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DARLINGTON
TRADITIONS
South Carolina’s historic
raceway celebrates 65
fast and furious years
AUGUST 2014
SC TR AV E L S
Waterfalls by horseback
HUMOR ME
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Vol. 68 • No. 8
(ISSN 0047-486X, USPS 316-240)
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FEATURE
12Fast times at
Darlington
Raceway
Go behind the
scenes of this year’s
Southern 500 as
Darlington Raceway
celebrates 65 fast
and furious years.
Carro ll foster
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August 2014 • Volume 68, Number 8
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6ON THE AGENDA
Mosey on over to Edgefield’s
Lazy J Arena for the Sandy
Oaks Pro Rodeo. Plus: Expert
advice to keep your cool
in the kitchen—even on
the hottest summer day.
POWER USER
DIALOGUE
10Playing the long game
Putting the interests of
our members first allows
South Carolina’s electric
cooperatives to build
a brighter future.
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Palmetto State. Electric cooperatives
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TR AVELS
20 Waterfalls on horseback
Tough week at the office? Maybe
it’s time to saddle up and hit the
trail to explore some of the most
beautiful waterfalls in the Carolinas.
RECIPE
22 Summertime supper
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Orange-almond salad
Grandma Harriger’s
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24 Stretch your growing season
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HUMOR ME
30 Plenty of fishermen
TRADITIONS
South Carolina’s historic
raceway celebrates 65
fast and furious years
AUGUST 2014
SC TR AV E LS
Waterfalls by horseback
HUMOR ME
A fish out of water
NASCAR pit crews spring
into action during the 2014
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Darlington Raceway.
Photo by Carroll Foster.
With a little help from her friends
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4CO-OP CONNECTION
On the Agenda
Highlights
TOP PICK FOR KIDS
Cou rtes y of Not us
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AUGUST 12–17 | AUGUST 27–SEPTEMBER 1 | SEPTEMBER 13
Wheeling around the Upstate
n America’s best track cyclists come to Rock Hill’s Giordana
Velodrome Aug. 12–17 to pedal into contention for the 2016 Olympics.
The USA Cycling Elite National Track Championships showcase
incredible speed and bike handling in fast-paced daily races.
For details, visit giordanavelodrome.com or call (803) 326-2453.
n “The Super Bowl of para-cycling” brings 450 athletes from more than
AUGUST 23
Summerfest
Kids can have a ball at Summerfest—a giant water ball, that is.
After walking on water in inflatable balls, they’ll find bungee
jumping, a climbing wall, the Little Blue Choo-Choo and
more kid-sized fun at downtown York’s annual festival. New
this year: BMX stunt teams performing aerial acrobatics for
young fans. York Electric Cooperative is a festival sponsor.
For details, visit yorksummerfest.com or call (803) 684-2590.
45 countries to the Millennium Campus in Greenville Aug. 27–Sept. 1 to
compete in the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships. Athletes
vie in road and track events, on cycles adapted to their disabilities. It’s
the first time the U.S. has hosted the world championships in 16 years.
Visit greenvillesc2014.com/default.aspx or call (864) 467-5751.
n Upstate Forever promises cyclists of all skill levels
spectacular views on its annual Preservation Ride Sept. 13.
Choose from 20-, 40- or 75-mile rides through the scenic
rolling hills and farm country of Spartanburg County.
Visit upstateforever.org/2014-preservation-ride or call (864) 250-0500.
AUGUST 22–23
Sandy Oaks Pro Rodeo
SEPTEMBER 4–7
All this jazz
Stars twinkling over
both Aiken and
Columbia will shine
down on a “salute to
the divas of jazz” during
the 10th annual Jazz
Under the Stars festival. South Carolina’s own ambassador
of jazz, Skipp Pearson, and his guests will perform
Thursday at the Willcox Hotel in Aiken, then again on
the State House lawn in Columbia on Friday and Saturday
evenings. Come early for swing dance lessons; stay late
for after-parties at Le Café Jazz at Columbia’s Finlay Park.
For details, visit skpfoundation.org or call (803) 400-1879.
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Spills and thrills are part of the fun when world-champion
cowboys and cowgirls compete in this annual Edgefield rodeo at
Lazy J Arena. Some of the country’s best ropers, steer wrestlers,
saddle bronc riders, barrel racers and bull riders—not to
mention clowns—put on a show worth watching
in this IPRA-sanctioned event.
For details, visit sandyoaksprorodeo.org
or call (803) 637-5369.
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Youth Tour
A ‘capitol’ week in
Washington, D.C.
brings together
more than 1,600 talented, ambitious young people from
across the country for a week that develops their leadership skills. This year, South Carolina’s electric cooperatives sent their largest contingent to date—64 rising
high-school seniors.
“It’s pretty cool being around so many other kids
who have big goals for the future,” says Brent Towery, a
student at Socastee High School and a member of Horry
Photos by Mar k Quinn
Each June, the Washington Youth Tour
The Soda Pop Co-op helped Youth Tour students beat the high “tourist
prices” of drinks and snacks in Washington, D.C. From left to right are
Sarah‑Ellen Floyd, Kate Brady, Emily Scircle and Brent Towery.
‘Youth Tour is one of the greatest outreach tools our co-ops have.’
Electric Cooperative. “After the first day of the trip, it’s
like we had all known each other forever.”
Begun in 1964, Washington Youth Tour celebrated a
50-year anniversary this June. More than 50,000 students
nationwide have made the trip since the program’s
founding.
“Youth Tour is one of the greatest outreach tools our
co-ops have,” says Van O’Cain, South Carolina’s Youth
Tour coordinator. “We’re not just sending students on a
trip to Washington, D.C., we’re building lifelong relationships with them.”
Throughout the tour, students gain a deeper understanding of American history by visiting monuments,
memorials and museums. They also learn about the
importance of public service in meetings with the
members of South Carolina’s congressional delegation.
“Be relentless in pursuit of your goals,” Sen. Tim Scott
told the students on the front steps of the U.S. Capitol
building. “It may be one of you standing here as a
senator one day.”
To help students better understand the cooperative
business model, the Soda Pop Co-op formed on the first
day of the trip. Chaperones and students each paid a $1
membership fee to join the cooperative, which provided
drinks and snacks at affordable prices. Students elected a
board of directors to oversee the co-op and appointed a
manager and assistant manager to run it.
“We saw street vendors selling water for $5 a bottle,”
said Sarah-Ellen Floyd, a member of the Soda Pop Co-op’s
board of directors. “Forming the co-op allowed us to sell
water for 50 cents, and we still made a small profit.”
Each co-op member earned a $7 capital credit
payment by the end of Youth Tour. Instead of pocketing
the money, the students donated $350 of the proceeds to
Team Crosley—a scholarship fund created on behalf of a
Kansas Youth Tour student who lost her father to cancer.
The students posed for pictures
with Sen. Tim Scott (left) and
Sen. Lindsey Graham on the
steps of the U.S. Capitol.
energy efficiency tip
Before lowering the thermostat on a hot summer
day, try cooling off with a ceiling fan. Ceiling fans
make the room feel 4 degrees cooler, and they use
less energy than the AC unit, so you can save money
and stay comfortable. Source: U.S. Department of Energy
—mark quinn
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On the Agenda
O n ly o n
Stay cool in the kitchen
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Hot summer days are a fact of life
in South Carolina, but the heat doesn’t
have to keep you out of the kitchen.
Don’t limit your summer dining options to
salads, cold sandwiches and whatever you
can cook on the backyard grill. With these
handy tips, you can make your family’s
favorite meals, save on your utility bills
and keep the house comfortably cool.
n Nuke it. Your microwave oven is the
most efficient way to cook single food
items without the heat of a traditional
oven. It uses less electricity, and it can cut
cooking time in half.
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Articles
In hot water: Read this
month’s Energy Q&A column
for smart tips to keep your
water heater operating at
peak efficiency.
Study buddies: College life just
got easier, thanks to the 11 must-have
gadgets in this month’s Smart Choice
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No, there will not be a quiz.
n Reach for small appliances.
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Milton Morris
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n Regulate the dish­
washer. When your
s­ ummer meal is done
and it’s time for cleanup,
it’s fine to run the
dishwasher. Did you know
that it uses less water
than washing dishes by
hand? You can save even
more money and energy
by removing the dishes
after the wash cycle and
letting them air-dry.
n Watch the clock.
Take advan­tage of the
lower temperatures in the
early morning and late evening. These are the
best times to cook, bake, turn on the stove
and run the dishwasher.
n Use fans. Ceiling fans can be useful in
the kitchen. Even running a ceiling fan in an
adjoining dining area will help circulate the air
and keep you more comfortable while you
cook. For maximum cooling, consider installing
a whole-house fan or attic fan to keep the
hot air moving up and out of your house.
—b. denise hawkins
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Playing the long game
that affordable and reliable
power is always there when we need it. We walk into a room and flip a switch,
and the lights come on.
We have that luxury because 75 years ago, some forward-thinking South
Carolinians banded together to form the state’s first not-for-profit electric cooperatives. Bringing electricity to our homes and businesses was an important shortterm objective in the 1930s, but those co-op pioneers were doing more than
planting poles and stringing wire. They were building a new way to empower their
communities. To use a sports metaphor, they were playing the long game.
Today, South Carolina’s 20 member-owned cooperatives operate the state’s
largest utility network—70,000 miles of line serving some 1.5 million people in all
46 counties. Delivering electricity remains our daily work, but true to our roots,
co-ops continue to work for a brighter Palmetto State future in ways you might
not expect.
Co-ops are uniquely capable of doing so by virtue of our members-first business
model. We don’t answer to Wall Street or corporate bondholders. Our only bottom
line is our members’ interests.
That’s why many South Carolina co-ops offer community-assistance programs
such as Operation Round Up. Co-op members can elect to round up monthly electricity bills to the next dollar, with the difference going to fund community needs.
This powerful idea started in South Carolina 25 years ago and has spread nationwide as a living testament to the cooperative difference. (Editor’s note: Look for a
full report on Operation Round Up’s 25th anniversary in the October issue.)
Our member-service focus is why we created the South Carolina Power Team,
a joint project with Santee Cooper to entice new businesses to the Palmetto State.
Creating jobs does more than generate new paychecks; it strengthens our schools,
churches and communities, and that has a positive ripple effect across generations.
A proven legacy of looking out for members’ interests is an important distinction when we deal with lawmakers and regulators coming to terms with a changing
energy landscape in America. It allows us to serve as honest brokers of information and gives us the credibility to bring competing stakeholders together for the
common good. Case in point: Co-op representatives, speaking on your behalf, were
instrumental in crafting a new state law on distributed energy resources that will
level the playing field and benefit all South Carolinians for decades to come.
Another example of the co-op difference in action is our campaign to reduce
work-related injuries. In the course of a year, we reduced loss-time accidents by
75 percent at 75 percent of our co-ops. That’s a wonderful accomplishment in
its own right, but instituting a heightened culture of safety—that’s playing the
long game.
Such efforts might appear unrelated to electricity distribution, but they are
power­ful examples of the co-op difference. Ultimately, success in these initiatives
can be credited to our ability to walk the walk and live up to our core philosophy.
As consumers of electricity, we take it for granted
Mike Couick
President and
CEO, The Electric
Cooperatives of
South Carolina
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Fast times at
Darlington
Raceway
The track ‘too tough to tame’ celebrates 65 years of high-speed thrills
BY TIM HANSON | Photos by Carroll foster
Tim Hanson
Donald Paul’s heart is pumping wildly as he crawls
out the passenger window of Brian Vickers’ number
55 race car. Clad in padded jumpsuit and crash
helmet, the 59-year-old NASCAR fan from Elgin had
just completed three exhilarating laps around the
legendary Darlington Raceway, known among stock
car fans as the track “too tough to tame.”
It had been Paul’s lifelong dream to hurtle around the
same track as NASCAR’s racing greats—Bill Elliott, Dale
Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Fireball Roberts. Now, in the middle of Darlington’s Southern 500 weekend and the track’s
65th-anniversary commemoration, he had done just that.
At speeds topping 140 mph, Paul experienced the ruthless
forces that tug on a driver’s body and watched the track wall
pass by in a blur just outside his passenger window.
“I’ve always enjoyed going fast,” says Paul, who won his
unforgettable ride on a $5 scratch-off lottery ticket. “Now
I really know what drivers go through out there.”
Paul is among legions of racing fans who make the
annual pilgrimage here to cheer on favorite drivers and be
part of Darlington history. Fans hold this track—one of the
oldest on the NASCAR circuit—in such high esteem that
the mere suggestion that it might one day fade from use
provokes genuine unease.
“I think there would be a deep hole if NASCAR ever
did away with this track,” says race fan Robin Grover of
Wilmington, N.C. “It’s been here for so long, and it has such
a following. ... And we hear rumors all the time.”
Brasington III—has the original deed for the land. The document shows that Brasington traded $30,805 in raceway stock
for 123 acres of cotton and tobacco farmland. The seller,
Sherman Ramsey, had one condition written into the deal—
a provision that would literally shape the track’s future.
“There was a minnow pond and a farmhouse on that
piece of ground,” says Brasington. “There was a tenant
farmer living there, and Mr. Ramsey said that as long as
that man was alive, the farmhouse must stay. And he didn’t
want the pond disturbed either.”
Brasington wanted his track to be more than a mile
long to qualify as a super speedway. To miss that minnow
pond, he had to make one end of the track narrower than
the other.
“That was not the original plan,” Brasington says. “My
granddad wanted to make a symmetrical oval track. But it
just turned out to be one of those great mistakes that ends
On May 30, 1932, a young man named Harold Brasington
sat in the grand­stand at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. An
enthusiastic racing fan, he had traveled from Darlington
to watch the 20th running of the Indianapolis 500.
For almost five hours, the open-wheeled cars zoomed
around the track at more than 100 mph. Only 14 cars finished the grueling race. This incredible test of endurance—
for both man and machine—inspired Brasington to build
his own racetrack in South Carolina.
In a collection of family photos, race programs and
other memorabilia, Harold Brasington’s grandson—Harold
Courtesy of Darlington raceway
The legend begins
Donald Paul of Elgin lived out his NASCAR fantasy during the Bojangles
Southern 500 weekend at Darlington Raceway (above left). The cars that
ran in the first Southern 500 were genuine “stock” cars, some put into
service right off the showroom floor.
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Reporters mob driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. on pit row after his
qualifying run for the Southern 500 (above). A different kind of
grilling takes center stage on the infield where NASCAR fans camp
in style for the duration of three-day race weekends (right).
up being something cool. Now, that
egg shape is legendary and is a part
of the track’s charm—or a curse,
depending on which driver you
talk to.”
Nine thousand tickets were printed for the first Southern
500 race on Labor Day weekend in 1950, but more than
double that number crammed into the grandstand, swarmed
over the infield and lined the edges of the newly paved asphalt track. So many people showed up that ticket takers
filled 5-gallon buckets and large peach baskets with cash.
When the checkered flag dropped, Johnny Mantz took
first place by driving his black 1950 Plymouth at an average
speed of 75 mph. He walked away with $10,510 in prize
money and a spot in NASCAR history.
‘Home away from home’
Tim Hanson
It is the day of the big race—the 2014 Bojangles Southern
500—and David Granger of Timmonsville is up early to
walk the track with dozens of other fans in a Darlington
prerace tradition. During the track walk, fans are allowed
to trudge up the steeply banked turns and even sign their
names on the concrete walls.
Granger has been coming to Darlington since 1971,
Driver Danica Patrick stands for the national anthem at the start of the
2014 Southern 500 (above). Patrick ran her first race at Darlington in 2012
and has brought new fans to the male-dominated sport of stock car racing.
Front-row grandstand seats put fans close enough to the action to smell the
ethanol fumes and burning rubber as the pack thunders by (right).
Web extra Watch rookie drivers earn their
“Darlington stripe” and catch race weekend highlights
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buying a coveted infield space and camping with friends out
David Gilliland (bottom right) takes a pace
car around the course to demonstrate the
of a Chevy van packed with enough grub to feed an army.
intricacies of the egg-shaped track. Running close
“We’ve got several coolers filled with beverages, three
to the wall can earn a driver his “Darlington stripe”
different kinds of grills and plenty of food,” he says. “On
(center right) or give a race-winning advantage.
Thursday, we cooked steak and potatoes. Last night, we had This year’s Southern 500 winner Kevin Harvick, in
the number 4 car, ran high against the wall to pass
pork loins and pork chops and green beans. Today’s menu
Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final lap (above).
is chicken leg quarters and ribs and hot dogs and ham­
burgers. … It really is a home away from home.”
friendly banter about favorite drivers.
In the old days, Darlington’s infield was a pretty rough
Once the races begin, the giveplace. Fistfights were frequent, and excessive consumpand-take between fans becomes
tion of adult beverages was the order of the day. There was ­pointless as the bone-rattling roar of cars drowns out coneven a jail on the infield where a magistrate
versation. Most people wear earplugs to
would dispense swift justice.
dull the sound, but if you are anywhere
Da rli n g to n
fa st fac t s
“Every kind of vice and bad thing under
close to the track, you can feel the vibrathe sun has occurred there,” Brasington
tion. The smell of fuel and rubber mixes
says. “When I was a youngster—maybe 10
with grill smoke and hangs in the night air.
or 11 years old—my granddad would drive
First race
Earning the Darlington stripe
out there to talk with some of the old-­
timers. …For my own safety, he would
During races, drivers jockey for position as
Diagram
make me sit in the car while he talked
they hurtle through the turns and down
of the
with these men. And then we’d go
the straightaways at speeds approaching
egg-shaped
Length
in
miles
home and watch the race on TV.”
200 mph. Every race at Darlington sees at
track
Since then, race weekends have
least one driver brush the track wall, scrapevolved into a family-oriented event.
ing paint off the passenger side and
Filled with RVs and tents, the grassy infield
leaving behind a “Darlington stripe.”
takes on a friendly, summer-camp atmo“Most tracks in NASCAR are a mileTime in seconds for
and-a-half
long ‘cookie-cutter tracks,’ and
sphere where mothers push babies in strollfastest lap on record
they
are
fairly
easy for a driver,” says
ers while kids toss footballs, ride scooters
(184.145 mph), set by
motor
sports
journalist
Hunter Thomas. “At
and walk dogs.
driver Aric Almirola
Darlington,
you’re
right
up there on those
“There are all kinds of great people
(below) on April 11, 2014.
steep banks right against the wall. So, as a
here,” says fan Vince Reidy of Anderson.
driver you either love it or you hate it.”
“You can stop at anyone’s motor home on
David Gilliland is one of those NASCAR
the infield, and they’ll sit there and talk
drivers who loves Darlington. Just hours
with you or show you the grill they’re
before the beginning of the 2014 Southern
cooking on or offer you a beverage.”
500, he slips behind the wheel of a Ford
Some infield visitors show up in conFusion EcoBoost sedan and treats journalverted school buses fitted with rooftop spectator platforms. Others arrive in pricey
ists ­covering the race to a couple of laps
motor homes. But regardless of their accomaround the track.
For more information:
darlingtonraceway.com
“Darlington is a tough place,” Gilliland
modations, all fans can eventually be found
says as he punches the accelerator and the
sitting outside in lawn chairs, engaged in
1950
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‘Gentlemen, start your engines’
During his 17 years as prerace director at Darlington
Raceway, Tom Kinard introduced beauty queens, politicians, Hollywood actors and NASCAR legends to the
raceway crowd. But nothing was as exciting to the longtime radio personality as the day he started the nearly
rained-out 1993 Southern 500.
“It is a day I’ll never forget,” says Kinard, manager of
communications for Pee Dee Electric Cooperative.
“I was in the press box, and Les Richter, who was
the vice president of operations for NASCAR, called,”
Kinard recalls. “I answered the phone and he said, ‘OK,
let’s get ’em started right now!’”
When Kinard told him that the man slated to start
the race was not there, Richter replied, “We don’t have
time to wait on him—you do it.” With tens of thousands of anxious NASCAR fans awaiting the familiar
words, Kinard turned to the microphone and, in his
wonderful baritone voice, said, “Gentlemen, start your
engines!”
Today, more than 20 years later, he is still captivated
by the memory.
“Even now, when I just said those words,” he says,
“I had a chill go up and down my back.” —tim hanson
Court esy of Tom Kinard
As Darlington’s prerace
director from 1989 to 2004,
Tom Kinard got to meet plenty
of celebrities, including Dale
“The Intimidator” Earnhardt.
Web extra Read more of Tom Kinard’s Darlington
memories in an exclusive bonus article at SCLiving.coop.
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Races are often won or lost in the pits where crew chiefs keep the cars in peak
operating condition. Kevin Harvick’s pit crew erupts with excitement as their
driver takes the checkered flag at the 2014 Southern 500. After a team prayer,
it was time to celebrate on victory lane.
car seems to float up the steep embankment of turn one.
He picks his line through the second turn before going full
throttle on the straightaway. Gilliland’s passengers hold on
tight as he closes in on 110 mph.
“We run right up by the wall,” he explains in a matterof-fact voice, easing off a bit on the throttle and moving
into turns three and four, the narrow end of the track near
Ramsey’s Pond. “The closer you get to the wall, the more
grip there is until, obviously, you hit the wall—and I’ve
­definitely done that.”
Gilliland, who likens coming out of those tight turns to
being “shot out of a cannon,” holds the car just inches from
the concrete barrier, then hits the gas to roar past the start/
finish line in front of Wallace Grandstand.
That evening, the California native successfully pilots
his number 38 Ford through the main event, finishing 28th
out of 43 drivers. Kevin Harvick takes first place, edging out
Dale Earnhardt Jr., who takes second, and Jimmie Johnson,
who finishes third.
‘The last of the old tracks’
This year’s Southern 500 saw more than 90 percent of
its 60,000-plus grandstand seats sell out, as well as every
infield camping spot. Darlington Raceway president Chip
Wile says that bodes well for the track’s future and should
help ease fears of many fans that Darlington might disappear from the NASCAR circuit.
Wile says the International Speedway Corporation—
the company that owns Darlington Raceway—has invested
nearly $80 million in track infrastructure over the last
decade and has plans for more upgrades, including massive
video boards and a remodeled infield, that will usher the
track into the 2020s.
“This is the last of the old tracks,” says Wile. “Rocking­
ham is gone. North Wilkesboro is gone. We’re it. And
NASCAR understands the significance of this racetrack​—
not only the history, but for the future of the sport.”
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SCTravels
BY SUSAN HILL SMITH | PHOTOS BY MIC SMITH
Waterfalls on horseback
We drive into the rising sun on S.C.
Highway 11 and pass by majestic
Table Rock Mountain, knowing that
we are in for a special treat. A few
moments later, we stop at a roadside
motel in Pickens, where our guide is
waiting for us with his horse trailer.
“Y’all ready to hit the road?” Rhett
Leonard asks with a handshake and
a grin.
My husband and I follow him
past Pumpkintown, where Leonard
lives and cares for his 25 horses, and
eventually past Caesar’s Head State
Park, where the mountain road really
starts to twist. As we cross the North
Carolina state line, a sign welcomes
Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative
member Rhett Leonard (right) enjoys
sharing his favorite waterfalls with
guests. Horse-friendly trails make
it easy to travel to Triple Falls (top),
which was featured in the movie
The Hunger Games.
GetThere
Rhett Leonard’s Upstate horse farm is in
Pumpkintown, where he matches people with
horses before leading them to equestrian trails
in South Carolina and North Carolina. He is a
member of Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative.
Availability: Tours must be scheduled in
advance.
Costs: Rates depend on the length of the ride
and number of riders.
Limitations: No more than six guests per tour.
Riders ages 10 and up are welcome.
Details: See horsebackwaterfalltours.com. Call
(864) 918-1020 or email [email protected].
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us to Transylvania County: Land of
the Waterfalls, and that’s not an oversell. There are 250 in this county,
and Leonard is taking us to a few of
his favorites as part of his Horseback
Waterfall Tours.
Once we park, he introduces
us to our rides: Bo and GiGi, both
Tennessee walking horses.
“Y’all are getting two of my easiest
horses,” he promises as he saddles
them up. In fact, they are rescue
horses, once seriously underweight,
that Leonard brought back to health
with perseverance and TLC.
With Leonard and his horse, Rusty,
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leading the way, we enter North
Carolina’s DuPont State Recreational
Forest and its equestrian-friendly
trails. As we ride toward Triple Falls,
the whir of the water grows louder.
Leonard explains that waterfalls have
fascinated him since he was a boy.
Likewise, horseback riding is a favorite pastime. He has been happy to
combine the two and share the experience with others.
“It’s just a great way to get people
out in nature and enjoy God’s creation,” he says.
Triple Falls does not disappoint us
when we arrive at the overlook and
dismount. The white-capped stone
ledges of the falls look like three
giant steps, the last turning a corner
like a winding staircase. Featured in
the sweeping movie The Last of the
Mohicans and more recently The
Hunger Games, the three cascades
reportedly drop a total of 120 feet.
“Isn’t this beautiful?” Leonard asks,
and we can tell that it’s still an emotional sight for him.
On North Carolina tours, Leonard
usually takes guests to Triple Falls,
High Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, all
of which are connected by the Little
River. Horseback tours closer to home
in South Carolina include a six-hour
trip to see Lake Jocassee from Jumping
Off Rock, where riders might catch a
glimpse of nesting falcons.
He started the waterfall tours two
years ago, but with the cost of hauling
horses, the tours are more of a stressreliever for him than a moneymaker.
He just finished a tough week with his
same-day courier businesses, so he’s
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“I don’t know of anything that can
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BETH’S BAKED FISH
MAKES 4 SMALL SERVINGS
1 pound filleted flounder, snapper, catfish
or bluefish
1 medium onion, chopped medium or
sliced into rings
½ cup black olives, sliced
2 tablespoons butter or
extra-virgin olive oil
½ cup mayonnaise
½ cup sour cream
Sea salt and pepper, to taste
William P. Edwards / iStock
ORANGE-ALMOND SALAD
SERVES 6–8
NINA GRAY, PROSPERITY
In a screw-top jar,
combine oil, sugar, vinegar,
salt and almond extract.
Shake until sugar and salt
dissolve. Chill. At serving
time, combine spinach
leaves, oranges, celery
and green onions in a
salad bowl. Sprinkle with
almonds. Pour dressing
over salad and toss gently
to coat.
William P. Edwards / iStock
¼ cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
¼ teaspoon salt
J teaspoon almond extract
6 cups fresh spinach leaves or spring mix
3 medium oranges, peeled, sliced and
halved crosswise
1 cup celery, thinly sliced (about 2 stalks)
2 tablespoons green onions, sliced
N cup slivered almonds, toasted
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place fish fillets, onion,
black olives and butter in a lightly buttered medium
casserole dish, and bake 12–14 minutes, uncovered,
or until fish is done. Remove fillets from oven, then
turn oven off. To make the sauce, pour off any pan
drippings into a small bowl, then whisk in sour cream
and mayonnaise. Pour sauce over the fish and return
to the warm oven, covered, until ready to serve.
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CINNAMON AVOCADO
SERVES 4
2 ripe avocados
Honey
Ground cinnamon
Wash and rinse avocados.
Cut in half and remove pits.
Drizzle insides with honey, and
sprinkle with ground cinnamon.
Scoop out bites with spoon.
DOROTHY GLENN, LAURENS
GRANDMA HARRIGER’S
PEACH CUSTARD PIE
SERVES 6–8
4eggs, beaten
¾cup granulated sugar
3tablespoons all-purpose flour
4–5ripe, medium peaches, peeled
and sliced
19-inch deep-dish pie crust,
unbaked
1tablespoon butter
JANET HOAGLIN, HILTON HEAD ISLAND
Michael Phillips / iStock
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a
medium bowl, mix together eggs, sugar
and flour until well incorporated. Fold
sliced peaches into egg mixture and
pour into pie crust. Dot with butter.
Bake on cookie sheet for 1 hour or until
the top turns a light golden brown.
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SCGardener
BY S. CORY TANNER
Stretch your growing season
a relatively
small space, so I’m always looking
for ways to get more out of my home
vegetable plot. One of my favorite
techniques is making the growing
season last longer.
Fall can actually be our most productive season in South Carolina, with
optimal temperatures (warm days
and cool nights) for many crops. The
air is less humid, so plants face fewer
disease problems. Less appealing is the
fact that a fall garden needs to be prepared and planted in the hottest part
of the summer, August.
Cool-season crops—Brussels
sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, collards,
turnips, beets—should be planted
between mid-July and September 1.
You can start cole crops as transplants
or sow them directly in the garden.
Root crops generally perform best
when direct sown.
Making sure those seeds and
seedlings don’t dry out is critical for
­summer-planted, cool-season crops. On
a hot, sunny day, your seeds and transplants may need watering twice a day.
Here’s a trick I learned from a
farmer some years ago to protect small
seeds sown directly in the garden. After
you sow and water them in, cover each
row with a piece of lumber. This holds
moisture in the row and prevents soil
crusting. It also keeps the soil around
the seeds from getting excessively hot
during germination. Obviously, you’ll
need to remove the boards after a couple days to allow the new seedlings to
emerge and get sunlight. Remove the
boards in the early evening to allow
any emerging seedlings to adapt to the
rising sun the following morning. I’ve
had good success with summer-seeded
crops using this technique.
Another simple season-extension
idea I encourage vegetable gardeners
My garden area occupies
photos by S. Cory Tanner
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Row covers, secured over a raised bed, can
provide double duty by shading seedlings from
harsh summer sun and protecting crops from
winter cold and winds.
to try is row covers. These spunbonded polypropylene fabrics come
in multiple sizes. You can install them
over individual rows or even entire
blocks of garden space. Lightweight
row covers are porous, letting light,
water and air pass through, so you can
leave them over a planting throughout the day or for extended periods
without causing excessive heat buildup
or blocking rain.
Covers can be simply draped over
a planting, but I prefer to prop them
above the crop with homemade or
store-bought wire supports. Row
covers serve double duty in season
extension: They protect tender seedlings of summer-sown, cool-season
crops from the intense August sun,
and they are equally helpful in frost
protection in later months.
You can get a jump on fall planting by using row covers to shade
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instead of trapping it as heat. Leave
the ends of the row covers open for
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or leave them on for frost protection
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For frost protection, secure your
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staples, rocks, sandbags or lumber to
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UPSTATE
AUGUST
16 • Rolling Waterwheel Gospel
Revue, Hagood Mill Historic Site and
Folklife Center, Pickens. (864) 898-2936.
22–23 • Spring Water Festival,
Mineral Spring Park, Williamston.
(864) 847-7473, ext. 7.
22–24 • SHE: The Upstate Women’s
Show, TD Convention Center,
Greenville. (864) 250-9713.
23 • City Street Band, Pickens
Amphitheater, Pickens. (864) 878-6421.
23 • Beach Ball, Hartness Estate,
Greenville. (864) 467-3000.
23 • Flight of the Dove, Presbyterian
College, Clinton. (864) 833-6287.
23 • Mutt Strut, Greenville
Technical College Swamp Rabbit
Trail, Greenville. (864) 242-3626.
28–Sept. 1 • UCI Para-Cycling Road
World Championships, Millennium
Campus, Greenville. (864) 467-2726.
29 • Midnight Flight, Anderson Area
YMCA, Anderson. (864) 716-6809.
30 • Soteria 5K, Furman University,
Greenville. (864) 272-0681.
30–31 • Dacusville Farm Show, 3147
Earls Bridge Road, Easley. (864) 423-3239.
SEPTEMBER
5–7 and 12–14 • “You’re a Good
Man, Charlie Brown,” Easley Foothills
Playhouse, Easley. (864) 855-1817.
5–6 • South Carolina Apple Festival,
downtown, Westminster. (864) 647-7223.
6 • Launch of “The World of Readers:
The Tom Johnson Art Collection,”
Pickens County Museum of Art &
History, Pickens. (864) 898-5963.
12–13 • Preview Gala and 20x20
Invitational Clay Exhibit & Sale, ARTS
Center of Clemson, Clemson. (864) 633-5051.
12–13 • Uniquely Union Festival,
downtown, Union. (864) 319-1315.
13 • Upstate Forever’s Preservation
Bicycle Ride, Strawberry Hill USA,
Chesnee. (864) 327-0090.
13 • Music on the Mountain, Table Rock
State Park, Pickens. (864) 878-9813.
ONGOING
Daily • Art Gallery at the Fran Hanson
Discovery Center, South Carolina Botanical
Garden, Clemson. (864) 656-3405.
Mondays through Fridays, Sept. 12–
Oct. 10 • “Any Way You Wanna
Shake It: An Artful Investigation of
Salt & Pepper Sets,” ARTS Center of
Clemson, Clemson. (864) 633-5051.
Tuesdays through Saturdays
through October • Walnut Grove
Plantation Public Tours, Walnut Grove
Plantation, Roebuck. (864) 576-6546.
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Tuesdays through Sundays, through
Aug. 31 • Maps Alive! Spartanburg
Regional History Museum,
Spartanburg. (864) 596-3501.
Wednesdays through Sundays,
through Sept. 21 • “The Content of
Our Character: From States Rights to
Civil Rights,” Greenville County Museum
of Art, Greenville. (864) 271-7570.
Wednesdays through Sundays •
Carolina Foothills Artisan Center
Landrum Inaugural Season, 214
Rutherford St., Landrum. (864) 461-3050.
Thursdays through October •
Jazz on the Alley, Ram Cat Alley,
Seneca. (864) 885-2700.
Fridays through Sept. 26 • Heritage
Main Street Fridays, NOMA Square,
Greenville. (864) 467-5741.
Fridays • Oolenoy Bluegrass Jam
Session, 5301 Dacusville Highway,
Pumpkintown. (864) 637-9217.
Third Saturdays • Seay House
free admission, 106 Darby Road,
Spartanburg. (864) 596-3501.
Saturdays and Sundays • Historic
Building Tour, Oconee Station State
Historic Site, Walhalla. (864) 638-0079.
Sundays • Sundays Unplugged, Zimmerli
Plaza, Spartanburg. (864) 542-2787.
MIDLANDS
AUGUST
20 and 22 • “The Black Man…Complex,”
Trustus Theatre, Columbia. (803) 254-9732.
21 and 23 • The Restoration’s
“Constance,” Trustus Theatre,
Columbia. (803) 254-9732.
22 • Miss Clarendon Scholarship
Luncheon, Manning United Methodist
Church, Manning. (803) 435-8477.
22–23 • Sandy Oaks Pro Rodeo,
Lazy J Arena, Edgefield. (803) 637-5369.
22–23 • Main Street Latin Festival,
1400 Main St., Columbia. (803) 939-0360.
23 • Jailbreak Escape Urban Challenge
Run, Lexington County Sheriff’s
Dept., Lexington. (803) 799-4786.
23 • Summerfest, downtown,
York. (803) 684-2590.
24 • FEST 24, Trustus Theatre,
Columbia. (803) 254-9732.
29–31 • Bluegrass & Country
Music Festival, Lone Star BBQ,
Santee. (803) 854-2000.
30 • Patriot Day Golf Tournament,
Players Golf Club, Manning. (803) 478-2500.
30 • Meals on Wheels 5K, Crooked
Creek Park, Chapin. (803) 345-6181.
30 • Eutawville 5K Family Fun Run/
Walk and Music Festival, downtown,
Eutawville. (803) 378-8701.
25–29 • World Amateur Handicap
Championship, multiple golf courses,
Myrtle Beach. (800) 833-8798.
29–30 • Edisto Beach Music
& Shag Fest, Bay Creek Park,
Edisto Island. (843) 869-3867.
29–30 • Beach, Boogie and BBQ Festival,
Grand Park, Myrtle Beach. (843) 626-7444.
30 • Introductory Tour, Hobcaw
Barony, Georgetown. (843) 546-4623.
SEPTEMBER
Living History Historic slave interpreters depict
African American life on the Bratton plantation during
“By the Sweat of Our Brows” Sept. 13 at Historic
Brattonsville in McConnells.
30 • International Triathlon and
Sprint Triathlon, Langley Pond,
Burnettown. (803) 642-7559.
SEPTEMBER
1 • Labor Day Festival and Parade,
downtown, Chapin. (803) 345-1100.
4 • Labor of Love 2014, First Baptist
Church Rock Hill, Rock Hill. (803) 329-1500.
6 • Battle of Eutaw Springs
commemoration, Church of the
Epiphany and Battle Monument
Park, Eutawville. (803) 823-2824.
6 • Butts and Bluegrass BBQ
Festival, Community Park Drive,
Clover. (704) 214-2892.
7 • Grandparents Day and Owl
Book Club, Main Street Children’s
Museum, Rock Hill. (803) 327-6400.
9 • Carolina Stargazing, Settlemyre
Planetarium, Rock Hill. (803) 329-2121.
13 • Martha’s Market, Union
United Methodist Church,
Columbia. (803) 781-3013.
13 • “By the Sweat of Our
Brows,” Historic Brattonsville,
McConnells. (803) 684-2327.
13 • Ferns & Fossils Family Day, Museum
of York County, Rock Hill. (803) 329-2121.
13 • Black Men of South Carolina
Rally and Family Festival, Finlay
Park, Columbia. (803) 661-0802.
ONGOING
Daily through Labor Day • “The Life
and Art of Addie Sims: A Look into Her
World Virtual Exhibition,” scmuseum.
org/addiesims/addiesims.html, S.C. State
Museum, Columbia. (803) 898-4942.
Daily through Sept. 14 • “Dinosaurs:
Land of Fire and Ice,” EdVenture Children’s
Museum, Columbia. (803) 779-3100.
Daily through Feb. 1 • “South
Carolina Unearthed,” S.C. State
Museum, Columbia. (803) 898-4921.
Daily • Self-guided Rose Garden
Walks, Edisto Memorial Gardens,
Orangeburg. (800) 545-6153.
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Mondays through Saturdays,
through Aug. 30 • “Hidden Treasures:
Rediscovering McKissick Museum’s
Natural History Collection,”
Columbia. (803) 777-7251.
Tuesdays through Sundays through
Aug. 31 • “Daryl Triveri’s Fantastic
Animals: Selections from the Vogel
Collection,” Columbia Museum of
Art, Columbia. (803) 799-2810.
Tuesdays through Sundays •
Historic Camden Revolutionary
War Site, Camden. (803) 432-9841.
Tuesdays through Sundays •
Expanded Civil War Exhibit, S.C. State
Museum, Columbia. (803) 898-4921.
Tuesdays through Sundays • “Dinosaurs:
A Bite Out of Time,” S.C. State
Museum, Columbia. (803) 898-4921.
LOWCOUNTRY
AUGUST
15 • Dog Days of Summer
Sunset Party, Oyster Factory
Park, Bluffton. (843) 757-8520.
15–17 • Gullah Geechee Heritage Festival,
C.B. Berry Community and Historical
Center, Little River. (843) 399-5889.
16 • Big Kahuna Fishing
Tournament, Folly Beach Fishing
Pier, Folly Beach. (843) 795-4386.
20 • Creature Feature: Sharks, North
Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum,
North Myrtle Beach. (843) 427-7668.
20 • Early Morning Bird Walk, Caw Caw
Interpretive Center, Ravenel. (843) 795-4386.
20 and 30 • Fireworks, Second Avenue
Pier, Myrtle Beach. (843) 626-8480.
21 • Pups, Yups and Food Trucks,
Palmetto Island County Park, Mount
Pleasant. (843) 795-4386.
22 • Special Needs Prom,
Bees Landing Recreation Center,
Charleston. (843) 795-4386.
23 • Race for the ARK, St. Luke’s Lutheran
Church, Summerville. (843) 832-2357.
24 • Bulls Island Beach Drop, Garris
Landing, Awendaw. (843) 881-4582.
5–6 • Make Us One Dance
Conference, Kingdom Life International
Church, Florence. (843) 615-6232.
6 • South Carolina’s Largest Garage
Sale, Myrtle Beach Convention Center,
Myrtle Beach. (843) 918-1225.
6 • Cooper River Challenge Pier
Tournament, Mount Pleasant Pier,
Mount Pleasant. (843) 795-4386.
8–10 • South Carolina International
Trade Conference, Wild Dunes Resort,
Isle of Palms. (843) 460-5016.
11 • “Lost Myrtle Beach” author
talk, Socastee Library, Myrtle
Beach. (843) 215-4700.
11–14 • Yemassee Shrimp Festival,
downtown, Yemassee. (843) 589-2120.
12–14 • Mayor’s Cup Men’s Amateur
Championship, Whispering Pines Golf
Course, Myrtle Beach. (843) 918-2305.
12–21 • SOS Fall Migration,
multiple locations, North Myrtle
Beach. (803) 366-5506.
13 • Coastal Island Horse Show,
Mullet Hall Equestrian Center,
Johns Island. (843) 795-4386.
ONGOING
Daily, except major holidays • Parris
Island Museum, Beaufort. (843) 228-2166.
Daily through Nov. 1 • “ToyTime”
giant folk toy exhibit, North Myrtle
Beach Area Historical Museum, North
Myrtle Beach. (843) 427-7668.
Daily through December • “Finding
Freedom’s Home: Archaeology at
Mitchelville,” Coastal Discovery Museum,
Hilton Head Island. (843) 689-6767.
Mondays through October • Coastal
Kayaking, Huntington Beach State
Park, Murrells Inlet. (843) 235-8755.
Tuesdays through Sundays, through
Sept. 14 • “Claire Farrell: A is for Art,”
Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art
Museum, Myrtle Beach. (843) 238-2510.
First and fourth Thursdays through
September • Music on Main,
Main Street and Horseshoe, North
Myrtle Beach. (843) 280-5570.
Saturdays through August 30 • State
Park Secrets, Myrtle Beach State
Park, Myrtle Beach. (843) 238-0874.
Saturdays • History, Nature and
Music Programs, Horry County
Museum, Conway. (843) 915-5320.
SCHumorMe
By Jan A. Igoe
Plenty of fishermen
So there I was, 27 years and
two kids into a reasonably
un-tumultuous marriage,
when a hot new Harley Softail
Classic whizzed by with my
girlfriend on the front—and
my husband on the back.
Make that ex-husband.
Make that ex-girlfriend.
Divorce is no fun. Or should
I say “conscious uncoupling,”
like Gwyneth Paltrow and
what’s his name? There is a
key difference. To get divorced,
you need a lawyer. To get
uncoupled, you probably call a
plumber.
Whatever you call it, recovery has several phases. First
you cry, scream, punch walls
and pray someone will pull the spear out of your gut. But
guess what? That’s the easy part.
The hard part comes later, when helpful friends decide
it’s time to get your profile on Plenty of Fish.
“My daughter’s on that. It’s a dating site,” I said. “What
would I do there?”
My friends did a group eye roll and grabbed my computer. “You’re going on a date,” they assured me. Something
I haven’t done in four decades.
“It hasn’t changed much. Now you’ll be talking about
prostates instead of proms. That’s all,” said Katie, who met
the last three loves of her life online.
I started wishing the spear-in-the-gut phase had lasted a
little longer. Before I could protest, my friends were picking
victims.
“These guys all look like my dad,” I said.
“That’s OK,” Jeanne said happily. “You look like your
mom.”
We started browsing through available men, when I realized how the site got its name. In eight out of 10 profile
photos, the men were proudly displaying large fish.
“Do they want a girlfriend or a trout?” I asked my
experts, who continued to ignore me.
“Look! Here’s someone. Financially secure, likes to
cuddle and loves dogs,” Katie said. “You’re meeting him at
the community pool, and he’ll bring the wine.”
Wait … what?
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The next afternoon, I was
looking for that pool when
a man wearing three days’
worth of stubble and a paintspattered tank top flagged me
down. It was my date. And the
pool was in his backyard.
“Are you Jan?” he asked.
I hadn’t been this frightened since my neighbor’s kid
brought his tarantula over to
meet me. Taking a deep breath,
I weighed my options.
1. Disavow all knowledge of
English: “Me no Jan. Que pasa,
et vous? Aloha.”
2. Floor it. My Honda could
have me in another state in
20 minutes.
3. Relax. Assume that people
are inherently good, but keep a firm grip on the pepper
spray in my pocket.
The guy seemed harmless enough, so I followed him out
back to sit by the pool. He poured me a glass of wine. This
wasn’t so bad. I could do this.
Then he shared some highlights of his last colonoscopy.
I was about to dive into the wine when my date changed
the subject.
“I swim naked. That’s cool, right?”
His words reached my brain at the exact moment my
lips reached the glass.
When I looked up, his tank top was gone—along with
his swim trunks.
One glance at my naked date and wine started spluttering out my nose. I was hysterical, crying, choking, doubled
over and gasping for breath. No matter how I tried, the
laughter kept coming.
Post escape, I called my dating experts to thank them.
No big deal, they said. One nudist doesn’t represent all
­dating-kind. They were ready to find me another date, but
I knew what to say.
“Me no Jan. Que pasa, et vous? Aloha.” is a newly single writer who didn’t find out she
was an adrenaline junkie until she started dating again.
She’s decided to take up hang gliding instead. Write her at
[email protected].
JAN IGOE
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