April 14, 2014
RS NEWS
The Friends of Ridge Spring
has received a grant from AgSouth to help promote our Farmers’ Market. The money will be used to advertise our
market and they will give out bags with their logo. We are fortunate to receive such
support. Thank You
PLEASE HELP SAVE THE
HARVEST FESTIVAL!!!!!!! The 2014 Ridge Spring Harvest Festival Committee is in desperate
need of volunteers to fill the many activities that it takes for Ridge Spring
to host a festival. We need your valuable input. If we do not get
adequate assistance this year, the future of this 33-year-old tradition will be
in jeopardy. Email Joanne Crouch@ joanne.crouch26@gmail.com or call (803)685-5577 before 9pm. Leave message and
I will respond to you.
Have a club orf civic
group? Got an idea that we could add to
the festival that you think will enhance this family friendly festival. Scouts need services badges? Consider using the Harvest Festival to get
the work out about you and your group.
Can you believe the beauty that is around us – the azaleas,
dogwoods, wisteria and so much more? The South is alive!!!
All are welcome to the Friends
of Ridge Spring meeting on this Thursday April 17. The guest speaker will be Jackie Moore. It will be held at the Parrish House of the
Episcopal Church at 5:00 PM.
The Town of Ridge Spring
needs two people to serve on the Election Commission, this is a volunteer
position. Please call Town Hall for more info.
The RS-M Reunion of 1956 to
1968 needs help with the addresses of Elaine Blackston class of 1967, Jean Merritt
class of 1963, Martha Sue Thornton Brooks class of 1965, and Gene Ray Hutto
Class of 1965.
Pat's Corner will be closed temporarily. Visit us again in
May
RIDGE SPRING FIRE DEPARTMENT BENEFIT
In Memory of MICHAEL B. ADAMICK will be held Saturday, May 3, 2014 5:00 pm –
til There will be a street dance Street Dance
with MUSIC BY STEELE JUSTICE BAND Tickets are $10.00 for the BBQ Dinner
that will begin being served at 5:00 PM Bake Sale included. The Auction
will begin at 6:00 PM. The event is held at the Ridge Spring Fire Department
near the town square.
Joe Cal Watson’s variation
on the Burma Shave signs in his field has already had success. A lady driving to Colorado stopped by and
bought pecans to take as gifts to the ones she was going to visit.
The Palmetto Tractor Club
will be displaying their vintage tractors at the Magnolia Ridge show on May 17th
at the Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering. Check out the web site.
Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale has
a facebook page. Check it out too. A few more spaces may be opening up.
The Episcopal Church of the Ridge,
Holy Week schedule will be: Maundy Thursday -
Trenton, Our Savior church @ 6:30pm; Good Friday -
Edgefield, Trinity church @ noon
Easter Vigil – Trenton; Our Savior
church @ 7:00pm; and Easter Sunday - Ridge Spring, Grace
church @ 10:00am. All are
welcome:
John Kneece: On April 9, 2014, Spann
United Methodist Church (Ridge Spring Charge, Greenwood District) hosted an
evening of instrumental music and congregational singing. Steven
Hendrickson, Principal Trumpeter, National Symphony Orchestra, and Bill Wright,
Clarinetist (retired), National Symphony Orchestra, accompanied by Kathy Jo
Long (wife of Reverend Joe Long, DS, Rock Hill District) presented the
instrumental accompaniment to the congregational singing led by Pastor John
Kneece. Mr. Hendrickson also presented two trumpet solos (from works by
Handel and Mendelssohn). Mr. Wright opened the evening with a clarinet
jazz rendition of "Amazing Grace." This was the second occasion of
Mr. Hendrickson coming to share his talents with the membership at Spann and
the surrounding communities, having accompanied congregational singing at the
Good Friday Worship in 2012.
Ridge Spring United
Methodist Church:
RSUMC is pleased to announce that every other
month The Big Red Box (non perishable food items) will be
delivered to Helpful Hands Mission. Helpful Hands is located in Ridge Spring,
on Hazard Circle. If you would like to participate please leave your donations
either with Jim Campbell or on the Church or Family Life Center porches. A
Church member will see that it makes into the Red Box. We will continue to deliver food to the Johnston Food
Bank on alternate months.
RSUMC is still looking for children: birth – 4
years of age to participate in My First Books (child receives age
appropriate book once a month for a year at no cost to the family). Must
have a Saluda County zip code and fall within the age guidelines. Please
contact Nanette Hughes, 685.6071 or Pastor Key at Helpful Hands Mission.
RSUMC is on Face Book. Visit our page, like
us. The more ‘likes’ the more feedback we receive on how to improve our page.
See what’s going on at Church, view pictures, check on events and activities
and see what you are missing by not being a part of this vital and energetic
congregation.
The Joe and Betty
Watson Family Life Center -FLC
(located directly next to the Church on DuBose Street) is available for bridal
showers, graduation parties, baby showers, family reunions, meetings. The FLC
has a full kitchen, two bathrooms and plenty of parking, large outside area and
amble indoor space. Please contact JoAnn Kneece at: 803. 532.2354 to check availability. We welcome the opportunity to open
not only the FLC to the community but the Church as well. Please contact us and
we will be happy to meet you as you view these facilities.
RSUMC will be participating in the Easter
Services in Ridge Spring. Below is that schedule:
7:00 - Sunrise Service on hill behind Ridge Spring Baptist Church
7:40 -
Breakfast hosted by Ridge Spring Baptist Church
8:30 - Morning
Worship at Ridge Spring UMC
9:45 - Morning
Worship at Spann UMC
RSUMC will host Rebekah Burger and Rachel
Burger on May 4, 2014 at the regular 11
a.m. worship service. Join us as they share how their lives were forever
changed when they landed in Managua, Nicaragua on January 25, 2014. Through
words and pictures they will share their mission with over 300 children. We
know you will leave with a full heart.
The OUR SUNDAY BEST TALENT SHOWCASE was held Sunday
April 13th at 400 PM at the Saluda Theater. Five year old Xamiyah Robinson of saluda is the winner and raining
champion of the 1st Our Sunday Best Talent Showcase. Get ready for
round two coming this summer. Thank you
for your support and thank you Xamiyah.
The
Silence
About
six miles from Maastricht. in the Netherlands lie buried 8,301 American
soldiers who died in "Operation Market Garden" in the battles to
liberate Holland in the fall and winter of 1944-45. Every one of the men
buried in the cemetery, as well as those in the Canadian and British military
cemeteries has been adopted by a Dutch family who mind the grave, decorate, and
keep alive the memory of the soldier they have adopted. It is even the
custom to keep a portrait of "their" American soldier in a place of
honor in their home. Annually on "Liberation Day"
Memorial Services are held for "the men who died to liberate
Holland." The day concludes with a concert. The final piece is
always “IL Silenzio", a memorial piece commissioned by the Dutch and first
played in 1965 on the 20th anniversary of Holland's liberation. It has been the
concluding piece of the memorial concert ever since.
This year the soloist was a 13 year old Dutch girl,
Melissa Venema, backed by André Rieu and his orchestra (the Royal Orchestra of
the Netherlands). This beautiful concert piece is based upon
the original version of taps and was composed by Italian composer Nino Rossi. Check it out on the internet.
Jeffrey Clamp: The
Ridge Spring-Monetta High School and Middle School Concert Bands participated in
the Carowinds Festival of Music on Friday, April 4th. Both groups performed
very well. The Middle School band received a rating of "Excellent"
from all three judges and the High School band received a rating of
"Superior" from all three judges.
Josie Rodgers: We
had a wonderful time at Disney World last week! It truly is the most magical
place on earth, BUT there is no place like home! Even my little boy said he was glad to be
home. I am impressed with how well the Disney Parks cater to special needs
children. We have received the wonderful
news that Leagrace will receive a
wish from the Make a Wish Foundation! Guess where she’ll be going! This foundation was always special but has a
new place in my heart because of their compassion for Leagrace and our friend
Janie Powell.
RSM High News: The
FFA will open its Spring Festival of Flowers April 15-17,
with an invitation only event the afternoon of April 14 between 1-5 pm. On display in the greenhouse are impatiens,
lantana, begonias, petunias, marigolds, and vincas as well as tomatoes and peppers.
The RS-M Greenhouse is a fundraiser for
the Agriculture Program and proceeds from the sale support Agriculture
Education.
Pat Shealy: Everyone is
invited to the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Mt. Calvary on Saturday, April 19,
at 3:00 pm.
Bring three eggs and an Easter basket and be prepared to have fun finding
eggs. There will be a prize for the most eggs found and for the person
who finds the Gold egg. Refreshments will be served afterward.
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church will host the
Arpad Darazs Singers in concert on Sunday, May 4 at 4:00 pm. This choral group
performs several concerts each year at churches throughout the state. The members
of Mt. Calvary are honored they have chosen to perform their Spring Concert at
our church. Everyone who enjoys beautiful music is invited to join us for this
free concert. A reception will follow the concert. The Arpad Darazs Singers are from the Midlands.
In October 2013, they celebrated the twenty-sixth anniversary of their first
public performance. Their musical mentor, Dr. Arpad A. Darazs , came to the
United States from Hungary in 1957. Dr.
Darazs joined the faculty of the University of South Carolina in 1966. He
founded the University of South Carolina Concert Choir and the Palme to
Mastersingers. He also conducted the Columbia Boys Choir, the Columbia
Barbershop Chorus, and the First Presbyterian Church Choir. Dr. Darazs died in
1986. Robert D. Neese, Jr., along with several other USC music alumni, formed
the Arpad Darazs Singers in 1987 and has been its sole
conductor. Johnston residents, Connie
and Butch Austin, are members of this choral ensemble.
Joanne Crouch, AARS President.
Saturday, May 10th from
10-noon will be a Dip N’ Splash special event for Mother’s Day-Mother-Daughter
Casual Tea. We will provide the tea
and cookies, paint and supplies and you enjoy the experience of taking the time
to do an activity with that someone special.
Cost of class is $40 for mother and daughter. Space is limited to 6 mother-daughter pairs,
ages 8 and up. Some spots are still
available. Contact Joanne Crouch at joanne.crouch26@gmail.com or call 803.685.5577.
The art
Center in Ridge Spring is open every Friday and Saturday from 10:00 AM to 4:00
PM. We will be open during the Peach
Tree 23Yard Sale.
Rene Miller: RSM Elem/Mid News
Congratulations to our K5 teacher,
Retta Havird. Mrs. Havird was chosen as one of the five finalists for the Aiken
County Teacher of the Year. She is now a part of the 2014-2015 Honor Court. The
finalists were chosen from 37 school-level teacher of the year winners. The
Aiken County teacher of the year will be announced on April, 28, 2014.
Registration for 4 and 5 year old
kindergarten for the 2014-15 school year will be held
at Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary/Middle School on April 16 and 17:
All students entering
school for the first time are requested to provide the following documents:
1. Birth Certificate (long
form that includes parents' names)
2. Social Security Card
3. Immunization Card/DHEC
Form #1148
4. 2 Proofs of residency
(any 2 bills registered in your name)
5. Proof of Income (for 4K
registrants only)
Immunization
For complete immunization
requirements call 1-800-27-SHOTS or visit ww.scdhec.gov.
Age Requirements: Child
Development (4K): 4 years old by September 1 Kindergarten (5K): 5 years old by
September 1
Reminders:
April 17: Friends of Ridge Spring Meeting @5:00 PM
May 3: RS Volunteer Fire Dept. Fund Raiser
May 17: Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering
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. The Ridge Spring Library always needs volunteers to help.
They have also received donated books.
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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