THE MAGAZINE FOR COOPERATIVE MEMBERS
VOLUME 73 • NUMBER 11
(ISSN 0047-486X, USPS 316-240)
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Keith Phillips
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                                        2019|nov•dec 14 Saving sea turtles
Patrol the Isle of Palms with the Island Turtle Team, a cadre of dedicated citizen scientists who ensure hatchling sea turtles have a fifighting chance at survival.
4 CO-OP NEWS
Updates from your cooperative
6 AGENDA
Win tickets to the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl all-star game in Myrtle Beach and vote for your favorite player in the Mr. Football reader poll.
10 DIALOGUE
Doing well by doing good
Giving back is rewarding in its own right, but for Rachel Larson, a senior at Aiken High School, her community spirit has been recognized with a $5,000 college scholarship.
12 SMART CHOICE
Kid-endorsed gifts
Electronic goodies to keep your child plugged in throughout the holiday season.
21 STORIES
In his element
For an avid outdoorsman like Scott Poore, managing South Carolina’s only fifish hatchery dedicated to raising trout is the perfect job.
22 SC TRAVELS
Apollo 50: Journey to the Moon
The S.C. State Museum’s latest exhibit highlights the contributions South Carolinians have made in the quest to explore outer space.
30 RECIPE
Maximizing holiday leftovers
The traditional Thanksgiving feast may be over, but there are plenty of great meals to be made when you follow Chef Belinda Smith-Sullivan’s recipes for repurposing leftovers.
32 GARDENER
Lasting beauty: species tulips
Enduring and elegant, species tulips can tolerate our Southern climate and produce beautiful blooms for multiple seasons.
34 CALENDAR
36 MARKETPLACE
38 HUMOR ME I love Lucy
Humor columnist Jan A. Igoe raises a mug of organic hazelnut coffffee to toast her friend, neighbor and occasional muse.
A newly hatched loggerhead sea turtle takes its first steps toward a lifelong swim in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo by Mic Smith.
          FROM TOP: MIC SMITH; ANDREW HAWORTH; GINA MOORE
On the
right track
Helping sea turtles survive and thrive
 SC TRAVELS
Apollo 50 has landed
SC RECIPE
Make the most of holiday leftovers
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