DATE: 8/24/07

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of Aug. 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 Aug. 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, AUGUST 27, 2007

A wireless broadband initiative and achieving regional competitveness. Bob Becker , director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University, talks with S.C. State Representative Dwight Loftus of District 19 in Greenville during a recent meeting of the Municipal Association of South Carolina .

Global ethics and service learning. Marty Duckenfield, coordinator of the first International Conference on Service-Learning in Teacher Education, held in Brussels in July 2007, talks with UK participant John Potter about education concerns in coping morally with the challenges of the future.

Dealing with drought. Lisa Wagner , director of education for the SC Botanical Garden at Clemson University, shares some suggestions for making the most of gardening in a drought situation.

The 50 th Anniversary of Stax Records . Roy Scott talks with Grammy-winning popular music historian Rob Bowman, author of Soulsville, USA: the Story of Stax Records , about the history of the Memphis-based company that became the preeminent soul music label. An earlier discussion with Rob Bowman is available online in the Your Day archives for Monday, July 30.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2007

A live call-in hour on gardening and related topics. Listeners may call in with gardening questions for Director James Blake and Horticulture Specialists Millie Davenport and Janet Scott of the Clemson Extension Home & Garden Information Center . Phone in with questions about plants, gardening techniques, and produce preservation via the tollfree number 888-539-8859.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2007
A visit to Cypress Gardens . Bob Schuster hosts an hour of features and interviews recorded earlier this summer at this Berkeley County landmark. He speaks with Cypress Gardens Director Dwight Williams and Roxy Bishop, facility coordinator. Clemson Extension Agent Mark Arena visits with Cypress Gardens Curator Kathy Woolsey. Your Day Executive Producer Roy Scott talks with Berkeley County Supervisor Dan Davis. We explore the local insect habitat with Your Day bug guys Eric Benson, an Extension urban entomologist and Cam Lay, assistant department head for Pesticide Regulation . Bob Schuster learns to prepare a catfish po’ boy with Susan Richter of the Berkeley County School System, and we enjoy the Celtic music of the Hungry Monks .

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2007
Hurricane preparedness in South Carolina . Donna London, director of the Jim Self Center on the Future talks with Cathy Haynes , director of the Charleston County Emergency Preparedness Division of the SC Emergency Management Division about the Harvard School of Public Health Project on the Public and Biological Security about hurricane readiness in high-risk areas of coastal South Carolina.

The growth of an arts community. Glenn Hare makes a visit to the Aiken Center for the Arts to learn about efforts to foster an arts community and to provide arts education, cultural activities, and art opportunities that enrich the quality of life in Aiken.

Clemson University as the steward of a tropical resource. Debbie Dalhouse visits with Jennifer Archbold Nicault, daughter of the man who donated to Clemson University his Springfield Plantation on the island of Dominica, where the Archbold Tropical Research and Education Consortium is located in facilities of the Springfield Centre for Environmental Protection, Research and Education.

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

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