March 16, 2015

Ridge Spring News

Noel Steele: Our first 2015 Harvest festival meeting will be March 24th, at 6:00pm. We are very excited about the potential of this years Harvest Festival and we have some exciting ideas and plans on how to bring a new and fresh look to the Festival. We invite you to join us to hear about the ideas and plans. We also would like to have your input and would like to hear your ideas. 

In order for this new plan to work, we need the Ridge Spring community to do what you do best come together and get involved. We will be introducing a new system on getting information out to our volunteers as well as the general public. If you can't make the meeting but still want to help please let me know we now have a way to get information to you also.

9^th ANNUAL SILENT\LIVE AUCTION" is March 20^th from 7 – 9 pm at JUNIPER RESTAURANT, at 640 East Main Street in Ridge Spring, SC.  Tickets are  $35.00 each or 2/$60.00.  For additional information, please call Monnie Romines (864) 803-1013 or Jerrold Watson (803) 685-7881

Calling All Vendors: We are now taking applications for our 2015 Market on the Ridge

Our first annual Market on the Ridge was a huge success and we are now accepting vendors for our 2015 Market. This show is a great way to kick off the spring shopping season and as we saw last year everyone is ready to come out of hibernation. If you are interested in being a vendor contact Noel Steele at Cumbee Place, her number is 803-685-0410. Applications at: market on the ridge.com

Janet and Donnie Lybrand: We'd like to thank everyone that came out to our Spring Gathering.  A lot of bunnies, flowers and birdhouses along with many other items found new homes! We are looking forward to the next big event.

Request from Margie Barton:  My father was born in Ridge Spring in 1911, my great grandmother Ellen Forrest Chapman is buried in Good Hope Lutheran Church yard along with her daughter Emma Chapman Turner and her husband James Everette Turner. If anyone knows of this family, please contact Harriet who will forward the information to me. I really need help in finding information on my grandparents and great grandparents.. 

March is World Kidney Month. Last Thursday Mae-Ann Webb, Miss York 2015, and McKenzie Faye Wannamaker, her princess, greeted customers at Bi-Lo in Batesburg with a free bottle of water and a kidney disease awareness packet. Their purpose was to encourage our community to drink more water and take care of their kidneys. Kidney awareness is an important topic with Miss Webb as her brother was diagnosed with a kidney disease 3 years ago. They distributed 126 bottles of water and dozens of York Peppermint Patty candy pieces to children. A fitting candy for Miss York… McKenzie’s brother, Drayton, helped keep the table supplied with water bottles.

Miss Webb and Miss Wannamaker also collected donations for the Children’s Miracle Network, the charity which was officially named the Miss America Organization’s platform in 2007. Since then the partnership has raised more than $10 million, benefiting member CMN Hospitals across the United States. Miss Webb will compete in the Miss America System at a state level in June in the Miss South Carolina Pageant in Columbia

Magnolia Ridge Antiques and Art Gathering Featuring Palmetto Antique Tractors will take place on May 16th. Any dealers that would like to reserve a space please contact: bevarndt36@gmail.com

Rene Miller RSM Elementary

Community Learning Night was a huge success. Students and parents enjoyed a wide range of activities. Participants who visited our computer labs were able to explore technology. Titan Farms presented a Power Point describing the different varieties of peaches, how peaches are irrigated, and how they are packed. Clemson Extension held two sessions. The robotics session allowed participants to use robotic cars. The nutrition session explored stop, slow, and go drinks. This activity demonstrated how much sugar is in a 20 ounce soda. The Savannah River Ecology Lab brought an assortment of live animals. Animals ranged in size from a small tree frog to a full grown coyote. The coyote has a webpage that can be found at http://srel.uga.edu/outreach/animals/image258.htm. Ridge Spring and Batesburg fire departments teamed up to provide a fire safety house and fire truck. In the exhibit hall, participants could receive information from Freedman Parenting Center and view the Electricity City that was made by our GT students. Yearbooks and school shirts could also be purchased. We appreciate all the individuals and organizations that helped make Community Learning Night a blast!!!

Talent Show: Students in grades 3 - 5 can perform in a talent show on March 25. The cost to perform or attend is $1.00. Money should be sent on the day of the event. Students in all grades can attend.

 

Reminders:

March 28: Market on the Ridge

May 16: Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering

Ridge Spring Library hours: Mon/Tues 8:30 am - 12 pm; Wed., 12:30 – 4:30; Thurs 8:30 am - 12:00 pm; Fri 12:30 pm -4:30 pm, Saturday from 9:00 until noon,

Every 2^nd & 4^th Monday:  Kids' Corner Story Time 10:30-11:30 a.m., at the Ridge Spring Library. 

Every 2^nd Monday:  RSM Elem PTO meets at 6:30 pm in the media center. 

Every Friday & Saturday:  AARS hours 10 – 4 or by appt, free admission RS NEWS