September 16,  2019

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

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Magnolia Ridge Annual Antique and Art Festival celebrates its 10th year!! Saturday Sept 21 2019 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. We are looking forward to another wonderful event!! Some of our 30 vendors include Miss Wilma's homemade baked goods and jams!!! Vendors booths perfectly displaying their Vintage Antiques and collectibles along with our amazing artists work and so much more!! Plenty of variety all in good taste.
We are excited to have back again the Palmetto Tractor club with a full display of their antique tractors. We are excited to have several Model A car’s on display as well!!
Food will be on sight provided by the Lutheran Men's Mission group. Our event is held on our 36 acre horse farm. It's a family and friend affair with an incredible setting amongst our Magnolia Trees, Pecan Trees and Walnut Trees! Plenty of shade!!
Please call for questions... some limited vendor spots available too. Wendy 803-617-8751

The Ridge Spring Harvest Festival Beauty Pageant will be held on September 21.  The Junior division will be Baby Miss, Toddler Miss, Wee Miss, tiny Miss and Little Miss.  Senior Division will be Young Miss, Young Teen Miss, Teen Miss, and Miss.  The winner of Miss Harvest Festival 2019 will receive a $750.00 scholarship check made out to the college of her choice.  More information can be found on line at www.ridgespringharvestfestival.com or ridgespringsc.com or call town hall at 803.685.5511. 

The Ridge Spring Harvest Festival Update: Bingo will be exciting again this year.  There will be at least 18 games with multiple prizes for each game. The Bar-Be-Que competition has 10 cookers signed up already and the judges have committed.  The Harvest Festival will serve the contestants breakfast with old fashion grits, bacon, sausage from Cones, eggs, juices, and of course coffee.  Entertainment is being lined up and the last band will perform from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Saturday. Arts & Crafts reported that they have around 20 – 25 vendors coming so far. Friday night will be “The Taste of Mexico” and will start around 7:00 PM. The Firefighter Relay  has not been done for around 20 years.  It is coming back. We will have a parade, rides and games, country store, car show and so much more.  Go ahead and put the dates on your calendar-October 10,11,and 12.

There are three farmers still at the Farmers' Market on Town Square.  Leonard Bell will have crowder peas.  Saturday mornings!!!!

RIDGE SPRING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: On Sunday a representative from Epworth Children’s Home (Columbia, SC) gave an overview of the Home’s services and mission. Epworth provides a place where a child from a broken home system can be loved, grow and learn. Since 1896, Epworth has provided children from all over South Carolina a safe environment. Receiving no funds from the Methodist Conference, Epworth has two Annual fund raising appeals September is Epworth Work Day appeal. RSUMC is proud to participate in this giving effort and we applaud their continued efforts. Thank you for what you do. If anyone would like to donate, leave cash or check (made out to RSUMC) with a church member and we will make sure it gets to Epworth.

 There will be NO Church Service on September 29, 2019. Please make a note of this.

Art Center of Ridge Spring

Beginning Quilting 1 (Hand or Machine Quilting) by Maryellen Roever, Instructor, will cost  $35 for the 4 classes.  Ages 12 and up, the dates are Monday, September 23, 30, October 7 6-8 pm.  Bring:  sewing machine (if machine quilting),  thread, bobbin, scissors, cotton fabric, pencil and paper. Contact Joanne at (803) 480-0576 or email joanne.crouch26@gmail.com to secure your spot

Coming soon: Celebrate fall's bounty amidst the season's brightest foliage Saturday, November 2^nd 6-9 pm at Somewhere in Time Manor.  A benefit for The Courage Center of Lexington SC, Carmen Holley and Amy Derrick are hosting a farm to table to celebrate Sweet Magnolia Travel’s 3^rd Anniversary.

RS-M Elementary

            Grandparent’s Breakfast:  Our school was buzzing with excitement as our grandparents visited to eat breakfast with their grandchildren.  We appreciate the love and support you give to our students at RS-M.

Book Fair:  We are excited about our fall book fair.  The book fair begins on Friday,         October 4th and ends on Friday, October 11th.  The book fair will be open from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm each day.  We accept cash or checks made payable to RS-M Elementary.  If sending a check, no change can be given.  Please remember that we charge 7% sales tax.

            Cedar Creek on the Ridge:  We would like to thank Cedar Creek on the Ridge for providing our faculty and staff with fruit and juice.  We appreciate your support!

            Box Tops:  Box Tops is changing to fit today's families. The new and improved Box Tops mobile app uses state-of-the-art technology to scan your store receipt, find participating products and instantly add Box Tops to your school's earnings online.  No more clipping. No more sending Box Tops to school. All you need is your phone. Download the ALL-NEW Box Tops app. https://www.boxtops4 education.com/     You can still clip them and send them to school.  Physical Box Top clips are being phased out of production, but may continue to be found on many products throughout the store.  We are also collecting drink tabs and bottle caps from Coke products.  We appreciate your support.  All items should be sent to the library.

            Day of Caring: This year’s event is a community project.  Our school will be cleaning out the flower beds on Merritt Street on September 21^st from 9:00 am - 11:00 am.  The flower beds are located between the Post Office and Davis Funeral Home.  Please come out, bring your tools, and help us beautify

the town.

            Yearbooks: Yearbooks will be sold through the website Treering.com.  You can purchase a yearbook at anytime by going to Treering.com and using the school's validation code.  The price for a softcover yearbook is $22.00.  Hardcover yearbooks start at $28.95.  If you purchase one before September 30^th, Treering will give you a 15% discount.  Yearbooks will be shipped to the school and given to your child by the end of May. 

Josie Rodgers

Congratulations to Texanna Miller, a graduate of King Academy and currently a junior at Clemson, for winning 3^rd place in the undergraduate poster competition at the 2019 American Society of Horticultural Science Conference. Texanna traveled to Las Vegas along with other researchers, scientists, and students to share new ideas and techniques in this particular agriculture field. Her poster was entitled “A DNA Test for Routine Prediction in Breeding of Peach Bacterial Spot Fruit Resistance.” She won 1^st place with this poster at the 2019 CAFLS Undergraduate Research Poster Competition at Clemson. Texanna is the daughter of Russ and Candice Miller of Saluda (and she’s our cousin!).

Congratulations to Alyssa Derrick for her equine accomplishments! Alyssa is 13 and in the 8th grade at RSM Middle. Mom Amanda says that Alyssa has always loved horses and was interested in riding lessons. They contacted Jennifer Mallory of Mallory Horse Farm in Leesville, and Alyssa began lessons in Sept of 2018. She did so well that Ms. Mallory entered Alyssa in her first horse show Sat. Sept. 7, at Red Bank Arena in Lexington. Alyssa rode Grace Mae and they place in both events they entered: 1^st place in Beginners Walk/Trot and 3^rd place in Begginers Walk/Trot (under 17). On Oct. 11-12, Alyssa will compete in the 2019 Columbia County Horse Show! Alyssa is a member of the Lexington 4H Horse Club that meets once a month at Calvary Chapel in Lexington. She is daughter of Russell and Amanda Derrick.

RSM High: The Trojans’ Day of Caring on Sat., Sept. 21, will be spent assisting with the Miss Harvest Festival Pageant. This is a full day of service for our students and our town for this exciting event.

The True Blue Marching Band has begun competition season! Remaining competitions include the Mustang Classic, Midland Valley, Sept. 21; Fin Fest Tournament of Bands, St. James High, Murrell’s Inlet, Oct. 5; Garden City Classic, Orangeburg-Wilkinson High, Oct. 12; Lower State Championship, Westwood High, Blythewood, Oct. 19; & State Finals, Chapin High, Oct. 26.

Review from David Marshall James:  "The Last Season:  A Father, a Son, and a Lifetime of College Football" by Stuart Stevens

James, who went on to become a Gamecock, was a little boy in Jackson, MS, many moons ago, when Archie Manning was quite the quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels.

Pat and Phineas Stevens, the author’s parents, lived a few blocks away, and James

fondly recalls “guest swimming” in Miss Pat’s pool on many occasions.  The author

remembers that pool at length in this memoir, the review of which is reprinted in a timely fashion.

   "Hotty Toddy, God Almighty!  Who the hell are we?  Flim Flam, Bim Bam, Ole Miss, by damn!"  You may find yourself cheering right along with Stuart Stevens and his 95-year-old father, Ole Miss legacy Phineas Stevens, as they root for the Ole Miss Rebels, taking in almost all of the 2013 football games "en stadium."

   Or-- as happened at Starkville, Mississippi, for the big SEC in-state rivalry with Mississippi State-- "en skybox"; otherwise, they were always practically on the field, near the fifty-yard line.

   That's a far cry and thousands of hot dogs (the Stevens' preferred "en stadium" dining choice-- one for each and one to split) from Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, the author's childhood home, where they took in a season more notable now for the arrival of James Meredith on campus.

   Rebel football traditions have changed with the intervening years.  Gone are its mascot, Colonel Reb, and the marching band's all-out rendition of "Dixie," but the game itself hasn't changed that much, if you don't count all the millions of dollars each time one is broadcast, or those "no tie" overtimes.

   And three hot dogs would have set you back less than two bucks in '62.

   Looking back fifty years allows the Stevens, pere et fils, plenty of space for reflection as they have the time of their lives experiencing yet another season.

   The author, who has written travel books and political reminiscences, needed to step back and return to his roots after managing Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign.

   As the author reflects, the joy of winning doesn't carry the same intensity as the pain of losing-- in politics as well as in football.

   Should you find yourself in Oxford, Mississippi, upon some chilly Saturday evening in autumn, just remember:  "Hotty Toddy" is the name of the game.

   Win or lose.

Harriet's Garden Tips: Soon thoughts will turn to planting trees.  Here are some facts. Small trees may grow up to 30 feet at maturity; medium trees will grow from 30 to 50 feet at maturity: and large trees will grow 50 feet or taller at maturity.  Crepe myrtle, flowering dogwood, and Japanese maple are a few of the small trees.  Medium trees include river birch and Eastern red cedar.  Large trees include live oak, southern magnolia, and red maple.  Do not plant trees to close to your house.  If you see a little oak tree growing, use a shovel to get it for the roots are deep.  Pine trees were not mentioned in my source but they do seem to just keep growing taller and taller.

REMINDERS

September 21: Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering

October 10-12: Ridge Spring Harvest Festival

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.

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 1^st 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