May 2, 2016
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder.
Ridge Spring's May Council meeting has been postponed
until MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 @ 6:30pm
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
The Annual RS Fire Dept Benefit in memory of Michael Adamick will be held Saturday, May 7, at 5:00 PM until at
the RS Fire Department. Food, music, and an
auction are all happening at this event.
Tickets are $10 and can be bought in Ridge Spring or from any RS fireman.
CAKES
ARE NEEDED: the Auxiliary of the Ridge Spring Fire Department would appreciate
donations of cakes for the benefit being held next Saturday, May 7th at
the fire department. Drop off of baked goods can be left in the
fire department kitchen the day of the BBQ, auction and dance.
Jerusalem Baptist Church
will have its Mother's Day program Sunday, May 8th at 10:15 AM. The
speaker for the occasion will be Mrs. Earline Coates and the public is
invited. If you require additional information please call Rev. Sim
Murray at 706-210-0433
Saturday we had several vendors on
the street including Harriet’s Garden. We
all had a great time and I even sold some tomato plants. It is so good to see the small town feeling
being so well promoted.
Friday the class from Ridge Spring
Monetta Elementary School came to the Ridge Spring Town Hall and helped to
plant vegetable and bedding plants in the flower beds. They planted tomatoes, squash, zucchini,
basil, chives, oregano, marigolds, geraniums, and sunflower seeds. Everything was
watered in and now looks great. Vivienne
Mann directed the planting with the help of Mayor Pat Asbill and me. Check out
town of ridge spring facebook page. .The
vegetables grown are for the community so enjoy.
Harriet’s Garden: Reserve
your pink Hydrangea for Mother’s Day.
There are other plants too, for this special day. There are EIGHT varieties
of tomatoes that I am going to have to repot into larger pots. I would prefer
to sell them now for $1.00 each. That is
a bargain.
The Ridge Spring Farmers Market: FORS
will be holding a vendor luncheon on May 7, 2016 at 11:30am. The luncheon will be held at the
Parrish Hall at the Episcopal Church in Ridge Spring located at the end of
Green Street. We ask each guest to please bring a side dish to add to the meat
dish we will furnish. At the luncheon, ideas and information for the upcoming
Farmers Market will be shared. We invite all past, present and interested,
future vendors to come fellowship with us. Farmers Market opening is getting
closer.
Rick Hairston and Canines for Service: The Women’s Study
Club of Ridge Spring would like to extend an invitation to all civic minded
groups in our area. We will be hosting an informative presentation by Rick
Hairston with Canines for Service. We will have sandwiches, chips, tea, water,
and a dessert available. The meeting
will be in the Fellowship Hall of Ridge Spring Baptist Church on Thursday, May
12th, at noon. The sandwiches will be available beginning at
11:45am. If you have questions or are interested in attending the meeting,
please contact Denise Boatwright at 864-445-1121 or email her at dbshorse@aol.com.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH: We asked for help and you came
through in a BIG way! The shoes4water 2016 campaign is over and we will be
sending $200 in donations and 537 pairs of shoes! RSUMC is proud to be a part
of this giving community. Thank you to all those who donated, spread the word
and helped. Look for pictures and more details on our Face Book page.
Again thanks so much.
RSUMC has a Face Book page. Visit
and like us and see what is going on and how you can be a part. Church Services
are at 11 a.m. every Sunday unless otherwise noted.
ART CENTER OF RIDGE SPRING by Joanne Crouch, AARS president
On
Thursday, April 28th, a group from South Carolina Welcome Centers
toured the Art Center. It was a short
visit, but they were impressed with the quality of the works. Many took rack cards back with them to their
prospective centers.
On
Saturday, April 30th, Joanne did a wood burning on gourds demo. The businesses of Ridge Spring are trying to
offer these events from time to time. In
addition to the gourd demo, there was Dove Chocolate and a scrapbooking supply
lady. Samantha McClure had baked goods
and Harriet had plants available. Stay
tuned for more events later.
The Art Center will again have a booth at Magnolia Ridge on May 21st. We hope to see you there. There is still time to see the works of DS Owens
and Ron Buttler. They are two very
talented artists.
Candace Pugh has her 1st Saturday Needle Arts on the first
Saturday of each month. Candace is an
experience knitter and can help you with problems that you may have with your
knitting projects. She is there from
9-1. Bring your projects and sit a spell
with Candace.
There will be a class, “Woodburning on Gourds 101 on Saturday, June 25th
from 1:00-4:00. Joanne Crouch is the
instructor. Cost is $25. The only requirement is a woodburner. There is a reasonably priced one at Hobby
Lobby or Michaels. This class will be
available for ages 10 and up. To
register for this class, contact Joanne at joanne.crouch26@gmail.com
or call (803)685-5577 and leave a message to secure your spot. Membership meetings are held on the first
Tuesday of each month at 6:30. Hours of
operation are Friday and Saturday from 10-4.
Josie Rodgers: Of course,
Mother’s Day is Sunday. My mom (Rosalyn Pressley) is a special lady to
me. We’ve been through so many
experiences together, good and bad. We
have always held onto our faith in the joyous times as well as the sorrowful
times. We have learned from each other
and continue to grow our relationship as we journey through life. And we are so very lucky to still have my grandmother! Five generations of women! Cherish the women
in your family for we never know when God will pluck those flowers for His
heavenly garden.
May 2-6 is National
Teacher Appreciation Week. It’s the time of
year that your teachers feel the most haggard with standardized testing, spring
fever, and end-of-year duties. Show a
little love to a teacher by sending a sweet note, a little surcie, or just
verbal words of thanks. May 6 is National School Nurse Day. Can you imagine what these people see on a
daily basis? Let’s show them how much
they mean to us as well!
RSM Elem (Rene
Miller): Congratulations to Larry Andraca in Mrs. Shealy’s Second
Grade Class. At the beginning of the year, Mrs. Shealy set a goal of reading
100 books on Ticket To Read. Larry was the first student in the class to reach
this goal. The class celebrated on April 15 with an ice cream party. In
addition to the class celebration for “Larry
Day,” Larry also received a gift basket containing books, and several other
prizes. We hope to be having more reading celebrations before the end of the
school year!
The 5th Grade Walk/Jog
Club walked 11 miles last week. They are just west of Aynor, S.C. on Hwy.
501 (virtually, of course!). They are only 28 miles from the coast! Myrtle
Beach, here they come!
On Friday, April 15, first grade held its annual Egg Drop Contest. Students designed
containers to prevent a raw egg from cracking when tossed from the roof of the
first grade building. The container could be made of and padded with any
material. Each year we are intrigued by the creative projects. Well over 50
children’s eggs survived the drop!
For the past nine years, we have had an animal workshop at school. We connect the workshop to the big book,
How
Teddy Bears Are Made. Reading this book gives the students background
knowledge of how stuffed animals are made. Students were actively involved in a
step-by-step process of listening and following directions. Students brought
their animals “to life” by hand stuffing it and creating a birth certificate.
Students had a great time engaging in the learning process while making
connections with text. Students used their teddy bears in the book parade.
Read Across Aiken: On Thurs., April 21,
Linda Washington from the Aiken
County
First Steps office came to our school as part of the "Read Across Aiken"
campaign. She read the story The Napping House to both of the 4K
classrooms. At the end of story, Mrs. Washington gave each child their own
personal copy of The Napping House to
take home.
RSM High: On Wed., May 4, the school will hold its
annual Career Fair from 8:50 am- 12:20 pm. Students will rotate from room to
room in four, forty-minute rotations. In the afternoon, we will be having a celebration for seniors who are going
to college or the military from 1 - 3 pm. The celebration will take place
during 6th and 7th periods in the middle school
cafeteria.
Redemption Road" by
John Hart Reviewed by David Marshall James:
Five years have passed since North Carolina
author and double Edgar Award-winner John Hart's last novel was published;
indeed, he seems to have jammed five years' worth of plot into his latest book,
"Redemption Road."
"Gut-wrenching" and
"riveting" may be overused adjectives in describing crime novels, but
they apply to an exponential degree in this story of a small-city N.C. police
detective, Elizabeth Black, who comes to a crossroads in her mid-30's lifespan
worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy.
She's a noble soul cast into a web of
corruption and malfeasance, not unlike Hamlet. And, like that Great Dane,
she's bearing the weight of paternal issues thrust upon her by her rigidly
dogmatic father, a preacher.
Elizabeth's harrowing-- another overused yet
highly applicable adjective-- youth has led her to her vocation, and to her
attachment to a boy named Gideon Strange, the son of a murdered woman who was
allegedly killed by a police officer, Adrian Wall, who has been serving a
hellish prison sentence under a sadistic warden.
Just as Adrian is about to leave prison
under an early release-- part of the warden's nefarious plans-- Elizabeth is
under scrutiny by the State Bureau of Investigation after shooting two black
men. Dead.
Uh-oh. There's a story proverbially
ripped from the headlines. Meanwhile,
Gideon seeks revenge upon Adrian, who quickly becomes a suspect in another
murder with the peculiar modus operandi of that of Gideon's mother, Julia.
Just as matters seem clear in a given situation,
the author muddies the waters with fresh information regarding a character's
past. As with "Hamlet," almost everyone seems to have taken a
generous serving from the pot of corruption, or is at least keeping mum about
some major no-no.
Enter aged attorney Faircloth Jones, who
defended Adrian during his murder trial. However, the defendant withheld
vital information in order to protect other persons. That's one of the many ethical questions
raised by the author: How far do husbands and wives go in protecting one
another, and their children?
Faircloth's re-entry into the Adrian saga
deepens the attorney's connection with Elizabeth, who has cherished a special
act of kindness from the ex-cop/ex-con.
A
murder mystery threads through the novel, tied to the crime for which Adrian
was charged.
The reader will zoom through Hart's
plot-packed novel like the detective protagonist in her vintage Mustang.
Her road leads to a finale reminiscent of Act Five of "Hamlet,"
with blood spewing and bodies strewn.
The reader may require a generous belt of Faircloth Jones's Belvedere
vodka before the curtain closes.
Reminders:
The third Saturday
will be MAGNOLIA RIDGE ANTIQUE AND ART
GATHERING. This will be held on MAY 21st from 9:00 AM UNTIL
4:00
This leads into June
with the Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale.
Have you begun to clean out those closets in preparation for that big weekend?
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
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