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Principles and politics

WE TEND TO VIEW ELECTIONS, particularly representing the interests of South Carolina presi­dential races where no incumbent is up cooperative members. for reelection, as potential game changers. In South Carolina and across the nation, The president, more than any other political electric cooperatives should be held accountable officeholder, can influence so many aspects of for being honest brokers of information on our lives. energy policy. We must continue our history This year, judging by the headlines, many of providing responsible, reliable analysis that folks view our most recent presidential race lawmakers­ and regulators can trust as the as a once-in-a-lifetime, if not once-in-a-cen- unvarnished truth. Our honest, unflinching MIKE COUICK tury, election. There’s plenty of interest in— approach to public policy is the only credible President and and debate about—where our nation is headed and enduring reason for cooperatives to have CEO, The Electric next. While the president-elect’s supporters a place at the table when the details of energy Cooperatives of eagerly anticipate changes in federal policy, policy are ironed out. South Carolina another segment of the electorate worries We believe all politics is local. Whenever about what those changes might be. leader­ship is dealing with an issue that will affect On behalf of South Carolina’s member- a local cooperative, it’s our duty to get that area’s owned electric cooperatives, let me assure you input, no matter the time or effort. Informed that no matter what happens in Washington, decision making keeps us accountable to the D.C., we will continue to operate on the people we serve. same principles that have guided us for more By definition, cooperatives are a joining than 75 years. We work for the benefit of together of interests for a greater good. When our members, and we seek to empower and advocating for a public policy that will benefit strengthen our local communities. By following our members, we must enlist the aid of other this standard, we can play an influential role in interested parties. Since the policies we cham- the debate on energy policy, regardless of the pion come from the ground up, our recommen- political winds or who holds elective office. dations are thoroughly vetted, making it easier A little presidential history might help to attract allies who will work with us for the put things into perspective. Pop quiz: Before common good. Donald Trump, who was the last Republican Finally, we have an obligation to paint president born in New York City? a picture. Numbers, charts, graphs and The answer is Teddy Roosevelt, who was PowerPoints have their place, but we bring real also the first president to introduce the idea names and faces to the debate. It’s our job to tell that rural America needed significant atten- the story of how a policy or regulation will affect tion and development in order to improve the you—our friends and neighbors—the people we lives of farmers, ranchers and business owners. serve on a daily basis. While his famous fifth cousin, Franklin Delano Politics and public policy can be a chaotic Roosevelt, tends to get the credit, it was Teddy business, but by following our principles, South who first articulated the vision of electrification Carolina’s electric cooperatives will always be in rural America. in a position to represent the interests of our With that in mind, we look forward to members. seeing what new ideas President Trump might have for benefitting rural America and those we serve. And we’re ready to do our part in

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sseroles y ca oz Easy to make and comforting C to eat, winter casseroles are perfect with a crusty bread on the side to sop up leftover sauce. What makes these recipes so successful are simple ingredients—basic cuts of meats and everyday vegetables. Slow cooked all day, prepared the night before or made ahead and frozen, casseroles are a welcome ally in a busy household. MICHAEL PHILLIPSMICHAEL CHEESY POTATO-AND-SAUSAGE CASSEROLE SERVES 4–6 4–5 medium russet potatoes, peeled and cubed ½ to 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 pound smoked sausage or kielbasa 2 teaspoons olive oil IULIIA NEDRYGAILOVA ½ red bell pepper, coarsely chopped 2 –3 green onions, chopped, with white bottoms separated from green tops 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1½ cups milk HEARTY BEEF STEW ½ Gruyere cheese, diced (or any melting cheese) SERVES 6–8 Kosher salt 4 pounds beef chuck, cut into ½ cup all-purpose flour White pepper 3-inch chunks 2½ cups red wine (optional) ½ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese Salt and pepper 2½ cups beef stock J teaspoon crushed red pepper 2 tablespoons olive oil (or 5 cups if not using wine) Preheat oven to 350 F. In a large saucepan over medium heat, place 4 carrots, peeled and sliced 1 pound shallots, peeled and bite-size left whole potatoes, ½ to 1 teaspoon salt and enough water to cover. Bring to 4 celery stalks, sliced bite-size 2 bay leaves a boil, and cook 10 minutes, or until fork tender but not falling apart. 4 large garlic cloves, smashed 4 sprigs fresh thyme Drain. Grease a medium-sized casserole dish with 1 tablespoon butter, and peeled (not minced) 1½ pounds baby white and add cooked potatoes. 1 tablespoon tomato paste potatoes, unpeeled Cut sausage in half lengthwise and then into ½-inch pieces. In a large Preheat oven to 350 F. Season meat with salt and pepper. In a Dutch oven skillet over medium heat, heat the oil. Cook sausage until brown, about or large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Working in batches, 10–12 minutes; drain and add to potatoes. In the same pan, add bell cook the meat chunks on all sides until brown. Transfer to a platter. pepper and the white part of onions, and saute 3–5 minutes. Add to potatoes. Toss potatoes, sausage and vegetables to combine. To the same pan, add carrots and celery, and saute until translucent, about 5–8 minutes. Add garlic, and saute an additional 1–2 minutes. Return meat In a large sauce pan over medium heat, melt remaining butter, and to the pan, along with any drippings, and add tomato paste. Sprinkle whisk in flour. Cook 2–3 minutes while whisking. Slowly whisk in milk, flour over the mixture, and stir to combine. Add the wine; stir, and scrape and continue whisking until the mixture thickens. Add Gruyere, and bottom of the pan. Cook 3–5 minutes, until mixture starts to thicken. Add whisk until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth. Remove from heat, beef stock, shallots and bay leaves; stir, and bring to a boil. Add thyme. season with salt and pepper, and mix well. Cover and transfer to preheated oven. Bake 2 hours. Add potatoes for the Pour sauce over potato-sausage mixture, and sprinkle with cheddar last 45 minutes of cooking. Remove thyme sprigs, bay leaves and garlic cheese and crushed red pepper. Bake 30–35 minutes, until golden on before serving. top. Remove from oven, and garnish with green tops of onions.

12 SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING | JANUARY 2017 | SCLIVING.COOP EASY MEATBALL LASAGNA SERVES 6 9 lasagna noodles, cooked Meatballs (store-bought or homemade, enough to cover bottom of casserole dish), cut in half 3 cups marinara sauce, store-bought or homemade 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese ¾ cup grated Parmesan cheese Chopped fresh basil leaves Preheat oven to 350 F. In a large Dutch oven or saucepan, cook noodles according to directions. Drain, and rinse well with cold water. In the bottom of an 8-inch-by-8-inch casserole dish, spread ½ cup sauce. Cut 3 noodles to fit casserole, and lay over sauce. Cover noodles with half the meatballs, 1 cup sauce, 1 cup mozzarella and ¼ cup Parmesan. Continue with another layer of noodles, meatballs, sauce and cheeses. Finish with a layer of noodles, remaining ½ cup of sauce and ¼ cup Parmesan. Cover with foil. (At this point, lasagna can be frozen and saved. Allow to defrost thoroughly before cooking.) Bake 45 minutes. Uncover, and cook an additional 30 minutes or until lasagna bubbles along sides of dish. Allow to set 30 minutes before serving. Sprinkle top with chopped basil to serve. GINA MOOREGINA

CHICKEN POT PIE SERVES 6 2 bone-in and skin-on chicken 1 cup pearl onions breasts, baked 1 cup button mushrooms, whole 7 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons chopped fresh 3 carrots, peeled, halved and parsley sliced diagonally Kosher salt 3 celery stalks, sliced diagonally White pepper ½ cup all-purpose flour 1 cup green peas, frozen or fresh 1½ cups chicken stock 1 roll of 9-inch pie dough,

KAREN HERMANN KAREN 1½ cups milk store-bought or homemade ½ tablespoon chopped fresh 1 egg, beaten with thyme leaves 1 tablespoon water ¼ cup sherry (optional) Preheat oven to 400 F. Remove skin and bones from chicken breast, and shred meat. Set aside. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt 6 tablespoons butter. Saute carrots and celery until translucent, about 5–8 minutes. Sprinkle with flour, and stir. Whisk in stock, then milk. Reduce heat to low; simmer about 10 minutes, until thickened, stirring frequently. Add chicken, thyme, sherry, onions, mushrooms, parsley, salt, pepper and peas. Stir until well blended. What dessert goes well with a dinner of cozy Grease a deep-dish, 9-inch, round baking dish with butter. Pour chicken mixture comfort food? Warm bread pudding, filled with into dish. Cover with piecrust; fold under any excess dough, and crimp around the fruit and nuts. Get Chef Belinda’s version at sides. Make a small slit in the middle of the crust. Using a pastry brush, brush the SCLiving.coop/food/chefbelinda crust with the egg wash. Bake 25 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Let cool 15 minutes before serving.

SCLIVING.COOP | JANUARY 2017 | SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING 13 COUNTRY IN THE CITY Tara Felder raises a flock of backyard chickens in the heart of Columbia with the enthusiastic help of her 3-year-old triplets, Sadie, Ruthie and Max. “They love the chickens,” Felder says. “It teaches the kids responsibility and shows them where their food comes from.” IT’S A SUNNY SEPTEMBER DAY Raising backyard chickens is fluffed-up feathers and ask about their at Legare Farms near Charleston, and egg-laying habits and you think: So, underneath a pop-up tent lined with more than a hobby—it’s a this is how it happens. This is how rows of colored plastic chairs, Amber passion, even in the city regular, otherwise-perfectly-normal­

Starnes is preaching the gospel of BY AMBER VEVERKA city dwellers turn into backyard poultry. PHOTOS BY MILTON MORRIS chicken farmers. An area livestock agent with Clemson University Cooperative Striving for sustainability Extension, Starnes is hoping for a Starnes, a member of Lynches River revival—of a way of life once common Electric Cooperative, travels across to Americans who owned even a the state to conduct these workshops scrap of ground on which to plunk several times a year and finds many a chicken coop. At today’s Backyard of the attendees are urban residents, Poultry Workshop, she has a crowd of drawn to the idea of keeping chickens 20 or more would-be chicken wran- as a step toward a more sustainable glers hanging on every word as she lifestyle. It’s a trend Starnes is happy dispenses wisdom on the finer points to foster, and as more communi- of coop size, poultry mites and chick ties loosen restrictions on backyard incubation. chickens, the activity is seen less like But if you want to see where the farming and more like keeping any magic happens, stroll to the back of other kind of pet. the tent, where Charleston-area neigh- “Over the past few years, keeping bors Bethany Britton and Gretchen Sparacino are showing chickens has become extremely popular,” she says. off two of their prized hens. For Britton and Sparacino, the decision to raise chick- “This is Sparkle,” says Britton, pointing to one chicken. ens together was driven by the desire for tastier eggs for “And this is Rock Star,” says Sparacino. their families and, possibly, a dearth of other entertainment The hens murmuring in the pen are like magnets. options. People keep slipping over to take a closer look, to reach “On Friday afternoon, after working all week, I’ll have a tentative hand toward the clutch of chicks clustered a glass of wine and just watch them,” Sparacino says. “It’s near their mamas. You watch the crowd admire the hens’ like TV!”

SCLIVING.COOP | JANUARY 2017 | SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING 15 Getting started with backyard chickens Know the law. A growing number of towns, including Columbia, Charleston and Greenville, let you keep backyard chickens, as long as you build your coop to particular specifications and keep it a certain distance from your property line. To look up your town’s animal ordinance, visit municode.com/library/sc. Many homeowners’ associations have stricter guidelines than the municipal codes.

A word about roosters. If you have nearby neighbors, don’t get roosters. Communities that don’t explicitly ban roosters often stipulate that your chickens can’t be a nuisance, and that pretty much rules out roosters, which will crow both day and night. Hens will lay eggs without a rooster’s help; roosters are only needed for the eggs to be fertile.

Which came first? The coop. Chickens have They’re so cute when they’re little. Most chicken owners start with chicks, enemies everywhere. If you bring them home available for $3 to $5 each for common breeds in the spring, typically beginning in and hope to get by with a dog kennel or some March. Chicks can be ordered from hatcheries, local 4-H sellers, hardware stores and other less-than-secure arrangement, you will lose feed-and-seed stores. For a list of reputable breeders recognized by the National birds to everything from marauding raccoons to Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), visit poultryimprovement.org/documents/sc.pdf. hawks to the neighbor’s dog. Coop designs are Choose “sexed” chickens to get just females. Chicks sold as “straight run” means available online and in a range of how-to books the sexes are mixed. Starnes warns against buying birds from auctions, flea markets (see “Learn more,” page 18). and swap meets. Too often, those are birds being culled from flocks either because Your town’s animal ordinance will specify the they’re too old to lay well or because they’re unhealthy. minimum requirements for a coop. In general, a shelter should have good ventilation—excessive heat is far more dangerous to chickens than Care and feeding. Chicks need a secure, indoor place to live until they feather cold—a secure roof, 3 to 4 square feet of space out. Depending on weather, a porch or garage will work, and they must be in a per adult bird if they’re going to be confined all container (such as a metal washtub or large bin) with an attached heat lamp. If day, a nest box and round, wooden poles for chicks cluster immediately below the light, they’re too cold. If they huddle as far roosts. from it as they can get, the light is too hot or too close. You want to see them Also, forget walling it with “chicken wire.” It loosely clustered around the floor of the bin. typically has openings wide enough for a raccoon They’ll need clean water and a kind of feed called “chick starter,” available at feed to slip a paw inside and is flimsy enough for dogs stores. Wheat straw or pine shavings will work as bedding, but not cedar shavings, to tear apart, says Amber Starnes, area livestock which can be toxic. Also, chicks can pass salmonella to people, so children and agent with Clemson University Cooperative those with compromised immune systems either should not handle them or should Extension. Instead, choose hardware cloth, a wash very carefully immediately afterward. kind of metal screening with holes too small for Once the chickens are fully feathered, they can move to their permanent lodging. predators, and either screen the floor, to prevent If you buy your chicks in spring, you will be eating their first eggs at the start of fall. burrowing predators, or bury a skirt of wire Birds in their prime will lay about an egg a day. Egg production is tied to the number around the perimeter of the coop. of daylight hours, so your hens will naturally lay fewer eggs in winter. You can keep Whatever you build, plan for expansion. lights on them, but it can stress the birds, make them aggressive and shorten their Chickens are addicting. egg-laying life.

16 SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING | JANUARY 2017 | SCLIVING.COOP “Each chicken has its own personality,” Britton adds. The two friends care for a small but growing flock, and they’re Exhibit A for Starnes’ “M&Ms theory,” which states that, like the candy, nobody can have just one chicken. Amazing taste For Tara Felder, it all started when she was a child. Her father explained that they couldn’t have a chicken, because the birds were too messy. Apparently, Felder wasn’t listening, because she now has a whole flock. Her dad must not have convinced himself, either, because he, too, now owns chickens, Felder says. Felder and her husband, ‘It’s not as scary as David, live in downtown Columbia, where they ren- adopting a dog. ovated a dilapidated play- And the eggs. house into cool digs for their hens. Their Wyandottes They’re amazing.’ come running for the veg- —TARA FELDER, BACKYARD CHICKEN KEEPER etable peels and fruit scraps Felder saves for them and, in return, the chickens feed the family’s serious egg habit. The girls’ biggest fans are the Felders’ 3-year-old triplets: Sadie, Ruthie and Max. “They love the chickens,” Felder says. “We were defi- nitely worried one of the chicks was going to get loved to AN EGGS-CELLENT ADVENTURE Charleston-area neighbors Bethany Britton (left) and Gretchen Sparacino joined forces to start their growing flock of chickens. The payoff? death.” The kids run to the coop to look for eggs and have Plenty of fresh eggs and a little entertainment. “On Friday afternoon, after working all christened each hen “Caroline.” week, I’ll have a glass of wine and just watch them,” Sparacino says. “It’s like TV!” “It’s great to be able to quote-unquote farm in the city,” Felder says. “It teaches the kids responsibility and shows them where their food comes from.” And, she says, once you get past the notion that you are acquiring, you know, livestock, chickens are really little dif- ferent than any other pet, and in some ways, simpler. “It’s not as scary as adopting a dog. You don’t walk them,” she says. “And the eggs—they taste different. They’re amazing, they’re fresh.” Not that it’s all been omelets and egg salad. There was that rogue rooster who slipped into the first batch of chicks the Felders ordered from a hatchery. There were the casu- alties of their beagle’s newfound hatred of hens. And then, there’s the manure. “If you give them the run of your yard, they are indis- criminate poopers,” Felder says. Still, she says, chicken ownership isn’t any nuttier than anything else. “Honestly,” says the mom of triplets, “in our house, they’re the easiest thing we have.” The chicken swing Jim Pryor has been keeping chickens for at least five years, and while the hobby may not yet qualify as an obsession, there is the little matter of the chicken swing. BUILDING A BETTER COOP After losing a few chickens to a crafty fox, The Lexington resident, who lives outside of town, has Lexington florist Jim Pryor got creative in the design and construction a flock headed by a rooster named Winnebago. Pryor was of his chicken enclosures. He’s since built his own hanging feeders to careful to locate their spacious coop and run on the driest discourage rodents and a miniature swing set to keep his birds entertained.

SCLIVING.COOP | JANUARY 2017 | SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING 17 ground, and he built his own hanging food dispenser to protect feed from rodents. But then he decided the chick- ens needed a little something extra. So he used a branch to build them their own swing set. “They’ll jump on the swing and start swinging,” Pryor says. “They start moving their heads back and forth to make it go faster.” Pryor, who, with his wife, Jennifer, runs White House Florist on the property where he keeps his flock, says the birds are a hit with customers. And they help him fulfill a lifelong interest in farming. He’s been asked what he’ll do with the birds when they age and their egg-laying slows. His nieces and nephews have already made it clear they do not want to hear of any aging birds heading for the soup pot. But any chicken owner deals, at some point, with death. Fox in the henhouse “I lost a couple a couple years ago due to a fox,” Pryor says, and it was due to an oversight with coop-building. “I dug around the entire outside of the coop and the run with WALKING THE WALK Amber Starnes, area livestock agent with Clemson what they call hardware cloth, and you have to go 6 to 8 University Cooperative Extension, practices what she preaches during inches around and bury it. I had not gotten one little spot Backyard Poultry Workshops. With her husband, Scotty, and her sons— around the gate, and that’s where they found the weak Tyler, 2, and Tanner, 5—she keeps a flock of Orpingtons and Rhode Island Reds. “Chickens are not complicated,” she says. “And they’re not hard to spot. It was a hard lesson to learn.” take care of.” The Sparacino-Britton flock in Charleston suffered losses due to sickness—from two unfortunate birds purchased at a flea market (don’t do it, cautions Britton)—and neighbor- hood dogs. “It’s hard to explain to kids, but at the same time, it’s a very educational experience, because they learn about pred- The next Backyard Poultry Workshop will take place Feb. 17 at the ator-prey relationships,” Britton says. “But it’s not pretty.” Lexington County Clemson Extension office (605 West Main St., Suite In her chicken classes, Starnes makes sure to talk about 109, Lexington). Additional workshops are planned for the spring. For updates, see the Clemson University calendar at calendar.clemson.edu. these less-than-Martha-Stewart moments. “Things are going to go wrong,” she says, “but you move on.” Want the basics on choosing chickens, bringing up babies, dealing In the end, urban chicken farming is worth the occa- with disease and the mysteries of the molt? Clemson Extension has sional loss and the more-than-occasional manure, chicken produced a handy download that covers the need-to-know points. See owners agree. clemson.edu/public/lph/ahp/images/npip/backyardchicks.pdf. “It’s some work,” says Britton. “I go out there every Poultry associations offer a way to learn chicken-raising tips, find out Sunday and clean the coop really well and hose everything about breeds and connect with fellow chicken enthusiasts. Clemson down and fill their waterers with fresh water, but I love the Extension keeps a list of national and regional poultry groups at birds. I go outside and sit on my chair, and they come up clemson.edu/public/lph/ahp/poultry_groups.html. to me like, ‘Hey, what’s up?’ ” For more information on keeping chickens, visit the Clemson Extension Starnes isn’t a city dweller—she and her husband, Livestock and Forages page on Facebook or contact Amber Starnes at Scotty, live on six acres—but even if she relocated to the (843) 623-2134, ext. 111, or at [email protected]. center of town, she’d find a way to have her birds. For one thing, they’re a great way to introduce kids to nature and RECOMMENDED READING agriculture. Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow: Get the scoop on Starnes’ boys, Tanner, 5, and Tyler, 2, run out to the coop health, housing and habits from Storey, a publisher of many backyard- with baskets to gather eggs. They hoist the buff Orpingtons farming titles. and Rhode Island Reds and tote them around the yard. Backyardchickens.com: This website offers advice from chicken owners And, for folks interested in eating locally, you can’t get across the country, who tell it like it is when it comes to the joys and much more local than your own backyard. tribulations of pursuing a poultry passion. Key feature: The site has a Chickens “are not complicated, and they’re not hard to section with more than 2,000 coop designs, many with photos and detailed instructions. take care of,” Starnes says. “And they bring the country to people who live in a city setting.”

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With the assistance of multiple state agencies, South Carolina’s electric cooperatives quickly repaired the extensive damage caused during Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. Linemen from each of South Carolina’s member-owned electric cooperatives joined members of Team South Carolina during a presentation of the Lineman statue. Back row (left to right): Tommy Smith, New Horizon Electric Cooperative; Benji Morris, Newberry Electric Cooperative; Randy Mixson, Coastal Electric Cooperative; Michael Hill, York Electric Cooperative; Mark Kirkland, Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative; Ashley Johnson, Horry Electric Cooperative. Middle row (left to right): Justin Cheek, Marlboro Electric Cooperative; Kevin Croft, Edisto Electric Cooperative; Jeff Brand, Santee Electric Cooperative; Arthur Secrest, Broad River Electric Cooperative; Russell Hovis, Lynches River Electric Cooperative; Ronnie Prioleau, Berkeley Electric Cooperative; Jason Davis, Palmetto Electric Cooperative. Front row (left to right): Mike Hall, Little River Electric Cooperative; Jason Snyder, Laurens Electric Cooperative; Jason Smith, Tri-County Electric Cooperative; Tyler Alban, Pee Dee Electric Cooperative; Don Jordan, Aiken Electric Cooperative; Robert Livingston, S.C. Adjutant General; Dukes Scott, Office of Regulatory Staff; Billy Tanner Jr., Fairfield Electric Cooperative; John Baker, Black River Electric Cooperative; Cecil Hubbard, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative. Honoring Team South Carolina n the wake of Hurricane Matthew, Gov. Nikki Linemen are the backbone of an electric-utility Haley used the term Team South Carolina to system. They are the heroes who keep our power on describe the extraordinary cooperation among first when the weather is good and who work in difficult responders,I National Guard units and state agencies conditions to restore power when the lights go out, but in their efforts to restore life to normal. those statements only hint at a typical day for linemen The extraordinary support South Carolina’s ­electric following a major storm like Hurricane Matthew. This cooperatives received from the men and women of is their reality: Team South Carolina helped us rebuild storm-­damaged l They are away from their families, who experience sections of the power distribution network in record the effects of the storm just like the rest of us. Some time. To say thanks, the state association of electric linemen have even lost their homes during severe cooperatives recognized Team South Carolina in a storms, but they report for duty because of their com- ceremony that also honored our own quiet heroes— mitment to members. electric cooperative linemen. Robert Livingston, S.C. adjutant general, and Dukes Scott, executive director of l Working with high-voltage electricity is danger- the Office of Regulatory Staff, accepted the award on ous during the best of times. Imagine the hazards behalf of the state and were joined by linemen repre- when those poles and potentially live wires are senting all of South Carolina’s member-owned electric on the ground. Now imagine the chaotic environ- cooperatives. ment following­ a major storm—wildlife, chest-deep

20 SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING | JANUARY 2017 | SCLIVING.COOP floodwater and, sometimes, very irate customers personnel, and front-office employees who work threatening violence if their power is not restored. the same long hours in support roles. They prepare and provide meals for their fellow workers and l If the storm is a multi-day event, linemen typically communicate with the members at any time, day work 16-hour days. In some cases, they work through or night. Without these individuals, linemen would the night if they believe they can completely restore be unable to complete their tasks as efficiently and power within 24 to 36 hours. effectively as they do. l Meals are hit or miss. If the linemen are near the Cooperative employees know this truth: We are a office, cooperative employees may be able to deliver family. During difficult times, we come together with a a boxed lunch. If not, line crews will find the closest common purpose to serve our members and our state. open restaurant and take just enough time to refuel We dedicate this directory to the spirit of coopera- their bodies. On the rare occasion, an angry cus- tion that makes electric cooperatives and Team South tomer may accuse them of slacking off during these Carolina unstoppable, no matter the crisis. brief meal times, but there are far more cooperative members who offer their thanks and support. Some gladly open their homes to provide meals or a place to rest. Such unsolicited kindness only reinforces a lineman’s resolve to work until every last member has Mike Couick their power restored. CEO We also honor the customer-service representatives, The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina dispatchers and system operators, staking and system (803) 739-3034 engineers, metering technicians, warehouse and fleet [email protected]

Spartanburg York Greenville Rock Hill Clemson Pageland

Bennettsville Anderson Darlington Newberry Camden Greenwood Florence Sumter Columbia Conway

St. Matthews Kingstree Myrtle Beach Aiken S.C. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS Orangeburg Georgetown

1st Congressional District 2nd Congressional District Walterboro 3rd Congressional District Charleston 4th Congressional District 5th Congressional District Hilton Head 6th Congressional District 7th Congressional District 0 60 Miles

SCLIVING.COOP | JANUARY 2017 | SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING 21 Federal Delegation

ritten in 1787, ratified in 1788 and in oper­a­tion since U.S. Senate 1789, the United States Constitution is the world’s longest- surviving written charter of government. Its first three Lindsey Graham [R] Wwords—“We the People”—affirm that the government exists to 290 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 serve its citizens. The supremacy of the people through their Phone: (202) 224-5972 elected representatives is recognized in Article I, which creates a Website: lgraham.senate.gov Congress consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The positioning of Congress at the beginning of the Constitution reaffirms its status as the first branch of the federal government. The Senate is composed of two senators from each state, elected by voters, for six-year terms. Tim Scott [R] Under the Constitution, each state is entitled to at least one 520 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 representative. Phone: (202) 224-6121 Additional seats are apportioned on the basis of the state’s pop- Website: scott.senate.gov ulation. Congress fixes the size of the House of Representatives and the procedure of apportioning the number among the states. Each state is apportioned its number of representatives by means of the Department of Commerce’s decennial census. South Carolina has seven representatives elected by voters to serve two-year terms.

Trey Gowdy [R] U.S. House of 4th District Greenville & Spartanburg Cos. Representatives 1404 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-6030 NOTE: All information is current as of Dec. 20, 2016, Website: gowdy.house.gov but is subject to change without notice.

Mark Sanford [R] Mick Mulvaney [R] 1st District 5th District Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Colleton & Dorchester Cos. Newberry, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union & York Cos. 2211 Rayburn House Office Building 2350 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-3176 Phone: (202) 225-5501 Website: sanford.house.gov Website: mulvaney.house.gov

Joe Wilson [R] James E. Clyburn [D] 2nd District 6th District Aiken, Barnwell, Lexington, Orangeburg & Richland Cos. Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, 1436 Longworth House Office Building Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Washington, DC 20515 Florence, Hampton, Jasper, Orangeburg, Phone: (202) 225-2452 Richland, Sumter & Williamsburg Cos. Website: joewilson.house.gov 242 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-3315 Website: clyburn.house.gov Jeff Duncan [R] Tom Rice [R] 3rd District 7th District Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenville, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Georgetown, Horry, Marion & Marlboro Cos. Oconee, Pickens & Saluda Cos. 223 Cannon House Office Building 2229 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-9895 Phone: (202) 225-5301 Website: rice.house.gov Website: jeffduncan.house.gov

22 SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING | JANUARY 2017 | SCLIVING.COOP South Carolina Executive Branch

GOVERNOR he South Carolina Executive Department Nikki R. Haley [R] includes the governor, lieutenant governor and seven constitutional officers. All serve four-year Governor’s Mansion 800 Richland St., Columbia, 29201 terms.T The governor is the chief magistrate with Office of the Governor supreme executive authority. The lieutenant gov- 1205 Pendleton St., Columbia, 29201 ernor serves as Senate president and assumes the Phone: (803) 734-2100 Website: governor.sc.gov position of governor if the governor is incapacitated. The secretary of state is responsible for the statewide registration of corporations, uniform commercial LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR code interests, business opportunities, employment Henry McMaster [R] agencies, trademarks and notaries. The state trea- State House, 1st Floor East Wing surer is responsible for the receipt, investment and PO Box 142, Columbia, 29202 disbursement of all public funds for the state. The Phone: (803) 734-2080 Website: ltgov.sc.gov attorney general heads the state legal department. The comptroller general is the state’s chief fiscal

officer and fiscal watchdog. The superintendent of education leads a system to enable students to become educated, responsible and contributing citi- CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS zens. The adjutant general heads the state’s military SECRETARY OF STATE department. The commissioner of agriculture pro- Mark Hammond [R] motes and nurtures the growth and development of Edgar Brown Building South Carolina’s agriculture industry. 1205 Pendleton St., Suite 525 Columbia, 29201 Phone: (803) 734-2170 NOTE: All information is current as of Dec. 20, 2016, Website: scsos.com but is subject to change without notice.

TREASURER STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION Curtis M. Loftis Jr. [R] Molly Spearman [R] Wade Hampton Office Building Rutledge Building PO Box 11778 1429 Senate St. Columbia, 29211 Columbia, 29201 Phone: (803) 734-2101 Phone: (803) 734-8500 Fax: (803) 734-2690 Website: ed.sc.gov Website: treasurer.sc.gov

ATTORNEY GENERAL ADJUTANT GENERAL Alan Wilson [R] Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston Jr. [R] Rembert Dennis Building 1 National Guard Road PO Box 11549 Columbia, 29201 Columbia, 29201 Phone: (803) 299-4200 Phone: (803) 734-3970 Website: scguard.com Fax: (803) 253-6283 Website: scag.gov

COMPTROLLER GENERAL COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE Richard A. Eckstrom [R] Hugh Weathers [R] Wade Hampton Office Building Wade Hampton Office Building 1200 Senate St. PO Box 11280 Columbia, 29201 Columbia, 29211 Phone: (803) 734-2121 Phone: (803) 734-2190 Website: cg.sc.gov Website: agriculture.sc.gov

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he General Assembly crafts South Carolina Paul G. Campbell Jr. [R] state laws and consists of two bodies: the South District 44 – Berkeley, Charleston & Dorchester Cos. Carolina House of Representatives and the (H) 150 Loganberry Circle, Goose Creek, 29445 Business: (843) 296-1001 TSouth Carolina Senate. There are 124 members of Home: (843) 569-0089 the S.C. House, who are elected every two years, (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Room 205 and 46 members of the S.C. Senate, who are elected (803) 212-6410 every four years, concurrent with the United States Email: [email protected] presidential election. The legislature convenes at the State House in Columbia from the second Tuesday in January until the first Thursday in June, unless George E. “Chip” Campsen III [R] extended by a vote of both bodies. District 43 – Beaufort, Charleston & Colleton Cos. (H) 360 Concord St., Suite 201, Charleston, 29401 Business: (843) 722-0123 Home: (843) 886-8454 South Carolina Senate (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Room 305 Senators’ offices are in the Gressette Building, Columbia. (803) 212-6340 Email: [email protected] (H) Home district (O) Columbia office

Thomas C. Alexander [R] Wes Climer [R] District 1 – Oconee & Pickens Cos. District 15 – York Co. (H) 150 Cleveland Drive, Walhalla, 29691 (H) P.O. Box 4898, Rock Hill, 29730 Business: (864) 638-2988 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Home: (864) 638-2153 Room 604 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (803) 212-6016 Room 313 Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6220 Email: [email protected]

Karl B. Allen [D] Thomas D. “Tom” Corbin [R] District 7 – Greenville Co. District 5 – Greenville & Spartanburg Cos. (H) 108 Lavinia Ave., Greenville, 29601 (H) 1139 Bailey Mill Road, Travelers Rest, 29690 Business: (864) 235-9049 Business: (864) 834-9915 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Room 602 Room 501 (803) 212-6008 (803) 212-6100 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Sean Bennett [R] John E. Courson [R] District 38 – Berkeley, Charleston & Dorchester Cos. District 20 – Lexington & Richland Cos. (H) 122 President Circle, Summerville, 29483 (H) 2934 Wheat St., Columbia, 29205 Business: (843) 821-3009 Home: (803) 256-7853 Home: (843) 821-3352 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Room 412 Room 601 (803) 212-6250 (803) 212-6116 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Kevin L. Bryant [R] Ronnie W. Cromer [R] District 3 – Anderson Co. District 18 – Lexington, Newberry & Union Cos. (H) 104-A North Ave., Anderson, 29625 (H) PO Box 378, Prosperity, 29127 Cell: (864) 202-8394 Home: (803) 364-3950 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Room 303 Room 410 (803) 212-6320 (803) 212-6240 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Tom Davis [R] Greg Hembree [R] District 46 – Beaufort & Jasper Cos. District 28 – Dillon & Horry Cos. (H) PO Drawer 1107, Beaufort, 29901-1107 (H) PO Box 944, N. Myrtle Beach, 29597 Business: (843) 252-8583 Business: (843) 946-6556 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Home: (843) 222-1001 Room 404 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (803) 212-6350 Room 604 Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6016 Email: [email protected]

Mike Fanning [D] C. Bradley Hutto [D] District 17 – Chester, Fairfield & York Cos. District 40 – Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, (H) 7825 Camp Welfare Road, Great Falls, 29055 Colleton, Hampton & Orangeburg Cos. (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (H) PO Box 1084, Orangeburg, 29116-1084 Room 606 Business: (803) 534-5218 (803) 212-6024 Home: (803) 536-1808 Email: [email protected] (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Room 510 (803) 212-6140 Email: [email protected]

Mike Gambrell [R] Darrell Jackson [D] District 4 – Abbeville, Anderson & Greenwood Cos. District 21 – Richland Co. (H) 400 Filter Plant Road, Honea Path, 29654 (H) 608 Motley Road, Hopkins, 29061 Business: (864) 844-3614 Business: (803) 771-0325 Home: (864) 369-0613 Home: (803) 776-6954 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Room 610 Room 612 (803) 212-6040 (803) 212-6048 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Stephen L. Goldfinch [R] Kevin L. Johnson [D] District 34 – Charleston, Georgetown & Horry Cos. District 36 – Clarendon, Darlington, (H) P.O. Box 827, Murrells Inlet, 29576 Florence & Sumter Cos. Business: (843) 357-9301 (H) PO Box 156, Manning, 29102 Home: (843) 385-4302 Home: (803) 435-8117 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Room 601 Room 606 (803) 212-6116 (803) 212-6024 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Chauncey K. “Greg” Gregory [R] Marlon E. Kimpson [D] District 16 – Lancaster & York Cos. District 42 – Charleston & Dorchester Cos. (H) P.O. Box 1381, Lancaster, 29721 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Business: (803) 289-6211 Room 508 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (803) 212-6132 Room 512 Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6148 Email: [email protected]

Lawrence K. “Larry” Grooms [R] Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. [R] District 37 – Berkeley & Charleston Cos. District 31 – Darlington & Florence Cos. (H) 148 Etiwan Park St., Charleston, 29492 (H) 1817 Pineland Ave., Florence, 29501 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Business: (843) 662-0388 Room 203 Home: (843) 667-1152 (803) 212-6400 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Email: [email protected] Room 111 (803) 212-6640 Email: [email protected]

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Gerald Malloy [D] Mia S. McLeod [D] District 29 – Chesterfield, Darlington, District 22 – Kershaw & Richland Cos. Lee & Marlboro Cos. (H) PO Box 290692, Columbia 29229 (H) 1216 Salem Road, Hartsville, 29550 Business: (803) 251-9476 Business: (843) 339-3000 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Home: (843) 332-5533 Room 506 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (803) 212-6124 Room 513 Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6172 Email: [email protected]

Shane R. Martin [R] Floyd Nicholson [D] District 13 – Greenville, Spartanburg & Union Cos. District 10 – Abbeville, Greenwood, (H) PO Box 575, Pauline, 29374 McCormick & Saluda Cos. Cell: (864) 804-8499 (H) 527 Bryte St., Greenwood, 29649 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Business: (864) 992-1878 Room 211 Home: (864) 223-9460 (803) 212-6420 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Email: [email protected] Room 610 (803) 212-6040 Email: [email protected]

A. Shane Massey [R] Harvey S. Peeler Jr. [R] District 25 – Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, District 14 – Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union & York Cos. McCormick & Saluda Cos. (H) PO Box 742, Gaffney, 29342 (H) PO Box 551, Edgefield, 29824 Business: (864) 489-9994 Business: (803) 637-6200 Home: (864) 489-3766 Home: (803) 480-0419 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Room 213 Room 311 (803) 212-6430 (803) 212-6330 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

John W. Matthews Jr. [D] Luke A. Rankin [R] District 39 – Berkeley, Calhoun, Colleton, District 33 – Horry Co. Dorchester & Orangeburg Cos. (H) 201 Beaty St., Conway, 29526 (H) Home: (803) 829-2383 Business: (843) 248-2405 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Home: (843) 626-6269 Room 613 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (803) 212-6056 Room 101 Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6610 Email: [email protected]

Margie Bright Matthews [D] Glenn G. Reese [D] District 45 – Allendale, Beaufort, Charleston, District 11 – Spartanburg Co. Colleton, Hampton & Jasper Cos. (H) 507 Fagan Drive, Lake Bowen, Inman, 29349 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Business: (864) 585-1956 Room 613 Home: (864) 592-2984 (803) 212-6056 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Email: [email protected] Room 502 (803) 212-6108 Email: [email protected]

J. Thomas McElveen III [D] Rex F. Rice [R] District 35 – Kershaw, Lee, Richland & Sumter Cos. District 2 – Pickens Co. (H) PO Box 57, Sumter, 29151 (H) PO Box 1706, Easley, 29641 Business: (803) 775-1263 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Home: (803) 778-0597 Room 501 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (803) 212-6100 Room 508 Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6132 Email: [email protected]

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Ronnie A. Sabb [D] Scott Talley [R] District 32 – Berkeley, Florence, Georgetown, District 12 – Greenville & Spartanburg Cos. Horry & Williamsburg Cos. (H) 134 Oakland Ave., Spartanburg, 29302 (H) PO Box 311, Greeleyville, 29056 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Business: (843) 355-5349 Room 612 Home: (843) 426-4138 (803) 212-6048 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Email: [email protected] Room 504 (803) 212-6032 Email: [email protected]

John L. Scott Jr. [D] William Timmons [R] District 19 – Richland Co. District 6 – Greenville Co. (H) 215 Elmont Drive, Columbia, 29203 (H) 25 Palladio Drive, Greenville, 29617 Business: (803) 733-5176 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Home: (803) 786-2373 Room 602 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (803) 212-6008 Room 506 Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6124 Email: [email protected]

Sandy Senn [R] Ross Turner [R] District 41 – Charleston & Dorchester Cos. District 8 – Greenville Co. (H) PO Box 12279, Charleston, 29422 (H) PO Box 16703, Greenville, 29606 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Business: (864) 288-9513 Room 513 Home: (864) 987-0596 (803) 212-6172 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Email: [email protected] Room 512 (803) 212-6148 Email: [email protected]

Nikki G. Setzler [D] Daniel B. “Danny” Verdin III [R] District 26 – Aiken, Calhoun, Lexington & Saluda Cos. District 9 – Greenville & Laurens Cos. (H) 249 Congaree Park Drive, West Columbia, 29169 (H) PO Box 272, Laurens, 29360 Business: (803) 796-1285 Business: (864) 984-4129 Home: (803) 796-7573 Home: (864) 682-8914 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Room 510 Room 402 (803) 212-6140 (803) 212-6230 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Katrina Frye Shealy [R] Kent M. Williams [D] District 23 – Lexington Co. District 30 – Dillon, Florence, Horry, (H) PO Box 503, Lexington, 29071 Marion & Marlboro Cos. (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (H) 4205 Stirk Place, Marion, 29571 Room 502 Business: (843) 423-8237 (803) 212-6108 Home: (843) 362-0307 Email: [email protected] (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Room 608 (803) 212-6000 Email: [email protected]

Vincent A. Sheheen [D] Tom Young Jr. [R] District 27 – Chesterfield, Kershaw & Lancaster Cos. District 24 – Aiken Co. (H) PO Drawer 10, Camden, 29021 (H) PO Box 651, Aiken, 29802 Business: (803) 432-4391 Business: (803) 649-0000 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 Home: (803) 215-3631 Room 504 (O) PO Box 142, Columbia, 29201 (803) 212-6032 Room 608 Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6000 Email: [email protected]

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Frank “Lucas” Atkinson [D] South Carolina District 57 – Dillon, Horry & Marion Cos. (H) 912 N. Main St., Marion, 29571 Cell: (843) 430-1171 House of Representatives (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 333D House members’ offices are in the Blatt Building, Columbia. (803) 212-6936 (H) Home district Email: [email protected] (O) Columbia office

Terry Alexander [D] Todd K. Atwater [R] District 59 – Darlington & Florence Cos. District 87 – Lexington Co. (H) 1646 Harris Court, Florence, 29501 (H) PO Box 1056, Lexington, 29071-1056 Home: (843) 665-7321 Business: (803) 798-6207 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 314C Room 320D (803) 734-3004 (803) 212-6924 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Merita A. “Rita” Allison [R] Jimmy C. Bales [D] District 36 – Greenville & Spartanburg Cos. District 80 – Kershaw & Richland Cos. (H) PO Box 93, Lyman, 29365 (H) 1515 Crossing Creek Road, Eastover, 29044 Business: (864) 909-1092 Home: (803) 776-6416 Home: (864) 439-6255 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 503A Room 429 (803) 734-3107 (803) 734-3053 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Carl L. Anderson [D] Nathan Ballentine [R] District 103 – Georgetown, Horry & Williamsburg Cos. District 71 – Lexington & Richland Cos. (H) PO Box 694, Georgetown, 29442 (H) 324 Sienna Drive, Chapin, 29036 Home: (843) 546-5332 Home: (803) 732-1861 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 304C Room 320B (803) 734-2933 (803) 734-2969 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Michael A. “Mike” Anthony [D] Justin Bamberg [D] District 42 – Laurens & Union Cos. District 90 – Bamberg, Barnwell & Colleton Cos. (H) 322 Mt. Vernon Road, Union, 29379 (H) 232 Azalea Ave., Bamberg, 29003 Home: (864) 427-3023 Home: (803) 682-2860 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 432C Room 335D (803) 734-3060 (803) 212-6907 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Katherine E. “Katie” Arrington [R] Bruce W. Bannister [R] District 94 – Charleston & Dorchester Cos. District 24 – Greenville Co. (H) 100 Turner Field Way, Summerville, 29485 (H) PO Box 10007, Greenville, 29603 Home: (843) 442-9047 Business: (864) 298-0084 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (864) 676-9250 Room 308A (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6871 Room 312B Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6944 Email: [email protected]

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Eric M. Bedingfield [R] Robert L. Brown [D] District 28 – Greenville Co. District 116 – Charleston & Colleton Cos. (H) 945 Cooley Bridge Road, Belton, 29627 (H) 5925 Highway 162, Hollywood, 29449 Home: (864) 230-7044 Business: (843) 889-6440 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (843) 889-8835 Room 202 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6812 Room 330D Email: [email protected] (803) 734-3170 Email: [email protected]

Linda “Lin” Bennett [R] James Mikell “Mike” Burns [R] District 114 – Charleston & Dorchester Cos. District 17 – Greenville Co. (H) 231 N. Ainsdale Drive, Charleston, 29414 (H) 100 Old Locust Hill Road, Taylors, 29687 Home: (843) 571-6330 Business: (864) 906-6949 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (864) 895-4593 Room 414D (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6948 Room 326B Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6981 Email: [email protected]

Beth E. Bernstein [D] Micajah P. “Micah” Caskey IV [R] District 78 – Richland Co. District 89 – Lexington Co. (H) 1019 Assembly St., Columbia, 29201 (H) 2811 Dalewood Drive, West Columbia, 29170 Business: (803) 799-7900 Business: (803) 734-3624 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 532C Room 323D (803) 212-6940 (803) 212-6959 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Bart T. Blackwell [R] William M. “Bill” Chumley [R] District 81 – Aiken Co. District 35 – Greenville & Spartanburg Cos. (H) 6 Roundhill Court, Aiken, 29803 (H) 3303 Greenpond Road, Woodruff, 29388 Business: (803) 648-1826 Home: (864) 303-2726 Home: (803) 649-4938 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 326A Room 418A (803) 212-6894 (803) 212-6884 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

William K. “Bill” Bowers [D] Gary E. Clary [R] District 122 – Beaufort, Hampton & Jasper Cos. District 3 – Pickens Co. (H) PO Box 686, Hampton, 29924 (H) PO Box 1645, Clemson, 29633 Business: (803) 914-2142 Business: (864) 415-0886 Home: (803) 632-5755 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 402D Room 310C (803) 212-6908 (803) 734-2959 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey A. “Jeff” Bradley [R] Alan D. Clemmons [R] District 123 – Beaufort Co. District 107 – Horry Co. (H) 304 Seabrook Drive, Hilton Head Island, 29926 (H) 1800 North Oak St., Myrtle Beach, 29577 Business: (843) 342-6918 Business: (843) 448-4246 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 320A Room 519C (803) 212-6928 (803) 734-3113 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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William “Bill” Clyburn [D] Heather Ammons Crawford [R] District 82 – Aiken, Edgefield & Saluda Cos. District 68 – Horry Co. (H) 664 Edrie St., Aiken, 29801 (H) PO Box 31385, Myrtle Beach, 29588 Home: (803) 649-6167 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 522A Room 416C (803) 212-6933 (803) 734-3033 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D] William E. “Bill” Crosby [R] District 66 – Orangeburg Co. District 117 – Berkeley & Charleston Cos. (H) 4188 Five Chop Road, Orangeburg, 29115 (H) 2680 Hanford Mills Lane, North Charleston, Business: (803) 534-2448 29406 Home: (803) 531-1257 Home: (843) 553-2821 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 309C Room 310D (803) 734-2809 (803) 212-6879 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

William Scott Cogswell Jr. [R] Joseph S. Daning [R] District 110 – Charleston Co. District 92 – Berkeley Co. (H) 15 Savage St., Apt. A, Charleston, 29401 (H) 118 Queensbury Circle, Goose Creek, 29445 Business: (843) 577-2088 Home: (843) 553-9288 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 530A Room 310B (803) 212-6950 (803) 734-2951 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

J. Derham Cole Jr. [R] Sylleste H. Davis [R] District 32 – Spartanburg Co. District 100 – Berkeley Co. (H) PO Box 1467, Spartanburg, 29304 (H) 123 Linesquare Road, Moncks Corner, 29461 Business: (864) 591-1113 Business: (843) 761-4204 Home: (864) 285-4732 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 414A Room 402B (803) 212-6930 (803) 212-6790 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Neal A. Collins [R] F. Gregory “Greg” Delleney Jr. [R] District 5 – Pickens Co. District 43 – Chester & York Cos. (H) PO Box 906, Easley, 29641 (H) PO Drawer 808, Chester, 29706 Business: (864) 350-4175 Business: (803) 581-2211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (803) 385-3580 Room 418C (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6913 Room 512 Email: [email protected] (803) 734-3120 Email: [email protected]

Christopher A. Corley [R] Chandra E. Dillard [D] District 84 – Aiken Co. District 23 – Greenville Co. (H) PO Box 460, Graniteville, 29829 (H) 5 Alleta Ave., Greenville, 29607 Business: (706) 925-3686 Business: (864) 294-2503 Home: (803) 341-1800 Home: (864) 233-6549 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 416D Room 414B (803) 212-6917 (803) 212-6791 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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MaryGail K. Douglas [D] Cally R. “Cal” Forrest [R] District 41 – Chester, Fairfield & Richland Cos. District 39 – Lexington & Saluda Cos. (H) 56 Kabbad Road, Winnsboro, 29180 (H) 137 N. Railroad Ave., Monetta, 29105 Home: (803) 635-9292 Home: (803) 685-5576 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 314B Room 323A (803) 212-6789 (803) 212-6938 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Gregory Duckworth [R] P. Michael “Mike” Forrester [R] District 104 – Horry Co. District 34 – Spartanburg Co. (H) 2412 Watson Drive, North Myrtle Beach, 29582 (H) 287 Creekridge Drive, Spartanburg, 29301 Cell: (843) 902-8050 Business: (864) 592-6204 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (864) 595-1137 Room 434C (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6918 Room 402C Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6792 Email: [email protected]

Jason Thomas Elliott [R] Russell W. Fry [R] District 22 – Greenville Co. District 106 – Horry Co. (H) 116 E. Montclair Ave., Greenville, 29609 (H) PO Box 14444, Surfside Beach, 29587 Business: (864) 235-5308 Business: (843) 650-9137 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 312D Room 522D (803) 212-6877 (803) 212-6781 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Shannon S. Erickson [R] Laurie Slade Funderburk [D] District 124 – Beaufort Co. District 52 – Kershaw Co. (H) PO Box 1228, Beaufort, 29901-1228 (H) PO Box 188, Camden, 29021 Business: (843) 255-2260 Business: (803) 432-0188 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (803) 432-4371 Room 320C (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 734-3261 Room 422C Email: [email protected] (803) 734-3044 Email: [email protected]

Raye Felder [R] Craig A. Gagnon [R] District 26 – York Co. District 11 – Abbeville & Anderson Cos. (H) 116 Mary Mack Lane, Fort Mill, 29715 (H) 504 Church St., Abbeville, 29620 Business: (803) 547-6715 Business: (864) 366-2024 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (864) 366-4112 Room 402A (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6892 Room 436A Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6934 Email: [email protected]

Kirkman Finlay III [R] Wendell G. Gilliard [D] District 75 – Richland Co. District 111 – Charleston Co. (H) PO Box 11684, Columbia, 29211 (H) PO Box 31641, Charleston, 29417 Business: (803) 748-1090 Business: (843) 209-3123 Home: (803) 695-9550 Home: (843) 402-9710 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 532A Room 328A (803) 212-6943 (803) 212-6793 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Jerry N. Govan Jr. [D] Patricia Moore “Pat” Henegan [D] District 95 – Orangeburg Co. District 54 – Chesterfield, Darlington & Marlboro Cos. (H) PO Box 77, Orangeburg, 29116 (H) PO Box 41, Bennettsville, 29512 Business: (803) 533-7976 Home: (843) 479-7838 Home: (803) 531-1158 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 333B Room 530B (803) 212-6896 (803) 734-3012 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Daniel P. “Dan” Hamilton [R] William G. “Bill” Herbkersman [R] District 20 – Greenville Co. District 118 – Beaufort & Jasper Cos. (H) PO Box 6088, Greenville, 29606 (H) 896 May River Road, Bluffton, 29910-5833 Business: (864) 527-7685 Business: (843) 255-2264 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 312C Room 308B (803) 212-6795 (803) 734-3063 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Kevin Hardee [R] Lee Hewitt [R] District 105 – Horry Co. District 108 – Charleston & Georgetown Cos. (H) 2082 Cane Branch Road, Loris, 29569 (H) PO Box 928, Murrells Inlet, 29576 Home: (843) 455-3567 Business: (843) 652-4236 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 306C Room 327D (803) 212-6796 (803) 212-6927 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Christopher R. “Chris” Hart [D] Jonathon D. Hill [R] District 73 – Richland Co. District 8 – Anderson Co. (H) 5219 Burke Ave., Columbia, 29203 (H) 1031 Double Springs Road, Townville, 29689 Home: (803) 771-7701 Cell: (864) 245-5885 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 432B Room 434A (803) 734-3061 (803) 212-6919 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Jackie E. “Coach” Hayes [D] David R. Hiott [R] District 55 – Darlington, Dillon, Horry & Marlboro Cos. District 4 – Pickens Co. (H) 240 Bermuda Road, Dillon, 29536 (H) PO Box 997, Pickens, 29671 Business: (843) 841-3679 Business: (864) 878-9832 Home: (843) 774-6125 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 411 Room 333C (803) 734-3022 (803) 734-3099 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Phyllis Henderson [R] William M. “Bill” Hixon [R] District 21 – Greenville Co. District 83 – Aiken & Edgefield Cos. (H) PO Box 27054, Greer, 29616 (H) PO Box 7927, North Augusta, 29861 Home: (864) 423-3149 Business: (803) 279-8855 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (803) 278-0892 Room 522B (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6883 Room 416A Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6898 Email: [email protected]

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Lonnie Hosey [D] John Richard C. King [D] District 91 – Allendale, Barnwell & Orangeburg Cos. District 49 – York Co. (H) PO Box 423, Barnwell, 29812 (H) PO Box 11555, Rock Hill, 29731 Home: (803) 259-1178 Home: (803) 980-5454 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 404B Room 309D (803) 734-2829 (803) 212-6873 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Leon Howard [D] Roger K. Kirby [D] District 76 – Richland Co. District 61 – Florence & Marion Cos. (H) 2425 Barhamville Road, Columbia, 29204 (H) 1690 Johnsonville Highway, Lake City, 29560 Business: (803) 254-9468 Business: (843) 374-7653 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 425 Room 314D (803) 734-3046 (803) 212-6947 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Chip Huggins [R] Patsy G. Knight [D] District 85 – Lexington Co. District 97 – Colleton & Dorchester Cos. (H) 308 Wayworth Court, Columbia, 29212 (H) PO Box 663, St. George, 29477 Business: (803) 732-2000 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (803) 732-4418 Room 306B Cell: (803) 331-8468 (803) 734-2960 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Email: [email protected] Room 323B (803) 734-2971 Email: [email protected]

Joseph H. Jefferson Jr. [D] Dwight A. Loftis [R] District 102 – Berkeley & Dorchester Cos. District 19 – Greenville Co. (H) 1375 Colonel Maham Drive, Pineville, 29468 (H) PO Box 14784, Greenville, 29610 Business: (843) 567-4386 Home: (864) 834-5760 Cell: (843) 991-0519 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 522C Room 304B (803) 734-3101 (803) 734-2936 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey E. “Jeff” Johnson [R] Steven Wayne Long [R] District 58 – Horry Co. District 37 – Spartanburg Co. (H) 7223 Pee Dee Highway, Conway, 29527 (H) PO Box 161944, Spartanburg, 29316 Business: (843) 488-5333 Cell: (864) 978-3104 Home: (843) 397-0079 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 304A Room 434B (803) 212-6878 (803) 212-6946 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Wallace H. “Jay” Jordan Jr. [R] Phillip D. Lowe [R] District 63 – Florence Co. District 60 – Darlington & Florence Cos. (H) 1338 Lazar Place, Florence, 29501 (H) 507 West Cheves St., Florence, 29501 Business: (843) 662-4474 Business: (843) 662-1234 Home: (843) 229-1874 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 327B Room 327A (803) 734-2975 (803) 212-6785 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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James H. “Jay” Lucas [R] Joseph A. “Joe” McEachern [D] District 65 – Chesterfield, Darlington, District 77 – Richland Co. Kershaw & Lancaster Cos. (H) PO Box 3751, Columbia, 29230 (H) 1744 Garland Drive, Hartsville, 29550 Business: (803) 735-1808 Business: (843) 332-5050 Home: (803) 786-8304 Home: (843) 383-9421 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 330B Room 506 (803) 212-6875 (803) 734-3125 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

David J. Mack III [D] Cezar E. McKnight [D] District 109 – Charleston & Dorchester Cos. District 101 – Clarendon & Williamsburg Cos. (H) 4340 Evanston Blvd., North Charleston, 29418 (H) PO Box 688, Lake City, 29560 Business: (843) 225-4869 Business: (843) 374-4529 Home: (843) 760-0198 Home: (843) 372-3323 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 328D Room 314A (803) 734-3192 (803) 212-6926 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Josiah Magnuson [R] James H. Merrill [R] District 38 – Spartanburg Co. District 99 – Berkeley & Charleston Cos. (H) PO Box 206, Campobello, 29322 (H) 2401 Daniel Island Drive, Charleston, 29492 Cell: (864) 420-7933 Business: (843) 740-5855 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 304D Room 308C (803) 212-6876 (803) 734-3072 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Richard “Rick” Martin [R] Harold Mitchell Jr. [D] District 40 – Newberry Co. District 31 – Spartanburg Co. (H) 9307 Highway 34, Newberry, 29108 (H) PO Box 3046, Spartanburg, 29304-3046 Cell: (803) 924-2934 Home: (864) 279-4675 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 418D Room 414C (803) 212-6951 (803) 734-6638 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Peter M. McCoy Jr. [R] Dennis C. Moss [R] District 115 – Charleston Co. District 29 – Cherokee, Chester & York Cos. (H) 135 King St., Charleston, 29401 (H) 306 Silver Circle, Gaffney, 29340 Business: (843) 628-2855 Business: (864) 761-6353 Home: (843) 452-4722 Home: (864) 487-2121 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 420D Room 503B (803) 212-6872 (803) 734-3073 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

John R. McCravy III [R] V. Stephen “Steve” Moss [R] District 13 – Greenwood Co. District 30 – Cherokee & York Cos. (H) 913 Johns Creek Road, Hodges, 29653 (H) 210 Big Rock Road, Blacksburg, 29702 Business: (864) 388-9100 Home: (864) 839-3135 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 420A Room 418B (803) 212-6939 (803) 212-6885 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Christopher J. “Chris” Murphy [R] Russell L. Ott [D] District 98 – Dorchester Co. District 93 – Calhoun, Lexington & Orangeburg Cos. (H) 4238 Persimmon Woods Drive, North (H) 135 Ott Farm Trail, St. Matthews, 29135 Charleston, 29420 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Business: (843) 832-1120 Room 306D (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6945 Room 308D Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6925 Email: [email protected]

Joseph H. “Joe” Neal [D] J. Anne Parks [D] District 70 – Richland & Sumter Cos. District 12 – Greenwood & McCormick Cos. (H) PO Box 5, Hopkins, 29061 (H) PO Box 181, Greenwood, 29648 Home: (803) 776-0353 Business: (864) 229-3206 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (864) 223-3193 Room 309B (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 734-2804 Room 434D Email: [email protected] (803) 734-3069 Email: [email protected]

Brandon Michael Newton [R] Michael A. Pitts [R] District 45 – Lancaster & York Cos. District 14 – Greenwood & Laurens Cos. (H) 2003 Hickory Drive, Lancaster, 29720 (H) 372 Bucks Point Road, Laurens, 29360 Cell: (803) 320-9615 Home: (864) 923-2925 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 404D Room 519B (803) 212-6874 (803) 734-3114 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Wm. Weston J. Newton [R] Thomas E. “Tommy” Pope [R] District 120 – Beaufort & Jasper Cos. District 47 – York Co. (H) 83 Myrtle Island Road, Bluffton, 29910 (H) PO Box 471, York, 29745 Business: (843) 706-6111 Business: (803) 324-7574 Home: (843) 706-3880 Cell: (803) 984-6616 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 228 Room 505 (803) 212-6810 (803) 734-2701 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Ralph W. Norman [R] Joshua A. Putnam [R] District 48 – York Co. District 10 – Anderson, Greenville & Pickens Cos. (H) PO Box 36518, Rock Hill, 29732 (H) PO Box 51314, Piedmont, 29673 Business: (803) 366-8141 Home: (864) 238-9431 Home: (803) 366-2819 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 436D Room 404C (803) 212-6931 (803) 212-6888 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Mandy Powers Norrell [D] Rick Quinn [R] District 44 – Lancaster Co. District 69 – Lexington Co. (H) PO Box 994, Lancaster, 29721 (H) 1620 Gervais, Suite C, Columbia, 29201 Business: (803) 289-1800 Business: (803) 799-8638 Home: (803) 289-6409 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 532D Room 422B (803) 212-6897 (803) 212-6937 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Robert L. Ridgeway III [D] William E. “Bill” Sandifer III [R] District 64 – Clarendon & Sumter Cos. District 2 – Oconee & Pickens Cos. (H) 117 N. Brooks St., Manning, 29102 (H) 112 Cardinal Drive, Seneca, 29672 Home: (803) 938-3087 Business: (864) 885-2240 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (864) 882-1225 Room 422A (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6929 Room 407 Email: [email protected] (803) 734-3015 Email: [email protected]

Michael F. Rivers Sr. [D] J. Gary Simrill [R] District 121 – Beaufort & Colleton Cos. District 46 – York Co. (H) 734 Seaside Road, St. Helena Island, 29920 (H) 1515 Alexander Road, Rock Hill, 29732 Cell: (843) 263-8467 Business: (803) 366-0445 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (803) 328-8089 Room 432D (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6952 Room 518C Email: [email protected] (803) 734-3138 Email: [email protected]

Samuel Rivers Jr. [R] G. Murrell Smith Jr. [R] District 15 – Berkeley & Charleston Cos. District 67 – Sumter Co. (H) PO Box 760, Goose Creek, 29445 (H) PO Box 580, Sumter, 29151 Business: (843) 529-0390 Business: (803) 778-2471 Home: (843) 553-6448 Home: (803) 469-4416 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 530C Room 420B (803) 212-6890 (803) 734-3042 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Leola C. Robinson-Simpson [D] Garry R. Smith [R] District 25 – Greenville Co. District 27 – Greenville Co. (H) 19 Prince Ave., Greenville, 29605 (H) 210 Foxhound Road, Simpsonville, 29680 Home: (864) 277-0232 Home: (864) 963-0337 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 330A Room 534 (803) 212-6941 (803) 734-3141 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

J. Todd Rutherford [D] James E. Smith Jr. [D] District 74 – Richland Co. District 72 – Richland Co. (H) PO Box 1452, Columbia, 29202 (H) PO Box 50333, Columbia, 29250 Business: (803) 256-3003 Business: (803) 933-9800 Home: (803) 799-8633 Home: (803) 256-3582 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 335B Room 335C (803) 734-9441 (803) 734-2997 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Mike Ryhal [R] F. Michael “Mike” Sottile [R] District 56 – Horry Co. District 112 – Charleston Co. (H) 8328 Juxa Drive, Myrtle Beach, 29579 (H) 132 Sparrow Drive, Isle of Palms, 29451 Home: (843) 655-2452 Home: (843) 886-8759 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 404A Room 310A (803) 212-6935 (803) 212-6880 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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L. Kit Spires [R] Ivory Torrey Thigpen [D] District 96 – Lexington Co. District 79 – Richland Co. (H) PO Box 396, Pelion, 29123 (H) 568 Heron Glen Drive, Columbia, 29229 Business: (803) 606-5749 Business: (803) 699-8171 Home: (803) 894-4440 Home: (803) 865-8738 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 326D Room 333A (803) 734-3010 (803) 212-6794 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Leonidas E. “Leon” Stavrinakis [D] McLain R. “Mac” Toole [R] District 119 – Charleston Co. District 88 – Lexington Co. (H) PO Box 30099, Charleston, 29417 (H) 180 Dogwood Circle, West Columbia, 29170 Business: (843) 724-1060 Home: (803) 755-6542 Home: (843) 573-0491 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 323C Room 420C (803) 734-2973 (803) 734-3039 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Tommy M. Stringer [R] J. David Weeks [D] District 18 – Greenville Co. District 51 – Sumter Co. (H) PO Box 2078, Greer, 29652 (H) 2 Marlborough Court, Sumter, 29154 Business: (864) 877-9511 Business: (803) 775-5856 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (803) 775-4228 Room 312A (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6881 Room 330C Email: [email protected] (803) 734-3102 Email: [email protected]

Edward R. “Eddie” Tallon Sr. [R] John Taliaferro “Jay” West IV [R] District 33 – Spartanburg Co. District 7 – Abbeville & Anderson Cos. (H) 140 Bagwell Farm Road, Spartanburg, 29302 (H) 402 Brown Ave., Belton, 29627 Business: (864) 380-8777 Business: (864) 260-4025 Home: (864) 596-1478 Cell: (864) 379-1379 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 518B Room 432A (803) 212-6893 (803) 212-6954 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Bill Taylor [R] William W. “Will” Wheeler III [D] District 86 – Aiken Co. District 50 – Kershaw, Lee & Sumter Cos. (H) PO Box 2646, Aiken, 29802 (H) 1930 Camden Highway, Bishopville, 29010 Business: (803) 270-2012 Business: (803) 484-5454 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (803) 428-3161 Room 416B (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 212-6923 Room 422D Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6958 Email: [email protected]

Anne J. Thayer [R] J. Seth Whipper [D] District 9 – Anderson Co. District 113 – Charleston & Dorchester Cos. (H) 225 Ansonborough Plantation, Belton, 29627 (H) 4592 Durant Ave., North Charleston, 29405 Business: (864) 940-1696 Business: (843) 740-7777 Home: (864) 224-2919 Home: (843) 744-1976 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 436B Room 328C (803) 212-6889 (803) 734-3191 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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W. Brian White [R] Mark N. Willis [R] District 6 – Anderson Co. District 16 – Greenville & Laurens Cos. (H) PO Box 970, Anderson, 29622 (H) 201 Quillen Ave., Fountain Inn, 29644 Business: (864) 260-4025 Business: (864) 230-0135 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Home: (864) 862-6179 Room 525 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (803) 734-3144 Room 326C Email: [email protected] (803) 212-6882 Email: [email protected]

William R. “Bill” Whitmire [R] Richard L. “Richie” Yow [R] District 1 – Oconee Co. District 53 – Chesterfield & Lancaster Cos. (H) PO Box 157, Walhalla, 29691 (H) 178 Mill St., Chesterfield, 29709 Business: (864) 638-4237 Business: (843) 623-5001 Home: (864) 638-2970 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 327C Room 436C (803) 212-6949 (803) 734-3068 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Robert Q. Williams [D] District 62 – Darlington & Florence Cos. (H) 2512 Holly Circle, Darlington, 29532 Business: (843) 413-2791 Home: (843) 395-9408 (O) PO Box 11867, Columbia, 29211 Room 328B (803) 734-3142 Email: [email protected]

State House Clerks Jeffrey S. Gossett How to reach your legislators Clerk of the Senate Writing an email or letter to your legislator is the most effective PO Box 142 way to communicate your support, concern or interest in an issue Columbia, 29202 (803) 212-6200 before the General Assembly. As you begin this process, consider the following tips:

1) Take a little extra time to educate yourself on the topic you wish to address. 2) When you write, identify yourself and your status as a constituent. Charles F. Reid 3) Be specific. Use bill numbers and state your position plainly. Clerk of the House PO Box 11867 4) Use examples that illustrate how the issue affects your local area. Columbia, 29211 (803) 734-2403 5) Be respectful. Use appropriate greetings, such as “Dear Senator Smith” or “Dear Representative Jones.” 6) Provide a way for your legislator to respond by including your mailing address or email address. 7) Even if you disagree with a lawmaker’s position, end your correspondence by thanking them for their service.

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he Public Service Commission (PSC) essentially COMMISSIONERS functions as a court for cases involving utilities John E. “Butch” Howard and other regulated companies. The PSC 1st District hasT broad jurisdiction over matters pertaining Phone: (803) 896-5259 to the investor-owned electric and gas utility Fax: (803) 896-5188 companies, water and wastewater companies, telecommunications companies, motor carriers of household goods, hazardous waste disposal, and taxicabs. Utility regulation in South Carolina had its begin- Elliott F. Elam Jr. ning with the passage of an act by the 1878 General 2nd District Assembly, creating a commission for the purpose of Phone: (803) 896-5180 Fax: (803) 896-5188 regulating railroads operating within the state. In 1910, the General Assembly established a Public Service Commission, empowering it with the authority to “fix and establish in all cities of the State rates and charges for the supply of water, gas or electricity furnished by any person, firm or corporation to such cities, the in- Comer H. “Randy” Randall Vice Chairman habitants thereof, and to prescribe penalties.” In 2005, 3rd District the PSC began operating as a restructured, quasi-judi- Phone: (803) 896-5180 cial body, as prescribed by Act 175 of 2004. Under the Fax: (803) 896-5188 new law, the PSC’s principal duty is to hear cases in- volving the state’s regulated utilities, while the Office of Regulatory Staff is responsible for many of the non-ad- judicative functions associated with utility regulation. Elizabeth B. “Lib” Fleming A joint session of the General Assembly elects the 4th District PSC for a term of four years, with one commissioner Phone: (803) 896-5259 Fax: (803) 896-5170 from each of the seven congressional districts. The PSC’s staff is composed of the Administrative Staff, Advisory Staff, Docketing Staff and Legal Staff.

Swain E. Whitfield Chairman 5th District LOCATION CLERK’S OFFICE Phone: (803) 896-5259 Synergy Business Park Jocelyn Boyd Fax: (803) 896-5170 101 Executive Center Drive Chief Clerk/Administrator Suite 100 Phone: (803) 896-5133 Columbia, 29210 Fax: (803) 896-5199

Phone: (803) 896-5100 OFFICE OF Nikiya “Nikki” M. Hall Email: [email protected] TECHNICAL ADVISORS 6th District Website: psc.sc.gov Phone: (803) 896-5180 James Spearman Fax: (803) 896-5188 Executive Assistant Phone: (803) 896-5142 Fax: (803) 896-5231

LEGAL DEPARTMENT Joseph Melchers G. O’Neal Hamilton General Counsel 7th District Phone: (803) 896-5118 Phone: (803) 896-5259 Fax: (803) 896-5231 Fax: (803) 896-5170

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he Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS) represents the public 1401 Main St., Suite 900 interest of South Carolina in utility regulation. The Columbia, 29201 agency fulfills its mission by balancing the concerns General information: (803) 737-0800 ofT the using and consuming public, the financial integrity Website: regulatorystaff.sc.gov of public utilities, and the economic development of South Carolina. CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AND INQUIRIES: Act 175 of 2004 created the ORS as part of an initiative to In Columbia: (803) 737-5230 provide a revised structure for addressing the public interest Toll-free within South Carolina: (800) 922-1531 in utility regulation. This revised structure clearly separates the adjudicative function—which belongs to the Public Service C. Dukes Scott Commission of South Carolina (PSC)—from the investigative, Executive Director legal, prosecutorial and educational roles necessary to utility (803) 737-0805 regulation. Specifically, the ORS has sole responsibility for the [email protected] inspection, auditing and examination of public utilities. The agency must be considered a party of record in all filings, appli- cations or proceedings before the PSC. The utilities and industries that fall under the regula- tory purview of the ORS are as follows: telecommunications, Nanette S. Edwards Deputy Executive Director investor-owned electric, natural gas, water/wastewater and (803) 737-0575 transportation. [email protected] The ORS also has responsibility for oversight of railroad safety and natural-gas pipeline safety in South Carolina, as well as responsibility for monitoring the construction schedule and budget of new nuclear development in South Carolina. The Energy Office, the principal energy-planning entity for the state, became part of the ORS July 1, 2015. In addition, the South Carolina Equipment Distribution Program—which pro- vides specialized telephone equipment to South Carolinians with a qualifying hearing or speech challenge—is administered by the ORS. The agency is organized as follows: Consumer Services; Utilities, Safety, and Transportation; Energy Policy; Telecommunications; Auditing; Legal; Information Services; Administration. SEAN PAVONE SEAN

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Calendar of Events

15–16 • Main Street Ice, 4 • Civil War Lecture Series Daily through April 9 • FEBRUARY Go to SCLiving.coop for more information and Columbia Museum of Art, and Battlefield Tour, Rivers “Birds in Art,” Museum of York 1 • America’s Got Talent for guidelines on submitting your event. Please Columbia. (803) 545-3100. Bridge State Historic Site, County, Rock Hill. (803) 329-2121. auditions, Embassy Suites confirm information before attending events. 15–21 • “Boy,” Trustus Theatre, Ehrhardt. (803) 267-3675. Saturdays in February • and Convention Center, North Columbia. (803) 254-9732. 4 • Essential Oils and Perfume By Way of the Back Door, Charleston. (843) 747-1882. Adult Garden Workshop, Historic Brattonsville, 3–4 • Monster Jam 2017, 4–5 • Eleanor Roosevelt 15–24 • “The Odd Couple UPSTATE (Female Version),” Workshop Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, McConnells. (803) 909-7244. Florence Civic Center, Chautauqua History Alive Show, Columbia. (803) 779-8717. Florence. (843) 679-4525. JANUARY Wade Hampton High School, Theatre, Columbia. (803) 799-6551. 15 • Skating on the Greenville. (864) 244-1499. 17 • Physics & Astronomy Public 4 • Grouplove—The Big LOWCOUNTRY 3–5 • Lowcountry Winter Mess Tour, Music Farm, Coin Show, Exchange Square, Main Street Square, 8 • Bon Jovi, Bon Secours Lecture: “Supernovae and the JANUARY Spartanburg. (864) 256-6428. Discovery of the Accelerating Columbia. (803) 357-3035. Park Fairgrounds, Ladson. Wellness Arena, Greenville. 17–18 • Shen Yun, [email protected]. 15–16 • Ice on Main, Main (864) 241-3800. Universe,” Johnson Performance 4 • Pam Tillis, Sumter Opera Charleston Gaillard Center, Hall, Darla Moore School of House, Sumter. (803) 436-2616. 4 • “1964 the Tribute,” Street, Greenville. (864) 232-2273. 10–12 • Inspired by the Charleston. (843) 242-3099. Business, Columbia. (803) 777-8105. 4 • South Carolina Philharmonic Charleston Music Hall, 15–17 • Holiday Ice, Classics, Peace Center, 18 • Holland Lifelong Learning Charleston. (843) 853-2252. Carolina Wren Park, Greenville. (864) 467-3000. 19 • An Evening with Danny “Up Close and Personal,” “Branch Out: Shark and Kaye, Etherredge Center, Koger Center for the Arts, 4 • “A Sweet Evening” Anderson. (864) 231-2601. 11 • “Lilly’s Purple Plastic Ray Evolution,” College of Aiken. (803) 641-3305. Columbia. (803) 771-7937. Charleston at Harbor Walk, Daddy/Daughter Dance, 15, 20–22 • “Ring of Fire: Purse,” Chapman Cultural Center, Poseidon Rooftop Bar, Hilton The Music of Johnny Cash,” Spartanburg. (864) 542-2787. 20 • American Made 9 • “Beehive: The ’60s Musical,” Charleston. (843) 577-3474. Tour: Lee Brice and Justin Newberry Opera House, Head. (843) 681-7273. Chapman Cultural Center, 11 • Renee Fleming: In 19 • “Hello Pops!” A Tribute Spartanburg. (864) 542-2787. Moore, Colonial Life Arena, Newberry. (803) 276-6264. to Louis Armstrong with 4 • History in the Landscape, Recital, Peace Center, Columbia. (803) 576-9053. Hampton Plantation State Historic 17 • Eleanor Roosevelt Greenville. (864) 467-3000. 10 • Monster Jam, Colonial Life Wycliffe Gordon Quintet, 20 • CMA Jazz on Main, Arena, Columbia. (803) 576-9053. East Beach Conference Center, Site, McClellanville. (843) 546-9361. Chautauqua Talk, Hughes Main 11 • STEM Fest, Roper Library, Greenville. (864) 244-1499. Columbia Museum of Art, 10 • Not So Slow Jam, Kiawah Island. (843) 768-9166. 6–8 • Judy Carmichael’s Mountain Science Center, Columbia. (803) 799-2810. “Jazz Inspired,” East Beach 20 • Ghosts of Christmas Greenville. (864) 355-8901. Bill’s Music Shop, West 19 • Michael Carbonaro Live, 20 • The Lettermen, Columbia. (803) 796-6477. Charleston Gaillard Center, Conference Center, Kiawah Past Tour, Hagood Mill Historic 11 • USO’s Sweetheart Island. (843) 768-9166. Site and Folklife Center, Newberry Opera House, 10 • Pickin’ with the Pros— Charleston. (843) 579-6452. Dance, Bleckley Station, Newberry. (803) 276-6264. 8 • Dance Theatre of Harlem, Pickens. (864) 898-2936. Anderson. (864) 716-3660. Edgar Loudermilk Band, 20–22 • Charleston Jazz 20 • “Wiesenthal,” Harbison Bill’s Music Shop, West Festival, multiple venues, Charleston Gaillard Center, 20–22 • South Carolina 14 • Emile Pandolfi in Concert, International Auto Show, Theatre, Irmo. (803) 691-3680. Columbia. (803) 796-6477. Charleston. (843) 641-0011. Charleston. (843) 579-6452. Greenville Little Theatre, 11 • Charleston STEM TD Convention Center, Greenville. (864) 233-6238. 21 • ContraCola, Emerald 10 • Resurrection: A Journey 21 • The Manhattan Transfer Greenville. (864) 233-2562. Ballroom, Columbia. (803) 331-5578. Tribute, Rotary Centennial and Take 6, Charleston Gaillard Festival, Brittlebank Park, Charleston. (843) 793-1335. 21 • Project Host Community ONGOING 21 • The Barefoot Movement, Plaza, Sumter. (803) 436-2616. Center, Charleston. (843) 579-6452. Dinner, Project Host, Daily through Sept. 10 • Sumter Opera House, 11 • Family Fun in the Garden: 21–22 • “James and the Giant 11–12 • Myrtle Beach Stamp Greenville. (864) 282-1994. “Wyeth Dynasty,” Greenville Sumter. (803) 436-2616. Fairy and Gnome Tea Party, Peach,” Dock Street Theatre, & Postcard Show, Clarion 21 • Ringing in the New County Museum of Art, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Charleston. (843) 577-7183. Hotel and Conference Center, Greenville. (864) 271-7570. 21–22 • 2017 Winter Stamp and Myrtle Beach. (843) 347-0087. Year, Hagood Mill Historic Postcard Show, Spring Valley High Columbia. (803) 779-8717. 22 • Elvis Lives, Charleston Site and Folklife Center, Tuesdays • Tell Me About School, Columbia. (803) 360-0298. 11 • Guitar Gala, Dupre Catering, Gaillard Center, Charleston. 12 • Second Sunday on Pickens. (864) 898-2936. It Tuesdays, Greenville Zoo, Columbia. (803) 748-4144. (843) 579-6452. King Street, King Street, Greenville. (864) 467-4300. 22 • Wild Kratts Live, Charleston. (843) 303-1113. 21 • Run Downtown 5K, Koger Center for the Arts, 11 • Valentine’s Cinema: “An 23 • Pilobolus “Shadowland,” downtown, Greenville. dorothy@ Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Columbia. (803) 777-7500. Affair to Remember,” Harbison Charleston Gaillard Center, 13 • Lang Lang, Charleston Jan. 24–Feb. 8 • “Memories Gaillard Center, Charleston. dfscreativeconcepts.com. 26–29 • Ringling Bros. Theatre, Irmo. (803) 691-3680. Charleston. (843) 579-6452. 21 • Winter Bluegrass Jubilee, of the Game,” Centre Stage (843) 579-6452. Theatre, Greenville. (864) 233-6733. and Barnum & Bailey 12 • Katt Williams, Colonial Life 25 • Bill Charlap Trio, East Pickens High School Auditorium, Circus, Colonial Life Arena, Arena, Columbia. (803) 777-4274. Beach Conference Center, 13–15 • Charleston Marathon, Wednesdays • Wild for downtown/North Charleston, Pickens. (864) 878-4257. Columbia. (803) 576-9200. 14 • If Loving You Is Wrong, Kiawah Island. (843) 768-9166. 27 • Ghosts of Christmas Reading Wednesdays, Greenville Charleston. (843) 300-7500. Zoo, Greenville. (864) 467-4300. 27 • Balsam Range, Columbia Museum of Art, 27 • A Night in the Valley Past Tour, Hagood Mill Historic Newberry Opera House, Columbia. (803) 799-2810. Wine Dinner and Auction, 14 • Under the Streetlamp, Thursdays • Learning Safari Charleston Gaillard Center, Site and Folklife Center, Newberry. (803) 276-6264. 15 • Guided Walking Tour: Trident Technical College, North Pickens. (864) 898-2936. Thursdays, Greenville Zoo, Charleston. (843) 574-6580. Charleston. (843) 579-6452. Greenville. (864) 467-4300. 27 • Columbia Baroque Civil War Battle Anniversary, 28 • So You Think You Concert, USC School of Music, Cayce Tennis Center, Cayce. 27 • Bernadette Peters in 15 • Holland Lifelong Can Cook Chili Cook-Off, Thursdays–Sundays, Columbia. (803) 422-4921. (803) 765-2200. concert, Charleston Gaillard Learning: “Blue Mind: Water Country Club of Spartanburg, Jan. 19–Feb. 11 • “Jukebox Center, Charleston. (843) 579-6452. for Your Wellbeing,” Davies Spartanburg. (864) 577-7583. Heroes,” Centre Stage Theatre, 28 • Ride the Lightning 15 • USC Dance Company Spring Auditorium at Ashley Hall, Greenville. (864) 233-6733. Metallica Tribute, Newberry Contemporary Concert, Drayton 27–28 • South Carolina Charleston. (843) 577-3474. 28 • Wedding Festivals Bridal Opera House, Newberry. Hall, Columbia. (803) 777-2551. Square and Round Dance Show, TD Convention Center, Saturdays and Sundays • (803) 276-6264. Convention, Springmaid Beach 15 • “Peter and the Historic Building Tours, Oconee ONGOING Starcatcher,” Dock Street Theatre, Greenville. (864) 235-5555. 29 • The Tams, Newberry Opera Resort and Convention Center, 28 • Winter Walk, Mountain Station State Historic Site, Daily • “South Carolina and the Myrtle Beach. (843) 315-7100. Charleston. (843) 577-7183. Walhalla. (864) 638-0079. House, Newberry. (803) 276-6264. Great War,” South Carolina State Lake, Greenville. (864) 244-5565. 27–29 • Charleston Boat Show, ONGOING FEBRUARY Museum, Columbia. (803) 898-4921. 28–29 • In the Company of Charleston Area Convention Daily during February • Great Romantics, Peace Center, MIDLANDS 1 • “Janet’s Planet,” Daily through Feb. 5 • Center, Charleston. (864) 250-9713. Hilton Head Island Gullah Newberry Opera House, “Fame and Fashion: The Greenville. (864) 467-3000. JANUARY 28 • Hilton Head Snow Day, Celebration, various venues, Newberry. (803) 276-6264. Photography of John Engstead,” Hilton Head Island. (843) 255-7304. 31 • “The Book of Mormon,” 15 • An Evening with Columbia Museum of Art, Shelter Cove Community Park, Peace Center, Greenville. Jaheim, Township Auditorium, 2 • Corey Smith, Music Farm, Hilton Head. (843) 681-7273. Mondays–Thursdays, Jan. 28 Columbia. (803) 357-3035. Columbia. (803) 799-2810. (864) 467-3000. Columbia. (803) 576-2350. 29 • Lowcountry Oyster through March 12 • “The Way 2 • First Thursdays Daily through Feb. 26 • We Worked,” Dorchester County FEBRUARY 15 • Jimmy Fortune, “Wild Fabrications” and Festival, Boone Hall Plantation, Newberry Opera House, on Main, Main Street, Mount Pleasant. (843) 958-3634. Archives and History Center, 1–5 • “The Book of Columbia. (803) 309-7758. “Nature’s Tapestries” quilt St. George. (843) 563-0053. Mormon,” Peace Center, Newberry. (803) 276-6264. shows, Museum of York County, 29 • Simone Porter, violinist 15 • Winter Jazz Soiree for Skipp 2 • The Stylistics, Newberry Rock Hill. (803) 329-2121. with accompanist, Church of Our Tuesdays–Saturdays, Jan. 20 Greenville. (864) 467-3000. Opera House, Newberry. through Feb. 25 • “Addicted Pearson, Johnson Performance Daily through March 26 • Savior, Johns Island. (843) 768-9166. 3 • First Fridays, various galleries, Hall, USC’s Darla Moore School of (803) 276-6264. to Love,” 34 West Theatre, Greenville. (864) 467-3132. “Our Feathered Friends,” Charleston. (843) 901-9343. Business, Columbia. (803) 400-1879. Museum of York County, Rock Hill. (803) 329-2121.

44 SOUTH CAROLINA LIVING | JANUARY 2017 | SCLIVING.COOP SCHumorMe BY JAN A. IGOE

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