And the Winds Came
Rugby has experienced several storms recently with high winds. On Thursday, early evening, a strong wind and rain storm came through and caused several problems. The scariest thing we have heard about is that a large limb off the big oak next to Ivy Cottage fell directly onto the cab of the pickup truck owned by the Café manager, Mike Seagraves. Fortunately no one was in the truck.
A large walnut tree fell, pulled up by its roots, at Marlee Mitchell’s historic home, Ruralia. Fortunately it did not hit anything, although it fell very close to the new entrance sign at the Boyle Woods residential development.
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| Top photos show walnut tree down at Marlee Mitchell's. The bottom photos show tree limb that fell on Mike Seagrave's truck behind Ivy Cottage |
Kares Stonecipher with Historic Rugby was seen going
all around the village in his pickup truck picking up limbs and cutting the
larger pieces with a chain saw. Kares
had just finished picking up limbs from an earlier storm the day before.
In another misfortune unrelated to the storm, Boyd Mitchell fell
early Friday morning while finishing his morning run and broke his right
arm. We understand that Boyd will have a
cast on his arm for 8 weeks. Boyd does
not seem to be letting this misfortune slow him down as he was out on Saturday
helping to direct the parking for some of the antique cars.
“Meet the Hammonds”
You'll have the chance soon to become acquainted with the Hammond family who lived in Rugby in the early 1900s, ran the ferry across the Clear Fork, owned a store here, and left a lasting impression on Fentress County and our area. Come to the History Club meeting on Friday night, July 13th, at 7:30 p.m. EST at the Friendly House as Linda Konig speaks and shows photographs of some of the family members, their businesses, etc.
–Linda Konig
Murder Mystery Farce
Coming to Rugby
July 14 at Grey Gables.
We need 6 male characters and two female for our Rugby Murder Mystery Farce and Dinner. If you know anyone who would like to come, please let me know by Tuesday or we will have to cancel the Murder Mystery Farce. Dinner and Mystery $25 plus tax and gratuity. Should be fun. 423.628.5252
- Linda Brooks Jones
Mourning Doves
Hadley
Hury has a poem, "Mourning Doves", appearing in the current issue of The
Meadowland Review
The online link is:
www.themeadowlandreview.com
The online link is:
www.themeadowlandreview.com
Early Voting Begins Friday July 13
I
spoke to Tim Sweat, administrator of elections for Morgan County, about the
upcoming election. He mentioned that
Morgan County voters in Rugby should receive new voting registration cards in
the mail soon.The cards will correct the county district for people in Rugby who
live in Morgan County. The old cards
said we were in the Sixth District although we are actually in the Fifth
District.The district designation applies mainly for purposes of election of
our representatives to the County Commission and the School Board. He said that Rugby is currently represented
by three County Commissioners – Sue Duncan, Terry Ryan and Perry Spurling -- and
that they are not up for reelection until 2014.
The online site should be posting a sample ballot soon.
For those of you in Scott County early voting details are at http://scottelections.com/voters/early-voting-dates
BIRTHDAYS
July 12 - Jim McBrayer
July 12 - Jim McBrayer
CALENDAR
Rugby is in the Eastern time zone, just barely.
Rugby is in the Eastern time zone, just barely.
Friday, July 13 – History Night – 7:30 p.m. EST at the Friendly
House. Meet the Hammonds
Saturday, July 14 –
Mystery and Dinner at Grey Gables $25 plus tax and
gratuity. We can use a few more men characters and a smaller number of women
parts are available. Should be fun. 423.628.5252
Saturday, July 21 – Appalachian Writer Series – Author Vicki Lane. Join us for an evening with Vicki Lane as she speaks on her novel series and how it draws on the Appalachian past and present. "I think that, as an outsider, I sometimes see more clearly the wonderful things that people who grew up here take for granted." 7 p.m. Eastern/ 6 Central. Lane and her husband moved to the mountains in 1975 to learn the rural life. She soon fell in love with the Appalachian culture. Her acute understanding of the ways of the mountains is easily spotted in her novels. She is author of the Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries, the fourth of which, IN A DARK SEASON, is an Anthony nominee for Best PBO and THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS, a spinoff/standalone, centering on Miss Birdie, Elizabeth's octogenarian neighbor.
http://vickilanemysteries.com
Saturday, July 21 – Appalachian Writer Series – Author Vicki Lane. Join us for an evening with Vicki Lane as she speaks on her novel series and how it draws on the Appalachian past and present. "I think that, as an outsider, I sometimes see more clearly the wonderful things that people who grew up here take for granted." 7 p.m. Eastern/ 6 Central. Lane and her husband moved to the mountains in 1975 to learn the rural life. She soon fell in love with the Appalachian culture. Her acute understanding of the ways of the mountains is easily spotted in her novels. She is author of the Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries, the fourth of which, IN A DARK SEASON, is an Anthony nominee for Best PBO and THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS, a spinoff/standalone, centering on Miss Birdie, Elizabeth's octogenarian neighbor.
http://vickilanemysteries.com
Quilters’ Group - Wednesdays and Saturdays, 2–4 p.m. Eastern, at the Friendly House behind Christ Church
Rugby Yoga – Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m. Eastern, at the Friendly House.
Christ Church Episcopal -- Sunday morning services, 11 a.m. Eastern, year round; all are welcomed.
Historic Rugby Workshops
Kudzu Basket Workshop - July 21, 2012 at 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Finally! A use for kudzu vines! Learn to weave your very own Kudzu Basket with easy to learn techniques taught by Fuzzy Orange. Fuzzy lives near Rugby and has been studying and teaching bark basketry for many years. Anyone who has met him knows he is a joy to be around and a great story-teller. Students of his classes will be sure to have a good time. The cost for this workshop is $35. Please make advanced reservations.
To register for workshops, call toll-free 1-888-214-3400 or 423-628-2441. Lodging may be available at 1880 Newbury House and Rugby's cottages at a 10% discount to students. Food service is available at the Harrow Road Café.
NATURE NOTES
Bouquets of the Senses
Bouquets of the Senses
I got to thinking yesterday about what I would have missed had I not moved to Rugby or if I had just kept myself shut up in buildings, relying on TV, computers, shopping malls, etc. for the rest of my life. Mostly I would have missed so many bouquets of the senses -- in other words, a huge chunk of real life. You see, Rugby isn't just a group of buildings, a fascinating history, or a neighborhood of people. It's a place of mostly unspoiled natural beauty.
There's nothing like a deepening twilight in July if you're in
Rugby. Picture the silent lifting of
fireflies from the most fragrant grass you've ever encountered while a
whip-poor-will calls goodnight in the distance. The fragrance of Rugby's new-mown grass is still a mystery to me. It doesn't smell like any grass I've ever
smelled anywhere else. Or is it
something else that grows among the grass in the old yards?
As I sat enjoying the twilight a few nights ago, I tried to call
to mind all the thrilling moments that nature has given me since moving
here... too many to name them all
here. For instance, there was the first
time I saw a live red fox in the wild. He stood on a bank looking down on me, and we both stood there for a few
seconds studying each other before he slowly turned and disappeared uphill, poetry in motion.
Many are the times I've driven out to Clear Fork Farm to watch a
winter sunset with its scarlet and purple pennants flying. Before I moved here, I'd never seen the
Northern Lights or a total eclipse of the full moon; there was just too much
light pollution in the city.
I recall laughing out loud the first time I heard the sound of a
male Woodcock's ridiculous mating call at twilight and saw him in the middle of
a country lane. His physique is as
ridiculous-looking as his mating call. (For a good picture of one and a
recording of his buzzy mating call, go to
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Woodcock/id ) On the other hand, anybody would get cold
chills when he or she hears a screech owl.
And how about the unique rattling call of Sandhill Cranes flying
over? The sight of fog cradled down in the riverbed among the hills? The gentle scent of Cucumber Magnolia trees in bloom and, later in the year, the spicy smell of their dried seedpods underfoot? Speaking of feet, have you felt the lush moss with your bare feet and the icy cold of the Clear Fork? Have you tasted black raspberries or wild grapes? Well, you get the idea
So if you live here in Rugby, get out there and collect your own bouquet of the senses. If you live elsewhere, come and see our trails, rivers and springs, hillsides, roadsides -- and don't forget to keep your eyes, ears, and every other sense alive.
This Week’s Editors: Rick Murphy and George Zepp
