July 2, 2018
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
July
Fourth is the day we celebrate our Independence. How fortunate we are to live in our country,
in our state, in our county and in our super town. Let us take time to remember those who are in
our armed forces protecting our freedom.
Take care and stay cool this week.
Did you notice the American Flags on all the
light poles on Main Street of Ridge Spring?
It makes me so proud of our town, our county, our State and our
Nation. They were purchased by funds
from the Harvest Festival several years ago.
I thank the town employees for putting them up.
Now to
the Ridge Spring Farmers Market: We had 12
vendors. Lemonade, zipper peas, four
vendors with tomatoes, three vendors with corn (Yon's will probably not have
any more corn but other vendors will)
squash, red potatoes, peppers - banana, jalapeño, poblano, and more, pickling cukes, string
beans, Mississippi purple hull peas, yellow and green zucchini, and pork
products from 8:23. There were two kinds
of peaches, three vendors with watermelons, cantaloupes, sweet onions, and of
course boiled peanuts, fresh herbs to cut from, and beautiful Yonce
plants. David Day was there with h is
children selling honey. He has these
honey sticks with the following flavors: wild cherry, chocolate, watermelon,
green apple, blueberry, orange blossom and of course just plain delicious
honey.
While sitting under the tree at the Farmers
Market, George Raborn told the following.
There was an old 4 room school called Marcella. His friend, David Ergle, went to school there
and explained that when it was asparagus cutting time, school would take in at
11:00. Then when it was cotton picking time school turned out at 12:00. Times are changing. From Denise Covington: the "ox in the ditch" saying comes
from the Old Testament.
Watson
Family Reunion: The reunion will be on Saturday, August 11, in the old peach
packing shed behind the Watson House on East Main Street Ridge Spring. All
descendants of John or William Watson are invited to visit cousins, learn more
about our ancestors, and visit sites associated with the family. The cost will
be $20.00 per person. We need to know by July 20 if
you will attend so that we can make arrangements with the caterer. For more
information contact Joe Watson at 803-685-7815 or joewatson@comporium.net or
Mary Watson Edmonds at 803-790-7780 or marywedmonds@gmail.com. We
hope to see you there!
Harriet's
Garden
is closing down for the summer season and will reopen in the fall. If you need to contact me please call my cell
phone or email me. Have a great summer.
Beginner
Stained Glass Class
The Art Center in Ridge Spring will be hosting a beginner
stained glass class this July 17th to August 7th. In this class you will learn
all of the basics of Stained Glass design and the techniques needed to create
stained glass art. This class will leave you with a solid base knowledge of
working with stained glass! It is exciting and fun! Your instructor, Vernon
Robinson, is an expert stained glass artist with decades of experience. He will
share his love for stained glass with you and by the end of class you will have
your own 8x10” suncatcher to bring home. All materials and tools will be
provided for this class. Just bring yourself and your dreams of creating
stained glass art of your very own! The class is smaller in order to handle
one-on-one assistance so sign up now to save your space! Classes: Tuesdays, July 17th to Aug. 7th
Time: 6:00 to 9:00pm Cost: $250 Location: Ridge Spring Art Center Hwy 23, 108
Maintenance Shop Circle, Ridge Spring, SC 29129 Contact: Vernon Robinson (803)
640- (glas) 4527 or Kedryn Evans (910) 583-2219 or email at
kedrynevans@gmail.com
Josie Rodgers
Congratulations
to Davis Wash who was part of the
top 10 in the Teen Miss SC Pageant last
week. Davis wowed the crowds each night
with her performances. The platform she
chose was physical fitness for young girls, something that often goes
unnoticed, and she also helped raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network. Her fitness routine was flawless. For the talent competition, she sang “Via Dolorosa” and her rendition was breathtaking. Her evening gown was designed and created
just for her, and she was stunning as she graced the stage in the original
masterpiece along with her princesses Olivia Forrest and Collins Rosier. Davis had her own cheering section every night, but on Thurs evening, her fan base was huge when her
volleyball team and coaches cancelled practice to be in the audience cheering
for Davis! Davis is the daughter of Matt
and Melanie Wash. Davis is a rising
senior at Wardlaw Academy where she plays volleyball and softball and is a
varsity cheerleader. We are so proud of
this young lady and know that great things are in store for her!
It
was fun watching the Miss SC pageant with my 2 guys (Anna was watching with
Grandma) and seeing what they thought of the young ladies’ dresses and
questions. They were pretty accurate
with their choices! Congratulations to Miss Spartanburg, Davia Bunch, for being
crowned Miss SC! She was also a preliminary winner for talent (ballet) and
swimsuit. Davia will compete in the Miss
America Pageant in Atlantic City Sept. 9, and she will make the Palmetoo State
proud.
Last
weekend, we found a great place to rent costumes. Vintage
Ooollee is located at 1521 Broad Street in Augusta, and the owner is an
energetic redheaded lady who is ever so ready to help. She even found all the
accessories and suggested a great hair product to help curl Annalee’s
hair. She has items to purchase and
plenty to rent!
RSM High Class of 1988 will
have a reunion on July 14. If you are an
’88 graduate and interested, contact Carol Pittman via Facebook for details and
payment info. She needs a final count by
July 2. The page is RS-M Class of
1988.
Registration for Aiken County Schools can
be completed ONLINE this summer,
but parents will still need to go to
their child’s school to verify registration information and to show proof of
address. Parents/guardians of NEW
students are asked to come to their respective schools to complete the
registration process instead of the online process..
RSM Elem: Summer reading logs will be due when school is back
in session. Don’t wait until the last
minute! Read all summer! Read what you like! Read what you love! Just READ!
Did you know that the more a child reads the higher level his vocabulary will be and the more
successful he will be in ALL of his classes?
Get to the library and explore!
Elem Registration: New students & their parents/guardians
are asked to come to the school on Aug. 1 between 11am and 6 pm to register for
school. All parents are asked to visit the school BEFORE Aug. 11 to verify the
online registration information. Meet the Teacher will take place
Thurs., Aug. 16, from 3-6 pm. Parents
are asked to visit the school before Aug. 11 to verify the online
information.
RSM High:
RSM Lady Trojan Volleyball and Basketball summer schedule
will resume Tues., July 10, at 8:30 am in the gym! All mid or high girls interested in playing
for the Lady Trojans should be at the gym with 2018-2019 sports physical in
hand.
Registration
will be held on Tues., Aug. 7, from 11 am until 7 pm in the cafetorium. Even if you complete registration online, you
must still come to the school to verify that information and show proof of
address.
Review from David Marshall James:
"Man of the Year" by Lou Cove
The author wasn't the
happiest of campers when his peripatetic parents located to Salem,
Massachusetts, from New York City in 1978, along with his younger sister and
brother.
"Chestnut Street is
the prettiest street in America," trilled his Mother, but it nevertheless
added up to attending a new school, making new friends-- luck prevailing-- and
adjusting his auditory nerves to a preponderance of locals whose speech
required a quorum of Kennedys to translate.
Then there were the
witches, the ones who had persevered through centuries of persecution, one of
whom had a daughter in author Lou Cove's seventh-grade class.
Chestnut Street may have
been a strolling tourist's dream, yet it proved something of a Grundy-esque
nightmare for an emerging teenager who liked to smooch on the roof outside his
upstairs window.
Little did Lou realize
that a karmaic blessing was about to arrive in a powder-blue VW minibus:
A couple of his parents' younger friends, time-warped to Woodstock, or some
romanticized version thereof. Whatever the source of their enticingly
free spirits, they put the "vie" in "groovie" (alternate
spelling).
Or, as the locals would
proclaim in their clam-chowdah patois, Howie and Carly Gordon were "wicked
pizzahs" (alternate spelling).
Just how much so is not
revealed until a most memorable Thanksgiving dinner, including all manner and
speaking of mixed company, during which Howie drops Da Bomb that he is no less
than Mr. November in "Playgirl" magazine's latest issue, with the pix
and the "drop trou" routine to prove it. Talk about passing the
bird around the table.
Next on Howie's plate is
the possibility of becoming Man of the Year in "Playgirl," should
enough birdwatchers give him the thumbs up.
Armed with homemade
campaign flyers, Howie and Lou commence the Man of the Year campaign in a
once-Puritan enclave, the irony of which is lost on neither. Their hopes
may be high-apple-pie-in-the-sky, but their adventures constitute a writ-large
sociology lesson for Lou.
This nostalgically
irresistible, swingin' seventies memoir sees the author through bitter as well
as sweet memories en route to his emergence in high school. Howie and
Carly eventually return to the West Coast-- and Lou with them, for awhile-- but
they remain, through the decades, as two of the most unorthodox guardian angels
a youngster much in need of them could ever have. As such, they deserve
new-wave scarlet "A's."
Harriet's
Garden Tips: Sometimes it is nice to smell the roses or
herbs, or fresh vegetables. A poem was
sent to me and I liked it. It is by
Roger Brock. Here it is.
Mary
Ann’s Garden
Her
garden is her simple retreat
Where
the plants welcome her in rows so neat
Like
children her hands have touched each one
They
grow so well reaching towards the sun
Life
is simple in her garden away from time
It
is filled with life, love, and plants like thyme
Life’s
questions are answered as she retreats there
The
bees and butterflies touch each flower with care
Yes,
they are all waiting for her to come each day
The
worms, the weeds, they watch for her to make her way
This
little piece of heaven waits just outside the door
It’s
simple, it’s peaceful, who could ask for anything more
Roger
Brock
REMINDERS
June-August: Ridge Spring Farmers Market
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
Saluda County Library Hours:
Mon/Wed
8:30 am-5 pm; Tues/Thurs 8:30 am – 6 pm; Fri 8:30 am – 5 pm; Sat closed
Every Friday & Saturday:
AARS
hours 10 – 4 or by appt, free admission
Every first Tuesday of the Month:
AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783
Every 1st Thursday: Audibel Hearing Center
Every
Friday: Narcotics Anonymous and
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings 7-8 pm at The Ridge Spring
Library
Every 4th
Saturday: The Helpful Hands Food/Clothing Bank
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