lott, Mrs. Kerby, Mrs. Havird, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Hallman, Ms.
Johnson, and Mrs. Palmer
Right Choices--Right Track--- Bright
Futures Rally Saturday, March 15, 2014 9:30-12:45
Schofield Middle School Grades 5-8: This
is a free, informative rally that will have guest speakers, exhibition booths
of Aiken County middle schools and outside agencies, and breakout sessions on
topics including: All You Need to Know About IEPs, Promoting Positive
Behaviors, Internet Safety, Preparing for Your Future Now, etc. Food, and door prizes
will be given away.
Josie
Rodgers RSM High School
Girl
Scout Cookie orders will be taken through Jan. 27 ($3.50 per box). Cookies
will be delivered between February 14 and February 20. Choices include Thanks-a-Lot, Lemonades, Shortbread, Thin Mints,
Peanut Butter Patties, Caramel Delites, & Peanut Butter Sandwiches. Can’t find a Girl Scout? Find some leaders: Donna Way, Dana Berry, Stephanie Harmon, or
Effie Martin.
RSM
High News: The FFA and Beta Club held
a toy drive in December: Toys for
Toddlers. The toy drive became a
competition among all 4th period classes. Coach Johnson’s class won the drive and were
rewarded with a cookout; Coach Johnson received a $50 gift card to Edgefield
Fuel and Convenience. The FFA and Beta
Club share many of the same students, so they have joined efforts this year to
provide service to our community.
The
Renaissance Pep Rally was held last Friday. Students were recognized for perfect
attendance, academic achievement, and improvement in MAP scores. Hailey Turner was honored as Student of the Month, and Mrs. Bedenbaugh was honored as Teacher of
the Month.
Trojan Island was also held last
week to celebrate all students who had not tardies, have turned all their
homework in, and no discipline issues.
Last week’s lunch was a hot dog picnic.
Aiken County Public School District would like to invite
parents and members of the community to take part in a Stakeholder Input Meeting for the development of the District’s
Five-Year Strategic Plan. This plan includes goals and activities for improving
student achievement, teacher/leadership quality, and school climate. A meeting
will be held on March 6 at RS-M Elem/Med Media Center from 6 pm until 7:30
pm to obtain your input and feedback. Your attendance will be greatly
appreciated.
Reminders:
Note: the library closes at 12 noon on
Saturdays. I have been saying 1:00.
Ridge
Spring Library hours:
Mon/Tues 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.; Thurs 8:30 am - 12:30 pm; Fri 12:30 pm -4:30 pm;
Sat 9 am -12:00 noon.
Every Friday & Saturday: AARS hours 10 – 4
Every 2nd & 4th
Monday: Kids' Corner Story Time 10:30-11:30 a.m., at the Ridge Spring Library.
Every first Tuesday of
the Month: AARS meets 685-5783
Every Wednesday: AA
meets at Recovery Works
Every
Monday & Friday: Narcotics Anonymous
and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
7:00 pm at The Ridge Spring Library
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