2 0 1 9 | april 18 Walking in Pat’s footsteps THE MAGAZINE FOR COOPERATIVE MEMBERS VOLUME 73 • NUMBER 4 (ISSN 0047-486X, USPS 316-240) Read in more than 595,000 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 EDITORS Jennifer Jas L. Kim Welborn CONTRIBUTORS Abby Berry, April Coker Blake, Mike Couick, Tim Hanson, Hastings Hensel, Jan A. Igoe, L.A. Jackson, Patrick Keegan, David Novak, Sydney Patterson, Lynn & Cele Seldon, 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 diffiffifficulty 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 offiffiffices. ©COPYRIGHT 2019. 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-profifit 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 Celebrate the enduring legacy of writer Pat Conroy, South Carolina’s beloved “prince of scribes.” 25 South Carolina’s Civil Rights Trail Trace the struggle for equality across South Carolina with this travel guide to our state’s eight locations on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. 4 CO-OP NEWS Updates from your cooperative 6 AGENDA Horry Electric Cooperative pays tribute to lineman Kevin Gore with a scholarship endowment at Horry-Georgetown Technical College. 10 DIALOGUE Restoring hope for another day The dedicated volunteers of S.C. WIRE (Women Involved in Rural Electrifification) work year-round to assist their neighbors in need. 12 ENERGY Q&A Breaking down seven energy-saving claims Our effiffifficiency experts take on multiple questions to help you separate fact from fifiction. 14 SMART CHOICE Travel companions Life on the road, be it for work or pleasure, comes with its own unique challenges. Take the hassle out of travel and enjoy the journey more with these handy gadgets. 17 STORIES Establishing a rhythm Retired educator Betty McDaniel is preserving traditional Appalachian music one student at a time. 22 RECIPE Meals in 30 minutes (or less!) Set your timer and see how easy it can be to put a delicious dinner on the table with Chef Belinda Smith-Sullivan’s time-saving recipes. 24 GARDENER Big, bodacious crossvines Searching for a vertical landscape accent? Look no further than the crossvine, a native ornamental with a colorful spring flflower display. 42 MARKETPLACE 44 CALENDAR 46 HUMOR ME Godzilla vs. the Mistress of Mess Celebrity organizing expert Marie Kondo may have met her match in humor columnist Jan A. Igoe. Cecil Williams shares his memories of photographing the aftermath of the 1968 Orangeburg massacre. A memorial to the tragedy is now part of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. Photo by Tim Hanson PHOTOS, FROM TOP: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS; REV. ROBERT CHINA BY TIM HANSON; GINA MOORE 18 25 22 Rooted in history Explore the state’s eight sites on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail SC SCENE The legacy of author Pat Conroy SC RECIPE Meals in 30 minutes SPRING & SUMMER TRAVEL ISSUE & TS S RPU ARMVI NME GLE R ISSUE APRIL 2019