THE MAGAZINE FOR COOPERATIVE MEMBERS VOLUME 74 • NUMBER 4 (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: [email protected] EDITOR Keith Phillips Tel: (803) 739-3040 Email: [email protected] FIELD EDITORS Walter Allread, Josh Crotzer PUBLICATION COORDINATOR Travis Ward ART DIRECTOR Sharri Harris Wolfgang DESIGNER Susan Collins PRODUCTION Andrew Chapman WEB EDITOR Chase Toler COPY EDITORS Trevor Bauknight, Jennifer Jas CONTRIBUTORS April Coker Blake, Mike Couick, Tim Hanson, Jan A. Igoe, L.A. Jackson, Maria Kanevsky, David Novak, Sydney Patterson, Cele Seldon, Lynn Seldon, Belinda Smith-Sullivan 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 2020. 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 2020 |april 25 Take a bite out of Greenville Need an in-state weekend getaway to satisfy your appetite for great food? Look no further than this tasting menu of dining experiences that puts Greenville on the culinary map. 4 CO-OP NEWS Updates from your cooperative 6 AGENDA Many of the everyday appliances in your home have the potential to be powered by electricity instead of gas, propane or any other type of fossil fuel. 8 DIALOGUE Market forces and deregulation In the new energy economy, both consumers and suppliers will fifind themselves in non-traditional roles. 10 CO-OPS & COMMUNITY A passion for growth In Georgetown County, Santee Electric Cooperative and CEO Rob Ardis are leading the community effffort to bolster top-flflight technical education and create new manufacturing jobs. 12 SMART CHOICE Travel companions Whether you travel for business or pleasure, these handy gadgets make the journey a whole lot easier. 14 STORIES Take it outside For Paul McCormack, director of South Carolina State Parks, exploring the great outdoors is all in a day’s work. 16 RECIPE Cooking up Carolina crab Enjoy these versatile, year-round recipes from Chef Belinda Smith-Sullivan that work with fresh or frozen blue crabs, crabmeat and even crab legs. 18 GARDENER Daylilies of the night Nocturnal varieties of daylilies offffer fragrant blooms that open late in the day and last well into the night. 20 SCENE Fellowship of the ring Independent wrestling has a hold on passionate fans and performers across the Palmetto State. 42 MARKETPLACE 44 CALENDAR 46 HUMOR ME Even cowgirls get the black and blues Learn how a kindergarten kerfufflfflffle led our humor columnist to a lifelong love affffair with cows. Dinner is served at the Oak Hill Caféé and Farm, one of the superstar restaurants that’s making Greenville a top destination for foodies. Photo by John Gillespie. FROM TOP: COURTESY OF euphoria; MICHAEL PHILLIPS; T.J. BOSS (LEFT) AND KEVIN PHOENIX BY ANDREW HAWORTH Let’s eat! Sample eight of the hottest restaurants that put Greenville on the culinary map SC RECIPE Feeling crabby HUMOR ME Cow tales 25 16 20 SPRING & SUMMER TRAVEL ISSUE & TS S RPU ARMVI NME GLE R ISSUE APRIL 2020