August 10, 2015
Ridge Spring News
Harriet
Householder
The Ridge spring Farmers’ Market is slowing
down a bit. Leonard Bell gets there
about 8:00. Mrs. Carr said the weather
has ended her produce that she has been bringing. Peaches are still at the market. Tomatoes, corn and baked goods and much
more .
Don’t forget the boiled peanuts.
Sherald is taking orders for crowder peas for they will be coming in
this week. He is able to keep the deer
out by using hot pepper spray that he is making. Check us out round 8:00 and after. Samantha McClure has a cook book with many
recipes for using chocolate and she is cooking her way through the book. She made soda bread by the old recipe too.
Last week Joe Cal Watson who is 91 years old
had a former classmate from the elementary school years come visit him. My mother, Harriet Brunson Fripp Barnwell, taught
Joe so she also taught the classmate in fourth grade. Mom kept pictures of her early classes,
1933. I went to her album and found a
picture of Joe’s Classmates. His name is
His name is Ben Kilgo. Joe said, “Your mother taught
us in the fourth grade and his father was our minister.”
RS United Methodist Church is
sponsoring a Beat the Heat Blitz for
the RS Fire Dept. On Sat., Aug. 22, you may bring waters and
Gatorades to the fire dept anytime between 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. This event is at tremendous help for those
men and women who battle blazes, save lives, and help out community in all
kinds of ways. For more information, contact Nanette Hughes. Next Sunday August 16, 2015, Pastor Sandra King will offer communion at
RSUMC. This is open Communion and ALL are welcome.
Shawna Heid, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church: As most of you know by now, Shaun Steele, son of Jesse
& Debra Steele, is a 28 year old battling colon cancer. Shaun is
married to Alex, daughter of Dana & Tracy Stone. They have a precious
18 month old daughter named Harper Quinn. Shaun has endured chemo and
radiation to enable his tumor to be removed surgically. His surgery was
completed only to discover more cancer. Shaun will receive massive chemo
in an effort to stop the cancer. Your prayers and financial support are
needed during this fight against cancer
The WMU of Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church is sponsoring a Spaghetti Dinner Benefit to raise funds to assist with
medical and living expenses as Shaun is unemployed during this battle.
The benefit is scheduled for Saturday, October 3 from 12:00 - 4:00
pm in the Family Life Center at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
Cost for the dinner will be:
3 & under
- Free
4 - 12 years old - $4.00
13 and older
- $8.00
Tickets may be purchased at Mt. Pleasant Baptist church on Sunday mornings
& evenings and Wednesday nights 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Also, church members
will have access to tickets. Live music will entertain all attending as
well as a Cake Walk will be held from 1:00 - 2:00 pm. Pick a cake
made from scratch for $20.00 if you land on the CAKE circle. In addition, a Silent Auction will be viewed
from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Bids will cease at 3:00 after which
the winners will be announced. More information will follow on items for
bid “at the right price.” Mark your calendar for this special day of fellowship
and financial support for Shaun and his family. A day to remember! For more information you may contact :
LaRose Smart , Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church WMU Director (803-685-7071).
Coach McCormack: We
will also be having a Fall Sports Rally in the town square in town on Thursday, August 27th @6:30 to
celebrate the fall sports teams and to kick off the football season against
Saluda High on Friday night.
We
will be having a fall sports meet the team night/Booster Club meeting at 7 o'clock in the gym on August 17th. We need to have all parents
of fall athletes to attend. We will introduce coaches, distribute sports
schedules, and discuss ways to increase parent participation in the Booster
Club and other Athletic projects.
Harvest Festival: The tees are in! Children’s shirts are $10 in (med
& large). Adult short
sleeves are $12 & long sleeves are $15 (small to XXXlarge). Contact
Noel at Cumbee Place.
AARS: For the second time, we are
offering a silk scarf painting class with Libby Bussinah on Sat.,
Sept. 19 from 9-2 for $45 including all supplies. The Art Center is open each
Friday and Saturday from 10-4. Monthly
membership meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month. Membership fees are $25 for the year.
The Johnston Farmers’
& Artists’ Market continues each Thursday afternoon on Calhoun Street in front
of the Library/Warehouse from 4 - 6 pm. Locals are offering fresh fruits &
vegetables, handmade soaps, apothecary items, fresh milk, lots of baked goods
(including sourdough, cinnamon and oatmeal breads), Lion's Club brooms,
notecards and prints by local artists.
Jane Autrey
Insurance has a word for parents. This is the time of year to make preparations
for back to school. Remember that if you have a child going away to college and
taking a car, you need to change the "garage" address on your
insurance policy for that car. If I can be of service to anyone please call 803/685-0090 or come by. We are located
behind Cumbee Place; come by for a quote.
Josie Rodgers
It’s back to school for teachers this week! Most will be working
to get their rooms ready, prepare the first week’s plans, and participating in
inservice training. RSM Mid/High will
begin with a new principal, Kyle Blankenship, who is very excited about the
coming year. Kids, enjoy your last week
off! Next week, it’s your turn! Get those supplies ready and get those minds
open for learning and growing!
We are still
struggling to deal with the loss of our precious Leagrace. Sometimes it
doesn’t even seem real that she’s gone.
We have good days and bad days.
But thank the Lord we have such great faith to know she’s with Him and
doing fine. And we have the best
extended family and friends who continue to lift us up, check on us, and keep
Leagrace alive in our hearts and conversations.
Don’t be afraid to talk about her to us.
We love talking about her even though we are pained with missing her so
much. Talking about her helps us keep
her memory alive and keep us laughing about all the wonderful things she would
do! We are still so grateful for the
outpouring of love from everyone.
RSM Elem: Registration Dates are as follows: Aug. 11: 9-4; Aug. 12: 12-6. Reg will take place in the gym. Bus registration will be at RSM Mid/High
cafeteria on July 29 from 10-2 and July 30 from 1-5.
Each child that
participates in the school’s summer
reading program will be rewarded with a ticket to a RSM varsity football
game and a varsity basketball game. Information and reading log will also be
available from our website.
RSM High News: A Fall
Sports Rally will be held
in the town square on Thurs., Aug. 27 @ 6:30 pm to celebrate the fall sports
teams and to kick off the football season against Saluda High on Friday
night.
A fall sports Meet the Team Night & Booster Club meeting will be held at 7 pm
in the gym on August 17. All parents of fall athletes to attend. We will
introduce coaches, distribute sports schedules, and discuss ways to increase
parent participation in the Booster Club and other athletic projects.
Retro Book Pick from David Marshall James: “The Doorbell Rang,” first
published 50 years ago, places Rex Stout’s orchid fancying/gourmand/exquisitely
erudite P.I., Nero Wolfe, front and center in a mystery in which he takes on the
entire FBI. As related by fellow P.I.
and employee Archie Goodwin, Wolfe’s man on the street, the case is undertaken
because a wealthy client is willing to front one-hundred grand, plus expenses. She’s sent out thousands of copies of an FBI
expose; surprise—J. Edgar Hoover is having her tapped and tailed, and she wants
Wolfe to prove as much and have Hoover cease and desist.
Wolfe must determine a way to approach the
case on a local level, by addressing a chink in the FBI’s armor. So, he and Archie commence a fishing
expedition, for herrings red and otherwise.
At last they stumble across an unsolved murder that casts the agency in
a questionable light. The contemporary
details of New York City life outside Wolfe’s brownstone on West 35th
Street are every bit as inviting as the sumptuous meals concocted by his
personal chef, Fritz Brenner. Stout’s
series, which ran for four decades, proved a departure from the hardboiled
detective novel of its era in that Wolfe is the antithesis of such P.I.’s as
Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, and Mike Hammer.
Indeed, he’s the kind of eccentric who could play the dark side as a
criminal mastermind in their fictional realms.
However, well-to-do widows can keep an astute P.I. in enough pate,
caviar, and fine cognac so that he’ll exercise his powers for the greater good.
Personal note: Shelby Yonce told me she had good news and bad news. The good news was that they got 1.3 inches of
rain at their home place. The bad news
is that a snake slipped down her chimney and landed on her fire place hearth. Fortunately she saw it there and Junior took
it out of the house.
Nonie's handmade
children's boutique is still looking for people that makes things for children like
clothes and accessories, toys, blankets etc. Call Noel Steele at 803-609-7152. We are looking to open
in October.
Reminders:
Aug.
23: Beat the Heat Blitz
Sept.
17: Harvest Festival BINGO
Sept.
18: Cake and Pie Contest sponsored by Bank’s Drugs
Sept.
18: Gospel Night
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 2nd
& 4th Monday: Kids'
Corner
Story Time 10:30-11:30 a.m., at the
Ridge Spring Library.
Every 2nd
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
RSM Elementary Summer
hours: Mon – Thurs 8 am – 4
pm
RSM High Summer
hours: Mon – Thurs 8 am – 4
pm
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