February
17, 2020
Ridge Spring News
Harriet
Householder
Belated
Happy Valentine's Day
Town Square is really coming along. Once more I will remind all that there will
be NO water in the water tower. It is
only decoration for trains do not use water any more. But the cars are now able
to park on the square. It really is
coming along. They are working on the
other part of the square where many of us remember the old post office which is
now Miguelitos Restaurant. Haley Bee
Boutique is in the old town hall and if you are as old as me it was where
Jones' Dry Cleaning was. I think I am showing my age. These businesses are
open. Parking on Main Street or going
around to Railroad Ave. to reach the Boutique are options for all.
HGTV's
Home Town is a
series with Erin and Ben Napier. Ridge
Spring has entered the contest for small town make-over. With the help of Jessica Grandes, Mayor Pat
submitted a video of our unique town. If
you don't try, you do not have a chance.
We at least have a chance. Who
knows?????
Haley Bee Boutique: Things might be starting to get a
little crazy around town but don’t worry we are OPEN for regular hours despite
the construction. If you want to come shop with us the easiest way to get here
is to park on Railroad St. directly between the boutique and the railroad
tracks.
Yon Family Farm had their Bull and Female Spring
Sale on February 15. The auction began
around 11:00 AM. This sale included 225 bulls and 75 females. They offered
SemAngus and Ulltrablack cattle.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH: The Big Red Box was
overflowing with items for BINGO prizes for the Saluda Senior Center. Those
were delivered on a VERY rainy Friday to the delight of the site manager. Got
to meet her, see some of the participants and also see the Center. Everything
was bright and cheerful. Hopefully RSUMC/BRB can take more items.
February the BRB is
collecting soup and other non-perishable food items. These will be delivered at
the end of the month to a local ministry, Helpful Hands. If you would like to
help out, leave your donation on the porch of either the Church of Family Life
Center. Pastor Ashley returned safely
from her Mission Trip. So much to share. We are working on a Sunday for her
presentation. Will keep you posted. RSUMC is on Face Book. Visit our page.
ART
ASSOCIATION OF RIDGE SPRING & GALLERY
For
all art lovers we have lots for you to see and enjoy! We are open Friday and
Saturday 10 am to 2 pm and you can also check out what’s new on Facebook or our
website at http://ridgespringlovesart.weebly.com. For those of you who are
artists or just love getting creative we’d love it if you’d become a part of
our association! If you’d like to learn more or would like to hear what’s going
on behind the scenes, we have monthly meetings held at 6:30 pm on the first
Thursday of the month. This month’s meeting (which has been rescheduled for
Saturday, February 8 at 1 pm so you can still join us!), we will be talking
about the upcoming quilting weekend which is being held March 13 and 14th. We
are at Art Center Ridge Spring 108 Maintenance Building Circle.
Exercise
Class
Come
join in on our exercise classes. Marlene Sides, RN, CES is the instructor. She
is a NASM certified personal fitness trainer and Registered Nurse. Equipment
for strengthening exercises provided. Drop-ins welcome!
We
now have more classes added!
Starting
Feb 11th every Tuesday and Thursday there will be a 4pm, 5pm and 6pm class.
Come join in! Fee: $5 per session Please email {Marlene_Sides@yahoo.com} or
Call: 706-829-4929 to book your session and directions.
Bowl
Turning Class
Saturday,
February 22, 202 1:00 PM – 3 PM Instructor: Nick Watson, Cost: $80 includes all
supplies. Session will be held in front
of the Art Center of Ridge Spring in Nick’s travel workshop. To sign up:
Message Joanne Crouch at (803) 480-0576 or by email joanne.crouch26@gmail.com
or stop by the Art Center.
Acrylic
Paint Pour
Saturday,
February 29, 2020 Time: 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. Cost: $30.00 All supplies furnished
Class
size limited to 6 adults only, Teacher: Carolyn Boatwright
We
will explore several ways of doing pour paint. You will be pouring painting on
a 11"x 14" canvas. Painting will take 3 days to dry and will then
need to put coat of varnish on painting to keep dust from sticking to canvas.
We will discuss when to come back to finish this process. Bring apron or wear
clothes that you don't mind getting paint on. Bring something to drink and a
snack if you think you will need something to eat or drink during this time. We
can take a short break if needed.
Contact
Carolyn at 803-685-7688 or e-mail irvcar@yahoo.com
Helpful Hands Ministries: "I'm Pressing To My Blessing, Philippians
3:14" is located at 109 Pecan Grove Rd., Ridge Spring, SC Contact fullygospelpraise.com.
Josie Rodgers
RSM Elem:
On Sat., Mar. 28, the PTO will sponsor a Spring
Craft Fair and Yard Sale from 9 am to 2 pm. Spaces are $15. If you would
like to register for a space or find out more, contact Kristine Sasser at ksasser@acpsd.net or 803/479-0883
RSM High: On
Mon., Feb. 24, at 5 pm, please join us as we dedicate the new high school and celebrate the groundbreaking of the new elementary wing of our RSM K-12 campus.
The Senior Beta Club and National English Honor Society will hold an induction ceremony on Tues., Feb. 18, at 6 pm
in the new media center. These two honors organizations provide service to our
school and community with individual and group projects. Members must maintain
high grades and show good moral character. By induction, the both clubs will
have members in grades 9-12. Sponsors are Josie Rodgers and Kelly Bedenbaugh.
The Beta Club and NEHS members are currently collecting
items for goodie bags to distribute to an Aiken nursing home Feb. 17. Items
needed include nonskid socks & slippers, shampoo/conditioner, toothpaste,
body wash, combs/brushes, mouth wash, stuffed animals, happy cards, lotion,
deodorant, tissues, after shave, drawing pads, lip balms, puzzle books, adult
coloring books, colored pencils, and more. Contact Josie Rodgers or Kelly
Bedenbaugh about how to donate.
The RSM
High School Improvement Council will meet Tues., Feb. 18, at 4 pm. The PTO will meet the same day at 5 pm.
Then the Beta Club and NEHS will
have an induction ceremony.
The FFA
is sponsoring a blood drive Thurs.,
Feb. 27, from 8 am to 2 pm in the new agriculture shop. Sign up online at
www.redcrossblood.org and use the sponsor code “mightytrojans.” All donors will
receive a free T-shirt and be entered into a drawing for a free gift card.
Blood types O, A-, and B- should ask about a Power Red donation. Contact Michael Crim, FFA advisor, for more
info.
Wardlaw Academy: Congratulations to Bryson
Tiller who took 3rd overall in the SCISA State Bowling Competition!
Congratulations to the middle
school girls, varsity girls, and varsity boys basketball teams all for being Region Champions and Tournament Champions
this past weekend! All Tourney Players
include Jane Walker Yonce, Addison
Faust, Dalton Williams, Gracie Kervin, & Jordan Williams. Tourney MVPs include Aimee Spurlock, Anna Grace Spourlock, & Mason Burgess. Region Coaches of the Year are John Spurlock & Kristina Graves. Region Players of the Year are Jordan Williams & Caleb Martin. All-Region Team includes Avery Spurlock, Mason Burgess, Reid
Gossett, Ashland Yonce, Gracie Kervin, & Anna Grace Spurlock.
Basketball season Senior Night was celebrated last week
to honor our senior basketball players & cheerleaders: Mason Burgess, Reagan Creasy, Katy Neal Day, Reid Gossett, Kay Wiley
Kaltz, Caleb Martin, Anna Grace Spurlock, Dalton Williams, & Sidney
Williams.
Congratulations also to Brilee Brazell & Raina Barrs for
competing in the SCISA State Spelling
Bee.
The Patriot Pride Auction will be held Fri.,
Mar. 30, at Kendall Mill. This year, we are raffling off a 2016 Yamaha Drive
EFI Golf Cart. This ride has midnight black metallic paint, rear flip seat kit,
lift kit, 14” wheels with 23” all-terrain tires, and an LED light kit with
horn, blinkers, & brake lights. Tickets are 3 for $50, limited to 300
packets sold).
HHouseholder: The "old"
RSM High School is being torn down to make room for the new campus. Good Memories abound for us all. I found a
picture and caption about the school that was in the Saluda Standard. Quote, "The above-pictured school
building as it stood then moved "lock-stock and barrel" to the Ridge
Spring Monetta area from its old Williston site where it was erected by the US
Government to be used as an elementary School during the boom-days of the
H-Bomb Plant Construction. The structure
was moved in sections to the new site where it underwent a complete job of
brick-veneering and other improvements making for a greater attractiveness,
comfort and conveniences However it is
the same old school building all dressed up in shiny new brick trimmed with a
bright new coat of paint on all the necessary wood-work."
Review from David
Marshall James: "The Last Passenger" by Charles
Finch
Charles Finch, scribe of some of the most
readable period mysteries in the marketplace, has arrived with yet another, the
thirteenth in the Charles Lenox series set in Victorian London.
In his past three novels, including this
one, Finch has rewound the clock back to the 1850s, when Lenox first began
detecting, much to the chattering over clattering teacups throughout the
drawing rooms and salons of Mayfair, where Lenox resides in a townhouse facing
Hampden Lane.
Lenox's irrepressible curiosity about the
ever-changing circumstances concerning the increasingly cosmopolitan capital
where he makes his home has naturally led to his avocation and his assumption
of pro-bono cases. Moreover, he has been summoned to Scotland Yard to
assist the in-house detectives with their most perplexing crimes.
Meanwhile, Lenox's family and closest
friends worry over his safety, and with good reason, given the results of his
case-in-point, in which Finch has crafted a mystery that defies extensive
description without spoiling its exciting developments.
The story takes off with the arrival of the
train from Manchester at Paddington Station in the wee, small hours of the
morning. A gruesome murder has occurred onboard, and Lenox is soon hot on
the track of the culprit.
The narrative grows much larger than one
might expect, in a trans-Atlantic web, as with Dame Agatha Christie's
advantageous story line in her most-famous "all aboard"
mystery. However, Lenox's era is strikingly different from that of
Hercule Poirot.
As always, Finch provides all manner of
informative flourishes and time-framing touches. His deft hand with
characterizations elevates his novels to the upper echelon of the mystery
genre. Whether large, small, or in-between in role, every character is
enhanced by the author's Dickensian style.
The story concludes in early 1856, and the
reader figures Lenox to be approaching his 28th birthday. The later-set
novels, beginning with Finch's first, "A Beautiful Blue Death," leave
the protagonist after the passage of about 20 years over 10 books.
'Twill be interesting to learn where Finch
picks up his series from here. Will he dial the clock forward to the
1890s, when Londoners were devouring detective fiction and consumed by each
"true crime" account in the city newspapers? There's plenty of
literary juice left in Lenox & Co., and surely Finch can deliver even more
pips.
Harriet's
Garden Tips: The
daffodils and other spring bulbs are looking beautiful. I have heard and read that you fertilize
after they bloom but before the leaves turn brown. I have also read the opposite. A good 10-10-10 fertilizer is good when the
leaves start emerging. Make sure you
wash off any fertilizer that may be on the plant. The one thing the experts do agree on is you
can add natural compost to improve your soil.
As hard as it is to not cut
the browning leaves of the spent bulbs,
the bulbs need the leaves to get and store food for next year's
blooms. You can intersperse planting of
other flowers, such as annuals or other perennials. You are also encouraged to separate the bulbs
after a few years for they do get crowded.
REMINDERS
March 13-14: Quilting on the Ridge
May 16: Magnolia Ridge Antique & Art
Gathering
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
Second
Tuesday: Ridge Spring Harvest Festival
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