November 13, 2017
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
Mount Alpha Baptist Church in Ward, South
Carolina honored their Veterans on Sunday, November 12, 2017 in the W.H.
Fellowship Hall. Mount Alpha has 27 veterans, some have served in the Korea
war, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Afghanistan and the National Guard. The following
were on program: Master of Ceremonies Earl Bryant, Invocation Rev. Eldwin
Griffin, History of Veterans Day Jordon Davis, Armistice Day Camren Samuels, Honoring
Veterans Tykeem Martin, and Celebrating Veterans Day Kayla Davis. Our special
guests were Pat Asbill and Veteran Capers Asbill.
There is a new shop in Ridge
Spring. The grand opening & ribbon
cutting ceremony for Haley Bee Boutique
at 100 Town Square is Thursday November 16 at 10:00 AM. "We will
have giveaways, raffles, and refreshments." Store hours will be Monday and Tuesday 10:00-5:00, Thursday and Friday 10:00-6:00,
Saturday 10:00-4:00.
The Town of Ridge Spring has begun a process
to Focus on its potential. Committees
are being formed and three have already
met. These Committees will meet about
four times a year. Beautification Committee and Business Growth Committee have met. The Town Promotion Committee has met with Allison
South Marketing Group and will review their proposal this week. Things are looking GOOD!!!
The
Shoppes of Ridge Spring and The Art Gallery are beginning to gear up
for Black Friday Sales and Small Business Saturday. There will be a food truck coming
Friday and Saturday, November 24th and 25th. He will be doing
Coffee and Hot Chocolate in the morning with something kind of Breakfast style
and then Hamburgers and Fish dinners and sides for lunch.
Helpful Hands food & clothing bank will be reopening Saturday November
25th 10am-12 noon at 512 Merritt St. Also Helpful Hands and Queens of
Diamonds will be giving out fruit for seniors Sunday November 19th
@ 2pm at the Helpful
Hands Life Center . please come out and get your fruit if you are 55 and
older. we can deliver to local town residents.
Juniper
will be closed for
Thanksgiving November 22-25. They will
be open for Sunday Buffet on November 26.
The
Farmers' Market with the fresh local
greens is getting started around 9:00 to 9:30.
No need to rush for Leonard Bell will be there ready to sell those fresh
locally grown greens and other vegetables.
The Ridge Spring-Monetta Band will be wrapping up its fruit sale on Tuesday, November 28th. If anyone
is interested in ordering fruit from the band please contact a band member or
Mr. Clamp at jclamp@acpsd.net.
Jostens will be
at RS-M High School on Tuesday, November 29th
at 2:30 p.m. to take orders for letter jackets.
Any athletes or band members who are interested in ordering a letter jacket can
get information at the school. This will be the only time this school
year that letter jackets will be ordered.
RSM Middle School & High School held its
annual Mr. RSM pageant Saturday November 4 at 6:00 in the school gym. The
production was sponsored by the Yearbook Staff. This year’s theme
was “Searching for Prince Charming.” Nine contestants competed for
the honor, 6 from the middle school, and 3 from the high school. Michael
Summer was selected as “Prince Charming” from the high school by a panel of 4
judges, with Alex Tarlton winning 1st runner up. Nehemiah
Brooks won “Prince Charming” from the middle school, with Robbie Mitchell
winning 1st runner up. Many thanks to LaToya Wise,
Antonio Scott, Jessica Greenlee and Amber Moody for judging the pageant.
Josie
Rodgers
I had a fabulous time at the CERRA Fall Renewal Conference at Myrtle Beach last week. The workshops, sessions, and speakers were
inspiring, refreshing, and encouraging.
The theme was “The Power of the Cape” and how teachers can be superheroes. During our first day, we honored our country
and our military by wearing red, white, and blue and learning about the 13
folds of the flag and what they mean. On
Thursday, we wore Superhero outfits or tees (of course, I chose Wonder
Woman!). We were even visited by
Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Chewbacca, Captain America, and more! On Friday, we all donned our CAPE T-shirts
(“Creating And Preparing Educators”).
Though it was cold and rainy for most of our time, we were warm and cozy
in the Landmark Resort, spending time with our friends and colleagues and
learning how to be better teachers and teacher recruiters. Oh, and my mom was my roomie again! We had dinner at her favorite seafood
restaurant, Sara J’s, and went shopping at Home Goods! We talked during the entire drive down! I am one lucky girl!
RSM
High: The Beta Club and
the National English Honor Society are
proud to celebrate American Education Week by providing breakfast for all
faculty and staff on Wed morning. These
students appreciate all who work at the school and always provide a wonderful
spread to show their gratitude for our staff.
The Teacher Cadets have adopted bulletin boards at the
middle and high school. These are “Staff
Kudos Boards” and are used to promote positivity and encouragement for all
staff. Included on the board are
shout-outs, teaching tidbits, inspirational quotes, and jokes. The Cadets will update the boards weekly, but
the teachers and staff can also add to the board!
The Beta Club, NEHS, and Teacher
Cadets are excited to
sponsor a holiday event for all children in our community! “Cookies
and Stories with Mrs. Claus” will be held on Wed., Dec. 7, at 6 pm in the
high school cafetorium. Children will
enjoy cookies and milk, crafts, games, and story time with Mrs. Claus and some
special elves all for FREE! For more
information, please contact Josie Rodgers.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH: October was a busy month around
RSUMC. In addition to having free water and church information for Harvest
Festival participants, the church had a 5th Sunday Sing. It was
well attended. Our current Pastor, Ashley and former Pastor, John, in addition
to a local church group, sang and led singing. Smiles, hugs and clapping hands
was heard for over an hour. Watch this column to see when the next one will be,
you will want to be there.
Also during October the Big Red Box
collected 17 pillows, pillow cases and blankets. These will be delivered to
Killingsworth in Columbia. It is our pleasure to support this mission as they
help women get back on their feet.
November church members will be
buying, wrapping and labeling presents for their family member of our Families
Helping Families family. This year we have 4 children and a single Mom. We are
excited to once again participate in this worthwhile project to make sure no
sad faces on Christmas Day. If you would like to help with this, contact a
church member to find out how.
November is also the month of
football rivalries for example: Carolina vs Clemson…just to name one. The
Wesley Campus Ministry at Lander is asking fans to show their team spirit and
donate to the ‘one’ they think will be the victor. RSUMC has team buckets
located at church and if you would like to help push your team ahead, contact a
church member. From a quick look today, seems that Carolina has a slight edge.
RSUMC is on Face Book. Church
Services are every Sunday at 11 a.m. unless otherwise noted.
Art
Center in Ridge Spring by Joanne Crouch
Don’t miss the last pottery class of the
season with Kim Ruff on Monday, November 13th from 6:30-8:30 at the Art
Center. Cost is $35 and for ages 12 & up. The projects are a Christmas box with ribbon
and a Christmas tree. Contact
Kim Ruff at makerart@aol.com or
Joanne Crouch at joanne.crouch26@gmail.com
to pre-register for the class. You can
also sign up on Fridays and Saturday from 10-4 at the Art Center.
In October, DS Owens, won 1st place in photography at the Western
Carolina State Fair in the fine art scenic category with “Between a Rock and a
Hard Place”. My gourd art is available
at the Art Center and at the South Carolina Artisans Center in Walterboro.
I had the pleasure of speaking on gourd art
at the Farm-City Banquet on Thursday, November 9th at Saluda High School. I was the guest of the Pyracantha Garden
Club. There were beautiful arrangements on each table in a gourd. This was a great event that recognizes the
importance of agriculture and service to community working together to make our
homes a better place.
Please shop local on Fridays and Saturdays
from 10-4. Works of 15 plus artists are
available. Get your unique gifts here. The Art Center will be open for the Holiday
Season events on November 23-24 from 10-4 for Black Friday & Small Business
Weekend and the Shoppes of Ridge Spring Christmas Open House on Saturday,
December 9 from 10-4 and Sunday, December 10 from 1-5.
Review from David Marshall James: “The Thanksgiving Visitor” by Truman Capote
This
short story, a 1967 prequel to Capote’s superlative “A Christmas Memory”
(1956), returns to Monroeville, Alabama, and the household of his three
spinster cousins and their bachelor brother.
Thanksgiving, 1932, is a much larger affair than Christmas will be,
including the arrival of thirty-some-odd kinfolks bearing trimmings for the
five stuffed turkeys, freshly dressed from the cousins’ livestock. The lip-smacking feast consists of canned
summer vegetables, plus specialty sides and desserts. The seven-year-old Buddy
(Capote) helps his childlike cousin, Sook, put the shine on the furniture and
everything else downstairs. In the
evenings before the event, Sook squints
her eyes to mend her Mother’s linen napkins.
The
titular visitor, Odd Henderson, has been making Buddy’s life a second-grade
nightmare. Odd has been demoted three
times and is thus the towering bane of the schoolyard. However, he seems to wiggle out of his
bullying mayhem, with Buddy catching fire from his teacher for calling Odd an
S.O.B. Moreover, Odd elicits sympathy
from his elders because his daddy’s in prison and his family’s impoverished in
the midst of the Depression.
When
Sook—a Christ-like figure—insists that Buddy invite Odd to their bountiful
Thanksgiving, Buddy feels betrayed.
Spoiling this dinner for the reader would be bad manners. Let’s just say Buddy’s suffering and
lesson-learning move from the schoolyard to the Thanksgiving table.
Capote’s ability to write a universally themed, still-topical (the bullying
issue, in particular) tale cast in a nostalgic glow resistant to sentimentality
remains nothing less than extraordinary, 50 years after this story’s
publication.
Harriet's Garden Tips: I enjoy watching "Danny Lipford: Today's
Homeowner” on TV and on his web site. On
this show Joe Truini does a lot of "Simple Solutions" including a
nontoxic weed killer. I have not tried
it out but will this week. It includes
vinegar, Epsom salts, and dish detergent.
If anyone else has tried it, let me know. I am going to plant cilantro spinach and
lettuce this week. Let's get our fall
gardens up and going. By the way you can
get fresh local greens at the Ridge Spring Famers' Market on Saturdays after
9:00 AM.
REMINDERS
November 16: FORS Meeting at 5:00
November 24 & 25:
Ridge
Spring Shoppes Specials
December 2: Christmas on the Square
Ridge Spring Library hours: Mon/Tues 8:30 am - 12 pm;
Wed., 8:30 – 4:30; Thurs 8:30
am –12:30 pm; Fri 8:30 pm -4:30 pm; Sat 9-12
Ridge Spring Famers' Market:
Saturday
mornings
Ridge Spring Library Toddler Time Mondays
at 10:30
Saluda County Library
Hours: Mon/Wed 8:30
am-5 pm; Tues/Thurs 8:30 am – 6 pm; Fri 8:30am
– 5 pm; Sat closed new fax machine and can send toll free
Narcotics Anonymous Fridays at RS
Library at 7:00 PM
Ridge Spring Post
Office hours: Mon-Fri. 7:30 am – 11:30 am; Sat 9 – 10 am
Recycling Center
Hours:
Mon/Wed/Fri 1-7; Sat 7-7; Sun 3-7; Tues/Thurs closed
First Thursday of the
Month: AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783
Every Friday &
Saturday: AARS hours 10 – 4 or by appt, free admission
Third Thursday of the
Month:
FORS at Library at 5:00
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