October
10, 2016
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
The Harvest Festival isOct. 13-15
October 13 Bingo-Thursday
October 14 Cake and Pie Contest, Bluegrass Music - Friday,
October 15 Parade, BBQ contest, BLUEGRASS MUSIC,
More information on web site and facebook
The Harvest
Festival is finally here. It is so
exciting to see the town come together to host this event. You may still enter
the BBQ Contest. You can get your Boston
Butt and grill it however long you want to.
You can begin Friday night or start anytime Saturday as long as it is
ready for judging by 6:00 PM on Saturday.
Entries are still being accepted.
Pay the entry fee, pick up your Boston butt roast, and start grilling in
the designated area. My daughter and her
son are making plans to enter the Cake and Pie Contest and so am I. What recipe do you want to try for the pound
cake, layer cake, and pie contest? There
is a section for children 12 and under to compete for brownies and cookies.
The Harvest Festival
Musical Line-up: Friday
from 6:00 PM Carolina Rebels play.
Saturday Back Porch Bluegrass kicks off a day filled with music at 1:00
PM; West End String Band plays at 3:00 PM; Columbia Bluegrass Company performs
at 5:00 PM; and Steam Drill plays at 7:00 PM. All performances take place at
the Gazebo. Festival goers are encouraged to bring chairs or blackets and relax
on the grass around the Gazebo.
The sponsors of the Harvest
Festival are great in supporting our town and the Festival. This year they are Holsenback Services, Amick Farms, Cone’s Meat,
McKinley, Cooper, and Co LLC, Walter p Rawls and Sons, Comporium, Economy Furniture,
First Citizens, Jerrold a Watson and Sons,
SC&G, Gentry Poultry, Bank’s Drugs, AAA Well Drilling Inc., Prices Metal, Yon
Farms, Titan Farms, Derrick Equipment, and Southern States. A big Thank You goes
to all who have purchased ads in our program booklet, too.
Off the Beaten Path is getting ready for Harvest
Festival! There will be new merchandise in the store from your favorite
vendors. It will be a great time to start your Christmas shopping. We will have
Slade Belgard, a new local author in the store on Saturday morning doing a book
signing for his new book, Mystic Creek.
The Gables Inn and
Gardens was honored to be a refuge for some delightful
folks who were either stranded or evacuated due to the storm this past weekend.
So glad they had a wonderful refuge in our great community of Ward. They all
commented on how nice everyone one was as they ventured out to our local stores
and restaurants.
Don't forget to get
signed up to spend the night during our Dead and Breakfast weekends October
21-22 or the 28-29. Come experience a little spooky history. Call
685-0099 to make your reservations.
Ann Hughes: The 12th
Annual Fall Hymn Sing at Spann Church in Ward will be held Sunday, October 23 at 3:00. It will feature congregational singing of familiar
hymns. A time for refreshments and fellowship will follow. For more
information phone - 803-430-1314.
Members of the Saluda County Historical Society will hold a benefit hunter’s
choice Deer Hunt (half-day or full-day) on Saturday, October 22nd and
a morning Duck Hunt on Saturday, January 21, 2017. Both hunts will
be held at Padgett Pond and the Randy Barnes Family Farm in Saluda County. Interested
hunters may call (803) 685 5020 or email: cebpadgettpd@pbtcomm.net for
further information.
Field of Worship: You are INVITED! Hollywood
Baptist Church is hosting our 3rd annual “Field of Worship” on
Saturday, October 22nd @ 6pm and we want YOU to join us!
Helpful Hands
Ministry
will be holding their Light the Night as a Halloween alternative on October 31
from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
RS-M True Blue Marching Band Competition Schedule:
October 15--Garden City
Classic at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School
October 22--Class A
Lower-State Championships at Hartsville High School
October 29--Class A
State Finals at Batesburg-Leesville High School
Josie Rodgers
Jan. 3, which was supposed to be a
teacher workday for Aiken County, is now a make-up day for Hurricane
Hermine.
RSM Elem (Rene
Miller): Students are selling
cookie dough! See your favorite little
Trojan to order yours!
RSM Mid: (Monica Johnson) The Lego Club would love donations
of Legos to help them with their STEM concepts!
RSM High: The Trojans’ football game against Blackville
will be played on Nov. 4. This week, the
Trojans will host Wagener-Salley for Senior Night. The next two games will be on the road: @ Estill (Oct. 21) and @ HKT (Oct. 28).
The
Teacher Cadet class is back and
going strong at RSM High. This class has
been missing from the curriculum for the past 5 years (I was teaching
ESL). I am excited about this group of
seniors. They are such fine young men
and women! This year’s Cadets include
Mikayla Abney, Latashia Lockett, Jermois Morris, and Sergio Osuna-Perez. They have learned all about self-esteem and
learning styles and are currently studying special education and barriers to
learning. They even wrote and performed
a puppet show and will be writing books for children very soon. These Cadets will begin observing classrooms
of all ages next week beginning with elementary SPED. They will also head to USC-Aiken for a
college tour and will become USC-A students!
They earn college credit for the Teacher Cadet class!
The second annual benefit buffet dinner put on by Juniper Restaurant to benefit
the Ridge Spring Fire Department was delicious, entertaining and a success. All proceeds went to the RS FD, too.
The Art Center of Ridge Spring: Joanne Crouch, AARS
president.
Winter's coming--what better time to learn
how to quilt! The Art Center in Ridge Spring will offer a quilting class
on Thursday, October 20, 2016 6pm-9pm at the center. All materials for
the class will be provided to make a 12'x 12" sampler for $50 You
will be to taught all the steps you will need to make a larger
quilt later.
Call or e-mail the
instructor, Ann Forrest Watkins, at 864 941
0022 (cell) or email helpinghearts4u@yahoo.com. for more information or to
register. Hours of operations are 10-4 on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Ridge and all of
South Carolina were fortunate to have gotten through the hurricane. Mathew could have been more devastating than
it was for I have heard there was one fatality due to the hurricane in our
state. Whether the governor acted too
early or not, there was only one life lost.
We can always learn from this kind of event. Pecan trees do produce wonderful nuts, but
the limbs can be weak. Always have fresh bread and milk with nice expiration date
in the refrigerator. Birds still come to
the birdfeeder in terrible rains. What
did you learn?
REMINDERS
October
13: Harvest Festival Bingo
October
14: Harvest Festival Blue Grass, Cake and pie Contest
October
15: Harvest Festival Blue Grass, parade, BBQ Contest
and much more
October
20: AARS Quilting Class
October
22: Hollywood Baptist Church is hosting our 3rd
annual “Field of Worship”
October 23: Hymn Sing at Spann
Methodist Church Ward, SC
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., 8:30 – 4:30; Thurs 8:30 am - 12:30 pm; Fri 8:30
pm -4:30 pm
Narcotics Anonymous: The Ridge
Spring Library on Fridays 7-8 pm
1st
Tuesday of the Month: AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783
2nd
Tuesday: Harvest Festival
3rd
Thursday: FORS at Ridge Spring
Library 5:00 pm
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