March 16, 2019
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
The
Town of Ridge Spring was decorated with quilts and more quilts.. There were two
winners of prizes. The raffle winner of
the quilt was Suzanne Barns and the sewing machine door prize was Joyce Outz .Both were excited and
delighted to get their prizes. Again nthe sewing machine door prize was donated
by Creative Sewing Machine Center.
The next event will be Magnolia
Ridge Antique and Art Gathering in May.
More details in the coming columns.
Friends
of Ridge Spring will meet Thursday evening at 5:30 PM at Town Hall. All are welcome.
Olde
Treasures is excited to announce that our vendor, Early Rose Vintage
is bringing us Junk Gypsy paint! It is out for you to purchase now. They are also currently working on a class
schedule for beginning, intermediate and advaced furniture painting classes. If you are interested, contact Olde
Treasures.
RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: During March the members of RSUMC will be gathering and assembling hygiene/health bags. These will be delivered to Christian Ministry in B/L. Hard to believe some walk into the Ministry with nothing but the clothes they are wearing. The bags include but are not limited to: full size towel and wash cloth, tooth brush/paste, bar soap and other hygiene items. The entire list of items is taped on a front window at the FLC or you may contact a church member. If you’d like to help leave donations on porch of either FLC or Church. The day which we assemble bags will be posted in these columns. Like us on Face Book. Join us for Sunday Services. The season of Lent is a time for self-reflection. Join us, as Pastor Ashely takes us on this journey through her messages
Art
Center in Ridge Spring Joanne Crouch
CLASSES:
Watercolor: (experienced
watercolorist only) April 26th and –Friday, Saturday-10-4-
2
day workshop with Anne Hightower Patterson White-$130. Fee must be paid by Friday, April 19th
to secure the class. Anne is a accomplished artist and her workshop, “Where do
I go from here?”, will help the artist solve those problems that plaque their
watercolor art.
Saturday, March 23rd-Chipcarved Gourd
Birdhouse-Linda Lake, $45 includes all supplies including a chipcarving knife
that retails for $15-$18. Recommended
for ages 12 & up. Deadline for
registration is March 8th.
More
classes are scheduled for April and May. Contact Joanne Crouch to register for
classes. Contact info: joanne.crouch26@gmail.com or (803)685-5577 and
leave message or you can register at the Art Center of Ridge Spring behind the
Civic Center when we open in March.
Saturday, April 13th 1:30-4:00-“Jewelry
fit to a Tea”-Joanne Crouch-Students will make a necklace using recycled tea
bags and used coffee filter to make an original art piece. Dyes, encaustic wax and items from the
hardware store will be used to make your one-of-a-kind piece. Cost is $25.
All items will be included along with a tutorial for the class. No previous experience required.
Monday, April 15th Bird
Feeder-$35-Kim Ruff-6:30-8:30. Ages 10
& up.
.Monday,
May 13thJoyful cups-$35-Kim Ruff, $35. A hand built cup that has a statement of joy for its
maker. A second cup could be made as a companion- both will be stamped
and painted with stroke n coat glazes.
Josie Rodgers
Johnston Peach Blossom Beauty Pageant applications are now available. The pageant is Sat., Mar.
30, @ Johnston Elementary School. There is a $500 scholarship for the Miss winner (ages 17-20). For more info,
contact Janice Cleveland.
RSM Elem: Please
help us spread the word! 4K registration will finish on Fri., March 29, at the
elem school. Children must be 4 years old on or before September 1, 2019. The
first 50 children who register and complete a screening will receive a prize!
The following documents are required to register your child: 2 Proofs of
Residency, Birth Certificate, SC Immunization Form, Medicaid card (if
applicable), and Proof of Income (paycheck or W2). Contact the school for more
info.
RSM High: The Woman’s Study Club of Ridge Spring recently donated $2000 to the
middle & high school library. The club received a $1000 grant from the
General Federation of Women’s Clubs of South Carolina Progress Foundation &
raised $1000 to match the grant so then the $2000 gift was given to the
library. Librarian Patti Powell received the check from Faye Powell,
education chair of the club. Principal Kyle Blankenship and AP Jody Moots
were also present.
RSM High: The Trojan
Track Team competed in their first regular season meet Mar. 13 at
Batesburg-Leesville. RSM was the only 1A team competing against 2A, 3A, and 4A
schools. The girls came in 7th with points being scored by Katelyn
Kirk placing 5th in the 1600 meter race. Destiny Glover placed
7th in the shot put and 5th in the discus throw. The boys placed 6th
overall by beating Newberry. The freshmen superstars, Jevon Morris and Vincent
Romero, scored 14 of RSM's 29 total points. Jevon Morris placed 2nd
in the discus with a throw of 115 feet 4 inches, while Cameron Davis had
a personal best throw of 83 feet 7 inches. Vincent Romero had a personal
best in both the 1600 and 3200 meter runs, where he placed 12th and 3rd respectively. De
Daniels placed 4th in the high jump with a personal best for the
season by clearing 5 feet 2 inches. The meet ended with a great show in the 4 x
400 meter dash with Cameron Davis and Da'Quon Hicks leading the
relay. Also, 7th grader J'Krayh
Taylor & 9th grader Jamaal Daniels
completed the race for 3 points towards the team effort. Great job to all
participants.
Review from
David Marshall James: "The Vanishing
Man" by Charles Finch
After apparently closing
his Charles Lenox mystery series, set in mid-Victorian England, the erudite
Charles Finch has brought back his detective, age 26, before the events of Finch's--
and Lenox's-- first novel, "A Beautiful Blue Death."
This prequel, the
author's latest book, finds Finch writing at the top of his form, with a plot
involving the most powerful duke in the realm, who resides near the Houses of
Parliament in a Thames-view manor with a seemingly endless supply of
velvet-curtained drawing rooms decorated with museum-worthy objets d'art.
However, none musters the
rarity of a certain portrait, bearing a riddle leading to an even greater
artifact.
Per the portrait's sitter
and further details, we're not going to cut a caper-- nor the mutton to it-- to
paraphrase the subject, a very famous British author. Let's even say The
Most Famous One.
Goodness gracious, the
millennials probably think we're referring to J.K. Rowling. As much as we
applaud her Potter books, let's remember that Finch's novel is set in 1853, and
guess again.
It's a doozy of a story,
filled with jaunts all over London as well as to country castles and
churchyards.
Where germane, Finch frequently
supplies the stories behind the origins of such words and phrases as
"cottage," "clue," "cock-and-bull," and
"tips."
For comic relief, there's
a prepubescent Etonian in residence Chez Lenox for two weeks. This young
cousin is prone to patter with pompous noblemen, including the aforementioned
duke.
To pull everything
together, Finch compares and contrasts father/child relationships, back to the
subject of the duke's mysterious portrait up to Lenox's own, deceased,
father. That theme dovetails with that of the sentimentality prevalent
during the Victorian Age-- a period that Finch does proud.
Harriet's
Garden Tips: My tomato seedlings
are up 3 inches. I have started
Celebrity, Better Boy, and Whopper. My
tomato plants look great. I also have
pepper plants. I have run out of room in
the shop because all the seeds are coming up.
I am repotting the tomato plants now. I will have done it two or three
times before selling time-which is getting closer and closer. The peach trees are gorgeous. I hope they survived the short freeze. Those weeds are getting a head start
too. Get out there and pull, pull and pull
some more up. Pine straw is a wonderful
bed cover, too. So rake a friend's yard
with the understanding that the pine straw is yours.
REMINDERS
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 Thursday 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
Security
Bank Hours: Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9-12 1-5, Wed. 9-12
Ridge Spring Town
Hall: Monday
- Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm, Sat. 8:30am - 12:30pm
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