March 28, 2016
Ridge
Spring News
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The flowers
are blooming, the azaleas, the dogwoods, and so much more. Spring is here. Everything is turning green
including the weeds. Don’t forget to
watch out for standing water to breed mosquitoes. I hope you are planning to plant stuff
too.
The upcoming
Peach Tree 23 yard sale is close. Our
mayor told me there are only 10 spaces left in our town. If you are a farmer with produce to sell you
must let Mayor Pat Asbill know as soon as possible. The Farmers’ Market opens the next week but we can still sell stuff on the
square for that day too.
It was sad but
so honorable for our Fire Department to fly their flags as half-staff in memory
of the death of Police Officer Allen Jacobs and the death of fireman Chris
Ray.
The RSM High School FFA greenhouse
is full of potted Marigolds, lantana, and Begonias. The price of the pots is
$2.00. We also have hanging baskets with geranium and lobelia with a few
petunias mixed in for character $10.00
Our flats are begonias, impatiens, vinca and others.
Mt. Calvary Lutheran:
Our church is
having as big indoor yard sale as a fundraiser for the ministries of the
church. It will be Saturday, April 2 from 8 am until 2 pm. There will also be a
bake sale. Our men's group will have sausage biscuits, sweet rolls, coffee, and
drinks for sale. Help spread the word. We will have a good variety of items.
If anyone has things they would like to donate to the sale, we will accept
donations until Friday morning April 1.
Church address is 1186 Mt. Calvary Rd., Johnston. Some ministries that will benefit from this sale include our annual school supply drive, backpack ministry-a weekend food program for children, annual holiday food drive for Johnston Food Bank, Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes, veterans support, iCare.
Church address is 1186 Mt. Calvary Rd., Johnston. Some ministries that will benefit from this sale include our annual school supply drive, backpack ministry-a weekend food program for children, annual holiday food drive for Johnston Food Bank, Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes, veterans support, iCare.
Another
activity Mt. Calvary will have going
on as part of Operation Inasmuch on April 16, is a Homeless
Kits Packing Party. These kits are small, well-filled items that
perhaps will help in meeting the immediate needs of daily survival for homeless
individuals – things we take for granted. The kits will be distributed to
homeless people in our area. Individuals will also be encouraged to take one or
two to put in their car to give whenever they see someone asking for help - an
opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life.
Items
for the kits include: small bottle of water, small can of fruit, plastic
fork/spoon with napkin, small pkg. Kleenex, washcloth/bandana, comb/brush,
collapsible tumbler or small cup, small can Vienna sausages, peanut butter/cheese
crackers, breakfast bar, antibacterial hand wipes, travel size toothbrush &
toothpaste, deodorant.
The
packing party starts at 9:30 am on April 16 in the Fellowship Building at Mt.
Calvary Lutheran Church. Adults and children are invited to come and help.
Everyone is
invited to help Mr. Watson celebrate his 93rd birthday here at the Nut House on
April 9th. Drop in any time between 10 and 4 to join the fun celebrating this
eventful day. The official cake cutting will at 12 noon but any time will be
great! Look forward to seeing you then.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH:
Big Red Box: The BRB is almost full and will be delivered
to Bethel Baptist Church on Thursday. March 31st. You still have time to delivered non perishable food items to
be placed in back packs of students who need a little help with food over the
weekends. Leave donations on porch of either the Church or Family Life Center
and a Church member will make sure it is placed in the BRB. Thanks in advance
for helping our community.
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes: From flops to boot, adults to
children’s…DON’T throw or give away unwanted shoes, Ridge Spring United
Methodist Church has a place for each pair. More about this in upcoming news.
Rene Miller RSM
Elementary School
RSM Pageant: Congratulations to all
our RSM Natural Pageant winners. All contestants did a great job and looked
fantastic! Wee Master: Benjamin Aaden McCormick; 1st
runner up: Matthew Hunter Cockrell; 2nd runner up: James Marion Buck II; Little
Master: Tanner Blaize Brewer; Pre-Teen Master: Peter Ezra Mathius Blacks; 1st
runner up: Moses Jefferey Herman Swint; 2nd runner up: DeAnte Shaquille Hopkins
; Wee Miss: Matalyn Elizabeth Martin; 1st runner up:
Heaven Neveah McField; 2nd runner up: Zoe Amanda Ford; Little
Miss: Gracie Anna Temples; 1st runner up: Haleigh Sha’Niyah
Mitchell; 2nd runner up: Maryann Elizabeth Sterling; Pre-Teen
Miss: Emily Gonzalez;
1st runner up:
Carmendi Achazia Davis; and 2nd runner up: Kaileigh Belle Smith
RSM Elementary 5th
Grade Walk/Jog Club: Our
5th grade walk/jog club has a goal to go from RSME to Myrtle Beach by walking laps
around the gym. Last week’s mileage was reported wrong. They have now walked
131 miles which puts them in the community of Mars Bluff, S.C. Watch for more
results in the coming weeks. 5th graders don’t forget to come on Friday
mornings at 7:15 a.m.
Review from David Marshall James:
"Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M." by Sam Wasson
With more than a half-century's perspective on the film version of Truman Capote's novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's," it's safe to declare that Holly Golightly is Audrey Hepburn's most iconic role.
And, as much as the screenplay differed from the text, as much as Capote wanted chum Marilyn Monroe to be his Holly, the character has long since gained immortality-- owing largely to the cinematic version, underscored by Henry Mancini's haunting score and Savannah, Georgia, native Johnny Mercer's splendid lyrics to "Moon River."
And then we have come to realize how right Audrey is for the role, with all her doubts about playing a call-girl who has deserted her husband and children back in Tulip, Texas. Swathed in black dresses (long and short) by Hubert de Givenchy, brandishing a cigarette holder, and flipping her sunglasses up and down, Hepburn jump-started a fashion trend that Jackie Kennedy (with Oleg Cassini) were going to intercept and run across the goal line. If there hadn't been a '60s REVOLUTION ... how high would fashion have ascended? It's never fully recovered its bearings.
In his gold-paper-wrapped, solid-chocolate Valentine to the genesis of "Breakfast at Tiffany's," book and film, author Sam Wasson explores the origins of Miss Golightly and the evolution of Miss Hepburn's high-fashion, yet utterly accessible (via "the little black dress") style, which commenced in earnest with "Sabrina" and her carte blanche to select some Parisian designs for her portrayal of the title character, much to the chagrin of Paramount Pictures costume chief Edith Head.
Wasson leads the reader through the major pre- and post-production events, including the selection of screenwriter George Axelrod (who wrangled with production-code restrictions, which were at least loosening some because of the movies' ongoing competition with television), director Blake Edwards (not the first choice, but ultimately a happy one for Hepburn), and supporting-cast players Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, and Mickey Rooney, among others.
Although no one got along very well with George Peppard, he fits beautifully into the film, because he is all the presence that he needs to be without detracting from Holly. The sincerity and simplicity of his acting have crossed the decades in a such a manner that we are not left wishing that someone else had taken the part. Certainly not Tony Curtis, who wanted it, but who was vetoed by Hepburn's dictatorial husband Mel Ferrer (Wasson supplies some unfortunate scenes from their marriage).
Edwards shot two endings to the film, although it's still uncertain how long-- and how well-- Holly and Paul Varjak will hold together, given the "romantic comedy" close (as opposed to "closure"). Here's my take, which would have brought the film back in touch with the novella, and brought the screenplay back to the beginning, in a sense:
Holly escapes from Paul and Cat, dashing out into the rain from the taxi. Paul hesitates, unsure of pursuing, then close-up on Cat, who meows pointedly. Cut to Paul's face, on which resignation-- and a measure of understanding-- dawns. We see him stroking Cat, which dissolves into a shot of Paul standing outside his and Holly's old apartment building ("I have always returned to places I've lived," as Capote writes), holding a copy of his just-published novel. Close-up on title, which is "Tiffany Crackerjack" or some such (as long as we know it's a thinly veiled fiction concerning Holly). Paul clutches the book to his heart, and begins to walk down the sidewalk, away from camera, as the soundtrack picks up strains from "Moon River."
With more than a half-century's perspective on the film version of Truman Capote's novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's," it's safe to declare that Holly Golightly is Audrey Hepburn's most iconic role.
And, as much as the screenplay differed from the text, as much as Capote wanted chum Marilyn Monroe to be his Holly, the character has long since gained immortality-- owing largely to the cinematic version, underscored by Henry Mancini's haunting score and Savannah, Georgia, native Johnny Mercer's splendid lyrics to "Moon River."
And then we have come to realize how right Audrey is for the role, with all her doubts about playing a call-girl who has deserted her husband and children back in Tulip, Texas. Swathed in black dresses (long and short) by Hubert de Givenchy, brandishing a cigarette holder, and flipping her sunglasses up and down, Hepburn jump-started a fashion trend that Jackie Kennedy (with Oleg Cassini) were going to intercept and run across the goal line. If there hadn't been a '60s REVOLUTION ... how high would fashion have ascended? It's never fully recovered its bearings.
In his gold-paper-wrapped, solid-chocolate Valentine to the genesis of "Breakfast at Tiffany's," book and film, author Sam Wasson explores the origins of Miss Golightly and the evolution of Miss Hepburn's high-fashion, yet utterly accessible (via "the little black dress") style, which commenced in earnest with "Sabrina" and her carte blanche to select some Parisian designs for her portrayal of the title character, much to the chagrin of Paramount Pictures costume chief Edith Head.
Wasson leads the reader through the major pre- and post-production events, including the selection of screenwriter George Axelrod (who wrangled with production-code restrictions, which were at least loosening some because of the movies' ongoing competition with television), director Blake Edwards (not the first choice, but ultimately a happy one for Hepburn), and supporting-cast players Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, and Mickey Rooney, among others.
Although no one got along very well with George Peppard, he fits beautifully into the film, because he is all the presence that he needs to be without detracting from Holly. The sincerity and simplicity of his acting have crossed the decades in a such a manner that we are not left wishing that someone else had taken the part. Certainly not Tony Curtis, who wanted it, but who was vetoed by Hepburn's dictatorial husband Mel Ferrer (Wasson supplies some unfortunate scenes from their marriage).
Edwards shot two endings to the film, although it's still uncertain how long-- and how well-- Holly and Paul Varjak will hold together, given the "romantic comedy" close (as opposed to "closure"). Here's my take, which would have brought the film back in touch with the novella, and brought the screenplay back to the beginning, in a sense:
Holly escapes from Paul and Cat, dashing out into the rain from the taxi. Paul hesitates, unsure of pursuing, then close-up on Cat, who meows pointedly. Cut to Paul's face, on which resignation-- and a measure of understanding-- dawns. We see him stroking Cat, which dissolves into a shot of Paul standing outside his and Holly's old apartment building ("I have always returned to places I've lived," as Capote writes), holding a copy of his just-published novel. Close-up on title, which is "Tiffany Crackerjack" or some such (as long as we know it's a thinly veiled fiction concerning Holly). Paul clutches the book to his heart, and begins to walk down the sidewalk, away from camera, as the soundtrack picks up strains from "Moon River."
I have tomato plants almost ready.
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)
