September 17, 2018
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
I am sending this column early (Friday September 14)for
there are concerns about deadlines this coming week because of Hurricane
Florence. I hope and pray we all make it
through this with little or no damage. I
also hope and pray we are on the heeling
end by this coming week. Let us come
together help each other when and where we can.
News from
Ridge Spring Harvest Festival: Everything is on track for The
2018 Miss Harvest Festival Beauty Pageant. The beauty pageant will be held
September 22nd. Scarecrows had a face-lift this week with a fresh coat of
paint, new eyes, noses and rosy red cheeks. We will be decorating the town
for the Harvest Festival on September 29th around 9:00 AM. We are asking anyone
that would like to help to show up at the gazebo for marching orders.
We are
packing the newly named Ridge Spring Plaza (the area formerly known
as the town square) with 20 cook teams in the BBQ Battle for the Ridge! We will
be distributing 1280 pounds of Boston Butts, so there's going to be some extra.
We will begin taking orders soon for individual pounds and whole
butts. Send us a check, pay at the town hall or this year you will be able to
complete your order online at www.ridgespringharvestfestival.com.
Car Show,
Arts/Crafts/Antiques/Exhibitors, Free kids rides and games, parade, dance
groups and live music throughout the day, a bunch of great BBQ,
Batman..... how could you stay home? See y'all at the Harvest Festival!
Participate in a artistic community event. Festival goers
will help design an artistic piece by throwing Goblies (paintballs) at a large
prepped canvas with the town logo on it. Don’t let this opportunity pass you
by. Mayor Pat Asbill will throw out the first ceremonial pitch of the paintballs.
Visit our Country Store this year at
the Ridge Spring Harvest Festival, October 13th. It will be open early and
throughout the day at the Ridge Spring Fire Department. We will have local
produce for sale from the farms in the area. This is a great opportunity to
stock up for winter! IF you are interested in selling your farm's goods at the
Country Store please visit our website for more information.
Volunteers needed for the Harvest Festival Beauty
pageant on September 22nd. If you are available and are willing to help out for
a few hours please call Town Hall 803-685-5511
Olde Treasures is excited to bring you news of our newest dealers,
Sid and Nita Keisler from the Gilbert area. They are seasoned in working with
and servicing customers through over thirty years of business in a family owned
convenience store. You will love their set-up, pictured in this email and all
of the "treasures" they bring to the shop. They are already selling
well, and as you know most of what you find in Olde Treasures is
one at a time availability. You may be able to find another one, but not
necessarily anytime soon.
Upcoming this month is the ninth
annual Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Show. It is
usually held in May but due to weather it was rescheduled for September 22 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
It is located at the farm on Mt. Calvary Rd at the intersection of Hwy 23 and
Hwy 39 in Ridge Spring, just across from the John Deere dealership. For
directions, call 803-617-8751. You don't want to miss this. Approximately
thirty dealers, food and baked goods galore. After experiencing the show, head
to Olde Treasures where you can find plenty of relics and
trending items for your home, business, and next project.
We are open Thursday through Saturday
10:00 am to 4:30 pm. Other days by
chance, Appointments ALWAYS welcome. The
address is 612 E. Main Street, Ridge Spring, and phone numbers are 803.685.7634
or 803.361.0040.
The
Saluda County Farm to Table and Honey Tasting:
September 29 at 6:00 PM at Ward, the Dinner is a fundraiser held annually in
Ward, SC to raise money for scholarships for area youth interested in careers
in agriculture. Last year's winners were Saluda High School Senior McKenzie Maffett
and Ridge Spring-Monetta Senior Darren Abney.
This year's chef will be Chris Hamilton, owner of Higher Ground Char
House and long time restaurateur in the Midlands Area..
Yon Family
Farm Fall Sale will be held October 27.
They will be selling 300 bulls and 100 females forage developed angus
cattle11:00 am at the farm in Ridge Spring
RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH:
On September 30, 2018 Ridge Spring
United Methodist Church (RSUMC) invites local church congregations to a 5th Sunday
Community Sing. This will be at 11:00 a.m. regular church service time. The
program will last approximately an hour. If you would like to participate
please contact Pastor Ashley Buchanan at:aebuchanan@umcsc.org.
We ask no more than 2 songs per group and/or individual. Join us for what will
be a fun filled hour of praise and song.
Josie Rodgers
By
the time this goes to print, I hope we are all back on track and recovering
from Hurricane Florence. I remember the devastation from Hugo when my oldest
daughter was only 4 months old. We all remember the catastrophes for our most
recent hurricanes. May we continue to
reach out to those who need us because we have been on the receiving end.
RSM High: Construction
continues! We’re seeing lots of digging and moving and fencing! It’s real! We can’t wait for our new school!
The
Senior Beta Club and the National English Honor Society members are selling
World’s Finest Chocolate. With over 46 members, you are sure to find some of
that delicious stuff somewhere close by!
Proceeds help with graduation expenses, convention, American Education
Week, Teacher Appreciation Week, and more!
The RS-M True Blue Marching Band will compete Sat., Sept. 22, "Mustang
Classic" at Midland Valley High.
Fri.,
Sept. 21, is College Application Day.
Seniors will gather in the computer lab to complete free college
applications to many of our colleges in the state. Note that not all colleges participate in
this type of event.
Sat., Sept. 22 is our Day of
Caring.
Our project is Building Raised Garden Box Planters
& Raised Garden Planter Made From A Wooden Pallet. We need at least 10-20
volunteers. Volunteers are asked to assist with building garden box planters
that are mobile (as we continue construction on our new HS) and can easily be
moved to different locations. Volunteer equipment needed: hammers, nails,
gloves, tape measures, saws, and levels. Materials needed:
Pallets (need these the most. If you are a business,
these wouldn’t cost you a penny!); 2 10′ pressure treated deck boards; 1 box of
1 1/4″ deck screws; 6-7 cedar fence boards; soil to fill the planters;
landscape fabric; seeds! Individuals/organizations interested in donating
supplies for this project are encouraged to contact the school’s principal,
Kyle Blankenship, at 803-685-2100 or email at KBlankenship@acpsd.net. Please meet
at the school’s greenhouse, outside of the gym entrance, 10 J. P. Kneece Drive,
at 9 am. All volunteers must sign a waiver at that time. We will aim to wrap up
the project around noon. Sign up at the school or at SignUpGenius.com
Art Center in Ridge Spring: Classes
Gourd Art Sept 25th
@ 6:00- Create a pumpkin
(gourd) that will be part of your fall décor for many years to come. This is for ages 10 & up. Costs will be $30 which includes all
supplies. Contact Joanne Crouch at joanne.crouch26@gmail.com to register.
Mosaic On Sept29th at 8:30,
Barbara Yon and members of AARS will demonstrate the basics of
mosaics. Students will apply cut glass
to the risers of the steps at the Art Center.
There is no charge for this event.
Contact Barbara Yon at byonart@yahoo.com or a member of the AARS if you would like to participate in
this event
Pottery Kim
Ruff, instructor On October 15, a clay
Christmas tree class will be held on
Monday, Oct15th from 6:30-8:30.
Cost is $35 and includes all firing and glazing. Kim’s class will allow the students to make
additional small pieces to use all the clay that is allotted for the
class. Contact Kim Ruff at makerart@aol.com or Joanne Crouch at joanne.crouch26@gmail.com to register.
.Stained Glass Vernon Rpbinson,
instructor-October 19th and 20th 10-4. Students will make a 8 x 10 suncatcher. Mr. Robinson is very crafted in his
skills. Class will be very small so
spots are limited. Cost is $250 with ½
will need to be paid when participant signs up.
Contact AARS or contact kedrynevans@gmail.com , (910)583-2219 or Vernon Robinson (803)640-4527 for details of how to become a part of this
class.
Location:
Ridge Spring Art Center Hwy. 23 108 Maintenance Shop Circle, Ridge
Spring SC 29129. Behind the Ridge Spring Art Center.
Review from
David Marshall James: "Don't Make Me Pull
Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip" by Richard Ratay
Not too long ago in
America, the interstate highway interchanges gleamed with roofs of orange and
teal, with Las Vegas-worthy neon signs boasting orange arrows and topped with
stars rivaling those in the night sky.
The orange roofs-- with
Simple Simon Meets the Pieman weathervanes-- housed Howard Johnson's, serving
28 flavors of ice cream if you weren't already stuffed from the Tuesday night
fried catfish fillets, or the Thursday night fried clam strips,
all-you-could-eat dinner.
Well, you didn't want to
pass up the mint-chocolate-chip ice cream, a marvelous digestif. Besides,
you couldn't find such a flavor then in your grocery-store freezer case,
although HJ's did carry some frozen-food lines.
Do you recall their
Toastee's? The cornbread ones? The blueberry? Maybe the
orange variety? Warm up those lip smackers and slather them with butter for a
Sunday-morn delight.
The teal roofs covered
the Stuckey's, which were akin to the gift shops in today's Cracker Barrel's,
but Stuckey's was the McDaddy of the country-store-tchotchke motif, begun by a
Georgia pecan farmer hawking his bountiful crop to Florida-bound tourists,
right out on the side of the road.
It didn't hurt that his
wife had a super-duper recipe for pecan logs. Never underestimate the
allure of a pecan log, or aisles full of "homemade" jellies and
relishes, or of cup-towel-shouldered waitresses dashing out counter-platters of
three eggs, any way you wanted, plus sides.
Those neon orange arrows
tracking off the big, no. 4-shaped green signs capped with stars weren't on
Broadway, but in such locales as Evergreen, Alabama (where, trivia buffs,
Harper Lee caught the nearest train to Monroeville headed for New York City),
and every Greenville in the South.
The first Holiday Inn
arose on Summer Avenue in Memphis, at one time the major east-to-west entrance
artery into the city. Small wonder that founder Klemmons Wilson owned
movie theaters beforehand, and his now-gone signs (there's an engraving of one
on his tombstone) all featured marquees.
If your wedding party was
ensconced at a Holiday Inn, you could be certain that the marquee would read,
"Congratulations, [say] Elizabeth and Richard!"
If you're a millennial,
it's time to stop texting and figure out that reference. Or, better yet,
read this book, which covers the above topics and all sorts of history relating
to the family road trip, which reached its zenith during the 1970s, with the
interstate highways somewhat complete. If you ever trekked across north
Georgia back in the day, you'll recall that 40-mile strip of I-85, just west of
Atlanta, that took freaking forever to complete, precipitating a detour through
Hogansville and Newnan.
The detour-from-forever
was mostly redeemed, however, by Sprayberry's BBQ in Newnan, home of the famous
lemon icebox pie.
Well, the interstates
giveth and the interstates taketh away, but Sprayberry's is still smokin'.
Here's to your next road trip, and whether on highways or back roads, be
sure to stop and sample a slice of Americana.
Harriet's
Garden Tips: Instead of tip this
week I thought I would let you know what those very long, white, plastic,
container-like bags were at the Feed Mill in Monetta. One of their silos was damaged and they
needed a place to store the silage. The
Yons are doing the same thing by using the huge bags to store silage. Neat idea.
REMINDERS
Sept. 20: FORS meeting at Town Hall
Sept. 22: Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art
Gathering
Harvest Festival Beauty Pageant
October 11-13: Ridge Spring Harvest Festival
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 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 in the back room of Bank
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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