March 8, 2019
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
The
Town of Ridge Spring was decorated with quilts and more quilts. Quilts of history, old, new, and just quilts
that need to be seen. They were in
shops, the Civic Center and the Art Center. The display of the machines in the
Civic Center were awsome. Pat Asbill's
antique quilting frame was on display too. There were two winners of
prizes. The raffle winner of the quilt
was Suzanne Barns and the sewing machine door prize was Joyce Outz .Both were excited and
delighted to get their prizes. Again nthe sewing machine door prize was donated
by Creative Sewing Machine Center.
The next event will be Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art
Gathering in May. More details in the
coming columns.
Ridge Spring Star Community Center presents 2 short skits on March 16; shows will be at 3 pm
and again at 5:30 pm. Tickets are $5. Enjoy A
Waste of a Good Seat by James D. Brown of Ridge Spring and The Meeting by Effie T. Martin. For
ticket info, call 803-685-5179.
Art
Center in Ridge Spring Joanne Crouch
CLASSES:
Watercolor: (experienced
watercolorist only) April 26th and –Friday, Saturday-10-4-
2
day workshop with Anne Hightower Patterson White-$130. Fee must be paid by Friday, April 19th
to secure the class. Anne is a accomplished artist and her workshop, “Where do
I go from here?”, will help the artist solve those problems that plaque their
watercolor art.
Monday March 18th Easter Egg
Plate-6:30-8:30, Kim Ruff, pottery,
$35.
Saturday, March 23rd-Chipcarved Gourd
Birdhouse-Linda Lake, $45 includes all supplies including a chipcarving knife
that retails for $15-$18. Recommended
for ages 12 & up. Deadline for
registration is March 8th.
More
classes are scheduled for April and May. Contact Joanne Crouch to register for
classes. Contact info: joanne.crouch26@gmail.com or (803)685-5577 and
leave message or you can register at the Art Center of Ridge Spring behind the
Civic Center when we open in March.
Saturday, April 13th 1:30-4:00-“Jewelry
fit to a Tea”-Joanne Crouch-Students will make a necklace using recycled tea
bags and used coffee filter to make an original art piece. Dyes, encaustic wax and items from the
hardware store will be used to make your one-of-a-kind piece. Cost is $25.
All items will be included along with a tutorial for the class. No previous experience required.
Monday, April 15th Bird
Feeder-$35-Kim Ruff-6:30-8:30. Ages 10
& up.
.Monday,
May 13thJoyful cups-$35-Kim Ruff, $35. A hand built cup that has a statement of joy for its
maker. A second cup could be made as a companion- both will be stamped
and painted with stroke n coat glazes.
GOURDART
Jeffrey Clamp: On Friday, March 1st the Aiken County Band Directors'
Association held it's annual Aiken All-County Band Clinic. Six
students represented RS-M Middle and High School. This year marked the
highest number of students from RS-M to audition for and earn a spot in
the All-County band, as five of the six who auditioned actually made the
band. 7th grader Chris Story was nominated and selected for the
Junior Concert Band. 7th graders Landon Hastings and Natalie Maltese and
8th grader Paola Trinidad auditioned for and earned a chair in the Junior
Symphonic Band (the top middle school band). Freshman Kyla Padgett
and Junior Jonathan Cumbee auditioned for and earned a chair in the Senior
All-County Band. Congratulations to all of these students for their
hard work.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH: Over 100 items of soup
were delivered to the Helpful Hands Mission for their food pantry. Instant
soup, large cans, small cans, ramen noodles that hopefully fill the tummies of
some of our neighbors. A check was also delivered to help with the Ministries. During March the members of RSUMC will be
gathering and assembling hygiene/health bags. These will be delivered to
Christian Ministry in B/L. Hard to believe some walk into the Ministry with
nothing but the clothes they are wearing. The bags include but are not limited
to: full size towel and wash cloth, tooth brush/paste, bar soap and other
hygiene items. The entire list of items is taped on a front window at the FLC
or you may contact a church member. If you’d like to help leave donations on
porch of either FLC or Church. The day which we assemble bags will be posted in
these columns. Like us on Face Book.
Join us for Sunday Services. The season of Lent is a time for self-reflection.
Join us, as Pastor Ashely takes us on this journey through her messages.
Sometimes going
through my parents and my husband's items, I find
something I would like to share. It is a
typed page about the Green Thumb Garden Club I found in my mother-in-law's
papers that my husband had.
"The Camellia Garden Club of Ridge Spring was organized under
the direction of Mrs. J. P. Murphy, and sponsored by the Ridge Garden Club, with
Mrs. M. S. Watson, President. The
organizational meeting was held in the Home of Mrs. J. P. Murphy. The
first meeting of the club was held May 20 1952, and the name of the club was changed
to the Green Thumb Garden Club, to avoid confusion with the Camellia Garden
Club already listed in the West Sand Hills District. It was endorsed by the Yellow Jessamine
Garden Club, Saluda, S. C., Mrs. A. L. Bradley, Pres., and the Good Earth
Garden Club, Mrs. C. C. Webster, Pres. It was approved by Mrs. Leroy S. Epps, State
Membership Chairman and Mrs. W. Jack Bryant, State President. The Club
was federated February 26, 1953. The
charter members were Mrs. D. S. Cone, Jr., Pres. ,Mrs. Charles McDowell, Sec., Mrs.,
Lee Roy Cone, Treas., Mrs. Kester Bodie, Mrs. Jimmy Davis, Mrs. Sydney Hartley,
and Mrs. R. S. Householder, Sr."
How many names do you
recognize?
Josie Rodgers
We
are all ready for some spring weather! The peach trees and daffodils got a jump
start, and I pray the peaches are unharmed. We need a little sunshine and some
time to dry out! I’m not complaining, however, because I’m certainly not ready
for hundred degree weather and drought conditions! As I type, the sun is trying
to peak out from behind the clouds! Time for some vitamin D, people! Let’s
celebrate!
Johnston Peach Blossom Beauty Pageant applications are now available. The pageant is Sat., Mar.
30, @ Johnston Elementary School. There is a $500 scholarship for the Miss winner (ages 17-20). For more info,
contact Janice Cleveland.
RSM Elem: Please
help us spread the word! 4K registration will finish on Fri., March 29, at the
elem school. Children must be 4 years old on or before September 1, 2019. The
first 50 children who register and complete a screening will receive a prize! The
following documents are required to register your child: 2 Proofs of Residency,
Birth Certificate, SC Immunization Form, Medicaid card (if applicable), and
Proof of Income (paycheck or W2). Contact the school for more info.
RSM High: The Woman’s Study Club of Ridge Spring recently donated $2000 to the middle
& high school library. The club received a $1000 grant from the
General Federation of Women’s Clubs of South Carolina Progress Foundation &
raised $1000 to match the grant so then the $2000 gift was given to the
library. Librarian Patti Powell received the check from Faye Powell,
education chair of the club. Principal Kyle Blankenship and AP Jody Moots
were also present.
Review from
David Marshall James: "Before She Knew
Him" by Peter Swanson
This is the sort of
in-the-burbs, happening-in-your-hood suspense novel that Harlan Coben writes
when he's doing what he does best.
Plus, this latest
suspense novel from author Peter Swanson offers autumnal trappings, dreary
rainy days, and New England seasonal sights and smells that juxtapose with the
darkening, secrets-rising inner landscapes of its characters.
Two couples, now
next-door neighbors, meet at a block party, then soon partake in the customary
"let's do dinner" suggestions. Everything goes cheerfully, if
not without a few yawns from the new husband in town, Lloyd.
Then, his wife, Hen-- an
artist and young-adult-book illustrator-- passes her eagle eyes over the mantel
tchotchkes in neighbor Matthew's study, and the game is afoot. For Hen
notices a fencing trophy that belonged to a college student who was dispatched
in an unsolved murder a few years back.
Seems the victim was a
neighbor of Hen and Lloyd. Seems he was also a student at the private
school where Matthew teaches history. Seems Mira, Matthew's wife, is more
often than not out-of-town, selling educational software.
Everyone notices Hen's
reaction to the fencing trophy, no Tallulah Bankhead she. Hen immediately
pegs Matthew as a murderer; meanwhile, Matthew suspects that she suspects
him. Meanwhile, Mira has software on the brain. Look up
"ostrich" in the dictionary, and her picture ought to be there, up to
her neck in sand.
Meanwhile, Lloyd is
pooped out with Hen's proclivities for Gladys Kravits-ing about such
murders. Moreover, Hen is taking "meds" for some manic
behavioral manifestations during her college years. Call her unreliable
as a witness-- sadly.
Those are the fundamental
dysfunctional dynamics of these two couples. Swanson builds his novel with
a sure hand, as everyone's secrets bob up like apples in a no. 2 washtub at a
traditional New England All Hallow's Eve fest. (It's a shame Swanson
couldn't have worked Halloween into his narrative mesh-- Hen would make a
killer Lizzie Borden, all puns intended.)
Well, that could have
gotten campy in a hurry, and the author possesses a deft touch with the au
naturel, everyday creepy. And there's plenty going on, including a nice
twist near the end that the reader will probably catch on to, as is only right.
If it were just some wild shot out of the blue, it wouldn't be in keeping with
the characterizations.
Swanson's skillful
mixture of mood, character, and setting has served him well before, as it does
here. Call him a master of the fireside thriller. Just be sure to
keep an eye on what goes on the mantel.
Harriet's
Garden Tips: Have you seen the
tulips coming up in the pots around the shop and at the Nut House? These are my surprise pots. I noticed the pink ones bloomed first and the
yellow ones next. Planting them in the
fall lets me enjoy them in the
spring. Tulips never seem to look as
good and as big as they did the first year of bloom. Moles and voles or the rats that run in their
tunnels love to feast on tulip bulbs. So I pull them up each year and put them
on the compost pile. Quick reminder:
deadhead your bulbs as the blooms die and don't forget to fertilize those bulbs
to help them store up for next spring.
If a group of bulbs did not bloom, mark the spot so you can dig up,
divide, and replant the bulbs at a later date.
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 1st 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
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