Former Senator Howard Baker brought Senator Lamar Alexander to Rugby last Saturday along with John Rice Irwin, the founder of the Museum of Appalachia. In addition to touring some of the historic buildings, Senator Alexander bought some of the heirloom Trophy Tomatoe plants that Historic Rugby is now selling at the Commissary. Below are a couple of pictures courtesy of Steve Logan.
More Real Estate Listings
Gail Sparks and her husband of Gail's Paint & Wallpaper in Jamestown have remodeled a small cottage on .96 acres in Rugby and have it for sale, listed at $87,500. To see the property, enter the drive just to the west of the old Central Avenue loop. One fork goes down to the Central Avenue Motor Lodge. The left fork goes through a gate and up the hill to the cottage. The real estate agent is Troy Gammon who can be reached at 931-445-6022. Here's a link to the listing online, with pictures and more details: http://realfocus.kaarmls.com/r?A1099328B710
Church Rummage Sale
Christ Church is planning a rummage sale again this year during the Rugby Spring Festival. Benita Howell asks that you please set aside items as you do spring cleaning and wardrobe shifting. Items that have sold especially well in the past are household and kitchen items; dishes and gift ware; children's clothing, bedding, toys, games and books; small appliances or tools in good working condition; and adult clothing in good condition.You can bring items by Friendly House on Sunday mornings, on Monday mornings at exercise class time, or contact Benita Howell and Tom and they can arrange to meet you at Friendly House (423-628-5521 or bjhowell@highland.net).
Trumbo News
Carol Lynn Yeates, Mara Trumbo's eldest daughter visited from the UK for three weeks and helped the Trumbo’s with their move from Florida by packing and unpacking over one thousand boxes. Mom rewarded her with a day kayaking and horse riding. Carol Lynn was awed at the Rugby residents' welcome and generous hospitality during her stay and has e-mailed asking to pass on her "Thank You."
The Trumbo residence is receiving final touches and Mara's art studio has been converted into a studio-apartment while she trades her paint brushes for a bottle opener (she's a sales assistant at the Highland Manor Winery) for a couple of years. Anyone knowing of someone looking for a cozy accommodation with all brand new furnishings please contact the Trumbo’s.
One Stroke Painting art classes by Mara Trumbo will be held the last Sunday of each month from 2:00pm to 5:00pm at the Trumbo residence Glenwood Manor, 160 Glen Avenue, Beacon Hill, Rugby. The cost of $25.00 per class will include the use of all required art materials and a take-home project completed during the class. Phone (423)628-6591 or e mail Cadisama@earthlink.net for full details.
Birthdays
April 27 - Douglas Cooksey
April 28 - Elmer Alley
Calendar of Events
April 26 – Spirit of Red Hill reopens for the season at 10:00 am EDT
May 3 - Community Potluck 7:00 pm EDT
May 9 – History Club 7:30 pm EDT
May – 17 & 18 – 34th Annual Festival of British & Appalachian Culture at Historic Rugby 10:00 am to 6:00 pm EDT both days. Admission daily $8 for Adults; $4 for K-12 Students, Preschoolers free, 2 day pass $12
Historic Rugby Workshops – contact Historic Rugby at 1-888-214-3400 or locally at 628-2441 for details and reservations or check online for more information at http://www.historicrugby.org/workshop/workshop.htm
April 26 & 27 – Honeysuckle Basketry with instructors Beth Hester and Scott Gilbert
Exercise Group - Monday and Thursday at 9:00 am EDT at the Friendly House
Quilters Group - Wed. and Sat. 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT at the Friendly House
NATURE NOTES by Linda Konig
Once more, April has brought me her bounty of wildflowers, and Jack and Dot Carman spent this past weekend in Rugby, leading wildflower walks, showing his beautiful slides and autographing his book, Wildflowers of Tennessee.We got to talking about pollinators at dinner Saturday night in the Café and I decided to look up some of the wildflowers we had seen that day. I have three books that tell about the “forgotten” pollinators. The best book I had for this purpose was a small one, Southeastern Wildflowers, which lists the pollinators for the wildflowers the book covers. Only one of the spring wildflowers I looked up were pollinated by honeybees – Bloodroot. Bloodroot is also pollinated by bumblebees, mining bees, and bee-like flies. Here is my list:
· Jack-in the Pulpit and Wild Ginger are pollinated by fungus gnats and beetles
· Spring Beauty by a small ground-nesting bee and long-tongued bee flies
· Dutchman’s Breeches by bumblebees
· Trout Lillies by tiny flies
· Bird’s Foot Violets by small bees and butterflies
· Bluets by tiny flies
· Mayapple by bumblebees
· Fire Pinks by hummingbirds and other pollinators with long tongues such as butterflies
· Rue Anemone by tiny, almost invisible flies
· Trilliums by bees and beetles, carrion flies
Why are so many early wildflowers pollinated by insects other than honey bees? Partly because they bloom so very early, while the weather is still chilly.
