May 7, 2018
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
The
Ridge Spring Fire Department Benefit in memory of Michael Adamick was held on
Saturday, with home cooked or should I say firehouse cooked bar-be-que by Brian
Derrick and Dude Thomas and all the firemen helping. It was delicious. The Auction was amazing, the music was great
and the funds raised goes to our Volunteer Fire Department. Way to go with such hard work. Congratulations to all.
Kevin Yon was in Charleston,
SC at the Mercantile and Mash with Chef Jeremiah Bacon and Dave working with
Certified Angus Prime Beef that will end up on the plate at The Oak Steakhouse.
Chef Jeremiah spent the day at Yon Family Farms getting a taste of ranch life.
Watch the Angus Journal in the coming months for the full story.
The next big event in Ridge Spring is Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering featuring the Palmetto
Tractor club. This will be held May 19,
2018 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The Farm is
on Mt. Calvary Rd. near the Intersection of Hwy #23 and Hwy #39 in Ridge
Spring. For more information call
803.617.8751 or email magridge12@gmail.com.
Web site is MagnoliaRidgeSC.com
Have you been thinking about Peach Tree #23 Yard Sale which is 44 miles long. It is coming the first Friday and Saturday of
June. This event started as a town wide
yard sale and it was such a success. So we
began to expand and now we are a 44 mile
long success!!!!
Vouchers will be distributed on Tuesday, June 5 at Town Hall.
IRISES: With the forecasted
warm temperatures, this is probably the last week for many of the colorful and
fragrant irises in bloom and for sale at Daylily Depot Gardens, 381 Trojan Road, Ridge Spring. As there
are not set open days and hours, it’s best to call before visiting – 685-7219
(leave a message for return call).
The Nut House and Country Store: Are you a resident of Ridge Spring, Monetta, or Ward? On
the first Wednesday of every month (starting May 2nd) you'll receive
10% off your purchase at The Nut House & Country Market - no exclusions!
Stop in for delicious pecan candies, Yon Family Farms Beef, Hickory Hill Milk
and much MORE!
Watch out!! Riding lawn mowers in use: Now that the grass and those pesky weeds are up and coming,
all are out mowing including town employees.
Watch out for those on riding lawnmowers. They are working on keeping our town
beautiful.
Rev. Don Hall
is helping people to register to vote.
He is the Pastor of Ridge Hill Baptist Church in Ridge Spring .
Art Center in Ridge Spring
by Joanne Crouch
Kim Ruff will host a pottery class making a Garden Angel (male or
female). This class will be held on
Monday, May 14th at 6:30 at the Art Center. Students may make a herb pot and possibly some garden stakes
(“dill”, basil, etc). Class cost is $35
and includes clay, glazing and firing.
Students can bring apron to protect clothing. Contact Kim Ruff at (803)315-9203 or by email
at makerart@aol.com or Joanne Crouch at
(803)685-5577 or by email at joanne.crouch26@gmail.com.
We had a group from North Trenholm Church on Saturday, May 5th. Barbara Yon spoke to the group about the
quilt block trail in our area. The group
had also visited Saluda and Ridge Spring and ate lunch at Juniper. D.S Owens
has a show hanging at the Jim Harrison Gallery.
A photographer is featuring a tree study in this exhibit. Member, Ron Buttler, will have an exhibit at
Harrison Gallery next month.
Hours of operation at the Art Center are
Fridays and Saturdays from 10-2. Join us
for our membership meetings on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30. The Art Association of Ridge Spring meets at
the Art Center the first Thursday of the month at 6:30. Everyone is welcomed.
Josie Rodgers
It’s National Teacher Appreciation Week and
National Nurses Week! What will YOU
do to celebrate these 2 noble professions? A short note, a quick post, a small
token of thanks…these little gestures actually mean the world to teachers and
nurses. Both professionals chose their
careers based on the desire to give back to their communities and make the
world a better place. Think of the
teachers you have had and the nurses you have seen in action. Now, imagine those scenarios without the
compassion and dedication that these people add to their jobs. They truly do deserve our gratitude and
praise.
RSM Elem (Rene Milelr): Coffee with Cops was a
huge success! Thanks to all of our law enforcement officers who took time to
visit our school and read to our students.
We also had other men and RSM High male students come at various times
during the week to read to the children.
Congratulations
to the Terrific Kids for the month
of April for character trait “Be Prepared”:
Kenner Mujica, Natalie Williams,
Marcos Segura, Alejandro Perez, Noah Mitchum, O’Miya Bussey, Gage Peterson,
Dean Wylie, Jalyn Wise, Nathaniel Tew, Koi Pack, Hunter Wooten, Emmerson Smith,
Madisyn Simpkins, Zoe Ford, Rosalba Lopez, Heaven McField, Zahid Segura,
Le’Asia Bussey, Haleigh Mitchell, Jaiden Gibson, Heather Osbun-Shirey, Alissa
Cato, & Lariana Cabana.
Congratulations
to Science Fair Award winners: 1st place, Emma Fulmer & Maryann Sterling (Mixing Oil & Water); 2nd
place, Aubrianna Wise & Aaron Layton
(Heat in Convection Liquids); 3rd place, Braylon Smith & Cade Cockrell (Separating Mixtures); Honorable
Mention, Kaytlin Tindal & Christian
Smith (Self-Inflating Balloon) and Tytrell
Smith, Antwan Brooks, & Andre Norris (Water Microscope).
Several
RSM Elem students had artwork showcased at the
Second Annual Aiken Fine Arts Festival at USC-Aiken on Sat., April 28: Mason
Wheeler, Noah Mitchum, Shimira Gibson, Nathaly Segura, Jaiden Holloway, Jayke
Carson, Karla Valencia, Logan Brightwell, Adam Edgerely, and Honesty Monroe.
We
are proud to announce our PTO officers for 2018-19: President, Katrina Rodgers; Vice-president, Steven Crosby; Secretary, Natasha
Walker; & Treasurer, James
Williams.
RSM High: Drama
students, under the direction of Ms.
Kerry Jackson, will travel to USC-Aiken this Friday to compete in the
Garcia Theatre Project. RSM will perform
Power Play by Lindsey Price at 12:30
pm. Other schools participating include
North Augusta High, Fox Creek, and South Aiken High. The awards ceremony is held at 4:45.
Jeff
Clamp, band director - The
band and chorus will present their Spring Concert on Tues., May 15, at 7 pm in
the high school gym. There is no cost
for admission to the concert. Please
come out and support the talented musicians of RSM Mid/High.
On Fri., April 20, Aiken High School
hosted the South Carolina Band
Director's Association Solo and Ensemble Festival. Eighteen students represented RSM at the
event. Out of the 12 events, RSM
students received the highest rating of Superior in 8 events and the second
highest rating of Excellent in the other 4 events. Middle School students earning a Superior
rating were Landon Hastings, Cody Davenport, Kaileigh Smith, Bertin Andraca,
Trinity LaBrew, and Paola Trinidad.
Cheyenne Hartley, Ta'Neisha Patterson, Kandon Hastings, Jonathan Cumbee,
and Tyler Rowe were high school students receiving a Superior rating. Receiving an Excellent rating from the middle
school were Jamaya Morris, Yazmine Cannon, Tamia Hill, Trinity LaBrew, Paola
Trinidad, and Kyla Padgett. High School
students who earned an Excellent rating were Joanna Kaiser, Zachary Truesdale,
and Kelsey Moore. Congratulations to all
of these students for their outstanding performances.
On Fri., May 4, two former RSM
students came back to the Ridge to present “Girl Empowerment” and The Ambition
Experience. Georgina Dukes, Chief of Staff at Duke
Heart Center and Porsha Glover, Service
Supervisor at Clintas, gathered every female student into the cafetorium for
this unique and engaging session. The
spoke about integrity, education, goals, achievement, grace, and focus. The young ladies in the audience were so
impacted by this experience that they requested permission to create a club
that will meet regularly to reinforce the ideals presented by the
speakers. This is a powerful movement on
the Ridge!
Career
Day was held at RSM
High on Wed., May 2. Representatives
from businesses in and around our community came and tirelessly present three
sessions each as students traveled from session to session to learn more about
career opportunities. RSM alumni were
represented during the sessions: Sally Yon Harrison (Yon Family Farms) and
Dwayne Ligons (Juniper chef). Other
careers included law enforcement, Michelin, coronor’s office, CSI, Southern
States, and more. We are very grateful
for these professionals to take time our of their work day to expose our youth
to various career options.
Rescheduled for May 16: The National English Honor Society will
sponsor its 2nd Poetry Night
with recitations of original and published poetry by students, staff, and
family. The evening begins at 6 pm with
refreshments, audience activities, and door prizes. All are welcome!
The Trojan baseball team travelled to Lewisville Sat., May 5, to try to
defeat the Lions but fell to them in the top of the 7th inning. What a fantastic season for our Trojans! We are extremely proud of their
accomplishments.
Review from
David Marshall James: "The Marmalade
Murders" by Elizabeth J. Duncan
It's show time for all
the home bakers, preservers, and gardeners at the annual Llanelen agricultural
show.
However, all's not fair at
the fair this year, what with Florence Semble, a first-time entrant, having her
carrot cake and orange marmalade go missing.
"Simple
pilfery?" you may ask.
Oh, it's much more than
that in this ninth Penny Brannigan mystery by Canadian author Elizabeth J.
Duncan. Penny, an ex-pat Canadian, visited Llanelen some 30 years ago as
a student doing the U.K. the Hemingway and decided to stay.
A
watercolorist/teacher/manicurist, Penny and friend Victoria Hopkirk have
renovated a derelict building and opened a spa offering mani's, pedi's, and
coiffing.
Penny invariably gets
tangled up in murder investigations, too. It would seem she's still
enough of an outsider to intuit things that the locals may overlook.
No giving away any clues
as to how this latest Brannigan-arama pans out, other than to remark that it's
a sterling example of a British village mystery, down to its vicar and his
wife, Women's Guild, jammers, and pub-goers (to The Leek and Lily, those being
Welsh symbols).
Florence's landlady and
housemate, Mrs. Lloyd-- former postmistress and someone who's up in everybody's
canned goods-- rather steals the show here, although she doesn't enter anything
in the fair.
Well, some of us are
canners, whilst others are can-openers. And, should you stop by Mrs.
Lloyd's, Florence will fetch out a tea tray with a slice of her latest
opus. Meanwhile, Mrs. Lloyd will pump you for the latest word on the
villagers. As you depart, Florence may thrust a jar of marmalade into
your hands.
Small wonder, then, that
Penny Brannigan transplanted herself to Llanelen.
Harriet's
Garden Tips: I
have been including garden tips in my column for over a year. So I decided to
put in what I had for last year. It is still good advise. May 8,
2017: When looking for bedding plants (annuals) there are specific
requirements to get the best blooms. Is
the location you want to plant them have sun, shade or part shade. Does it take the heat and dryness or needs
more water. Hardiness is so
important. I find certain plants to be
hardier that others. Afternoon sun is
harder on plants than morning sun. Some
plants do surprise me. Begonias are
hardier than they look. Zinnias are
beautiful but you can't let them dry out that often. Geraniums are hardy for sure. AND there are so many more. Thunbergia is fun to grow as a vine. It is also known as the black-eyed Susan
vine. Every time I have to check to see
if the vine has grown out of the basket and gone up the post. It has to be turned around and encouraged to
climb back down to the bottom of the hanging basket. Just have fun with plants. I do.
REMINDERS
May 8: RS Harvest Festival meeting
May 17: Friends of Ridge Spring meeting
May 19: The Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Festival
June 2: Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale
June 5: Voucher Distribution
June 9: Farmers Market Opens
Ridge Spring Library hours: Mon. Tues. 9:00 - 12:00; Wed. Thurs. Closed;
Fri.
10:00 - 4:00; Sat. 10:00 - 1:00.
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
Every Friday &
Saturday: AARS hours 10 – 4 or by appt, free admission
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