June 11, 2018
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
The Ridge Spring Farmers' Market opened Saturday. It
was a slow day . We had a new vendor
from Pelion with fresh vegetables. Hope to
see you this coming Saturday.
Art Center in Ridge Spring
A group led by
Barbara Yon, Carolyn Boatwright and Kedryn Evans assisted a group to complete 6
new painted quilt blocks over the last couple of weeks. Be sure and check out our facebook page.
Kim Ruff, potter wil have a cup & saucer
class on Friday, June 15th @ 6:30.
Includes all firing and glazing for $35.
Call (803)685-5577 or contact joanne.crouch26@gmail.com to register.
Anne Hightower-Patterson is offering a 2-day
workshop, “Taking your watercolor to the next level” on Friday, June 22 and
Saturday, June 23 from 10-4 with 1 hr for lunch. Total cost will be $130 for both days of
instruction. Supplies not included. Spots are limited. To reserve your spot, call (803)685-5577 and
leave message. Spots are limited.
D.S. won 2nd place for “Morning
Calm” at the Arts & Heritage Center of North Augusta in the Open Sessions
Exhibit. Ron Buttler won 3rd
place for “Beauty and the Beast” at the
event on Thursday, June 7th.
Ron Buttler is the featured artist for
June at Jim Harrison Gallery for the month of June. Barbara Yon is the solo
artist in the member’s gallery at the Aiken Art Center with a reception on
Monday, June 18th.
Hours of operation at the Art Center are
Fridays and Saturdays from 10-2. There is no admission fee. Join
us for our membership meetings on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30. Check
out our facebook page at Art Association of Ridge Spring& Gallery.
Kevin Yon has been named the South Carolina winner of the
Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award. What began with 100
head of cattle and borrowed equipment today is listed among the country’s 25
largest purebred operations by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
(NCBA). As a result of the
success of Yon Family Farms, Kevin Yon has been named the South Carolina winner
of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award. He
joins nine other individual winners as finalists for the overall award that
will be announced in October at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in
Moultrie, Georgia. Registered Angus
bulls and females are the primary product marketed by Yon Family Farms, which
has gone from offering 14 bulls in its first year to two live auctions annually
— one in February and another in October — where 375 bulls and 150 females are
sold. Perhaps even more meaningful, the operation
has become large enough to support multiple families — Kevin and Lydia’s
children, Sally, Drake and Corbin, all play vital roles in the business, which
also sustains 10 employees and their families. The operation now boasts 1,200
registered cattle, 590 commercial cattle and 90 fed cattle.
The Nut
House and Country Store has their own version of
a butter pecan ice cream. But it’s so much more than that. Pecans from Yon
Family Farms’ The Nut House
& Country Market are slow
roasted with a hint of salt. The butter cream vanilla base is rich and oh so
creamy. And for kicks and giggles, we delicately laced it with just enough
decadent caramel. We’re thinking we should’ve named it something else to better
represent this Southern classic dessert.
Juniper Restaurant: We are accepting reservations for our annual
Father's Day Brunch. Seating times available 11:00, 11:30, 12:30, 1:00, and 2:00.
On
June 16 Cub Scout Pack 555
Fundraiser will be at the Ridge Spring
Baptist Church from 5:00 to 7:00pm. It will be eat In or take out for
$8.00 per plate. Menu will be Wings, Celery, Potato Salad, Dessert,
Tea/Lemonade with Wing Choice: Hot, Mild, Teriyaki, or Plain Please contact
Melissa Stover, mostover310@gmail.com, or 864-323-5419.
I
missed the opening of the RS Farmers' Market for Bob and I went to Clemson
University to join our classmates in celebrating our 50th reunion. It is hard to believe that it has been 50
years since we graduated. We have been
fortunate and hope we will continue to be.
Josie Rodgers
On
Sunday, Mark and I dropped off Annalee
at Presbyterian College for a week of Palmetto
Girls State. She and Davis Wash are delegates from
Wardlaw. My niece Savannah Rodgers is a
junior counselor there this week. We
were able to see her and get their picture together. The entire check-in process and getting to
rooms was so efficient and pleasant!
Everything was extremely organized, and every single person we
encountered, from adults to counselors to delegates to parents, was so happy
and helpful. Aiden and I even had to run
back to PC later that afternoon to take a forgotten item, and everyone was so
accommodating and sweet. I know that the
over 600 young ladies are going to have a fantastic time this week. Then it hit me: 32 years ago this week, my own mom dropped ME
off at Girls State at Capstone on the Carolina Campus. What a week! I can wait to show the girls my
pictures of the cool clothes WE wore to PGS!
RSM Elem (Rene Miller): Students, faculty, staff, families, and
communities members united to support the March
of Dimes campaign. They participated
in a friendly competition between Clemson, Carolina, and other teams to see who
could raise the most money. The school
donated a total of $286.23 to the March of Dimes. On the last day of the contest, students wore
purple to show their support.
Summer reading logs & supply
lists for next year will be sent home with final report cards on the last day
of school.
Greenjackets Readers: Earlier this spring, some of RSM’s students
participated in the Augusta Greenjacket Reading Program and made a homerun in
reading and got a free ticket to the May 14 Greenjacket game. Emmy attended the game with her family,
participated in the book parade with mascot Auggie, and enjoyed Dippin’ Dots.
Registration News: Registration can be completed ONLINE this summer beginning June
6! New students, however, are asked to
come to the school on Aug. 11 between 11am and 6 pm. Meet the Teacher will take place Thurs., Aug.
16, from 3-6 pm. Parents are asked to
visit the school before Aug. 11 to verify the online information.
RSM High: Graduation was
held last Thursday, and it was certainly one to remember! The most amazing part was was when graduate
Glenn Gaskins walked across the stage to received his diploma. Why?
Glenn has cerebral palsy and gets around in his high-tech electric
wheelchair. We have never seen him out
of his chair. With assistance, he
transferred into a type of walker that held up his body and moved those little
legs of his across the stage. The huge
grin on his face and the laughter in his eyes was more amazing than we could
have ever imagined! He was so
proud! The senior class and the faculty
and eventually the entire audience gave Glenn a standing ovation. Tears of joy and amazement and respect were
flowing from faces all over the crowd.
What a blessing for us all!
Review
from David Marshall James:
"Like to Die" by David Housewright
Rushmore McKenzie-- just
"McKenzie," ma'am or sir-- has the "knight in shining armor on a
white horse" act down pat. You could even say it's his raison
d'etre.
For McKenzie, the Age of
Chivalry is far from dead; indeed, it's entering a renaissance.
Not that he won't favor
his buds with his favors, too. If you get right down to it, this latest
McKenzie novel gets under way as an "I'll look into it" favor for a
member of his just-dudes poker group.
Cue the brass as McKenzie
meets up with said poker player's inamorata, a real doozy who's running her own
company, shipping her specially made salsa from Minneapolis across the
U.S.A. For sure, it's as fresh and spicy as her own self.
Business is booming, but
sabotage threatens it with reversals. "Salsa Girl" is hitting
the bottle of well-aged bourbon stashed in her office with increasing
regularity. Enter Sir McKenzie. Nevertheless, there isn't much he
can do about the big-rich family with which she's conducting her biz.
Other concerns grab
McKenzie's attention; most of all, what's the deal with Salsa Girl
herself? Who is she and what was she before she had man-cave dwellers
dipping into her wares in the glow of flat-screen ESPN offerings?
Is she the next Betty
Crocker, or just a crock?
McKenzie is up to his
poblanos here, and like to die for same. It's a wonder that his
inamorata, Nina Truhler, doesn't heat up under her collar about McKenzie's
latest chivalric quest, particularly with such a femme fatale in the mix.
Author David Housewright
brings his well-established storytelling flair to the action-filled
narrative. As always, the author is aces when drawing his supporting cast
of characters, including Salsa Girl's have-more business associates, along with
a rogue's gallery of assorted knaves, from coat-and-tie types to street types
in hip-hoppin' T shirts.
McKenzie takes more than
his usual beating in his shining-armor showdowns for Salsa Girl. Perhaps
Nina should see to it that he folds out of that poker group and in with some
bridge or canasta players-- preferably at a seniors' center, or someplace where
they don't eat salsa.
Harriet's
Garden Tips: News flash - some
plants are too big for your chosen spot.
I was so proud of my zinnias that I planted them in pots and flower
beds. The blooms are gorgeous. Now the problem is they are too big. They can't stand up by themselves, they crowd
out other plants, and I can't believe that I did not take notice of the height
of the mature plants. This reminds me of
the old adage: Do not assume. I learn
that every year for gardening is always a learning process for us all.
REMINDERS
June-August: Ridge Spring Farmers Market
June 16: Cub Scout Pack 555
Fundraiser
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
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