November 12, 2018
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
Art Center & Shoppes of Ridge Spring
Christmas Open House
November 17 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Join the shops in Ridge
Spring for Christmas Open House, Saturday, November 17th from 10:00 AM until
5:00 PM for some good old fashioned Christmas shopping fun.
Three antique shops, Olde Treasures, Ridge Antiques and Dry Goods, and Pat's Corner. There are also two boutiques in town, The Glass Dragonfly Boutique and Haley B's Boutique. You can stroll through Stuff and Things, as well as buy lots of great confectionaries and meats from The Nut House. Cones Meats is open with good selections. We have two restaurants, as well as the newly opened Barbecue Place. Check out our town for some really awesome Christmas and other occasions gift selections, furniture, and decorating items. There is local art work at the Art Gallery. Refreshments are being served at many shops. Come by and get your pansies, violas, and/or snapdragons. Come by chance, you'll return by choice.
Three antique shops, Olde Treasures, Ridge Antiques and Dry Goods, and Pat's Corner. There are also two boutiques in town, The Glass Dragonfly Boutique and Haley B's Boutique. You can stroll through Stuff and Things, as well as buy lots of great confectionaries and meats from The Nut House. Cones Meats is open with good selections. We have two restaurants, as well as the newly opened Barbecue Place. Check out our town for some really awesome Christmas and other occasions gift selections, furniture, and decorating items. There is local art work at the Art Gallery. Refreshments are being served at many shops. Come by and get your pansies, violas, and/or snapdragons. Come by chance, you'll return by choice.
The Nut House: The wait is over! Cracked
and in shell nuts are now available! Hang in there a few more days for pieces
and halves from this year’s crop 😋 Pecans are also available online at https://www.nuthouseandcountrymarket.com/store/…/Pecans.html
The Town of Ridge
Spring
has placed the flags of each branch of the military around the gazebo and have
placed flags on the lampposts. What a
beautiful tribute to our veterans. Ridge Spring Town Hall is now open on Saturdays
from 9:00 to 12:00.
Juniper was closed Friday
night for they were participating in A Chef's Extravaganza at Woodside
Plantation Country Club. Sous Chef
Dwayne Ligon was the participant. He was
number five of the seven course meal and he fixed braised rabbit with butternut
squash with sage from Harriet's Garden and pasta with fresh shaved parmesan. The proceeds went to the Program Helping
Hands. Keep up the good work, Dwayne!!!
Ridge
Spring has a brochure that is paid for by the Friends of Ridge Spring. It has a map of the town, a list of businesses as well as a list of
churches, services, and other located places such as Town Hall, Civic Center,
etc. The town has run out of these brochures
so it is time to edit and reprint. How
sad that one business had to be deleted, Off the Beaten Path, BUT we added two
more, The Glass Dragonfly and Rikard's Roadside Bar-be-que.
I had the opportunity to take Joe Watson to
the Bridgestone Celebration of Veteran's Day.
There were at least 8 veterans from World War II, several from Korean
Conflict, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and other deployments that have taken place
over the years. All branches were represented.
I do not think I ever heard the Coast Guard's anthem but I recognized
all the other branches' anthems. The
rain was a distraction but their hall was large enough to hold us all. Thank you, Bridgestone, for honoring our
veterans.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH: October was a busy
month for Ridge Spring United Methodist Church (RSUMC). We love being part of this vibrant and
welcoming community and Festival. Also in October we met with our District
Superintendent for our annual ‘check up’ and we did just fine. He was impressed
with our outreach efforts and encouraged us to continue. If you were a member
or had family who was a member and are interested in one, please contact Nola
Burger. November 4th was All Saints Sunday when we remember
members of our Church family who have died. Sadly this year we remembered one
but made it a celebration of breast cancer awareness. Pink was the order of the
day and there was plenty of it. We continue to collect dried and unusable
markers. Those may be left in a container on the porch of the FLC. Church
Service is at 11 a.m. There will be NO SERVICE ON NOVEMBER 25,
2018.
Jeff Clamp, Band Director at RSM Middle/High School: Several members of the
RS-M True Blue Marching Band got the opportunity to spend some time at Newberry
College recently. On Tuesday, October 30th the Newberry College Music
Department hosted "Music Leader Day" for high school Junior and
Senior band members. Juniors Jonathon Cumbee, Kandon Hastings, Joanna
Kaiser, and Makayla Lee and Seniors Cheyenne Hartley and Kelsey Moore
represented RS-M High. The students met Newberry College's music faculty,
took a campus tour, attended master classes where they were instructed by
members of the college music faculty, attended "mini concerts" by the
Newberry College Madrigals and Jazz Band, and rehearsed with the NC Wind
Ensemble. At the end of the day the students received information about
and were given the opportunity to audition for music scholarships to Newberry
College.
On Saturday,
November 3rd Cheyenne Hartley, Jonathon Cumbee, Chesley Cooper, Joanna Kaiser,
Montana Hartley, and Kyla Padgett joined other high school students at the
Newberry College Scarlet Spirit "Join the Band Day". The
students rehearsed with the Newberry College marching band, attended a pep
rally, and performed in the stands and on the field at halftime with the
Newberry Scarlet Spirit Marching Band. The students and Mr. Clamp are
very thankful to Newberry College for offering so many wonderful opportunities
to high school music students, and they are looking forward to future
trips to Newberry College.
Just
a reminder about Magnolia Ridge: Wendy Arndt has announce that Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering
will be twice a year. The one in the
fall was so successful that now there will be two. The dates for next year will be May 18 for
the spring and September 21 for the fall.
James E. Williams Jr.:
We are excited to introduce you to a new program coming to the town of Ridge
Spring, SC. Vision of Love Community
Outreach has been a much needed asset to this community and the citizens of
Ridge Spring. The goal of this program is to be an outlet of strength,
empowerment, and support to both the young and the old. Adult Daycare,
enrichment program, arts and crafts, gardening, cooking, science games, day
trips, homework, math, stem/ELA recreation and much more will be offered. The
program will be held at the Cumbee
Place,401 E. Main Street, Ridge Spring, SC 29129, (803)594-3587, visionoflove.sc@gmail.comThe goal of this
program is to be an outlet of strength, empowerment, and support to both the
young and the old.
Josie Rodgers: RSM
High: On Nov. 8, RSM honored our veterans with an
assembly full of sentiment and respect. Wagener-Sally High’s Color Guard
presented the Colors, and WS and RSM members of the JROTC led the entire
program. Guest speakers included Sgt. Heath Hawks, Kiowa Aimar, & our own
teacher Ronald Toth. All veterans in attendance were recognized. There was a
table set for a single soldier, adding to the recognition of those lost during
wars, including a wreath ceremony. Finally, the entire student body along with
guests and visitors, sang “God Bless the USA.” A reception for the veterans was
held in the library after the ceremony. Many thanks to Ms. Melinda Brown
for organizing such a special day for the 5th year. The Trojans football team traveled to Timmonsville last Friday
for the 1st round of the play-offs. Going into the 4th
quarter, the Trojans were down 17-0 but came back to WIN 21-17! Now THAT is some football! This Friday, the
Trojans will travel to Dixie for the 2nd round!
Review from
David Marshall James: "Naughty on Ice"
by Maia Chance
A Currier & Ives
Christmas scene awaits detectives Lola Woodby and Berta Lundgren when they trek
up to a snowy Vermont village to perform "a discreet retrieval."
Seeing as how the duo run
"a discreet retrieval agency" down in New York City, that is.
Once upon a time, Berta worked as Lola's cook, and Lola was Jazz Age-ing it up
in a headed-south marriage. Well, the times they are a-changin'.
The ladies have won the vote, but they can't toast their success-- at least not
legally.
Still, the
"nippy" is flowing into the Vermont village, and good Canadian pour
at that. However, the Currier & Ives-iness of it all is ripped when a
wealthy Cleveland Society Matron tipples a Negroni at her vacation-house party
and expires.
It's 1923, and
rum-running is all the rage, and one simply cannot trust what's in the hooch,
but our CSM has quaffed a cyanide-laced cocktail. Furthermore, no one
seems to give a good gobsmack, not the CSM's three self-involved adult
children, nor her almost scandalously younger fiance, nor her aunt, nor her
brother ... and the list (of suspects) rolls along.
Still, the local
constable-- who seems to have been graduated from the Keystone Kops Academy of
Criminal Injustice-- believes Lola and Berta were in on the murder, and aims
for them to stick around at the local Inn, on their own nickel. At least
the village's Winter Carnival, including a ski-jump competition, is about to
commence.
The plotting may be as
familiar as the Maple Chew in a Whitman's Sampler, but mystery author Maia
Chance-- in her fourth Discreet Retrieval Agency novel-- spices and spikes it
up with plenty of cheer. Indeed, her jaunty, Jazz Age style goes down
like a slice of well-soaked fruitcake accompanied by an Irish coffee-- accent
on the "Irish," with lots of whipped cream.
And a cherry on top-- it
is, after all, The Holidays.
Harriet's Garden Tips: Have you gotten all your bulbs in the
ground. They are on a deep discount sale
now so if you want more now is the time
to buy and plant. Old garden roses or
old fashion roses are grown on their own roots.
If the top of the plant is lost, the roots will produce the same
plant. Get those pansies and violas in
the ground, too. Camellias and sasanquas
are in bloom and are gorgeous. Cuttings
are done in the summer so take note of which ones you want to grow. Enjoy the
garden for it is still alive with beauty.
REMINDERS
November 15: Friends of Ridge Spring Town Hall
5:30 PM
November 17: Ridge Spring's Christmas
Open House
November 23-24:Black Friday and Small Business
Weekend
Ridge Spring Library Hours: Mon. Tues. 9:00 - 12:00; Wed. Thurs. Closed;
Fri. 10:00 -
4:00; Sat. 10:00 - 1:00.
Saluda Library Hours:
Mon/Wed
8:30 am-5 pm; Tues/Thurs 8:30 am – 6 pm; Fri 8:30 am – 5 pm; Sat closed
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
Fridays & Saturdays:
AARS
hours 10:00-2:00 or by appt, free admission
Every first Tuesday of the Month:
AARS meets at 6:30, 685-5783
Third Thursday: FORS at Town Hall at 5:30 PM
Every 1st Thursday: Audibel Hearing Center in the back room of Bank
Fridays: Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings
7-8 pm at The Ridge Spring Library
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