CITY NEWS: Despite soggy ground and cold winds, lots of excited kids lined up around the bandstand at the Ridgeway City Park on Saturday to take part in the annual Easter Egg Hunt. It took the children about 15 minutes to completely clean the park of candy, toys and filled eggs. The event was organized by the Ridgeway Community Betterment Association. The association would like to thank all the donors who helped provide all the goodies as well as all those who came out to stuff eggs, set up for the event on Saturday and clean up afterward.
RCBA will hold their monthly business meeting on Monday, April 13 at 7 pm in the Ridgeway Community room in City Hall. They will start planning the annual 4th of July post-parade lunch as well as ideas to help the community celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. If you are interested in volunteering with RCBA, either by attending a meeting or volunteering with one of their events or projects, please contact a board member or email ridgewaycba@gmail.com for more information.
The Ridgeway Board of Aldermen will meet on Tuesday, April 14 at 6 pm in the Ridgeway Community room in City Hall – please note the change of date! If you have an item to be added to the agenda, please contact Brooklyn Scobee, city clerk, during office hours.
Are you ready for some more Bingo? After taking a break for April, Bingo will return to the Ridgeway Community Room at 6:30 pm on Monday, May 4. There are always three winners per game and lots of prizes for all ages. Free-will donations are accepted for snacks and prizes and donations of snacks are deeply appreciated. Fun for the whole family!
SCHOOL NEWS: The Ridgeway R-V Board of Education will meet tonight (April 8) at 6 pm.
The preschoolers had an exciting week. They came to school one day last week to find baby chicks in the incubator in their classroom. The Easter Bunny also snuck into their room and hid goodies in their classroom for them to find.
Ridgeway hosted the March 24 Scholar Bowl competition. They hosted teams from Tri-County, Winston and Gilman City. Congratulations, East Harrison Bobcats on your wins!
The junior high Bobcat track teams will participate in the Albany JH Warrior Relays on Thursday, April 9. Next week, they will compete in the South Harrison Middle School Bulldog relays on Monday, April 13 and in the Stanberry JH Invitational on April 16.
On Friday, April 10, the varsity track teams will compete in the Stanberry Invitational, then they will head to the Gary Ferguson Relays in Trenton on April 16. Good luck to all the East Harrison teams!
SOCIETY: The community sewing group will meet Monday, April 13 at the Ridgeway Baptist Church from 1 pm to 4 pm. All are welcome and no sewing experience or sewing machine needed.
CLOSING: If you know of any events or plans around town that you would like to see shared with others, please send me the details by Sunday evening! Thank you for reading! Wave to your neighbors!
Upcoming Events
April 13 – Community Sewing Group, Ridgeway Baptist Church, 1pm – 4 pm
April 13 – Ridgeway Community Betterment Assn meeting, 7 pm, Ridgeway Community Room
April 14 – Board of Aldermen meeting, 6 pm, Ridgeway Community Room,
Apr 23 – Spring Concert & Farmers’ Appreciation Dinner, 6 pm, Ridgeway School Gym
May 6 – Bingo! 6:30 pm in the Ridgeway Community Room
June 26-27 – Citywide Garage Sales
July 4 – Ridgeway 4th of July Celebration
Ridgeway News Updates
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