April 2, 2018
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
Vouchers will be distributed on Tuesday June 5,
at Town Hall
from 1:00 to 7:00 PM
Have you seen the Ridge Spring Main Street
and all the activities? Juniper has been
repainted and looks fresh and beautiful.
The bank has an ATM up and is working, the deposit box looks good and
Security Federal will be open for regular hours I think this or next week. The Old Cafe is being remodeled. It looks great from the back, too. Now what will it be?
The flowering cherry trees are blooming
around the gazebo and along Railroad Avenue the dogwoods are blooming. You see beautiful azaleas everywhere and
spirea is in full bloom. How can you not
love spring?
The
Ridge Spring Fire Department Benefit in memory of Michael Adamick will be held on
Saturday, May 5th beginning with a BBQ dinner at 5:00 PM to be followed with an
auction at 6:00 p.m. and live entertainment by Steele Justice Band with
festivities held at the new fire house near the town square. Tickets may be
purchased for $10.00 per plate for dinner, auction and entertainment at the
following locations: Ridge Auto, The Nut House, the Town Hall or local
firemen/women. Many, many thanks to previous donors of this special town event.
It is so appreciated by the hard working volunteers of this community. The fire
department will soon be accepting donations for this year's auction.
The second big event in Ridge Spring will be Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering featuring
the Palmetto Tractor club. This will be
held May 19, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
The Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale is around the corner. If you want to see if there are any slots
left open, go to ridgespringsc.com, click on the Peach Tree symbol, go to map
and enlarge until you find your place.
Ridge
Spring Famers Market will be opening in June.
Come get your tomato plants now from Harriet's Garden. The varieties available now are better boy,
whopper, and celebrity. There are a few
red, orange, and yellow pepper plants too.
You can enjoy eating them or selling them at the market. Sometimes we trade too.
Art Center in Ridge Spring by Joanne Crouch
Kim Ruff will host a class making a Garden
Angel (male or female). This class will
be held on Monday, May 14th at 6:30 at the Art Center. Students may make a herb pot and possibly some garden stakes
(“dill”, basil, etc). Class cost is $35
and includes clay. glazing and firing.
Students can bring apron to protect clothing. Contact Kim Ruff at (803)315-9203 or by email
at makerart@aol.com or Joanne Crouch at
(803)685-5577 or by email at joanne.crouch26@gmail.com.
A
quilter from Wagener will teach a 5-week quilting workshop starting Monday,
April 9th. Students will have
a choice of 10-12 am, 2-4 pm or 6-8 pm for the class each week. Pick your preferred time. There will be hand
and machine quilting taught. The first
night will be spent discussing supplies.
Cost will be $25. Contact Barbara
Yon at (803)685-5386 or Joanne Crouch at (803)685-5577.
Review from
David Marshall James: "All the Beautiful
Lies" by Peter Swanson
This fourth
mystery/suspense novel by Peter Swanson ain't a-gonna bed-stand. No, its
pages are going to whoosh by like a tissue in a March wind as you keep it in
hand.
The setting suits
perfectly for a noir-ish tingle: A Maine coastal town where the chief
economy is tourism, so strangers roll in and out like the tides.
However, it's not like
Kennebunkport, where the Bushes chill out from the summer swelter in Texas.
Rather, it has its share of cheap motels and greasy spoons, while the
well-to-do dwell in a private community.
It's not where Harry
Ackerson grew up-- his Dad co-owned a rare-book shop in Greenwich Village,
which used to be arrogantly shabby and affordable for such as rare-book
shopkeepers, though it's been largely gentrified, as per showings of
"Million Dollar Listing: New York." Harry's Mom succumbed
to cancer when he was a freshman in high school.
With Harry off to
college, his Dad has opened a satellite shop in this Maine coastal resort,
although much of his business comes via Internet. Pops has also acquired
a second wife. Indeed, much can transpire on the home front while a
fellow's away in college.
On the eve of his
graduation, Harry learns that his Dad has died, fallen from a rocky cliff on
his walking path. At this point in the story, the reader might expect
Harry to encounter a grasping, get-outta-my-house stepmother, a la the Brothers
Grimm.
Well, she's grasping all
right, but not it the way you might think. And, before you can say,
"Clam roll," the reader discovers that the deceased husband/father
was whacked before he fell off that cliff.
The author employs some
familiar tropes-- there are even some twins-- and blends them into a shiny tale
sparkling with his own touches, and his polished style. The double ending
proves especially gratifying, as Swanson makes sure that everybody gets what's
coming to them, including a high old time for the reader.
Harriet's
Garden Tips: Weatherman Jim Gandy said start planting your
garden now. I have heard over the years
to do it on or after Good Friday. This
year Good Friday has come very early so maybe at the end of this week which
will be perfect because of all the tomato plants Harriet's Garden has for sell.
Determinate tomatoes, or "bush" tomatoes, are varieties that grow to a compact height (generally 3 -4'). Determinates stop growing when fruit sets on the top bud
Indeterminate tomatoes will
grow and produce fruit until killed by frost.
They can reach heights of up to 12 feed although 6 feet is normal. Indeterminates will bloom, set new fruit and ripen
fruit all at the same time throughout the season. They require substantial staking for support. Whopper and better boy are indeterminate
tomato plants.
REMINDERS
May 5: RS Fire Depart. Benefit
May 19: The Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Festival
June 2: Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale
June 5: Voucher Distribution
June 9: Farmers Market Opens
Ridge Spring Library hours: Mon. Tues. 9:00 - 12:00; Wed. Thurs. Closed;
Fri.
10:00 - 4:00; Sat. 10:00 - 1:00.
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
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