February 12, 2018

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Mayor Pat Asbill: If you happened to be in Ridge Spring last week, you noticed that activity was beginning at Security Federal Bank. They will be working to refinish and furnish the building throughout February. They will be opening accounts for its customers from 1-5 o'clock March 7,8,14,15,20 and from 9-12 and 1-5 o'clock March 26-30. Their plans also include having a soft opening on April 2. 

The Nut House & Country Market now has updated hours for February - October (open Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm).  www.nuthouseandcountrymarket.com (207) 692-6206

Wendy Arndt at Magnolia Ridge: The 9th Annual Antique and Art Festival is May 19 2018. Horse riding Summer programs available for children or adults beginner through advanced.

Gazebo News: If you noticed a flag on the Gazebo it is from the winners of the Harvest Festival BBQ. The king has planted his flag into the gazebo to proclaim his title  .of BBQ King of Ridge Spring. Dean & Valerie Price of Batesburg-Leesville was first to write their name in the history books last October at the BBQ Battle for the Ridge!

Quilting on the Ridge is an upcoming event planned for Ridge Spring

on March 9 and 10.

In Ridge Spring we are at the end of the Quilt Trail and we have a walking Trail right here too. Let's celebrate this home style art form in our own town.  More information coming.  FORS is meeting February 15 to continue planning this unique event.

Ridge Spring Library: The computers are installed and now for the training before the doors open. 

RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: February: February and the BRB starts thinking soup…in fact the BRB will be collecting cans of soup the entire month of February. The Souper Bowl of Caring (an international organization started in Columbia, SC) will sponsor many drives, lunches and soup collections. RSUMC hosted a Souper Bowl of Caring lunch on February 4, 2018 with 24 in attendance.  Team buckets with the Super Bowl teams logos collected $74 in donations with the Eagles on top. The cans of soup and money collected will go to local food banks. Have you  heard our AD on WKSX? Have you seen notification of the Ash Wednesday Service on the Town Sign?  Rev. Ashley Buchanan: Ash Wednesday service will be held at Ridge Spring United Methodist Church at 6:00 PM on February 14th.  Shrove (or Fat) Tuesday pancake supper, February 13, 2018, CANCELLED.

Five students represented Ridge Spring-Monetta High School at the Limestone College Honor Band Clinic on the weekend of February 1 - 3.  Senior Tyler Rowe, Junior Alex Timmerman, Sophomores Joanna Kaiser and Jonathan Cumbee, and Freshman Chesley Cooper traveled to Gaffney, SC for the 3 day clinic.  They were among approximately 120 students from 35 high schools across North and South Carolina.  The students were separated into two bands of approximately 60 member each.  They rehearsed Thursday evening, all day Friday, and again Saturday morning, and performed a concert with their band on Saturday afternoon.

                           Ridge Spring - Monetta Elementary

February 19 is President’s Day Holiday.  There will be no school.

Congratulations to our Terrific Kids for the month of January.  The character word was  Ambition. Terrific Kids word for the month of February is teamwork.  Your child’s success in school is a team effort.  Parents, teachers, and support staff must work together with the students to ensure their success in school and in life.                           Ridge Spring - Monetta Elementary

                            2nd NINE WEEK’S HONOR ROLL   2017 – 2018

1^st Grade “A” Honor Roll – James Buck, O’Miya Bussey, Addison Cooper, Zyvarire Denny, Alexander Fierros-Garcia, Luke Gillian, Kollyns Harley, Noah Mitchum, Joanna Musico Lopez, Zi’Jarius Phillips, Lacey Rodgers, Nathaniel Tew, Marcellus Wideman, Dean Wylie..

1^st Grade “A/B” Honor Roll – Lazahri Alexander, Alexander Andrade, Jamarcus Bosket, Conner Cockrell, McKynna Colwell, Christian Finnie, Shamira Gibson,  Bryson Hunter, Deavione’ Jeffery, Ryland Johnson, Joseph Jones, Kendereon Phillips, Jaleigha Price, Joseph Robinson, Kayleigh Wood.

2^nd Grade “A” Honor Roll – Paetyn Crouch, Michael Davis, Dane Edwards, Gavin Fulmer, Layne Gayhart, Dakota Hartley, Irene Hernandez, Emely Jimenez, Aaden McCormick, Miracle Morphy, Gracie Myers, Jasper Ogden, Londyn Powell, Nathaly Segura, Jaziyah Stephens.

2^nd Grade “A/B” Honor Roll – Brooke Blume, Addyson Bradley, Lillian Burdett, Jennifer Fulmer, Riley Holsomback, Kennedy Ligons, Daniel Robinson, Salvador Ruiz, Madisyn Simpkins, Carleigh Solomon, Makaylen Wideman, Hunter Wooten, Ny’Asia Young.

3^rd Grade “A” Honor Roll – Dylan Harris, Jamirah Lites, Gabby Valeriano.

3^rd Grade “A/B Honor Roll – Lamyous Alexander, Paetyn Colwell, McKinley Cumbee, Tyler Diaz, Malik Fuller, Jennifer Gomez-Alvarado, Johnthon Gonzalez Martinez, Damani Guest, Tylaisha Jeffery, Anthony Key, Isaiah Kimbrough, Conner Morphy, Lizbeth Ortiz, Jade Roccia, Tucker Rodgers, Romeo Ruiz.

4^th Grade “A” Honor Roll – Jose Hernandez, Randy Renteral.

4^th Grade “A/B” Honor Roll – Aiden Allen, Larry Andraca, Jabarius Brunson, Fredy Cabanas, Wyatt Davenport, Brailon Frazier, William Goode, Jer’Daisha Johnson, Haleigh Mitchell, Lizbeth Segura, Gracie Temples, Alyssa Whitfield, Chaunkira Williams.

5^th Grade “A” Honor Roll – Emma Fulmer, Aubrianna Wise.

5^th Grade”A/B Honor Roll – Logan Brightwell, Makynna Folden, Parker Holsomeback, Peyton Holsomback, MaKayla Manning, Honesty Monroe, Cassandra Oakman, Sebastian Ogden, Gracelyn Padgett, Braylon Smith, Christian Smith, James Smith, Maryann Sterling, Devin Ward.

 Review from David Marshall James:  "Darkness, Sing Me a Song" by David Housewright   With the names Holland Taylor and Sidney Poitier, you would think two fine actors were sharing an office in Minneapolis.  However, they're "Taylor" and "Freddie" to their friends-- and enemies-- two P.I.'s takin' care of business, Taylor on the mean streets, Freddie on the machines:  The coffeemaker and the computer.

   Their P.I. firm has plenty of corporate clients seeking background checks, but Taylor's working for a high-tone law firm that's repping an uber-wealthy woman charged with murdering her son's girlfriend.

   The politically ambitious county attorney is all over the high-profile case of the rich, beautiful defendant.  Well, as the late Joan Rivers often put it, "If you're rich and you're ugly, it's your own damn fault."

   Once some compelling evidence surfaces, Taylor's off to Arona, Wisconsin, of all places, where the defendant owns a summer-getaway compound.  There's nothing like one of these towns to supply a noir-ish, even a "Twilight Zone-y," feeling, as if they exist on some isolated plateau detached from reality's usual occurrences and rules of play.

   Everyone's up in everyone else's biz, while layers of corruption have become stratified owing to corrupt politicians, in this case a mayor who has paid for his Borgia-esque transgressions with a bullet to the back of his head.

   With an untenable number of suspects, that murder remains unsolved.  Furthermore, the townsfolk are bitterly divided over an environmentally callous company seeking real estate like the Cookie Monster in the Nabisco aisle.

   Chalk up another primo story from St. Paul, Minnesota, author David Housewright, who has returned to his Holland Taylor series following a hiatus of almost two decades, a series that won him an Edgar Award for his novel "Penance" (1995).

   Housewright is one of those rara-avis writers whose books seem to get better and better.  Indeed, he's one of the premier detective-fiction writers of our time, and it's high time he received another Edgar.  That's our song, and we're stickin' to it.

Harriet's Garden Tips: I have been going through my seeds that were in the freezer and checking  how long it takes for maturity.  One plant I like is thunbergia which is known as the black-eyed Susan vine.  To maturity it takes 10 weeks.  I planted eight hanging baskets in hopes they will be ready for the Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering that will be held on May 19th.  Then I started checking my tomato seeds and more.  Thyme takes forever so I am taking cuttings.  Spring is getting closer and closer.

REMINDERS

February 15: FORS meeting at Town Hall 5:00

Ridge Spring Library hours: Reopen soon

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