July 18, 2016
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
TOWN HALL NOTICE!!!! For The Town of
Ridge Spring's water customers. These hot days are taking a toll on us all
including your water department, here in Ridge Spring.
PLEASE CONSERVE YOUR WATER AND PLEASE NO LAWN WATERING.
PLEASE CONSERVE YOUR WATER AND PLEASE NO LAWN WATERING.
THE PEACH TREE 23 YARD SALE RECEIVES A GRANT!!
The Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale received a gigantic boost for next year’s event. Parks, Recreation, and Tourism awarded the Peach Tree a $15,000 check to support the Yard Sale. Senator Nikki Setzler awarded the check during a regular Town Council meeting on Monday, June, 11th. The monies will be used to purchase advertising, for social media, and to work with law enforcement in managing traffic flow through the town.
The Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale is held the first Friday and Saturday in June along highway 23 in South Carolina and includes the towns of Modoc, Edgefield, Johnston, Ward, Ridge Spring, Monetta, and Batesburg-Leesville. The Yard Sale is in its 12th year, and with the help of Senator Setzler, and Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, it will continue its growth.
The Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale received a gigantic boost for next year’s event. Parks, Recreation, and Tourism awarded the Peach Tree a $15,000 check to support the Yard Sale. Senator Nikki Setzler awarded the check during a regular Town Council meeting on Monday, June, 11th. The monies will be used to purchase advertising, for social media, and to work with law enforcement in managing traffic flow through the town.
The Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale is held the first Friday and Saturday in June along highway 23 in South Carolina and includes the towns of Modoc, Edgefield, Johnston, Ward, Ridge Spring, Monetta, and Batesburg-Leesville. The Yard Sale is in its 12th year, and with the help of Senator Setzler, and Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, it will continue its growth.
At the Ridge Spring
Farmers Market:
There were 12 vendors with a variety of produce for the shoppers and
visitors. Mr. Raborn was there with
watermelons and peas that sold out in 10 minutes. Sherald Rodgers had tomatoes
and more but will be missing this coming Saturday, a little vacation... Mrs. Carr had such a variety of produce and
so did Leonard Bell. There were peaches,
cantaloupes, watermelons, string beans, peas, several varieties of tomatoes, blueberry
muffins for a great breakfast, plants, boiled peanuts, and so much more. Local honey from the Days was on sale, too.
Friends of Ridge
Spring
will meet this Thursday, July 21 at the Ridge Spring Library. We meet at 5:00 PM and all are welcomed.
Juniper Restaurant celebrated
its 11th birthday anniversary this past week. And then Chef Brandon and his son appeared on
WLTX TV in the early morning show to promote Palmetto Palate.
Be sure to
keep fresh water out for the birds on these hot days.
ART CENTER OF RIDGE SPRING
Joanne Crouch, president
We are working on many projects at the Art
Center. In the foyer, we have designated
that area as our Gift Shop. Items in that
location are $50 or less. Please shop
for that special someone there. Interested
in stained glass??? The Art Center will
have stained glass classes in the fall.
Get on the mailing list by emailing artassnridgespring@gmail.com if
you are interested. The Art Center of
Ridge Spring is open each Friday and Saturday from 10-4. Contact joanne.crouch26@gmail.com or artassnridgespring@gmail.com or
call (803)685-5577 and leave message to reserve place in classes.
Daylily Depot: It’s hot, it’s dry, but the blueberries at Daylily Depot (381
Trojan Road) are plentiful and ready to be picked. The bushes are in full
sun so be sure to come early and avoid the heat.
Ridge
Spring Harvest Festival
The Festival is coming this October 13-15. The Ridge Spring,
SC Harvest Festival Bluegrass and BBQ! There will be Bluegrass Friday night and
all day Saturday the 15th! Check out http://
The Blue Grass music includes on Friday night the Carolina Rebels. Saturday bands include Back Porch Bluegrass, West End String Band, Carolina Bluegrass Company and at 7:00 the Steam Drill. Make plans to attend.
The Blue Grass music includes on Friday night the Carolina Rebels. Saturday bands include Back Porch Bluegrass, West End String Band, Carolina Bluegrass Company and at 7:00 the Steam Drill. Make plans to attend.
The Watson Reunion
The
Watson Family Reunion will be held at the Watson House in Ridge Spring on Saturday
August 6, at 11:00 AM. The Watson House
is located on East Main Street in Ridge Spring.
For more information call Joe Watson at 803.685.5335 or Mary Edmonds at
803.790.7780. The deadline for
reservations is July 25.
Josie Rodgers
This
past weekend, my two younger kids and I travelled to Pell City, Alabama, to
visit with my Daddy and step-mom. I have
been the luckiest girl to have 4 parents who love me and my children
unconditionally. My 4 parents have been
friends for years. It may not have begun
as friendship, but through the years with God’s grace and a lot of patience and
forgiveness, these four people developed a relationship that is hard to find
among families in similar situations. My
two dads were friends, and my Daddy (John) was hurt when my Dad (Jim) passed
away in June. So, yes, I have 4
parents, 3 on earth and 1 in Heaven. I
am a blessed woman to have so much love and support in my life. All that said, I am and will always be a
Mama’s girl!
While
in Alabama, we visited the Birmingham Zoo.
My Daddy had never been to a zoo in his life, so he wanted to go with
the kids. It was sweltering, so we
didn’t get to see every animal at the zoo.
Two hours in the heat of the day was enough! Aiden was happy because he saw the elephants,
primates, and farm animals (along with others).
Riverbanks Zoo is truly more beautiful and the exhibits are much closer
together and more convenient to visit.
However, the zoo in summer is a debatable activity for any location!
Saluda County
Library: Magician
Caleb Alexander will perform Fri., July 22 from 10-11 at the Theatre. On July 29, Lew-E the Clown will perform in Read-O-Lympics with circus skills,
magic, & bringing books to life.
Don’t miss all these great shows that encourage reading in your young
people!
Ridge
Spring United Methodist Church: RSUMC is partnering with Mt.
Calvary Lutheran on one of their ongoing outreach ministries. This summer
the Big Red Box’s cousin, The Little Red Bucket will be
collecting Box Tops for Education
and pull tabs from canned
beverages. If you would like to participate, leave what you have
collected on the front porch of the Family
Life Center and we will make sure they find their way to the LRB.
RSUMC is also partnering with Ridge
Spring Baptist and will be collecting clothes detergent for their ongoing
ministry for the Sheppard’s Hand.
The Big Red Box is asking for donations through the month of July. Again, if
you would like to help, leave your donations on the porch of the FLC and we
will make sure they find their way. Thanking you in advance for all your
community support for these worthwhile endeavors.
Review from
David Marshall James: "Rude B-----s Make Me Tired" by Celia Rivenbark
I heard that,
girlfriend.
Actually, Celia and moi
would probably be big buds, as our thought patterns converge on multiple
levels. We're about the same age, in
full realization that our remaining years will be precious and fleeting.
Hence, Celia's latest book (her seventh)-- a rundown of behaviors that truly
tick her off, masquerading as an etiquette guide.
The thesis-- keep your
needless aggravations and offenses outta my face, and everybody else's while
you're at it.
Much of her advice
pertains to standing or waiting in line: At the P.O., stores, store
parking lots, and traffic. She singles out those pesky people who don't
consider their method of payment until the receipt goes floating over their
shoulder to the floor, and the cashier is glaring them down, not desirous of
being concussed in the melee of flying canned goods about to ensue in the
queue.
North Carolinian Celia--
sharper and funnier than ever-- lets loose with some fussin' cussin' streaks,
addressing social events ranging from the out-to-birthday-lunch office group to
the people-over-for-dinner party, up to weddings.
By the hey, email wedding
invitations are not now, nor will they ever be, acceptable. You get your
gluteus maximus to the P.O. and invest in some aesthetically pleasing postage,
so we can all continue to have another venue in which to queue. Email an invitation, and you'll have your
gift emailed. Think about it.
I am all in with Celia
over the exorbitant amounts spent on bridal gowns. What a waste,
especially since the last person to wear a tasteful bridal gown was Kate
Middleton. Tears sprang to my eyes when I beheld her, my hope springing
eternal that she would start a trend.
Oh no and oh woe.
The bridal herds went right backless and brainless to their strapless
atrocities. Hear me now but believe me
yesterday: Only one out of every ten thousand women looks good in one of
those. Have you ever considered how much material (and design work) is
saved on a strapless creation? Do you think you're being charged less for
that lack of material/effort? You have been hornswoggled, heifahs!
Listen some more:
If your upper arms look like Smithfield hams-- or, conversely, beef jerky
sticks-- you do not need to go strapless either down the aisle of a
church, or down the Little Debbie aisle of a grocery store.
To put a nonchauvinistic,
let's-keep-it-real spin on it: Think about how few men look good in
tank tops or T-less T's. Think hard. Okay, now you've got
it: Sleeves, please. After all,
you’re paying for them.
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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