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Charming
Cheraw
Where history
and hospitality
are a way of life
SC Sto r i e s
Leader of the band
SC Sc e n e
A Titanic experience
Humor Me
SC Sc e n e
Service with a smileKeep your cool
June 2012
SC Sto r i e s
The pipes are calling
Humor me
The world is your doily
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THE MAGAZINE FOR
COOPERATIVE MEMBERS
Vol. 66 • No. 6
(ISSN 0047-486X, USPS 316-240)
Read in more than 450,000 homes
and businesses and published
monthly except in December by
The Electric Cooperatives
of South Carolina, Inc.
808 Knox Abbott Drive
Cayce, SC 29033
Tel: (803) 926-3 1 75
Fax: (803) 796-6064
Email: [email protected]
EDITOR
Keith Phillips
FIELD EDITOR
Walter Allread
PUBLICATION COORDINATOR
Pam Martin
June 2012 • Volume 66, Number 6
FEATURE
16The charming
people of Cheraw
Sharri Harris Wolfgang
DESIGNER
Susan Collins
PRODUCTION
Andrew Chapman
milton morris
Spend a long weekend in Cheraw and
we guarantee you’ll fall positively in love
with the place and the people who call it
home—including these local characters
who help make Cheraw so charming.
ART DIRECTOR
WEB EDITOR
Van O’Cain
COPY EDITOR
Susan Scott Soyars
4CO-OP CONNECTION
Cooperative news
Contributors
Becky Billingsley, Mike Couick, Jim
Dulley, June Gallup, Carrie B. Hirsch,
Jan A. Igoe, Charles Joyner, Mary Sue
Lawrence, Diane V. Parham, Mark
Quinn, S. Cory Tanner, Kelly Trapnell
Publisher
Lou Green
ADVERTISING MANAGERS
Tel: (800) 984-0887
Dan Covell
Keegan Covell
National Representation
National Country Market
Tel: (800) NCM-1181
Paid advertisements are not
endorsements by any electric
cooperative or this publication.
If you encounter a difficulty with an
advertisement, inform the Editor.
6ON THE AGENDA
Periodicals postage paid at Columbia,
S.C., and additional mailing offices.
DIALOGUE
10Teach for America
We can all learn a lesson or
two from the men and women
who dedicate their lives to
educating our children.
12Block heat for cooler rooms
Better attic ventilation can
improve your home’s comfort
and lower your power bill.
SMART CHOICE
14Breezing into summer
Take the edge off the
summer heat with eight
cool electric fans.
Printed on
recycled paper
South Carolina Peach Festival
SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING
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GARDENER
26 Master Gardeners make S.C. greener
If you garden in South Carolina,
chances are your life has been
touched by a Master Gardener.
TR AVELS
28 Tour of duty
Civilians get a taste of the military
experience at Fort Jackson’s Basic
Combat Training Museum.
CHEF’S CHOICE
30 North meets south
At Hampton’s in downtown Sumter, chef
Raffaele Dall’Erta prepares the cuisine
of Northern Italy with southern flair.
RECIPE
32Father’s Day favorites
/ iStoc k
is brought
to you by your member-owned,
taxpaying, not-for-profit electric
cooperative to inform you about your
cooperative, wise energy use and the
faces and places that identify the
Palmetto State. Electric cooperatives
are South Carolina’s — and
America’s — largest utility network.
ENERGY Q&A
22
Ka re n he rm
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© COPYRIGHT 201 2. The Electric
Cooperatives of South Carolina,
Inc. No portion of South Carolina
Living may be reproduced without
permission of the Editor.
STORIES
21The jazz man
As conductor of the Charleston
Don’t miss this month’s roundup
Jazz Orchestra, Charlton Singleton
of fun summer festivals from
is hitting all the right notes.
Greenville to Charleston. Plus:
SCENE
Expert tips for making sure
22
Discovering Titanic
your backyard swimming pool
A new exhibit at the S.C. State
doesn’t drain your wallet dry.
Museum marks the 100th anniversary
of the infamous maritime disaster.
POWER USER
ADDRESS CHANGES: Please send
to your local co-op. Postmaster:
Send Form 3579 to Address
Change, c/o the address above.
SC LIFE
Summer green beans
Chicken pie
Onion rings
Judy’s pickled figs
HUMOR ME
38 One man’s perky is another’s poison
Charming
A generous helping of friendly service
can have unintended consequences.
Cheraw
Where history
and hospitality
are a way of life
34MARKETPLACE
SC Sto r i e S
Leader of the band
SC SC e n e
A Titanic experience
Humor me
SC SC e n e
Service with a smileKeep your cool
36SC EVENTS
Member of the NCM network of
publications, reaching more than
7 million homes and businesses
June 2012
SC Sto r i e S
The pipes are calling
Humor me
The world is your doily
32
Felicia Flemming-McCall
shows off an antique
wooden bowl and
other artifacts found
in Cheraw’s Southern
African-American
Heritage Center. Photo
by Milton Morris.
Co-opConnection
Cool off bills with TogetherWeSave.com

254 Hwy 15-401 Bypass East
P.O. Box 1057
Bennettsville, SC 29512
General Information
(843) 479-3855
(800) 922-9174
www.marlboroelectric.coop
Office Hours
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Monday–Friday
President/CEO
William L. Fleming
Chairman of the Board
Sam P. “Bo” McInnis, Jr.
Board of Trustees
Eddie Gordon, District 1
Raymond Woodle, District 2
Charles R. ‘Ricky’ Smith, District 3
Melvin Carabo, District 4
John M. Alford, District 5
Sam P. “Bo” McInnis, Jr. District 6
Chairman
Jeff Quick, District 7
Secretary/Treasurer
W. Ronald Quick, District 8
Janelle Sauls, District 9
Vice-Chairman
Attorney
Doug Jennings
Co-op News Editor
Christy J. Overstreet
email: cjoverstreet@
marlboroelectric.coop
Mission Statement
The focus of Marlboro Electric
Cooperative, Inc. is to make
electric energy available to its
members at the lowest cost
consistent with sound economic
principle and management.
and high
electric bills don’t need to arrive handin-hand this summer. At Marlboro
Electric Cooperative, we
are committed to providing
you with not only safe and
reliable electric service, but
also with information to help
keep electric bills affordable,
when the heat is on.
One of the most powerful
tools in Marlboro Electric
Cooperative’s energy-saving arsenal
is TogetherWeSave.com. The website
offers nine applications focusing on
different actions that, once completed,
show an actual savings calculation. For
example, in the “Lower Your Water
Heater Temperature” application, you
can virtually adjust the temperature
setting on the water heater dial to see
a projection of how much money you
could save by doing just that.
Take the Virtual Home Tour on
TogetherWeSave.com to find even
more ways to cut costs. You will
“walk” through a home’s family room,
kitchen, laundry room, bedroom,
basement and attic. Each area
SCORCHING TEMPERATURES
reveals at least two actions you can
take to improve your home’s energy
efficiency. As you move through the
room and complete the suggested
changes, you will see a running tally
of potential energy dollar savings.
The website also provides access to
the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives TV
Web Portal where you can view short
energy-efficiency videos. You can even
connect with other energy-conscious
members by sharing your story about
what you are doing to be more efficient.
It’s remarkable that co-op members just
like you from across the country have
already visited TogetherWeSave.com
and collectively saved an estimated
$40 million by making small energyrelated changes at home.
We want to help you reach your
energy-saving goals. So go ahead: flip
a switch, lower the blinds, raise the
temperature on your thermostat, and
visit TogetherWeSave.com to find out
how little changes can cool off your
electric bill.
Charles R. ‘Ricky’ Smith
Trustee
Consider these factors that can affect your bill
When receiving your power bill, consider these
factors that can affect the outcome of your bill.
Days of use: Check the number of days
that are billed for your electric use. This varies
from bill to bill due to the number of days
in a month and a billing cycle may be a bit
shorter or a bit longer so as not to make your
bill due on a weekend or holiday.
Lifestyle: No two houses are built the same
and no two households use energy the same
way, so comparing your
energy bill to your neighbor’s
is like comparing apples to
oranges. It is best to compare
your current use to your past use, keeping in
mind changes that may have occurred, such as
new occupants, additions to the home, added
electronics or appliances, etc.
Your meter: As a clock or watch keeps
track of time, your meter keeps track of
the amount of electricity you use. Meters
are seldom the cause of a higher bill but
they are often blamed. Meters measure
energy use. Very few meters are proven
to be wrong when tested. Most old
meters or a faulty meter would more likely
run slow. Meter tests should be a last resort.
When requested, a Marlboro Electric field
representative will check a member’s meter
and if is determined that it is working properly,
a $15 fee is charged. Faulty meters, although
rarely found, are usually replaced at no charge.
Co-op observes Independence Day
Marlboro Electric will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day.
Emergency crews will be on standby.
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Highlights
JUNE 14–17
Charleston Caribbean
Festival
Jamaica is the featured country for the 2012
celebration of Caribbean food, music and
culture that’s better known around Charleston
as Carifest. A symposium about the country
will include free food samples such as curry
goat, and there will be a Jamaican theme to
the Friday night Masquerade Fete. Don’t miss
the colorful parade and carnival, scheduled to
step off Saturday June 17 at Brittle Bank Park.
For details, visit charlestoncarifest.com or call
(843) 557-6258.
JUNE 15–23
JULY 14
Chautauqua is a fancy word for interactive
educational theater, and the theme for the
2012 Chautauqua Festival in Greenville is famous
historical figures. Guests can learn about
Winston Churchill, Karl Jung, Golda Meir and
Denmark Vesey in special live performances
at various outdoor venues. Admission is free,
and families are encouraged to bring picnics,
lawns chairs and blankets to enjoy the shows.
Music lovers can sample a diverse array of
styles at the Jammin’ in July Music Festival to
be held at the Historic Camden Revolutionary
War Site on July 14. Admission is $18–$20 for
the day-long event featuring Latin rock by
the Mobros (pictured), jazz and soul by the
Reggie Sullivan Project, jamgrass from Black Iron
Gathering, folk and Americana from Kathryn
Scheldt, and blues from headliner Delta Moon.
An extra tuneful treat: This year’s event will also
feature a mini-festival of historic music videos.
Interactive Theater
For more details, visit greenvillechautauqua.org
or call (864) 244-1499.
Jammin’ in July
For details, visit neyeproductions.com or call
(803) 432-9841.
TOP PICK FOR KIDS
JUNE 29–30
Festival of Stars
The town of Ninety Six gets an early start on Independence Day with its annual Festival
of Stars June 29–30. The fun starts Friday night with a street dance and continues
through Saturday with a parade led by U.S. military veterans, a street festival and plenty
of live entertainment. The dress code for the event calls for anything red, white and
blue, and it’s a good idea to bring a lawn chair for the Saturday night fireworks and a
special concert by the 246th Army Band.
For details, visit townofninetysixsc.com or call (864) 543-3396.
JULY 12–21
Peach Props
Gaffney’s week-long South Carolina Peach Festival
celebrates our state fruit in sweet style with plenty
of peachy dishes, along with barbecue and wing
cook-offs. Non-culinary events include a dog show,
talent night, family fun fest, truck mud-bogging
and a concert by country music artist Colt Ford.
For details, visit scpeachfestival.org or call (864) 490-4921.
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Email COMMENTS, QUESTIONS AND
Story suggestions TO [email protected]
Dive into energy savings
For relief from the sweltering summer
heat, nothing beats a dip in the backyard pool, but that oasis of comfort
could be driving up your power bill.
Your pool is equipped with a potential energy guzzler: the pump. The
bigger the pump, the higher your
power bill will be. To save electricity
and money, make sure your filtration
system uses the smallest pump possible. A knowledgeable pool supply
or service firm can help you choose
the most efficient unit for your pool,
taking into consideration its size, filter
and piping.
Regardless of the pump size, you
can also save electricity by making
smart choices on how and when you
use the filtration system. Follow these
tips to make sure your pool doesn’t
drain your wallet dry this summer.
n Keep drains clear of debris. Clogged
drains mean your pump will work
harder to circulate water.
n Find a proper balance for backwash
ackwashing
ing the filter. Too much b
—the process of filtering and disposing of dirty water—wastes water and
power, while too little strains the
pump.
n Limit filtration time. Use a timer
to manage the filtration process for
peak efficiency. The Department of
Energy recommends running your
system about six hours a day. If the
cleanliness is not to your liking,
increase filtration time by 30-minute
increments until you find a balance
between clean water and maximum
energy savings.
n Use some elbow grease. To keep
debris down without running your
pump overtime, use a net to manually
clean the water. Homeowners can also
control algae by maintaining a proper
chemical balance and by brushing
down pool walls.
To find more ways to save
energy around your home, visit
togetherwesave.com. —KELLY TRAPNELL
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
web extras at SCLiving.coop
Energy Q&A. Don’t let high power bills ruin your summer fun. Turn to
page 12 to learn how better attic ventilation can help keep your home
comfortable. Then visit the website for additional ways to save energy. Look
for links to “Metal roofing keeps things cool,” “Eight energy upgrades that
pay,” and “Keep your cool” under the Energy Q&A tab.
HO
Discovering Titanic. Even after 100 years
on the bottom of the Atlantic, some of the
artifacts on display at the S.C. State Museum’s
new Titanic exhibit (see page 22) look brand new.
For more photos, see our “web extra” gallery at SCLiving.coop.
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Congratulations to Daniel Rabern, an apprentice lineman
with Fairfield Electric Cooperative, for scoring big at the 2012
Lineworkers’ Rodeo.
Rabern was the overall winner in the Apprentice Division of
the annual competition, which tests the safety knowledge and
skills of utility employees from across South Carolina. After
completing all five events, including the Hurt-Man Rescue
(shown above), he racked up an impressive 498 points out of
a possible 500.
“It was pretty tight this year,” Rabern says of the competition for the award, stressing that the real goal is to reinforce
safety. “The rodeo is important because it teaches you the
most efficient way to work while maintaining safe practices.”
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Living has compiled a souvenir book
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On the Agenda
energy efficiency tip
Letters
Saluting our World War II veterans
The May 2012 issue of South Carolina Living
was outstanding. I could not put it down.
Thank you for honoring our World War II
veterans! I am proud to be associated with
such people.
jane waters, gaffney
I am truly impressed with the amazing work
that the electric cooperatives have done in
partnership with Honor Flight of South Carolina
to recognize World War II veterans in our state.
My father, Clyde Wells, was one of the veterans
Write SCL
Letters to the editor We love hearing from our
readers. Tell us what you think about this issue, send
us story suggestions or just let us know what’s on
your mind by writing to Letters, South Carolina Living,
808 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce, SC 29033. You can also
email us at [email protected] or send a note by fax
to (803) 796-6064. All letters received are subject to
editing before publication.
Want to beat the heat? Run appliances like
dishwashers and clothes dryers late in the evening
to keep the heat from affecting your comfort.
Use cold water to wash clothes, and remember
to unplug electric chargers, televisions and other
appliances when you are not using them. Learn
more ways to save at togetherwesave.com.
GONE FISHIN’
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Source: Touchstone Energy Cooperatives
17 4:22 11:52 12:07
18 — 5:07 7:52
19 12:52 5:37 8:22
20 1:22 6:07 8:52
21 1:52 6:52 9:22
22 2:37 7:22 9:52
23 3:22 8:07 10:22
24 4:22 9:07 11:07
25 10:37 5:22 4:37
26 — 6:37 12:37
27 — 7:52 6:52
28 1:07 8:52 8:22
29 1:52 9:52 9:52
30 2:52 10:37 10:52
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The Vektor Fish & Game Forecast provides
feeding and migration times. Major
periods can bracket the peak by an hour.
Minor peaks, ½ hour before and after.
Minor
June
selected to participate on the April 11 flight and
everything—from the caps and red flight jackets,
to the fanfare of the homecoming celebration,
and now the book compiling the stories of each
veteran—could not have been executed more
beautifully. I would like to express my thanks to
everyone at the cooperatives for making this an
important and memorable event in the lives of
veterans and their families. July
margaret wells-hayslip, Pauline
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6 2:52 7:52
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13 1:22 9:37
14 2:22 10:22
15 3:22 11:07
16 4:07 11:37
For complete coverage of the
April 11 Honor Flight sponsored by 19 South
Carolina electric cooperatives, see “We honor their
service” in the May issue of South Carolina Living
or visit SCLiving.coop/honorflight.aspx.
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but not
necessarily for their teachers. As the son and
husband of former classroom educators, I know
that summers are a time for recharging, retooling and recertifying.
We are asking our teachers to do more to
help America’s workforce remain competitive.
Our children are measured against their peers
in Helsinki and Shanghai. The U.S. Department
of Labor reports that the amount of new technical information is doubling every two years,
meaning by the time of graduation from a fouryear college with a technical degree, half of what
graduates have learned will be outdated. The
Labor Department also estimates that today’s
learner will have 10 to 14 jobs by the age of 38.
Teaching is certainly no longer a nine-month
job. Growing up with a mom that taught every
grade but 12th, I also understood that teaching was not an 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. day job, either.
Our kitchen phone would ring nightly as parents
“checked in” on their children attending Clover
District 2 schools. Parents who worked hard
during the day—often in textiles or agriculture
—had only their evenings to keep up with their
child’s progress (or lack thereof). Mom was, and
remains, unflappable. She could deal with a
child’s recurring stomachaches on the morning
of spelling tests just as easily as dealing with an
outbreak of head lice or pre-teen crushes marked
by passed “love notes.” Mom thrived as a teacher.
It’s June. School is out for the kids,
Mike Couick
President and
CEO, The Electric
Cooperatives of
South Carolina
GetMore
Teach for America is a not-for-profit organization
founded in 1990 to recruit, train and place young
teachers in urban and rural schools in order to improve
educational outcomes for poor students. To date, the
organization has placed 33,000 teachers across the
nation and changed the lives of more than 3 million
children. In South Carolina, Teach for America currently
has 30 young men and women working in public schools
in Orangeburg, Clarendon, Florence, and Darlington
counties. For more information about the program,
visit teachforamerica.org or contact S.C. Coordinator
Josh Bell at [email protected].
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To paraphrase Renee Zellweger in the movie
Jerry McGuire, teaching “completed her.”
In the 1990s, the Rock Hill Evening Herald
launched a writing contest, asking readers to
share the story of their favorite Christmas gift.
Mom wrote in with her memories of a fifth-grade
boy whom life had not given a fair shake. From
a broken home, he would often walk or ride his
bike to school after missing the bus when lack
of family support kept him from getting to the
bus stop on time. School was the one constant
positive in his life. One Christmas, he quietly
gave Mom a big smile and a nickel wrapped in
gold foil. She still has the nickel.
Teachers mold America’s future. In many
ways, they are our nation’s hope. They can
stretch young minds and hearts. Good teachers
can teach a child how to craft a well-written
story. Great teachers inspire children to believe
that they can craft their own boundless futures.
Am I rambling? Yes. Am I writing about something very personal to me? Absolutely. Why? My
eldest daughter graduated from the University of
South Carolina in May. Despite no previous indications of having the “teaching gene,” she leaves
this month to teach in an inner-city charter
school in Dallas, Texas. By all accounts the school
is very successful. She goes as part of a cadre of
enthusiastic college graduates who have committed to spend at least two years making a
difference for our children in America, hence
the program’s name, Teach for America. Two of
the program’s core values are transformational
change and leadership, both qualities our schools
will need going forward.
I am very proud of my daughter and the generation of which she is a part. They believe that
America is worth an investment of their time,
hard work and hearts. To the three teachers in
my family—mother, wife and daughter—and to
all retired, active and future teachers out there,
thank you.
EnergyQ&A
BY jim Dulley
A new roof and the right attic ventilation will
help keep your home cool this summer
Q
Even though I think my house is adequately insulated, my
air conditioner runs a lot in the summer. On sunny days,
the ceiling in my upstairs bedroom seems hot, so I assume
heat is coming from the attic. How can I reduce this heat flow?
Cor-A-Vent
This schematic shows the hot-air
flow from an attic through a rigid
vent. Notice it is covered with
shingles for a nice appearance.
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Visit SCLiving.coop for more information on ways to keep
your home comfortable this summer, including:
“Metal roofing keeps things cool”
This bonus Energy Q&A article includes information on
roofing options that reflect the sun’s heat.
“Keep your cool”
South Carolina energy-efficiency experts share 11 secrets
for lower power bills this summer.
“Eight energy upgrades that pay”
Regardless of the season, you’ll be more comfortable
and use less electricity if you follow these simple homeimprovement tips.
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Lomanco
Block heat for cooler rooms
A roll-out continuous
attic ridge vent has many
passages for the air to flow out
of the hottest part of the attic.
A
Adequate attic insulation is only one aspect of
keeping your house cool and reducing your air-
conditioning costs. By “insulation,” most folks
mean thermal insulation that blocks heat conduction.
This includes fiberglass, rock wool, foam and/or cellulose
insulation on the attic floor and in the walls.
There are three modes of heat transfer—conduction,
convection and radiation. Conduction refers to heat flow
typically through solid materials. This is how the handle of
a metal skillet gets hot on the stove. Convection is similar
to conduction, but occurs in fluids and gases. This is why
you feel colder in the wind than in still air. Regular thermal
insulation in your home’s walls and ceiling blocks conduction and convection heat transfer.
The third mode of heat flow—radiation—is how the sun
heats the Earth and why you feel warm in front of an open
fireplace. Unfortunately, standard thermal insulation is not
very effective for blocking this type of heat flow. On a hot
summer afternoon, a roof, especially a dark, asphalt-shingle
one, gets extremely hot. This heat then radiates downward
through the attic insulation and into your house.
You can tell if the ceiling is hotter than the walls just by
putting the back of your hand against it in the afternoon. If
it feels much warmer, this may be the major reason you’re
running the air conditioning more than normal.
If your house will need a new roof soon, replace it with
light-colored shingles to reduce the roof temperature.
Metal roofs, particularly aluminum ones with heat-reflective paint, stay even cooler and minimize heat transfer
down to the ceiling below.
A less expensive option is to add additional insulation
while also improving your attic’s ventilation. Continuous
ridge or inlet soffit vents work best. They work by allowing cooler air to flow into the attic and over the insulation
before passing out through the ridge vent. When I installed
more attic vents in my own home recently, I could immediately feel the difference in my second-floor bedroom temperature.
Send questions to Energy Q&A, South Carolina Living, 808 Knox
Abbott Drive, Cayce, SC 29033, email [email protected] or fax
(803) 739-3041.
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By Becky
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OVERHEAD
RUGGED IN RAIN
Evoking vintage seafaring style, the Minka
Aire Rainman F582 can be used indoors or
outdoors—even in wet locations. Handsome
and rugged, it features stainless-steel hardware,
54‑inch blades, a caged light and a lifetime
warranty. $450. (800) 375-3410; lightingdirect.com.
WATER FEATURE
The motor heads on the stylish Matthews Acqua
ceiling fan can be angled in 180-degree arcs for
the most efficient air circulation. Finishes include
polished chrome, brushed nickel or textured
bronze. Comes with a three-speed remote control,
a 50-watt light and a 20-inch down rod. $600.
(877) 266-1144; pureairproducts.com.
Breezing
into summer
Need a new way to keep your
cool? These state-of-art electric
fans can help take the edge off
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NO BLADES,
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Who says a fan has to have blades?
Not the folks at Dyson. The company’s
AM01 10-inch oscillating table fan
provides a smooth flow of air, along
with an attractive, radical design. Comes
with dimmer switch control. $300.
(866) 693-9766; dyson.com.
ISLAND TIME
Fill the room with island breezes courtesy of an
Emerson St. Croix ceiling fan. With your choice
of 44-inch or 52-inch blades, this handsome
dual-motor fan can really move some air. Bonus:
The motor has a lifetime warranty. Fan $999;
blades $178 to $538; down rods $51 to $99.
(877) 724-2326; emerson.lightingdirect.com.
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The Vornado 530B High Velocity Personal Fan is
only 13 inches tall and weighs just 5 pounds, but
its deep-pitched propeller churns air up to 65
feet away. Comes with three speed settings. $40.
(800) 549-4505; sears.com.
NIGHT LIGHT
The Sunpentown SF-1522
is a low-profile, 31-inch
oscillating tower fan
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cool whether you’re
sleeping or making a
midnight bathroom run.
It also features three
speed settings and a
two-hour auto-off timer.
$44. (800) 201-7575;
amazon.com.
GO FISH
Fans don’t have to look like fans any more—they
can look like dogs, fish and even guitars. This
elegant tropical fish fan by CC Home Furnishings
looks like decorative art, but it contains a twospeed, 30-watt motor to generate plenty of
moving air. $107. (800) 609-9880; lnt.com.
SOUND SLEEP
Compact, yet powerful
enough to cool off a
medium-sized room,
the Honeywell QuietSet
Tower Fan HY-108 has
eight extra-quiet settings
for noiseless relief from
the heat. Use the remote
control (included) to adjust
temperature, oscillation
and the level of noise.
$80. (800) 477-0457;
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H o m e t o w n P rid e
Meet five residents
who make this
historic town a
great place to live,
work and visit
BY MARY SUE LAWRENCE
Photos by
Milton Morris
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When you venture off the beaten path in South Carolina, you’re often
rewarded with a little piece of the past, a place that seems to have
materialized from a black-and-white TV rerun to take you back to a
sleepy, easy, ambling time.
I stumbled upon just that kind of “Mayberry USA” recently when
my husband and I veered off Highway 52 to the town of Cheraw. This
picturesque gem of a city, nestled on the banks of the Pee Dee River,
is rich with history, architectural beauty and a friendly, Old South
manner. Spend a day here, and you will be smitten. Spend a long
weekend, as we did, and you’ll fall positively in love with the place
and the people who call it home—including these local characters who
help make Cheraw so charming.
Angie Smith
Simply Southern Bed & Breakfast
Angie Smith (pictured at left) has more than 30 years of
experience in the hospitality business, but it doesn’t take
long to figure out that being a gracious host is something
that just comes naturally for her.
Smith took a leap of faith in 2010, purchasing a stately
brick home with wrap-around porches and a prime location right in the heart of the town’s historic district. “When
I saw the house, I could instantly visualize it as a bed and
breakfast,” she says.
Two weeks after she closed on the property, Smith was
in business. Today, Simply Southern is a popular spot for
wedding parties, business travelers and tourists alike.
Smith runs the house in the comfortable manner of a
favorite aunt, inviting guests to help themselves to beer,
wine or anything else in the kitchen, and she delights in
sharing the home’s unique architectural features. Built by
the founder of the Cheraw Brick Company, the 100-year-old
residence was completely restored in 2004, and today it has
four guest rooms, each with 12-foot ceilings, interior walls
made of solid brick, detailed moldings and lots of antique
and reproduction furniture.
In the best tradition of southern hospitality, Smith
enjoys interacting with her guests, whether it’s over a glass
of wine on the porch or at the dining room table where she
serves up gourmet breakfasts each morning. “All the guests
sit around and talk and share each other’s stories—it’s just
a real neat experience,” she says.
“It’s great to be able to share this home,” Smith continues. “I get to meet so many different people from all different walks of life. “
Simply Southern Bed & Breakfast is located at 504 Kershaw St. in
downtown Cheraw. Phone: (843) 921-4579.
wouldn’t buy his two kids a drink,” he recalls. “It was
10 a.m. and 100 degrees, and we were all sweating. I asked
if I could give the kids a drink, and I haven’t sold a soda
since.”
Before opening the shop in Cheraw, Weaver spent considerable time restoring the hardwood floors, installing a
new ceiling and generally making the place a comfortable
home away from home. “It’s a place people can come and
just sit and talk,” he says. “If they need a haircut, fine. If
not, that’s fine too.”
Between haircuts, you might also find the barber and
some of his regulars in the middle of a jam session with
Weaver playing rhythm guitar and chiming in on vocals.
“When I’m not busy, we’ll just sit around and play
country, western, bluegrass, gospel—whatever they want to
play, we’ll play,” he says.
Weaver’s Barber Shop is located at 167 2nd St., in downtown Cheraw.
Phone: (843) 537-4154.
Wayne Weaver
Weaver’s Barber Shop
When Wayne Weaver relocated his two-seat barber shop
from Chesterfield to the heart of downtown Cheraw, he
brought with him a loyal clientele and a long tradition of
hospitality.
Inside the front door of his shop on 2nd Street there
is an old-fashioned Pepsi vending machine that’s always
stocked with ice-cold sodas, and Weaver invites “anyone
who wants a drink” to help themselves, free of charge.
“I couldn’t afford a Coke when I was little, so now I give
‘em away,” he says of a ritual that began more than three
decades ago.
“One day in my shop in Chesterfield, a customer
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Four things you must do in Cheraw
With more than 7,000 acres of pine forest and cypress wetlands
surrounding scenic Lake Juniper, Cheraw State Park is a nature-lovers’
dream. Park Ranger Mark Davies guarantees you’ll see blooming lilies and
pitcher plants each spring, and plenty of wildlife year-round, including the
endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. There’s a new boardwalk skirting
the shore of the 300-acre lake, which is a popular fishing, swimming and
paddling destination. Golfers, of course, know the park as home to an
18-hole championship golf course rated as a “super value” by Golf Digest,
thanks to fees as low as $30—including a cart.
For more information: Call (843) 537-9656 or visit southcarolinaparks.com.
Town of Cheraw Office of Tourism
Visit Cheraw State Park
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is a welcome
addition
to Cheraw
State Park.
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Tour Old St. David’s Church and the Lyceum
The gracious and trusting South is not a relic in Cheraw. Stop by the Chamber of Commerce at
221 Market St. and they’ll hand you the two enormous keys that unlock the doors to the town’s
most treasured architectural gems—historic Old St. David’s Church and the quirky Lyceum.
Old St. David’s Church dates back to the early 1770s, and inside the doors of the pristine
white building, you’ll find box pews and a raised pulpit common to Anglican churches of the
pre-Revolutionary War period. Restored in 1975, the building is used mostly for weddings and
special events today, but the quiet little chapel has a raucous history—American and British
troops were quartered here during the Revolutionary War, and it was occupied by both
Old St. David’s
Confederate and Union troops during the Civil War. In the church cemetery, visitors will find
Church and
the tombstones of soldiers from every American war up through Vietnam.
the Lyceum
have served
The Lyceum, located just across the street from the chamber’s office, was built in 1820
the town in
and has served the city as an equity court, library and meeting place. Today it houses a small
wartime and
museum dedicated to the town’s rich history. Among the artifacts on display are items from
in peace.
the American Revolution and cannon balls from the Civil War.
For more information: Call the Cheraw Chamber of Commerce at (843) 537-7681 or visit
cherawchamber.com. Keys to the church and Lyceum are available at the chamber’s office
Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Walk in the
shadow of Dizzy
Jazz great John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie
was born and raised in Cheraw, and he
let the world know it at the start of
each performance, telling audiences,
“I’m Dizzy Gillespie from Chee-raw,
South Carolina.” So it’s no surprise
that Cheraw has done much to honor
its favorite son. The most popular
tribute is the 7-foot statue on the
Town Green, depicting the trumpeter’s
famous bulging cheeks and trademark
Town Green.
bent horn. Right behind the statue is
Dizzy Gillespie dominates the
A statue of famous Cheraw son
Theater on the Green, a former movie
house where a young Dizzy once worked as a bouncer. And no fan of the jazz giant should
miss the public art park on the site of Gillespie’s childhood home. Located on the 300 block of
Huger Street, the park features several modern art installations and is marked by a steel fence
decorated with the notes of Gillespie’s famous song, “Salt Peanuts.”
To celebrate Gillespie’s birthday, the town also holds the annual South Carolina Jazz Festival—
scheduled this year for Oct. 19–21. More than 20 musical artists will perform at an eclectic
collection of venues. There’s also a Bebop Parade, golf tournament, a 5K run/walk and plenty of
activities for the kids.
For more information: Call (843) 537-8420, ext. 12, or visit scjazzfestival.com.
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Take the
Historic Cheraw
Cell Phone Tour
Learn all about the city and its
fascinating past by taking the
self-guided Historic Cheraw Cell
Phone Tour. There are 25 points of
interest, including historic homes,
churches and other landmarks.
Tour brochures are available at
the Lyceum, Market Hall and
the Chamber of Commerce
office, and each stop is marked
with a small sign and a number.
Visitors simply dial (843) 865-3002
and enter the corresponding
number, says David Sides, the
town’s director of tourism and
community development. The
tour is free, though callers will
incur normal cell phone charges.
For more information: Call
(843) 865-3002 or visit cheraw.com.
Cookie Herndon
Mary’s Restaurant
Cookie Herndon is the smiling face behind the counter
at Mary’s Restaurant, a family-owned eatery where the
local news and gossip is as fresh and tasty as the house
specialty, stew beef and rice.
“We have one ‘local’ table where ‘everydayers’ talk about
politics and stuff,” says Herndon. “Everybody has their own
chair, and don’t you dare sit in that chair!”
With a diner-style menu that includes everything from
breakfast favorites to classic “meat and three” combos, the
restaurant is a Cheraw institution. It’s owned by Herndon’s
mother, 82-year-old Mary Hilliard, who still comes in every
day to greet customers at the door, just as she has for the
last 32 years.
“Sometimes she yells across the room at me,” Herndon
says with a laugh. “She’s a good boss lady.”
Manager, cook, waitress and busboy, Herndon does a
little of everything alongside the staff at Mary’s, a simple,
no-frills space where the light streams in through big
windows and the tables fill to capacity on Saturday mornings. She started helping out at the restaurant when
Hilliard was hospitalized for an illness 30 years ago—and
never found a reason to leave.
“I thought it was going to be temporary, but here I
am,” Herndon says. “There’s nothing more rewarding than
working with your mom.”
Mary’s Restaurant is located at 134 Market St. in downtown Cheraw.
Phone: (843) 537-6790.
Felicia Flemming-McCall
Southern African-American
Heritage Center
As a funeral director working in her family’s funeral
home, one of Felicia Flemming-McCall’s jobs is to compile
information for obituaries, and she has always been
fascinated by the stories of the local African-American
men and women who overcame slavery, segregation
and racial prejudice to achieve a better life and build a
stronger community.
This love of history, combined with a passion for collecting artifacts from the 1800s and 1900s, led her to
publish the 2008 book, African-Americans of Chesterfield
County, and two years ago, she and her husband, Norris,
opened the Southern African-American Heritage Center
in downtown Cheraw.
The museum is a labor of love for McCall. It includes
hands-on exhibits like a 1900s classroom and an old-time
kitchen that demonstrate what everyday life was like for ll
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You say Chuh-raw, I say Shuh-raw …
The proper pronunciation of Cheraw is open to
debate, but according to David Sides, the town’s
director of tourism and community development,
it’s properly pronounced Chuh-raw. “Town council
has even adopted a policy on how it’s supposed to
be pronounced,” he says. In practice, however, many
residents and v isitors pronounce it Shuh-raw.
fought in South Carolina during the Civil War. On July 28,
the museum will feature a kids’ program with slave re-
enactor and storyteller Tyree Rowell from York County.
The Southern African-American Heritage Center is located at 125 Kershaw
St., in downtown Cheraw. Admission is $5 for kids, $7 for adults. Guided
tours are $8. Phone: (843) 921-9989; southernaaheritagecenter.org.
Sarah Spruill
Historic Cheraw
Sarah Spruill didn’t grow up in Cheraw, but when she
married into one of the town’s oldest families, the rich
history of the area became one of her life’s great passions.
As the city’s former director of tourism and the longtime president of the preservation group Historic Cheraw,
Spruill is widely recognized as the town’s unofficial historian, and she is a font of interesting facts and historical
gossip. One of her favorite Civil War stories deals with the
reaction local residents had to the arrival of Gen. William
T. Sherman and the Union army in March of 1865.
Sherman took as his quarters the home of Henry
McIver, a Confederate officer who was away at war.
“Mrs. McIver and her children were relegated to the
area residents, but most of the artifacts on display are tied
upstairs when Sherman commandeered the house,”
to the personal histories of individuals who “although they
may have had difficult lives, still made contributions to this Spruill says. “General Sherman invited one of the young
McIver boys to dine with him, and Mrs. McIver let the
area.”
child go. When the little boy stared intently at Sherman’s
She cites as two examples John McCall, Chesterfield
head, the general asked, ‘What are you doing, son?’ The
County’s first African-American lawyer, and engineer
child replied, ‘I heard that you were an old devil, and
Horace King, a Cheraw District native who was born into
slavery, yet became one of the most respected bridge build- I am looking for your horns.’ As the story goes, the general
found this very funny.”
ers of the 19th century.
For visitors to Cheraw, Spruill recommends touring
“I want people to connect the artifact with the person,”
Old St. David’s Church, the Town
she says. “I have an opportunity to
Green (see “Four things you must
continue their legacy by telling their
do in Cheraw”) and a stroll through
story.”
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the neighborhoods of the downtown
The museum is open Tuesdays
Historic District—
and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.,
For more information on things to
by appointment and during special
a place she’s proud to call home.
see and do in Cheraw, contact the
living history events. On June 16, the
“It’s basically the nucleus of the old
Town of Cheraw Office of Tourism
center will host re-enactors portraytown of Cheraw,” she says. “It’s 213
(843) 537-8425 or (888) 537-0014;
ing the Union soldiers of the 54th
acres, it has more than 50 antebellum
cheraw.com
Massachusetts, the celebrated Africanbuildings and a remarkable collection
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Talk Co-op

BY CHRISTY OVERSTREET
Co-ops are celebrating the International Year of Cooperatives 2012 with the
theme, “Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World.” Below are a few local
co-op members expressing their thoughts about the electric cooperative and
how it impacts their lives.
How does Marlboro Electric Cooperative impact your life?
News Extra
Fun facts about Co-ops
“Marlboro Electric gets the power on quick,
within an hour or less. I like the benefits of
having an Annual Meeting. My wife enjoys
reading the magazine … she likes that aspect
of the co-op.”
—Darren Branch
Hamer
“I love the people that work at Marlboro
Electric, and I love going to the co-op meetings.
The biggest impact has been the changing out
of my old meter to the new meter. With the
new technology, it’s more accurate and has
impacted my bill each month in a good way.”
—Tammy Patterson
Latta
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Build a Better World
Member-owned
electric co-ops
transformed the
landscape of rural America, delivering
safe, reliable, and affordable
electricity for 75 years. www.nreca.org
DID YOU KNOW?
 Electric co-op lines cover
75 percent of the U.S. landmass.
 Serve 42 million people in 47 states.
 Electric co-ops have retired
$9.5 billion to members (capital
credits) since 1990.
“It’s great! The people who work for
Marlboro Electric are very kind, sweet
and genuinely good people. That makes a
difference. We’ve always received good service,
and I enjoy reading the magazine, all of it.”
—Mary Gladys Rowlen
Bennettsville
CONCERN FOR COMMUNITY:
Every June, more than 1,500 high
school juniors take part in an
educational trip to Washington, D.C.
during the Rural Electric Youth Tour.
Cooperative Enterprises
Build a Better World
A message from America’s Electric Cooperatives
“Marlboro Electric impacts my life greatly by
providing efficient, on-time service. Anytime
there’s a problem, Marlboro Electric is quick
to react and very prompt. The co-op is also
very informative in communicating to the
members.”
—Ronnie Ford
Bennettsville
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P PZ
sensation gr ws
POPZ Vice President Jerry Cross,
center, appreciates his management
team which consists of Angela
Smithey, financial controller,
left, and Gene Pace, director of
operations, right.
Warning: After reading this
article, you may develop craving
symptoms for popcorn!
When you microwave a tub of
POPZ movie butter popcorn, something happens as the aroma flows
through the air to other rooms, almost
like a fog and everyone’s thoughts
suddenly become butter. As the
microwave dings to let you know that
the freshly popped popcorn is ready
to be devoured, others appear beside
you as if the ding was their calling.
Everyone becomes ‘smell-bound’ at the
mercy of artificial butter intoxication.
You hastily and selfishly say, “It’s
mine!” You begin to cram the first few
handfuls of POPZ popcorn into your
mouth so fast that you almost choke
profusely, afraid kernels will escape
through your nose. The smell of
freshly popped popcorn has suddenly
turned you into a hungry addict.
Then, you begin to slow down to enjoy
the best popcorn you’ve ever tasted and
study each piece with interest … the
flavor, the texture, ‘the perfect snack.’
Sitting down with fresh, buttery
popcorn to watch television go handin-hand, or rather hand-to-mouth.
DING!
POPZ manufactures the
most creative, convenient
and innovative packaging
concepts in the microwave
popcorn industry.
the late 1970s, more than 35 years ago,
with his first company Golden Valley
Foods, the world’s largest microwave
popcorn company. In 1981, ACT I was
introduced, as an early microwave
popcorn that had to be stored in the
refrigerator. Then, ACT II, a shelf-stable
microwave popcorn was released in
1984, becoming the first mass-marketed
microwave popcorn. It is presently made
The scoop on POPZ
and distributed by ConAgra Foods. The
popcorn bag used in Act II was invented
Location, location, location! POPZ
by Watkins, a former engineer for The
USA, an international and global
Pillsbury Company.
company, is literally and figuratively,
In 1988, Watkins served as an
right under our noses.
investor of International Cup
The corporate
in Bennettsville. Watkins sold
headquarters of POPZ USA
Golden Valley Foods in 1991,
is located in Bennettsville,
but continued to work there
which has a population of
until 1998. He launched the
less than 10,000, and was
first POPZ product in June
ideally chosen due to the
1999 from the Bennettsville
proximity of the Port of
plant. In addition, machines
Charleston. POPZ is located
in a 120,000-sq.-ft. facility on James D. “Jim” Watkins from the retired Firestone
plant were moved and used for the
International Drive and currently has
manufacturing of popcorn and to
56 employees, along with a few temp
do its own stock print. Watkins sold
employees.
Golden Valley Foods in 1991 and
Founder of POPZ James D. “Jim”
Watkins pioneered, developed and sold The claim to fame for POPZ is the microwave popcorn
the first case of microwave popcorn in
tub, according to Vice President of POPZ Jerry Cross.
Growing up, nothing was more
entertaining than to see my daddy on
a Friday night watching the Dukes of
Hazzard, laughing hysterically, and
spilling popcorn as the Duke family
outran Boss Hog and County Sheriff
Rosco P. Coltrane. Memories are savored
just like the buttery popcorn you find
in the seat cushion of a chair.
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christy overstreet
POPZ sells to more than 38 countries and holds
the global leadership position as being the #1
brand popcorn in Europe. There are 12 different
languages printed on the POPZ popcorn bags.
christy overstreet
launched the first POPZ product in
June 1999 from the Bennettsville plant.
In December 2004, Vice President
Jerry E. Cross Jr. came to Bennettsville
after serving as a director of sales.
Cross said that the claim to fame
for POPZ is the microwave popcorn
tub. For popcorn lovers, it’s the quick
automatic delivery of tasteful popcorn,
ready in minutes, movie style, which
can be eaten straight out of the tub,
directly down to the very bottom
where little evidence remains.
POPZ sells to more than 38 countries
and holds the global leadership position
as being the #1 brand popcorn in
Europe. It has sister companies in
Minnesota, Hungary, Italy and China.
Sales and marketing teams for POPZ are
located in Canada, New Zealand, Israel,
Venezuela, United Kingdom, South
Africa, Kuwait, Dubai, China, Jordan and
Puerto Rico. In addition, there are 12
different languages printed on bags of
POPZ popcorn.
As a leader in microwave susceptor
packaging, the technical and management team of POPZ holds more than
50 patents in microwave technology.
It has five U.S. patents on the tub
bottoms alone. POPZ manufactures
the most creative, convenient and
innovative packaging concepts in the
microwave popcorn industry. The
designed package ensures high ‘popability’ and freshness of popcorn.
POPZ has a one-step flavor
technology with 35 unique flavors,
such as banana, peach, sweet, butter,
spicy, jalapeno, crab season, etc. Movie
butter sells 10 to 1 compared to the
kettle corn, noted Cross.
Once the popcorn is
popped, the amount
of popcorn popped is
measured as shown in
this photo.
Quality is important to POPZ. The manufacturing of the
microwave and the microwave watts can determine the
number of un-popped kernels. POPZ uses a variety of
microwaves when testing products.
The moisture or water inside the kernel
combined with the heat of the microwave causes
the kernel to pop into a piece of popcorn.
“Americans eat billions of bags of
butter popcorn a year,” Cross said.
“During Passover, the Jewish people
can only eat so many things, but they
are allowed to eat popcorn made with
a parv [non-dairy] product.” Cross also
indicated that rabbis do actually visit to
check the manufacturing of the popcorn
in order to approve it for Passover,
and the majority of the microwave
popcorn eaten in Israel is POPZ
Sales have ‘heated up’ and turned
on ‘high’ for POPZ. They now sell their
name-brand product POPZ directly
to Walmart and will be expanding its
production line. POPZ is currently
sold in more than 2,000 Walmart
stores and will be in all Walmart stores
by July. The POPZ products can also
be found in local stores such as Harris
Teeter, IGA, and Carl’s Food Center.
The sweet flavor of sales growth
is like a kernel turning into a buttery
piece of popcorn.
“You have to keep your sleeves
rolled up and keep going to get what
you want,” said Cross.
“POPZ will continue to provide
quality, improve efficiencies and use lean
manufacturing practices to continue to
increase sales and be successful.”
POPZ USA, LLC was recognized for
food safety with the AIB International
Superior Rating for Recognition of
High Achievement.
Blessings have popped for POPZ,
and more importantly, the company
believes in giving back to the community.
Truckloads of popcorn are donated
to “Feed the Children” annually.
However, POPZ is very modest and
prefers to keep a low profile, especially
with the private labels and patents.
Cross pointed to a picture hanging
in his office that read, “Leadership…
The ultimate measure of leaders is not
where they stand in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where
they stand in times of challenge and
controversy.”
As for Watkins, Cross described him
as a unique and true entrepreneur.
He is truly the creator of microwave
popcorn.
Field corn vs. popcorn
Freshly popped butter popcorn captures
the sense of smell, and the sensation grows
with one piece not being enough along with
everyone near you wanting popcorn. But,
where does popcorn come from? What makes
popcorn pop?
Popcorn is grown as field corn is grown …
on a stalk, in a field, on farmland. The kernel
has to be a certain hybrid of corn for POPZ to
get the bigger pop, said Cross.
Most popcorn is grown in the Midwest
and shipped to POPZ. Local farmers in
South Carolina haven’t expanded to growing
popcorn, but there is one farmer in North
Carolina that grows it, Cross noted.
It’s the amount of moisture inside the
kernel that separates popcorn from field corn.
A droplet of moisture encircled with soft
starch inside a hard outer coating makes
up the kernel. Then, the heat from the
microwave turns the water to steam inside the
kernel causing it to expand and rupture. The
microwave heat turns the kernel inside out
and cooks the starch into an edible treat. The
microwave watts also affects the number of
popcorn kernels.
Popcorn is grown as field corn, and it
takes a certain hybrid of corn for POPZ to get the bigger pop.
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‘Texas
Hold-Em’
International Cup is the producer,
printer, manufacturer and supplier of
hot and cold cups in vending, specialty,
office and food service industries.
is like
playing poker, sometimes you
hold on to what you have or
turn it over for something
more. For International Cup
Corporation, it’s actually been a
‘gamble’ when it comes to cups.
Founded in 1988,
International Cup Corp.
has become a producer,
manufacturer and supplier of
hot and cold cups, for use in
the vending, specialty, office,
and food service industries
with custom graphics. In 1997,
International Cup moved to
its current 120,000-squarefoot, state-of-the-art facility in
Bennettsville.
The custom graphics
of the cups are printed in
Bennettsville. The bags and
The business world
tubs are printed at their sister
company in Princeton where
the inline packaging is done.
Ideas and custom graphics of
the popcorn packaging and cups
originate from family, friends
and co-workers, Cross informed.
The red stripes printed on the
popcorn tubs are an idea from
his wife, Cross said.
“For the Texas Hold-Em cups,
we hired a cartoonist to come in
and draw a few of us,” Cross said.
“Then, we used those characters
on the cups. People, especially
at car dealerships, love going to
a vending machine for a cup of
coffee, getting a Texas Hold-Em
cup and playing the game.”
For more information on POPZ USA,
LLC and International Cup Corporation,
visit icupcorp.com.
An employee for more than 23 years,
James E. Purvis works in cup
maintenance and his character picture
is printed on the Texas Hold-Em cups.
The cups
are tested
for quality
and safety
purposes.
Caution:
Contents
HOT!
christy overstreet
POPZ Director of Operations Gene Pace holds the cartoon picture
of himself that is also found printed on the Texas Hold-Em cups
manufactured by International Cup.
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SCStories
SC Life
The jazz man
Growing up in Awendaw, Charlton Singleton
was keenly interested in music, but gave
no indication he would become the face
of Charleston’s jazz scene.
“I started playing trumpet in the sixth
grade,” Singleton says. “My dad loved jazz,
and bought all these tapes of Wynton
Marsalis. He dusted off old 78s of Dizzy
Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. But I didn’t get
the jazz bug for a really long time.”
As an adult, Singleton’s musical talent led
him in many directions, but he found his
calling when he met local jazz impresario
Jack McCray, who helped Singleton form the
17-piece Charleston Jazz Orchestra in 2008.
“He had this way of informing me about
jazz that made it seem so important,”
Singleton says of McCray, who authored the
book Charleston Jazz. “He had this enormous
desire to present Charleston music to the rest
of the world, and he thought a big band was
a great way to do that.”
The orchestra’s debut sold only 300 tickets,
“about half of which were family and friends,”
Singleton recalls, but the ensemble drew rave
reviews for original compositions and their
ability to blend jazz with other genres. Now
in its fourth year, the Jazz Orchestra’s six-show
season is one of the Holy City’s hottest
tickets and sold-out well in advance.
“We’ve turned heads, and that’s pretty
amazing for all of us,” he says. “But for me
personally, I think I’m just hitting my stride.
I think I’m finally doing what I was born to
do.” —MARK QUINN
Mic Smith
Get More For more information on
the Charleston Jazz Orchestra, visit
jazzartistsofcharleston.org/cjo.
Charlton Singleton
AGE: 41
HOMETOWN: Awendaw
OCCUPATION: Conductor,
Charleston Jazz Orchestra
LITTLE-KNOWN FACT: From
2000 to 2007, Singleton
was a middle-school band
director. “I wanted kids to
understand the doors music
could open if they just gave
it a try.”
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BY DIANE V. PARHAM
Discovering
Personalizing that story is a key
Luxury was not part of Margaret
A new exhibit at the S.C. State
feature
of Titanic: The Artifact
Ford’s everyday life. But, in April 1912,
Museum marks the 100th
Exhibition, now on display at the
something special awaited her—the
anniversary of the infamous South Carolina State Museum through
chance to sail on the maiden voyage of
maritime disaster
Sept. 3.
the magnificent RMS Titanic.
Every visitor to the exhibit—man,
At 48, abandoned by her husband,
Margaret was struggling to feed her family with the meager
woman and child—is issued an individual boarding pass
earnings from her small poultry farm in Sussex, England.
with the identity of a real Titanic passenger and a few
Encouraged by her eldest daughter’s prosperous new life
details about that person’s life—his or her hometown, for
in the United States, Margaret scraped together $175 for
example, as well as the passenger’s level of accommodations
third-class tickets for herself and her four younger children
on the ship. From that moment on, you experience everyaboard the grand ocean liner. Traveling with her friend, Alice
thing you see in the exhibit from the intimate perspective
Harknett, Margaret looked forward to this once-in-a-lifetime
of “your” passenger.
journey and a fresh start in America.
More than 125 artifacts recovered from the wreck are
on display as guests move through recreated rooms and
observe life-size photos of the ship’s interior. For the first
The epic tale of the Titanic disaster, and all the personal
half of the exhibit, jaunty period music plays in the backstories of the people who sailed aboard the ill-fated
ground as you stroll and take in the grandeur of the ship.
ship, remain as riveting today as they were 100 years
Is this where I might have slept? Are these the china plates
ago. Countless books and movies—including the newly
on which I dined? Was that my hairbrush? My cufflinks?
released 3-D version of the 1997 blockbuster film—have
invited us to relive the night when the “practically unsink- My spectacles? You are immersed in the story.
“Titanic has mystery, it has elegance, and there are a
able” ship was ripped open by an iceberg and sank to the
lot of human stories,” says Tut Underwood, the museum’s
bottom of the North Atlantic, ending 1,523 lives.
Starting with the visitor’s entry to the exhibit, every effort is made to convey
the personal stories of the passengers and crew of the Titanic.
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A wide variety of dishes were recovered, from ornate plates to foodstuff
containers—including some jars that contained olive pits.
Each visitor receives a boarding pass
with the identity of a real Titanic
passenger, providing a perspective
from which to experience the exhibit.
director of public information. “Older people grew up with
it. Younger people have seen the movies. It’s a cultural
touchstone that fascinates people and has for 100 years.”
Early on the morning of April 10, 1912, Margaret, her children and friend Alice boarded Titanic and found their way
down to their third-class berths, known as steerage. Nothing
like the opulence of the first- and second-class accommodations, to be sure, but far nicer than anything a third-class
passenger would expect in that era. A $35 ticket—equal to
$620 in today’s money—reserved bunk bed space in a cabin
shared with nine other people. Separated by gender, Margaret
and her two daughters bunked apart from her teenaged boys.
At the more lavish end of the spectrum, first-class passengers paid $4,500 ($79,000 today) for spacious suites with
private promenades and elegant furnishings. No matter the
accommodations, the same tragedy awaited all passengers.
The ship set sail just before noon from Southampton, England,
bound for New York.
Suddenly, the mood of the exhibit shifts. The setting
grows darker; the air feels colder. The music is gone,
replaced by groaning winds and metallic creaking. Stark
black-and-white signs issue the actual ice warnings from
the night of the accident. Titanic’s end is near.
This is one of the most compelling areas of the exhibit—
where you see and feel what the passengers experienced on
Suddenly, the mood of the
exhibit shifts. The setting grows
darker; the air feels colder.
Web Extra
Titanic
artifacts
slideshow
RMS Titanic, Inc., the
company behind Titanic:
The Artifact Exhibition,
holds the exclusive
salvage rights to the
wreck site of the famous
passenger liner. Since
1987 the company has
recovered and restored
numerous objects, from
china plates and dishes
like those shown at
left, to jewelry, clothing
and pieces of the ship
itself. Visit SCLiving.coop
for a slideshow of
12 significant finds.
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A manmade iceberg simulates the fateful night’s 28-degree water temperature.
Visitors can leave a handprint on it, if they can stand the cold.
In 1912, a $35 ticket would reserve one of 10 bunk bed spaces in a third-class
cabin (top right), whereas an opulent first-class stateroom went for $4,500.
April 15, the cold, dark night of the ship’s sinking. Quotes
from survivors describe exactly what they heard and felt,
as well as the moment they knew something was terribly
wrong. Most dramatically, a manmade iceberg is included
in a hands-on exhibit, so you can feel the deathly cold that
took the lives of most passengers.
“I liked the iceberg, because you could feel how cold it
would have been, and look up at the stars, and imagine
what it would have been like in that water,” says Allison
Martin of Lexington, who visited the exhibit opening
weekend with her husband, Stephen, and their sons,
Stephen Jr., 20, and Benjamin, 11.
fate of your Titanic persona—did you survive? A wall with
the name and fate of each of the 2,228 passengers demonstrates that the odds are not in favor of third-class passengers and crew members—only about 25 percent of them
survived the disaster, compared to 61 and 41 percent,
respectively, for first and second class. Also featured here
are heart-wrenching stories of individual acts of heroism
and self-sacrifice and last-minute reunions of family and
Margaret and her children were among hundreds of panfriends.
icked third-class passengers who waited for their chance to
“People really want to know if they survived,” says
escape the sinking ship. Stories persist from descendants of
Selena Brown, museum public program assistant and a
survivors about how the steerage passengers were kept below
member of Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative. “There are a
deck while the first- and secondlot of different emotions—some children get really upset,
class passengers boarded the
and people want to know what
GetThere
few available lifeboats, women
happened to others in their
and children first. No evidence
party. They are fascinated by
The South Carolina State Museum is located at
reveals a deliberate attempt to
what happened.”
301 Gervais St. in Columbia. Titanic: The Artifact
prevent their escape. It is possiExhibition runs through Sept. 3.
ble, however, that ship stewards
Margaret Ann Watson Ford,
Exhibit Hours: Monday–Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
hoping to manage the chaos
her four children—Dollina,
Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Last entry into the exhibit is
kept steerage passengers below
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45 minutes prior to the museum’s closing.
while they waited for orders to
and Robina, 7—and family
Admission: Advance ticket purchase recommended.
admit them to the upper deck.
friend Alice Harknett are
Ticket prices, including general museum admission,
That order never came.
listed on the wall with every
are $18 for adults (ages 13–61), $15 for seniors and
other passenger on the ship.
$12 for children (ages 3–12). Discounts are available
on the first Sunday of the month and for groups.
By the time you near the
You can discover their fate for
exhibit’s Memorial Gallery,
yourself at Titanic: The Artifact
Details: (803) 898-4921; scmuseum.org
you are anxious to learn the
Exhibition. 24
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MilitAry service:
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Respected educator served
in
preparing to deploy
his World War II service
William Harrison began
Santee Electric Cooperative
enemy. The former
sandwiches
mustard gas on the
deploy mustard on
having only had to
assigned
member finished it
thing when you’re
which was a very good
never had to ply the
for fellow soldiers,
company that, thankfully,
to a chemical warfare
who had completed
tools of its trade.
in June 1943, Harrison,
grade for
When he was drafted
been teaching fifth
Sumter in 1940, had
in
College
Morris
his hometown of Turbeville.
told
just up the road from
and Sumter, and I
three years in Olanta,
anywhere but Turbeville called, I’d go, and if I
“I had never been
but if I was
volunteer,
my mother I wouldn’t
go overseas,” he says.
and assigned by the
passed, I wanted to
Not only was he accepted which was a segreHarrison got his wish.
Company,
Chemical Processing
stationed in New Guinea.
Army to the 55th
he soon found himself
culinary skills
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gated, all-black unit,
weapons, his
Honor FligHt SoutH CArolinA
no use for chemical
meant he immediately
Because there was
the
was reassigned to
role of company cook.
the
was
I
home,
“At
and
ninth child of 12,
I
at about 8 years old
learned how to cook,
and
grits and meat
such,” Harrison says.
a
“Well, they needed
next to officers’ headat our little unit there it.”
cook in New Guinea
and liked
wound up cooking
to the Philippines,
quarters, and so I
unit was transferred
he was
After two years, Harrison’s
the war was over, and
Eight months later,
had married the
where he re-enlisted.
1945. Once back home—he
discharged in November during the one furlough he had—Harrison
Hilton
returned
former Catherine
fellow veterans. He
at
farming courses for
farmed and taught
as a teacher and principal
education in 1952
the principal at Wilson
to elementary school
School. He then became
in 1979. During his
Santee Rosenwald
retiring
until
in the
where he worked
Elementary School,
on educating children
had a huge impact
to one of his students,
long career, Harrison
communities, according
Wilson and Manning
CEO Floyd L. Keels.
miliSantee Electric Cooperativeguidance, Harrison partly credits his
deal
Along with his mother’s
helped me learn to
success: “The Army
his
career.
for
in my educational
tary experience
a
situations I faced later
have to do it. It’s been
with a lot of different
you can do until you
CArolinAYou never know what
AllrEAD
wonderful life.” —WAltEr
“I told the
sergeant that
I wanted to go
overseas.”
Robert E. Ruff
‘I was living the life of Riley’
17,
U.S. Marine Corps at the age of
Robert Ruff volunteered for the
against the Japanese in the Pacific,
fully expecting to join the fight
while in the Army,
in a very different assignment. william Harrison was
but after boot camp he found himself
happy to focus on
N.C., where for 13 months his
Ruff was stationed at Cherry Point,
than
and teach canoeing and sailing cookingAtrather
job was to manage recreational boats
chemicals. 98, he was
the oldest veteran who
to Marines on R&R.
going on and I was living the life took part in the electric
“I felt so guilty that the war was
red
that I wanted to go overseas.” cooperative-sponso
Honor Flight.
of Riley,” he says. “I told the sergeant
for him in the Virgin Islands,
The sergeant found a new assignment
the right opening
found
Corps
the
Eventually,
down.
but Ruff turned it
for the eager young Marine.
and was shipped to San Diego for
“I got a deal going to the Pacific
recalls.
Ruff
departure in mid-summer of 1944,”
assignment, he went through
The day before Ruff left for his Pacific
or
cavities but didn’t have the time
a physical. A dentist found three
“So
out.
young Marine was to ship
materials to fill them before the
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2012 H Honor FligHt
they pulled out three perfectly good
SoutH
They stopped at Pearl Harbor and
Ruff left in a convoy of 35 ships.
islands before Ruff reached his
dropped off supplies at various Pacific
then shipped to Guam with Marine
first duty station on Saipan. He was
he
VMF-321 fighter squadron, where
Air Group 22 and assigned to the
serviced F4U Corsairs
as part of the ground
Age: crew.
87
“I checked tires,
town: washed windshields,
put
oil,
Sumterchecked the Charles “Flop” Shaw goes out of his way to
tell you how blessed his life
sort
has
been. As he sits in his office
gas in them, that
MilitAry service:
above the show floor at Shaw
Lumber,
he’s a picture of perfect health.
U.S. Armyof thing,” he recalls.
Now 87 and married 64 years,
he’s still
a leader in the Sumter business
“It was an expericommunity.
co-oP AFFiliAtion:
“The two most important decisions
ence I wouldn’t have
Black River Electric
I’ve made in my life were accepting Christ as my savior and
for anything.”
marrying my wife, Mary Shaw.
Cooperativemissed
She is all
thatand
I could ask for and much, much
On Saipan
more,” he says. “Given a chance
totropido it all over again, I wouldn’t
with mosquito nets, and in the
change a single thing.”
Guam, the Marines lived in tents
The life Shaw relishes nearly
but regulation.
ended in a foxhole near Anzio,
cal conditions, uniforms were anything
Italy, in
he says.
War II. He was attending Davidson
shorts out of them,” World
College when the U.S. Army
“We cut our pant legs off and made
called him to service. Three
months later, he was on an
“We worked in T-shirts.”
ocean
port with 5,000 soldiers, bound
transinto the fight, the only Japanese
for the Mediterranean as a
Although he’d been eager to get
member
of the on
Army’s 45th Infantry Division.
in work details. He was working
Their goal: to liberate Italy
Ruff saw overseas were prisoners
the army.
the German
from
the war and cancelled
ended
drops
bomb
atomic
the
Guam when
“We were the front line,” Shaw
home islands.
recalls as he talks about his
U.S. plans to invade the Japanese
theythrough Italy,
pushing
to Seattle, Wash., where
encountering withering resistance company
After the war Ruff’s unit was shipped
every step
a hero’s welcome. Looking back on
of the way. “I’ll say this, it
were issued new uniforms and given
was no place
says he enjoyed his time in the Corps.
you wanted to be.
his World War II experience, Ruff
he says. —JEFF WilKinSon
“In the infantry, two things happened
“In all, I had a pretty good time,”
at Anzio: you got wounded
or you got
killed,” he says.
In that foxhole near Anzio
in the
mayhem of a fierce firefight
with
retreating German soldiers,
Shaw lost
his helmet. The only replacement
he
could find was “at least two
sizes too big
for my head,” he says. Moments
later as
he raised his head to survey
the landscape, a German sniper fired
a single
round that hit the front of
the helmet
drooped over his eyes. Had
it been five
minutes earlier, he would
not have made it home. He
escaped with
minor shrapnel wounds.
“I’ve just always believed when
it’s your time, it’s your time,”
says. “But I can tell you this:
Shaw
I’m glad it wasn’t my time.”
After leaving the Army, he
returned to Davidson in 1946,
degree in business and moved
got a
home to Sumter to manage
the family
business he still runs today.
The war, he says, is almost
never a topic
of conversation.
“Lord knows, you’d never want
to do it again,” he says as his
lowers just a bit. “But let me
voice
say this: I’m glad I did my part,
and there’s
no question I’m glad we won.”
—MArK Quinn
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“The Army helped
me learn to deal
with a lot of different
in
situations I faced later
my educational career.”
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A mechanic gives a final
check to an F4U corsair
just before takeoff at a
guam airfield in 1944.
“In the infantry,
two things
happened at
Anzio: you got
wounded or
you got killed.”
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every day at shaw lumber in sumter.
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SCGardener
BY S. CORY TANNER
Master Gardeners make S.C. greener
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Carolina, chances are your
and plant physiology, insect
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Master Gardener whether
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Master Gardeners are
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shrubs, and more. After
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successfully completing the
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many different ways. First
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of on-the-job service to
it would be impossible for me to keep
also go out into the community and
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ing information without the help of
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Here in South Carolina, Master
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If you are interested in learning
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BY JUNE GALLUP
Tour of duty
Get a glimpse of the military
experience at the Basic Combat
Training Museum
Before you enter the U.S.
Army’s Basic Combat Training
Museum, you need to know one
thing—they don’t sugarcoat it for you.
From your first step inside the
exhibit hall, to your last step out the
door, you are hustled along by holographic drill sergeants who are every
bit as tough on museum guests as
they are on their soldiers.
“It’s meant to put visitors in the
field and experience what our new
recruits must feel each day,” says
curator Henry Howe. “They bark
orders at you just like they would a
real recruit. These are actual drill sergeants who agreed to be videotaped.”
In fact, says Howe, about the only
difference between the museum boot
camp experience and the real thing is
“we don’t make you do push-ups.”
Listen up!
GetThere
The U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Museum
is located in Building 4442, Jackson Boulevard,
on the grounds of Fort Jackson in Columbia.
The visitor entrance to the base is on Forest
Drive, off Exit 12 from Interstate 77.
Visitors will be asked to show a photo ID,
car registration and proof of auto insurance
at the gate. After entering, turn right at the
second light onto Jackson Boulevard. The
museum is located across the street from Post
Headquarters.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday–Friday;
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Family Day (when recruits
graduate). Closed weekends and federal
holidays.
Admission: Free
Details: (803) 751-7419,
www.jackson.army.mil/sites/garrison/pages/673
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Since 1917, Columbia’s Fort Jackson has been turning
civilians into soldiers. The story of the journey is
told in the Basic Combat Training Museum.
Located on the grounds of Fort
Jackson in Columbia, the 7,500-squarefoot museum covers the evolution of
U.S. Army training from World War I
to today, by recreating the 10-week
basic training regimen currently used
to turn civilians into combat-ready
soldiers.
“Basic Combat Training is divided
into three phases: the Red, White
and Blue,” Howe says. The Red Phase
covers hand-to-hand combat. In the
White Phase, soldiers learn to operate
M16 rifles and undergo intense physical training. In the Blue Phase, the
recruits apply everything they’ve
learned by participating in field
exercises.
The galleries of the museum are
organized to follow the same Red,
White and Blue phases of training,
each introduced by a different drill
sergeant. Throughout the self-guided
tour, visitors will witness impressive
displays of military gear and experience how training methods have—
and haven’t—changed since 1917. The
museum also features displays on
recruitment, barracks life, the history
of Fort Jackson, military heroes and
the Army’s Advanced Individual
Training programs.
Since re-opening in August of 2011
after a two-year renovation, the stateof-the-art facility has drawn approximately 55,000 visitors—many of them
the family members of recruits graduating from real basic training at Fort
Visitors will experience
how training methods
have—and haven’t—
changed since 1917.
Jackson. The base is the U.S. Army’s
largest initial training post, and is
responsible for producing 50 percent
of all new soldiers who enter the
service each year.
The museum, which is free and
open to the public, allows graduating soldiers an opportunity to show
their loved ones the rigors of military
service, Howe says.
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BY CARRIE HIRSCH | photos by Len Depas
HOMEMADE SPINACH &
FARMER’S CHEESE RAVIOLI
SERVES 6
RAVIOLI DOUGH
4 egg yolks, plus 1 whole egg
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2½cups all-purpose flour, plus ½ cup for
dusting
2 tablespoons water (if needed)
Water bottle with a spray nozzle
Pasta machine
Mix yolks, egg and olive oil in a large bowl. Add
flour and mix until well blended. Knead dough until
smooth, elastic and still a little wet—add water only
if dough is too dry. Using a pasta machine, roll the
dough until 1/16-inch thickness, dusting with flour as
you go. Divide pasta sheet into two parts right before
filling.
SPINACH FILLING
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 clove garlic
½ pound fresh baby spinach leaves
½ pound ricotta cheese (or cottage cheese)
½ cup grated Parmesan Reggiano
Pinch of fresh, grated nutmeg
Salt and pepper to taste
In a large pan, add olive oil and garlic clove. Cook
until golden brown over medium heat. Add spinach
and cook fully. Refrigerate spinach for at least 30
minutes. Squeeze excess water from the spinach.
Chop spinach, then combine in a large bowl with
the ricotta and parmesan cheeses, nutmeg, salt and
pepper. Mix thoroughly.
Lay a sheet of the freshly rolled ravioli dough on a
floured work surface. Roll spinach filling into balls
(approximately 2 tablespoons per ball) and place on
dough 2 inches apart. Lightly mist dough and filling
mounds with water. Lay a second sheet of dough
on top of filling mounds. Using a cookie cutter, cut
out each ravioli. Pinch the edges together to create
a tight seal.
FINAL PREPARATION
North meets south
Growing up in Northern Italy, chef
Raffaele Dall’Erta learned about
food in the traditional Old World
fashion—he spent summers with
his grandparents, who made meals
an adventure as they traveled the
countryside gathering fresh produce
and ingredients.
“We would forage for porcini
and chanterelle mushrooms, dandelion leaves, wild asparagus, pear and
apples,” he says. “This was the spark
for me.”
After completing culinary school
in Italy, Dall’Erta traveled the world
working as a sous chef in top restaurants before moving to Sumter
in 2010 to become executive chef at
Hamptons.
“I love cooking. I love everything
about it. I learned from the best, and
I needed a new challenge,” he says of
his decision to bring his creative culinary flair to South Carolina. “I knew
the minute when I came to Hamptons
and saw the room and the kitchen,
that this was where I wanted to be.”
True to his culinary roots, Dall’Erta
¾ stick butter
¼ cup pine nuts (optional)
1 cup Parmesan Reggiano, grated
Bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil
then reduce to medium heat. In a sauté skillet, cook
the butter and pine nuts together on medium heat
until melted and mixture begins to lightly brown.
Remove pan from heat. Add ravioli to the simmering
water and cook gently for 2 minutes. Remove using a
slotted spoon. Place the ravioli on a large platter and
cover with grated parmesan. Glaze with butter sauce.
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“It’s heaven,” chef
Raffaele Dall’Erta says
with a big smile. “I want
to mesh Southern cuisine
with Italian cuisine.”
enjoys creating seasonal dishes
that often make use of the freshest
seafood, game and produce harvested
in the Palmetto State.
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Sumter
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menu. I want to mesh Southern
cuisine with Italian cuisine.”
Entrée prices range from $31 to
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Northern Italian flair. The pasta dishes
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A popular first course is yellow fin
tuna tartar with mango, avocado and
wasabi sauce and might be followed
by a main course of seared “barn
door” halibut with grits, spring beet
greens, arugula puree, pickled turnips
and a tomato beurre blanc.
In addition to the 120-seat main
dining room, Hamptons features a
bakery and fresh market that’s always
stocked with homemade breads,
cheeses and desserts, and casual
diners can enjoy the outdoor “Alley
Way,” which features live music on
Fridays.
The open kitchen brings an
element of excitement to the dining
experience at Hamptons, and the
atmosphere is always warm and welcoming—because the chef wouldn’t
have it any other way.
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Father’s Day favorites
Summer Green Beans
SERVES 4
Snap off ends of green beans, then
cut on the diagonal into 4-inch
lengths. In medium skillet, heat oil.
Add mustard seeds and cook over
low to medium heat until they
pop, continually shaking the pan to
avoid burning. Add onion and green
beans, stir, then cover. Uncover
and stir occasionally to cook
Chicken Pie
SERVES 6–8
2 refrigerated pie crusts
1 stick (8 tablespoons)
butter
1 cup fresh carrots, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
1 cup onion, chopped
evenly. Lower heat and add cumin,
turmeric, salt and pepper to taste.
Stir, then cover for 5–8 minutes
more, until vegetables are cooked
to preference.
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½ cup all-purpose flour
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup half-and-half
4 cups chicken breasts,
cooked and chopped
1 cup canned English peas
Place a pie crust into the bottom of a 12-by-9-by-2½-inch ovenproof dish.
Pull crust down gently to meet the corners of the dish. Save the remaining
crust to top the pie. In a large pan, melt half of the butter, then saute the
carrots, celery and onion. Add flour and continue stirring until thickened.
Add chicken broth gradually. Continue to stir, then add half-and-half. Stir in
chicken and peas. Add chicken mixture to the pie crust-covered dish, then
top with second crust. Stretch the dough to meet the corners of the dish.
Dot with small pieces of remaining butter. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Bake 40 minutes, allow to sit a few minutes, then serve.
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12 ounces green beans,
washed (Sliced okra can be
substituted for the green
beans)
1 tablespoon vegetable or
olive oil
1 tablespoon black mustard
seeds (or enough to cover
bottom of frying pan)
1 medium onion, sliced thin
¼ teaspoon cumin powder
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
Salt or garlic salt
Black pepper
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1 onion, preferably Vidalia,
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1 tablespoon sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 can clear soda, 7-Up
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in medium-heavy pot to 375 degrees. Dip onion slices in batter a few at a
time. Deep fry until golden brown, remove with tongs and drain on paper
towels. Serve immediately.
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JUNE
13–16 • Mighty Moo
Festival, various venues,
Cowpens. (864) 580-9766.
15 • Shindig at the Cabin,
Michael Gaffney Cabin,
214 N. Limestone St.,
Gaffney. (864) 487-6244.
15–23 • Chautauqua
Greenville. (864) 244-1499.
21–24 • S.C. Festival
of Flowers, various
venues, Greenwood. (864)
223-8411, ext. 232.
29–30 • Festival of
Stars, downtown, Ninety
Six. (864) 543-3396.
JULY
4 • July 4th Mountain
Style, Unicoi State Park,
Helen, Ga. (800) 573-9659.
4 • Wells Fargo Red,
White & Blue, downtown,
Greenville. (864) 467-2776.
4 • Red, White and Boom,
Barnet Park, Spartanburg.
(864) 596-2976.
12–21 • South Carolina Peach
Gaffney. (864) 490-4921.
13–14 • S.C. Festival of
Discovery barbecue and
blues, various venues,
Greenwood. (864) 942-8448.
ONGOING
Daily • Art Gallery at the
Fran Hanson Discovery Center,
South Carolina Botanical Garden,
Clemson. (864) 656-3405.
Daily • Trail Riding,
Croft State Natural Area,
Spartanburg. (864) 585-1283.
Daily June 23–Aug. 16 • The
Landscape in Painting, Pickens
County Museum of Art &
History, Pickens. (864) 898-5963.
Daily June 23–Aug. 16 •
Steven Bleicher: Route 66,
Pickens County Museum
of Art & History, Pickens.
(864) 898-5963.
Daily June 23–Aug. 16 •
Selvage: New Works by
Jim Arendt, Pickens County
Museum of Art & History,
Pickens. (864) 898-5963.
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Fridays–Sundays through
July 1 • Daylily peak
blooming, Daylily and
Hosta Gardens, Simpsonville.
(864) 297-9043.
Saturdays through Sept. 1 •
Bluegrass on the Mountain,
Hillbilly Grounds, Mountain
Rest. (864) 638-9070.
Saturdays through
Nov. 3 • Mac-Dufus Dinner
Theater Variety Show,
Pumpkintown Mountain Opry,
Pickens. (864) 836-8141.
Second Saturdays • Music
on the Mountain Bluegrass
Jams, Table Rock State Park,
Pickens. (864) 878-9813.
Third Saturdays through
Sept. • Youth Fishing Days
at Buck Shoals, Smithgall
Woods State Park, Helen,
Ga. (706) 878-3087.
Saturdays and Sundays •
Museums open 1–5 p.m.,
Andrew Jackson State Park,
Lancaster. (803) 285-3344.
MIDLANDS
JUNE
10–16 • Southeastern
Piano Festival, University
of South Carolina School
of Music and Koger Center,
Columbia. (803) 777-4280.
15 • Taste of Newberry,
Memorial Square, Newberry.
(803) 276-6264.
15–16 • Great Falls Rescue
Rodeo, 2536 James Baker Blvd.,
Great Falls. (803) 482-4315.
16 • Ridge Peach Festival,
Trenton Town Park,
Trenton. (803) 275-5303.
16 • Juneteenth, Perry
Memorial Park, Aiken.
(803) 649-2221.
16–24 • Hampton County
Watermelon Festival,
various locations, Hampton
County. (803) 943-8324.
16, 23 and 30 • Solar
System Adventure, Ruth
Patrick Science Education
Center, Aiken. (803) 641-3654.
30 • Lake Murray
Independence Day Celebration,
Spence and Dreher islands,
Lake Murray. (866) 725-3935.
Fireworks will light up
the skies of South Carolina
on the Fourth of July.
JULY
4 • Lexington County Peach
Festival, Gilbert Community
Park, Gilbert. (803) 892-5207.
9 • Jammin’ in July, Historic
Camden Revolutionary War
Site, Camden. (803) 432-9841.
15 • Palmetto Tasty Tomato
Festival, City Roots Farm,
Columbia. (415) 235-5718.
ONGOING
Kings Mountain State Park,
Blacksburg. (803) 222-3209.
Daily • Trail Riding, Lee State
Park, Bishopville. (803) 428-5307.
Poinsett State Park,
Wedgefield. (803) 494-8177.
Daily • SOS Planet Showing,
Riverbanks Zoo & Garden’s
3-D Adventure Theater,
Columbia. (803) 779-8717.
Daily, except Mondays •
Living History Days, Historic
Brattonsville, McConnells.
(803) 684-2327.
Daily, except Mondays •
Columbia Museum of Art,
Columbia. (803) 799-2810.
Daily, except Mondays and
major holidays • Historic
Camden Revolutionary War
Site, Camden. (803) 432-9841.
Second Tuesdays •
Family Night $1 Admission,
Edventure Children’s Museum,
Columbia. (803) 779-3100.
Fourth Thursdays •
Tales for Tots, Edventure
Children’s Museum,
Columbia. (803) 779-3100.
Saturdays • Behind-theScenes Adventure Tours,
Riverbanks Zoo & Garden,
Columbia. (803) 978-1113.
Saturdays in June •
Solar System Adventure,
DuPont Planetarium,
Aiken. (803) 641-3654.
Second Saturdays •
Children’s Art Program,
Sumter County Gallery of
Art, Sumter. (803) 775-0543.
Last Saturdays through
August • 18th Century
Life Interpretations, Living
History Park of North
Augusta. (803) 279-7650.
Saturdays and Sundays •
Gallery Tour, Columbia Museum
of Art, Columbia. (803) 799-2810.
Daily, by appointment •
Overnights and Night
Howls, Riverbanks Zoo &
Garden, Columbia. (803)
779-8717, ext. 1113.
Weekly, through midAugust • Summer Zoo Camp,
Riverbanks Zoo & Garden,
Columbia. (803) 779-8717.
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JUNE
14–17 • Charleston Carifest,
carnival at Brittle Bank Park,
Charleston. (843) 557-6258.
23 • Charleston Beer
Garden, Brittle Bank Park,
Charleston. (843) 619-0229.
28 • Carolina Day, parade
route Washington Park
to White Point Gardens,
Charleston. (843) 723-3225.
29–30 • Riverfest,
waterfront, downtown
Conway. (843) 248-2273.
JULY
4 • Fabulous Fourth in the
Creek, Marguerite H. Brown
Municipal Center, Goose
Creek. (843) 569-4242.
4 • Harbourfest, Shelter
Cove Harbour, Hilton Head
Island. (866) 380-1778.
4 • Fourth of July Bash,
Patriots Point, Mount
Pleasant. (866) 831-1720.
4 • Murrells Inlet 4th of
July Boat Parade &
Fireworks Display, Murrells
Inlet Marshwalk, Murrells
Inlet. (843) 357-2007.
4 • Fourth of July
Extravaganza, Broadway
at the Beach, Myrtle
Beach. (843) 913-9323.
4 • 4th of July Celebration,
Surfside Pier, Surfside
Beach. (843) 650-9548.
4 • July 4th Celebration,
Cherry Grove Fishing Pier, North
Myrtle Beach. (843) 281-2662.
11–14 • MegaDock
Billfishing Tournament,
Charleston City Marina,
Charleston. (843) 278-4920.
13–22 • Beaufort Water
Beaufort. (843) 524-0600.
14 • Christmas in July,
Scranton Methodist Church,
Scranton. (843) 210-9997.
ONGOING
Cheraw State Park,
Cheraw. (843) 537-9656.
Daily, except Christmas •
Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells
Inlet. (843) 235-6000.
Daily, except major
holidays • Parris Island
Museum, Beaufort.
(843) 228-2166.
Daily • Nature Center,
Hunting Island State Park,
Hunting Island. (843) 838-7437.
Daily • Self-guided Colonial
tours, Charles Towne
Landing State Historic Site,
Charleston. (843) 852-4205.
Weekdays, through
July 15 • Theater Art
Summer Camp, ARTworks,
Beaufort. (843) 379-2787.
Weekdays, through
July 20 • ART Blast, ARTworks,
Beaufort. (843) 379-2787.
Tuesdays, through
Aug. 28 • 10 p.m. fireworks,
Broadway at the Beach,
Myrtle Beach. (843) 444-3200.
Tuesdays, through Oct. 16 •
Mount Pleasant Farmers
Market, Coleman Boulevard,
Mount Pleasant. (843) 884-8517.
Tuesdays–Saturdays •
Education Center displays
and programs, Myrtle
Beach State Park, Myrtle
Beach. (843) 238-5325.
Thursdays through
October • Blues &
BBQ Harbor Cruise,
Charleston Maritime Center,
Charleston. (843) 722-1112.
Saturdays–Tuesdays •
Mansion Tours, Hampton
Plantation State Historic Site,
McClellanville. (843) 546-9361.
Saturdays through
October • Lawn Mower
Racing, MCK/Cyclone Speedway,
Bennettsville. (910) 334-6638.
SCHumorMe
By Jan A. Igoe
One man’s perky is another’s poison
As someone who loves to eat
anything I didn’t personally
cook, restaurants are like my
second home. So I get to see
a lot of servers in action.
I never critique, since my
budding career in the food
service industry lasted 15
minutes, courtesy of a pack
of well-lubricated frat brothers who liked the restaurant
where I worked. They were
performing handstands on
the table and demanding
more dressing from me, their
smiling and obliging server.
As I drizzled our famous
homemade blue cheese dressing onto their salads, some
curious hands left the table
to explore my dress. Before
I could stop myself, a gallon of that
expensive dressing was dripping off their
heads. My memory is fuzzy, but the frown lines
etched into my boss’ face seemed unusually deep when
she took me off the schedule and waved goodbye.
Even now, I try to cut well-meaning servers some slack.
All I ask is that they fess up when the chef’s special is poisonous, refill the water glass before I stick my straw in their
aquarium, retreat graciously (without offering any firstborns) when dessert is declined, and don’t leave town when
we’re waiting on the check. Easy.
But that was before Bonnie Sue, the deliriously happy,
perpetually perky hometown girl became our server. She
was oozing sweet, gentle, southern charm—exactly what
you’d expect in this beautiful state—unless you’re my
friend Tony from New York.
Born and raised in the Big Apple, Tony doesn’t get
perfect strangers saying “Morning, y’all.” If they stroll that
close back home, he figures it’s to say “Morning. Y’all give
me your wallet.” It’s a culture thing. No matter how he tries
to fit in here, once his mouth opens and those diphthongy
decibels spew out, locals scatter like bowling pins after a
perfect strike.
At dinner, Bonnie Sue bounced up as if she were
riding a pogo stick, beaming a 500-megawatt grin rarely
glimpsed in Cross Bronx territory. She had yet to hand
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over the menus, but Tony
was already breaking out in
hives.
Bonnie Sue told us about
her brothers, sisters, uncles,
goats and being her secondgrade teacher’s pet before
we interrupted to beg for
wine.
She fetched it immediately. Of course, not all of it
stayed in our glasses, given
all that leaping. But she
tried.
Me: “You have a really
pleasant personality.”
Her: “Everyone says that.
I’m just like sunshine. I’ve
always been like this.”
As Bonnie Sue skipped
away, I noticed Tony’s face
buried under the tablecloth
and all the napkins stuffed
in his ears.
Me: “You OK?”
Him: “I give myself 10 minutes. Then I kill her.”
Me: “Drink faster. It will pass.”
As dinner progressed, Bonnie Sue returned every
17 seconds to preemptively grant any wish eons before
anybody considered wishing it. All hope of completing a
sentence without Bonnie Sue landing between the subject
and the verb was lost. Finally, I had to say something.
“I was trying to tell a story,” I said gently. Bonnie Sue
smiled with delight and pulled up a chair. She loved stories,
as luck would have it.
“I was telling the story to him,” I said, pointing to the
chair where I’d last seen Tony, who had disappeared under
the table, possibly to load a weapon.
As Bonnie Sue bounced off to fetch dessert menus, I let
Tony know it was safe to come out. “We’ll find some traffic.
You can honk and practice your hand signals,” I coaxed.
The color returning to his face, Tony bounced happily
out of the restaurant. I’m not sure, but I think he took her
pogo stick.
JAN A. IGOE writes humor because it’s so much easier than
waitressing. Contact her at [email protected].
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