November
28, 2016
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
December 11th is a busy day at Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church. A Christmas Celebration in full swing. Beginning with the
Children’s Christmas Musical during the morning Worship Service (11:00
am) Make your favorite dish for the church wide Christmas Dinner
beginning at 6:30 pm. Then make sure to stay for
an evening of entertainment beginning at 7:30 pm with
the Jazz Band Jeff Faulk (our Worship Leader) plays in…. “On Call”. They
will be bringing a night full of sacred and seasonal favorite music for
all. Don’t miss this opportunity for fun, food, fellowship and
entertainment to praise and worship God.
Becky Hughes: Middle/High School Winter Concert is Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 7
pm in the school gym. This
will involve band, chorus, drama and art classes. Elementary will present "All-American
Christmas" on Friday, Dec. 16 at 9 am in
the school gym.
JOHNSTON FARMER'S & ARTIST'S
MARKET will have their ANNUAL
HOLIDAY MARKET on Thursday, December 1st, from noon until 6 p.m.
This market will not only have vendors
with fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables, and baked goods, but gifts to help
with your Christmas list. Fresh Cut Christmas Wreaths, homemade Christmas
Wreaths, garden flags, dish towels, etc.. Lions Club brooms. Harmony
United Methodist Church will be selling hamburgers, hot dogs, BBQ sandwiches,
along with casseroles, soups, & homemade desserts. Johnston will be
selling quarts of hash. Come enjoy lunch and stock up your pantries for
the Holidays. Any crafters, vendors, etc. are welcome. Cost is
$5. For more information call Anne at 803-480-1093 or Donna at 803-275-0010/ 275-7002.
The playground beside the
Civic Center will be closed November 19th until December 15th
while it goes under renovation. This is
a project for Boy Scout Andrew Girard to become an Eagle Scout with the support
of Sherald Rodgers. It had been proposed
to build a ramp at the Gazebo for handicap accessibility but the ramp would
have been 48 feet long. With it being so close to the train tracks, it was not
feasible. Other alternatives for
accessibility are being investigated.
The Red Flag alert continues
for us. Be careful and no outside
burning.
Leonard Bell will be at the
Town Square this coming Saturday with collard greens, turnip greens, and other
fresh vegetables and will continue on the Saturdays through December and finish
up the Saturday before New Year’s Day.
ART CENTER OF RIDGE SPRING
Joanne Crouch, AARS president
In case you
have noticed the lights being on at the Art Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
we have had two classes that are meeting weekly. A 6-week stained glass class
is about to end. This class is taught by Mr. Vernon and meets on Thursdays. Chandler
Primeaux from Saluda is leading a weekly paint party on Tuesdays at 6:30. There
is a different design each week. Check on Chandler’s facebook or the Art
Center’s facebook for the current project.
Now is a great time to visit the Art Center
for original gifts for those special folks during this holiday season. Our
hours are 10-4 on Fridays and Saturdays. Shopping can also be done during any
hours that we are open for classes also.
Ridge Spring Christmas
Tree Lighting Event will be December
4 at 4:00 PM at the Ridge Spring Gazebo and some hot chocolate, cookies and even
see Santa!
Saturday December 17
at 4:00 PM “God’s got the Power Crusade” will be presented by Helpful Hands Ministry. It will be held
at the Saluda Theater.
The Christmas Tour of Homes of Ridge Spring will be December 11th from
2:00 until 5:00 PM. Tickets are $10.00 and may be purchased at all homes and
the Baptist Church Sponsored by Green Thumb Garden Club and assisted by Ridge
Garden Club. For more information call 803 685 7397
The Gables Inn &
Gardens is excited to be
hosting Celebrate A Dicken's Christmas Saturday evenings, December
3, 10 & 17th from 2:00 PM-8:00 PM. Cost is $5 per person up to
$25 per family. Enjoy hot chocolate, s'mores, carriage rides, Christmas
shop, cookie decorating, petting zoo, and much more. Great family
fun! We are located at 105 Ward Ave., in Ward.
RSM High: RSM High is proud to announce the grand
opening of the Coffee Bean Cafe, our very own coffee shop, in the high school cafetorium. The shop will be open in the mornings before
school & will sell coffee, hot chocolate, cappuccino, Gatorade, water,
cereal bars, and fruit to faculty, staff, and students. The school’s business classes are partnering
with special ed classes to run the shop. The profits will go towards grounds
beautification projects around the school.
The first project is to upgrade the courtyard in front of the school to
include willow trees, raised flower beds, picnic tables, grass, and a
gazebo. Donations and community support are welcome! Get ready for a great start to the day with
some delicious beverages and snacks! For
more information, contact Janice Douda at the school.
The Middle/High School
Winter Concert is Tues., Dec. 6, at 7 pm in the gym. This will involve band, chorus, drama, and
art classes.
The RSM English Honor
Society is
holding a children’s book drive
until Nov. 30. You may send in gently
used children’s books (up to middle school level) to donate locally in order to
promote literacy in our community.
Please see a member or sponsor Josie Rodgers or drop donations off at
the high school. The society members will decide where they want to deliver the
books.
Lee Ann Perez/ One Ash Farm and Dairy- If you have left over cranberry sauce, this is a
delicious way to use it up!
Who
doesn’t love cranberries? And especially at this time of year?!
This easy recipe makes a very moist, tart and spicy, glazed and sweet
Cranberry Bread. It is perfect for a light dessert, snack or breakfast
bread. Enjoy this unique mix of flavors and taste the season!
Ingredients:
1
1/2 cup all purpose flour 1
tsp. baking powder 1/2 cup milk
1
tsp. baking soda 1
tsp. salt 2
eggs
1
tsp. cinnamon 1/4
tsp. nutmeg 1/2 cup
brown sugar
1
cup uncooked oatmeal 1/3
cup shortening
1
cup cranberry sauce (I used my leftover homemade sauce from Thanksgiving!)
Directions:
1.
In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda,
salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. 2. Stir in the oats. 3. In a smaller bowl, cream together the shortening and brown
sugar. Add the eggs, beating well. 4. Add the cranberry sauce and milk and beat until well mixed. 5. Add this creamed mix to the
dry ingredients in the larger bowl and stir together until just blended.
6. Don’t over mix the batter. 7. Pour the batter into a large
greased loaf pan. 8. Bake at 350° for approx. 60 minutes or until a
toothpick can be inserted and come out clean. 9. Cool in the pan 15 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack. (don’t worry if your loaf cracks a
little on top- that just creates a great space for the glaze to settle!)
Glaze
3/4
cup powdered sugar 3 TBS.
milk 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Mix
together in a small bowl until smooth. -When the bread is
completely cooled drizzle the glaze over the loaf. Enjoy
Book Review
from David Marshall James:"The Twelve Clues of
Christmas" by Rhys Bowen
The snow is covering the landscape like a great mass of Devonshire clotted cream, the dining-room table is groaning with mince pies and other festive sweets and savories, and loads of games and seasonal activities are in the offing for a Christmas house party.
This sixth Royal Spyness mystery finds its heroine, Lady Georgiana Rannoch (thirty-fifth in line to the British throne), in the Devon village of Tiddleton-under-Lovey, having answered an advertisement to add glamour and fun to said house party, organized by the local lady of the manor to raise funds for the depleted estate coffers, this being 1933, and even lords and ladies being hard-put.
Of course, Georgie is equally hard-pressed, being rather redundant in her own family, with their own budget-stretching mightily enforced by Fig, Georgie's prig of a sister-in-law. Why won't Bright Young Thing Georgie wed some rich someone and be forever off the Rannoch dole, as it were?
Also in Tiddleton-under-Lovey for the season are Georgie's Mum, an aging yet well-kept stage actress, and none-other-than Noel Coward. They've holed up in a village cottage, the better to collaborate on a play, yet Noel is lapping up all the good lines, at least in Mumsie's mind.
They have engaged Georgie's Grandad's good friend, Mrs. Huggins, as cook, and Grandad is down from London to offer his company and breathe some fresh country air.
So, it's really shaping up as a jolly holiday for Lady Georgie, until the locals start dropping like holly berries from a week-old wreath.
Still, the presence of Georgie's longtime beau (and enigmatic man of the World), Darcy O'Mara, furthers the joy in her Joyeux Noel. As it would happen, Darcy turns out to be the nephew of the lady of the manor, and he has been attempting to contact Georgie, but Fig the Prig hasn't allowed his phone messages to reach her.
Blasted cow, that Fig.
Darcy, an Irishman in line for a title, is deemed unacceptable to the penurious Fig because of his current dearth of funds.
Author Rhys Bowen's "Twelve Days of Christmas"-themed mystery glitters like a tinsel-laden tree-- fun, funny, and seeped in its period and setting like a Christmas pudding aged in brandy.
The "Royal Spyness" mysteries were conceived under a frothy, Coward-esque premise, and the series really hit its stride with the previous entry, "Naughty in Nice." The introduction of Queenie, Lady Georgie's woefully inept maid, has provided the series with a delightful lift.
The author will have to locate an extensive literary ladder in order to top this novel, which is just the sort of thing Coward himself would have written, had he turned his hand toward mystery novels.
The snow is covering the landscape like a great mass of Devonshire clotted cream, the dining-room table is groaning with mince pies and other festive sweets and savories, and loads of games and seasonal activities are in the offing for a Christmas house party.
This sixth Royal Spyness mystery finds its heroine, Lady Georgiana Rannoch (thirty-fifth in line to the British throne), in the Devon village of Tiddleton-under-Lovey, having answered an advertisement to add glamour and fun to said house party, organized by the local lady of the manor to raise funds for the depleted estate coffers, this being 1933, and even lords and ladies being hard-put.
Of course, Georgie is equally hard-pressed, being rather redundant in her own family, with their own budget-stretching mightily enforced by Fig, Georgie's prig of a sister-in-law. Why won't Bright Young Thing Georgie wed some rich someone and be forever off the Rannoch dole, as it were?
Also in Tiddleton-under-Lovey for the season are Georgie's Mum, an aging yet well-kept stage actress, and none-other-than Noel Coward. They've holed up in a village cottage, the better to collaborate on a play, yet Noel is lapping up all the good lines, at least in Mumsie's mind.
They have engaged Georgie's Grandad's good friend, Mrs. Huggins, as cook, and Grandad is down from London to offer his company and breathe some fresh country air.
So, it's really shaping up as a jolly holiday for Lady Georgie, until the locals start dropping like holly berries from a week-old wreath.
Still, the presence of Georgie's longtime beau (and enigmatic man of the World), Darcy O'Mara, furthers the joy in her Joyeux Noel. As it would happen, Darcy turns out to be the nephew of the lady of the manor, and he has been attempting to contact Georgie, but Fig the Prig hasn't allowed his phone messages to reach her.
Blasted cow, that Fig.
Darcy, an Irishman in line for a title, is deemed unacceptable to the penurious Fig because of his current dearth of funds.
Author Rhys Bowen's "Twelve Days of Christmas"-themed mystery glitters like a tinsel-laden tree-- fun, funny, and seeped in its period and setting like a Christmas pudding aged in brandy.
The "Royal Spyness" mysteries were conceived under a frothy, Coward-esque premise, and the series really hit its stride with the previous entry, "Naughty in Nice." The introduction of Queenie, Lady Georgie's woefully inept maid, has provided the series with a delightful lift.
The author will have to locate an extensive literary ladder in order to top this novel, which is just the sort of thing Coward himself would have written, had he turned his hand toward mystery novels.
REMINDERS
December
4: Christmas Tree Lighting at Gazebo
December
11: Tour of Homes
December
11: Hollywood
Baptist Christmas Musical
December
17: Helpful Hands Crusade
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
