March 9, 2020

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Quilting on the Ridge

March 13and 14

Come enjoy the weekend in Ridge Spring, SC while exploring the history of collection of area quilts. Start the day at the Art Center where $5 gift bags are available which contains a raffle ticket for a quilt, rack cards for areas of interest, and a fabric swatch. Vintage quilts will be available for view. Each will contain its history whenever available. Visitors can also view the art of local artists. Visitors are also welcome to visit the RS Civic Center where vendors will offer wares that are quilt related.

Remember May 16, we have the Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering.  The Festivities start at 9:00 and go through 3:00. The vendors will be back with a wonderful variety of collectables.  Sausage biscuits, hamburgers, chips and baked goods sold on sight. Don’t miss this wonderful event beneath the beautiful magnolia and oak trees on this lovely horse farm.

ART ASSOCIATION OF RIDGE SPRING & GALLERY Quilting on the Ridge is almost here! We will have quilts all over town, gift bags for sale with lots of great goodies, vendors and get yourself a raffle ticket for a chance for a beautiful quilt that could be yours! We are open Friday and Saturday 10 am to 2 pm for you to see our art and sign up for classes. You can also check out what’s new on Facebook or our website at http://ridgespringlovesart.weebly.com .

Check out all of our classes that are coming up!

Pen Turning Class Monday, March 9 Cost: $35.00 Monday, April 12 Cost: $35.00 Each class is 1 ½ hours at Larry’s home workshop. Please email {Marlene_Sides@yahoo.com} or Call: 706-829-4929 to book your session and directions.

Pottery Classes Monday, March 16, 2020 Garden Lantern Time: 6:30 pm Cost: $35.00 Instructor: Kim Ruff To sign up: Message Joanne Crouch at (803) 480-0576 or by email joanne.crouch26@gmail.com or stop by the Art Center. Bowl Turning Class Saturday, March 21 1:00 PM – 3 PM *UPDATE*- CLASS FULL! Saturday, March 28 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.

Exercise Class Marlene’s classes are growing! Come join in on our exercise classes, they are lots of fun and are fine-tuned to your health needs! 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! 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.

I apologize.  Somehow I received this message and did not recheck to see if it was still in the works.  This will not occur The Ridge Hill Educational Association, in collaboration with Ridge Spring-Monetta High School and Morris College, did NOT invite anyone to participate in an educational information and College opportunity event on Saturday, March 31^st .  Again I do apologize., my mistake.

I worked with Laura Walker , Jody Daily, and others at the Cat Clinic Monday.  We had more than the set number of 25, but they were all fixed.  I think it was 31 cats.  What a  humane way to take care of an overpopulated animal.  The next  Cat Clinic will be at the end of April.  You must call and reserve a spot if  you are interested in getting your cat fixed.  There will be a charge.  Please call Town Hall.

Jeffrey Clamp, Band Director for RSM Middle/High: The Aiken All-County Band Clinic was held on Thursday, March 5th at Millbrook Baptist Church in Aiken.  This year nine students from Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle and High Schools earned a spot in one of the clinic bands.  This is the most students to represent RS-M in one year at the clinic, which features the best band students from all of the middle and high schools in Aiken County.  Junior Concert Band members from RS-M were Natalie Maltese (1st chair clarinet), Cassandra Oakman (clarinet), Maryann Sterling (clarinet), Jarvis Bush (trombone), and Bennie Padgett (trombone).  Landon Hastings was 2nd chair alto sax and Chris Story 1st chair Bari Sax in the Junior Symphonic Band.  Kyla Padgett (clarinet) and Chesley Cooper (trumpet) represented RS-M in the Senior Band.  The students spent the entire day rehearsing with their respective bands, and the clinic ended with an outstanding concert presented by the three clinic bands.  Congratulations to these students for their hard work this year

Josie Rodgers

Congratulations to PC freshman Davis Wash, the new Orangeburg Queen of Roses! Davis earned $2,000 in scholarship money. Davis is the daughter of Matt & Melanie Wash of Edgefield.

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.

Last Friday, the school held a Book Parade to celebrate literacy and Read Across America Week. Favorite books included There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, The Moon Book, and a myriad of Dr. Seuss books.

RSM High: In celebration of Dr. Suess’s birthday Mar. 2 and of Read Across America Week, several Beta Club and NEHS members traveled to the RSM Elem and read Dr. Seuss books to various classes. With the assistance of media center specialist Tonya Rodgers, the high school students ventured around the school to share their love of reading with the younger folks. Readers included Audrey Derrick, Destiny Glover, Courtney Lee, Kenyon Ligons, & Lacy Pou.

The RSM Teacher Cadets are immersed in their field experience this week. They are remembering what it was like to be a middle schooler (which was only a few years ago!) and how to respond from a teacher’s perspective. Soon they will be assisting with teaching and tutoring and learning about all the extra tasks required of teachers.

The Lady Patriots softball team competed in the Greenwood Christian Tournament this past weekend. They played Dixie, Wardlaw, and King. Though they didn’t win, they gained lots of experience to be ready for the season!  

Next Wed is the state-wide tornado drill at 9 am. With our recent experiences of neighbors losing schools and homes and lives, it is essential that we be prepared for such circumstances. There is no true “safe place” during a tornado, but there are actions we can take lessen the risk. Flying debris is the number 1 danger during a tornado, so stay away from windows.

Review from David Marshall James:  "Treason" by Stuart Woods

   It's been more than a decade since last we adventured with Stone Barrington, he of Turtle Bay (New York City), Paris, the South of England, and Maine.

   Stone's home-hopping is rendered more felicitous with his latest acquisition, a G 500.  It's the only way to fly, unless you've got something larger with more bells and whistles, say a G 600, as does the Russian oligarch who looms large, figuratively and literally, over the action in Stone's latest story.

   But, as in the Russian's big one, the G 600 was acquired with ill-gotten gains.  Stone, on the other hand, made his money the old-fashioned way:  In the stock market.  But, as in Stone's Men's Health variety, first he was an NYPD officer, then an attorney, and now's he's a deputy with the CIA.

   Plus, no Ivy League-ing for Mr. B; rather, he's earned his degrees from NYU, figuring out his life's plan as he goes. 

   His Intelligence work has brought him vis-a-vis the oligarch, name of Chekhov, who has ten times more than Michael Bloomberg's wealth, although he's not investing his rubles in elections.  Well, at least not in Mother Russia.  He's all ears to a mole in the U.S. State Department, currently headed by Stone's friend-with-benefits, Holly Barker.

   She further connects Stone to the world of movers, shakers, and policy makers, as does his BFF, Dino Franchetti, NYC police commissioner.

   Stuart Woods, the author of more than three-score novels, sends Stone (with his plus-one of the moment) and Dino (with his wife, Viv) flying high to such locales as Paris and Martha's Vineyard (to Mr. B's yacht).  Yes, the protag-never-marked-down lives luxe-ly, as Woods drops us off at one glamorous eatery after another, from NYC to Paris.

   Still, Stone's a simple guy at heart, his favorite luncheon consisting of lobster salad accompanied by a fine white Burgundy.  Coconut cake-- flown in from The Peninsula Grill in Charleston-- for dessert.  If he must dine in at his Turtle Bay townhouse, there's a cook on staff, along with a secretary and a chauffeur.

   Stone's A-number-one lifestyle makes for indulgent reading, bolstered by au courant topics within the framework of Woods' fiction.  For instance, his U.S. commander-in-chief is a Madam President.  Moreover, Holly is seeking to fill that post.  Keep an eye peeled on that Chekhov, girlfriend.

Harriet's Garden Tips: Many of the tips I give I get from several sources.  So here are a few:

1. plant garlic buds near rose bushes and the roses will develop resistance to black spot and mildew.

2. Water geraniums with beer to make sensational plants.

3. Feed boxwoods with cottonseed meal or lawn fertilizer. Do not scratch in for the shallow roots may be damaged.

4. Put one cupful of lime around each clematis vine and on ivy (Really!!! Ivy loves to take over.)

5. Put your wood ashes around your peonies and hostas.

   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