January 15, 2018

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

The Friends of Ridge Spring will meet January 18 at Town Hall at 5:00.  Plans for the year and hopes for a great opportunity to enhance our town.  All are invited.

 

Yon 2018 Spring Sale is offering 150, 15-16 month-old Angus & SimAngus bulls, plus 75 females including cow/calf pairs and bred cows/heifers on Saturday, February 17 at 11 AM

 

RSM High School: Advertising space in the 2017/2018 RSMMHS Yearbook is available to all business members of our community and surrounding communities.  Over 125 color copies of the Odyssey Yearbook will be circulated, so get your message out and support Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle/High School!  Please mail all ads and payments to Ridge Spring Monetta Middle/High School, 10 J P Kneece Drive, Monetta SC 29105. Email cholley@acpsd.net with questions or call 685-2100.  The deadline is Wednesday January 31. Thank you for your support Ridge Spring Monetta Middle/High School! Yearbook Staff: Full Page Ad $200.00; Half Page Ad $125.00; Quarter Page Ad $85.00; Business Card Size $50.00 The RSM Senior Beta Club is preparing for the State Beta Club Convention in Myrtle Beach Feb. 9-11.  Members attending will compete in various categories such as agriculture, math, banner, scrapbook, etc.  They will meet with other Beta Club members from across the state, make new friends, and learn more about leadership and service. 

RSME, Rene Miller

We would like to welcome to our RSME family the following people: Linda Palmer, Media Aide; Willie Conner, Transportation Supervisor; Tayllor Vetter, Psychologist; and Cindy Kelly, Nurse

Awards Day for the 1st semester will be held on January 26 at the following times: 3rd Grade @ 7:45 a.m.; 4th Grade @ 8:25 a.m.; 5th Grade @ 9:05 a.m.; 2nd Grade @ 9:45 a.m.;.; 1st Grade @ 2:00 p.m.;

Terrific Kids Congratulations to our Terrific Kids for the month of December.  The character word was Balanced: Laycee Morphy, Braelynn Crosby, Tanijha Morris, Chase Snipes,  Conner Cockrell, Ava Senn,  Alexander Fierros-Garcia, Alexander Andrade, Kayleigh Wood, Jaziyah Stephens, Lillian Burdett, Colton Hartley, Gavin Fulmer, Malik Fuller, Jordan Ortiz, Romeo Ruiz, Isaiah Kimbrough, Jayke Carson, Jose Hernandez, Randy Renteral, Makynna Folden, Taylor Long, and Alianna Steele

 RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Happy New Year!  2017 is in the books and what a productive, fruitful and blessed year it was for Ridge Spring United Methodist Church, RSUMC.  We are excited about 2018 with the possibilities, events, activities and services planned.

January: The Big Red Box, BRB in January will be collecting for health bags. Items needed are: wash cloth, towel (full size), tooth brush and paste, full size, comb, emery boards, bath soap, full size. If you are interested in helping, leave your donations on the porch of the Family Life Center, FLC and a church member will make sure they are placed in the BRB. The Bags will be delivered to a local Ministry the end of January.

February: February and the BRB starts thinking soup…in fact the BRB will be collecting cans of soup the entire month of February. The Souper Bowl of Caring (an international organization started in Columbia, SC) will sponsor many drives, lunches and soup collections. RSUMC will host a Souper Bowl of Caring lunch on February 4, 2018 immediately following regular church Service. Several different types of soups, deserts, corn bread/biscuits and drink will be provided. Cost: free with a donation of cans of soup. For those interested, buckets with the Super Bowl teams logos on them will be available for donations to see ‘whose team’ comes out on top. The cans of soup and money collected will go to local food banks.

Later in February RSUMC will host their first ever Shrove (or Fat) Tuesday pancake supper. This will be at the FLC February 13, 2018 5 pm-7pm. Pancakes and link sausage will be provided along with water and coffee. The supper is free but a love offering would be appreciated. Eat in or carry out.

The next day, Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 6 pm RSUMC will offer an Ash Wednesday Service at 6 pm. Join us for this moving service to begin the very powerful and meaningful beginning of Lent.   

As you can see much going on at RSUMC. We would love for you to join us at our regular church service, Sundays at 11 am and at any or ALL of the activities noted. Prayer box and church/Pastor information are located on the porch of the FLC.

Check us out on our Face Book page. Again Happy New Year! Hope to see you in church next Sunday. We’ll save you a seat.

Josie Rodgers:  RSM Little Peach League:  Registration for the 2018 season will be held Jan. 13, 20, & 27, from 9 am to 1 pm at the Little Peach League Ballpark in Monetta.  Only parents or guardians are allowed to register the athletes.  Coaches will not be allowed to register for you, and there will be no late registrations.  You must bring a birth certificate and the fees.  Brackets and fees are due at registration:  4-6 years T-ball co-ed, $40; 7-8 years Coaches Pitch/Darlings Softball, $50; 9-10 years Minors Baseball/Angels Softball $60; 11-12 years Ozone Baseball/Ponytails Softball $60. 

2017 in review

April, 2017 Do you remember???? The Ridge Spring Fire Department is sponsoring a benefit in memory of Michael Adamick which will be held on Saturday,  May 6th starting at 5 p.m. BBQ tickets are $10.00 each and may be purchased from any of the fire department members.  An auction will  immediately follow dinner.  Please join us at the Fire Department in the center of Ridge Spring for an evening of fun.

Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering is May 20, 2017 from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM.  Check it out at MagnoliaRidgeSC.com. The Friends of Ridge Spring (FORS) received the $500.00 grant from AgSouth for the Farmers Market in Ridge Spring.  A Big Thank you to AgSouth and to Sherald Rodgers for getting this done!!!  FORS is working on an update of the Ridge Spring Brochure.  It is amazing how our community grows and yet keeps its wonderful charm.  Suggestions are always welcomed.  Spann United Methodist Church in Ward will celebrated the 212th anniversary of the founding of the church. Mayor Pat Asbill gave one more tidbit of information about the tornado that came through the Ridge. 92 trees were downed and across highway 23 between Ward and Valley Protein.

May,  2017 Do you remember? Mayor Pat Asbill: Looking for something to do in Ridge Spring?? Just take a minute and consider. This week,  the Little League is celebrating its year with an awards banquet, a dunking booth, and a snow cone machine with the week ending with Memorial Day and an Oyster Roast at Juniper. The first weekend in June is the Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale, which is no longer just a yard sale, but also a place with vendors of all kinds: metalworking, crafts, outdoor furniture, produce. The list goes on and on. This year, the town has rented 103 spaces, not including those setting up in their yards or along the sidewalk. Also, on June 15,  the Town along with The Saluda County Chamber of Commerce  will set up a movie screen on the lawn at the new town hall to show Monster Trucks. This is our first outdoor movie, and we hope all will come, bring a lawn chair, a blanket, or just sit on the grass and enjoy a free movie with friends and family. Also in the plans are a Farm to Table Dinner in September, the Farmer's Market, the BBQ and Harvest Festival in October, Christmas activities, and we are in the process of planning a quilting weekend to compliment our designation on the Quilt Trail. If you want to get involved, if you are tired of watching TV, or just want to make friends, we could use your help. Give us a call and we will put you to work on the activity of your choice. Like the saying goes: "It takes a village".

June, 2017 Do you remember? On June 16,  the RAINS came and the outdoor movie was cancelled..  THE MOVIE SCREEN IS 20'X40' and cannot get wet.  So the movie night event has been moved to July 21st. The Town of Ridge Spring along with The Saluda County Chamber of Commerce  will set up a movie screen on the lawn at the new town hall to show Monster Trucks, our first free outdoor movie on Friday, July 21.  Mayor Pat Asbill stated, " Last Friday night's rain won't stop our Movie on the Lawn. We have rescheduled for July 21st. So mark your calendars; we are looking forward to showing Monster Trucks." 

The Ridge Spring Farmers' Market has begun.  We had 4 vendors with the best and freshest corn.  So of course I bought four dozen. There were cantaloupes, watermelons, and PEACHES. White and yellow peaches are available.  You could purchase fresh tomatoes,  onions, peaches, cucumbers, string beans, three kinds of corn from four different vendors, squash, zucchini, peppers even white and green ones, fried apple or peach turnovers, cakes, breads, jams, and more.  Of course there was boiled peanuts too.   Flowers were available also.  It is just hard to make sure you tell all that was there.  It was great seeing the vouchers being given out at the gazebo.  AgSouth bags were distributed to many shoppers. You could get cookies made by Abbie who was selling them for her trip, Ayla who was selling lemonade to make money for the summer.  Where else could you sit a spell in the shade, talk and also order a basket of cucumbers so you can make your special pickles.  Miss Daisy Rutland sat in the cool and Mrs. Jeanette Carr got her that peck of cucumbers. You could get fresh blueberry muffins, teas that were loose or in tea bags made by Samantha McClure.  Ayla hid a rock, too.  We start around 7:00 to 8:00 and go until we sell out.   You can get Yon's fresh corn at the Nut House this coming  week.

The Juniper Family went to New York to serve a meal at the famous James Beard House.  So Juniper was closed from June 18 to the 24th. . The meal was served on June 20 and it was sold out back in May.  Juniper reopened on June 25th for their famous Sunday Brunch

Ridge Spring Harvest Festival: With the Peach Tree 23 behind us we are now focused on the Harvest Festival and BBQ Battle for the Ridge! This year we are inviting the BEST BBQ cookers in the state of South Carolina to have a knock down drag out fight to be deemed BBQ King of Ridge Spring!
The Friends of Ridge Spring (FORS) met Thursday night.  Mayor Pat Asbill and Noel Steele had the report from the Ridge Spring traffic count on Hwy 23 form Tuesday May 30 through  Wednesday June 13, hour by hour.  Peach Tree 23 had a fabulous count. Friday peaked with 1298 vehicles going west at 1:00 PM and with over 1000 traveling west through town from 10:00 to 3:00. On Saturday the peak was at 11:00 with 1708 vehicles traveling west and again from 9:00 to 2:00 there were over 1000 cars traveling west.  Google Earth reported a traffic jam on Hwy 23 and recommended detours.  This was good for trucks to avoid this area that weekend.  The next day the town was clean and I thanks the town employees for their hard work.  The welcome center at the Gazebo was a success, too.  FORS will not meet in July and August.

Billy Rodgers and his wife Miriam of Ward have been involved with growing food crops for years. He now grows vegetables on a 2.5 acre lot on Hwy 39.  He was recognized as the "Vegetable Grower of the Year" in Greenwood.  He was presented with the award by the Emerald City Rotary Club at the first of June. .  His son Sherald is a vendor at the Ridge Spring Farmers' Market and continues the farming tradition.

REMINDERS

Ridge Spring Post Office hours:  Mon-Fri. 7:30 am – 11:30 am; Sat 9 – 10 am

Recycling Center Hours: Mon/Wed/Fri 1-7; Sat 7-7; Sun 3-7; Tues/Thurs closed

First Thursday of the Month:  AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783

AARS And the Art Center will be closed for January

January 18: FORS meeting at Town Hall 5:00

Fourth Saturday of the month: Helpful Hands Food/Clothing Bank. Is open