The next neighborhood watch meeting is this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. immediately after the neighborhood potluck dinner in the Community Building. Tiffany Terry has arranged for the Morgan County Sheriff to come discuss neighborhood concerns and to answer questions. She is also inviting the Fentress and Scott County Sheriff’s Departments. This will be a great opportunity to create a dialogue with local law enforcement. Everyone in the community is invited – all are welcome. Even if you cannot come to potluck, please come to this important meeting.
Photo has nothing to do with Sheriff's meeting - Sue Duncan, with the Big South Fork National Park Service, was dressed for Halloween as she sat on the front porch of the Commissary Sunday demonstrating how to spin using fur directly from one of her two Angora bunnies.
Saturday will most likely be the last chance this year -- and only the second chance ever -- to see Rugby's new "Lantern Tour: Laurel Dale Cemetery."
About 17 current Rugby residents are participating in this cemetery play, either portraying deceased Rugby residents in their own words or introducing them. A few presenters even play short interludes of live music to accompany the special evening. Photo to the right shows Steve Logan who very convincingly portrays a Union soldier.
Since only 40 spectators are allowed, that's a high ratio of performers to audience. The spots are likely to go fast, so reserve your spot today. (See Calendar below for details)
Find out which Rugby resident lost her love to gunfire, who designed the road to Elgin, who was lost in a river canoe accident, who spoke in a Cockney accent, and who cussed so bad he couldn't even stop around a minister's wife.
4:15 P.M. EASTERN, SATURDAY, NOV. 6, RUGBY'S LAUREL DALE CEMETERY
TICKETS: $15 ($28 with dinner, tax & gratuity not included) – reservations required 888-214-3400 or 423-628-2441
NEXT BOOK CLUB SELECTION
By Jessie Gully
The next book club meeting will be on Jan.8 and we will meet at the home of Kit and Candy Howes. Our book is AMERICAN LION by Jon Meacham.
QUILT AND QUILTERS TEA WEDNESDAY
By Linda Brooks Jones
You are invited to bring a favorite quilt, quilt pattern or quilt picture to share at the Quilt and Quilter Theme Tea, this Wednesday, November 3 at Grey Gables Bed’n Breakfast Inn, 1 to 3 in the afternoon, Eastern time. As fall transitions into winter and we rest snug in our beds memories of earlier times may come to mind. A time when some lay on a corn shuck mattress, head deep into feather pillows and the hand made quilt pulled tight to warm a chilling body. Today, the heritage of quilting is returning. Let us enjoy an afternoon repast and remembrance of a returning art.
Menu: Sweet Potato Shepherds Pie, Sautéed Broccoli and Pimento, Green Salad with Italian Parmesan Dressing, and Graham Cracker Pecan Torte
$10.00 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations Required: 423.628.5252 or greygablestn@highland.net
HISTORY CLUB
By Linda Konig
Rugby's History Club will meet on the second Friday night of November, Nov. 12, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time in the Friendly House. The program will be about Rebecca Anne Jones Guthrie Johnson, the woman for whom Rugby's new visitors centre and auditorium is named. If you've been curious to know who this woman was, come and find out as we try to "resurrect" her.
BIRTHDAYS
Nov. 3 - Rick Murphy
Nov. 4 - Bob Young
Nov. 5 - Charles Lovett
Nov. 6 - Jane Beavon
CALENDAR
Tuesday, November 2- Election Day
Wednesday, November 3 – Quilt Tea at Grey Gables 1 to 3 p.m. Eastern. $10.00 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations Required: 423.628.5252 or greygablestn@highland.net
Saturday, November 6 - Lantern Tour. 4:15 p.m. Stories from Laurel Dale Cemetery. Colorful residents will be brought back to life briefly by costumed players telling their stories. Tour only, $15; tour and dinner, $28 (tax and gratuity not included). For reservations, contact Historic Rugby at 888-214-3400 or 423-628-2441
Saturday, November 6 – Community Potluck and Neighborhood Watch Meeting – Potluck is 7:00 p.m. at the Community Building. The Neighborhood Watch meeting starts about 7:30 p.m. Representatives of local law enforcement are expected to be in attendance.
Friday, November 12 – History Night – Learn about Rebecca Anne Jones Guthrie Johnson, the woman for whom Rugby's new visitors centre and auditorium is named. 7:00 p.m. Eastern at the Friendly House.
Saturday, November 20 - Join author Stephen Lyn Bales, a naturalist, at Historic Rugby’s Rebecca Johnson Theatre for a discussion about his new book “Ghost Birds” and find out what young Jim Tanner learned during his fieldwork. Bales will have copies of the book to sell after his talk. Saturday, November 20, 4 p.m. EASTERN TIME. For more information call 1.888.214.3400 / 423.628.2441 or email rugbylegacy@highland.net
Saturday, January 8 – Book Club at the home of Kit and Candy Howes. Book selection is AMERICAN LION by Jon Meacham
Quilters Group - Wed. and Sat. 2-4 p.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
WORKSHOP CALENDAR
For Workshop Registration, contact Historic Rugby at 888-214-3400 – or email rugbylegacy@highland.net
November 6 - Fall Gatherings Workshop - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Instructor: Linda Konig. Join us in the fields and roadsides to gather dried wildflowers, seed heads, berries and nuts that will be needed to create an arrangement. Learn the names of and interesting information about all your fall gatherings. Fee: $24
November 13 - Contemporary Potlatch Pouch - 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Instructor: Judy Zugish. With design choices of twill or braid weave, simple or bold, subtle or refined, this class will engage all experience levels. Students will have a chance to explore working with cedar bark and hickory with the surprising twinkle of copper strips. In every case the results are smiles of the heart and a basket to treasure for years. Fee: $75.
By Linda Konig
I could never resist picking up any empty snail shells and saving them. There's something about their perfectly symmetrical swirl that makes me want to treasure them as you would a work of art. Never did know the name of those that are so common around here, but, thanks to a nifty little book about snails I bought this past week, I not only know the name of most of the snails I see on woodland walks, I know a great deal about their lives. The book is titled The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, and I heartily recommend it. However, if you borrow my copy, you must sign your name in blood that you will return it.
The main snail we see around here is the Neohelix albolabris. [See http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/05/08/what-a-day/.] So, what are our Neohelix albolabris (White-Lipped Forest Snails) doing this time of year? Well, if they know what's good for them, they're busy constructing, or may have already constructed, their winter homes. A snail uses its foot to dig a shallow cavity in soft humus-y soil and then makes walls composed of dried leaves and dirt to cover and surround itself. Its mucus is the glue that holds it all together. Next it makes a sort of "plate-glass wall" of extra thick mucus to seal off the opening of its shell. If the winter is severe, it may construct two or more of these mucus walls, each with a little air between. These walls act on the same principle as double windows to keep out the cold. Each wall, however, is somewhat permeable to oxygen, so that the snail can still breathe while it hibernates for the winter. Though a hibernating snail's oxygen needs are cut down to 1/50 of what it usually needs, it still has to breathe.
You could say a snail is just a slime-making factory, making many different slime "recipes," depending on the varying uses of slime. They need slime for locomotion, of course, but also to attract another snail with romance on its mind, to build their different dry summer and winter retreats, to repel enemies, and so on. The slime concoction that repels enemies can be produced instantly in large amounts and contains really toxic vile-tasting chemicals. So, if you gourmets out there plan to be eating any snails, be sure to wash and cook them first!
This Week’s Editors: Rick Murphy and George Zepp
