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Change out PRINTING REVOLUTIONS.C. leads the way to the third dimension

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John Carrington, cofounder of Columbia-based Zverse, shows off a statue created by a 3-D printer. Photo by Andrew Haworth.

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4 CO - O P CO N N E C T I O NCooperative news

6 O N T H E AG E N DAThis Father’s Day, treat dad to a day on the water at Tara Hall Paddle Fest. Plus: Co-ops take action in Washington, D.C., to safeguard a popular energy-conservation program that saves S.C. consumers $12 million annually.

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10 Commitment to communitySouth Carolina’s electric cooperatives played an important role in bringing a $500 million manufacturing plant—and 4,000 new jobs—to the Palmetto State.

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19 And the winner is …Award-winning screenwriter Sallie West is living out an inspiring second act in her own life story.tRaVeLS

20 Find farming’s future in its pastVisitors get a hands-on experience at the Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina.ReCIPe

22 Summer’s vegetable bountyFrom fried cucumbers to vegetable pie, these recipes will help you enjoy summer produce in a whole new way.gaRDeneR

24 Better green screensLeyland cypress and other fast-growing evergreens can shield your landscape from unwanted views and nosy neighbors.huMoR Me

30 Pet me in PittsburghHumor columnist Jan Igoe has some important safety tips for dealing with the selfie-stick paparazzi.

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June 2015 • Volume 69, number 6

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JUNE 17–20

Mighty Moo FestivalIt started simply as an event to honor the WWII crewmen of the USS Cowpens, in the ship’s namesake town in Spartanburg County. In its 38th year, the festival with the funny name offers a full four days of festivities at Veterans Memorial Park in Cowpens, including a barbecue cook-off, performances by the U.S. Fleet Forces Band, games and rides, music, and fireworks. A special veterans’ walk of honor salutes all branches of service.For details, visit cowpensmightymoo.com or call (864) 463-3201.

JUNE 20

Tara Hall Paddle FestWould Dad enjoy spending Father’s Day on the water? Take him canoeing or kayaking down Black Mingo Creek in Georgetown County in this annual outdoor event benefitting Tara Hall Home for Boys. A leisurely, early-morning paddle down the creek ends at the Tara Hall campus, where festivities include live music, kids’ barrel race, kayak race and a pileau dinner.For details, visit tarahall.org or call (843) 546-3000.

JUNE 27–28

Ag + Art TourGrowing bigger and better each year, this free, self-guided tour of regional farms and artisans began in York County in 2012 and has expanded into Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster and Union counties as well. Billed as the “largest free farm tour in the nation,” its stops include more than 50 family farms, orchards, breweries, greenhouses and farmers markets, with arts and crafts displayed or demonstrated at every site. Highlights include a hydroponic farm, edible landscapes, and historic and organic farming methods.For details, visit agandarttour.com or facebook.com/agandarttour.

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Independence Day at Hightower Hall Take a break from modern Fourth of July events and celebrate in mid-19th-century style at Historic Brattonsville in McConnells. Old-fashioned fun includes games such as hoops and rounders, music, dancing and picnicking. The dramatic highlight of the day comes at 3:30, when gentlemen in period dress read the Declaration of Independence from the front steps of the antebellum plantation home, and gathered patriots toast their independence with eggnog and huzzahs. The Fourth is one of only two days a year that Hightower Hall is open to visitors. For details, visit chmuseums.org or call (803) 684-2327.

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The Adventures of Mr. Potato HeadMr. Potato Head has always been a great playtime spuddy buddy. Now he’s wearing different hats to lead kids on whimsical explorations into outer space, through the jungle, under the ocean, and on archaeological digs at EdVenture Children’s Museum in Columbia. The wacky, hands-on adventures also help tots and small fries build their learning skills.For details, visit edventure.org or call (803) 779-3100.

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thanKS to LoBBYIng BY South Carolina electric cooperatives and leadership from the state’s congressional delegation, co-op members will be shielded from federal regulations threatening to undermine a successful energy-conservation program that saves Palmetto State consumers $12 million annually.

Department of Energy standards put in place this year effectively prohibit the manufacture of elec-tric-resistance water heaters holding more than 55 gallons, says Keith Dennis, an energy programs expert with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. What federal regulators failed to recognize is the vital role these large-capacity units play in co-op load-control programs that nationally save 500 megawatts of electricity each year.

To remedy the situation, a coalition of co-ops in 35 states—led by South Carolina—generated the bipartisan support needed to push the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 though a gridlocked Congress. Signed into law on April 30, the legislation creates a new category of grid-enabled electric water heaters to be produced exclusively for utility load-control pro-grams, Dennis says.

“The legislation protects the co-op water-heater pro-gram by creating a category of products that won’t be man-dated away by the govern-ment,” he says. “It wouldn’t have gotten done without the leadership of South Carolina. We were able to band together and get this passed for the good of everybody.”

South Carolina’s congres-sional delegation came out in force to help ensure passage of the law, says John Frick, vice president for government relations for The Electric

Cooperatives of South Carolina. “Every single office pushed hard as this bill came down to the wire, and Congressmen Joe Wilson and Mick Mulvaney both reached out to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in the waning moments to help seal the deal,” Frick says.

Mulvaney notes that the efficiency act was one of the few bills capable of earning bipartisan support.

“Getting a bill passed through Congress is not an easy feat, but this issue was extremely important to South Carolina,” Mulvaney says. “I’m proud to have played an integral part in get-ting this legislation passed, as this is only the 11th piece of legislation to be signed by the president this year.”

In South Carolina, more than 120,000 co-op-served homes have load-control switches on large- capacity water heaters, says David Logeman, director of power supply at Central Electric Power Cooperative. During peak demand hours—times when the cost of power skyrockets—the co-ops can cut electricity to these heaters, lowering the wholesale cost of power and saving all S.C. consum-ers $12 million annually in the form of lower electricity rates. Traditional large-capacity units are vital to making the program work, because they hold enough hot water to meet a fam-ily’s needs during the control period and they cycle back on quickly and efficiently.

“Having the ability to obtain large-capacity water heaters is going to enable to the program to go forward,” Logeman says. “It’s going to keep us in the game.”

more than 120,000 South Carolina homes participate in co-op load-control programs. A switch installed on the water heater allows the co-op to cut power during times of peak demand when wholesale power costs soar, saving all consumers money through lower electricity rates. under the energy efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, co-ops will still have access to the large-capacity electric-resistance water heaters that make the program work.

energyefficiency tipStay cool and breathe a little easier this summer by changing your HVAC air filters. Clogged filters make your air conditioner work harder, and they reduce airflow. remember to check filters once a month, and replace them whenever you see a serious accumulation of dust and debris. SourCe: enerGySaVerS.GoV

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ELECTriCiTY 101

What do transformers do?Transformers increase or decrease the voltage of electricity, making it useable in our homes, businesses and even individual appliances.

Regardless of shape and size, all transformers have two sides, a high-voltage side and a low-voltage side. In normal operation, electricity flows into the transformer on the high-voltage side, where it goes into a coil of wire wound around an iron core. As the electricity flows through this coil, it creates a magnetic field that induces a voltage in the opposite coil.

Each coil has a different number of turns that regulate how the voltage is changed. The coil on the high side will have more turns than the coil on the low side. As a result, the voltage induced on the low side is smaller. The same principle is at work in every type of transformer, from the massive units inside utility substations, to the gray cylinders hanging on utility poles, to the charger for your cell phone. At each step, the voltage is reduced to make it suitable to use.

It is important to remember that transformers work in both directions. Electricity flowing in on the low side will be stepped up to the voltage of the high side. This is why home generators must be installed properly to avoid feeding electricity back to the power grid during outages. A generator feeding 220 volts into a residential transformer will produce what-ever voltage the transformer is rated for on the other side, creat-ing a deadly risk for line crews working to restore power. —Tom TaTe

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MIKe CouICK President and CEO, The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina

Commitment to communityBY noW, JuSt aBout eVeRYone on the PLanet has heard that Volvo Cars is coming to South Carolina, but news this good is worth repeating.

Gov. Nikki Haley announced last month that Volvo will build its first U.S. assembly plant in Berkeley County. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall, and the project represents a $500 million investment in the Palmetto State economy. When production begins in 2018, the plant will create 2,000 new jobs initially, and as many as 4,000 new jobs by 2030—figures that don’t include the additional jobs and economic opportunities that will be created by suppliers and support industries. Any way you slice it, Volvo’s decision to build cars in South Carolina is a big win for the state’s economy.

You might be surprised to learn that South Carolina’s not-for-profit electric cooperatives played an important role in closing the deal. Large manufacturing plants run on electricity, and as the operators of the state’s largest utility network—70,000 miles of line serving more than 70 percent of the state’s landmass—we showed Volvo execu-tives that they had reliable partners who wanted the company to succeed in the Palmetto State. The plant will be served by Edisto Electric Cooperative, and neighboring support facilities will be served by Berkeley Electric Cooperative.

For nearly three decades, co-ops have been recruiting new industry to South Carolina through the S.C. Power Team, a business- development partnership with Santee Cooper, the state-owned utility. Since 1988, the Power Team has brought more than $11 billion in capital investments and 63,000 jobs to our state by helping companies find suitable industrial sites with the utility infrastructure they need to grow and prosper.

While the Volvo deal is getting all the press, it’s only the latest in a string of wins for the Power Team, says James Chavez, president and CEO.

In the first five months of this year, the orga-

nization landed 15 other projects that will bring capital investments of more than $661 million and the potential for 1,645 new jobs to co-op-served communities across the state. Now that we can add Volvo to the roster, the 2015 scorecard for capital investment stands at $1.16 billion (yes, billion)—and the year isn’t even half over.

Even better: All of these new projects are coming on the heels of a banner 2014 that saw $923.6 million in new capital investments and 8,381 new jobs announced for the Palmetto State as a result of the Power Team’s work. “We’re just getting started,” Chavez says. “There is so much opportunity out there.”

It might seem odd to some that cooperatives serving rural and suburban South Carolina are heavy hitters in economic development, but it’s an example of our commitment to the commu-

nities we serve. Providing affordable and reliable power is our daily work, but helping our friends and neighbors live better lives is our real purpose, and it’s been that way since the first S.C. electric co-ops were formed in the 1930s.

By virtue of our not-for-profit structure, our ethic of service to commu-nity and the strength of our statewide network, South Carolina’s electric cooperatives are uniquely positioned to help grow our economy by supporting job creation. Attracting new indus-try creates a wave of economic benefits that extend far beyond the new paychecks generated every two weeks. More money spent in local economies spurs new business opportunities and supports the local tax bases that fund our public schools.

The ripple effects of all this new industry will benefit South Carolina for generations to come, and we’re proud to have played a part in making it happen.

getting to workSouth Carolinians interested in learning about job opportunities with Volvo can visit readysc.org/volvo. For information on being a supplier or vendor to the car company, email your request to [email protected].


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two South Carolina firms are on the cutting edge of the 3-D printing revolutionBY eRIn WeeKS


Walk into the lobby of 3D Systems Corporation and you will enter a place that’s half a cabinet of curiosi-

ties, half a fantastical playhouse. The walls are lined with detailed models of

the human skull, Mayan death masks and sleek prosthetic limbs. Waist-high, black-and-white chess pieces stand guard like sentries. In a large and intricately decorated Victorian dollhouse, a tiny turkey dinner sits atop a tiny kitchen table. Visitors can touch just about everything, except the geometric shapes made of sugar.

Every item in this unusual collection, whether made from plastic, metal or sugar, was printed on a device designed and produced by this company, headquartered in Rock Hill. As the largest manufacturer of 3-D printers in the world, 3D Systems is on the cutting edge of a technology that many believe will change every-thing—from how we eat to the way we capture time with loved ones to the medical procedures that save our lives.

It’s a story you might expect to be unfold-ing in Silicon Valley and other well-established tech hubs. In fact, it’s happening right here in South Carolina.

LaYeR uPon LaYeRThe idea that turned Charles Hull into the grand father of 3-D printing started out as spaghetti. In 1983, the inventor worked as an engineer for a small company in California that used UV light to fashion tough, acrylic-based surfaces for tables—as the light hit the liquid material, it hardened into a resinous plastic.

Hull wondered what might be possible if, instead of curing a single, two-dimensional coat, thousands of ultrathin coats were “printed” on top of each other and hardened according to a specific computer-generated design.

For a long time, Hull’s private experiments in his spare lab merely resulted in a tangled mess of resin spaghetti. Finally, around midnight one evening about a year into his efforts, he printed a small cup—the world’s first 3-D printed object. He called the technology stereolithogra-phy and in 1986 went on to found 3D Systems, which eventually relocated to South Carolina. Hull remains the company’s chief technology officer today.

“Chuck Hull knew that this technology would be impactful, but even he couldn’t have imagined all the things people have done with it,” says Avi Reichental, the current president and CEO of 3D Systems.

Hull first sold his technology to Detroit, where the auto industry and other manufacturers used it for rapid prototyping of detailed mechani-cal parts that might otherwise take months or even years to produce. The aerospace and defense industries were also quick to recognize the potential of 3-D printing. For the first two decades of its existence, though, the technology required specialized expertise. Only computer-aided design (CAD) software engineers could actually implement it, which sometimes gener-ated friction with designers and may explain why much of the public remained unaware of its growing influence and use.

All that has changed in the past decade with the development of personal 3-D print-ers. Dozens of plug-and-play devices now on the market use intuitive software that requires no knowledge of CAD, just a little bit of imagina-tion. These include the well-known Makerbot

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Replicators and 3D Systems’ line of Cube print-ers, tabletop machines that print plastic objects in a rainbow of colors. It’s this kind of printed product—dinosaur figurines, futuristic napkin holders, bangle bracelets—that currently domi-nates the public’s conception of 3-D printing.

The democratization of the technology and the arrival of kid-friendly, sub-$1,000 home 3-D printers is an incredible thing, says Reichental, but it represents just the tip of the technological iceberg. There are no costs or penalties for 3-D printing objects that are highly complex. That “free” complexity is driving faster innovation and greater performance in demanding manufactur-ing fields.

Gains in materials science have also contrib-uted to the rise of 3-D printing and pushed it into unexpected fields. “We can print with over 120 materials,” Reichental says. “Everything from chocolate to titanium.”

All of this explains why the technology has quietly spread into dozens of new industries and

applications. The maker of Invisalign, the clear, plastic orthodontic alternative to metal braces, uses 3-D printed molds to slowly adjust teeth positions. In Afghanistan, engineers and archae-ologists are using 3-D printing software and models to recreate cultural artifacts destroyed in the previous decade of war. Even the animation world has benefitted from the technology, with films like ParaNorman using 3D Systems printers to help animators model and develop more real-istic facial expressions in their characters.

The most life-changing applications of the technology, though—present and future—are likely medical. A new breed of thermoplastics, heat-, chemical- and stress-resistant materials, allows doctors to reconstruct facial and cranial injuries in wounded soldiers, for instance, with 3-D-printed bones. The materials are “biocompat-ible,” meaning the human body does not recog-nize them as foreign. Instead, cells glom onto the thermoplastic, over time supplementing it with natural bone. Several of the men and women who had limbs amputated after the Boston Marathon bombings are able to walk, run and dance again thanks to lightweight, highly custom-ized 3-D-printed prosthetics. Surgeons have even begun to use patients’ CT scan data to virtually plan and practice surgeries and print implants before stepping into the operating room, which can reduce the length of procedures and likeli-hood of complications.

“There is a lot of hype about the objects that we’ll be able to 3-D print in the future,” Reichental says. “What many people don’t realize is that this technology already touches every-thing around us, from the health care we receive to the cars we drive to the eyeglasses and shoes that we wear.”

Reichental says it’s no longer a question of whether the technology will be impactful, but rather how it will be most useful and influen-tial in consumers’ personal lives. Will homes of the future contain culinary 3-D printers that print novelty candies, as does the recently unveiled 3D Systems ChefJet, or, perhaps one

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day, personalized nutrition? Will 3-D printers become integrated into our social lives the way cell phones have—with friends scanning and printing smiling 3-D selfies in addition to posting them to social media? Or will the technology develop most as a practical and educational tool, fit for toy making, tinkering and printing the odd broken part around the house?

“I believe that 3-D printing will impact our lives in all of those ways and countless more,” Reichental says. “Every day we discover a new application for this game-changing technology.”

SeLLIng the StaDIuMAn hour and a half down the road, Columbia-based Zverse is a portrait of how entrepreneurs are bringing 3-D printing to the fore. In a warehouse near Williams-Brice Stadium, the

young company churns out products that sell as fast as they’re printed: sports col-lectibles. Palm-sized repli-cas of university stadiums are its signature—and most popular—product, and in just a year, Zverse has seen a meteoric rise, snagging dozens of difficult-to-obtain licenses to work with university athletics departments. The University of South Carolina was its first client, but now college football fans from Florida to Wisconsin to Oregon can own their beloved stadiums in miniature.

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football game. The university had presented gifts such as signed foot-balls in the past, but now they hoped Zverse could 3-D print a more per-sonalized memento for each of the dozen veterans honored at the cere-mony. Carrington asked if replicas of Williams-Brice Stadium had ever been produced. They hadn’t.

Ten days later, USC president Harris Pastides and athletics director Ray Tanner were handing out those replicas. Zverse was even able to incor-

porate the stadium’s then-current banners.Had the replicas been traditionally manu-

factured, the process could have taken years. In traditional manufacturing, Carrington

says, companies come up with an idea, proto-type that idea, get a mold made—which can cost tens of thousands of dollars—and then have to source the production of the product, generally overseas. Manufacturing in China can alone add 4 to 6 months to the entire process.

“We’re taking actual, living content that day—and we’re able to make it the next day,” says cofounder Maloney.

In the company’s printing room, stadium replicas line finishing racks like hundreds of freshly baked confections. Each of Zverse’s four machines prints with a sandstone powder, which produces objects that feel ceramic to the touch and allows the company to incorporate color with greater nuance than any other 3-D printing material. In the next room, two designers sit at desks fine tuning the logos on a computer model of another stadium.

At $150 to $200 a pop, the replicas aren’t cheap, but many are limited-edition keepsakes, and every last one was designed and manufac-tured in Columbia. In addition to USC, Zverse has worked with Clemson University, Wofford College, Coastal Carolina University and The Citadel. The company’s 11-person staff, which Carrington projects will double in size next year, is all in-state talent. Most of the investors and board members are South Carolina-based, as well.

“We see a lot of opportunity for growth in South Carolina,” Maloney says of the state’s entrepreneurial culture. “We’re happy to be a part of that story.”

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“What’s next in 3-D printing.”

its way to the topic of 3-D printing. They kept returning to their excitement over new strides in 3-D print technology, and eventu-ally their conversation began to take shape as a business idea.

Before long, they were on their way to tour 3D Systems’ facilities in Rock Hill.

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The museum’s grand opening in June 2013 was actually a rebirth. For nearly 40 years, this same building was the Pendleton District Agricultural Museum—a 6,000-square-foot store-house for a rambling assortment of pre-1925 tools and machinery. Thanks to the efforts of the late Sen. T. Ed Garrison, a lifelong Anderson County farmer, it was renamed by the state legislature in 2012, with a renewed

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But here, the future lives right alongside the past. Next to historic plows, reapers and weaving looms are iPads that connect bygone farm life with modern methods—a video of a contemporary cotton gin in opera-tion, for example. See for yourself how back-breaking work done by men with hand tools became more efficient and productive with new inventions.

For kids who’ve had no physical connection to agriculture, discover-ing that their barbecue comes from pigs, their breakfast cereal from grains grown in a field, and their clothes from cotton bolls may spark an inter-est in farming careers.

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Better green screens“What’S WRong WIth MY LeYLanD cypress screen?”

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Calendar of Events

UPSTATEJune5–27 • “All Shook Up,” Greenville Little Theatre, Greenville. (864) 233-6238.5–27 • “Boeing Boeing,” Warehouse Theatre, Greenville. (864) 235-6948.12–14 and 19–21 • “into the Woods,” Younts Center for Performing Arts, Fountain Inn. (864) 409-1050.12–21 • chautauqua History Alive festival, multiple locations, Greenville area. (864) 244-1499.12–21 • “Sleeping Beauty,” Peace Center Gunter Theatre, Greenville. (864) 467-3000.17–20 • Mighty Moo festival, downtown, Cowpens. (864) 463-3201.19 • Bluegrass Music and Square Dancing, Oconee State Park, Mountain Rest. (864) 638-5353.22–26 • cinderella’s Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo camp, Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg. (864) 583-0339.25–27 • festival of flowers, multiple locations, Greenwood. (864) 223-8411 , ext. 232.27 • Aviation expo, Greenwood County Airport, Greenwood. (864) 942-8557.27 • freedom Blast, Greer City Park, Greer. (864) 848-2190.

JuLY3–4 • celebrate America, downtown, Easley. (864) 423-4344. 3–4 • S.c. festival of Stars, Ninety Six Park, Ninety Six. (864) 543-3396.4 • 4th of July celebration, amphitheater, Historic Pickens. (864) 878-0105.4 • celebration of freedom, Cowpens National Battlefield, Gaffney. (864) 461-2828.4 • cruzin’ on Main Street, Gignilliat Sports Complex, Seneca. (864) 247-8816.4 • Hillbilly Day, Mountain Rest Community Club, Mountain Rest. (864) 638-9070.4 • Red, White and Blue, downtown Main Street, Greenville. (864) 232-2273.4 • Red, White and Boom, Barnet Park, Spartanburg. (864) 596-2026.4 • 4th of July celebration by the Homeland Park fire Department, South Main Street, Anderson. (864) 296-9716.

4–5 • Backcountry Militia 4th of July encampment, Kings Mountain National Military Park, Blacksburg. (864) 936-7921.9–11 • South carolina festival of Discovery, uptown, Greenwood. (864) 942-8448.10 • Jim Quick and the coastline, Peace Center, Greenville. (864) 467-3000.13–17 • charlotte’s Web camp, Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg. (864) 583-0339.

ongoIngMondays, June 22–July 27 • carolina Shag Lessons, Dance Center at Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg. (864) 583-0339.Tuesdays through Sundays, through July 5 • “furnace and flame: contemporary Studio Glass,” Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg. (864) 582-7616.Tuesdays through Sundays, through nov. 1 • “Spartanburg’s Music History,” Spartanburg Regional History Museum, Spartanburg. (864) 596-3501.Second Wednesdays through October • yappy Hour, NOMA Square, Greenville. (864) 235-1234.Wednesdays through August • South carolina BLUe Reedy River concerts, Peace Center Amphitheatre, Greenville. (864) 467-3000.Third Thursdays • Art Walk, downtown, Spartanburg. (864) 582-7616.Sundays • Sundays Unplugged, Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg. (864) 542-2787.

MIDLANDSJune12–21 • “Br’er Rabbit,” Columbia Children’s Theatre, Columbia. (803) 691-4548.14–20 • Southeastern Piano festival, Koger Center for the Arts, Columbia. (803) 777-4281.15–20 • columbia fashion Week, Hilton Columbia Center and Capital City Club, Columbia. (803) 701-0172.18 • Snapshots of the Past: 18th century Medicine, Historic Brattonsville, McConnells. (803) 684-2327.20 • Ridge Peach festival, Trenton Town Park, Trenton. (803) 275-9487.20 • Juneteenth in the Park, Berry Park, Aiken. (706) 664-3989.20 • Parents’ night Out: Summer Splash, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia. (803) 779-8717.

20–28 • Hampton county Watermelon festival, multiple locations, Hampton and Varnville areas. (803) 943-4645.23–25 and 27 • Miss South carolina and Miss South carolina Teen Pageant, Township Auditorium, Columbia. (843) 857-9173.24 • Predators in native American Lore, Museum of York County, Rock Hill. (803) 329-2121.26 • See Lancaster Live! Lancaster County Historic Courthouse, Lancaster. (803) 289-1486.27 • family Tree on the River festival, West Columbia Riverwalk, West Columbia. (803) 269-8496.27 • Midlands Baby, Kids & family expo, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, Columbia. (803) 800-2044.27 • Dutch Oven Bread Baking, Kings Mountain State Living History Farm, Blacksburg. (803) 222-3209.27 • Gravatt fishing Tournament, Gravatt Camp and Conference Center, Aiken. (803) 648-1817.27 • Pine needle Basket Workshop, Lee State Park, Bishopville. (803) 428-4988.27–28 • Ag + Art Tour, Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Union and York County farms. (803) 981-3021.28 • carolina celebration of Liberty, First Baptist Church, 1306 Hampton St., Columbia. (803) 343-8558.

JuLY2 • Moonlight Kayak Trip, Big Allison Creek Landing on Lake Wylie, York. (803) 329-5527.2–4 • Baseball and fireworks, Capital City Stadium, Columbia. (803) 254-3474.3 • Red, White & Boom! Old Town Amphitheater, Rock Hill. (888) 702-1320.4 • fourth of July fireworks, Lake Wylie by the Buster Boyd Bridge off S.C. 9, York. (803) 831-2827.4 • Lexington county Peach festival, Gilbert Community Park, Gilbert. (803) 892-5207.4 • Lake Murray fireworks celebration, Spence Island and Dreher Island State Park, Lake Murray area. (866) 725-3935.4 • independence Day celebration, Confederate Park, Fort Mill. (803) 547-21 16, ext. 234.4 • independence Day at Hightower Hall, Historic Brattonsville, McConnells. (803) 684-2327.4 • independence Day Program, Joe Miller Park, Elloree. (803) 897-2821.4 • Slide the city, downtown Columbia. slidethecity.com.

6–9 • Junior All-Star Golf Tournament, Spring Valley Country Club, Columbia. (678) 425-1716.11 • Battle Reenactment of Huck’s Defeat, Historic Brattonsville, McConnells. (803) 684-2327.12 • XTerra Harbison Half Marathon & 5K, Harbison State Forest, Columbia. (404) 421-3231.

ongoIngDaily through July 26 • “courage: The Vision to end Segregation and the Guts to fight for it,” South Carolina State Museum, Columbia. (803) 898-4921.Daily through Aug. 23 • “finding freedom’s Home: Archaeology at Mitchelville,” South Carolina State Museum, Columbia. (803) 898-4921.Daily through Sept. 20 • “The Adventures of Mr. Potato Head,” EdVenture Children’s Museum, Columbia. (803) 779-3100.Mondays through August • Hopelands Summer concert Series, Hopelands Gardens, Aiken. (803) 642-7650.Monday through fridays, through Aug. 14 • Kindercamp and Wild Weeks, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia. (803) 779-8717.Mondays through Saturdays, through July 25 • “Traditions, change and celebration: native Artists of the Southeast,” McKissick Museum, Columbia. (803) 777-7251.Tuesdays through Sundays, through Aug. 30 • “Art & imagination in children’s Literature,” Museum of York County, Rock Hill. (803) 329-2121.Tuesdays through Sundays, through Sept. 27 • “Wolves and Wild Lands,” Museum of York County, Rock Hill. (803) 329-2121.first Thursdays • first Thursdays on Main Street, 1200–1700 blocks on Main Street, Columbia. (803) 988-1065.Third Thursdays • Vista nights, The Vista, Columbia. (803) 269-5946.Thursdays beginning June 11 • PLAycation camps, Main Street Children’s Museum, Rock Hill. (803) 327-6400.first fridays • first friday fort Mill, Walter Elisha Park, Fort Mill. (803) 547-5900.fridays through mid-August • carolina Show Ski Team, Windjammer Beach Park, Tega Cay. (803) 431-3920.fourth fridays • 4th fridays on Main, downtown, Sumter. (803) 436-2500.fourth Saturdays • Bluegrass Series, Haynes Auditorium, Batesburg-Leesville. (803) 582-8479.

LOWCOUNTRyJune15 • Honey Horn History Walk, Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island. (843) 689-6767.17 • Gullah Program, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet. (843) 235-6000.20 • Tara Hall Paddle fest, Black Mingo Creek and Tara Hall Home for Boys, Georgetown. (843) 546-3000.20 • first Blush of Summer fest, La Belle Amie Vineyard, Little River. (843) 399-9463.22 • coastal Kayaking, Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet. (843) 235-8755.23 • World Golf Scramble, Crown Park Golf Club, Longs. (843) 756-3200.26 • Reggae nights, James Island County Park, Charleston. (843) 795-4386.27 • carolina Day, multiple locations, Sullivan’s Island. (843) 723-3225.27 • cast Off fishing Tournament, Mount Pleasant Pier, Mount Pleasant. (843) 762-9946.27 • James Bonecrusher Smith’s Do Right Golf challenge, River Oaks Golf Plantation, Myrtle Beach. (910) 658-3408.27 • Riverfest, downtown, Conway. (843) 248-2273.27–28 • Art in the Park, Chapin Park, Myrtle Beach. (843) 446-3830.27–28 • festa italiana, The Market Common, Myrtle Beach. (843) 333-7059.

JuLY2 • independence celebration, downtown, Cheraw. (843) 537-8421.4 • 4th of July fireworks, Cherry Grove Pier, North Myrtle Beach. (877) 332-2662.4 • 4th of July fireworks, Gahagan Sports Complex, Summerville. (843) 871-6000.4 • fabulous fourth in the creek, Marguerite H. Brown Municipal Center, Goose Creek. (843) 569-4242.4 • independence Day fireworks, Broadway at the Beach, Myrtle Beach. (843) 444-3200.4 • 4th of July fireworks, Barefoot Landing, North Myrtle Beach. (843) 272-8349.

4 • Murrells inlet July 4 Boat Parade, The Point, Garden City. (843) 652-4236.4 • fourth of July Picnic, South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston. (843) 720-1990.4 • July 4th celebration, Riverfront Park, North Charleston. (843) 740-5853.4 • Patriots Point 4th of July celebration, 40 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant. (843) 881-5984.4 • Port Royal 4th of July celebration, The Sands, Port Royal. (843) 986-221 1 .4 • Salute from the Shore, South Carolina coast from Cherry Grove to Hilton Head. (803) 331-8881.4 • Surfside Beach 4th of July celebration, Surfside Pier, Surfside Beach. (843) 650-9548.4 • Uncle Sam Jam, Mount Pleasant Pier, Mount Pleasant. (843) 795-4368.14–19 • Junior SOS, Ocean Drive Beach and Golf Resort, North Myrtle Beach. (919) 682-4266.17–18 • Pageland Watermelon festival, downtown, Pageland. (843) 672-6400.17–26 • Beaufort Water festival, multiple locations, Beaufort area. (843) 524-0600.

ongoIngDaily through July 26 • “Antebellum Waccamaw: Paintings and Drawings by emily esdaile Weston,” Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet. (843) 235-6000.nightly through Sept. 5 • Hot Summer nights, Myrtle Beach Boardwalk, Myrtle Beach. (843) 626-7444.Tuesdays through Saturdays, through november • Henrietta, the Largest Wooden Sailing Ship ever Built in South carolina, Horry County Museum, Conway. (843) 915-5320.Tuesdays through Sundays • Guided tours, McLeod Plantation Historic Site, James Island. (843) 762-2172.Wednesdays, fridays and Saturdays • Myrtle’s Market, Myrtle Beach. (843) 918-4906.Third Thursdays through August • Third Thursdays concert, Cheraw Community Center, Cheraw. (843) 537-8421.

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Fireworks will light up the night skies across South Carolina in early July.


untIL a FeW WeeKS ago, I LIVeD a reasonably full life without ever seeing Pittsburgh. As you probably know, that’s the chilly corner of Pennsylvania famous for pierogies, Pirates, Penguins and Steelers. But you have to personally experience Pittsburgh to discover that it is also the per-petual roadwork capital of Earth.

Barring blizzards, you can make it from Myrtle Beach to almost Pittsburgh in 10 hours, which is where you should plan to camp, rent or die. The last few miles—from almost Pittsburgh to really Pittsburgh—will take three days.

Some very nice Pittsburgh folks invited the service-dog charity I work with to experi-ence fundraising up North. Nonprofits are pro-lific panhandlers, so we wasted no time loading 15 service dogs into an RV and heading to Pennsylvania. The dogs are great travelers, but the humans were getting crankier with every passing road cone. I don’t mean amateur cranky; I mean Olympic cranky.

Hungry, tired and dirty, we had just gotten out of the rig when a big, shirt-less guy came flying up, armed with a selfie stick, looking for a furry photo op. He was the kind of 20-something Pittsburgh exports to Myrtle Beach for spring break, but we drove 700 miles to meet this one. He introduced himself as Buffalo Bob. Between you and me, we weren’t really in a Buffalo Bob mood.

The dogs didn’t know what to make of the stick thing or the bare-chested stranger trying to grab them. A selfie stick, in case you haven’t been whacked with one yet, looks like the contraption your shrinking grandma uses to grab the pickles off the top

shelf. It’s basically a 3-foot pole with a clip to extend cell-phone cameras beyond arm’s reach, so guys like Bob can capture themselves at the opera, winning a burping contest or hugging a pack of service dogs wearing vests that say, “Do Not Pet.”

We tried dog vests that said, “Please Ask to Pet Me,” but well-meaning people kept dropping down on their knees, getting nose to nose with the dog, to request the animal’s permis-sion. Some petters got upset when the dog didn’t answer, so we made the directions easier.

In Bob’s case, it didn’t matter what the vest said. He was on a mission to

pet every last dog and preserve the moment for posterity. Or Instagram.

Me: “Please don’t pet them. They’re working.”

Bob: “Nah, they’re just hanging out.” Me: “They’re waiting for their next

task. You wouldn’t walk into an office and try to pet the recep-tionist, would you?”

Bob: “Sure, if she was furry. Can you skooch left? You’re blocking my shot.”

At that point, having exhausted diplomatic negotiations, we shuffled all the dogs back into the RV and locked the doors. Bob huffed and puffed and knocked with his selfie stick, but we pre-tended nobody was home.

“You’ll be sorry. My stuff always goes viral,” he said to the RV as we peered out a slit in the blinds.

Bob kept circling while we unpacked, ate, fed the pups and waited.

“The dogs have to pee,” the trainer said. “How do we make him leave?”

Then a lightbulb went off. I cracked the door just wide enough to slip Bob $20 and send him on a beer run. With any luck, he’d start without us and forget where the RV was parked.

Bob took off, never to return. We’ll just have to wait for spring break.

Jan a. Igoe learned that Pittsburgh’s chief export is southbound tourists. She is eternally grateful to live in paradise, where heavy traffic means five cars using the same road, spring break notwithstanding. Share the fun at [email protected].

SChumorMe By Jan a. igoe

Pet me in Pittsburgh


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Keep South Carolina Beautiful

South Carolina has a beautiful landscape, especially in the springtime. The time is ideal to take stock in your surroundings and see what needs refreshing. Look around you and see if your community needs some spring cleaning as well!

One of the easiest ways to improve your neighborhood’s appearance is to pick up litter and tend to overgrown vegetation. Litter is ugly. It is also dangerous to pedestrians and drivers. It deters business development. It increases crime rates. It decreases property values. It harms the environment. Litter is an important issue in the quest for a better quality of life.

If you really want to make a difference in our state’s quality of life, you can take your spring cleaning to the next level and Adopt-A-Highway.

Adopt-A-Highway is going through a revival in South Carolina thanks to our partners at the South Carolina Department of Transportation. By putting this program under PalmettoPride’s umbrella, South Carolina Department of Transportation was able to let the litter experts (that’s us!) focus on the volunteers, so they could put all their efforts into improving our roadways.

Adopt-A-Highway is a volunteer pickup program of state roads. Every county has state roads that can be adopted. The public participation in the well-being of our streets and communities is a vital part of the solution. We all have a role to play in our communities, and where there is litter, there is a need for pickup.

Research shows that litter begets more litter. With routine care, we can lessen the amount of litter on our roadsides. The less litter that remains on the ground, the less litter will

be thrown on the ground. PalmettoPride’s ultimate goal is to change behavior that creates litter. We must create a new social norm of passion for our environment rather than apathy. Who creates a social norm? You do. We do. Peers do.

Adopt-A-Highway pickups are scheduled four times a year. This is a great way for groups and clubs to fulfill community service hours. Churches can invite members of their parish to take turns cleaning up their section – what a great way to bring the congregation together to improve its community! Do you want to honor someone special? Adopt-A-Highway in their honor or memory and the sign will be visible to everyone. If you like to walk for exercise, you can add litter pickup to your routine.

If everyone has the mindset of no littering, and more people get involved, that message would impact those who continue to litter. Remember that bit about peers? Peer pressure can work for good, you know. To learn more about Adopt-A-Highway and other community improvement programs, please visit our website, palmettopride.org.

Adopt-A-Highway Helping keep South Carolina beautiful

You many have noticed that our interstates are cleaner. Litter is being picked up regularly from our partners at SC Department of Corrections and SC Department of Transportation. Governor

Nikki Haley has helped PalmettoPride clean up our state by initiating new policies for interstate pickup and proclaiming

April as Zero Tolerance for Litter Month.

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