DATE: 2/21/06

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of Feb. 27

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. 27. 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. 27. –- Students as investment analysts. Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University with Dr. John Alexander, Clemson University breazeale professor of financial planning, and Justin Helwig, a senior finance major serving as fund manager for the Clemson University Student Investment Fund.

Pruning Trees and Shrubs. More tips on caring for landscape plants from Clemson Extension Horticulturist Bob Polomski, author of Month-by-Month Gardening in the Carolinas. For more information on pruning, visit the Clemson Extension Home & Garden Information Center.

The dangers of lightning. Clemson University Agricultural Meteorologist Dale Linvill talks with Vince DiCarlo, warning coordination meteorologist from the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Greer.

Jenkins Orphanage Band. Glenn Hare learns about the Charleston Jazz Initiative efforts to preserve this port city’s rich jazz history from Karen Chandler, associate professor of arts administration at the College of Charleston and Jack McCray, jazz journalist and features writer for the Charleston Post and Courier .

TUESDAY, FEB. 28 – 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, MARCH 1 – A live call-in hour to ask about SC snakes, wild turkey, and other wildlife. Mike Willis, communications director for the SC Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), hosts Steve Bennett, a non-game biologist from the DNR Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division who will take calls on SC snakes and DNR Conservation Officer Robin Camlin who will discuss the state's upcoming wild turkey season. Listeners may call in with questions about wildlife, fishing, hunting, and boating via the toll-free number 888-539-8859.

THURSDAY, MARCH 2 – The Conservation Districts Foundation. Donna London of the Jim Self Center on the Future, talks with Dacusville timber farmer Amanda Bauknight, chair of the Pickens County Conservation District Team of the SC Association of Conservation Districts during the 2006 South Carolina Conservation Partnership Conference : Bridging the Gap held at the Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach Jan. 3-6.

Snooping by Sony.  Eric Rodgers learns about sneaky software that is secretly installed and makes your computer vulnerable to attack in a conversation with Phil Yanov, executive director of the GSA Technology Council and president of Thinkhammer Communications. On Thursday, March 9, listeners can call in to ask questions about computer technology and related topics during the second half of Your Day.

SC Cattleman’s Association. Roy Scott talks with Margaret Owens, executive director, and Louis Tisdale, past president, of the SC Cattleman’s Association, during the annual meeting held Jan. 26 at Clemson University ’s Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville. For information on “Operation Hayride,” a relief project for Gulf Coast livestock impacted by recent hurricanes, contact Mary Ellen Tobias, marketing specialist and large animal emergency coordinator at the SC Department of Agriculture, 803-734-2349.

Science in a Basket. Bob Schuster attends a parent-student night at a Whitehall Elementary School in Anderson County and talks with science specialist Angie Bruhjell.

The Duet Dinner. Libby Hoyle, Clemson Extension food and nutrition specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Science, visits with Chef Louis Osteen of Louis’ at Pawley’s located on Pawley’s Island, one of the 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.

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

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