CITY NEWS: Ridgeway’s City Wide garage sales are this weekend, Friday Jun 25 and Saturday June 26. As of this writing, there will be sales at eight different addresses with a wide variety of items for sale! Pick up the garage sale list from City Hall, the Little Free Library, Ridgeway Technical Services/Paula’s Sewing Corner or download a copy from the RCBA website at ridgewaycba.blogspot.com.
Are you entering a float in this year’s parade? Entries may begin lining up at 10 am in the school parking lot and will start north on Main Street at 11 am. The parade will be led by local veterans. The day will also include lunch after the parade, games in the park from 2 pm to 4 pm and a fireworks display at the school put on by the Ridgeway Fire Department.
The Ridgeway Community Betterment Association will again serve lunch after the parade to celebrate the 250th birthday of our nation. They need volunteers to help prepare, serve and clean-up this year’s post parade lunch. Please consider volunteering to help make this the best 4th of July celebration possible! We will need help with cooking hamburgers and hot dogs, transporting food to the servers, serving, and clean-up. They could also use extra desserts! A free-will donations will be accepted to help defray the cost of the meal and fund park projects and local activities.
In addition to the usual 4th of July activities, the Ridgeway Community Betterment Association is hosting games in the park from 2 pm to 4 pm. Everyone is invited to join in the fun. Games (so far) include a tug-of-war competition, sack races, relays, water spray, Ladder Ball, Stuffy Toss, egg race, Simon Says, scavenger hunt, Who Dropped the Hankie?, and more for all ages! A bubble station, horseshoes, corn hole boards, croquet and a volleyball net will be available for anyone to play.
For more information about any of the day’s plans or to volunteer to help with lunch or games, please contact a board member or email ridgewaycba@gmail.com. RCBA board members are Gloria Craig, Susie Rollheiser, Kristi Reeder, Tammy Harding, Sydney Craig, Paula Scott and Joni Sequira.
SOCIETY: The community sewing group has completed a lap quilt with a patriotic theme that they will raffle off to help raise funds for the Ridgeway Community Betterment Association. The quilt measures 60” x 70” and was created by the Ridgeway sewing group to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. The blocks were lovingly pieced by various members of the group coming together to honor our nation’s heritage with stars, stripes, and enduring symbols of freedom. They will sell tickets in the park during the 4th of July games for $1 for one ticket or 6 for $5. Tickets may be purchased before July 4 at Paula’s Sewing Corner at 408 Main St.
The sewing group will meet next on July 6 from 1 pm to 4 pm at the Ridgeway Baptist Church. All are invited to join the work and fun! You do not need a sewing machine or experience, only a willing heart and hands. The group creates quilts and other sewn items as service projects for both local and distant needs.
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!
Upcoming Events
June 26-27 – Citywide Garage Sales -- Sale list available at City Hall, Little Free Library, and the shop at 408 Main St.
July 4 – Ridgeway Fourth of July Celebration
10:00 am: Parade line up at Ridgeway School parking lot
11:00 am : Ridgeway parade begins up Main Street
Post Parade: Lunch served at old Ridgeway Hall and Community Room.
2 pm – 4 pm: Community Games in Ridgeway City Park
Dusk: Fireworks sponsored by Ridgeway Fire Department, Ridgeway School grounds
** No Bingo or Scrapbooking due to the holiday!
July 6: Community Sewing Group, 1 pm – 4 pm, Ridgeway Baptist Church
July 13 – RCBA meeting, 7 pm, Ridgeway Community Room
July 20 – Board of Aldermen meeting, 6 pm, Ridgeway Community Room,
Aug 3 – Bingo, 6:30 pm, Ridgeway Community Room
Aug 8 – Electronics Recycling event, 9 am – noon, Old Ridgeway Hall.
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