February 1, 2016
Ridge
Spring News
Harriet
Householder
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The Town Hall building
is infested with mold and there is trouble with the foundation. To renovate the building the holly trees are
going to have to be removed. They are
too old and too big to be dug up. Sadly they
will be removed permanently.
The Helpful Hands food bank is now located in the Helpful Hands Life Center
109 Pecan Grove Rd. Our food bank is currently open every 1st and 4th Sunday 11am -2pm. The
Helpful Hands Life Center also offers many other community services for more
information go to fullgospelpraise.com or email us atpastorkey@yahoo.com
Jane Autrey Insurance has relocated to 502 E. Main Street, Ridge
Spring. We are growing and needed more space. Thank you Ridge
Spring and Saluda County for your support.!!!!!
RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: On February 7th Ridge
Spring United Methodist, RSUMC, invites you to a Souper Bowl Lunch of Caring. A
selection of soups, bread, sandwiches, desert, tea/lemonade will be offered for
a love donation or cans of soup. Both will be donated to a local food bank. This
is a great way to kick off Super Bowl 50 and help ensure our neighbors have
enough to eat, plus great fellowship. Join us for Worship Service at11 a.m. ,
then on to the Family Life Center for a Souper Lunch!! See you there. BIG
RED BOX: February the Big Red Box (BRB) will be hungry for soup. (See
announcement about Souper Bowl Lunch) The donated soup will be delivered to the
Helpful Hands Ministry for use in their food bank. This is a local food bank
serving our immediate community. Let's fill'er up with soup and work toward no
more hunger. Donations may be left on the porches of the Church or FLC. A
church member will place in the BRB. Worship Service at RSUMC is at 11 a.m. (Unless
otherwise noted). Listen to a meaningful and thoughtful message by
Pastor John Kneece. Come and find out what's going on and become part of this
joyful and hard working congregation. There is a place for you!!
Farmers at the
Farmers’ Market should be getting a letter soon about renewing your stamp to be
able to accept vouches this summer.
Past Chairmen and Chairwomen
of the Ridge Spring Harvest Festival and supporters of the Festival attended a
meeting about the Future of the Harvest Festival on January 31. There
seems to be no chairman and the Festival is being place on hold. The money has been designated as two thirds
to be place in a CD and one third used to fund scholarships this year and potential
seed money for a future endeavor. All of
us do not want to see the demise of the Harvest Festival but yet it is happening. Thanks to all that attended and all past
chairman and those who have worked with the festival through the years.
Bryan Taylor, town employee, stopped by
Saturday at the shop. He had gotten a
big kick out of the mentioning of the Dick Tracy watch for guess what he ware
for Trick or Treat when he was 6 or 7 years old? He wore a Dick Tracy costume with that
watch. This reminds me to let you know
that Harriet’s Garden is reopening
in time for Valentine’s Day. Order your
roses early if you would like.
Harriet’s
Garden
will be open this week and every day next week to take your order for those
roses.
Off the Beaten Path: For those of you who have loved Samantha
McClure's baked goods at the Farmer's Market in Ridge Spring will be happy to
know that you can now get her baked goods in the store.
The Gables Inn &
Gardens has Valentine packages
for the whole month of February. Package includes dinner for 2 at
Juniper's or a private dinner at the Gables, bottle of wine with monogrammed
glasses, gift basket of treats, and a gourmet breakfast. Call to make
your reservation!! 803-685-0099 or www.gablesinnandgardens.com
Josie Rodgers: Pressley
Rae Rauton (my
3rd grandbaby!) was born Wed, Jan. 20, at 2:40 pm weighing 6 lbs. 8
oz and measuring 19 inches long. She is
so tiny and so beautiful! Big brother
River welcomed her home and is such a big help!
Mommy is doing great. All the
grandparents, great-grandparents, and the great-great-grandmother are
overflowing with joy and gratefulness! We
are still grieving our precious Leagrace, but we know that she is looking down
from above watching over her little brother and sister. We are blessed. And for Miss P’s first full day at home, God
blessed us with a sprinkling of beautiful snow!
René Miller, RSM Elementary School
Talent Show
A talent show for students and
teachers in grades 3 - 5 will be held on February 5. The cost to participate or
watch is $1. A talent show for students in child development - second grade
will be held later in the year. Students in all grades can attend both events.
Money should not be sent until February 5.
First in Math:
Our students are competing against
themselves, students in our school, and all across the nation to boost their
math skills. We will update biweekly in the school newsletter to let you know
who is in the lead within our school. For the week ending January 22:
Our school has completed 485,505 math
problems. We have earned 161,835 stickers.
The team of the week is Mrs. Wilson’s
5th grade class.
The player of the week is Nehemiah
Singley. He earned 255 stickers. He is in Ms. Fralick’s 5th grade
class. The top team for each grade level is:Kindergarten: Mrs. Martin’s class 1st
Grade: Mrs. Kerby’s class; 2nd Grade: Ms. Shrader’s class; 3rd Grade: Mrs.
Dressel’s class; 4th Grade: Mrs. Najmola’s class; and 5th Grade: Mrs. Wilson’s class.
Community Learning Night
RS-M Elementary is hosting a Community
Learning Night on Thursday, February 18, from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm. There will be
a variety of activities to participate in. Please join us as we explore the
exciting resources available in our school and community. The event will begin
in the gym.
From David Marshall James--"South
Toward Home" by Margaret Eby: Some
writers' words prove so far-reaching that their readers travel from all points
of the World to witness where they worked, to encounter the real-life
inspirations for their fictional settings.
Such literary destinations include:
Eudora Welty's longtime
residence, built by her parents, on Pinehurst Street in Jackson, Miss., and the
restored backyard garden designed by her mother, Chestina;
William Faulkner's familial manor, Rowan Oak, in Oxford, Miss.,
which features literal handwriting on the walls, lovingly preserved and
maintained by the University of Mississippi; and Flannery O' Connor's
farmhouse, Andalusia, just outside Milledgeville, Ga., where she spent many
hours in the bedroom at the front of the house, a semi-invalid with her ears
peeled to stories told by the many comers and goers at Andalusia.
Those are some of the
literary epicenters described by Eby, who has lived in Jackson, Miss., and
Birmingham, Ala., and who remains a voracious reader of the writers whose
"stomping grounds" she treads, seeking keys to the illumination of
their fiction through the remaining realities of their experiences.
Some such touchstones
have been gone for decades, including the houses in which Harper Lee and Truman
Capote resided as youngsters in Monroeville, Ala. The old Courthouse
stands, although it was once destined for the wrecking ball, and draws many
visitors. When Lee wrote the recently
published "Go Set a Watchman" during the late 1950s, her childhood
home had already been razed and replaced by a dairy bar, about which she writes
in that early draft of what evolved into "To Kill a Mockingbird."
The essay on John Kennedy
Toole, author of "A Confederacy of Dunces," is my favorite among the
eight selections in this thoughtfully presented and stylistically impressive
volume. As Eby reflects, Toole captured his home city of New Orleans more
palpably and panoramically than even Faulkner or Tennessee Williams.
Well, you cannot describe
NOLA without imparting its actual flavors, and who better to do that than
Ignatius Reilly, his massive protagonist, a connoisseur of jelly doughnuts and
cheese dips, who frequently searches with his impressive tongue for stray
crumbs hidden in his mustache?
You can still take in a
movie at the Prytania Theater, still buy a hot dog (as Eby does) from a vendor
pushing a "weenie wagon" through the French Quarter, and still
witness that "Neon Bible" (the title of an earlier novel, written by
Toole at sixteen) out on the Airline Highway.
Amen to that, Brother.
Reminders:
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 pm -4:30 pm
Ridge
Spring Library Toddler Time Mondays at 10:30
3rd
Thursday: FORS at Ridge Spring Library 5:00 pm
1st
Tuesday of the Month:
AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783
Wednesday:
AA meets at Recovery Works
Monday & Friday: Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings 7 pm at Recovery Works (enter on Ponderosa Drive;
park in Visitor Parking Area)
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