July 6, 2015
Ridge Spring News
Primitives at
the Ridge will be having a 20% off sale for the entire month of July. All
products will be included with the exception of consignment items. Please
come by and take advantage of this sale! We hope to see you soon.
The Farmers’
Market was open for business. We had
customers that came in groups for sure.
We would have a lull and then a lot of customers. Good day for all. It was nice and cool, too.
Harvest
Festival planning committee meeting will be next Tuesday July 14 and then
Friends of Ridge Spring will meet Thursday July 16. Hope to see you there.
On the Beach
and Way Off, From David Marshall James:
‘Tis beach-book/summer-read season.
For this reader, a beach book isn’t just some sand-in-the-swimsuit,
sandy sandwich saga set against the sea oats.
Oh, there’re plenty of those out there, but many are the products of
authors who come up with one or two really good ones, then go on squeezing out
the same thing over and again, or blither-blathering through faded and
formulaic plots.
Give me a
bona-fide, page-flipping thriller for the season. Not talking about CIA operatives battling
vampires on an abandoned UFO landing strip in Koolaidostan, either. Rather:
Something lean and direct, something that could happen anywhere, featuring well-defined characters for whom you might actually root.
Still love to
sink into a James Rollins “Sigma Force” thriller, or a sturdy stand-alone by
William Dietrich, such as “Blood of the Reich.”
They’re juicily Indiana Jones-y. The
not-as-well-known Wallace Stroby has been writing a nifty series about a
professional thief name Crissa Stone, who carries out heists, generally with a
well-vetted team, all across the U.S.
She’s even knocked over, literally, some ATMs in South Carolina. Naturally, such a career path can land a body
in some very fine messes. Stroby’s
fourth Crissa Stone novel, “The Devil’s Share,” is out this July. Suffice it to say the story kept my midnight
oil burning past 3 a.m. Not that I’m
promoting sleep-deprivation, but I’d rather fend off the Sandman than a
soggy-sandbagged seaside saga.
Lee
Ann Perez, One Ash Farm and Dairy-We are taking
pre-orders for milk to be picked up at the Ridge Spring market. We will be
there on Saturday from 10-11:30. If you would like to pick up/pay for milk at
that time please call us at (803) 649-9172. We will also have baked goods and our wonderful
apothecary items at the market. Hope to see you there and have a blessed
week!
July
Friday,
July 10th, 11 a.m.
Greg Zelnik performs “Amazing Magic
Man” sharing his adventurous and patriotic story to find his superhero
sidekick, the loveable and adorable basset hound MAGIC-Dog.
Josie Rodgers:
The kids and I traveled to Alabama this past weekend to visit my
daddy and stepmom. Coach stayed home to
take care of football and tend the garden and farm animals. Aiden’s Papa John took us on his weekly yard
sale hunt Sat morning. Of course, Aiden
found a stuffed bunny to buy. Aiden was
ready to get back to his daddy and his animals so we came home Sun night. It’s hard to live so far away from family,
but I am grateful that the drive isn’t that long.
My dad Jim continues to get strong at Health South so he can come home
in the next week or so. Life will be
different but he is so dang resilient that he will meet anything head on. I am so proud of how strong he has proven to
be. I am equally as proud of my mom as
she handles many things and takes care of him. Please keep praying for them
both.
Please keep Shaun Steele in your
prayers, also. Shaun is married to Alex Stone Steele, and they have a
precious little girl, Harper Quinn. Alex is Leagrace’s
caregiver and is very special to our family. Shaun is fighting colon cancer and has
completed chemo and radiation and will have surgery next week. He will be in the hospital about 10 days and
out of work about 3 months. A raffle
ticket fundraiser is being held be friends and family to help offset the cost
of medical bills and living expenses.
Tickets are only $1.00. Prizes
include a 60” flat screen TV, a Yeti cooler, a Cody Webb package, Webb
Photography $100 gift certificate, vehicle oil change at Stone’s Service
Center, gift certificate to Coffee Shop Wine Stop, $50 gift card to HT Hackney Cash
& Carry in Newberry, 1-hour massage at Calm Rivers Massage, a basket of
hair products from Tangles, 3 ten-minute aqua massages from B-L Spine, a free
class for a year ($500 value), T-shirt, and $25 shoe credit at Central Carolina
Performing Arts Center. Drawing will be
held Aug. 1 @ 2 pm at CCPAC. You do not
need to be present to win. Help support
this wonderful family! . You do
not need to be present to win. Help
support this wonderful family! Contact
Alex at balletgirl1992@yahoo.com.
So I will have my grandbabies a lot
this week because Alex will be taking care of Shaun, and I am looking forward
to this special (but exhausting!) time with them! Leagrace wants Nana’s attention only, and
River is into everything! This will be
the best summer workout! Saturday, I’ll
probably sleep ALL day! My daughter
Amber and her friend Alex are amazing taking care of these precious babies!
Savannah and Taylor Rodgers have been playing on a travel softball team this
summer. Recently, Savannah traveled to
Chattanooga, TN, to play in the Chattanooga Scenic City Showcase Tournament
with more than 165 16-U teams from 48 states.
At the end of June, she and Taylor
played at the Under Armour Showcase in Savannah, GA, with more than 70 14-U
teams from the Southeast. They are the
daughters of Tim & Karen Rodgers of Ward and attend Wardlaw Academy where
they are pitchers for the softball teams and will be in 10th and 8th
grades this year.
Synergy
Martial Arts, at 110 Tidewater Road in Johnston:
try them for free! Potential students
may attend 2 classes for free before they decide to register. Registration is a non-refundable fee of
$20. New classes include Little Warriors
(ages 4-7, Mon/Thurs, 5:30 – 6 pm, $40 monthly) & Junior Tigers (ages 8-12,
Tues/Thurs, 6:30 – 8 pm, $65 monthly).
Family discounts are available; private lessons by appointment
only. Laura Taylor will hold a
Mother/Daughter 4-week Bible study and Self-Defense course on Saturdays July
11-Aug. 1 for $50. For more information,
call 803/270-8345.
Add
some math to your summer reading! Pick up your bedtime math log sheet at the library in Ridge Spring or
Saluda! Put a star on each night you do a math problem! Earn a Frisbee when you
turn it in before August 15, 2015. Prevent the summer math slide! Math will
never be the same. (www.bedtimemath.org)
Carolina Health Centers Hosts Visit from Mexican
Consulate
GREENWOOD, SC – Recently, Carolina Health
Centers’ staff had the privilege of co-hosting a visit from Marcos Moreno, Head
of Protection and Legal Affairs for the Consulate General of Mexico’s Raleigh, North
Carolina Regional Office. Mr. Moreno
requested that representatives from Carolina Health Centers and its Lexington
County neighbor, Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers, accompany him to farms
in Lexington and to three of the five agricultural farms that Carolina Health
Centers serves in Saluda and Edgefield Counties. As a community health center serving the
Lakelands area, it is incumbent upon Carolina Health Centers to remove barriers
between individuals and healthcare. As such, for many years, Carolina Health
Centers has proudly operated a seasonal Migrant Health Clinic at its Ridge
Spring Family Practice location during the summer months. Moreno, along with
his colleague Gloria Villar, visited the farms to represent the H-2A farm
workers and others that are helping supply our nation’s grocery stores with
fresh fruits and vegetables. The goal of his visit was to inform the farm workers
of the benefits that his office can provide to them while they are in the U.S.
and upon their return back to their home countries. Carolina Health Centers’
Migrant Health Coordinator, Kathy Jennings, acted as a representative and guide
to introduce the guests to the farms and camps where the farm workers live so
that Moreno could educate them about services available from the Consulate. As
Migrant Health Coordinator, Jennings maintains a close relationship with the farms
in our area to help ensure that the health care needs of farm employees are
being met. Migrant agricultural workers
are present in South Carolina under a program referred to as “H-2A.” The H-2A
program allows qualified employers to fill temporary agricultural jobs with
workers from certain countries. To qualify for this, an employer must
demonstrate that they offer a job that is temporary or seasonal, that there are
not enough U.S. workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available to do
the temporary work, and show that the employment of these workers will not
adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly situated U.S.
workers. While H-2A agricultural workers are working for the approved employer,
they are lawfully present in the U.S.
The Consulate General’s Raleigh office, one
of Mexico’s 55 ambassadorial representations in the U.S., was opened in 2000 to
issue documents such as visas while also promoting business with Mexico and
assisting Mexican nationals with immigration matters.
Reminders:
July
14: Harvest Festival Meeting
July
16: FORS Meeting
Aug.
1: Watson Reunion
Sept.
17: Harvest Festival BINGO
Sept.
19: Ridge Spring Harvest Festival
Ridge Spring Library
hours:
Mon/Tues 8:30 am - 12 pm; Wed., 12:30 – 4:30; Thurs 8:30 am - 12:00 pm; Fri
8:30 am -4:30 pm, Saturday from 9:00 until noon,
Every 2nd
& 4th Monday: Kids'
Corner
Story Time 10:30-11:30 a.m., at the
Ridge Spring Library.
Every 2nd
Monday: RSM Elem PTO meets at 6:30 pm in the media
center.
Every Friday &
Saturday: AARS hours 10 – 4 or
by appt, free admission
RSM Elementary Summer
hours: Mon – Thurs 8 am – 4
pm
RSM High Summer
hours: Mon – Thurs 8 am – 4
pm
Wardlaw Academy
Summer hours: Tues, Wed, Thurs 9 am – noon
King Academy Summer
hours: Mon – Fri 9 am - 1 pm
or by appointment
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