February 29, 2016
Ridge
Spring News
Harriet
Householder
This is leap year. I wish all who have February 29 as their birthday,
Happy Birthday!!!!!
Pat Asbill, Mayor: WANTED: One energetic,
hard working, organized person willing to serve a chairperson for the 2016
Harvest Festival. All kidding aside
if someone does not volunteer to chair the festival, then the Town will not
have a Harvest Festival this year, and when the 3rd Saturday in October rolls around, everyone will wonder, “What
happened? Where did the parade go? Why aren't there any arts and crafts, and
where are the food trucks?” All this cannot take place without that key person-
the chairperson.
The American
Red Cross will
hold its SILENT/LIVE AUCTION to benefit the Saluda County Red Cross on March
11, 2016, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Juniper Restaurant in Ridge spring. Heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served and beer
and wine will be available. Tickets are
$35.00 each or 2 for $60.00, Tickets are available at Juniper. The sponsor is
the American Red Cross of Central South Carolina.
For those who are planning to be Vendors or just thinking of
becoming vendors at the Ridge Spring Famers’ Market and if you want to be able
to accept vouchers, you must attend a workshop.
I have the information but you can contact the Department of Agriculture
at 803.734.2210 or at agriculture.sc.gov.
Those of you who have already attended the workshop, you will be getting
a form to fill out to renew your authorization to accept vouchers. It is
beginning to look like planting time.
Ridge Spring United Methodist
Church: Sunday service starts at 11
a.m. unless otherwise noted. Join us for an hour of fellowship and
meaningful messages from Pastor John Kneece. During the Service prayers
concerns are shared. If you have a prayer request, personal, community, global,
call the Church and leave a message on the machine, (685.0060) or you may place
a written request in the prayer box located on the porch of the Family Life
Center. Names do not need to attached.
Thank
you food angel for the food left on the porch of the Family Life Center for the
Big Red Box. It has found its way into the RBR and along with ALL the other
donated food will be delivered to Helpful Hands Ministry. February was
certainly a bountiful month for donations. Thanks to everyone.
Ridge
Spring United Methodist Church has a Face Book page. Visit and like us and see
pictures and messages and keep up with what this dynamic church is doing.
Ridge Hill
Education Association Lenten Services Calendar for the year 2016 has the following
service that start at 7:00 PM. Wednesday March 2nd the Lenten
Service will be held at Reedy Branch led by Rev. James Freeman. The scripture will be Mark 15:34 “My God, My
God, Why…” March 9th the service will be held at Monetta Baptist Church. The scripture will be John 19:28 “I am
Thirsty” with Rev. Preston Winkler .All are welcome.
CLASSES AT THE ART CENTER OF RIDGE SPRING
Pottery Classes instructed by Donna
Minor, Saturday, March 12th from 9a-12p and March 19th
from9a-11a (for glazing); Fee $30.00. Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper instructed
by Joanne Crouch, Thursday, March 17th from 6:30p-8:00p; Fee-$40.00.
Alcohol Inks on gourds instructed by
Joanne Crouch, Saturday, April 9th from 2p-5p; Fee $25.00. Polymer
Clay Class instructed by Candace Bush, Saturday, April 16th from
9a-1p; fee $35.00; Students will need to bring a clay extruder to class (Makins
or Walnut Hollow brands are reasonably priced)
Josie Rodgers: It’s “Read Across America Week!” In honor of Dr. Seuss’
birthday, we read as much as we
can! Decades of research prove that reading improves all other areas of
life skills including academics,
critical thinking, decision making skills, etc. Reading to your children
is one of the best gifts
you can give them to give a solid literacy foundation. If they develop a
love of reading, school
becomes easier and they are more successful. And reading is just plain
fun! It takes you to
other places and other times and allows you to experience in your mind adventures and emotions you might never
encounter.
RSM Elem (Rene Miller):
Congratulations to Mrs. Tonya Rodgers, Teacher
of the Year. Mrs. Rodgers
is a first grade teacher and has been teaching for 18 years. She attended RS-M
Schools from K—12th grade and even did her student
teaching here. Mrs. Rodgers says “RS-M is truly home to me.”
4K Spring Registration for 2016-2017 School Year will be from March 7 to April 29
from 9 am – 2 pm. Please bring official long-form birth certificate, current immunization
record, 2 proofs of residency, W2 and paystub or Medicaid card, and one of the above
documents (W2 or paystub), parent ID. All documents must be collected and registration forms completed by April 29th or your child will not be considered for admission to our 4-K program. Any questions, call Mrs. Abellan at 685-2006.
Summer Camps: Time to start planning summer adventures for students 2nd
grade and
up! Register for 1-week camps throughout the state before April 1st and receive a $40 discount. Camps include techno-adventure, marine science, wildlife, 4H and extreme adventures!
Community Learning Night was a tremendous success. Students and parents journeyed through a wide range of activities. We appreciate all the individuals and organizations that helped our students and parents set sail on a voyage of learning: Connie Lake (Clemson Extension – Rockets & Nutrition), Sean Poppy (Savannah River Ecology Lab), Ridge Spring & Batesburg Fire Departments (Sparky & Fire Safety House), Leslie Claiborne (Read 180/System 44), Saluda County Sheriff’s Department, Saluda County Library, Boy/Cub Scouts, Monetta Head Start, and Pastor Key (Helpful Hands Mission). Thanks again for helping us explore and discover!
First in Math Update: The school has completed 540,210 math problems and earned
180,070 stickers. The team of the week is Mrs. Carson’s 1st grade class, and the player of the week is Isaiah Cummings (Ms. Fralick’s class) who earned 264 stickers. The top teams for each grade level are Mrs. Hallman (K5), Mrs. Carson (1st
gr), Mrs. Shealy (2nd gr), Mrs. Cockrell (3rd gr), Mrs. Najmola (4th gr), & Ms. Fralick (5th gr).
4K Spring Registration for 2016-2017 School Year will be from March 7 to April 29
from 9 am – 2 pm. Please bring official long-form birth certificate, current immunization
record, 2 proofs of residency, W2 and paystub or Medicaid card, and one of the above
documents (W2 or paystub), parent ID. All documents must be collected and registration forms completed by April 29th or your child will not be considered for admission to our 4-K program. Any questions, call Mrs. Abellan at 685-2006.
Summer Camps: Time to start planning summer adventures for students 2nd
grade and
up! Register for 1-week camps throughout the state before April 1st and receive a $40 discount. Camps include techno-adventure, marine science, wildlife, 4H and extreme adventures!
Community Learning Night was a tremendous success. Students and parents journeyed through a wide range of activities. We appreciate all the individuals and organizations that helped our students and parents set sail on a voyage of learning: Connie Lake (Clemson Extension – Rockets & Nutrition), Sean Poppy (Savannah River Ecology Lab), Ridge Spring & Batesburg Fire Departments (Sparky & Fire Safety House), Leslie Claiborne (Read 180/System 44), Saluda County Sheriff’s Department, Saluda County Library, Boy/Cub Scouts, Monetta Head Start, and Pastor Key (Helpful Hands Mission). Thanks again for helping us explore and discover!
First in Math Update: The school has completed 540,210 math problems and earned
180,070 stickers. The team of the week is Mrs. Carson’s 1st grade class, and the player of the week is Isaiah Cummings (Ms. Fralick’s class) who earned 264 stickers. The top teams for each grade level are Mrs. Hallman (K5), Mrs. Carson (1st
gr), Mrs. Shealy (2nd gr), Mrs. Cockrell (3rd gr), Mrs. Najmola (4th gr), & Ms. Fralick (5th gr).
RSM Middle RSM High:
The school’s Black History program last
week was outstanding! We enjoyed
choral music, hip hop dancing, gospel choir music, speakers, poetry, praise
dancing, step dancing, and a tribute to the Charleston 9. Essay winners included Raekwon
Parris (1st
place)
(2nd place), and Austin Scott (3rd place). Kudos go to English teacher Ms. Monica Jones and her team for celebrating black history with style and excitement. It was quite a memorable event!
Ms. Kerry Jackson has created and been approved for a Donors Choose project! She
wants to make sure each of her students have the materials he/she needs to succeed. Her project is called “Technology for a Changing World.” In return, you'll get awesome photos of your gift in action and our heartfelt thanks. www.donorschoose.org/kerry.
(2nd place), and Austin Scott (3rd place). Kudos go to English teacher Ms. Monica Jones and her team for celebrating black history with style and excitement. It was quite a memorable event!
Ms. Kerry Jackson has created and been approved for a Donors Choose project! She
wants to make sure each of her students have the materials he/she needs to succeed. Her project is called “Technology for a Changing World.” In return, you'll get awesome photos of your gift in action and our heartfelt thanks. www.donorschoose.org/kerry.
In addition, Ms. Crystal Coleman, social
studies teacher at RSM
Middle, has created a Donors Choose project to get 3 bean bag chairs for her
classroom. www.donorschoose.org/crystal.
David
Marshall James Review:
"The Mommie Dearest Diary: Carol Ann
Tells All" by Rutanya Alda
Help yourself to this
delicious dish on filmdom, from the 1960s through the 1980s, from someone who
was there, rubbing some serious shoulders.
Speaking of delicious
dishes, actress/author Rutanya Alda writes that the prime rib that Christina
Crawford (Mara Hobel) refused to eat in "Mommie Dearest" (1981; based
on the 1978 book by Christina) was actually quite good. Who'd have thunk?
It looks too close to the moo on screen.
Most of this memoir
consists of Alda's diary of making the camp classic "MD," in which
she portrays Joan Crawford's forever-loyal personal assistant, Carol Ann (a
fictitious character). As Alda explains, Paramount Pictures left the
context of her devoted-fan connection to Joan on the cutting-room floor.
Alda was hired for the
part following a reading with director Frank Perry in New York during December
1980. On New Year's Day, she was flying out to Hollywood, where she was
ensconced at the Chateau Marmont for a shoot that extended into April.
One wishes for more of
Alda's pre-"MD" history. She doubled for Mia Farrow in
"Rosemary's Baby," for Anne Francis in "Funny Girl," and
for Barbra Streisand in "Hello, Dolly!". She also worked with
directors Robert Altman, Michael Cimino, Brian DePalma, and Sam Peckinpah.
Those names should get your '70s-cinema juices flowing, and there are
many more.
Alda, a child refugee
from the Soviet Union during World War II, settled with her family in
Flagstaff, Arizona. As fate would have it, the star struck youngster
visited the set of Joan Crawford's "Johnny Guitar" (1954) in nearby
Sedona, and includes her photograph of the star. She met Crawford on the
set of "Rosemary's Baby," which is almost too bizarre to process,
given future events.
Indeed, Crawford's
avenging spirit seems to have turned "MD" into the unintended comedy
that it has become-- as a sidebar, look up Lorenzo Lamas's Ghost-of-Joan
episode on "Celebrity Ghost Stories."
Well, why wouldn't the spirit of Joan
intervene, if she could? As Alda relates, three of Joan's coworkers from
her MGM years (1925-1942) also worked on "MD": Hairstylist
Vivienne Walker, make-up artist Charles Schram (who also did Judy Garland's
make-up for "The Wizard of Oz"), and designer/costumer Irene Sharaff,
who walked off the production because of Dunaway's behavior.
Walker, Schram, and
Sharaff all had fond memories of working with Crawford. Oddly, Alda attended an
auction of the contents of Pickfair during the production, at which she
purchased a much-desired painting. Pickfair's residents, Mary Pickford
and Douglas Fairbanks, were onetime mother- and father-in-law to Joan. At Grauman's Chinese Theater, Alda placed her
hands in Joan's cement handprints, experiencing waves of chills.
For all the frustrations
and disappointments she felt during production, Alda has emerged with an
immortality that many fine performers never gain, in spite of laudable
performances in critically heralded films. Her Carol Ann is for the ages.
Perhaps it's a thank-you from Joan, who was famous for her
thank-you notes, for bringing as much sympathy as she could to her character of
the devoted fan. As for Alda's memoir,
you'll devour it-- blood raw.
MAGNOLIA RIDGE ANTIQUE AND ART GATHERING will be held on MAY 21st
from 9:00 AM UNTIL 4:00 PM. To save a spot please call 561.262.7475 or
email bevarndt36@gmail.com
Reminders:
Recycling Center Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1-7; Saturday 7-7; Sunday 3-7
Closed Tuesday and Thursday
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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