April 19, 2019
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
Peach Tree 23 will be held on May 31-June 1.
The Ridge Spring Fire
Department
benefit in memory of Michael Adamick
will be held on Sat., May 4. BBQ tickets are $10 each and may be purchased from
any of the fire department members. An auction will immediately follow dinner. This
benefit is the department’s only fundraiser and determines what critical
purchases the dept is able to make during the course of the year.
Rikard's Roadside Bar-Be-Que will
celebrate its grand opening on Sat., April 27, beginning around noon and ending
around 8 pm. Enjoy two bands and let us know if you want to join in on the
picking & grinning. Around 6, compete in a hog calling contest with prize
money awarded. Come see us at 905 West Main in Ridge Spring!
The Friends of Ridge Spring, FORS, met Thursday and are
making plans for the future of our town.
We will host a book signing on July 13 for James Scott and his book Changing
Faces. FORS received a grant from
AgSouth of $500.00 to spend on the Ridge Spring Farmers' Market. Sherald Rodgers is heading this up. He ordered 2 tents with AgSouth logo and 2
metal signs that we will put at both driveways to point people to the back of
the Civic Center where the market will be held every Saturday from June 8 until
September.
The First
Citizens Bank building has been purchased.
The new owner will allow us to hold the book signing in the lobby.
Finances
on the reworking of the Town Square which will be called PLAZA is coming
along. Starting date will be July 15. The parking lot will be completed with a
grant from Upper Savannah Council of Government. The second phase is coming to fruition with
the town receiving $50,000 from a Tourism, Parks and Recreation grant with the
help of Senator Nikki Setzler, and $175,000 from Saluda County. DOT may removed the islands in the road with
the crepe myrtles and give us more parking spaces. The large but dead or dying live oaks will be
replaced with 3 American Elms and with a gingko on each end. Plans may be seen at town hall.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH: Once again the Big
Red Box BRB came through! 280 pieces of candy and 348 plastic Easter
eggs collected to help with the Helpful Hands Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Well done
BRB (a big shout out to the members of the Church too). Easter came and out of the wilderness we did
too.
Easter lilies and
palms and songs of praise and joy filled the church. A powerful and
meaningful message from Pastor Ashely set the tone for the day. It was a
blessed day.
There will NO Church
Service at Ridge Spring United Methodist church on April 28, 2019.
We will return
on May 5th at 11 a.m. This is Communion Sunday and ALL are
welcome at the table.
AARS (Kedryn Evans): Barbara Yon earned a $500 purchase Award at the 44th
Anderson Art Show. Joanne Crouch was
accepted in Art Around Town at that show; in addition, Crouch won a 1st & 3rd place Professional
Painting award at the Jim Harrison
Gallery in Denmark. Gwen Power
won 2nd Place in Professional Painting. D.S. Owens won a 2nd Photography Award.
Watercolor Class: (experienced watercolorists only)
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.
Harvest
Festival News (Patrick Arnold): The Ridge Spring Harvest
Festival Committee meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 pm at Town
Hall. We are looking for energetic and committed members with new ideas to join
us and become part the planning and rejuvenation of this festival. There are
many on the committee that have been a part for a very long time and at least
one since the beginning in 1981. Many are ready to offer their wisdom and
knowledge and pass the torch to a new generation. We invite all people that
want to take on an event or simply volunteer their time during the day of the
event.
Harvest Festival subcommittees
include the following: Parade, BBQ Battle for the
Ridge, Bingo, Rides & Games, Beauty Pageant, Ads & Sponsorships,
Facebook & Instagram, Welcome Center, Country Store, Cake & Pie
Contest. For more information on the festival go to www.ridgespringharvestfestival.com or email rstownhall@comporium.net
Josie Rodgers: Good
luck to Morgan Berry, RSM High junior, who will compete for the Aiken
Distinguished Young Woman Fri., April 19.
RSM High: Poetry
Night is back! On Tues., April 23 at 6 pm, the National English Honor
Society will sponsor an evening of poetry readings both original and published.
Come to the cafetorium to hear students, faculty, staff, and parents present
their original or favorite poetry and even get the chance to share your own.
Refreshments will be served, and special awards presented. Contact Josie
Rodgers for more info.
RSM’s second annual book fair will be held
April 22-26. Please help support our library program by purchasing books,
knick-knacks, erasers, pencils, posters, etc. The book fair will be open from
8:00-3:00 each day, with an extended day on Tues., April 23. Last year, we sold
over $1500 worth of materials, and we were able to use a portion of our profits
to update some of our book selections. For more information, please look for
the announcement on our school website or call Mrs. Powell in the media center.
Review from
David Marshall James: "Life Is a
Party: Deliciously Doable Recipes to Make Every Day a Celebration"
by David Burtka
From Pot Roast and Savory
Vegetables to Poached Salmon with Winter Greens and Persimmon, from Thyme and
Gruyere Popovers to Corn Cakes with Bacon Jam, from Black-and-White Baked
Alaska to Grandma's Pear Squares, galore-ious recipes presented in this party-organizer
guide will have you doing the Mashed Potato and the Funky (Roast) Chicken all
around the kitchen floor, and then out to your guests.
After all, celebrity chef
and caterer, by way of the Cordon Bleu school, David Burtka doubles as a
performer on stage and television, so who better to expound about
entertaining? With his sixteen party themes, the author provides
suggestions on decorating and planning activities, on assembling music
playlists and keeping the party going.
As magnum champagne-um
graduates of the (Elsa) Maxwell & (Perle) Mesta School of Party Going, we
declare: "Keep the food (and drinks) coming, and we'll keep the
party rolling." IOW: Choose your guests for their
entertainment value. (Or if they need cheering up; see below.) Even
if you're just trying to fix up X with Y, well-- that's entertainment.
As a parent (with husband
Neil Patrick "Mr. Broadway" Harris) of twins, Burtka includes many
child-friendly elements to themes, such as ice-cream sundae stations (with easy
homemade syrups and kid-in-a-candy-shop toppings) to a DIY flavor-your-popcorn
set-up. Popcorn? Sundaes? That's a party for kids and adults.
Likewise, the Neapolitan
Ice Cream Sandwich Cake. Haul out that bad boy, and everyone's going to
shine with incandescent glee.
(Don't underestimate the
memory-value of food presentation to children. We'll never forget a
youngster's birthday party of yore where each attendee received a brown-paper
goody bag of treats, including a PB&J sandwich and a fried-chicken
leg. Children are hungry, growing, and needing to eat every bit as much
as adults, if not moreso. Present them with such a bag when they arrive
en fete.)
Burtka's Chicken Tot Pie
and Meatball Sliders on Homemade Pretzel Rolls may be kid-friendly, but plenty
of adults will buddy up to them as well. All the menus look (with
assistance from the 250 accompanying photos) yummo (sooner or later we lapse
into Rachael Ray-isms) and are organized by season in order to accent the
freshest of what's available at any given time of year, down to the Leftover
Candy Brownies in the Winter Game Night plans.
Still and all, the Give
Thanks for Leftovers menu steals the show. Designed as an
apres-Thanksgiving fete, it offers such headliners as Leftover Mashed Potato
Biscuits with Cranberry Butter and Leftover Pie Sundae with Apple Cider Caramel
Sauce. Why not do this apres-Christmas, too? Too many are too blue
at that time; spread the cheer!
In any event, hoist your
host/hostess hat and plan a dinner party. There's just something
retro-glam about the whole process, from candles and flowers on the table to
coffee, dessert, and cordials in the living room. Who knows? Your
fame could spread, not unlike Maxwell & Mesta & ... Burtka.
Harriet's
Garden Tips: If perennials that
need separating were not divided in the fall, do so now. Watch for them as they come up and separate
before they become too large. It is
best to use peat moss mixed into the soil, rather than as a mulch. It will cake and not let moisture
through. April is a month of Great
Beauty. Enjoy it as you accelerate your
gardening activities.
REMINDERS
April 27: Rikard's Grand Opening Music Get
Together
May 4: RS Volunteer Firemen's Benefit
May 18: Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art
Gathering
May 31-June 1: Peachtree 23 Yard Sale
June 6: Vouchers distributed at Town
Hall
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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