October 28,  2019

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Ridge Spring is coming into the Holiday Season with bells on.  We are calling it a Ridge Spring Holiday Extravaganzas.  It begins with the Shoppes of Ridge Spring Christmas Open House on November 16.  Get ready.  Will have more information on the other two events or is it THREE!!!

Celebrate fall's bounty amidst the season's brightest foliage Saturday, November 2^nd 6-9 pm at Somewhere in Time Manor.  A benefit for The Courage Center of Lexington SC, Carmen Holley and Amy Derrick are hosting a farm to table to celebrate Sweet Magnolia Travel’s 3^rd Anniversary. Dinner will be prepared by award winning chef Branon Velie, owner of Juniper of Ridge Spring, music by Henry and the Wynns, videography by Charles Anderson, and photography by Shane Jackson.  Feast your eyes on the menu:

 Farm to Table Menu Served Family Style

Farm Harvest Salad

Local Greens, Red Onion, Tomato, Goat Cheese, Simple Vinaigrette, and Toasted Pecans

South Carolina Shrimp

Butternut Squash & Country Ham with Creamy Adluh Grits

Slow Roast Turkey

With Sweet Potato Mash and Fresh Sage Gravy

Roasted Veggies

Local seasonal veggies roasted and lightly seasoned

Pies per Table

Homemade Maple Bourbon Pecan Pie

Homemade Buttermilk Pie

Homemade Apple Crisp

Art Center of Ridge Spring

Get ready for the holidays by making some fun gifts with clay. Make a ceramic tree and a platter to put Santa’s cookies on! Acrylic Paint Pour Class on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. Cost is $30.00. All supplies furnished. Class size limited to 6 adults only. Teacher: Carolyn Boatwright

On October 7 the Aiken Chapter of the American Association of University Women recognized several people including our local  Lee Dane. Congratulations!!  The biggest fundraiser for the Aiken branch library was the Books n Things Fair that was held in March and raised $50,000.  

RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: 

During the month of October Ridge Spring United Methodist Church (RSMC) will be collecting items for Killingsworth (safe place for women).

Also during October RSUMC will accept donations to purchase gas cards for those who are receiving treatment at the Aiken Cancer Treatment Center.

Don’t forget RSUMC is on Face Book. Find our page and like us to keep up with what’s going on.  Church service is at 11 a.m. unless otherwise noted.

Yon Family Farms 16th annual Sale was  held Saturday  October 26.

Josie Rodgers:

Congratulations to Kellie Winn and Haleigh Smart, cloggers with Rhythm in Class with Mamie MacAbee. These young ladies won their first Grand Champion Duo and also won first place with their contemporary duo. Their junior line formation also won first place and Grand Champion! Congratulations, girls! Their instructor commented on FB, “They’ve worked so hard over the past few years and I’m so proud of how far they’ve come. They work hard, are hungry to learn, and are appreciative of everything I teach them. Love, love, love these young ladies!”

RSM Elem: Student Recognition: Students who turned in their Summer Reading forms will receive a ticket for free admission to the Nov. 1 RSM High football game.

RSM High: The community is invited to our Veterans Day program on Mon, Nov. 11, at 10:30 am in the gym. We will honor all who have served our country in every branch of the military. All branches will also be on campus to answer

Over 43 FFA members attended FFA Day at The South Carolina State Fair on Oct. 15. The students attended a reception hosted by the SCFFA State Officer Team and toured all the Agriculture exhibits.

On Tues., Oct. 22, the Boys Cross Country team came in 4^th out of 5 teams to beat Ware Shoals. Coach Dizinno reports that this is the first win for our team’s history! Stay tuned for more info!

The Teacher Cadet class toured USC-Aiken last Friday. They started out playing with the little ones at The Children’s Center. They had tea parties, played hide and seek, built block towers, and colored with the kids. Next, they had their official college IDs made. Then they trekked down to the freshman dorm to see the rooms and talk a bit with the Teaching Fellows and Dr. Tim Lintner. Back across campus, they stopped at the Student Activities Center to see where the students go to eat and relax. The last stop of the tour was the library. They saw a few former RSM students around campus and got a feel for what a college day might be like. RSM Teacher Cadets include Morgan Berry, Johnathon Cumbee, Conner Goss, and Kenyon Ligons.

The Trojan football team moved their game to last Thurs due to predicted rain. They hosted Estill and handed them a loss of 38-10. This week, RSM hosts HKT for the Battle of the Trojans. This will be Senior Night as well as the last home game of the season. Kick-off is 7:30.

Congratulations to the Lady Trojans volleyball team who competed in their first playoff game at home Mon., Oct. 28. Also congratulations to All-State players Ali Gilliam & Mikenzie Kinard and to the North/South All-Star Ali Gilliam. Ali will play in the NS game Sat., Nov. 23, at Erskine College. Check the school’s website and/or social media sites for more info on playoff games and times.

RSM’s Farm to Table: Place your orders by Wed for produce on Friday! Contact Janice Douda or the school.

Review from David Marshall James:  "The Last Good Guy" by T. Jefferson Parker

  The titular fellow would be one Roland Ford:  Marine veteran, former law enforcement, widower, presently a P.I. in sunny very southern Southern California, amidst the sacred and the profane, generally within a mile of the beach when not on it, where "everybody's gone surfin'," as La Jolla (of Beach Boys' lyrics) is nearby.

   As are San Diego and San Clemente, which anyone who remembers President Nixon will recall.  San Clemente figures prominently in several chapters herein as well, yet Roland's office is in beautiful downtown Fallbrook.

   He also has a home office, even though his home is more a compound than a single dwelling.  It belonged to his late wife, Justine, but Roland's scarcely living alone, what with renters-- whom he refers to as "The Irregulars"-- ensconced in cottages around his pond.  Currently, five reside pondside, including his grandparents, who are not cohabitating in the literal sense, the better to get along.  In any event, The Irregulars are a loyal band, up in Roland's bidness, and he in theirs.

   Speaking of bidness, this novel centers on a good, old-fashioned femme fatale; well, maybe not so old-fashioned, although she's quite the head-turner.  In the golden age of film noir, perhaps Gene Tierney would have been convinced to play Penelope Rideout, who asks Roland to locate her missing 14-year-old sister.

   Trouble is, as in all good "femme fatale at the pebbled-glass door" noir adventures, Penelope's really breasting her cards, toting more secrets than a barge full of CIA agents.  The missing teenager is just the tip of an iceberg dripping with some sinister plots.

   No secret spilling in this venue, but we must mention a few themes, such as the characters' predilection for name-changing and assuming new identities.  With the unfathomable lack of privacy given the Internet and its myriad trappings, such identity-swapping will likely become a true trend, the better to leave one's past in the rear-view mirror.

   Parker enjoys playing with his characters' names, almost in a Dickensian fashion.  For instance, a breakfast-meat heiress is Marie Knippermeir (Kipper + [Oscar] Mayer).  Roland's idealized late wife, as aforementioned, was named Justine (Fairness).  Parker really does a take on names with Roland's grandparents, Liz and Dick.  For a good decade of late 20th century history, "Liz and Dick" meant only one couple (Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton).

   Parker delivers plenty of action and quite a few thrills.  Still, he's best when he's in Southern California noir mode, with Mrs. Knippermeir picking oranges in a withering orchard, a few hundred yards from her withering husband's hate-group tent revival.  Or, with a red El Dorado convertible pulling up to a mint-green beach bungalow, the waves crashing on the shore, people without real names facing uncertain realities.

Harriet's Garden Tips: This is the time to plant bulbs.  One of the problems I have is that I forget where I have already planted bulbs and try to plant more in the same spot.  So I will extend the area or start in a new area.  In the South, tulips really do not do so well in the ground .  They attract moles and voles, then the rats who run in their tunnels eat the bulbs.  So I plant them in pots, enjoy the beautiful color and then put them in the compost pile.  Yes, they will come back, but they are never as big again.  They like cold weather and we have less and less each  year it seems.  Plant them among daylilies so when the blooms die and the foliage begins to die, the daylilies will cover the yellowing leaves.  I am going to try that idea this year.

REMINDERS

November 2: Celebrate fall's bounty of foliage 6-9 pm at Somewhere in Time Manor

November 1,2,3: Richland  Creek Tractor Pull

November 16: Shoppes of Ridge Spring Christmas Open House

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