October 7, 2019

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Ridge Spring Harvest Festival will be held this weekend of October 10, 11, and 12.

1. Bingo is Thursday night.  Hotdogs grilled by the RSM Athletic Booster Club and more to make a meal.  Serving begins at 6:00

2. Friday night will be “The Taste of Mexico” and will start around 7:00 PM. The Firefighter Relay  will also happen. 

3. It's time to pull out grandma's recipe for the BEST cake or pie you can bake! The Ridge Spring Harvest Festival is proud to present a time honored tradition in baked goods, our Pie and Cake Contest! Please read and fill out your application today!

4. Saturday will be the parade, the BBQ cook off, vendors, rides, and music at the Gazebo and at Rikard's Roadside BBQ. Don't forget the Country Store and the Car Show.  WOW, what a filled up three days. (You can purchase one pound cups of BBQ from the contestants until the meat runs out.)

Juniper Restaurant: In Visit Asheville NC today doing a little shopping at Ingles Markets and what do I see but none other than Watsonia Farms tomatoes! Had to pick those up for a salad I was throwing together because you know it's hard to beat Certified South Carolina grown Tomatoes!

Art Center of Ridge Spring

We have an exciting demonstration coming to the Art Center! Have you ever seen a beautiful pen that was made of wood? Larry Sides will be showing pen turning. He will be demonstrating beginner and advanced pen turning techniques and lathe safety/use. Samples of various lathe projects (bowls, pens, etc.) will be on display. Please, come to our center on Saturday, October 19^th from 10 to noon. Demo is free to all, it’s an opportunity to learn and to see if you’d like to try your hand at this wonderful craft! 

Want to learn to sew? Maryellen is hosting a beginner sewing class on Saturdays from 10 to noon. Sewing machine, fabric, thread, machine bobbin, and scissors are required. There will be four classes for $40.00. Young people 12 and up are especially invited, learn something fun and really useful! 

We have had some exciting news! D.S. Owens’ image “Here Comes the Sun” has been chosen as the winner of the 2019 Rural SC Artwork Contest. His photo is being used to represent the Annual Conference and the National Rural Health Day event. Congratulations, D.S.!

RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: 

Ridge Spring United Methodist Church (RSUMC) will have a table at the 2019 Harvest Festival. We will be with the vendors at the Baptist Church parking lot. Along with free water & book marks, prayer request box and church information, Pastor Ashley will have information regarding a Mission Trip she will being part of in January 2020. Stop by our table, say Hi, introduce yourself and get to know the nice folks at RSUMC. See you there at the 2019 Harvest Festival.

The month of October is breast cancer and domestic violence awareness month. The Big Red Box (BRB) will be collecting items for Killingsworth (safe home for women in recovery and abuse). Items are: pillows (regular size), paper products and cleaning supplies. If you would like to help, leave items on porch of church and/or Family Life Center. More on these ministries in future columns.

September we had a speaker from Epworth Children’s Home located in Columbia. She spoke of all the new programs and location. September is Epworth Work Collection month. RSUMC will be sending them a check for $470. Well Done, RSUMC and thanks for Epworth for all they do.

RSUMC has a Face Book page. Find us, like us and keep up with the varies missions and programs. RSUMC church service is at 11 a.m. every Sunday unless otherwise noted.

Josie Rodgers: RSM High:

Most of you know that I am part of 5 living generations of women: my grandmother Letty Lee (Mimi), my mom Rosalyn Pressley(Nanny), me (Nana), my daughters Amber Rauton & Annalee Rodgers, and my granddaughter Pressley Rauton. Mimi turned 92 years old Sun., Oct. 6. Nanny, Amber, and my grands went to spend the day with Mimi Sat. The oldest two generations and the youngest two generations were together. On Sun, Pressley and I spent the day with Mimi: the oldest, the middle, and the youngest! We also visited Aunt Tisha’s grave and put new fall flowers and a pumpkin by her headstone. Tisha’s birthday is Oct. 13. Our family is so blessed to have 5 living generations! We don’t take a moment for granted.

RSM Elem: Book Fair: We are excited about our fall book fair. The book fair begins on Friday, Oct. 4 and ends on Fri., Oct. 11. The book fair will be open from 8 am to 2:30 pm each day. We accept cash or checks made payable to RS-M Elementary. If sending a check, no change can be given. Please remember that we charge 7% sales tax

Student Recognition: A student recognition assembly will be held on Oct. 17 at 1:30 pm. We will recognize our Summer Readers and the students who currently qualify for Beta Club. Students will still receive the incentives for completing their reading logs. Students who turned in their Summer Reading forms will receive a ticket for free admission to the Nov. 1 RSM High football game.

Morale Committee Fundraiser: Students should bring money in from Oct. 4 - Oct. 11. Each ticket is $1. A container will also be set up during the book fair for extra donations. If we collect $100, Mrs. Herlong and Mr. Bush will dress like clowns. If we collect $200, Mrs. Herlong and Mr. Bush will dress like clowns & everyone can wear a hat to school. If we collect $300 or more, Mrs. Herlong and Mr. Bush will dress like clowns, everyone can wear a hat to school, & Mrs. Wilson will cut 3 inches of Mrs. Rodgers’ hair.

RSM High: Homecoming was last Friday, and it was the very first game in the new stadium. The stadium was standing room only! The community was out in full force along with alumni, district office, and former coaches and teachers. Cars were everywhere. Mr. Crim and his crew drove a shuttle bringing people to and from their cars. Tailgaters set up around the gym area. Free hamburgers and hot dogs were provided in that area for fans. Though it was roughly 100 degrees, people started arriving around 5 to set up and get a good seat when the gates opened at 6. The Trojans entered the stadium led by Officer Hildebrand in his police car with the lights and the sirens going. It was so exciting! Teachers and staff from all 3 RSM schools worked various jobs during the game taking tickets, checking passes, working concessions, monitoring tailgate areas, etc.

The Trojans trailed the Vikings for a while but came back to win 30-20 against Denmark-Olar. First win in the new stadium! The Trojans travel to Blackville this week and to Wagener on Oc.t 18. The last 2 games of the season will be home games: Oct. 25 vs Estill, and Nov. 1 vs HKT (Senior Night).

Homecoming festivities culminated at halftime with Destiny Glover as Homecoming Princess and Ty’Kerria Sims as Homecoming Queen crowned by the 2018 Queen Kayla McDowell. Other awards included Miss Cheerleader Nancy Lopez, Miss Band Joanna Kaiser, Miss Volleyball Jasmine Cummings, and Mr. Football Colbi Sullivan. During the competitions last Thursday, school spirit was at an all-time high. Winners of the contests were as follows: Dizzy Bat, sophomores; Tug of War, freshmen; Hula Hoop Pass, sophomores; Single Hula Hoop, seniors; Chant, freshmen; Banner, Juniors. The pep rally on Friday was full of music, cheering, and dancing, as the cheerleaders performed cheers and dances. Coach Johnson introduced the volleyball team members, and Ms. Jackson introduced the football team. When all the planned activities were completed, and we had some extra time, the gym floor turned into a huge dance party with line dancing and singing and great fun! Many thanks to Ms. Jackson and the Student Council for making Spirit Week fun and memorable. This was the best Homecoming Week we have had in a while, and our students, teachers, and staff were full of school spirit and Trojan Pride!

HOSA (Symia Wilson): On Fri., Sept. 20, HOSA welcomed a speaker from USC Columbia & on Fri., Sept. 27, a Lander University rep spoke with the health science classes. Both shared info with the students about the universities’ renowned nursing programs. On Oct. 3, HOSA officers enjoyed a dinner meeting at the home of sponsor Tiffany Middlebrooks to make plans for the rest of the year. They enjoyed delicious quesadilla wraps and homemade tomato-based sauce dip and chips. On Oct. 17, HOSA members will attend the Fall Leadership Conference at Newberry College. HOSA is currently selling donuts to raise money for the State Leadership Conference in March of next year. They recently had a mixed bag fundraiser for the same purpose. HOSA members have also been spreading happiness and encouragement around the school by putting sticky notes all around the school.

For October, HOSA is celebrating Socktober by collecting socks for local nursing homes. On Oct. 4, HOSA helped to celebrated Homecoming and the first game in the new stadium by setting up a booth and checking fans’ blood pressure. After the game, several members will help clean up the stadium along with Beta Club and Student Council members.

Trojan Champs: This group of high school students volunteer their time to spend with the sped students. Recently, they enjoy a day of board games and cards, pizza and drinks. Each Trojan Champ is paired with a buddy and they develop a strong friendship that carries throughout the year and for a lifetime.

Review from David Marshall James:  "The Martini Cocktail:  A Meditation on the World's Greatest Drink, with Recipes" by Robert Simonson

   In the eminently watchable 1950 "Father of the Bride," Spencer Tracy believes he can get away with bartender duties at daughter Elizabeth Taylor's engagement party by prepping a silver tray laden with martinis-- "It's what everybody drinks at these things," he asserts.

   Then, in come the orders from an amateur mixologist's nightmare:  Old-Fashioned's.  Mint Juleps.  Criminy.

   Tracy can't even buy a pass when Carleton Carpenter requests two Cokes.  The father of the bride-to-be proceeds to foam himself in the face opening the bottles.

   Nevertheless, the scene supports author Robert Simonson's (New York Times "spirits" writer and Punch magazine columnist) contentions that the martini came of age during 1950s America, and that it's an "Old Hollywood" libation.

   On that note, we were pleased to witness Phyllis Diller, in one of her last TV appearances, quaffing martinis on the Big Island, Hawaii, with Roseanne Barr and Sandra Bernhard on Barr's reality show, "Roseanne's Nuts."   La Diller called brand Tanqueray gin, and, though her laughs grew louder, she never slipped under the table, merrily tippling one after another during an evening on the town.

   Simonson also notes that his father, most astutely, termed the martini a "shocking" drink, for its unparalledly potent pow.  The author gets to the bottom of the drink's origins and indulges various arguments about what's best in/with a martini ("wet vs. dry," "olives, pearl onions, or lemon peel," "straight-up vs. on the rocks," "what to eat with a martini-- he prefers rare steak," "a dash of orange bitters or no," and, of course, "gin vs. vodka").

   But, really:  Chaucun a son gout.  A martini is best served in the company of a kindred spirit, with a Nat Sherman black & gold as an accompaniment, along with Frank Sinatra swinging to the Nelson Riddle orchestra, preferably in a rooftop establishment with the lights of the city spread far and wide.

   Sidecar:  This informative volume-- which would make a nice gift-- is brimming with stylish photographs by Lizzie Munro, depicting an array of stemmed glasses certain to appeal to any collector or connoisseur.

   By the by:  As far as engagement (or other sorts of celebrations) parties go, it's hard to top a silver tray laden with martinis.  Cheers, Spence.

Harriet's Garden Tips: Cooler weather is here and changes in the garden will be noticeable.  If you are still wanting to have a vegetable garden this is the time to plant onions sets until mid-November.  Cultivate top few inches of soil in summer garden to interrupt life cycle of destructive insects that overwinter in the ground.  Transplant evergreens.  Plant fall and winter annuals such as pansies now.  Snap dragons, if they are of the rocket variety, need to be planted in the ground not a pot.  I have tried both and they do best in the ground for they are so leggy.

REMINDERS

October 10-12: Ridge Spring Harvest Festival

October 26: Yon Family Farm Cattle Sale

November 1,2,3: Richland  Creek Tractor Pull

November 2:Jeannette Carr Memorial: 864.656.5896, www.clemson.edu/isupportcu, Jeannette             Carr Memorial, Annual Giving Office, 110 Daniel Drive, Clemson, SC 29631

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

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 Ridge Spring

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 - 11:30pm