September 13, 2010

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

Again there were seven vendors at the Farmers’ Market this past Saturday. There was an addition of scuppernongs, too. Several plan to keep coming until the Saturday of the Harvest Festival, October 23.

From the Aiken SPCA, if you want to have your dog or cat spayed or neutered, there are programs available for as low as $15 to get this done for you. Transportation to the Aiken SPCA for your pet may be included, if necessary. Call us at 648-6863 or go online to http://aikenspca.org for details.

On Saturday, September 18th from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM the antique shops of Ridge Spring will have a sidewalk sale. Don’t forget there are several stores and The Nut House and the Thrift Shop that will be open then too. Then come up Green Street to Pat’s Corner Antiques and over to the Art Gallery. Dine at Juniper, buy your meat, check out the Farmers’ produce on the Square and at R & J’s vegetable stand and have a great day.

Joe Cal Watson attended the reunion of the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge this past weekend. “It was as great as the Freedom Flight. They registered on Wednesday and Thursday took a tour of Ft. Jackson on 3 buses with a M/Sgt on each bus as the tour guide. The lunch was at a Mess Hall and they were served by Pfc’s. Joe felt the caliber of these men was so good that our country was safe, Friday the CEO of the Belgium Corporation welcomed all and expressed the appreciation of his home country for what these men had done. Then the group toured the corporation that made weapons here is our area. Many watched the football game. Joe then rode in an old Mercedes convertible during the parade the next day. There was an autograph session and Joe signed his name for two and a half hours. Skipping to Sunday Joe’s son is a Methodist minister at Main Street United Methodist church. When Joe learned the reunion was to be held in Columbia, his son went into action to make sure there was a Sunday service. Pastor Joe got the head of the US Army Chaplin corp. and the Major General preached. The Ft. Jackson Band performed and the church was filled to capacity. The next meeting will be at Ft. Benning.

It is time to get out the information about the events in the Harvest Festival so let’s start with the Miss Harvest Festival 2010. Application can be found at www.ridgespringsc.com . It is on the right of the site. Just click and down load.

Miss Harvest Festival 2010 Saturday, October 16, 2010

Junior Division ~ (ages birth - 8) 10:00

Doors to the Ridge Spring Civic Center will open at 8:30 AM for practice. All contestants are asked to be there no later than 9:30 PM to register and pick up their number and any photogenic pictures. Contestants will be judged in short pageant dresses. Winners will receive a crown, banner, and trophy.

Optional sportswear will be judged first. Photogenic pictures need to be sent in with your application. More than one photo may be entered. The first photo is $10. Additional photos are $5 each. Please be sure to put the contestant’s name on the back of the picture. Pick pictures up on day of pageant. We will not be responsible for any pictures left or damaged in mailing. Participation trophies will be given.

Senior Division ~ (ages 9 - 20) 6:00

The stage will be available for practicing at 4:30. Winners will receive a crown, banner, and trophy. Optional sportswear will be judged first. Photogenic pictures need to be sent in with your application. More than one photo may be entered. The first photo is $10. Additional photos are $5 each. Please be sure to put the contestant’s name on the back of the picture. Pick pictures up on day of pageant. We will not be responsible for any pictures left or damaged in mailing. Young Miss (9-10 yrs) will have the option of a short or long pageant dress. All other divisions will need long pageant dresses. Optional sportswear will be judged first.

Miss Contestants (ages 17-20)

**There will be an opening parade of the Miss contestants. Please wear a white blouse and blue jeans. The Miss winners will receive a crown, banner, and trophy and flowers.

The "Miss" division winner will receive a $500 scholarship to the college of her choice.
This category includes interview, sportswear, best dress, photogenic and evening gown. The cost for the Miss division is $60.00. The individual interviews will be with all three judges and will last 5 minutes. The interview questions will come from your application. Please meet at the Ridge Spring Town Library at 3:00 for the interviews. After the interview, you will be asked to go to the civic center for the opening number practice (you will be saying your name and your contestant #). Please dress appropriately for the interview.

All winners must ride in the Harvest Festival Parade on October 23 in Ridge Spring, South Carolina. If you do not, the 1st runner-up will be asked to ride in your place.

All applications are due October 6, 2010. Please mail them to the address on the application. For additional information, please call Janice Cleveland – 803-275-3241 or Gina Logue – 803-637-5383 or Ridge Spring Town Hall - 803-685-5511

Mail Application To: Gina Logue, 1129 Hwy 378 E, Edgefield, SC 29843

Ridge Spring Harvest Festival Worship Service will be held on Sunday, October 24, 2010, at 8:00 AM in the Ridge Spring Civic Center. Make plans for your family to attend this service.

Vendors are invited to the 2010 RS Harvest Festival, too. October 23rd is the date. Applications may be downloaded from the www.ridgespringsc.com web site. You will be assigned a spot too. So hurry up and send those applications in.

At Ridge spring-Monetta Elementary/Middle School Sept. 23rd is Fall Picture Day. September 7 thropugh October 1All 1st-8th grade students will be taking a computer-based test at school called MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) in the fall, winter and spring. MAP is a good predictor of how the student will perform on the state standardized test, PASS (Palmetto Assessment of State Standards), that is administered in the spring of each academic year. The results of MAP are beneficial to teachers as they plan for individual, small group, and whole group lessons. The first testing window is September 7 to October 1. Please encourage your child to do his/her best on the math, reading, and language usage MAP tests. Results will be given to parents at report card conferences to be held at the end of October.

Harriet’s Garden and Floral Shop hopes to reopen in October. I had planned to open in September but am facing more surgery. So I will be opening in October.

The Ridge Spring Fire Department is running low on bottled water. When they have to work in those heavy equipment suits, the need to hydrate becomes imperative.

You can find the applications for the Pageant, the vendors, and the arts and crafts on www.ridgespringsc.com

September 18: Side walk sale

October 9: Gourd Class at AARS

October 16: Harvest Festival Pageant

October 21: HF Bingo

October 22-23: Harvest Festival

October 24: Community Church Service

August 30, 2010

Ridge Spring News

Harriet Householder

From the Mayor's Desk: It looks like we will have a first with the Aiken Standard's supplement, The Ridge Spring Monthly. We have enough news and hopefully enough advertising to support the paper. If you have anything that you would like to have in the paper, please contact Harriet Householder, and she will get it to the paper. As you have heard, the library will be closed for a while as we have found some mold in the bathroom area. August was such a humid month that the air conditioning was not able to remove all the moisture, and we developed a problem. We have removed all the books and the computers for the time being. Please bear with us while we take care of the problem. Harvest Festival is quickly approaching, and the committee has finalized its plans. We will be absent the rides this year, but are working toward replacing them with a tent circus for next year. We will have the regular Town Council meeting on September 6.

On this Saturday, September 4th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Recovery Works at the Ponderosa will present a free concert at the Gazebo. George Croft and the Vellatones will play shag and beach music and all are welcomed. Please remember no alcoholic beverages. Come and enjoy the music and you can always dance.

From Pam Long: “We had a very nice Mini Festival, and we would like to thank Ridge Spring Harvest Festival for the use of the Bingo equipment and all the surrounding businesses for prizes.”

We have another new addition to the Harvest Festival weekend. “All are invited to join in fellowship at the inaugural Ridge Spring Harvest Festival Worship Service. The churches in the town of Ridge Spring have come together to provide a service which brings all of God’s people together in one location to honor our Lord and Savior. The Churches represented are Ridge Hill Baptist, Ridge Spring Baptist, Young Second Baptist, Ridge Spring United Methodist, and Grace Episcopal Church of the Ridge. The service is planned for Sunday, October 24, 2010, at 8:00 AM in the Ridge Spring Civic Center. Make plans for your family to attend this service. For more information call: Lavern Berry at 803.685.7121 or Kevin Yon at 803.685.5048.”

Many people ask me about the flowers in front of The Nut House. They are Mandevillas and I bought them from Harriet's Garden. All I do is add water and fertilizer, and they do great.

Anyone interested in a crafter's booth for the 2010 RS Harvest Festival on October 23rd, please contact Joanne Crouch @ (803)685-5577 or email at crouch1@pbtcomm.net. Cost is $30 for 12x12 booth and includes 1 bar-b-que ticket.

The Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle in the history of America, occurred 65 years ago. Joe Watson was a participant in this battle and will attend a reunion of Veterans of The Battle of The Bulge the first week of September. The activities of the reunion will be reported on next week.

We are sorry to see that The Rose Cottage is closing. This bright spot on Main Street will be missed. We wish Mrs. Holmes the best and hope someone will take over and continue what shehas started

Harriet’s Garden and Floral Shop hopes to reopen in October. I had planned to open in September but am facing more surgery. So I will be opening in October.

Juniper Restaurant will be closed Labor Day, September 6th.

Submitted by Jean Gregory: The Ridge Garden Club is having its 70th anniversary celebration next Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. We will meet at Juniper's for lunch at 12:30 PM. We will adjourn to the gazebo for a brief meeting and view the work done around the tractor.

The Aiken SPCA Thrift Store in downtown Ridge Spring will be open Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays 10am to 4 pm, Thursdays 10am to 6pm To volunteer, donate or for more information about the store, please call (803) 522-2203.

On Saturday, September 18th from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM the antique shops of Ridge Spring will have a sidewalk sale. Don’t forget there are several shops and The Nut House and the Thrift Shop are open then too. Then come up Green Street to Pat’s Corer Antiques and over to the Art Gallery. Just make a day of it. Tony Bartl and a few other vendors will still be on town square. Come every Saturday and tour our unique town.

The Ridge Spring Fire Department is running low on bottled water. When they have to work in those heavy equipment suits, the need to hydrate becomes imperative.

At its August meeting, American Legion Post 133Commander, Phillips Boatwright, was presented with a plaque honoring those servicemen from the Ridge Spring, Ward and Monetta areas that were killed in action while serving our Nation during WW-2, Korea and Vietnam. The plaque, which will be prominently displayed in the Post, was presented by member Cort Proctor in memory of his uncle, Cpl. John G. Miller, who was killed in Korea.

Ridge Spring's new website is up and running. To look at the new website go to www.ridgespringsc.com You can find the applications for the Pageant, the vendor and the arts and crafts applications, too.

The Farmers’ Market is still going. There were 5 vendors selling crowder peas, corn, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, hot, red and green peppers, and okra. Come on down and enjoy.

September 4: Free concert at the Gazebo 6:00

September 11: Mosaic Class at AARS

September 18: Side walk sale

October 9: Gourd Class at AARS

October 16: Harvest Festival Pageant

ART ASSOCIATION OF RIDGE SPRING

IN THE NEWS

BY JOANNE CROUCH, AARS President

The Art Association of Ridge Spring would like to announce our Free Fall Art Lecture Series at the Art Center of Ridge Spring. These 3 lectures are free to the public on the 2nd Sunday of each month beginning in October.

The first in the series, “The Gourd’s Transformation: Utility to Art,” will be hosted by Joanne Crouch. She will tell about the gourds many uses from years ago. She has the gourd that hung at her great-great grandfather’s well and is at least 75-years-old. She will speak on the many uses of gourds on pyramids and farms. She will also demonstrate the gourd art in publications that have evolved in the last 20 years. She will show some of her gourd art that is in the gallery. On November 14th, Gwen power will host our second lecture, ”Making paper icicles and snowflakes for Christmas decorations.” On December 12th, Gloria Grizzle will present a slide presentation on “Meteoran Iconography.”

The Art Association of Ridge Spring would like to announce that we are changing the name of the building formerly referred to as The Gallery to the Art Center of Ridge Spring. We are a gallery, but we also have activities that include, but or not limited to, classes, community meetings, workshops, lectures, and art camps.

AARS is developing an art library for members and the community. At present, we have a small collection of books on art history, pottery, and photography along with assorted magazines. Our goal is to also build a DVD/VHS library. We would like to have a collection that “how to” titles that interested parties could come in and view privately.

The gallery is opened on Fridays and Saturdays from 10-4. Please come by and visit.

AARS Artist Call: AARS is actively looking for new artists to display in the Gallery. Please contact an AARS member about the details.

AARS Membership Call: AARS is currently looking for new members to join us in displaying, promoting, and enjoying art in our area. Our activities include, but are not limited to, displaying art for viewing and for sale; providing classes for children and adults; providing support for community events; and hosting the annual RS Student Art Show. Please join us in the quest to increase art awareness in our community.

CLASSES

Mosaic Class- Barbara Yon will offer a Mosaic class on Saturday, September 11th from 9-12. Class cost is $30. Please call Joanne Crouch @ (803) 685-5577 to pre-register for the class. Fifteen dollars is needed to reserve a spot in the class.

Gourd class-Joanne Crouch will teach a Cascading Leaf gourd class on Saturday, October 9th from 1-3. If you like the shape of some of the leaves from your yard, bring them. No two gourds will be identical. The gourd will have fall leaves all over it. This is a beginning painting class. All supplies will be provided for the $25 cost. This can becomea permanent part of your fall decorations. Contact Barbara Yon @ (803) 685-5386 to pre-register for the class.