July 5, 2019
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
The Friends of Ridge Spring is sponsoring a book signing July 13 at 3:00 PM for James Scott who authored the book Changing Faces which is a biography of James' growing up in Ridge Spring and his career in the Army. He will have books for sale at the event that will be held in the old First Citizen's Building.
The Ridge Spring Farmers' Market is a wonderful asset for our town. We were so fortunate to have had Emma
Jeannette Carr to be a great part of it.
Each Saturday morning faithful customers could find their friend
Jeannette at the market beside a flat-bed trailer overflowing with her garden
vegetables along with peaches and other produce grown at Titan Farms. Jeannette
lost her battle with cancer on April 1.
As a tribute to Jeannette and her many faithful customers, all proceeds
from the Saturday Sales will be donated to an endowment honoring her love of
gardening fresh vegetables and fruits. These
endowment dollars will be used to advance vegetable gardening education and
outreach through Clemson's Cooperative Extension Service. Gifts may be made on line, by phone or mailed. Information is at the end of the column.
23 Mercantile Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting
Ridge Spring welcomes the arrival
of a new destination shop. 23 Mercantile
is making its debut on Saturday, July 13
at 10:00 am with Ribbon Cutting at 9:45 am.
23 Mercantile is
nestled between the walls of a mid-1800’s brick storefront that features not
only the exposed handmade and air dried bricks but the original heart pine
floors and antique gas station lighting fixtures above its center aisle; a real
step back in time with just the right touch of modern when you enter the double
doors. It is located on SC Highway 23 which is a forty-four mile long stretch
of road that encompasses seven small towns, fields of agriculture, and many l00
plus year old homes. The ride itself is
something worth experiencing.
Come experience, taste, smell, feel
and explore all that this shop and the town of Ridge Spring has to offer. It is the goal of 23 Mercantile to make this
a shop that is worthy of your loyalty not only because of the quality and
variety of the products available to you but also because of the quality and
friendliness of the customer service we provide.
Showcased in this shop are antique
and vintage furniture and findings, painted furniture, home décor pieces, essentials,
gifts, and Frenchic® Chalk and Mineral Furniture Paint. Workshops are scheduled.
23 Mercantile offers many locally
sourced and handmade gift able items from companies that stand behind their
purity and quality. Examples are: Just
Wanna Melt, Mission Essentials, Sallie’s Greatest, Century Farm Crosses, Cook’s
Produce, Faithful Foods, Iron Brew Coffee, Alaska Artisan Coffee, Simply
Farmhouse, and Lou’s Paper; with additions forthright.
Join in on the celebration with 23
Mercantile and the other antique and specialty shops in town.
The Nut
House - Ridge Antiques and Dry Goods - Haley
Bee Boutique - Pat’s Corner Antiques - The Glass Dragonfly/Shady Ridge
Antiques. Specials are offered in each shop. Food is available through the
Blended Bakery (Trolley) serving breakfast and lunch and two local restaurants
and a roadside barbeque.
23 Mercantile Customers receive:
·
10%
off everything unless marked ND, NFD, FIRM
·
Purchasers
can enter to win a $100 gift certificate
·
Product
knowledge and demonstrations with samples
·
Refreshments
Josie Rodgers:
Palmetto
Dance Academy: Register for fall
classes now! Spaces are still available for ages 4-9 but are filling up fast.
Visit the Facebook page for the registration form link and to pay the $35 reg
fee. Email the staff with questions at director@palmettodanceacademy.com. The
latest FB post reads, “Dance isn’t just dance! It is friendships, memories, and
moments worth of those selfies or ‘usies’! It is so much more than the
technique learned and fitness gained. Perseverance, the value of practice, the
importance of team work…there is so much that will be taken into the adult
world! Never underestimate the values beyond the stage!”
Attention
softball players: On Aug. 3, Annalee Rodgers and Davis Wash, recent
graduates of Wardlaw Academy, will host a softball clinic from 8 am- 12 pm at
the Edgefield Rec Baseball Fields. Participants will learn how to slide, how to
bunt, basic hitting skilly, infielding and outfielding techniques, and those
crazy chants and cheers players yell from the dugout. The day will also include
an athletic devotional as well as snacks and drinks. Cost is $50 per girl and
is open to girls in 2nd to 6th grade. Rodgers & Wash
were starters for the varsity softball team that played for the SCISA state
championship for the past 3 years. Both have been consistently won athletic
awards from the school and been recognized state-wide for their athletic skill.
Text or call 803-480-4783 or 803-522-0586 to reserve your spot.
RSM
Elem: Mark your calendars for some important
dates. Registration will take place on Aug. 5, from 11 am to 6 pm. On Aug. 15,
enjoy a Meet and Greet between 3 and 6 pm. The first day of school for students
is Mon., Aug. 19. Visit ACPSD.net ~ About Us ~ How to Enroll ~ 5K Registration
or stop by the school for assistance. Registration will be completed online.
You must have access to PowerSchool/Parent Portal to register your child.
Please contact Mrs. Workman in the office before June. You will need to bring
your ID. Having access to PowerSchool/Parent Portal will also allow you to view
your child’s grades.
RSM High
Summer Hours: Mon through Thurs
from 7:15 – 5:45, with the exception of July 2-5. Stop by for support with
registration or for a tour of our school. Summer school is almost over with
several students completing credit recovering or initial recovery credit.
School starts Aug. 19! Go online and get your student registered!
Watson Family Reunion, August 3, 2019: This year we will celebrate the 100th birthday of
Joe Watson’s sister, Elizabeth. We are meeting in Columbia at the Marriott
Springhill Suites, 511 Lady Street to make it easier for Elizabeth to attend.
The reunion will be from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM at the hotel. We’ll have a
sandwich buffet, time to meet and catch up with relatives, and cake and ice
cream to salute Elizabeth. Since we will be in Columbia, our program will focus
on James Boatwright (1773-1857), a leading early citizen of the city. He was
the father of Burrell Boatwright, who married Sophia Watson, daughter of Elijah
Watson. Burrell and Sophia moved to Ridge Spring and were the ancestors or
relatives of many Watsons, Boatwrights, Nicholsons, and other area families. If
you will attend the reunion, please send a check for $16.97 by July 22 made
payable to Mary Edmonds, 4202 Sequoia Road, Columbia, SC 29206. If you want to
spend the night, call Marriott Hotel Reservations at 803-978-2333 for a group
rate. Please let Mary know if you have questions (803-790-7780 or marywedmonds@gmail.com.)
We hope to see you there!
Art Association of Ridge Spring
WACKY TEAPOT: Kim Ruff will be the instructor. It will be Monday July 15 from 6:30 to
8:30PM. The cost will be $35.00 and the instructor
supplies all materials. Students will
each make a one-of-a-kind wacky teapot.
Cost includes firing and glazing.
Pre-register at the Art Center on Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 to
2:00 or contact Joanne Crouch at joanne.crouch26@gmail.com
KID’S CLASS: (6-12 yrs old) Joanne
Crouch will be the instructor onSaturday, July 20 from 2:00 to 4:00. Gourd Birdhouse with cost being $25. Students will create a gourd birdhouse using
acrylic paint to create an original piece of art. To register, contact Joanne
at Joanne.crouch26@gmail.com at the Art Center of
Ridge Spring on Fridays and Saturdays from 10-2. Class limit: 12
BASIC QUILTING: Mackenzye Barfield will be the instructor and
held August 3 from 12:00-3:00 pm. $35
includes top cloth and batting. Students will bring scissors, quilting
thread, water soluble pen, safety pins, quilting needles, 10” embroidery hoop,
pin cushion, thimble and backing for your practice piece. The focus of this
class is the stitchwork and basic quilt construction process. Students
will draw their own design and execute with stitching. The project is intended to be a start in
class to be finished outside of class.
Future classes will add additional stitches and techniques. Pre-register is a MUST. To register, contact Joanne at Joanne.crouch26@gmail.com at the Art Center of
Ridge Spring on Fridays and Saturdays from 10-2. Class limit: 8.
RESIN PLAY (16 & up) Joanne Crouch is the .Instructor. No previous experience required. It will be held Saturday, August
17th 10-4 with 1 hour lunch break from 12-1
Cost: $75 Must
pre-register!!!!!!!!!!
In this class, students will explore and play within the world of resin.
Exercises will inc mixing dry pigments, acrylics, and glitter in
resin. Student provides: apron,
gloves, paper towels, 2-12x 12 canvases or 2-12 x 12 wooden supports or
combination of both. Student will
also create a resin jewelry piece and an ornament. Cost includes
two-part epoxy(retail $30-will do multiple pieces), tutorial from
artist, dry pigments, acrylics, glitter and assortment of items to embed in
resin. Joanne at joanne.crouch26@gmail.com to secure your spot.
Class is limited to 6 students. If class fills, another class will
be scheduled. Pre-registration can also be paid at the Art Center of
Ridge Spring on Fridays and Saturdays from 10-2.
Review from David Marshall James: "The Right Sort of Man" by Alison
Montclair
It's postwar London,
still picking up the pieces from the Blitz. Ration coupons are the order
of the day. A pair of black-market nylons will set milady back four
pounds (about 50 bucks in today's $$$).
Still, there's hope,
springing eternal in the human breast if not the gams, and there're Miss Iris
Sparks (never wed tho' much-loved) and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge (a war widow
with a young son; both women in their late twenties). They've set up the
Right Sort Marriage Bureau in the midst of bombed-out Mayfair; indeed, all the
neighboring edifices have been reduced to rubble.
The two women have only
recently met themselves, but they've made quite a match. The event being
a wedding reception, the idea for their biz has come quite naturally,
particularly after repeated replenishment of their champers flutes.
As for the Bureau:
What better way to get the general population back to populating?
Things are going
swimmingly until one young woman seeking the Right Sort's services turns up
stabbed to death in an alley. All ridiculously hyper-obvious clues point
to the young man with whom the Bureau matched the deceased. Not a good
advert for business, that.
"Sparks" and
"Gwen" must save the day, the Right Sort, and the unfairly incarcerated
young man who sought the Bureau's services. Seeing as how Sparks is
former Special Forces (she'll have to kill you after she tells what she did for
King and Country during World War II) and Gwen is filled with righteous rage at
her tyrannical mother-in-law, who has seized custody of Gwen's son, you had
best believe that the duo are going to outfox Scotland Yard and spring their
client from the clink.
The dialogue fizzes like
fine champagne in this delightful, caper-filled mystery-series debut, as
irresistible as a bag of butter toffees at a West End matinee. Iris and
Gwen lead a cast of characters seemingly fresh out of some theatrical
confection of the day. A particular standout is the gargantuan,
gangster-ish secretary/aspiring playwright/bill collector who met up with Iris
in espionage-training at Cambridge and has carried something of a torch-- and
we don't mean a flashlight-- for her since.
It's full-up, all-out
teatime throughout the novel, as if Dame Agatha Christie and Sir Noel Coward
had devised a collaboration to lift London out of its postwar gloom. Get
yourself a copy, lie back, and think of England.
Harriet's Garden Tips:
Water!!
Water!! And water more. Make sure when you water, an inch of water is
distributed once a week. If plants are
wilted in the morning, water quickly. Our
southern heat is hard on plants and many wilt by evening. Check those plants in the morning to make
sure they are okay. Prune lightly rose
bushes to encourage more blooms.
REMINDERS
June 8 - Labor Day in September: Ridge Spring Farmers' Market
July 13: Book signing by James Scott 3:00
Grand Opening of 23 Mercantile 10:00
August 3: Watson Reunion
Jeannette Carr Memorial: 864.656.5896,
www.clemson.edu/isupportcu, Jeannette Carr
Memorial, Annual Giving Office, 110 Daniel Drive, Clemson, SC 29631
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 - 11:30pm
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