November 9,
2015
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
Ridge Spring was hopping this weekend and I will include our neighboring
town of Ward.
Leonard Bell was at the market Saturday and will be back this coming Saturday. He will have collards, apples, other greens, vegetables
and fruits.
Friday and Saturday were Christmas Open House at Primitives ar the
Ridge. I had to stop by, check it all
out and then get a snack. Everything was
perfect.
Then I traveled on to Ward for the ribbon cutting at Gables Inn and
Gardens. This Bed and Breakfast is
beautiful. They have four bedrooms that
are decorated with loving care. The event
planners were “Sorta Southern Soirees”.
So much more was going on but I did not get names. Hope to next time. The rain did stop for a while and we all got
to enjoy the afternoon.
Sunday was rain and more rain.
The minimilers had to cancel because of the rain and the danger it would
impose on their horses. We still have
lots of folks in town enjoying our delightful shoppes. Hope to see that sun soon though.
We also had some excitement on Saturday afternoon when a truck tried to beat
the train at the Green Street Crossing.
He missed the train but the arm coming down hit the truck, shattered and
hit the train’s hydraulic brakes. The
train stopped immediately and would not start back up for several hours. The problem came when all the roads in Ridge
Spring were now blocked. One had to go
out to Mt. Calvary or to Trojan Road to get to the other side of the track. Interesting afternoon for all!!!
The Saluda County Republican Party announces a General County Wide
Meeting to be held Tuesday November 17.
It will be at the American Legion on 117 Pecan Grove Rd.
Ridge Spring SC from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.
For more information call Chairman Marvin at 803.944.7019 and facebook.
Joanne Crouch, AARS, president
Aiken potter, Tom
Supensky, will lead a 2 day Pottery Workshop on Saturday, November 14th from
9-1 and Sunday, November 15th from 1-4.
Topics to be covered will be handbuilding clay pieces using the coiled
method. Costs is $45. Works by Mr. Supensky may be viewed on his
website at www.tomsupensky.com. Contact
Joanne Crouch at (803)685-5577 (leave message) or at joanne.crouch26@gmail.com to pre-register.
ART CLASSES FOR KIDS
Many folks have requested classes for children. We have not one but two classes to offer for
the younger artists.
Childrens’s Collage Class-NOVEMBER 21ST FROM 10-12
Children ages 5 and up will learn the art of collage. Students will complete at least two collages
focusing on the Fall season and Thanksgiving.
The cost is $20 for first child and $15 for the second and all supplies
will be provided. Barbara Yon and Mary
-Zelmer, instructors. Call (803)685-5386
or email artassnridgespring@gmail.com.
Christmas Workshop-December 5th from 10-12
Children ages 5 & up.
Design Christmas ornaments just in time to decorate for the Christmas
season. The cost is $20 for the first
child, $15 for the second. All supplies
provided. Mary Zelmer and Barbara Yon,
instructors. Call (803)685-5386 or email artassnridgespring@gmail.com to register.
We again have the
pleasure to offer another Silk Scarf Painting Class with Libby Bussinah on
Saturday, December 12th from 9-1. Cost
is $45. All supplies will be
supplied. Contact Joanne Crouch to
register @ (803)685-5577 (leave message) or email joanne.crouch26@gmail.com to register.
BBQ BENEFIT for Carson Hatcher and Family is sponsored by Mt. Calvary
Lutheran Church's Men in Mission Group. This event will be Nov.14th from 4:00P.M,. -7:00P.M. The BBQ will include BBQ PLATES $
8.00 each. Eat in or Take out (Pulled Pork, Baked Beans, Slaw, and
Bread.)Desserts will also be available for purchase. Tickets are available from
M&H Drugs- Johnston, General Supply (NAPA) -Saluda or from Joe Derrick,
Bill Hallman, Eric Carlson, Joey Fox, Edward Satcher, Rucker Williams, Jimmy
Yonce, Michel Rodgers, Wayne Asbill or call the church office at 685 7523
and Jim Campbell at Ridge Auto Service. Carson Hatcher is the daughter of Brian
and Chappelle Hatcher and Granddaughter of Larry and Donna Hatcher.
JOHNSTON FARMER'S & ARTIST'S
MARKET is held every Thursday afternoon from 4 - 6 p.m. in front of the Library/Warehouse. The
weeks leading up to Thanksgiving . . . the market will be held on Thursday, November
19th . . . then again
on Monday, November 23rd bringing you your Holiday fixins'. There will
not be a market on Thursday, November 26th. . For more information
contact Donna
SC MENTOR is looking for individuals or
couples who are willing to open their hearts and homes to just one child by
becoming a therapeutic foster parent. If you are interested in learning more
about becoming a foster parent, please contact Kecia Smith at (803) 649-3220 or Kecia.Smith@thementornetwork.com.
Josie Rodgers
RSM
High News: The
school will have a Veterans Day Program
Wed., Nov. 11, at 10:26 am. Our guest speaker will be Mrs. Dianna Meade’s
father-in-law. The middle school chorus
and the high school band will be performing. Veterans and Active Military from our surrounding community are
welcome to attend. The program will be in the school gym with a guest luncheon
following in the school library. For more info, please email Mrs. Brown at melindab@acpsd.net.
The Trojan varsity football team will host the first round of
the play-offs this Friday at 7:30 pm. The Trojans will take on the Whitmire
Wolverines and hopefully continue their play-off run!
No Trojan Hungry: More than
25% of kids living in our community are hungry every day. Many children and teens may go to sleep
hungry tonight. That is the reason The "No
Trojan Hungry" canned food drive was created. Through Nov. 30, the
school will be collecting crackers, Ramen noodles, canned soups, granola bars,
snack cakes, fruit cups, mini boxes of cereal, pop tarts, snack bars, juices,
and toiletry items to help stock the RSM Food Pantry. There will be two barrels placed around the
school for donations. Community members may also donate at the
school.
RSM-High started a new class this year, Freshman Focus, and as a part of this class, we have asked our freshmen
to take back some ownership of their community. Starting this week, our freshmen
will be beginning nine weeks of
community service hours, not as punishment, but as a way of giving back.
Please, if you see one of these students, encourage them in what they are
trying to accomplish.
Book Review from David Marshall James:
“The Early Stories of Truman Capote”:
The South—his extended stays in Monroeville, Alabama, with his mother’s
cousins—influenced New Orleans-born Truman Capote from the time he first
attempted fiction writing, as evidenced in this just-published volume.
This collection—consisting mainly of
stories written while Capote was in high school—balances on the Southern side,
in such character pieces as “Miss Belle Rankin” and “The Familiar Stranger,”
both with a soft-pedaled “Twilight Zone” mood, particularly the latter, which
resembles that episode wherein Robert Redford, as Death, comes for Gladys
Cooper.
Yet these stories predate that series by
20 years, which makes them all the more remarkable. “Lucy,” concerning a black Alabaman who is
invited to New York to work as a live-in cook, again shows the author writing
ahead of the curve. At first Lucy
delightedly indulges in city offerings, in seeing a local man, in attending an
Ethel Waters cabaret act with the youthful narrator. However, her heart must confront a quandary,
with her soul flowing to the rhythm of the Alabama River, not the Hudson.
Some Southern authors who wrote during
the post-WWII period never touched the term “Jim Crow,” but Capote throws it
out like a major-league pitcher. The
story gathers even greater depth because he addresses the paradox of longing to
live in a place where one is marginalized as a human being. “Mill Store” presents the near-tangible feel
of a hot Southern afternoon, along with a sense of ambiguity regarding the
outcome, as well as the protagonist’s motivations.
Several of the non-Southern stories, such
as “Traffic West” and “Kindred Spirits,” offer impressive stylization, while
“This Is for Jamie” just needs a touch of fleshing-out in order to become a
fully-realized story, ready for the then-flourishing magazine-fiction
market. It’s one of those exciting
moments, prevalent throughout the volume, where one witnesses the ripening of
the author’s writing, like a pear turning golden in September.
Reminders:
Nov.
6 & 7: Primitives at the Ridge Open House
Nov.
8: Shoppes of Ridge Spring Christmas Open House
Nov.
8: Jerusalem Baptist Male Chorus Anniversary Celebration
Nov.
14: Mt. Calvary Lutheran Men’s Benefit
Nov.
19: Friends of Ridge Spring Meeting
Ridge Spring Library
hours:
Mon/Tues 8:30 am - 12 pm; Wednesday 9:00 to 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
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