December 2, 2013
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
December 8 @ 4:00 will be Christmas on the Square
Santa Claus will arrive and the Christmas Lights will be
turned on
By the Harvest Festival Chairperson Joanne Crouch
Friends of Ridge Spring: Christmas on the Square is December the 8th and Ridge
Spring has a Christmas message we need you to help us deliver. Ridge Spring is
producing a Video wishing everyone a Happy Holiday Season and we are inviting
you to be a part of it. Please come and help us share this most wonderful
message. It will be posted on You Tube and we will be sharing it across social
media and with the local television and radio stations for all to hear and see.
Our message is
simple; Peace on earth, and for everyone to Have a Happy Holiday Season. The
video script and candles will be handed out that night starting at 4:30 so
everyone can be a part of it. This is something very different and will be lots
of fun and very special especially when you get to share it with everyone you
know.
We also want
this to be a message of a community coming together as one. We will be showing
everyone that Ridge Spring, South Carolina is a community united.
Place:
Ridge Spring Gazebo
Date:
December 8th
Time:
5:30 pm
We
are looking for 3 people to speak one line parts for the message and we are
looking for a child and mother or father to start the singing part. Please call
Noel @ 803-609-7152 if you would like to volunteer for these parts.
There
will be one more Christmas Open House this Saturday. Hope you come by the shops of Ridge spring
and enjoy browsing and buying those gifts, ornaments, poinsettias, and other
Christmas items.
December
8 Green Thumb Garden Club Christmas Tour of Homes
The Green Thumb Garden Club will Host the Christmas Tour of
Homes on Sunday December 8 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM. The featured homes are located in Johnston on
Hwy 23 which is Calhoun Street. One home
is the Feagle House at 1201 Calhoun St and is the home of Robin Hagaman. The Louise Murdock House is at 1045 Calhoun
Street and is the home of Chris and Linda Clancy. The Will Sawyer house is on tour at 1036
Calhoun Street and is the home of Frank and Barbara Barracott. The Avory Bland House is at 136 Calhoun
Street and is the home of Kurt and Judy Sutton. One of the churches that will
be on tour is Dry Creek Baptist Church at 472 Hallman Rd, Ward. Turn on to Dry
Creek Road off Hwy 23 between Ward and Johnston. It is at the end of the road. It will also be where those delicious cakes and
refreshments will be. Other churches on tour will be Ridge Spring United
Methodist Church and Spann United Methodist Church in Ward. Cake and spiced tea will be served at Dry
Creek Baptist Church. Tickets can be
purchased day of tour at all homes. The
cost is $10.00
Olde Treasures: Saturday was a fairly busy
day with folks coming in support of Shop Small Business Saturday. At
the end of the day we drew for a $50.00 gift certificate and the lucky winner
was Shelby Yonce. She now has plenty of reason to return for a shopping
spree at Olde Treasures. Our booths are getting additional stock in
preparation for this Saturday as we celebrate Christmas on
the Ridge. Be sure to head our way to complete your
Christmas and Special Occasion shopping. You’ll have another chance to
register for a gift certificate. See you this weekend. We are also
open Monday from 11:00 until 4:00.
Carlene’s is happy to Congratulate Bonnie Morgan on
winning the 42” Wooden Nutcracker that we gave away Saturday. Ms.
Morgan will be picking up her Nutcracker this weekend. In observance
of Christmas on the Ridge this Saturday, Carlene’s will
be giving shoppers the opportunity to register for another 42” Wooden
Nutcracker. Great things are happening here on the Ridge. Come and
be a part of them. You’ll be glad you did.
I thought I would pass
along some insight into how to clean vintage linens. I just recently
learned this from a new found friend, Terri. She shares lots of good
stuff with me about how to improve and care for vintage and antique
items. I tried this one this week and it absolutely did the job.
Thank you, Terri for sharing. Terri uses her washing machine, because she says
it is an older one and she can control the cycles very easily. I tried my
washing machine which is newer because my older one just died a few months
ago. I prefer using my vegetable prepping sink in the kitchen.
Either way; this is what you do. Put 1
cup of powdered Oxy Clean in the washer/sink. Add hot water. Mix
with a spoon to help dissolve the powder. Add the linens. Add hot water to cover linens. I used a wooden spoon and pushed up and down
on the linens sort of like the agitator in the washing machine would do. The linens will soak up the water, so you
will need to add more hot water as often as needed. I also add more Oxy
Clean and stirred to dissolve. You will need to let them soak at least a couple
of hours and longer if the stains are severe. This removed brown spots and some
of the gray spots. It did not remove the pure rust spots. It also
brightens the white and the colors.
I found it to be an
absolutely wonderful solution to dull and gray looking linens.
Thanksgiving is over and the Christmas season
is upon us. Thanksgiving and Hanukkah
were at the same time of the year. How
nice for all to share in these holidays.
There
was Black Friday for all and the Small Businesses day as promoted by American
Express. We thank you for your
business. Several businesses in Ridge
Spring had drawings for patrons and the winner of the poinsettia at Harriet’s
Garden was Judy Nelson. The winner of a$30.00 gift certificate
from Pat's Corner was Angel Kennedy.
Notice: Every
Monday & Friday: Narcotics Anonymous
and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
7:00 pm at The Ridge Spring Library
From Allen Duncan, Monetta - An adult Bald Eagle was seen having lunch Sunday afternoon in
James Fallaw’s bean field across from Columbia Farms’ Feed Mill on Highway # 1
in Monetta. The bald eagle was within 100 feet of the edge of the highway so I
turned my car around twice to confirm what thought I saw. On my third turn
around, I stopped and got out of the car, and he immediately flew off towards
Batesburg.
Joanne Crouch, AARS President
You have another opportunity to “Support Small Business Saturday” on
December 7th. We will have a
drawing for a painted bluebird box. The
box was built according to the American Bluebird Society guidelines and is
sporting a quilt motif. Visit us to
register. You do not have to be present
to win.
Our
fifteen artists have “that something for everyone” gift with a wide range of
prices for everyone on your shopping list. We have watercolor, acrylics,
encaustics, stained-glass, pottery, gourd art, baskets, pine needle weaving,
and much more.
The Art Center of Ridge Spring is open on Fridays and Saturdays from
10-4. Admission is free. Membership
meeting is the first Tuesday at 6:30 at the Art Center and the public is
invited.
Pastor George W. Key 803-480-3963 Rev. Melvin Jerry 803-347-9280 and Deacon
Decarlous Williams 803-480-1363 of Helpful
Hands Ministry: Wednesday December
4th 10am 1pm Senior Enrichment Class will begin. Classes will be
for individuals 60 and over. Class will include arts and crafts, bible
devotionals, games and lunch. Senior Enrichment classes are free of charge.
·
Dec.
14th 10am-12pm Donation Day Helpful Hands Mission will be taking
clothing and nonperishable food donations
·
Saturday Dec. 28th
10am-12pm Helpful Hands Food Bank will be open Food will be distributed on
a first come first served bases.
·
The
Helpful Hands Mission also distributes clothing for those in need (by
appointment).
·
For
Appointments, Life coaching, biblical counseling, weddings and other ministry
needs, call Pastor George W. Key 803-480-3963 Rev. Melvin Jerry 803-347-9280
and Deacon Decarlous Williams 803-480-1363.
JOHNSTON UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH will
be selling barbecue at the Johnston Farmer's &
Artist's HOLIDAY Market. Barbecue will be available from 12
noon - 6 p.m. (or until sold out). You may purchase a sandwich,
chips & drink $6, chickens 1/2 $5 or whole $9, and pulled pork $8/lb.
Thursday December 5th:
Visit the last of the
season JOHNSTON FARMER'S & ARTIST'S HOLIDAY MARKET anytime
from 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. (note extended hours) to browse for that perfect gift
or foods for your table now or to freeze for Christmas. There will be
greens (curly leaf mustard, tender greens, turnips), sweet potatoes, several
varieties of apples. You are missing out if you haven't tried the blood
oranges or the Rome apples. Folks return for more! Also, delicious
homemade sourdough bread & cinnamon bread (both selling out every
week), rolls, cookies, cakes, pies and the list goes on and on.
Crafters will be offering hand sewn items, goat milk soaps and jewelry.
Note cards and prints by a local artist will be available as well as Lion's
Club brooms and Edgefield County Chamber of Commerce cookbooks.
IN CASE OF RAIN ALL
WILL BE HELD INSIDE OF THE LIBRARY/WAREHOUSE BUILDING at the same location
Josie Rodgers:
I am proud to
announce that Wardlaw head football coach (and my wonderful husband!) Mark Rodgers is the head coach of the North
Team during the SCISA North-South All-Star Game this Saturday! Joining him will be all-stars from our local
teams: Wardlaw seniors Jacob Baynham,
Holton Manly, Daylen Morris, and Austin Rodgers along with King players Price
Carpenter and Blake Sauls. We are very
proud of these young men!
RSM Elem/Mid News (Rene Miller): 7th and 8th Grade Exam Schedule: Keyboarding-
Dec. 13; ELA- Dec. 16; Science- Dec. 17; Social Studies- Dec. 18; Math- Dec.
19. Winter recess dates are from December 20 – January 5. Students will return
to school on January 6, 2014. The school’s Christmas
concert and art show will take place Tues., Dec. 10, at 6 pm.
Reminders:
December 7: Christmas on the Ridge
December 8: Christmas at the Gazebo with Santa
December 8: Christmas Tour of Homes
Ridge
Spring Library hours:
Mon/Tues 8:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.; Thurs 8:30 am - 12:30 pm; Fri 12:30 pm -4:30 pm;
Sat 9 am -1:00 pm.
Every Friday & Saturday: AARS hours 10 – 4
Every 2nd & 4th
Monday: Kids' Corner Story Time 10:30-11:30 a.m., at the Ridge Spring Library.
Every first Tuesday of
the Month: AARS meets 685-5783
Every Wednesday: AA
meets at Recovery Works
Every
Monday & Friday: Narcotics cAnonymous
and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
7:00 pm at The Ridge Spring Library
This Thursday: Johnston Farmer's & Artist's
Market 4 - 6:30 p.m.
