March 14, 2016
Ridge
Spring News
Harriet
Householder
The peach trees are in bloom. The drive through the farm land is just
simply beautiful. Come and enjoy!!!!
The auction to benefit the American Red Cross in Saluda
County was held on Friday, at Juniper in Ridge Spring. Last year this event raised over $13,000.00
with 115 in attendance. This year the
attendance was 142. The food was great,
the items to be auctioned were fantastic, and the night was perfect.
Evon Kenner: You are invited to worship with Jerusalem Baptist Church Sunday, March 20th at 3:00 PM as
they celebrate its' Family & Friends' Day. The guest minister will be
Rev. Oscar Boyd, pastor of 2nd Baptist Church. If you require additional
information please call Deacon Leonard Bell at 803-685-5204.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH: Easter: Church services for
Ridge Spring United Methodist Church (RSUMC) on Easter Sunday will be at 8:30
a.m. Please make a note of this time change and join us for Church. We will
save you a seat.
Big Red Box: The month of March the Big Red Box (BEB) will
be accepting non perishable food donations for the Bethel Baptist Back Pack ministry.
Items such as juice boxes, Yahoo, micro wave meals, crackers, and noodles are
some examples. Nothing that needs refrigeration. Please join us in helping to
ensure no child or their family goes hungry over the weekend.
Face Book: RSUMC has a Face Book page. Visit and like us
and view photos and find out what’s going on. Notice: As
spring arrives and you get the urge to clean: DON’T take old
shoes to goodwill or throw them away. RSUMC has a need for them and it will be
explained in upcoming news columns!
Mt. Calvary Lutheran
Church
is sponsoring a yard sale and bake sale on Saturday, April 2 from 8:00 am until
2:00 pm to benefit the outreach ministries of the church. This event will take
place inside the Mt. Calvary Fellowship Center located behind the church
building at 1186 Mt. Calvary Road, Johnston. The men of the church will also be
selling breakfast items – sausage biscuits, sweet rolls and coffee. Proceeds
from their sales go toward their annual service projects.
Ridge Antiques & Dry
Goods is pleased to
welcome new Dealers - Becky Arnold & Pat Asbill and also Randy & Faye
Johnson. Pat & Becky have vintage and antique items and bring a
certain "touch of class" to the store. Randy & Faye feature
painted furniture and are carrying a full line of DIXIE BELL PAINT -
this is the no sanding needed "eazzy peazzy" mineral paint that we
all know & love. Come SEE! P.S. Paint Classes coming soon...
Peach Crop News:
From Titan Farms: During this
season the peaches are virtually asleep. Peach trees require a large number of
chilling hours (hours of cold temperatures below 45 degrees prior to bloom) to
set and produce a high quality crop. Titan Farms grow more than 50
different varieties of peaches and each variety requires a different number of
chilling hours. The chilling hour requirements range from 600 hours to 1100
hours depending on the variety and pick date. The amount of chill hours also
determines the bloom date for that particular variety. Titan Farms’
production of peaches has grown to 5,100 acres with more than 56 different
varieties, the largest grower in the southeast United States. The production
of peaches is from May to early September.
We are an agriculture based economy on the
Ridge. There is asparagus, and many
other crops but peaches is probably number one. The peaches have gotten enough cold weather
to produce their crops this year and the outlook is good for all…
THE ART CENTER OF
RIDGE SPRING: Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper instructed by Joanne Crouch, Thursday, March
17th from 6:30p-8:00p; Fee-$40.00. Alcohol Inks on gourds instructed by Joanne Crouch, Saturday, April
9th from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM; Fee $25.00. Polymer
Clay Class instructed by Candace Bush, Saturday, April 16th from
9:00AM-1:00 PM; fee $35.00; Students will need to bring a clay extruder to
class (Makins or Walnut Hollow brands are reasonably priced)
I took a tour group
from Augusta to Titan Farms on Wednesday. After the super tour by Hillary we
went to Spann United Methodist Church to be led on a tour by Ann Hughes. From there we went to Watsonia and ate at
Peaches and Cream. For desert, we all
got some peach ice cream. Some went to Cone’s before they returned home. A good
day for all… They all plan to come back
to visit Ridge spring when the shops and Juniper are open.
On Saturday April 2 I will be on Main Street with plants
for sale. Check it out. Of course if it is raining I will not be
there.
RSM Elem (Rene Miller): 4K Spring
Registration
for 2016-2017 School Year is from March 7 to April 29 from 9 am – 2 pm. Please bring
official long-form birth certificate, current immunization record, 2 proofs of residency, W2 and paystub or Medicaid card, and one of
the above documents (W2 or paystub), parent ID.
All documents must be collected and registration forms completed by
April 29th or your child will not be considered for admission to our
4-K program. Any questions, call Mrs. Abellan at 685-2006.
RSM
Pageant: Please
join us on Thursday, March 17th for Ridge Spring Monetta Elementary’s
Natural Pageant! We have many young ladies and gentlemen who are competing in
each grade level. Admission is $5.00 at the door, and the pageant will begin promptly
at 6:30 p.m. We can't wait to see our wonderful students dressed in
their best!
Josie Rodgers: RSM High: Principal Kyle
Blankenship congratulates our guidance department (Rene Adams and Christina
Lowe) for their hard work all year and esp on Feb. 16, Aiken Tech Instant
Decision Day. RSM had 29 students
complete their applications that day with over 20% being admitted on site! ATC says, “These are notable results in the
inaugural year of the Instant Decision events.”
We are proud of our guidance dept and our students.
Ms. Amanda Levi
has created a Donors Choose project! She
teaches Learning Strategies at the high school and middle school, and needs a
document camera for her classroom. She says, “There are many new things we could do if we had a document camera. I could
instantly project worksheets, textbooks, papers, and virtually anything else
instantly for all of my students to see. This would enable me to model specific
strategies for my students.” Go to
www.donorschoose.org and find her classroom!
Ms. Coleman and Ms. Jackson
still have their projects listed and need help as well.
Reviewed by
David Marshall James: Bill Neal: From Burgoo to
Purloo— "Remembering Bill Neal" by Moreton Neal; "Southern
Cooking" by Bill Neal; "Biscuits, Spoonbread & Sweet Potato
Pie" by Bill Neal
Southerners cherish their food memories. Small wonder that Scarlett O'Hara raised her
fist in the air, vowing to "never go hungry again."
Cooking, as a vocation
and an avocation, found Bill Neal-- chef, restaurateur, author, cultural
historian. He took degrees in English from Duke University and the
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (whose Press published all three of
the above titles), in which vicinity he established two restaurants.
However, he was brought
up under more humble circumstances, in a North Carolina border town on what has
since become the I-85 corridor. His father moved from agrarian to
manufacturing work, yet Neal displays his affection for his grandparents' farm
throughout his writings.
That first-hand knowledge
of customs and traditions-- of how food is grown, raised, sometimes hunted, and
then lovingly prepared-- laid the foundation for his culinary
expertise. Visits to France brought an epiphany: Rural French
cooking and Southern cuisine share many traits, including seasonal rhythms,
specialties tied to particular landscapes, and rich histories encompassing
ethnic and religious influences.
Although Neal's (and his
wife, Moreton's) first restaurant, La Residence, accented French cuisine, his
second, Crook's Corner, brought Southern specialties into the mainstream,
notably Shrimp & Grits, Hoppin' John, and Collard Greens. Remember, this was the 1980s, and these
dishes were generally relegated to off-the-beaten-track, working-class cafes
and out-and-out dives, many of which were feeling the pinch of fast-food and
chain-restaurant fare. Attention from The New York Times elevated Neal's
status in the world of cooking and dining.
Remember, too, there was
no Food Network. Neal shone the spotlight on Southern cooking 20-plus
years before Paula Deen did.
Moreton does recall his
affection for butter, and some of his recipes call for lard. However,
he was already preaching the "buy local and fresh and what's in
season" mindset. He did advocate certain brands of staples, and
always the finest in adult beverages, but generally speaking his mantra was
"fresh, as much as possible."
There's even a whisper of bourbon in his pimento cheese, a staple on the
menu at Crook's Corner. Neal dubbed pimento cheese "the pate of the
South."
Neal traveled the South,
gaining knowledge of such intra-regional dishes as Kentucky Burgoo and South
Carolina Lowcountry Purloo. Moreton remembers their dining-out
pilgrimages to New Orleans, boarding the Panama Limited in her Mississippi
hometown and arriving in time for breakfast at Brennan's, to be followed by
luncheon at Galatoire's, then dinner at Antoine's, or Arnaud's, before catching
the train back to her parents' home.
It's difficult to imagine a more heavenly outing.
Her memoir features recipes from the kitchens of La Residence and
Crook's Corner, along with those for Bill Neal's favorite at-home dishes.
"Southern
Cooking" immerses the reader in the history of the titular subject--
its influences, diversities, and similarities. The quotations from works
by Southern writers add a further context to these recipes. "Biscuits, Spoonbread & Sweet Potato
Pie" emphasizes Southern baking (and frying breads on the stovetop),
offering far more than the title indicates.
I’ll always remember a
special cousin's Caramel Cake, proudly presented at a family reunion each
year. So, I love what Neal remarks in his preface to a Caramel Cake
recipe in "Southern Cooking":
"At any Southern church supper, social, or dinner on the grounds, a
caramel cake will most likely vanish before any other dessert. The
perfect caramel cake-- without the slightest grain to the icing-- is respected
by all cooks; it is particularly relished by the southern male." Too true! Here's to the late Bill Neal,
and here's to plenty of sweet-- and savory-- food memories!
MAGNOLIA RIDGE ANTIQUE AND ART GATHERING will be held on MAY 21st
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
3rd
Thursday: FORS at Ridge Spring Library 5:00 pm
1st
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)
No comments:
Post a Comment