September
9, 2019
Ridge Spring News
Harriet Householder
How fortunate
we have been with hurricanes. Dorian missed our area yet the coast suffered a lot of destruction. I am sure most of you have seen the red car
at Myrtle Beach that decided to go surfing. It did get rescued with ceremony
and a bagpipe playing. The humanitarian aid going to the Bahamas was
amazing. My family and I visited Nassau
, Bahamas 4 weeks ago. It was so
beautiful. It was not hit, but other parts of the Islands were devastated. I know
the beauty will return.
Josie Rodgers and I were both teaching when
9/11 occurred. This is what she wrote
and I think it is perfect. Sept. 11, 2001. "I was making
copies at BL High. Amber was in 6th grade, and Annalee was 7 months
old. A fellow English teacher came in and told me about a plane hitting one of
the towers. Not long after, I stepped into this teacher’s room where he and the
students were watching the live reports. We saw the second plane hit. The rest
of the day is a blur. We all had our TVs on the news, in utter shock as events
unfolded and fears grew. For the next few days, our TVs and radios stayed tuned
into news shows, waiting to hear about rescues and retaliation. Our communities
and country came together and held each other a little tighter. We swore that
we would never forget how we felt that day. We must revisit that day, in
memoirs, articles, pictures, videos, and conversation, so that we don’t become
complacent in our patriotism and our commitment to protecting our country. God
bless America."
23
Mercantile in Ridge Spring wishes to thank everyone that came through this
weekend for the Sidewalk Sale. You made our week very successful and we
enjoyed meeting so many new folks. We loved our conversations with you
and are thrilled that we had customers from as close by as Batesburg-Leesville
and as far away as Canada. We have been overwhelmed with the
support from so many people in our new journey as 23 Mercantile. As always, we are striving to bring you the
absolute best in a small town vintage and antique shop mixed with everyday
essentials and home decor items. We want to be your destination shop for
home furnishings, decor, everyday essentials and gift purchases for others as
well as your shop for the best chalk and mineral paint to be found,
Frenchic®️. We aim to deliver the best in customer service and
friendliness.
Thank you again for your support and we look forward to seeing you the next time you stop in
Thank you again for your support and we look forward to seeing you the next time you stop in
The spade and
neuter project of feral cats will again be done this month. If you are interested please contact Town
Hall who will help you get in touch with Laura Walker. There is a fee for
residents and the fee goes up if outside of town.
Yon Family Farms: 6 LOADS of premium Angus feeders influenced by Yon Family
Farms Genetics were sold via Mid-Atlantic
Cattle Sales in Virginia and the Carolinas broadcast on DV Auction. It is a small world yet we are
far away. Fascinating!!!!
The Nut House & Country Market: We have added Covered in Cotton Blankets and farm inspired
greeting cards and graphic tees to our ever growing selection of local goods
from our friends and neighbors. There is
a lot more that just pecans to be found at the Nut House & Country Market.
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.
Application can be found on line at www.ridgespringharvestfestival.com or ridgespringsc.com or call town hall at 803.685.5511.
Register by Wednesday September 11.
Come to the Beauty Pageant and enjoy Magnolia
Ridge Antique and Art Gathering. Magnolia
Ridge Antique and Art Festival: will
be held September 21, too. This will be the second fall event for a
Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art festival. Last September we had such a great
show with both vendors as well as buyers!!!!
RIDGE SPRING UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH: The
Big Red Box (BRB) outdid itself the month of August. Over 184 school supplies
made their way into the BRB! Everything from glue sticks, note cards, paper
towels, crayons and everything in between. These items along with a $250 check
(this to help purchase kinder mats for those who might need one) were delivered
the last week of August. RSUMC is proud to work closely with RSM Elementary.
Well done!!
RSUMC
is on Face Book. Visit our page, like us and see what’s going on with our
vibrant and exciting church family. Pastor Ashley continues to ‘serve up’
meaningful and joyful messages both in words and music. Visit us soon. We will
save you a seat.
Service
is every Sunday at 11 a.m. unless otherwise noted.
Art Center of Ridge
Spring News:
FOOTBALL PLATTER CLAY CLASS:
Kim Ruff is the Instructor. It will be
held Monday, September 16th at 6:30 pm. The cost will be $35. You can make a football platter for your fan
or for yourself! Get signed up soon! We have new teachers who have joined our
association so keep an eye out for new classes coming soon.
Josie Rodgers:
RSM Mid: Coach Tisha Ward is proud to announce the middle school cheer
team: Andrea Castro, Alya Dowling, Natalie Mitchum, Bianca Romero, Heather
Osbun-Shirey, Lyndsey Flores, Lidia Renteria, & Melannie Valencia
Hernandez.
RSM High: RSM
Health Science program wants to give a big shout out to Russell Derrick and the Ridge Spring Fire Department for teaching
our classes about fires and fire extinguishers. It was extremely helpful
to be able to practice what we learned using real fire and fire extinguishers.
The Trojans football team traveled to
Whitmire last Friday and defeated the Wolverines 68-28 to gain their first
victory of the season. Key players included Daniel Harris (5 TD), Remedee
Leaphart (5 TD), Keflin Jones (1 TD) Collier Sullivan (1 TD), Nehemiah Brooks
(2 pt XP), Mike Summer (8 tackles), Bret Smith (2 pt XP), & Dantrell Weaver
(2 pt XP). Coach Brian Smith also celebrated his 100th career win as
a head football coach!
The team
also participated in a community service project on Mon., Sept. 9, at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. The team
has an open date this week and traded a day of practice for an opportunity to
help beautify and clear the graveyard to honor those who have gone before us.
The True Blue Marching Band is ready for competition season! Competitions include the
Blue Machine Invitational, Edisto High, Edisto, Sept. 14; 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.
RSM Elementary School:
Please
join us at our Annual School-Wide Title One Meeting and Open House on Thurs.,
Sept 12, from 5:30 pm–7 pm. Sessions will be held in each teacher’s classroom
to introduce you to the new school year. If you miss the first session or have
more than one child, the same information will be presented at each session. Teacher
presentations will include an overview of Title I, curriculum, policies, and
special events for the year. Sessions run from 5:30-5:55, 6-6:25, and
6:30-6:55. We ask that you please not enter the classroom if the door is
closed. This is a signal that the teachers have not completed the presentation.
Volunteer orientation will be held in the library. You must attend volunteer
orientation if you plan to go on a field trip or volunteer in your child’s
classroom. We look forward to seeing you!
Yearbooks will be sold through the
websiteTreering.com. You can purchase a
yearbook 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 30th, Treering will give you a 15% discount. Yearbooks will be shipped to the school and
given to your child by the end of May.
Validation code:1014410540564413
Morning car rider drop off begins at 7:15 am
at the side door by the gym. If you need
to walk your child to class, please enter the building by the gym and stop by
the office to receive a visitor’s sticker.
All car riders must be at school by 7:30 am in order to eat breakfast.
Afternoon
Procedures: 1. Please display your
child’s name or children’s names on your dash or visor. Name cards will be sent home soon. 2. The
driver of the vehicle must remain in the driver’s seat. 3. Please move forward when the vehicle
in front of you moves forward. 4.
Please don’t pass other vehicles. If
you want to walk up to get your child, please park in the bottom parking lot. Please wait for your child in the area marked
for parents. Please don’t walk up to the
area where children are sitting – your child/children will come to you. Thank you for helping us ensure the safety of
our children.
Review
from David Marshall James: "The
Nanny" by Gilly Macmillan
Gotta love a mystery set
in an English manor where the secrets cling to the crevices like lichens, moss,
and ivy, where startling revelations fairly drip from the timbered eaves, like
something dragged up from the depths of the nearby lake.
Jocelyn "Jo"
Holt is expecting none of this when she returns to her ancestral home following
the advent of a premature, penurious young widowhood, with her daughter Ruby in
tow.
Then again, Jo's a bit of
a dolt. Psychologically speaking in kinder terms, she's suffering
repressed memories, although even Sigmund Freud couldn't suppress an eye roll
on that line. Basically, Jo is naive to the point of blind faith and hung
up on her childhood emotions. She's far from the sharpest blade in her
Mum's set of top-drawer knives. Hhm-- and what are those all about?
Thankfully, this--
postmodernist Gothic, shall we call it, to be all posh-- novel switches points
of view to other characters, including Jo's scrumptiously bee-achy Mum, Virginia,
also a widow. You may call her Lady Holt, thanks ever so.
Milady's as cool as a
three-tiered serving of cucumber sandwiches at high tea, with lots of lemon in
the Earl Grey.
You would think
pence-less daughter Jo would be happy to return to Lake Hall, with all its bell
pulls and whistling teakettles. Yet, we've already mentioned she's more
than a tad doltish. And, not surprisingly, she has more mother issues
than an elementary-school parking lot at three p.m.
So, who's the titular
nanny and what are her back and forward stories? Suffice to say she's
neither TV's Fran Drescher, nor Bette Davis (in the 1965 British thriller of
the same name). And she's sho-heck not Mary Poppins.
British novelist Gilly
Macmillan has crafted a noteworthy mystery steeped in classic traditions but
with plenty of modern drizzle. Her wicked wisps of humor impart the sense
that she's having a fine time of it all, a feeling that is most infectious for
the reader.
Tuck into your cream tea
(Nanny says the jam goes on top of the cream on the scone), and then dive into
this lip-smacker.
Harriet's Garden
Tips: Many
people have been amazed at the plants growing at the shop and ask how? Simple, my parents worked on the soil for
years, adding compost, cow manure, peat moss, and more. Soil can be improved over time, just keep at
it. Providing your plants with healthy soil gives them the
optimum opportunity to grow to their full potential. The old fashion roses in
the back have been loved but not tended to as you can see those mean trees
growing up in their spots. When plants are in pots, fertilizing is a must. Osmocote-like fertilizer can work for 6
months, but you still need to add
diluted liquid fertilizer often. Mums
are coming in. Just remember to deadhead
the blooms to keep that beautiful plant blooming
for a long time.
REMINDERS
August 31: Town Wide Sidewalk Sale
August 31 Fall Gathering
September 21: Ridge Spring Harvest Festival
Beauty Pageant
Magnolia Ridge Antique and Art Gathering
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 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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