May 23, 2016
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering was a wonderful
success.
It started off looking like it was going to continue to rain but the
mist ended about 8:00 and the sun kept peeking out. The vendors were wonderful with their
selections. I have already reserved next
year’s booth. I also had boiled peanuts
and I did sell out. They were good,
too. That leads up to the Ridge Spring
Farmers’ Market which is just around the corner.
At the gathering a couple pulled up,
got out an old fashion baby buggy, placed a nice box in it and then brought out
6 of the cutest puppies. We all had to look,
pet and hold these cuties. They were Australian
cattle dog puppies. I asked if they were
for sale and the answer was no. They
were a little too young, but they were letting them socialize.
Lutheran Men in Mission served
breakfast and lunch at the Gathering.
They had sausage biscuits for breakfast and hamburgers and hotdogs for lunch.
All proceeds go to the annual service projects that include financial support
for individuals/ families needing help.
They also have built ramps for seniors. Each Christmas they support Samaritan’s
Purse’s Operation Christmas Child.
Before we get to the Farmers’ Market,
we have the Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale on Friday June 3 and Saturday June 4. It is 44 to 46 miles long including
Batesburg-Leesville, Monetta, RIDGE SPRING, Ward, Johnston, Edgefield, and Modoc.
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church: Vacation Bible School here at Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church. This year’s theme is “Submerged”. Take your kids on an
adventure like no other, deep within the mysterious sea. As kids submerge
themselves in God’s Word, they will discover that Jesus didn’t just see what’s
on the outside of people. He looked deep down on the inside. So grab your
goggles, step into your flippers, and dive-in to find truth below the surface!
The Friends of Ridge Spring met Thursday and had Robin Freeman and Jason Booth to
speak. They are the Republican candidates
for sheriff of Saluda County. Cal
Forrest dropped by and spoke, too. The Republican Primary is June 14th.
The Ridge Spring Harvest Festival awarded three scholarships to Noah Scott, Micala Fox and Miranda Middlebrooks. All three winners were from RSM High School.
ART CENTER OF RIDGE
SPRING BY Joanne Crouch, AARS president
Had a
great time at the Magnolia Ridge on Saturday… It was a beautiful day. Got to
meet many friends and make some new ones. Looking forward to this event again
next year... If the Art Center had a prize for the visitor that had traveled
the farthest, I could have presented it on Friday evening. I was packing for
the Magnolia Ridge event when a gentleman drove up and asked if we were open. I
explained that I was packing some things but he could come in. After a bit, I
asked where he was from. He said SOUTH AFRICA!!!! He explained that he was here
to install some equipment at Titans Farm. He travels all over the world. He
said that he had two teenage children at home that he misses much. He was very
interested in the art and loves photography. He visits many art festivals in
his travels. He told me about the “Burning Man Festival” in the desert. Please
google it and check it out. DS Owen is offering a 50% off his work that has
been on exhibit at the center on this Saturday from 10:00 to 1:00. The exhibit
is coming down. Donna Minor won an honorable mention at the Aiken Members Show
on Thursday, May 12th and her other piece sold before the reception. Come visit
us. We are working on many projects at the Art Center. In the foyer, we have
designated that area as our Gift Shop. Items in that location are $50 or less.
On Saturday, June 25th, Joanne Crouch will lead a Woodburning on Gourds
workshop from 14 for ages 10 and up. The class cost $30. The attendees will
need a simple woodburner such as the Walnut Hollow woodburner at Hobby Lobby or
Michaels. Contact joanne.crouch26@gmail.com or call (803)6855577 and leave
message to secure spot in the class. The Art Center is open from 104 each
Friday and Saturday. Stop by to enjoy the art of the local talent that the
Ridge has to offer. Contact joanne.crouch26@gmail.com or
artassnridgespring@gmail.com or call (803)6855577 and leave message to reserve
place in classes.
RSM Elem (Rene Miller): RSM Elementary’s end-of-school musical will
take place on June 2 at 8:30 am. Students may dress up: K5 & 1st grade:
sailors or pirates; 2nd & 3rd grade: sailors; 4th & 5th grades: pirates.
Congratulations
to our March Terrific Kids for
character trait of self-discipline: Shamira Gibson, Luke Gillian, Katelyn Long,
Dane Edwards, A’Laysia Smith, Trevon Williamson, Connor Morphy, Alexia Smith, Cheyenne
Gergen, Joshua Arzola, Stella Edwards, Brailon Frazier, Larry Andraca, Jakavious
Culbreath, Peyton Holsomback, Cade Cockrell, James Smith, Abria Kinard, Jordyn
Gilliam, DeAnte Hopkins, Aniyah Jennings, & Amy Oxendine
The
5th grade Walk/Jog Club is almost to the coast! Last week, the students made 10
miles and are now only 6 miles from Myrtle Beach. The students are on Hwy. 501
right beside the Tanger Outlets (virtually, of course!).
The
Teacher Olympics will be held on
Fri., May 20. The cost to attend is $1. Money should be sent on the day of the
event. Don't miss out on the fun!
Josie Rodgers:
Congratulations
to my sister-in-law Brandie Rodgers, who was named Teacher of the Year for
Merriweather Elementary! Brandie is
a kindergarten teacher with a degree from USC-Aiken and a master’s from Walden
University. Our family is very proud of
her and cousin Tonya Rodgers for being their schools’ TOYs this year!
RSM High: On Friday, April 29, RSM M/H hosted its first
Project Unify Bocce Ball Tournament.
Approximately 130 special needs students and their buddies from 12
different schools in Aiken County participated in the tournament. Participates, buddies, and volunteers were
treated to a hot dog lunch, snow cones, and popcorn. Activity booths were set up for the athletes
and their buddies during times between games that included face painting,
croquet, hat making, corn hole, bird feeder, and a bouncy house. RSM M/H faculty, staff, and students came
together to make this a special day for all our special needs students.
"The Art of Murder" by Elaine Viets; Reviewed by David Marshall James
Elaine Viets's mystery
novels, which feature a pair of married P.I.'s who live and work out of
jalousie-door apartments in a retro Fort Lauderdale, Florida, complex, have
proven as consistently inviting as a trip to the beach.
Not that Helen Hawthorne
and her hub, Phil Sagemont, see much of the seaside, although they're wrought
up in high-rise condo hi-jinks in one of the plot branches here. And the
view from up there is truly fan-Atlantic.
Plus, the Nick and Nora
Charles of Fort Lauderdale (there's no Asta, but a six-toed cat named Thumbs)
employ their hunky neighbor, Markos Martinez, as an operative in the case of
the high-rise thefts.
When he's not studying to
be a chef-- and the Food Network would grab him by the spatula-- Markos is
mixing vintage cocktails and offering eye candy at the apartment-complex pool,
where the perennially purple-clad landlady, Margery, presides over her
residents' daily "sunset salute." Gotta love The Marge. Vintage cocktails every afternoon at a retro
complex, with Margery and Markos? That'll have you skipping "Wheel
of Fortune" and "Jeopardy."
The "art" of
the matter in this latest Viets mystery concerns the death of an up-and-coming
painter and Helen's subsequent probe into the matter, entangling her in the
lives and loves of the local art colony.
One of the enticing
elements of this series is that Helen has evolved so much over the course of
the volumes. When she first arrived in Fort Lauderdale, her life had no
direction, other than that she was determined not to pay the court-ordered
alimony to her skankified scuz of an ex-husband.
So Helen just drove off
from her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, into the sunrise (literally and
metaphorically). Once she dead-ended at the Atlantic coastline, she
adopted an incognita lifestyle, working a series of under-the-radar,
paid-under-the-table jobs. The "Dead-End Job" moniker of the
series plays as a double-entendre, as Helen invariably stumbles upon a murder
mystery with each new occupation.
However, the pair o'
P.I.'s premise that has developed works more plausibly, as Helen returned to
St. Louis some volumes back to settle the matter of the grabby ex, and boy did
that come out a cropper.
Viets's lush Floridian
details and characterizations, along with her well-placed sense of humor,
contribute to this reliably readable series. Pour us a stiff one, Markos.
Reminders:
June 3rd
and 4th will be the Peach
Tree 23 Yard Sale. Have you begun to clean out those closets in preparation
for that big weekend?
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
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