Holiday Appalachian Bluegrass Concert Saturday
Call toll-free 888-214-3400 for ticket information or advance ticket purchase. Tickets will also be sold at the door the day of the concert. Ticket prices are $10/adults, $5/students with Discover, MasterCard and Visa accepted.
The Harrow Road Café will start serving dinner at 5 p.m. EDT. Arrival for dinner by 6 p.m. at the latest is recommended if you are going to the concert. And speaking of the Cafe, see below...
New (Old) Costumes at the Harrow Road Cafe
Surely one of the highlights this Christmas in Rugby are the new costumes worn by our friends at the Harrow Road Cafe for Christmas events. The amazing servers' outfits were made by Jody Hester. Pictured in the photo below are: Back row: Teresa, Bobbie Jo, Sheila and Jessica. Front row is Missy and Historic Rugby Executive Director Cheryl Cribbet.
Photo by George Zepp
Christmas At Rugby
A lot of folks worked very hard to make Christmas events in Rugby wonderful. Below are photos of just a few. Top right is Barbara and Boyd Mitchell who welcomed guests at Newbury House. Barbara has worked her magic on the Decorating Committee - especially in the Harrow Road Cafe. Bottom right is Gerald Hanwright who demonstrated the printing press Saturday night at the historic Print Shop. Gerald is continually helping Rugby with countless projects. Left shows Lavonne Gibbs greeting guests at the Community Room Saturday night. With her are Beth Hester, Jody Hester and Scott Gilbert who came in period costume. All of them are involved in an incredible amount of volunteer activities for Rugby.
Photos by George Zepp
Neighborhood Watch Report
First for the good news. The job of installing seven neighborhood watch signs throughout the community was completed this week. There are green historically compatible signs that were donated on either end of town along Highway 52 – one across from Roslyn and one between Brooks Store and the Clear Fork Bridge. There is also one at the entrance to the Beacon Hill development. A sign was also installed on Horseshoe Bend Road near Highway 52, White Oak Circle across from the church, Central Avenue near Highway 52 and Brewstertown Road near Virginia Langford’s home. Glad the posts went in before the ground froze!Unfortunately all the news has not been good. Peter Erickson said that when Jessica Erickson left the Café after completing her evening shift on Friday, November 26, she discovered that the right front tire of her van had been slashed. A complaint was filed with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Dept.
To the right is a photo Peter took of the slashed tire.
Editor’s Note: We understand that Peter has been in the hospital but is doing better now. We wish him a speedy recovery!
The next Neighborhood Watch meeting will be following the January 8 potluck. Tiffany Terry will go over details for starting a successful neighborhood watch organization and keeping it active.
Rita’s Mother
As many of you may have already heard, the mother of Rita Myers passed away Dec. 3 after a long illness. Here's information that Jim McBrayer provided:
Marjorie J. Brohm died Friday evening, December 3, 2010. Visitation will be Monday, with the funeral on Tuesday.
Fern Creek Funeral Home
5406 Bardstown, Road
Fern Creek, KY 40219
(502) 499-1361
Condolences:
Mr. Richard E. Brohm
4044 Crawford Avenue
Louisville, KY 40218-2602
Obituary (with option for online condolences):
Jessie Gully asked that we mention that envelopes are at the Commissary and the Café for donations toward flowers. Any money left over will be given to the family.
Food Collection for the Needy
The staff of HRI will collect food items and prepare food baskets (goal of five) for the neediest in the area. A collection box will be in the Harrow Road Cafe as well as the Commissary for non-perishable food items.
Water Features
Rugby seems to have gotten plenty of precipitation lately, mostly in the form of rain, although we did have snow flurries most of Sunday.
Below are some photos showing the two rivers around Rugby after we got five inches of rain earlier in the week. On the left is the swollen White Oak looking back at the old bridge. On the right is a view of the Clear Fork looking down from the new bridge.
Photos by Rick Murphy and George Zepp
And speaking of water, we have been anxiously watching the rising water levels at Newbury Pond. As previously reported, the dam on the pond had a leak which resulted in substantially reduced water levels. After some repair work this summer, involving four loads of clay and some heavy equipment, the pond appears to be leak free. Recent rains have finally brought it up to higher levels. Knock on wood.
Photo by Rick Murphy taken from the Newbury Pond dam.
An Invitation to a Rome Painting Seminar
By Mara Yeates-Trumbo
Bring your paint brushes to Rome, Italy and join us for our FIRST ANNUAL Valerie Stewart PORTRAIT PAINTING SEMINAR! March 28-31, 2011
Our class will be held in a Theological College in Rome that was formerly a Convent! Guest rooms are available at the college. Of course, you can make your own arrangements if you choose. For more information, please e-mail Valerie Stewart or call WORKSHOP COORDINATOR Mara Yeates-Trumbo,(423) 628-6591, email Cadisama@earthlink.net
The room accommodation cost is Euro 25 (US $35) per person per night, bed and breakfast included. You can't beat that for a clean central place in Rome! To be in the same building as the class is a blessing and a money saver on taxi costs, possible delays, etc.
BIRTHDAYS
Dec. 8 - George Zepp
Dec. 9 - Cheryl Cribbet
CALENDAR
Saturday, December 11-- Special Rugby Holiday Concert, 7:30 p.m Eastern Time. See article above.
Friday, December 31 – New Year’s Eve Dinner at the Harrow Road Café
Saturday, January 1 – Harrow Road Café remains open for New Years Day
Saturday, January 8 – Community Potluck, 7 p.m. followed by Neighborhood Watch meeting – Community Building
Saturday, January 15 (NEW DATE) – Book Club at the home of Kit and Candy Howes. Book selection is AMERICAN LION by Jon Meacham
January and February 2011 – Historic Rugby Winter Hours: The Schoolhouse Museum will be open Monday – Saturday for tours. The Post Office will be at the Schoolhouse Museum on normal winter hours (closed Tuesday and Sunday). Lodging will be offered on a self-catering basis only. The Café, Visitor Centre and Commissary will be closed for repairs. Normal operations will resume in March.
Quilters Group - Wed. and Sat. 2-4 p.m. Eastern at the Friendly House
By Linda Konig
I had a visit from some wild boars a few nights ago, and they were certainly bold. It was about 7 p.m. when I heard lots of loud thrashing in the underbrush at the western edge of the yard. Much snapping of twigs as I unloaded the car. I thought it might be a black bear or several deer, though deer are usually quieter than that. I went into the house, turned on the front porch light, and stepped out for a better look. Still couldn't see anything in the moonless night, but the loud thrashing continued. Morning light revealed rootings in the yard near the woods, not too many, thank goodness. Marlee Mitchell and Ted Crisman have had worse boar visitations recently. It seems this particular "gang" of boars (all sows and piglets) has singled out the west end of the village this time.
So I got on the web to learn more about them. I learned that wild boars (both male and female are called boars) will eat anything -- snakes (including rattlesnakes), birds, insects, worms, any smaller mammal, carrion, manure, acorns, fruits, seeds or nuts, corn, mushrooms, roots, bark, even some grass. In other words, they will eat ANYTHING that doesn't eat them first, including baby pigs, so the sows have to protect their piglets from being eaten by other adult pigs. Raccoons, feral cats, owls, red foxes and gray foxes also eat piglets. But what about the big boars? Coyotes, bobcats, black bears, and wolves eat them. Of course, humans eat boars, too, especially in Germany, Italy, and France where young boars are considered a great delicacy.
Boars breed in fall, peaking in mid-autumn. A sow will be pregnant about 115 days. Then she'll leave her group (sometimes called a drift or sounder) and dig a shallow "nest" to give birth in. Her young piglets will stay in this nest 4 to 6 days. A typical litter is between 2 to 6 piglets. They're striped at first! Rooting behavior develops in the first few days, and they typically begin to go for worms and grubs underground to supplement milk from the sow. The male boars are generally loners until breeding time when they temporarily join a drift to find willing sows. As you might imagine, male boars fight each other over the sows, and their tusks can be deadly. Those tusks are constantly growing and constantly sharpened. For a neat photo of a boar sow with her striped suckling pigs, check out http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/1848-185594.
Editor’s Note: The wild pigs have also made a mess of the yard at Ingleside, which was one of the targets the last time they made an appearance. And I think Gerald Hanwright has seen the pigs over near the Yellow Cottage.
This Week’s Editors: Rick Murphy and George Zepp
