2 0 1 8 | june 16 Outer peace, inner beast THE MAGAZINE FOR COOPERATIVE MEMBERS VOLUME 72 • NUMBER 6 (ISSN 0047-486X, USPS 316-240) Read in more than 584,000 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: [email protected] EDITOR Keith Phillips Tel: (803) 739-3040 Email: [email protected] FIELD EDITOR Walter Allread PUBLICATION COORDINATOR Travis Ward ART DIRECTOR Sharri Harris Wolfgang DESIGNER Susan Collins PRODUCTION Andrew Chapman WEB EDITOR Chase Toler COPY EDITOR L. Kim Welborn CONTRIBUTORS Jayne Cannon, Mike Couick, Tim Hanson, Jan A. Igoe, L.A. Jackson, Patrick Keegan, Kaley Lockwood, Diane Veto Parham, Sydney Patterson, Susan Hill Smith, Belinda Smith-Sullivan, Brad Thiessen PUBLISHER Lou Green ADVERTISING Mary Watts Tel: (803) 739-5074 Email: [email protected] NATIONAL REPRESENTATION American MainStreet Publications Tel: (800) 626-1181 Paid advertisements are not endorsements by any electric cooperative or this publication. If you encounter a di culty with an advertisement, inform the Editor. ADDRESS CHANGES: Please send to your local co-op. Postmaster: Send Form 3579 to Address Change, c/o the address above. Periodicals postage paid at Columbia, S.C., and additional mailing o ces. ©COPYRIGHT 2018. The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc. No portion of South Carolina Living may be reproduced without permission of the Editor. SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING is brought to you by your member-owned, taxpaying, not-for-pro t electric cooperative to inform you about your cooperative, wise energy use and the faces and places that identify the Palmetto State. Electric cooperatives are South Carolina’s—and America’s—largest utility network. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS: $5.72 members, $8 nonmembers Member of the AMP network reaching more than 9 million homes and businesses South Carolina-based SASS Defense is training an army of women to defend themselves. 4 CO-OP NEWS Updates from your cooperative 6 AGENDA Take a look under the hood of the new, all-electric John Deere tractor. Plus: Enjoy this month’s roundup of weekend festivals and events. 10 DIALOGUE Who becomes a shepherd? Steve Ware worked hard to achieve business success. Now he works even harder helping children in need. 12 ENERGY Q&A Play it cool this summer Learn how to stay comfortably cool all summer long while keeping your electricity bills on ice. 14 SMART CHOICE You can take it with you Read up on portable electronics that roll with you when it’s summer vacation “go” time. 21 STORIES Bubbling up Learn how a simple act of kindness led to a new nonpro t in Greenville—and more than 4.4 million YouTube views in a single week. 22 SCENE At the top of their game Electric cooperative crews showcased their skills during the 2018 Lineworkers’ Rodeo. 27 TRAVELS Camden honors a native son Learn about the remarkable life of baseball great Larry Doby at the African-American Cultural Center of Camden. 30 RECIPE Takeout made easy With a few easy-to- nd ingredients and these simple recipes, you can turn “takeout” into “make-at-home,” and give the delivery guy the night o . 32 GARDENER Strange beauty: the pineapple lily Dress up your summer ower garden with a dazzling display of pineapple lilies. 34 MARKETPLACE 36 CALENDAR 38 HUMOR ME Hang a left past Jupiter Some say the world will end in re. Some say in ice. Jan Igoe’s money is on a global-killer asteroid. Instructors Michele Ridd (left) and Lauren Lamendola lead a SASS Defense workshop and demonstrate a technique to break the grip of an attacker. Photo by Andrew Haworth. 16 22 30 TOP AND CENTER PHOTOS: MIC SMITH; BOTTOM: GINA MOORE Fighting back Women find confidence and camaraderie in self-defense training SC SCENE Lineworkers’ rodeo SC RECIPE Takeout favorites JUNE 2018