May 25, 2015

Ridge Spring News

Memorial Display: American Legion Post 133 has a Memorial Day display in the Ridge Spring Town Square in memory of servicemen killed during wars. Names of each serviceman from the Ridge Spring, Monetta and Ward area are displayed on a memorial ribbon. There are (13) from World War II: Getson Leon Boatwright, Guy D. Fallaw, Eldred L. Holmes, Andrew Jordan, Wallace A. Kneece, Elbert H. Lott, Harvey Haskell Miller, Wallace Oakman, Sim Riddlehoover, Thomas Jefferson Rutland, Carroll B. Salter, Roy Warren and Manchester Boykin Watson; (4) from Korea: John Earl Cockrell, Solomon Emmanuel, John Gilmore Miller and Bogus Padgett; and (3) from Vietnam: Cleveland Cue, James Pierce Powell and Elijah Williams. (If anyone knows of other servicemen or women killed in wars, please contact Post 133 so a ribbon can be dedicated in their memory.) Thanks to John and Nola Burger for their initiative in making this display each year.

Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church: Human/Sex Trafficking in our own backyard? Yes, it is happening in the CSRA. Join guest speaker Ginger Amerson of iCare to learn more about this growing problem. This informative session takes place at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church (1186 Mt. Calvary Rd, Johnston) on Monday, June 8 at 6:30 pm. Please RSVP by phone at 803-685-7523 or e-mail at mountcalvary@pbtcomm.net. Refreshments and childcare will be provided. For more information about iCare ministries visit i-care4.org.

Sometimes we forget how devastating a war can be.  Here is a reminder.

Laura Walker:  re: the poem “We Shall not Sleep” - my maternal grandmother had not one but TWO brothers die fighting in the battlefields and trenches of Flanders during World War I.  My paternal grandmother's young uncle (her mother's younger brother) also died there.  He was a young medical student who left school to serve.  Another great uncle lost his only son there and his only daughter lost her young husband as well.  Not unusual for Brits though - 50% of the adult men died fighting the Germans in World War I.   How horrible!

Don Hall: Youth Sunday is Sunday, June 7th. Service begins at 10:30AM. Our special guest preacher will be The Rev. Allean Oliphant of the Rosa Spring Baptist Church in Johnston.

Richard Elders: Each year the Ridge Spring Harvest Festival awards scholarships to seniors who have volunteered for the Harvest Festival and are planning to further their education. Applications are reviewed and this year and selected. Those who received a $500 scholarship each from the Harvest Festival are: Christal Gonzalez Duarte ----RSM
Conner Fox ----King Academy, and Allison Price-- King Academy.  After totaling today's fund we have given $44,800. ( Don’t forget the new date of the Harvest Festival September 19^th. )

Joanne Crouch: The Art Association of Ridge Spring has successfully had the first firing of our kiln!!!!!  It has been a long road.   With each step we are learning more.  Workshops  will be offered soon

Latest on Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale: The town and FORS sponsored areas are almost full. There are two lesft.  There are still places at Cumbee Place and The Watson House.  It is now a two day event.

 Samantha McClure: Ridge Spring Baptist Church Vacation Bible School is titled SonSparks Lab 2015 and will be held June 22-25th. Come learn about Gods Plan4Us=JESUS. Supper will be served each night. Supper/registration starts at 5:30pm, fun starts at 6:00 pm and dismissal at 8:00 pm.  Ages 0-Adults are welcome. Adult Bible Study will be led by Pastor John Chambers. Come join us for an exciting week. For more information, please call or text Mrs. Samantha McClure 870-703-0778.

Joe Cal Watson: The Watson Family Reunion will be held at the Watson House in Ridge Spring on Saturday, August first.  All descendants of John or William are invited to attend.  If you plan to be here, please let me know so your name will be in the pot.

Rene Miller RSM Elementary School

4H Summer Activities: Information about 4H Summer Activities may be found at:

http://www.clemson.edu/extension/county/saluda/programs/4h/ You may also contact the Saluda Extension Office at 864-445-8117 or Connie Lake at clake@clemson.edu or

Beth Morlock at ekedwar@clemson.edu

Youth Football and Cheerleading Camp: First 300 boys and 100 girls free! Each participant is asked to bring 5 can goods to be donated to Golden Harvest Food Bank. You can register online at www.kodaskids.org. The deadline is June 1. The camp is sponsored by Dakoda Watson, former South Aiken High football player and current NFL player for the Dallas Cowboys. Other NFL players will be there and have autographs for each child. T-shirts and light snacks will be provided. For more information, please contact Angela Watson at (803) 292-3830 or www.kodaskids.org

First Grade - Egg Drop: On Friday, May 1, first grade held its annual Egg Drop

Contest. Students designed containers to prevent a raw egg from cracking when tossed from the roof of the first grade building. The container could be made of and padded with any material. Each year we are intrigued by the creative projects.

Thank You! A big thank you to everyone involved in making Teacher Appreciation Week meaningful. Special thanks to our PTO for providing breakfast and lunch during the week and to our parents who volunteered to give teachers a duty free lunch: Angela Creech, Libby Cockrell, Marley Smart, Dorothy Quattlebaum, Connie Williams, Luz Balcazar, Amanda Fulmer, Marie Waters, Rhonda Mayo, and Teresa Price. We appreciate you!

On a personal note if you know me you know I do laugh.  I made a mistake last week and when it was pointed out to me I could not help but laugh.  I wrote “for granite” and not “for granted”.  Yes, granite is a rock and granted would have been more appropriate.  But you can’t help but laugh!!!!

Reminders:

June 5 & 6: peach Tree 23 Yard Sale

Aug. 1: Watson Reunion

Sept. 19: Ridge Spring Harvest Festival

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