THE MAGAZINE FOR COOPERATIVE MEMBERS VOLUME 74 • NUMBER 2 (ISSN 0047-486X, USPS 316-240) Read in more than 600,000 homes and businesses and published monthly except in December by The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc. 808 Knox Abbott Drive Cayce, SC 29033 Tel: (803) 926‑3175 Fax: (803) 796‑6064 Email: letters@scliving.coop
2020 | feb 16 Story time Gather round for the tale of a little festival that’s bringing new life to a quiet Upstate town.
EDITOR
Keith Phillips Tel: (803) 739‑3040 Email: Keith.Phillips@ecsc.org FIELD EDITORS
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Updates from your cooperative
Walter Allread, Josh Crotzer PUBLICATION COORDINATOR
Travis Ward
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See why analysts think 2020 will be the decade of the electric vehicle.
ART DIRECTOR
Sharri Harris Wolfgang DESIGNER
Susan Collins
10 DIALOGUE Overpriced tulips and our energy future
PRODUCTION
Andrew Chapman Chase Toler COPY EDITORS
Trevor Bauknight, Jennifer Jas CONTRIBUTORS
April Coker Blake, Mike Couick, Kevin Dietrich, Tim Hanson, Hastings Hensel, Jan A. Igoe, L.A. Jackson, David Novak, Sydney Patterson, Belinda Smith-Sullivan, Paul Wesslund
12 CO-OPS & COMMUNITY Powering education Berkeley Electric Cooperative and Google are investing in a brighter future for Berkeley County students.
PUBLISHER
Lou Green
14 SMART CHOICE Another day at the office
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21 STORIES Making the cut A chance encounter led Edisto Electric Cooperative member Wayne Hendrix to a sharp new career.
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SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING
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10 tips for lifelong bliss with a shelter dog Your new best friend may be waiting for you at the local animal shelter. Here’s how to find a perfect match.
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TRAVELS
History in black and white A photographer’s labor of love is the only museum in South Carolina to celebrate the civil rights movement.
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RECIPE
The best of South Carolina shrimp Chef Belinda Smith-Sullivan shares four delicious ways to serve up our state’s favorite seafood.
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GARDENER
A is for agapanthus See why this summer-blooming plant, sometimes called lily of the Nile, deserves top billing in your garden this season.
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MARKETPLACE CALENDAR The art of the story
HUMOR ME
Make America decent again Our humor columnist has a few choice thoughts on the American passion for dressing our animals in hats, sweaters and silly costumes. FRO M TO P : A N DRE W H AWO RTH; DAV I D C L A RK ; K A REN H ERM A N N
It’s all in how you tell it at Stone Soup
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Find your bliss with a shelter dog FEBRUARY 2020
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The utility sector is changing and electric cooperatives are working with the state legislature to study what that means for co-op members.
WEB EDITOR
SC RECIPE
The best of S.C. shrimp
Simon Brooks spins a yarn during a performance at the 2019 Stone Soup Storytelling Institute in Woodruff. Photo by Andrew Haworth.