February 22, 2016

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

The American Red Cross will hold its SILENT/LIVE AUCTION to benefit the Saluda County Red Cross on March 11, 2016, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Juniper Restaurant in Ridge spring.  Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served and beer and wine will be available.  Tickets are $35.00 each or 2 for $60.00, Tickets are available at Juniper. The sponsor is the American Red Cross of Central South Carolina.

Ridge Hill Education Association Lenten Services Calendar for the year 2016 has the following service that start at 7:00 PM .Wednesday which is February 24^th services will be held at Pine Hill Baptist Church. The scripture will be John19:26-27 and led by Rev. Jerome Smith.  The subject will be “Woman, Behold, Your Son”. Wednesday March 2^nd the Lenten Service will be held at Reedy Branch led by Rev. James Freeman.  The scripture will be Mark 15:34 “My God, My God, Why…”  All are welcome.

Off the Beaten Path continues to grow and change.  New items are arriving this week.  There will be vintage items like clothing and home decor.  You will want to make sure you come in early on Fridays to get our home baked breads and sweets by Samantha McCure.  Many of you will remember Samantha from the Farmer's Market.  Make sure you follow us on Facebook to see what is changing and what is new. We look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones.

Sadie Davis: Sunday, September 21, Mt Alpha, my church, celebrated its annual Black History program.  Several youth read facts about a select group of Black entrepreneurs.  Marvin Summers asked everyone over thirty-five years of age to come up front and surround him.  He read the story, The Other Side, by Jacqueline Woodson.  He demonstrated the importance of reading picture story books to children how various walls (fence) can be a barrier to relationships.  Sharon Padgett told the story about Thomas Dorsey and how life’s circumstances can cause one to change.  He also wrote the song,” Precious Lord”.  Angie ,Chloe, and Juan Hammond performed in a short skit, “The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman”.  The choir and congregation sang a variety of gospel songs: Wade in the Water, On The Battlefield, Oh Freedom, Walk With Me.  Rev. Eldwin, Pastor, message was taken from Genesis 18:10-14 and Galatians 2:20.

Our fellowship continued in the Hightower Fellowship Hall where members and community friends displayed a variety of arts and crafts which included the following: cross stitch items, crochet, Knitting, Macrame’, embroidery, homemade jellies, pickles, fruit cakes , turtle candy  (chocolate/peanuts), dress making, floral arrangements, door wreaths, hand painting and bird houses. Marquis Davis made sixteen bird houses, each one had a different style and a name of a sister, brother and parents. All arts and crafts were excellent and the committee expresses gratitude to all participants for being so supportive.  Clifton Felder and Joseph Butler prepared lunch bags and everyone was served.

I enjoy writing positive news about our area.  Yet I am seeing a lot of trash on the roadside and on back roads.  Near our farm are two separate piles of mattresses and a few tires to boot.  I wondered if the recycling center did not take mattresses but THEY DO TAKE MATTRESSES. The problem, I assume, is people not knowing the hours.  Just remember they are closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  They are open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1:00 to 7:00 PM. Saturdays they are open from 7:00 to 7:00 and even open on Sundays from 3:00 to 7:00.  Put this on your refrigerator so as to remember it better.

Rene Miller, RSM Elementary School

Summer Camps:  Time to start planning summer adventures for students 2nd grade and up! Register for 1 week camps throughout the state before April 1st and receive a $40 discount. Camps include techno-adventure, marine science, wildlife, 4H and extreme adventures! Information will be sent home soon, so be on the lookout.

Reminders from Nurse Bearden: Parents/Guardians, please be reminded that any over-the-counter medication that your child needs to take at school must be given by the nurse. This includes Ibuprofen, cough drops, Tylenol, etc. These medications must be in the children's form. (Children's Tylenol, etc.) A responsible adult MUST bring the medication into school. Students can NOT transport medications to school. The nurse must also have a permission form signed by the parent/guardian before it can be administered. Any prescription medication must also have a physician's signature or a copy of the prescription before it can be administered. If you need a permission form, please stop by the nurse's office or print one from the district website. If you have any questions, please contact the Nurse at 803-685-2004.

The Trojan Pride from the Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/High School

Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest: The Martin Luther King Jr.Steering Committee, in conjunction with University of South Carolina Aiken’s Inclusion Advisory Council

(IAC) invited Aiken County students to enter a contest by submitting a poster or an essay. Students in grades K-5 were to create posters that showed their responses to the question: “What does the MLK holiday mean to you?” Our students in grades 6-12 were to write an essay about what the following quote from MLK meant to them: “If you can’t fly, then run, If you can’t run, then walk, If you can’t walk, then crawl but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” Ms. Jones challenged her classes to write essays to enter the contest. Our own Felicia Anderson came in Second Place in the district-wide competition. When asked how she felt about winning, Felicia responded, “To be selected as a winner in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest, indeed is a true honor. I didn’t expect to win. Most importantly, I tried my best, and it showed. I am proud to represent my school, Ridge Spring-Monetta High School. The message from Dr. King’s quote will forever remain inside of me: ‘...but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.’ Without a doubt, I will keep moving forward to pursue my goals and dreams.” Congratulations to Felicia!

David Marshall James reviews "Spinning Laughter” by Richard Irvin:

   Consider "Star Trek":  The billions and billions (in full Carl Sagan intonation) of dollars that have resulted from its many TV incarnations and its film franchise.  A TV show can set up its producing team with a never-ending pot of gold.  Thus, stars such as Ethel Merman (premise:  A pre-Sam Malone barkeep) and Bette Davis (premise:  A live-in decorator) tried to land sitcoms of their own during the early 1960s.

   Merman and Davis made what were termed pilot episodes.  As well-known as those ladies were, why not cook up a new series with established characters, such as Fred and Ethel Mertz of "I Love Lucy"?  That is, spin-off a new series from one already on the air-- or cable.

   It might have been, but Vivian Vance (Ethel Mertz) never took a shine to William Frawley, who played her husband Fred.  Producer Desi Arnaz even offered Vance the then-astronomical sum of $50,000 just to film a pilot, but alas.  V.V. went on to costar with Lucille Ball on "The Lucy Show," evidently finding her other coworker more palatable.  In other instances, a set of hitherto unseen characters could be introduced on an episode of an established series and then be spun-off into their own milieu.

   Such an episode is termed a "back-door spin-off," as author Richard Irvin explains in this informative rundown of failed spin-offs, from the 1950s to the 2000s.  "The Andy Griffith Show" was birthed from an episode of "The Danny Thomas Show" in which Danny is pulled for speeding in Mayberry, North Carolina.  Poor Danny, who produced the Griffith show, which has been playing since its debut in 1961 was rather surprised to hear Oprah Winfrey proclaim it as her favorite TV show.

   "Happy Days" was born as a back-door spin-off of the anthology series "Love, American Style."  Therefore, two of the most popular sitcoms of the 1960s and 1970s-- and beyond-- resulted from back-door spin-offs, which are an inexpensive method of producing a TV pilot, in that they air as episodes of a regular series.  And the gravy train kept rolling, with "Gomer Pyle" spun off from "The Andy Griffith Show," and "Laverne and Shirley" spun off from "Happy Days."

   It's not surprising that Jackee Harry almost got her own show out of "227,"or that the Blair and Natalie characters were considered to head up two spin-offs from "The Facts of Life," which was begat from "Diff'rent Strokes."  Too bad "The Facts of Life" actress Kim Fields evidently didn't earn enough coins portraying Tootie on that show, as she has landed in the midst of the shade-throwing "Real Housewives of Atlanta," complete with a haystack hairdo to upstage the say-what tresses of NeNe Leakes and Co.

MAGNOLIA RIDGE ANTIQUE AND ART GATHERING will be held on MAY 21^st from 9:00 AM UNTIL 4:00 PM. To save a spot please call 561.262.7475 or email bevarndt36@gmail.com

Reminders:

Recycling Center Hours

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1-7

Saturday 7-7

Sunday 3-7

Closed Tuesday and Thursday

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 pm -4:30 pm

Ridge Spring Library Toddler Time Mondays at 10:30

3^rd Thursday:  FORS at Ridge Spring Library 5:00 pm

1^st Tuesday of the Month:  AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783

 Wednesday:  AA meets at Recovery Works

 Monday & Friday:  Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings 7 pm at Recovery Works (enter on Ponderosa Drive; park in Visitor Parking Area)