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In case you hadn’t heard, our state recently picked up its third PGA tour event for this year. Not bad for a state that normally only has one. When the 2021 RBC Canadian Open was canceled due to the pandemic, a new event emerged to take its place: the inaugural Palmetto Championship coming June 7-13 to the Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina.Mike Switzer interviews Duane Parrish, director of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.

Ever since the Roth IRA was introduced 24 years ago, people have been asking themselves if they should take advantage of it and its tax-free retirement withdrawals or stay with the old-fashioned IRA or 401k which gives a tax deduction now and pay the taxes later at retirement.Mike Switzer interviews Thomas Manly, with Hobbs Group Advisors in Columbia, SC.

Prothonotary warblers have strong site fidelity. Although they have a large nesting area in the US, individual birds return to the place of their birth.

“R” is for Ratification of the U.S. Constitution. South Carolina’s ratification of the United State Constitution in May 1788 was never in doubt. Since the state’s economic interests were well-served by the new document, the most serious debate in South Carolina over ratification revolved around the contested meaning of the American Revolution. The debate reflected the political conflicts that had divided the state since independence. In simplest terms, Federalists (who favored ratification) saw the Constitution as a way to complete the Revolution; Anti-Federalists (who opposed ratification) saw it as a threat to their emerging political power. However predictable the Federalist victory, Anti-Federalists undoubtedly represented a majority of the state’s white population—but not a majority of convention delegates. The final vote in a special convention for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution was 149 in favor; 73 opposed.

“S” is for St. James Santee Parish. The parish of St. James Santee was established in 1706, and included the northeastern portions of modern Berkeley and Charleston Counties. It was one of the original ten parishes created under the Church Act of 1706. Among the earliest settlers in the 1680s were Huguenots who were attracted to South Carolina by the promise of religious and political freedom. For decades the rector of the parish was required to be able to preach and speak in both English and French. Early experiments with silk, grapes, and olives were unsuccessful, but in the eighteenth century rice and indigo “poured streams of wealth into the pockets of the French planters.” With the abolition of the parish system in 1865, St. James Santee Parish became a part of Berkeley County.

Epimecis hortaria, the tulip-tree beauty, is a moth species of the Ennominae subfamily found in North America. It is found throughout New England south to Florida and west to Texas and Missouri. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. They can be seen flying from late March to early October. Adults are nocturnal and are attracted to lights. The immature caterpillars can be found feeding on Magnolia, Asimina, Populus, Sassafras and Liriodendron.

When we last interviewed our next guest, his company was a brand new start-up achieving some early success helping Clemson football fans who were buying their tickets online to be able to pick their seats based on preferences such as shade, who’s sitting next to them, etc. They have since pivoted, as startups often do, to become a consumer information B2B company for live event organizers such as sports teams, festivals, and conferences. And that shift has attracted investments from the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) and Google’s Startups Black Founders Fund.Mike Switzer interviews Harold Hughes, founder and CEO of Bandwagon Fan Club in Greenville, SC.

Now that restaurants are returning to more normal activity, they find themselves once again with that problem. And yet the unemployment rate now is considerably higher. What are the causes? Are unemployment benefits more attractive than work? Are workers still unavailable because of childcare and school issues?

Pituophis melanoleucus, commonly known as the pine snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the southeastern United States. Three subspecies are currently recognized as being valid.

The wingspan of an adult is between 80 and 175 mm (3+1⁄8 and 6+7⁄8 inches). There is a high amount of variation within this species. The colors of the adult are always primarily yellow with red, brown, and purple blotches but can vary distinctly on this. Imperial moths (their many regional morphs, subspecies, and sibling species) range from Argentina to Canada and from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast.