The Harrow Road Café is
now open the rest of the weekdays. Beginning today the Café will be opening Monday
through Wednesday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern (10-3 Central) with a lunch menu
featuring soup, salads, and sandwiches.
Thursday through
Sunday the hours will remain the same:
· Thursday
– (lunch and dinner) 11a.m. to 8 p.m. EDT
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Friday
and Saturday – (breakfast, lunch and dinner) 8:30 a.m.to 9 p.m. EDT
·
Sunday
– (breakfast and lunch) 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT
Festival Photos
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Philosophy Club Meeting Scheduled
Philosophy Club Meeting
this month will be at Vi Biehl's house at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 23.
We'll be discussing Don Miguel Ruiz's books including The Four Agreements and The Fifth Agreement. – Amy Barnes
Thanks from Annie and Donna
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| Annie and Donna try their new shades |
MANY, MANY THANKS TO A BUNCH OF “SHADY” CHARACTERS!
We want to send our heartfelt “thanks” to everyone
who showed up recently for The Great Roman Shade Hanging party at
Alexander-Perrigo House. What a bunch of hard-working folks – we were just in
awe of the shade-hanging prowess of this group! To all those who hoisted
drills, measured, struggled with those @*(*!)# brackets, went up and down
stepladders, were the “lovely assistants” handing out hardware, etc., were
gofers, the folks who cooked and baked and provided the worker bees with lunch,
and those who offered much-needed encouragement, we are so grateful to you all.
We hope you take great satisfaction in playing a part in making sure the
Alexander-Perrigo House/Spirit of Red Hill actually did open Friday. You’re the best.-- Annie Patterson and Donna Heffner
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| Boyd Mitchell in bee gear |
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| 2011 Reception after Annual Meeting |
Historic Rugby Membership Meeting
Just a
reminder that Historic Rugby’s annual membership meeting is set for Sunday,
June 23, 2013, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. We really hope as many of
you as possible can plan on coming. In
addition, we wanted to remind everyone that any member of Historic Rugby current on dues as of May 24, 2013, is
eligible to vote at the annual meeting on the election of Board members and the
amendment of the charter. So please check your membership card and make sure
your membership is current. If you need
to renew your membership it is very easy to do online at www.historicrugby.org/membership.php
Non-members
who are interested in Historic Rugby are also welcome to attend (and we hope they
will become interested in joining the membership!), so feel free to bring a
friend or relative – Benita Howell
Birthdays
May 20
- Charlie Erickson and Vince Neary
May 23 - Tyler Myers and Louise Brewster
May 27 - Don Barkman and Irving Martin
Calendar
Rugby is in the Eastern time zone, just
barely
Sat. June 1 – Laurel
Dale Cemetery Lantern Tour – 7:30 p.m. Come meet several NEW characters from
Rugby’s past in their own words. Contact Historic Rugby for
more information.
Sun. June 9 –
Appalachian Writers Series welcomes Sallie Bissell – 3 p.m. http://salliebissell.com/?page_id=12
Free.
Sat. June 15 –
Antique Street Fair – enjoy browsing an incredible array of antiques and
vintage wares in Rugby
Sun. June 23 –
Historic Rugby Annual Membership Meeting – followed by a reception on the porch
for new Executive Director Zach Langley
June 29 – Rugby Independence
Day picnic will be the Saturday before July 4 at John and Kathy Hicks’ house
More
About Red Bats
By Linda Konig
I still haven't seen any Eastern Red Bats for sure, but remain hopeful
that any evening now I will. It's almost time for their young pups to be
born. That’s usually in June. But the
unusual thing about their pregnancies is that the parents mate in late summer
or early fall, but through a special trick of Mother Nature, the female doesn't
actually become pregnant until the following spring! I assume this is because of the rigors of
migration or winter which would make it hard for the female if she were pregnant. As I wrote last week, they can have as many
as four pups. Often, two of them will be
biological twins. Incidentally, Eastern
Red Bats mate while on the wing – Zoom, zoom! There may be other bats that do
this also.
I found another great photo of a Red Bat on the web, a
close-up. Look for it at www.kentuckyawake.org/Eastern_Red_Bat
. Notice the wing that you can see
through. Amazing creatures! I've only recently learned that different bat
species have different audio frequencies. I wish I could hear one again. Usually
only children can hear some of them without the help of technology because children's
hearing is more acute. Alas! When I first moved to Rugby 15 years ago, I could
hear some of the bat squeaks as I watched and listened at Newbury. Guess I need a bat-detector. They pick up the high frequency sounds of
bats and translate them into lower frequencies (below 20 kHz) for humans to
hear.
I still enjoy watching them at twilight at Newbury Pond. I sat out
there several nights ago for a while and saw two bats. I still haven't seen any over my yard this
year, though. I've read that they're creatures of habit, tending to follow the
same flight paths each night, live in the same areas from year to year, etc.,
so surely I'll start seeing them fly over my yard just before twilight soon. People
often see them around streetlights as they eat moths, flies, flying beetles and
other such delectable goodies.
This Week’s Editors: Rick Murphy and George Zepp
