June 18, 2018

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Ridge Spring Farmers' Market, Open on Saturdays only: We may have only had 6 venders today but look at the variety of fresh produce.  We had , peaches, yellow and white, red potatoes, yellow and green zucchini, squash, tomatoes - grape, Cherokee purple, chocolate cherry, yellow and celebrity, with some of those green tomatoes to make those hors d'oeuvre or just fried green tomatoes. You should have seen the choices of peppers, cayenne, white, poblano,  banana, and more.  We had string beans, cucumbers - burpless and pickling, string beans, kale, cantaloupe, and of course boiled peanuts and ice cold lemonade.   This year I am bringing pots of herbs for customers to cut what they would like for a small fee.  There will be corn this coming week. We start setting up around 7:00 and all are ready around 8:00 AM.  Many stay until lunch time too. WOW!!! Summer is here.

It is so much fun being at the market.  Byron Rikard of Roadside BBQ came by.  He said that by the end of this month he hopes to be open on Fridays and  Saturdays all day.  IT will be mainly take-out but there will be some outside tables for sit at and eat.  He plans to  have BBQ chicken, BBQ ribs, BBQ pork, hash and rice.    BBQ baked beans, potato salad, slaw, and a vegetable will be available.  He will also have chicken thighs that as Patrick Arnold said he "just sucked the meat right off the bone".

 Ridge Spring Harvest Festival: BIG NEWS! We are bringing back the Miss Harvest Festival Pageant! Tentative date is set for September. We will have an official press release. You will be able to find entry forms at the RS Town Hall soon and we will post the form on our website ridgespringharvestfestival.com.    We had to move our Harvest Festival meeting to this week due to so much going on last Tuesday. We will be meeting Thursday June 21st at 7:00p at the Ridge Spring Town Hall.   We have about 5 teams signed up and looking for more. If you are interested in signing up please visit our website ridgespringharvestival.com or visit the South Carolina BBQ Association website's Events Calendar page and find us on October 13th. Download the Cookers pack and send it on in!

Harvest Festival will meet Thursday June 21at Town Hall at 7:00 PM.

RSM Registration News:  Registration can be completed ONLINE this summer beginning June 6!  New students, however, are asked to come to the school on Aug. 1 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. 

Art Association of Ridge Spring: Wow, it really has been HOT.  We are so greatful that the Art Center now have air conditioning!  Please come and shop our “cool” art in comfort.  Please continue to watch for upcoming classes.  If you have a particular class that you would like to attend, please contact Joanne Crouch inperson or call (803)685-5577 and leave a message or leave a message at the Art Center.

 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 2^nd place for “Morning Calm” at the Arts & Heritage Center of North Augusta in the Open Sessions Exhibit.  Ron Buttler won 3^rd place for “Beauty and the Beast”  at the event on Thursday, June 7^th.  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 Thursday, June 21^st @6pm. 

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 face book page at Art Association of Ridge Spring& Gallery.

RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH:   

For the next two weeks RSUMC will be collecting cleaning supplies. An urgent email from Killingsworth Home (safe haven for women in transition) was received that they were out of basic cleaning needs.  The items are as follows and Generic brands/store brands are fine:

 pine-sol liquid

fabuloso liquid cleaner

furniture spray cleaner/polisher

windex for glass and mirrors

Swiffer wet mop sets

large sponges for cleaning

bathroom specific cleaners

paper towels

 We also need standard size bed pillows and zippered covers for them!

If you would like to help with this, leave your donation on the porch of the church or the Family Life Center and a church member will make sure they will make into the Big Red Box. Thanking all the community angels in advance. Church service is at 11:00 AM unless otherwise noted.

Josie Rodgers

Jordyn Rodgers, a recent dance graduate from Coker College, is holding "Movement Madness" dance classes for autistic children ages 5-10 for $80 per child.  It will be an exciting week with creative dance classes and fun activities that will strengthen both the body and the mind and geared specifically for children with autism.  The classes take place July 16-20 from 3-4 pm at Palmetto Dance Academy in Saluda.  Jordyn earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Movement Therapy and a minor in psychology.  Space is limited for the class, so register today by calling 803-331-1578 or emailing jordyn.rodgers@coker.edu. 

Registration News for Aiken County Schools:  Registration can be completed ONLINE this summer!  You will still need to go to your child’s school to verify registration information and to show proof of address.  Parents/guardians of NEW students are asked to come to their respective schools to complete the registration process.

RSM Elem: Summer reading logs will be due when school is back in session.  Don’t wait until the last minute!  Read all summer!  Read what you like!  Read what you love!  Just READ!  Did you know that the more a child reads the higher level  his vocabulary will be and the more successful he will be in ALL of his classes?  Get to the library and explore!

Elem Registration:  New students & their parents/guardians are asked to come to the school on Aug. 11 between 11am and 6 pm to register for school.  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:  Registration will be held on Tues., Aug. 7, from 11 am until 7 pm in the cafetorium.  Even if you complete registration online, you must still come to the school to verify that information and show proof of address.

Book Review from David Marshall James:  "True Fiction" by Lee Goldberg

   Oh.  My.  "G" exclamations, as many as you can think of, then start creating your own.  What a thriller prolific novelist and TV writer Lee Goldberg has crafted-- it's the beach book for all seasons.

   And, catch this:  It's all about a lumpy thriller writer evading what he thinks is the CIA.  Ian Ludlow is mini-fridge-ing it up on his latest book tour, promoting his new thriller, which features Clint Straker, who holds a B.A. in "Bad A."  Some of us are born in a cabbage patch, but Clint's sprung out of the zucchini field.

   However, he's just a character, whilst his creator garners most of his exercise pacing in front of the McDonald's self-serve soda machine, anxiously awaiting his XXXL meal.

   If he were Clint, Ian probably would have bought a clue by this point, what with his broken arm and blown-up house, back in L.A.  His overhead light bulb finally blinks on when the black Mercedes comes careening toward him, sans driver.

   Then, there's that select group of his fellow novelists, the ones who've been dropping like flies.  Maybe Ian's injury wasn't just the result of a bicycle accident; maybe he didn't leave the gas on by mistake in his house.

   It's fight-or-flight time, and we've established that Ian is no Clint Straker.  Still, it's scarcely the golden age for dropping off the face of the Earth, what with security cameras, embedded chips in things you've never dreamed of, and tracking devices.

   If someone with a Captain Nemo arsenal of computers wants to find you, then you'd better start buttering your buns, because you're toast.  Therefore, Ian is about to tune into the Clint Straker channel.  And he's going to channel his inner Clint with the help of two unlikely companions:  His Seattle book-tour guide, along with a former TV action-series star who's gone to seed, off the grid, prepping for the day when every conspiracy theory comes true.

   The author-- Goldberg, not Ludlow-- gooses up his zippity narrative with so much juicy dialogue and so many "no, he did-dunt" scenarios that you can't turn the pages fast enough.  Oh.  My.  Get-you-some, too.

Harriet's Garden Tips:  I have pulled up the last of those gorgeous tall zinnias.  They were just too tall.  Check  your pots to see if the dirt seems to have pulled away from the side of the pot.  If so, when you water, the water will be going down the sides instead of to the plants.  This explains why the day after you water, the plant is wilted badly.  Solution is to 1. Repot, 2. Set in a tub of water and allow the air bubbles rise then add fresh soil to the top, 3. Try breaking up the top soil some. as you water and add more soil if you can.  You can always try what you think will work and let me know if it did.  Just keep the blooms coming.  Deadhead every time you walk by that plant, especially those petunias.

REMINDERS

June-August: Ridge Spring Farmers Market

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