The photo above shows Gerald Hanwright hammering and John Gilliat on top of scaffolding at the Rugby Print Shop. Photo by George Zepp.
Cheryl Cribbet says a ribbon cutting is planned once work is completed, with a big Thank You and photos of all donors, staff and Board members who are in attendance.
Legacy Concert Saturday
The 2nd Annual Benefit Concert by Legacy, “The Upper Cumberland’s Finest Classic Rock Band,” is Saturday night, August 15, outside in front of the Historic Rugby Visitor Centre. Last year’s outdoor concert with the band on the Visitor Centre verandah was fantastic. Several hundred happy folks enjoyed rock classics while supporting Historic Rugby with their donations. From the Eagles, Moody Blues, and Chuck Berry, to Bob Seger and Eric Clapton, you’ll enjoy the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s music that Legacy loves to share.
Photo of 2008 Legacy Concert
The amps go on at 7:45 p.m. Reservations not needed. Tax-deductible donations are requested at concert. (Limited seating is available – bring lawn chairs but no coolers – non-alcoholic beverages will be available.)
Local Recycling Program Expands
As predicted in Rugby Week in May, the Brewstertown trash convenience center now has recycling available for newsprint, mixed paper and tin cans – as well as the previous cardboard, aluminum cans and motor oil. (The additions just didn't happen in June, as originally announced by Morgan County's recycling coordinator.)
Be aware that space for these items is somewhat limited, so it may fill quickly if many folks use them. The repositories are three large cardboard boxes (the size used for washers/dryers) topped with wooden flip lids and parked on a trailer under the "carport" shelter on the right. There's still no place for plastic, but this new addition should be a welcome one to help keep unnecessary items out of the county's landfill.
Rugby Book Club
Debbie Harris’ living room was filled with book lovers at the first book club meeting Saturday night. The group had a pretty impressive discussion of the merits of the book, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Many thanks to Debbie for getting the book club started and for choosing such an interesting novel.
Photo at book club (left to right) Marilyn Hury, Debbie Harris, Lisa Donegan, Benita Howell, Kathy Hicks and Nora Meadows - holding the book, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Photo by Rick Murphy
The next book is The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich, being discussed on October 17.
Home Sale Correction
There was a mistake in last week’s article about the sale of Marilyn and Hadley Hury’s Beacon Hill home, Hillgrove, at 171 Offler Street. I said the house’s former name was Boone Cottage. Actually, Boone Cottage was, and still is, the name of the guest house. The main house had been called Shadowlands. In case there is any confusion, both the house and the guest house are for sale together.
For further information, go to Marilyn and Hadley's temporary website for Hillgrove:
http://hstrial-mhury.homestead.com.
You may also call them at 628-6454 or email mhury37@comcast.net.
Next Week’s Newsletter
Eric Wilson has agreed to help out with the newsletter next week. If you have any news or photos for next week’s newsletter (and we hope you will), please email them to Eric at
ericavi@highland.net
Free Mushrooms.... For the Culinary Connoisseur
By Mara and Bob Trumbo
The Trumbos have a glut of multi-colored mushrooms on their property. For those of you who know the difference between edible fungi and poisonous ones, please come and help yourselves.
P.S. The Perennial Strawberries are still producing shoots, you're welcome to those too!
Editors’ Note: This is a great summer for mushrooms in Rugby. There are several kinds, including some spectacular ones, on the trail to the Gentlemen’s Swimming Hole. We saw an impressive group of bright orange ones we think are sulphur shelf mushrooms (also called chicken mushrooms) yesterday at the base of an oak tree. As for edibility of these or any others, Rugby Week gives no advice and assumes no liability.
Birthdays
August 12 – Steve Bell
August 14 – Jim Allen
August 15 – Helen Keese & Christopher Buck
August 17 – Kasey Myers
Calendar of Events
August 14 – History Night – 7:00 p.m. Eastern at the Friendly House. Julian Bankston will speak about Margaret Percival (possibly the first fulltime female manager of a public library in the U.S.) and her connection with the Roberts family.
August 15 – 2nd Annual Benefit Concert by LEGACY - The Upper Cumberland’s Finest Classic Rock Band -7:45 Eastern outdoors in front of Rugby Visitor Centre – Reservations Not Needed. Tax-Deductible Donations Requested at Concert. (Limited seating available –Bring Lawn Chairs – NO COOLERS – Non-Alcoholic Beverages Will Be Available.)
August 22 – Rugby Summer Film Series – “Sergeant York” at 7:30 p.m. Eastern with audience conversation afterward with York’s son, Rev. George Edward York, and Dr. Michael Birdwell, an expert on Alvin York’s history and on this classic film that starred Gary Cooper. This event is co-sponsored by the Alvin York Patriotic Foundation.
September 5 – Rugby Pilgrimage, with rare tours of many private homes, as well as Historic Rugby buildings. The previous chance for the public to see inside many of Rugby’s homes was in 2007.
September 5 – Concert – Rugby Community Singers
September 12 – Community Potluck – 7:00 p.m. Eastern (Note date change due to Pilgrimage)
September 19 – Rugby Summer Film Series – “Amazing Grace” at 7:30 p.m. - chronicles the life of William Wilberforce, an 18th century Christian politician in England who dedicated his life to abolishing slavery and to the prevention of cruelty to animals.
October 17 – Book Club – 7:00 p.m. Eastern. The next book is The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich
Exercise Group – Monday and Thursday at 9:00 a.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
Quilters Group - Wed. and Sat. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
HRI Workshops
(For more details about workshops go to Historic Rugby Website at http://www.historicrugby.org/ )
August 15 – Pie/Casserole Basket – Instructor Veronica Ludlow - Make an English origin basket which was historically called an herb basket, it also makes a fabulous single pie or casserole tote.
August 16 – Corn Shuck Wreath for All Seasons – Instructor Veronica Ludlow – get ready for fall and Christmas decorating by making your own versatile corn shuck wreath.
August 29 – Beginning Knitting – Instructor Veronica Ludlow - Learn to knit – start a hand knitted scarf with embellishments.
August 30 – English Watercolor – Instructor Veronica Ludlow – Step-by-step instructions in English floral and landscape techniques. You will create art to take home.
September 12 – Fall Wildflowers – Instructor Jack Carman - Wildflower walks, slide presentation and book signing.
TO REGISTER FOR WORKSHOPS: Call (423) 628-2441 or Toll-Free 1-888-214-3400. Lodging is available at Historic Rugby with a 10% discount to all workshop participants.
Nature Notes
By Linda Konig
It's dirt dauber time again. I never tire of watching and learning more about these wasps. I've written about them before, so I won't repeat what I wrote then, but I've recently learned more about them. For instance, I've learned that the precise common name for the solid black ones is Organ Pipe Dirt Dauber (or mud dauber) because--you guessed it--their mud nests look like organ pipes.
These kinds of dirt daubers specialize in paralyzing tiny spiders to stuff into the tubes. As many as two dozen spiders will go in each cell within a tube. These spiders will feed the hatching young dirt dauber larvae, so if you don't like spiders, you might consider leaving dirt dauber tubes alone, especially if they're on the back side of a shed, etc. where they won't be seen. You can always wash and scrape away the old tubes next late summer after the young dirt daubers have left the tubes. You can tell when they've flown away by the round holes in the sides of the tubes. UNLESS a green cuckoo wasp has laid her eggs in the tubes, in which case, there won't be any young dirt daubers, only cuckoo wasps.
Dirt daubers will not sting you unless you grab or try to swat them with your hand. If you get close to the tubes while the females are stocking them, she will hover back and forth facing you as if daring you to come any closer. Just stand still and she'll soon fly away to get more mud or spiders. I've been trying to find out more about the loud drilling buzz she emits while inside the tube or sometimes at the mouth of the tube. She doesn't buzz while flying.
I found this statement on the WEB: "It has been suggested that the vibration of the wasp's wings is attuned to the resonant frequency of the mud, so that the mud picks up the vibration the same way a guitar string will hum with the sympathetic vibration from a correctly pitched voice." I leave it to the musicians to investigate this.
This Week’s Editors - Rick Murphy and George Zepp
