South Carolina Living October 2011 by American MainStreet Publications

Motor on over Enthusiasts shift into high gear on Hilton Head Island

M i s s i o n Tr i ps

Working to improve the world October 2011

SC Sto r i e s

Poetry on horseback

Humor me

The truth about fashion

THE MAGAZINE FOR COOPERATIVE MEMBERS Vol. 65 • No. 10 (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

OCTOber 2011 • Volume 65, Number 10

Tel: (803) 926-3 1 75 Fax: (803) 796-6064 Email: letters@scliving.coop EDITOR

Keith Phillips FIELD EDITOR

Walter Allread PUBLICATION COORDINATOR

Pam Martin

ART DIRECTOR

Sharri Harris Wolfgang DESIGNER

Susan Collins PRODUCTION

Andrew Chapman WEB EDITOR

Van O’Cain Milosz Reterski

COPY EDITOR

Susan Scott Soyars Contributors

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SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING 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.

Employees and members of South Carolina’s electric cooperatives are investing their time and talents in helping others through service and mission trips abroad. Here are three examples of how they are making the world a better place, one life-changing project at a time.

4 CO-OP CONNECTION Cooperative news

6 ON THE AGENDA

From tall tales in the Upcountry to wooden boats on Winyah Bay, October offers no shortage of weekend fun. Plus: Learn how to win tickets to this year’s Carolina-Clemson game along with a ride in the Touchstone Energy hot-air balloon.

POWER USER DIALOGUE

10 Celebrating the

change in seasons

No doubt about it: Fall is a great time of year when you’re blessed to live in South Carolina. ENERGY Q&A

12 How low can your

thermostat go?

Lower the temperature setting a few degrees this winter and you can enjoy significant energy savings without sacrificing comfort.

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SC LIFE STORIES

21 Blazing a trail

Meet Steve Porter, South Carolina’s award-winning cowboy poet.

Travels

22 Motor on over

The Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival and Concours d’Elegance rolls out plenty of va‑va vroom.

Jonathan sloane

16 On a mission

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30 Setting the stage for spring

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32 Autumn celebration

Fiery Cajun shrimp Broccoli corn bread Southern pecan cheesecake HUMOR ME

38 Code red wardrobe malfunction

MOTOR ON OVER

Fashions may come and go but the truth is always in style.

34 MARKETPLACE 36 SC EVENTS

Enthusiasts shift into high gear on Hilton Head Island

M I S S I O N TR I PS

Working to improve the world SC STO R I E S OCTOBER 2011

Becky Billingsley, Stacey Studley Collins, Mike Couick, Jim Dulley, Carrie B. Hirsch, Magen Howard, Jan A. Igoe, Charles Joyner, April A. Morris, S. Cory Tanner

Poetry on horseback

HUMOR ME

The truth about fashion

On the Cover: The hypnotic beauty of a 1957 Chevy Bel Air. Photo courtesy of the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival and Concours d’Elegance.

On the Agenda For a listing p m co lete s, see of Event 6 page 3

Saving energy,

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OCTOBER 15

Georgetown Wooden Boat Show Located on Winyah Bay at the confluence of the Great Pee Dee, Waccamaw and Sampit rivers, the city of Georgetown celebrates its rich maritime history with an annual Wooden Boat Show. Admission to the outdoor festival is free and families can stroll the waterfront to inspect a fleet of wooden boats including everything from kayaks to yachts. There will be plenty of music, food and activities for the kids, but the highlight of the show is a boat-building competition in which two-person teams have four hours to build—and race—a 12-foot rowing skiff. For details, visit woodenboatshow.com or call (877) 285‑3888.

NOVEMBER 5

South Carolina Pecan Festival

What if you threw a party and 50,000 people showed up? In Florence, they’d call it a good start to the annual South Carolina Pecan Festival. This year, they’re closing off a dozen city blocks and setting up eight—count ’em, eight—music stages where the likes of Clarence Carter, The Band of Oz and The Blue Dogs are scheduled to perform. For details, visit florencedowntown.com/2011pecanfestival or call (843) 665‑2047.

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OCTOBER 15

Hagood Mill Storytelling Festival

Since 1845, Hagood Mill near Pickens has been a communal gathering place where Upstate neighbors shared gossip, tall tales and entertaining whoppers. That tradition continues on Saturday, Oct. 15, when the Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center presents its 10th annual storytelling festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hosted by musician, storyteller and radio personality John Fowler, the festival will also feature nostalgic skill demonstrations such as blacksmithing, bowl-digging, chair‑caning and frontier cooking. For details, visit co.pickens.sc.us/ culturalcommission or call (864) 898-2936.

A South Carolina program to reduce home energy use received a big boost in September when the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Central Electric Power Cooperative a $740,000 loan dedicated to efficiency research. Central, the wholesale power provider for the state’s 20 electric cooperatives, received the funds through the USDA’s Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program (REDLG). The money will be used to finance weatherization projects and heat pump upgrades in 100 South Carolina homes. Central will then monitor the energy savings and use the data to guide future efficiency programs. Vernita Dore, the USDA’s state director of rural development, presented the check at the 2011 South Carolina Community Economic Development Conference, which focused

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OCTOBER 20–29; OCTOBER 27–NOVEMBER 5

Western Carolina State Fair and Coastal Carolina Fair

South Carolina’s fall fair season is in full-swing this month at two great regional events. Unique highlights at the Western Carolina State Fair in Aiken include a Kids Firefighter Training Show (shown above), petting zoo, demolition derby and musicians Colt Ford and Jeff Pike with the A1A Band. Next up is the Coastal Carolina Fair in Ladson where American Idol finalist Crystal Bowersox, The Guess Who and impressionist Rich Little will perform. For details, visit westerncarolinastatefair.com or call (803) 648-8955; coastalcarolinafair.org, (843) 572-3161.

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When buying a new appliance, check the black-and-yellow Energy Guide label. This label provides an estimate of the product’s energy consumption and efficiency. It also shows the highest and lowest energy-efficiency estimates of similar models. Most major appliances—such as refrigerators, dishwashers, and clothes dryers—are required to have these labels. Source: U.S. Department of Energy

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creating jobs on job creation. “The partnership with electric cooperatives is consistent with our commitment to help our rural residents save money on electricity, as well as bolstering economic growth in areas where it’s desperately needed,” she says. Mike Couick, CEO of The Electric Cooperatives of

South Carolina, opened the conference with a keynote speech on the economic benefits of energy efficiency programs, including their potential to create new jobs in rural counties. “We have a comprehensive research project from Coastal Carolina University that says a statewide energy-efficiency program could produce more than 7,000 jobs in South Carolina by 2030,” he says.

Win tickets to the South Carolina‑Clemson game “Like” us on Facebook to enter the Touchdowns with Touchstone Energy contest South Carolina Living and your local electric cooperative have partnered with Touchstone Energy to celebrate the annual Carolina-Clemson grudge match in high-flying style. One lucky fan will be drawn at random to win a flight in the Touchstone Energy hot-air balloon and receive two tickets to watch the action inside Williams-Brice Stadium on Nov. 26.

Mike Couick, CEO of The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, joins Vernita Dore, the USDA’s state director of rural development, and Jim Lamb, senior vice president of Central Electric Power Cooperative, at the announcement of $740,000 loan to fund energy-efficiency research.

To enter, join us at Facebook.com/SouthCarolinaLiving or use the mail-in form on page 14. Entries must be received by Nov. 5, 2011.

Power sources Power mix for Central Electric Power Cooperative

Coal 75.20% Nuclear 9.72% Oil 0.04% Natural gas 9.98% Hydro 1.55% Methane gas 0.28% Purchases or other 3.23%

Your electric cooperative gets most of the power it provides to you through Central Electric Power Cooperative. Along with other power system services, Central’s job is to aggregate the supply for all electric co-ops in the state. Central’s main source of power is through a long-term contract with Santee Cooper, the state-owned utility that operates a network of power plants. These plants are primarily coal-fired, but Santee Cooper also generates electricity in a variety of ways, ranging from hydroelectric dams to certified “green power” generating plants that trap and burn the methane gas produced in landfills.

Santee Cooper’s Green Power is greater than 99 percent landfill methane gas and less than 1 percent solar. For specific information about this form of electricity, call Santee Cooper at (800) 804-7424 ext. 3204 or visit santeecooper.com/greenpower. The Green-e Energy Program certifies that Green Power meets the minimum environmental and consumer protection standards established by the non-profit Center for Resource Solutions. For more information on Green-e Energy certification requirements, call (888) 63-GREEN or visit green-e.org.

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On the Agenda S.C.RAMBLE! By Charles Joyner, See Answer ON Page 35

didyou know?

Match Boxes

Electric cooperatives own and operate more than 2.5 million miles of distribution lines. That’s enough line to circle the equator more than 100 times!

Solve these two multiplication problems and write your answers in the box tops, one digit to each box. Then match boxes to spell out the name of the South Carolina State Park on Hwy. 276 at the top of a mountain, three miles from the North Carolina border.

Source: NRECA, Photo: NASA

Energy quiz: Hidden costs

Question: Name the appliance in your home that uses electricity 24/7 and may be responsible for as much as 15 percent of your monthly power bill. ANSWER: Your HD cable box or digital video recorder (DVR). Surprise: That HD cable box or DVR that sits innocently by your TV may be using more electricity per year than a new energy-efficient refrigerator. A recent study found that the boxes use $3 billion in electricity every year in the U.S., with 66 percent of that power wasted while the TV is not being watched or the

DVR not recording. Unfortunately, until cable boxes and DVRs become more efficient, there’s no easy solution for consumers looking to save energy, explains Brian Sloboda, an efficiency expert with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). “The simple answer is

using the power button on the remote or adding a power strip to turn the power off when not in use,” Sloboda says. “The problem is that when you cut off all of the power, your DVR will not record programs. You also won’t be able to get automatic software updates, and the program guide may be wiped out.” The only other option is to ask your cable or satellite provider for a box carrying the Energy Star label, a rating from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which certifies that a product meets specific energy-efficiency standards. —Magen Howard

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November

SCL To-Do List New Year’s resolutions

Granted, most of us have a hard time keeping them, but what’s wrong with setting a few self-improvement goals every year in the form of New Year’s resolutions? This month, we’re asking you to tell us what resolutions you’ll be setting for 2012—and how you intend to keep them. We’ll compile the results and publish the best stories in our January issue as encouragement to stick with it and achieve your goals. Send your stories to Resolutions, 808 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce, SC 29033, email them to letters@scliving.coop or fax them to (803) 796-6064. The deadline for entries is Dec. 1.

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 letters@scliving.coop or send a note by fax to (803) 796-6064. All letters received are subject to editing before publication.

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on the farm, I always enjoy hearing about “how things were” just one or two generations back. Each new story makes me realize how much life in South Carolina has changed—and how much it hasn’t. The latest tale to be handed down through the generations comes from my Dad, who told us all the story of the neighborhood cornhuskings that took place each October back when my grandfather was a young man. Shucking corn is nobody’s idea of fun, so the community found ways to make it interesting. Unshucked corn was piled 5 feet high, 10 feet wide and about 50–75 feet in length. The pile was “seeded” every 5–10 feet with a reward (at some of the most rowdy and widely attended cornhuskings it was pints of white liquor) and whoever shucked his way to the prize first got to keep it. As you can imagine, the competition was always fierce. When the last ear of corn was shucked, everyone sat down to a table loaded with delicious home-cooked food. Stories, tall tales and outright lies were told, and there was always plenty of the good-natured ribbing. The day’s entertainment was provided in the form of “rasslin’ matches,” and you didn’t want to face off against my greatgrandfather, Gideon Couick. He apparently specialized in a move called the “britches holt” where he would grab the bottoms of his opponent’s pant legs and upend him to the ground— match over! Dad’s story made me glad I don’t have to “rassle” anyone at our family gatherings today! It also made me realize how much life in South Carolina still revolves around the changing of the seasons. October is my favorite month, and just as my relatives looked forward to those old-fashioned cornhuskings, I look forward to these timeless hallmarks of the fall season: • Stepping out the back door early in the morning to grab the paper, only to be reminded that climate change is an annual event. • The State Fair: Fat, sleek show animals being groomed by a new generation of 4-H’ers

Come fall, South Carolinians can again enjoy uncrowded beaches.

and FFA members. Is it just me, or does the cooler weather make elephant ears, corn dogs and fries with malt vinegar taste that much better? • College football rivalries that divide friends, families and coworkers. Saturday’s results dictate what happens at work on Monday. Will I have an opportunity to crow about my beloved Gamecocks, or will I need to hide in my office? • Sleeping with the windows open. No heat, no air conditioning—just a stubborn cricket singing away outside my window, and the hint of chimney smoke from someone who couldn’t wait to build a fire. • Oysters, roasted and on the half shell. I miss the annual Bethel Volunteer Fire Department oyster stew supper. • Mountain apples purchased along Scenic Highway 11, green tomatoes saved from the frost and wrapped in newspaper, and newly cured sweet potatoes. • Tender greens, turnip greens or mustard greens served with pepper vinegar, cornbread and cold buttermilk. • Our coast, beautiful and uncrowded. No doubt about it: Fall is a great time of year in our state, and I hope you enjoy the season as much as I do.

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a lower indoor temperature can feel once you become accustomed to it. Temperature setbacks—allowing the temperature in your home to fall even lower while you’re asleep or when the house is vacant—are another way to save, especially when you can maintain this reduced setting for at least eight hours at a time. For every degree you drop the temperature during an eight-hour setback period, you can expect to realize energy savings of 1 to 3 percent. Don’t fall for the common myth that it takes as much energy to reheat a house after a temperature setback period. It doesn’t, and here’s why: The amount of heat lost through walls, ceilings and floors is directly proportional to the difference between the indoor and the outdoor temperatures.

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Two drops of prevention, a world of cure Rotarians have a four-way test for thoughts, words and actions. Everything has to be the truth, fair to all concerned, intended to build goodwill and better friendships, and beneficial to everyone involved. Adrel Langley covered all the bases by spending her vacation giving life-saving polio vaccines to children in India, where the crippling polio virus still stalks the population. “After hearing a speaker who had been to India to give the vaccines, my heart led me to go,” says Langley, manager of community relations for Santee Electric Cooperative. “My great uncle always walked with a limp because of polio. He passed away, but my 15-year-old daughter didn’t know why Uncle Bill walked that way. That generation has never heard of polio.” In the Western hemisphere, where Jonas Salk’s vaccine quelled the polio epidemic generations ago, the disease has been largely forgotten. But children in Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan Adrel traveled to India are still at risk. According to the World Health to participate in Rotary Organization, if just one child anywhere in the International’s effort to world is infected, then no child is safe from polio. eradicate polio. Highly infectious, polio usually strikes children under 5 years of age and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. Collaborating with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF and the World Health Organization, Rotary International hopes to wipe polio off the planet by 2013. Since the 1985 launch of its PolioPlus

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Building bridges to a better world Whenever thunderous downpours threaten South Carolina, weather advisories warn locals to avoid travel. During the rainy season in Matiguas, Nicaragua— when destitute villagers are cut off from markets, schools, family, farmland and medical care—some have no choice but to attempt crossing the swollen, unpredictable rivers. Mike, left, and Thomas display a plaque “Drowning is No. 1 commemorating the bridge-building cause of accidental death project. At the bottom is a length of the in Nicaragua,” says Mike heavy steel cable used to span the river. McCormick, a Fairfield Electric Cooperative member who has been smitten with Nicaraguan people since his first school-building mission trip in 1999. The mission team leader at Sandy Level Baptist Church in Blythewood couldn’t shake their predicament out of his heart. His passion quickly spread through the 150-member church. Parishioners have been answering McCormick’s call for at least a decade, providing food ministries, sending youth teams, pouring concrete floors for homes and sheltering orphans. But no one had a clue how to approach his next challenge. During the rainy season, villagers outside Matiguas lacked a safe way to cross the river each day. Young and old would attempt the crossing with their wares stacked on their heads. The alternative—going around the Mike McCormick and Thomas Black, Fairfield Electric Cooperative

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program, the organization has dispatched 1 million volunteers and contributed more than $700 million to support vaccination programs, and the effort is paying off. In 1988, there were 350,000 polio cases in 125 countries. Since then, cases have decreased more than 99 percent. “The Rotary mission is not to stop until every child is polio-free,” says Langley, 39, who now speaks to community groups to raise awareness about the disease many Americans have forgotten. Sponsored by a local company’s $5,000 donation, Langley joined about 20 Rotarians from around the country for the February trip. After visiting New Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, to learn about the culture, the team traveled to a small village in West Bengal, where eight cases of polio had been diagnosed. The Rotary team went from house to house, offering to vaccinate children at risk. Langley says she was surprised at the trust villagers put in the volunteers. “It was very touching that a person would just hand me their child for any reason,” she says. “Many of these people had never seen people with white skin and blonde hair, and they were intrigued. Doctors from the World Health Organization said our presence would cause many more people to bring their children to have them vaccinated in the future.” During her two weeks in India, Langley was also deeply touched by the gratitude of the people she met. In Kolkata, at a Rotary-sponsored prosthetics clinic, dozens of people lined up, patiently waiting for hours in the heat. “If we wait more than 15 minutes, we get aggravated,” says Langley, who saw people with missing legs getting around on their hands, with no wheelchairs to help them. At the clinic, Langley watched a young woman who’d lost her legs to polio as an infant take her first steps on prosthetic legs. “When limbs become too deformed to save, they’re amputated,” she says. “The way they diagnose polio is onset of paralysis, when it’s too late for prevention.” Still, Langley described the occasion as joyous. “There was nothing sad about it. Her mother had the most wonderful smile and they were thanking everyone.” No stranger to world travel—she joined a Rotary International Group Study Exchange to Wales in 2006— Langley says her time in India transformed her outlook on life here at home. “There are no words that can begin to describe the horrendous living conditions there. My daily life revolves around keeping the lights on for Santee Electric co-op members. These people don’t even have electricity, much less sanitation or clean drinking water,” she says. “It made me realize how privileged the poorest people in America are to live in a country with so many programs to help our citizens. I was embarrassed and ashamed of how much I’ve taken for granted.”

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“I’m inspired by the challenges [of ] a seemingly impossible project.”

river by horse or mule when the river becomes impossible to cross—would take six or seven hours. “Mike’s Nicaraguan friend wanted our mission team to come and build the Gavilan and Patastule communities a walking bridge,” says Thomas Black, vice president of engineering for Fairfield Electric Cooperative. “He told us the story of a whole family who were crossing the Bul Bul River in a small truck, when suddenly a wall of water hit the truck, causing it to turn over several times. The whole family drowned.” Black, an electrical engineer, volunteered to approach some of his civil engineering contacts for help designing the bridge. “They must have thought I was crazy for asking them to help design a 200-foot walking bridge over a raging river in Nicaragua,” he says. The first answer to his prayers arrived in March 2010, when a friend emailed him a story about Bridges to Prosperity, also known as B2P. The nonprofit organization, founded by Ken Frantz in 2001, helps communities in third world countries build footbridges over impassable rivers to access healthcare, education and economic opportunities. The organization’s mission is to “end poverty caused by rural isolation.” Two days after Black sent a request for design assistance, B2P agreed to partner with the church. The following month, Black, 42, took his first mission trip to Nicaragua to survey the proposed site, and returned to South Carolina inspired to raise the $25,000 needed for materials. With the help of the community, myriad fundraisers and several generous church congregations, Black met his goal within five months and by February 2011 he was back in Matiguas helping to lay the first tier of stones for the bridge foundation. Building the bridge required the entire community’s help and months of hard labor. With no machinery available, volunteers and villagers carried tons of stones from

Have God, will travel

As long as there is an opportunity to preach, the Rev. Floyd Schleuger isn’t going to let a few physical ailments, secret police or threats by Al Qaeda mess up his travel plans. Schleuger, a member of Santee Electric Cooperative and pastor of Liberty Baptist Church in the Lake City/Johnsonville area, turned 73 in August. The bionic reverend has had both knees and a shoulder replaced; and a 55-foot fall through a deteriorating aircraft hangar during his 14-year stint in the Air Force “messed up a bunch of discs” in his lower back, but he still makes mission trips every spring and fall. Diabetes, high blood pressure and prostate cancer haven’t ended his quest to minister. In 1998, just days after gallbladder surgery, he was back on his feet, preaching in Siberia. His missionary journeys have led the preacher to some of the world’s most inhospitable places. The reverend has been arrested in Russia and China for telling people about God. He’s also found listening devices hidden in his hotel room. If the preacher ever vanished mysteriously, there wouldn’t be anyone around to tell CNN. Schleuger no longer travels with mission teams, preferring to fly solo. “With teams, you can only preach at government churches that control what you can say. In China, there are undercover agents everywhere—military in civilian clothes. You can pick them out. On one trip with a friend, two carloads of agents would follow us everywhere we went,” he says. “They stopped me from preaching that

Rev. Floyd Schleuger, Santee Electric Cooperative courtesy of Floyd Schleuger

Riding, walking or driving across an often-swollen river was the only way two Nicaraguan communities could access one another before a 200-foot-long walking bridge was built by members of Sandy Level Baptist Church in Blythewood.

the river, dug foundations, mixed concrete and placed the foundation by hand. Black returned in May to help pull the first of seven steel cables across the river, another back-breaking task. “Handling those heavy cables was very hard work, but thankfully there were 12 men there to help,” says Black, who didn’t mind the long hours and physically exhausting work. “If you’re called, you’ll enjoy it. When I swing a golf club, I’m sore.” The Gavilan-Patastule Suspended Pedestrian Footbridge opened in September, but Black’s work with B2P is far from finished. He gave Matiguas town officials his word that he’d return next year to help build two more bridges. He’s currently seeking $50,000 in donations to fulfill that promise, and has complete faith the funding will come through. “I’m inspired by the challenges posed by working on a seemingly impossible project, like building the bridge in Nicaragua, and looking back and seeing how God provided all the answers,” he says.

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On a mission

“Al Qaeda found out you’d be [in the Philippines]. They’ll try to kill you.”

The Rev. Floyd Schleuger’s mission to the Philippines found him preaching outdoors in town squares and inside at jailhouses.

trip—wouldn’t let me get behind the pulpit.” No place is too remote, no challenge too daunting for Schleuger, who sometimes travels 12 hours by train and eight more on a bus to reach isolated villages. He’ll gladly preach back-to-back sermons to a handful of hospital patients, a block of maximum-security prisoners, or hundreds at a major venue. He preached right through the deadly SARS outbreak in China without bothering to wear a mask. During a bus trip in China, Schleuger was traveling with Nancy Liu, his long-time interpreter, when six men out for an easy buck boarded and zoned in on him. She overheard their plan and panicked. “The big man behind you said he’s going to slit the American’s throat and take his money pouch,” Liu whispered. That might have frightened some, but Schleuger was sure God didn’t send him to China to die. “Give them Bibles. Stand up and tell them who I am,”

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Eradicating polio through Rotary International

For more information, visit rotary.org/en/endpolio. n To contribute, visit rotary.org/en/contribute/funds/polioplusfund or send checks designated “PolioPlus” to Kingstree Rotary Club, P.O. Box 504, Kingstree, SC 29556.

Building bridges in Nicaragua

For more information, visit sandylevel.org and bridgestoprosperity.org. n To contribute, send checks designated “Bridge Fund” to Sandy Level Baptist Church, P.O. Box 518, Blythewood, SC 29016.

Rev. Floyd Schleuger’s missionary work

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he instructed Liu, although such public declarations could land him in jail. “Tell them I am a missionary from the United States sent to help the Chinese people find Jesus.” Liu complied, and the men exited the bus at the next stop, Schleuger says. That night, one of the first in line during the altar call was one of the men who had planned to rob him. During another mission to China, Schleuger was asked to counsel an older man who lost his hearing “shooting big guns and rockets” in Vietnam, where Schleuger served as civilian coordinator at Da Nang Air Base in the late 1960s. It didn’t take long for him to realize that this man, sent by China to fight with the Viet Cong, was responsible for attacking his base with mortars and rockets. “Four or five times a week that man tried to kill me and I led him to the Lord,” Schleuger says. In the Philippines, he encountered threats of a different kind. When Schleuger was preparing to preach an openair crusade for 400 people, Philippine Army trucks started rolling in. He watched 100 troops spread out on rooftops and throughout the audience, ready to fire their weapons to defend the crowd. “Al Qaeda found out you’d be here,” he was told. “They’ll try to kill you.” A born salesman, Schleuger tried a few careers on for size before getting around to preaching. He became a Christian in 1963, but waited several decades to become an ordained minister. “I didn’t want to be no preacher,” he says. “It scared me to death.” After his stint in the Air Force, he farmed tobacco, soybeans and corn, ran a country store, and managed his family’s sanitation company in his home state of Iowa. He aced auctioneering school and spent 22 years hosting Friday night auctions from a revamped farm shed behind his home. Since answering the call to become a preacher almost 12 years ago, Schleuger figures he’s led more than 12,000 people to the Lord. Every two-week mission costs about $10,000, mostly for Bibles and gifts for the people. Between overseas trips, he travels throughout South Carolina speaking to churches and civic groups raising funds one love offering at a time. When interviewed this summer, Schleuger had collected just $1,700 for his fall trip to China, but noted he’d never failed to fund his journeys. “The doors have closed on me a lot of times,” he said. “This magazine article may be the answer to my prayers.”

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Steve Porter is used to getting quizzical looks from his fellow South Carolinians when he introduces himself as a cowboy poet. “I get mixed reactions,” he says with a laugh. “Some people think it’s cool. Some people ask, ‘What’s a cowboy poet?’” For you greenhorns, cowboy poetry is a form of story-telling that preserves the tales (both tall and true) of life in the rural West, and Porter is one of its rising stars. Although still largely unknown here in his home state, he’s been featured on national radio programs and performed at cowboy gatherings in Nevada, Idaho and Utah. Last year, he beat out more experienced performers to win first place at the National Cowboy Poetry Rodeo in Colorado. Porter, a member of Laurens Electric Cooperative, says a lifelong fascination with cowboy culture and a love of horses inspired him to begin performing. He recently recorded his first CD—Forgotten, a collection of 12 classic poems and one original—and between trips out west, he’s blazing a trail for cowboy poetry east of the Mississippi. “Most people in the East have never heard of it, but when they hear it, they really like it,” he says. —April A. Morris

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Motor on over The Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival and Concours d’Elegance rolls out plenty of va‑va vroom

If polished chrome, leather seats and the throaty growl of a finely tuned engine make your heart skip a beat, you’d better have a cardiologist on speed dial for the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival and Concours d’Elegance. Now in its 10th year, the annual exhibition of head-turning vintage cars, motorcycles and oneof-a-kind vehicles is organized around four major events—the Savannah Speed Classic, the Motoring Midway, the Car Club Jamboree and the signature Concours d’Elegance competition. The celebration of all things automotive begins its run on Oct. 28, and organizers expect as many as 15,000 people to attend. If you’re planning to be one of them, here’s a handy roadmap to the four major events that make up South Carolina’s hottest festival on wheels.

GetMore In addition to these four events, there are a variety of concerts, dinners, cocktail hours, art exhibits and even a vintage fashion show taking place on Hilton Head during the 10-day festival. All proceeds go to support local charities. For complete details and ticket packages, visit hhiconcours.com or call (843) 785-7469.

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This November, hundreds of enthusiasts will shine up and show off their vintage and classic cars—such as the Packards above, and Chevy Bel Air at left— as well as trucks and even motorcycles, to thousands of visitors at Hilton Head Island’s 10th annual Motoring Festival and Concours d’Elegance.

Savannah Speed Classic

Oct. 28–30, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: The Grand Prize of America Track next to the Westin Savannah Harbor Resort & Spa on Hutchinson Island, just across the state line in Savannah, Ga. For anyone who has ever felt the “need for speed,” the Savannah Speed Classic offers a glimpse of what it’s like to be a race car driver. The weekend event, held in conjunction with Historic Sportscar Racing (the people behind the Daytona Historics), features intense competition among experienced drivers who will compete in “retired” race vehicles and highperformance sports cars. Between races, spectators can strap on a helmet and ride shotgun with When:

drivers like Gordon King (see “King of the Road” page 25) as they tool around the 1.965 mile, 10-turn track at top speeds approaching 120 mph. “It’s an adrenaline rush,” King promises. “I like to give people an experience they’ve never had before. They watch racing on TV and say, ‘That looks so easy,’ but there are so many factors to consider—the speed, the cars around you, the wind, the bumps. There’s a lot to process.” Got your own hot wheels? Find out what it can really do on a touring lap around the course. Luxury car dealers will also be on hand offering free testdrives through Savannah on a custom route designed to highlight performance and handling.

If you go: Tickets are $20–$25 a day or $50 for a three-day pass. The VIP Package, which includes admission for Saturday and Sunday, preferred parking, food and beverages and access to the best trackside seating, is $100. Hot laps are an additional $25 for a ride in a production sports car; $75 for a ride in a vintage race car. Riders must be at least 18 years old (ID required) and in good health. Touring laps in your own vehicle are $20 each. Participating drivers must have valid insurance and a driver’s license.

Concours d’Elegance Sunday, Nov. 6, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn Plantation, Hilton Head Island. When:

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SCTravels Festival and one of the top exhibitions of vintage cars in the country. Private collectors from around the world are invited to display their finest machines, ranging from one- and two-cylinder “horseless carriages” to all-American muscle cars built before 1972—with everything else on two or four wheels in between. Many of the almost 200 cars and motorcycles that will be on display represent important advances in automobile design and engineering, says Lindsey Harrell, vice president of operations for the festival. “It is basically an automobile museum but in the beautiful outdoor setting of Honey Horn Plantation,” she says. “These are beautiful pieces of art. You don’t have to be a car person to appreciate what you’re seeing.” Best of all, this museum comes without glass partitions or velvet ropes. While judges evaluate the cars in 24 specific categories, as well as ll

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Growing up in South Africa, all Gordon King ever wanted to do was drive race cars. He took his first ride in one (a Hudson Terra Plane) at age five and grew up immersed in road-course racing. His father, an executive for British Petroleum, played host to many of Europe’s top Grand Prix drivers, many of whom stayed at the family’s home in Cape Town. “The drivers would come down on holiday to drink all our beer and chase pretty girls,” King says, laughing. Their joie de vivre only served to fuel his interest in racing, and in his early 20s, King bought a Renault R-8 Alconi and made a run at becoming a professional driver. When a wreck took his car out of commission and he couldn’t afford a replacement, he decided to pursue a business career instead. He ultimately settled in Charleston, where he built a successful disaster supplies and logistics company, PropacUSA, Inc. The lucrative business afforded him the opportunity to re-ignite his passion for cars and racing. Today, he’s an avid sports car collector and sought-after driving instructor who frequently visits East Coast tracks to train the members of Porsche, Ferrari, BMW and Audi car clubs on the finer points of road-course racing.

When he’s not on the road, King can usually be found in his 4,000-square foot, air-conditioned garage tending to a jaw-dropping fleet of more a dozen race-ready rides, including a 1963 Jaguar E Type, a 2006 Ford GT, a 2000 BMW Z8 and a 2008 Ford Shelby GT KR500 limited edition Mustang. During the 2011 Savannah Speed Classic, he will be offering hot laps in his ardent-red Lotus Exige 260. Only 23 of these British speed demons were produced for the U.S. market, and while it’s street legal (“Barely,” King says with a grin) the six-speed transmission, AP racing brakes and harness restraints reveal the car’s true personality. The Exige rockets from zero to 60 in four seconds, and it handles like a dream on the twists and turns of the Hutchinson Island course, King says. “It’s the perfect car especially for that track,” he says. “It’s light, nimble and in terms of just raw handling it probably pulls more Gs than any other car.” The Lotus has a top speed of 140 mph. King says he’ll probably keep it under 120 mph on the hot laps, but when the supercharged engine is screaming at 8,500 rpm right behind the passenger compartment, “it sounds even faster.” “Most of the time they have a look of absolute terror on their faces,” King says of his hot lap passengers. “The idea is not to scare anyone, but to open their eyes a little bit. People have no idea what these cars can do. It’s nice to be able to show off the performance aspects.”

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SCTravels for the coveted “Best in Show” title, visitors are free to stroll among the cars, take pictures and even vote for their favorite to win the “People’s Choice” award at the end of the day. If you go: Single-day tickets (which also include access to the Motoring Midway) are $35 at the gate. Parking at the Coastal Discovery Museum is $10 per car. Complimentary off-site is available at the Hilton Head Island Public School complex.

Car Club Jamboree

Saturday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn Plantation, Hilton Head Island Setting the stage for the Concours d’ Elegance, the Car Club Jamboree offers an equally stunning collection of lovingly restored machines. Sixteen car clubs from around the country will participate in this fun-filled exhibition. Arguably the most nostalgic day When:

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Learn how Bill Neidhardt keeps his 1959 Triumph TR3A in top condition during the Car Club Jamboree.

of the festival, the event showcases a diverse mix of nearly 200 automobiles, including muscle cars, hot rods, pickup trucks and European sports cars, each telling a unique story and offering a glimpse back in time.

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As they have every year since the festival began, members of the Hilton Head-based Lowcountry Oyster and Motor Car Driving Society (LOMDS) will be on hand displaying their vintage cars and talking with spectators about the joys of maintaining and driving classic automobiles, says LOMDS Vice President Bill Neidhardt. “Come with every expectation of seeing some fine automobiles and to take advantage of the opportunity to talk to the owners and understand what it takes to restore these cars,” he says. In the case of Neidhardt’s 1959 Triumph TR3A, “I bought it in 1979 when my wife was pregnant with our second daughter. I had it finished in time for her wedding in 2005.” He still regularly scours eBay for parts to keep it on the road because British cars have a tendency to “mark their territory,” he says with laugh. “Something’s always leaking!”

Photos courtesy of the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival

If you go: Single-day tickets (which also include access to the Motoring Midway) are $30 at the gate. Parking at the Coastal Discovery Museum is $10 per car. Complimentary off-site is available at the Hilton Head Island Public School complex.

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When: Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 5–6, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: The Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn Plantation, Hilton Head Island

The Motoring Midway—a quirky look at transportation from the past, present and future—is one of the unique features that sets the Hilton Head festival apart from other nationally acclaimed car shows. This year’s exhibits range from “Life in the Fast Lane” with high-performance specialty vehicles from manufacturers like Yenko, Shelby, Alpina and Ruf, to “Life in the Whoa Lane,” featuring antique horse-drawn ll

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Electric Cooperative’s Chevy Volt. “This is one of the top automotive shows in the country and we’re excited to be a part of such a great event,“ says Jimmy Baker, Palmetto’s vice president of marketing and public relations.

carriages. There’s also a Kid’s Korral with plenty of interactive games and crafts, including a full-sized car that’s just waiting to be painted. One midway exhibit sure to generate plenty of interest is the “Road to the Future” display, featuring Palmetto

The Volt is one of the first plug-in electric vehicles to be mass produced and offered for sale in the United States. Under the hood there’s a 100-horsepower electric motor powered by a rechargeable lithiumion battery. The car can travel 35–40 miles on a single charge and drivers can recharge the battery overnight by plugging the car into any standard 110-volt outlet, or in as little as four hours at a 240-volt charging station. As a backup, the Volt also has a small gasoline-powered generator that kicks in when the battery is drained. Eager to test the viability of electric cars for consumers, Palmetto purchased one of the first Volts off the line and put it into service this spring. “We make every effort to stay on top of new technologies so that members have the best information possible,” Baker says.

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of spring to coax vibrant flowers from bare ground, but if you follow a few basic tips, the results will be spectacular. Prepare the ground: For better blooms, choose a site that receives full sun to part shade in the early spring. Planting under deciduous trees is fine for the early bloomers like snow bells, leucojum, and most daffodils, because the trees won’t develop their full shade-casting foliage until after these bulbs are beginning to go dormant. Flowering bulbs cannot stand “wet feet,” so look for well-draining soil. You can also improve soil drainage by adding 2 to 3 inches of organic matter, such as compost or soil conditioner, into the bed and tilling it in 10 to 12 inches deep. While building the bed, correct any soil pH or nutrient problems by incorporating lime and fertilizer as recommended by a soil test report. Most gardeners also find that an application of bone meal at planting aids in root development. Choose bulbs carefully: Look for bulbs that are firm and not bruised or moldy. Larger bulbs will generally produce more and larger flowers, but they may cost extra. I usually choose medium-sized bulbs. Plant your bulbs right away if you can, otherwise store them in a dry place between 60–65 degrees F. Plant in groupings: Flowering bulbs have the greatest visual effect when planted in masses. I generally group at least 10 bulbs together in a bed, but the more the better. Spacing between individual bulbs depends on the bulb size. The largest bulbs should be spaced 3 inches to 6 inches apart, while small bulbs can be

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spaced 1 inch to 2 inches from each other. Purchased bulbs usually come with instructions that detail how deep to plant them, but a general rule is to plant a bulb three to four times as deep as its width. So a bulb that measures 1½ inches across would be planted approximately 5 inches deep. Once the bulbs are set and covered with soil, water them to settle the soil and apply two to three inches of mulch over the bed. Bulbs require little care after planting. A light fertilizer application just as the shoots emerge in the spring may be helpful. Don’t remove the foliage after flowering. The green leaves feed the bulb and provide energy for next year’s flowers. Planted properly, springflowering bulbs (except for tulips which are treated as annuals in the South) will provide years of earlyspring color. is an area horticulture agent for Clemson Extension based in Greenville County. His responsibilities include coordinating the Greenville County Master Gardener program and providing home gardening advice. Contact Tanner at shannt@clemson.edu.

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Serves 16

Crust

1 ½ cups quick oats ½ cup pecans, finely chopped ½ cup brown sugar N cup butter, melted

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5 packages 8-ounce cream cheese, softened 1 O cups brown sugar 5 eggs, room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups pecans, chopped, divided

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To make the crust, place oats in a food processor or blender; process to consistency of flour. Combine oats with pecans, brown sugar and butter; press into bottom of 10-inch spring form pan. Chill. To make filling, in a medium bowl beat cream cheese with mixer until fluffy; slowly add brown sugar and mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing after each. Stir in vanilla and half of the chopped pecans. Mix and pour over crust. Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour; turn oven off but leave the cheesecake in the oven for 30 minutes. To reduce the chance of cracks on top surface, run a knife around edge of cheesecake as soon as it is removed from the oven. Let cool to room temperature; cover and chill 8 hours. Remove sides of spring pan. Press remaining chopped pecans around sides and pipe with whipping cream if desired. katherine l. brown, camden

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Fiery Cajun Shrimp Serves 8–10

2 sticks butter, melted 2 sticks margarine, melted ½ cup Worcestershire sauce 4 tablespoons ground black pepper 1 teaspoon ground rosemary 2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce 3 cloves garlic, minced Juice of 2 lemons 5 pounds raw shrimp in shells 2 lemons, sliced 2 loaves French bread

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl, mix butter, margarine, Worcestershire sauce, pepper,

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Broccoli Corn Bread serves 16

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1 • Aunt Het Fall Festival, Downtown, Fountain Inn. (864) 862-2586. 2 • Guardian ad Litem Program, Oconee County, Walhalla. (864) 638-2267. 5–9 • “Chicago” musical, Johnson Theatre, Winthrop University, Rock Hill. (803) 323-4014. 14–16 • St. Francis Fall for Greenville, Downtown, Greenville. (864) 467-5741. 15 • Celebrating the Seays, The Seay House, Spartanburg. (864) 596-3501. 15 • Fall for All Festival, Roberts Presbyterian Church, Anderson. (864) 225-9950. 15 • Hagood Mill Storytelling Festival, Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center, Pickens. (864) 898-2936. 16–20 • Starburst Storytellers’ Festival, County Library, Anderson. (864) 260-4500. 17 • Southern Wesleyan University Golf Tournament, Pickens Country Club. (864) 644-5004. 21–22 • Art’Oberfest, Historic Livery Stables & Court Square, Abbeville. (864) 391-1485. 21–23 • Oktoberfest, Sertoma Recreation Field, Walhalla. (864) 638-2727. 22 • Fall Color Walk, Paris Mountain State Park, Greenville. (864) 244-5565. 22 • Spartanburg Philharmonic featuring Mimi Stillman, Twichell Auditorium at Converse College, Spartanburg. (864) 948-9020. 25 • Fall Into Music! Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium Boy Choir and Girl Choir, Boulevard Baptist Church, Anderson. (864) 231-6147. 26–30 • “Beyond Therapy” play, Johnson Studio Theatre, Winthrop University, Rock Hill. (803) 323-4014. 29 • Tales of Union County, Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site, Union. (864) 427-5966. 29 • Heritage Festival, South Carolina Botanical Garden, Clemson. (864) 656-3405. 29 • 4K March for the Mack, McCormick Art Council at the Keturah, McCormick. (864) 852-3216. 31 • Boo-Haha, Main and Black streets, Rock Hill. (803) 329-8756.

NOVEMBER

2–5 • Winthrop Dance Theatre, Johnson Theatre, Winthrop University, Rock Hill. (803) 323-4014. 3 • The Birth of Song in South Carolina, Laurens County Library, Laurens. (864) 681-7323. 4 • For the Love of Food with the Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium Chorale, Rainey Fine Arts Center, Anderson University, Anderson. (864) 231-6147. 5 • Autumn Fun at The Price House, The Price House, Woodruff. (864) 576-6546. 5 • Classic Car Show, Southern Wesleyan University, Central. (864) 243-4652 12 • Daryle Ryce Presents Jazz Folk Blues & More, Laurens County Library, Laurens. (864) 681-7323. 13 • A Classic Beginning! Anderson Symphony Orchestra, Rainey Fine Arts Center, Anderson University, Anderson. (864) 231-6147. 17 • Laurens Blues Legacy with Hunter Holmes, Laurens County Library, Laurens. (864) 681-7323. 18–20 • Fall One-Act Festival, Johnson Studio Theatre, Winthrop University, Rock Hill. (803) 323-4014. 20 • Jumpin’ Jive, Electric City Big Band, Rainey Fine Arts Center, Anderson University, Anderson. (864) 231-6147. 21 • Karkowska Sisters Duo: 90 Minutes Around the World, Lander University, Greenwood. (864) 388-8326. 25–Jan. 8 • UBS Ice on Main skating rink, Downtown, Greenville. (864) 467-4489. 28–Dec. 2 • Oconee Hospice Christmas Tree Festival, St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Seneca. (864) 885-7912. 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, except Mondays through Nov. 10 • Masks of the Cherokee, County Museum of Art & History, Pickens. (864) 898-5963. Daily, except Mondays through Nov. 10 • Stuffits’ Art Dolls Exhibition, County Museum of Art & History, Pickens. (864) 898-5963.

Tuesdays through Saturdays except major holidays • Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg. (864) 583-2776. Thursdays through September • Larkin’s Rhythm on the River, Peace Center Amphitheater, Greenville. (864) 467-3020. Saturdays through October • Hilarious Hillbilly Massacre, Pumpkintown Opry, Pickens. (864) 836-8141. Daily through Dec. 10 • New Harmonies Celebrating American Roots Music, Laurens County Library, Laurens. (864) 681-7323.

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12–23 • South Carolina State Fair, Fairgrounds, Columbia. (803) 799-3387. 14 • Oktoberfest on Main, Downtown, Sumter. (803) 436-2640. 14–15 • Hook and Cook Festival, Main Street, Jackson. (803) 471-2228. 14–16 and 21-30 • Boo at the Zoo, Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, Columbia. (803) 779-8717. 14–16 • Old Farm Festival, Old South Farm Track, St. Matthews. (803) 874-3220. 15–16 • Colonial Times, A Day to Remember, Living History Park, North Augusta. (803) 279-7560. 20–23 • Camden Antiques Fair, Rhame Arena, Camden. (803) 432-6513. 21–22 • Wine & Spirits Dinner and Spirits of Hallowed Eve, Living History Park, North Augusta. (803) 279-7560. 21–23 & 28–30 • Haunted Hills of Lynches River, East Lynches River Road, Lamar. (843) 346-7140. 22 • Green Fair, Finlay Park, Columbia. (803) 256-0670. 28–29 • Sandy Oaks Pro Rodeo, Lazy J Arena, Edgefield. (803) 637-5369. 29 • Aiken Fall Steeplechase, Ford Conger Field, Aiken. (888) 648-9641. 29 • Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee, Downtown, North Augusta. (803) 441-4310. 29 • Doll Show & Sale, Grace United Methodist Church, Columbia. (803) 732-5442. NOVEMBER

1 • Salute the Senses, Township Auditorium, Columbia. (803) 434-7275. 4–5 • Pee Dee Blues Bash, downtown in conjunction with the SC Pecan Festival, Florence. (843) 762-9125.

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Daily • Trail Riding, Kings Mountain State Park, Blacksburg. (803) 222-3209. Daily • Trail Riding, Lee State Park, Bishopville. (803) 428-5307. Daily • Trail Riding, Poinsett State Park, Wedgefield. (803) 494-8177. Daily, except Thanksgiving & Christmas • SOS Planet Showing, Riverbanks Zoo & Garden’s 3-D Adventure Theater, Columbia. (803) 779-8717. Daily, except Sundays • 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.

Sundays • Docent-led Gallery Tour, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia. (803) 779-4005. Mondays through May • Homeschool Mondays, Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, Columbia. (803) 779-8717. First Thursdays until Oct. 7 • Main Street Live, Rock Hill. (803) 324-7500. Second Thursdays through October • Outdoor Concert Series, Downtown, Sumter. (803) 436-2640. Fridays • Main Street Marketplace, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia. (803) 779-4005. First Saturdays until Dec. 3 • Rivers Bridge Battlefield Guided Tour, Rivers Bridge State Historic Site, Ehrhardt. (803) 267-3675. Saturdays • Behind-theScenes Adventure Tours, Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, Columbia. (803) 978-1113. Saturdays and Sundays • Gallery Tour, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia. (803) 799-2810. Daily, starting Nov. 19 until Dec. 30, except Thanksgiving & Christmas • Lights Before Christmas, Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, Columbia, (803) 779-8717.

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15 • Bog-Off Festival, Downtown Loris. (843) 756-6030. 15–16 • Grand Strand Model Train Show & Sale, Lakewood Conference Center, Myrtle Beach. (843) 340-8787. 16 • Children’s Day Festival, Park West Recreation Complex, Mount Pleasant. (843) 884-8517. NOVEMBER

1–30 • Gallery Exhibit: Works by Lori Starnes Isom and Jule Rattley, Charleston Area Convention Center, North Charleston. (843) 740-5854. 2–6 • Jack Monroe Beach Ride, Lakewood Camping Resort, Myrtle Beach. (843) 282-2902. 4 • Dinner Theatre: Romeo & Juliet, Charleston Area Convention Center, North Charleston. (843) 740-5847. 5 • Paddle Fest, Hunting Island State Park, (843) 379-4327. 5 • Society Hill Catfish Festival, St. David’s Academy, Society Hill. (843) 378-4681. 5 • Harvest Festival, Mullet Hall Equestrian Center, Johns Island County Park. (843) 762-8050. 5 • King’s Tree Trials Horse Race, McCutcheon Training Center, Kingstree. (843) 355-6431.

5–6 • Waccamaw Indian People Cultural Arts Festival and Pauwau, Waccamaw Tribal Grounds, Aynor. (843) 358-6877. 5–6 • Art in the Park, Chapin Park, Myrtle Beach. (843) 446-7471. 10–January 1 • Holiday Festival of Lights, James Island County Park. (843) 795-7275. 11 • Veterans Day Service, Veterans Memorial, Surfside Beach. (843) 650-9548. 12–13 • Art in the Park, Chapin Park, Myrtle Beach. (843) 446-7471. 12–13 • Civil War Re-enactment of the Battle of Secessionville, Boone Hall Plantation, Mount Pleasant. (843) 884-4371. 20 • Open House, Koger House, St. George. (843) 563-9504. ONGOING

Daily • Trail Riding, 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 except Mondays • Feeding Frenzy, Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet. (843) 237-4440. Daily Nov. 1–Dec. 31 • The Meeting Place Window Exhibit: Works by Jeffrey Hair, The Meeting Place, North Charleston. (843) 740-5854. Sundays through Saturdays • Nature Center, Hunting Island State Park, Hunting Island. (843) 838-7437. Mondays until Oct. 31 • Coastal Kayaking, Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet. (843) 237-4440. Wednesdays until Oct. 31 • Coastal Birding, Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet. (843) 237-4440. Thursdays through October • Blues & BBQ Harbor Cruise, “Carolina Belle”, Charleston. (843) 722-1112. Thursdays through Sundays, Sept. 22–Oct. 23 • Fall Tours of Homes & Gardens, King Street, Charleston. (843) 722-4630. Fridays through Oct. 31 • Farmers Market Hilton Head Island, Historic Honey Horn, Hilton Head Island. (843) 785-2767. Saturdays–Tuesdays • Mansion Tours, Hampton Plantation State Historic Site, McClellanville. (843) 546-9361. Second Saturdays • Local League of Artisans Arts & Crafts Bazaar, Yesterday’s, Hartsville. (843) 498-6576.

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By Jan A. Igoe

Code red wardrobe malfunction My college-aged daughter, the one with the skyscraper legs who wears 8-inch heels, entered the dimly lit living room modeling something tight and black. To the motherly eye, it appeared to be a skimpy tank top, possibly from third grade, that shrunk in the wash. “It’s a dress,” she assured me, in that familiar tone indicating I’m some one who could easily get the joint between my shoulder and wrist confused with the fluffy part I’m sitting on. “OK, if you’re sure,” I said. “But it would look really nice with leggings. That way, you’d be safe from frostbite.

And if the occasion called for it, you could bend over.” “Mother, please. I’m trying to ask you a serious question,” she said. The moments when she solicits my opinion are few and far between, so I didn’t want to blow this rare chance to bond. I sat quietly, trying not to twitch, just freezing my facial muscles in a neutral, non-terrified expression as I waited for The Question. It’s usually a “Does this make me look fat?” or a “Which metallic, strappy stiletto heels are classier?” question. But you have to be ready for anything. She and her alleged dress came closer. Lowering her face near mine— which never happens—she looked me straight in the eye as I fought back panic. “Does this make me look trashy? ” she asked. I swallowed my initial reaction, because we’d already covered the dress. And she never leaves the house perched on heels that make her any less than 6-foot-3, so it wasn’t the shoes. “Does what, exactly, make you look trashy, Honey?” I asked. She pointed at her ample, pouty red lips. “Um, no,” I ventured. “You have very nice lips.” “MAAAHHHH! Does this red lipstick make me look trashy? ” she demanded in that tone again, only louder. Suddenly, I was balanced precariously on that fine line between the truth, the whole truth and nothing

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but the truth. It’s a line that must be negotiated carefully, lest you alienate someone who will eventually select your nursing home. The whole truth would be, “Don’t blame the lipstick. It goes perfectly with that outfit.” And nothing-butthe-truth would be, “Nobody’s going to notice your lipstick. They probably won’t notice your head. But I wouldn’t wear that getup to a church potluck or linger on any street corners.” In the interest of lasting peace, I opted for the wimpiest, path-of-leastretaliation truth: “No. The lipstick isn’t making you look trashy.” Technically, it was the truth—the light, low-calorie version. Later than night, she and her friend—who must have the same wardrobe consultant—returned early from their hunting expedition for intelligent, sincere, romantic, buff bachelors who would not be frightened or misled by their outfits. “Mom, you would not believe what happened to us,” my daughter said as she stomped around the kitchen. “We went to this little club and some old drunk guy, maybe 30, starts yelling, ‘Zowie! We got hookers!’ I told you this lipstick was too red!” Young, intelligent and completely clueless, the girls were shocked. Shocked. After some discussion of a class-action suit against Maybelline, they washed their faces, threw on jeans and headed to a movie. Sometimes, the truth hurts. But it could protect you from frostbite. Jan A. Igoe ,

a writer and illustrator from Horry County, always keeps a stash of leggings, clear lip gloss and flip-flops in her emergency parenting kit. Share your fashion battles with her at HumorMe@SCLiving.coop.

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