A sweet taste of summer August is peak peach season in South Carolina, so why not make the most of it? We’ve got a bushel basket full of delicious peach dessert recipes from Chef Belinda Smith-Sullivan’s fifirst cookbook, Just Peachy, ready and waiting for you at SCLiving.coop/food/chefbfbelinda. Register to win an Upcountry getaway Enter our August Reader Reply Travel Sweepstakes for your chance to win a $100 Visa gift card and an Upcountry Getaway Package with two nights’ lodging for two people and an all-day whitewater rafting trip on the Chattooga River. One lucky winner will be drawn from all entries received by Aug. 31. Register online at SCLiving.coop/reader-reply or mail in the coupon on Page 7. AM PM AM PM SC |agenda READER POLL BY THE NUMBERS Renewable energy growth According to the latest statistics from the U.S. Energy Information Agency, renewable sources of electricity have been growing steadily since 2010. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed the progression, the agency predicts renewables will continue to grow in 2020. 17.5% Volume of U.S. electricity generated from renewable sources in 2019. By source: • Wind 7.3% • Hydropower 6.6% • Solar 1.8% • Biomass + geothermal 1.8% 10% Volume of U.S. electricity generated from renewable sources in 2010. 11% Projected growth rate of renewable energy sources in 2020 in spite of slower growth as a result of the pandemic. 5% Predicted 2020 decline in total volume of U.S. electricity generated from all sources. —MARIA KANEVSKY I♥myco-op South Carolina is blessed to be served by member-owned electric cooperatives that do more than maintain the state’s largest utility network and “keep the lights on” 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Not- for-profifit electric cooperatives also support the communities they serve in a variety of ways, from providing scholarships and leadership programs for deserving teens to helping neighbors in need through WIRE programs and Operation Round Up initiatives. PITCHING IN TO HELP Employees of Pee Dee Electric Cooperative, following proper COVID-19 protocols, helped deliver meals on wheels in partnership with Senior Citizens Association (SCA) in Florence County. For this month’s reader poll, we’re asking you to tell us what you love most about your local electric coopera- tive and the people who work there. We’ll review all submitted stories and publish our favorites in a future issue. If we use your story (and photos, if you have them), we’ll send you a $25 Visa gift card. Visit SCLiving.coop/love to tell us what you appreciate most about your co-op, a special way it supports your community, or the time a co-op employee went above and beyond to serve. You can also mail your story to: I love my co-op Attn: Lyssa Nelson South Carolina Living 808 Knox Abbott Drive Cayce, SC 29033 ONLYON SCLiving.coop GONE FISHIN’ The Vektor Fish & Game Forecast provides feeding and migration times. Major periods can bracket the peak by an hour. Minor peaks, 1⁄21⁄21⁄2 hour before and after. Minor Major Minor Major Minor Major Minor Major AUGUST SEPTEMBER 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4:07 11:22 — 4:52 — 5:52 1:07 6:37 1:52 7:22 2:22 8:22 9:22 3:07 10:22 4:07 — 5:07 — 6:37 — 8:07 — 9:22 2:07 10:22 3:22 11:07 4:22 11:37 — 5:07 12:07 6:52 7:07 12:07 7:37 12:52 8:07 1:22 8:37 2:07 9:07 2:52 9:37 3:22 4:07 10:07 12:07 10:37 2:37 11:22 4:37 12:37 9:52 5:22 10:52 6:07 11:22 6:22 12:07 6:52 7:07 12:07 1— 5:52 2 1:07 6:22 3 1:37 7:07 4 2:07 7:52 5 8:22 2:37 6 9:22 3:07 7 10:07 3:37 8 11:52 4:22 9— 5:37 10— 6:52 11— 8:22 12 1:07 9:22 13 3:07 10:22 14 4:07 11:07 15 5:07 11:52 16 — 5:52 7:37 12:37 7:52 1:07 8:07 1:37 8:22 1:52 2:22 8:37 2:37 8:52 2:52 8:52 3:07 9:07 — 9:07 — 5:07 10:37 4:52 10:52 5:22 11:07 5:37 11:37 6:07 12:07 6:22 6:52 12:22 6 SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING | AUGUST 2020 | SCLIVING.COOP COURTESY OF PDEC MARK BOUGHTON