DATE: 12/14/05

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of Dec. 19

CLEMSON -- The following "Your Day" radio programs from Clemson University Radio Productions are scheduled to air on South Carolina ETV Radio for the week of Dec 19. The program airs from noon to 1 p.m. , Monday through Thursday. Listeners can call in questions during a "live” show by using the toll-free phone number: 1-888-539-8859.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 –-The traditions of gift-giving. Dr. Bob Becker, Director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University , talks with Dr. Holley Hewitt Ulbrich, an Alumna Professor Emerita of Economics at Clemson University and Senior Fellow at the Strom Thurmond Institute. Dr. Ulbrich is the co-author of three Citizen’s Guides: Education Financing in South Carolina,Local Governments and Home Rule in South Carolina andPaying for Government in South Carolina.

The musical legacy of Bob Wills. Glenn Hare learns about the western swing pioneers Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys from Professor Mark Hosler of the Clemson University Department of Performing Arts. The history lesson is illustrated with selections from Wills’ recording career that began 70 years ago.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 –Jenks Farmer and some favorites of Southern horticulture. Clemson Extension Horticulturist Bob Polomski visits with former curator of the Riverbanks Botanical Garden in Columbia . Plantsman, garden writer, and proprietor of LushLife Nurseries, Farmer is an enthusiast of Crinum lilies. For additional help with gardening topics visit Clemson Extension’s Home & Garden Information Center.

A discussion of insects and other household pests from our off-air archives . Charlotte Holt hosts Eric Benson, Clemson Extension Entomologist and Cam Lay, Assistant Department Head of Pesticide Regulation at Clemson University . For additional insect information, visit the Clemson University Entomology website.

W EDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21 – Celebrating Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights . Libby Hoyle, Clemson Extension food and nutrition specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Sciences, visits Temple B’Nai Israel in Anderson, to learn about the Jewish holiday of Hannuka from lay rabbi Bob Kimmel, President Ellen Draisen, DeeAnne Kimmel, and David Draisen. Get more information: Hanukkah symbolic foods, Hanukkah recipes, and Hanukkah books.

Avian influenza demystified. We’ll get answers to a number of questions about avian influenza or “bird flu” when host Glenn Birrenkott of the Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences talks with board certified avian pathologist Dr. Julie Helm of Livestock and Poultry Health Programs at Clemson University.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 – Workforce Housing in Myrtle Beach . In a conversation recorded during the recent Urban Land Institute dialogue on workforce housing in coastal South Carolina, Donna London of the Jim Self Center on the Future talks with David Sebok, executive director of the Myrtle Beach Downtown Redevelopment Corporation about workforce housing problems specific to a summer resort community.

The Christmas shopping frenzy. Dr. David Shi, columnist and president of Furman University , shares some thoughts and suggestions for the Christmas shopping season.

The gift of laughter. Oconee Emergency Room physician Dr. Edwin Leap, columnist and author of Working Knights, describes his efforts to endow his children with a sense of humor and appreciation for comedy.

Making way for pedestrians and cyclists. Eric Rodgers takes a bicycle tour in the Charleston area to look at redevelopment designed with pedestrians and bicyclists in mind, during the recent Charleston Cycle Fest. We hear from Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, Dana Beech of the SC Coastal Conservation League, Vince Graham, president of the I’On Group, and Dr. Robert Russell, d irector of the Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program at the College of Charleston .

For more information, contact Your Day at (864) 656-7458.

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