Ridge Spring News: February 2019

Monday, February 25, 2019

February 22, 2019

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Quilting on the Ridge

March 8 and 9

The Town will be decked out in quilts. Start at the Art Center, 108 Maintenance Building Circle (behind the Civic Center) and purchase a bag of Goodies for $5.00. View the painting of a quilt block. Visit the Civic Center where Creative Sewing Machine Center will have a long arm machine and other sewing and quilting machines on display and a sewing machine as a door prize a Viking Emerald 116. The beautiful quilt made by Anne Curley is on display at the Security Federal Bank. Tickets are one for $1.00 or six for $5.00. Next week there will be a list of items in the goodie bag.

Friends of Ridge Spring met Thursday to make final plans for The Quilting weekend. We are putting together Goodie bags that will include raffle ticket, bottle of water, 2 Girl Scout cookies from Harriet's Garden, something from the Nut House, quilt square, coupons from Haley Bee, Ridge Antiques, Pat's Antiques, brochures and more. We will have 50 bags to sell each day. Everyone is welcome to our meetings.

From the Mayor's Desk: Town Hall is now open on Saturday mornings from 8:30 until 12:30. Also utility payments will not be taken after 4:30 daily.

The Farmer's Market will be located at the Civic Center after the Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale. Come get your fresh produce. The Ag Department has begun sending out letters for farmers who plan to accept vouchers.

Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous has cancelled its weekly meetings at the Ridge Spring library. It will be started back up in the new year. There are meetings in Aiken if interested

Jeff Clamp Band Director, Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle / High: On February 14 - 16 eight students represented RS-M Middle and High Schools at the Claflin University Honor Band Clinic in Orangeburg, SC. The students auditioned for chairs placement, rehearsed music, and performed a concert at the end of the clinic. Three of the eight RS-M students earned first chair at the clinic. Landon Hastings (7th grade alto sax), Paola Trinidad (8th grade trombone), and Joanna Kaiser (11th grade flute) were the top students in their sections. Other students to attend the clinic from RS-M were 7th graders Natalie Maltese, Fancy Smith, and Christopher Story, 9th grader Kyla Padgett, and 11th grader Makayla Lee. Congratulations to all of these students for their hard work.

Webbs Photography: Mildred Webb was so thrilled to learn that Webb Photography has been awarded The 2019 Couple’s Choice. This award recognizes Wedding Professionals who demonstrate excellence in Quality Service , Responsiveness and Professionalism. A huge thanks to all the wonderful Brides who have trusted her to photograph their Special Day."You have brought me to this milestone in my Business."

Juniper was invited by the SC Restaurant & Lodging Association last week to talk about the SC Chef Ambassador program at their annual Stars of South Carolina Hospitality Awards! Joining Brandon was the current 2019 Chef Ambassador Brandon Carter from Farm Bluffton.xxdddddxs

The Nut House and Country Store: Just a friendly reminder that we’re open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm - come check us out in downtown Ridge Spring!

The Yon Family Farm Bull and Cow sale was a success. 187 head of cattle were sold into 17 different states. The farthest being from Montana. The Yons will be delivering them over a month for they prefer to personally deliver their cattle.

Josie Rodgers: Congratulations to Quinten Miller, a first-year FFA member at Saluda High, who placed in the Top 10 of Mr. FFA last week. He also won the Top Application Award! Quinten is the son of Russell & Candice Miller. RSM Middle: Guidance counselor Jennifer Randall: Each month, students have the opportunity to be nominated by their teachers as Triumphant Trojans based on a character trait that we spotlight during that month. In celebration, we hold a Character Breakfast for the nominated students and their parents! Each day students are reminded during our announcements about the character trait focus and how to demonstrate that trait. Recently we held the celebration for these students and invited their parents to attend. During the Character Breakfast, students and their parents are provided breakfast from Hardee's, and then Mr. Johnson and/or Dr. Thur present the student with a certificate. The certificate displays the exact words the teacher used to nominate the student. At the end of the celebration, a picture is taken of the Triumphant Trojans of the month to post on our school webpage. RSM High: Several FFA members attended the FFA Legislation Appreciation Day at the State House last week. Proudly representing RSM High were Lacy Pou, Dawson Holsomback, Dylan Nicely, Audrey Derrick, Caleb Sanders, & Austin Scott along with sponsor Michael Crim.

A little History of Ridge Spring:

In going through some old files I came across a copy of the following among Florence Householder, my mother-in-law. She was town clerk for around 40 years.

.Act of Incorporation, Ordinances and By Laws of the town of Ridge Spring, Edgefield County, SC. Members of Council R. B. Watson ---Intendant, Wardens: J. C. Watson, J. H. Quarles, J. A. Merritt, L. P. Rutland, April 1883.

ORDINANCES

By the Town of Ridge Spring

April 17th, 1883

Specifying the Duties of the Intendant

Section 1. Be it ordained by the Intendant and Wardens of the Town Council of Ridge Spring, in Council Assembled, that the Intendant shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; and it shall be his duty to be vigilant and active at ___________ in causing the Laws and Ordinances for the government of the town to be duly executed and put in force; to advise and conduct all subordinate officers; and he shall be empowered to enforce his lawful orders; he shall be advised to call to his assistance, in the preservation of public safety any of the inhabitants of the town; and that in case of assault or riot or appearance or probability of tumult or riot in said town, the Intendant shall immediately summon _____ the Town Council, and such measures shall thereupon ____________ as shall appear most advisable for preventing or recessing such riot or tumult; and if any Warden or officer of the town shall neglect or refuse to obey the order for ______ from the Intendant, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for such offense; and any other incident refusing to obey the order of the Intendant for the every such offense; and any other subordinate refusing to obey the order of the Intendant for the cause of suppressing any riot or tumult shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for every such refusal.

The left margin of the first page is cut somewhat which made it difficult to read all the words. You get the idea of the first order of the law and how much it would cost. The Intendant must be what we call the mayor today. Review from David Marshall James: "American Pop" by Snowden Wright

Effervescent soft drinks-- gurgled from a bottle or slurped through a straw-- are quintessentially Southern. All the major colas-- as well as some regional, still-fizzing sodas-- were birthed in the South.

We may have lost The War, but we sho-hell know how to survive a hot summer's afternoon. Tennessee Williams expressed this intertwining of a people and their passion in a line from "A Streetcar Named Desire," in which Blanche urges her sister, Stella: "Run to the drugstore and get me a lemon Coke with plenty of chipped ice in it."

Likewise, author Snowden Wright spotlights a Southern family, from mid-19th-century to late-20th-century, the scions of a soft-drink empire, Panola (later Pan) Cola, to top all others. After a Mississippi pharmacist's son, Houghton Forster, formulates a mouthwatering beverage, Houghton's heirs lead lives on the level of a Scott Fitzgerald fantasy, one dreamed up at The Ritz bar in Paris between the seventh and eighth Gin Rickeys (a favored cocktail of a character herein) of the evening.

Not to worry: A Pan Cola'll pick you up on the morning after.

Wright opens his novel at The Ritz of the Mississippi Delta: The Peabody hotel in Memphis, on the cusp of World War II, a turning point in the lives of the Forster family.

Their individual and collective histories bounce back and forth over the decades as the author places them in their moments of truth and other formative points on their lifelines. A Mississippian himself, Wright stages his best scenes on alluvium firma, be they at a Delta planters' all-night card game or a Delta wedding.

His style exhibits what Tennessee Williams termed "a lapidary polish," with frequent placement of "le mot juste," with artfully inventive descriptive passages creating memorable images. Wright's sense of irony bubbles to the top throughout the narrative. And he applies Dickensian touches as the saga pulls to a close.

The floorboards in the by-the-bootstrap American business hall of fame are strewn with the likes of the Forster heirs, with Edsel Ford, with Barbara Hutton. To wit and to which we return to Fitzgerald (who had the foresight to wed a Southern belle), still propped up at The Ritz bar, commenting: "The golden bowl is broken, but it is golden."

(The story sounded so good that I had to ask David if fact or fiction - it is fiction!!!

Harriet's Garden Tips: My tulips are blooming. That is about a week or two early. I see the peach trees blooming early too Have you noticed the camellias in bloom? They are beautiful. They are easy to root in the summer, but it takes several years before the cuttings will be mature enough to bloom. Many of the older varieties are very hardy. I have cut down two that had been planted in the wrong place. Actually I have cut them down at least four times and they keep coming back. They are now protected for life. Camellias and Sasanquas will slowly grow to over 15 feet tall, so be prepared. Fertilize if you remember, spray if you have time, or just enjoy them as they bloom and grow.

REMINDERS

Ridge Spring Library Hours: Mon. Tues. 9:00 - 12:00; Wed. Thurs. Closed;

Fri. 10:00 - 4:00; Sat. 10:00 - 1:00.

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

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

Fridays & Saturdays: AARS hours 10:00-2:00 or by appt, free admission

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

Third Thursday: FORS at Town Hall at 5:30 PM

Every 1^st Thursday: Audibel Hearing Center in the back room of Bank

Security Bank Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9-12 1-5, Wed. 9-12

Ridge Spring Town Hall: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm, Sat. 8:30am - 12:30pm

Monday, February 18, 2019

February 15, 2019

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Quilting on the Ridge

March 8 and 9

The Town will be decked out in quilts. Start at the Art Center, 108 Maintenance Building Circle (behind the Civic Center). And purchase a bag of Goodies for $5.00. View the painting of a guilt block. Visit the Civic Center where Creative Sewing Machine Center will have a long arm machine with sewing and quilting machines on display and a sewing machine as a door prize. The beautiful quilt made by Anne Curley is on display at the Security Federal Bank. The bank is located at 636 E. Main Street. Their phone number is 803.674.1165. If the bank happens to be closed when you want to view the quilt, it is in plain sight for all to see. The mailing address is

Juniper Restaurant: We will be in Charleston cooking at Southeastern Wildlife Exposition with Manchester Farms Quail and the The Lee Bros. this upcoming Saturday at 11am in the Certified South Carolina Tent! Come check us out. We will be cooking Quail & Dumplings

Josie Rodgers:

Peach trees blooming? It’s not time! Our crazy SC weather brings all sorts of opportunity for funny memes. My favorite is the one in which SC experiences all 4 seasons in one week, sometimes in one day!

RMS High: The Beta Club and National English Honor Society inducted new members Monday night in a double ceremony. New NEHS members include Vy Bussey, Montana Hartley, Jonathan Huffman, McKenzie Kinard, Katelyn Kirk, Nyshayla Mathews, William Moyer, Jayda Putnam, Maria Renteral-Reyes, Kimberlee Rice, Jason Robinson, & Joel Yoho. New Beta members include Daijah Anderson, Nehemiah Blacks, Vy Bussey, Deonte Edwards, Jonathan Huffman, Mikenzie Kinard, Deonte Edwards, Montana Hartley, Maria Renteral-Reyes, Kimberlee Rice, Chelsey Ricker Jasmine Rico, Chelsey Ricker, Anna Thompson, Madison Wootton, & Joel Yoho. Presidents Austin Scott (Beta) and Kelson Palmer (NEHS) assisted with the induction as did the other officers: Morgan Berry, Beta VP; Johnathan Cumbee, Beta & NEHS secretary; and Symia Wilson, Beta & NEHS Historian. Sponsors Josie Rodgers and Kelly Bedenbaugh spoke, and the current members provided a wonderful spread of refreshments for the parents, inductees, and members.

My students have been talking about Valentine’s Day and wondering what to get for their sweethearts. Besides the traditional stuffed animals, roses, and candy, a sincere card or letter of love is a perfect (and economical!) choice. Stuffed animals tatter, roses wither, and candy gets eaten, but words on paper are sweet and lasting. According to Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18,” the written word can last forever: “As long as men can breathe and eyes can see/so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”

I took nine of my Beta Club members to the SC Beta Club Convention at Myrtle Beach last weekend. I always get to see former colleagues who are sponsors. This past weekend was a first for me as one of my friend sponsors from Whitmire turned my eyes to another of their sponsors. I looked at her face and then her nametag. Oh my! She was one of my very first students my first year teaching at Whitmire! She’s 39 (made me feel old) and had her 16-year-old daughter at the convention. I was blown away at how this beautiful freshman I taught was now all grown up and teaching special education at her alma mater. Of course, I realize that it’s been 25 years since then, but in my mind, my students are all still young. It was a wonderful reunion.

RMS High: Nine Beta Club members traveled to Myrtle Beach last weekend for the SC state Beta Club convention. The club competed in the two-dimensional art (banner) competition and the portfolio (scrapbook) competition. Individuals competed in academic tests as well as visual and performing arts. Jason Rodgers, senior, won 2^nd place in the visual arts painting competition with his painting “Reflections of Autumn.” This is the second year RSM has been honored with an award. After all the campaigning, students voted on state Beta officers, and winners were installed Sat night at the last general session. In addition, the finalists in Show Choir, Group Talent, and Solo/Duo/Trio Talent performed Friday and Saturday. The Betas enjoyed a dance after the last general session.

Six band students represented RS-M High at the 2019 Limestone College Honor Band Clinic in Gaffney Jan. 31-Feb. 1. The students rehearsed Thursday evening and Friday morning and afternoon with their respective bands, and the clinic concluded with an outstanding concert performed by the students on Friday evening. Band members included Chesley Cooper, Jonathan Cumbee, Kandon Hastings, Joanna Kaiser, Kelsey Moore, & Kyla Padgett.

The following student athletes were named to the All State Class1A Football Team: Hayden Cherry, Trey Dean, and Collier Sullivan.

AARS (Kedryn Evans): Winter is almost over, and we are looking forward to opening back up to the public. We will reopen Mar. 1. Our hours will be Fri and Sat from 10 am to 2 pm. Check out our Facebook page, Art Association of Ridge Spring, to find out about upcoming events. One such event is Anne Hightower-Patterson’s class “Where Do I Go From Here?” on April 26-27 from 10-4 with an hour for lunch. Cost is $130. Students are to bring basic watercolor supplies (paints, brushes, paper). Students can also bring some of their work to be evaluated by Anne. Anne is an accomplished watercolorist with many award-winning works to her credit. Contact Joanne Crouch to register (joanne.crouch26@gmail.com).

RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH(Nanette Hughes): February means Super Bowl AND Souper Collection! The month of February the Big Red Box will be collecting soup. Any kind, all kinds are appreciated. At the end of the month the soup will be distributed to local foods banks. Want to make a monetary donation? Send a check to the Church, on the FOR Line write soup and we will make sure it is designated for food banks. Another way to help: the Little Buckets are taking up money in support of favorite Super Bowl Team. Support donations will run until the end of the month so even if your Team didn’t win, you can still show support. Join us in this fun project and let’s fill the food bank shelves with soup. There is plenty of cold weather ahead.Service is at 11 a.m. unless other wised noted. Join us on Sunday for a praise filled message and fellowship. Don’t forget to ‘like’ us on Facebook.

Security Federal Bank Hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9:00-12:00, 1:00-5:00, Wednesday 9:00-12:00. If you need to contact them by mail, the mailing address is Post Office Box 810, Aiken, SC 29802

Review from David Marshall James: "The Burglar" by Thomas Perry

Thomas Perry has written more than 20 novels of suspense and mystery going back three decades, and his craftsmanship remains as reliable as a top-shelf brand.

Perry's latest novel takes us to LaLa Land, but the singing and dancing are all offstage. He focuses on Pasadena native Elle Stowell, but she's hardly of the privileged families generally associated with that burg.

Rather, she's been raised by a pinching-- in the British sense-- grandmother who would have made a fair Fagan back in a Dickensian day.

By the time our lens finds Elle, she's been on her own since age 14, when her grandmother died, and is now casing her specs in Bel Air, Beverly Hills, and other such gated-villa Shangri-La's, robbing from the rich and making a decent (in the remunerative sense) living at it.

Perry wastes no time adjusting the reader's mindset. We cringe when she hears a creak. We exhale with relief when she manages her latest B&E. We almost cheer, "You go, girl!" when she stumbles upon the yellow-diamond, platinum-set necklace in a closet wall-safe.

Dahlin', if you can't be bothered to leave the jewels in the vault while you're on extended vacay, well ... here comes Elle. Besides which, she can only fence such high-end goods for ten cents on the dollar, and she has to drive over to Vegas to do that.

Of course, Elle's personal payback for her life of crime is that she's constantly looking over her shoulder, but never as much as she needs be after she happens upon a grisly crime scene during one of her break-in's.

Suddenly, she's being tracked, traced, and otherwise placed in the crosshairs, figuratively and literally.

As Elle scurries around Southern California, swapping one rental car for another, she attempts to uncover who, exactly, are her pursuers and why, exactly, they are pursuing her.

That makes for some quality page-turning, courtesy of Perry, who scores another winner with this latest suspense novel. And, should you know not of the author and his many works, you'll enjoy your latest discovery for quite some time.

Harriet's Garden Tips: So much is blooming that it is hard to believe. A good rule of thumb is to prune after something has bloomed which is before next year's blooms are set. Plants have started showing up in the box stores. Before you plant check on amount of sun, type of soil, and when does it bloom. It is fun to have a mixed bed of flowers that seem to have blooms all season long. It is too early to plant many vegetable seeds but you can plant beets, spinach, carrots, lettuce, snap peas, English peas, and many other vegetables that are considered spring plants. Get that rain gauge out and place in the garden to make sure you get at least an inch of water each week.

REMINDERS

Ridge Spring Library Hours: Mon. Tues. 9:00 - 12:00; Wed. Thurs. Closed;

Fri. 10:00 - 4:00; Sat. 10:00 - 1:00.

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

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

Fridays & Saturdays: AARS hours 10:00-2:00 or by appt, free admission

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

Third Thursday: FORS at Town Hall at 5:30 PM

Every 1^st Thursday: Audibel Hearing Center in the back room of Bank

Security Bank Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9-12 1-5, Wed. 9-12

Ridge Spring Town Hall: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm, Sat. 8:30am - 12:00pm

Monday, February 11, 2019

February 8, 2019

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Yon Family Farms: Make plans to attend our parent company's Spring Sale at Yon Family Farms - offering 175 breeding-age bulls and 75 females (including fall cow/calf pairs, bred cows and heifers) February 16, 2019 at 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM at 318 Aiken Rd, Ridge spring, SC

Juniper will be having their annual Valentines Dinner which includes a three course meal with delightful choices. Make your reservations fast.

The Nut House and Country Store: Come by the store to check out our great selection of homemade pecan candies and local goodies that you (and, more important, your special someone) will love. We know quite a few of you have been patiently waiting for a specific shade of Palmetto Pride tins...Garnet Palmetto Tree and Moon tins are now available. Visit us Monday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Did you notice the WIS van in town Thursday? They were visiting the Nut House and Juniper Restaurant to highlight them in their Palmetto Weekend Magazine.

The next coming event sponsored by the Friends of Ridge Spring (FORS) will be:

Quilting on the Ridge

March 8 and 9

The town will have lots of quilts on display. You may start at the Art Center, 108 Maintenance Building Circle (behind the Civic Center). Purchase a bag of Goodies for $5.00. View the painting of a guilt block. Visit the Civic Center where Creative Sewing Machine Center will have a long arm machine with sewing and quilting machines on display and a sewing machine as a door prize. The shops downtown will have more quilts on display. Enjoy the walk, visit the antique shops and boutiques. There are three restaurants in town, Juniper Restaurant, Migulitos, and Rikard's Roadside BBQ. Additional raffle tickets will be available for our featured quilt for $1.00 each or 6 tickets for $5.00. i Raffle tickets are available at most stores.

The beautiful quilt made by Anne Curley is on display at the Security Federal Bank. The bank is located at 636 E. Main Street. Their phone number is 803.674.1165. If the bank happens to be closed when you want to view the quilt, it is in plain sight for all to see. The mailing address is

RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH:

February means Super Bowl AND Souper Collection! The month of February the Big Red Box will be collecting soup. Any kind, all kinds are appreciated. At the end of the month the soup will be distributed to local foods banks. Want to make a monetary donation? Send a check to the Church, on the FOR Line write soup and we will make sure it is designated for food banks. Another way to help: the Little Buckets are taking up money in support of favorite Super Bowl Team. Support donations will run until the end of the month so even if your Team didn’t win, you can still show support. Join us in this fun project and let’s fill the food bank shelves with soup. There is plenty of cold weather ahead. Service is at 11 a.m. unless other wised noted. Join us on Sunday for a praise filled message and fellowship. Don’t forget to ‘like’ us on Facebook.

The Garbles Inn and Gardens in Ward has closed. The Inn and those who ran it will be missed. Ridge Spring does have Magnolia Shadows that is located on the Aiken Rd. Ridge Spring. If offers horse boarding, training and bed and breakfast. Restaurant services are offered with the traveling horseman in mind.

Jeff Clamp, Band Director RSM: Six band students represented RS-M High at the 2019 Limestone College Honor Band Clinic in Gaffney, SC. The clinic was held Thursday, January 31st through Friday, February 1st. Senior Kelsey Moore, Juniors Jonathan Cumbee, Kandon Hastings, and Joanna Kaiser, Sophomore Chesley Cooper, and Freshman Kyla Padgett participated with students from other high schools across South Carolina. The students rehearsed Thursday evening and Friday morning and afternoon with their respective bands, and the clinic concluded with an outstanding concert performed by the students on Friday evening.

Josie Rodgers

The following student athletes were named to the All State Class1A Football Team: Hayden Cherry, Trey Dean, and Collier Sullivan.

Troop 555 and Pack 555 meets 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 7:00 pm at Ridge Spring Baptist Church. You may contact Melissa Stover at mostover310@gmail.com. They are recruiting new members.

Review from David Marshall James: "Killer Thriller" by Lee Goldberg

The fun-filled action fairly careens off the pages in this second Ian Ludlow (creator of action hero Clint Straker) novel, which finds fictional novelist Ludlow Hong Kong-ing for a dimsum of publicity while one of his Straker novels is being filmed.

Anything to boost sales and all that, although Ian is a two-for-one Jos. A Bank suits, Doritos-munching sort of fellow, far from conspicuous spending. The only thing washboard-y about his physique is the back of each fleshy thigh, recliner-chair imprinted from his latest binge-watching episode.

But, here's the thing about Ian, which makes him similar to his save-the-day-if-not-the-World protagonist, at least in foresight: He's forever flushing out international intrigue and then plotting for the failure of any nefarious plans thereby retrieved.

In "Killer Thriller," our washboard-thigh-backed writer discovers that China is on the verge of taking over the United States.

Well, quelle grande surprise, as the French would say, and let's duly note that this novel approaches its grand finale in Paris.

Real-life author Lee Goldberg is obviously having a blast lampooning and satirizing whomever and whatever, from endless Hollywood script rewrites to a certain diminutive, aging action star who's playing Clint Straker in the Hong Kong production.

Goldberg also places several well-known politicians in his satirical crosshairs, and he's not above a good flatulence joke, what with the proliferation of greenhouse gases.

Seriously, this amounts to a rollicking binge read. Go back and catch last year's "True Fiction" first for a super-duper double feature. Don't wait for a film version. No telling how many rewrites it'll undergo first, or which diminutive, mid-fiftyish star may be miscast as Straker. Now, if he wants to play Ian Ludlow, he can find the Doritos on the aisle with all the good stuff.

Harriet's Garden Tips: Much to my surprise I have some tulips blooming in my pots. They are called surprise and they really are. Remember to fertilized bulbs after they bloom. Making potpourri our of those red roses you received for Valentine's Day is a sweet idea and should smell sweet, too. But you have to add more than rose petals. First pluck the petals off the stem, lay out on newspaper and allow to dry for a day or two. Then sprinkle with ½ teaspoon each of ground cinnamon and ground lavender. Sprinkle with four or five drops of rose essential oil or rose water. Close up in a glass container and shake. Leave in a warm dry spot for 24 hours then shake again. Enjoy.

REMINDERS

Ridge Spring Library Hours: Mon. Tues. 9:00 - 12:00; Wed. Thurs. Closed;

Fri. 10:00 - 4:00; Sat. 10:00 - 1:00.

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

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

Fridays & Saturdays: AARS hours 10:00-2:00 or by appt, free admission

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

Third Thursday: FORS at Town Hall at 5:30 PM

Every 1^st Thursday: Audibel Hearing Center in the back room of Bank

Security Bank Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9-12 1-5, Wednesday 9-12

Monday, February 4, 2019

February 1, 2019

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Little Peach League is getting ready for a new season of baseball and softball. Registration will be at the ballpark Sat., Feb. 2, from 10 am until 2 pm. Programs are for kids ages 5-12 with a cost of $50 which must be paid at registration. Parent must be present to register the child. For more info, please contact Leslie Long.

RS-M Elementary: 2019 acGateway Application: The program serves students in grades 3 - 12 who excel in the visual and performing arts. Applications are due by February 8, 2019. You can access the application by visiting https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P6STQJZ The requirements can be found at the bottom of our school webpage. https://www.acpsd.net/RSMES

Respect The Bus: Please be aware that busses unload in front of the school each morning. It is against the law to pass a school bus when the stop sign is out.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Poster Contest: Congratulations to Jayke Carson. He is the district’s third place winner for grades 3 - 5.

Josie Rodgers

It’s already February, and life is starting to really get rolling! Super Bowl, Open House, conventions, inductions, archery tourneys, sports banquets, early release/club day, Read Across America, softball, baseball, basketball, birthdays, college visits, prom shopping…does your calendar look like mine? If so, we must remember to take time for self-care and appreciation of each moment.

RSM Schools: Congratulations to the elite of RSM! RSM High: Joey Middlebrooks, Teacher of the Year; Bailey Coble, First Year Teacher of the Year; Angela Rodger, GEM (staff member of the year). RSM Middle: Casey Spire, Teacher of the Year; First Year Teacher of the Year, Samuel Bedenbaugh; Patricia Tyler, GEM. RSM Elem: Gayle Wilson, Teacher of the Year; Candy Barnes, GEM.

RSM Elem: The Gateway program serves students in grades 3-12 who excel in the visual and performing arts. Applications are due by February 8, 2019. Access the application by visiting https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P6STQJZ. The requirements can be found at the bottom of our school webpage (https://www.acpsd.net/RSMES).

Respect The Bus: Please be aware that busses unload in front of the school each morning. It is against the law to pass a school bus when the stop sign is out.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Poster Contest: Congratulations to Jayke Carson, 3rd place district winner for grades 3-5.

RMS High: Congratulations to several RSM band members for being selected to attend the Limestone College Honor Band Clinic last weekend: Chesley Cooper, Jonathan Cumbee, Kandon Hastings, Joanna Kaiser, Kelsey Moore, & Kyla Padgett.

It was an exciting night last Friday at the RSM vs WS game when Dakoda Watson, alumnus of SAHS and linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers, donated $10,000 to RSM High football program. Watson ho currently has a special place in his heart for RSM as his mom is a graduate of the school. Principal Kyle Blankenship & AD Kenny Lipsey were on hand to accept the generous donation ($5,000 from Watson matched by the NFL). Watson was joined by his parents and little boy for the game & presentation. The school was very grateful for the tremendous support Watson has shown over the years with scholarships and donations.

Several Beta Club members will attend the SC Beta Club Convention in Myrtle Beach this weekend. Participants are creating a portfolio highlighting the past year of service and participation in community and school activities. In addition, several are creating an original banner promotion the theme of this year’s convention, “Beta Fueling the Future.” Also, all RSM members will compete in other categories such as math, ELA, agriculture, art, and dance. Last year was the first time we had someone place in a competition. We’re excited to see who will make RSM proud this year! Members attending include President Austin Scott, Arturo Contreras, Jason Rodgers, Tyler Stone, Symia Wilson, Kaylah Ginyard, Joanna Kaiser, & Bailie Davis.

The English Dept (Kelly Bedenbaugh, Kerry Jackson, Monica Jones, Josie Rodgers) participated in the SCCTE Conference at Kiawah Island last weekend. This is always a wonderful event full of wonderful information, strategies, research, and fun! We also enjoy just spending time together to let off a little steam and enjoy the cuisine of the area. Several of us participated in a Mindful Breathing session where we learned how to relax and focus and regroup. These strategies are also helpful for our students. We learned that the conference will be moved next year to Myrtle Beach, a disappointment for us because we have loved Kiawah for so long.

Dive into History Part II

Joe Cal Watson is a World War II veteran, as well as the Battle of the Bulge, participated in the crossing of the Rhine. He came across this article in the Bulgebusters Magazine February 2009. The author is Unknown but to Joe the description is perfect. Enjoy. The second half of the article is in this week's column.

The Jerries figured it was time for them to throw some shells back at us. That was when all my life started to pop before me. I was shaking like hell and I know it wasn't patriotism that we were shaking with. It exploded everywhere without warning because of the noise of our own guns. A hell of a lot of shells dropped in front and behind us, but thank God, nobody in our sector got hit.

You can't see the riflemen because of the smoke laid down to cover their move, but you can hear the motors of the assault boats and you can hear the engineers working. There is very little rifle fire on the other side. That means so far so good for the doughs swarming inland. It is 5:00 AM now. Midnight in N. Y. what a beautiful sight that would be right now. I used up two packs of cigarettes since midnight. It must be my nerves what's left of them!

Enemy "lurf guns" have opened up now. That means the Jerries who have survived the artillery have recovered enough to attempt a defense of their positions.

By dawn the riflemen had advanced far enough inland to silence most of the enemy artillery in our area. What shells did come in were concentrated on the English at the edge of the river. I had been kidding with one of the boys and said "Let's turn in a report that there were no casualties on hill 7-11." I took a walk down to our position on the left to talk to the boys. We were standing there when all of a sudden we heard one coming in. We hit the ground just in time. It landed to our right about 25 years. A sergeant from the T.D. was observing on the hill when it came in. It caught him in the back of the neck. He was killed almost instantaneously. Two of his buddies dragged him down from the top and the medics took him away.

Finally, all enemy fire stopped and the spot light turned to the army and navy landing crafts busy on the river in front of us ferrying the heavy stuff from this shore to the other. The men are really busy. Tank after tank is thundering down the beach and onto the LCU's. Today in the first time in two weeks that we were able to walk down along the beach. It really was a beautiful day. Too warm for an O.D. shirt. All along the beach weary engineers were laying along the beach exhausted after their hard work during the night.

They are starting to bring in some prisoners now. There were hundreds of them. Kids from 14 and men up to 50. All were sloppy looking and happy. We all knew that they were laughing up their sleeves at us because the fact is they got it made now. The war is over for them.

I doubt if I will ever again go through what we've been doing through these last two weeks.

Tonight is the 4th of July, and because a lone German place is trying to strafe the river with machine gun, 20 mm, 37 mm, 40 mm, and 90 mm ack-ack he has the sky looking like a full fledged Independence Day celebration. A gun to our rear finally knocked him out of the sky.

As far as I can accurately recall this covers the movement from every angle I was able to see and I hope after you've read it you will have a clearer picture and a better conception of what the crossing up here was like. Too bad that I'll have to wait so long to mail it.

Dead news can never be as interesting as last minute reporting and by the time this reaches you the map of Germany will look like a squirming rat between the jaws of a giant vice.

This was written by one of the boys and it includes everyone that was there. So I got somewhat of a copy to let you know how things were. We lived in nice houses not far from the river. I sent it to you first then you could send it home and so forth. This was submitted in 2009 to the magazine. I assume the sender of the article is referring to living in a house not far from the river around 2009 but the military action took place in 1945.

Joe Cal Watson's comment and observation of the event notes how their clothes vibrated during the intense bombing.

Review from David Marshall James: "First, Kill the Lawyers" by David Housewright

This is the kind of novel that John Grisham used to write, a legal thriller/mystery with plenty of juice, an array of interesting characters, and an ethical overlay.

Here, the ethics pertain to a group of Minneapolis attorneys-- at separate firms, no less-- who have gone to extraordinary lengths to protect the confidentiality of their respective clients, including a murderer and a rapist.

Well, let's just say that they've gone to ordinary lengths in their shielding of such criminals. That is, they've been hacked en masse, with a vigilante threatening to post their dirty secrets on a Wikileaks-type website.

Enter private investigators (Holland) Taylor and Freddie (Sidney Poitier Fredericks), who are challenged by the attorneys, pushing stacks of cash on the table, with getting at the hacker before the attorneys-- and their clients-- are beset by heart-attack-ers.

Freddie works his magic on the office computer while Taylor TCBs on the streets of the Twin Cities (or just The Cities, if you're a fan of "Fargo"). Please Google "Elvis Presley" if you don't know of "TCB." We wuz abbreviatin' long before you Millenial texters think you invented it.

As the narrative, told by Taylor, progresses, author David Housewright dabs in a few traces of noir, of the type for which he is well known in his Rushmore McKenzie mystery series. For, what's more noir than an insanely wealthy old man who hides out in the middle of a hedge-maze in his fabulously landscaped gardens?

Somewhere in the authorial firmament-- a hazy bar, perhaps, with plenty of neon in the windows and plenty of cases of Four Roses in the back room-- Raymond Chandler is quaffing a highball and exhaling a smoke ring of approval.

Housewright earned an Edgar Award for his Holland Taylor series back in the '90s; then, he left it for the McKenzie books. Last year, he resurrected Taylor & Freddie for a fourth novel, "Darkness, Sing Me a Song." Seems about time that the Edgar voters doffed their fedoras to these two P.I.'s yet again.

Harriet's Garden Tips: January is over and we are now into February. Prune those roses unless they are old fashion or as some call them antique roses. You can prune them if needed for shaping. You can cut out the deadwood in almost any plant, but check to see if it is alive by scratching the surface of the branch. If there is any green it is alive. If no green cut away.

Spring is a great time to test your soil, and you can apply lime between fall and early spring. Many gardeners prefer to lime just before the first frost in fall because the soil has all winter to absorb the lime. Try to not spread lime on a dry, wilted lawn or a soggy, wet lawn.

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