DATE: 2/8/06

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of Feb. 13

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 Feb. 13. 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, FEB. 13 – Taxes in South Carolina . Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University , talks with Holley Hewitt Ulbrich, an alumna professor emerita of economics at Clemson University and senior fellow at the Strom Thurmond Institute. 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.

Lowering Utility bills with Trees and Shrubs. More tips on landscape plants from Clemson Extension Horticulturist Bob Polomski, author of Month-by-Month Gardening in the Carolinas. More information is available from the Clemson University Extension Service publication: Landscape Design for Energy Efficiency, produced in collaboration with the SC Energy Office and the SC Forestry Commission.

The Harmonica Wizard of the Grand Ole Opry. Glenn Hare learns about the lost legend of one of the Grand Ole Opry’s first stars from Country Music Historian Mark Hosler of the Clemson University Department of Performing Arts. One of the genre’s only African American stars, DeFord Bailey was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nov. 2005.

TUESDAY, FEB. 14 – A live call-in hour on insects, spiders, and other household pests. Charlotte Holt hosts Cam Lay, assistant department head for Pesticide Regulation, and Eric Benson, Clemson Extension urban entomologist. For additional insect information, visit the Clemson University Entomology website. Listeners may call in via the toll-free number 888-539-8859.

W EDNESDAY, FEB. 15 – The Distinctively Charleston Food and Wine Festival. Libby Hoyle, Clemson Extension food and nutrition specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Science, and Marilyn Peters of the Charleston County Extension office get a preview of this four-day culinary weekend planned for March 2-5 in the heart of Charleston . Your Day will be live at the Culinary Arts Institute at Trident Technical College.

THURSDAY, FEB. 16 –South Carolina Rural Summit: Big Success in Small Towns. Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs, talks with summit coordinator Beth Pierce of the SC Department of Commerce and featured speaker Jack Schultz, CEO of Agracel, Inc. about the upcoming SC Rural Summit planned for March 6-7 in North Charleston .

The Duet Dinner. L ibby Hoyle, Clemson Extension food and nutrition specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Science , visits with the sous chef at Sienna, a contemporary Italian restaurant on Daniel Island near Charleston, one of a dozen chefs from across the state who served as mentors to ProStart culinary arts students for an evening of fine dining sponsored by the Hospitality Association of South Carolina.

Act in Time. During National Hearth Health Month, Dr. Karen Kemper of the Clemson University Department of Public Health Sciences shares some facts about heart attack and stroke: the causes, symptoms, and appropriate responses. For more information visit the American Heart Association or the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and download the Warning Signs.

Funding for science research. Peter Kent learns how scientific research is supported by federal grants from George Wilson, legislative specialist for the National Science Foundation during a recent NSF conference held at Clemson University . For more information on federal funding opportunities, visit the National Science Foundation.

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

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