DATE: 10/16/07

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of Oct. 22

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 Oct. 22. The program airs from noon to 1 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Listeners can call in during a "live” show by using the toll-free phone number: 1-888-539-8859.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2007

Preventing nature-deficit disorder. Bob Becker , director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University, talks with Richard Louv , chair of the Children & Nature Network and author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder . Louv delivers the annual George B. Hartzog Lecture at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Clemson University’s Brooks Center . His address is open to the public free of charge.

Legislation to protect the water. Debbie Dalhouse gets an update on proposed water protection laws from David Wilson , the bureau chief of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Bureau of Water .

Behind the wheel and on the phone? Eric Rodgers talks with Phil Yanov, president of Thinkhammer Communications and director of the GSA Technology Council about the prospect of making it illegal to use a cell phone while driving.

B. J. Thomas . Roy Scott speaks with popular American recording artist B.J. Thomas who performs with Billy Joe Royal on Oct. 27 at the Coastal Carolina Fair in Ladson.

Weathered Emotions . Beaufort writer Vivian Bikulege , a columnist with the Lowcountry Weekly , recalls a 10-day round trip from her new home in South Carolina to the Pennsylvania house in which she was raised.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2007

A live call-in hour on gardening topics. Ask Clemson Extension Horticulturist Bob Polomski and his guest Linda Askey, a home garden consultant with Fafard, Inc. and former garden editor of Southern Living, about your fall gardening challenges. Listeners may call in via the toll-free number 888-539-8859. For additional gardening advice, contact the Clemson Extension Home and Garden Information Center .

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2007

A live call-in hour on pet healthcare issues . Glenn Birrenkott of the Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences hosts Dr. Bobby Long of the 24-hour Magnolia Veterinary Clinic in Anderson. Listeners may call in with questions about their pets’ medical care, nutritional needs, or preventative treatments via the toll-free number: 888-539-8859.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2007

Women’s Health. Donna London, director of the Jim Self Center on the Future , talks with Dana Millet and Catherine Mallo about the “Healthy Women - Empowered Women” Forum of the League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area to take place on Nov. 3 at Trident Technical College in North Charleston.

Citrus-growing in South Carolina. Dyana Daniels speaks with “citrus man” Stan McKenzie of McKenzie Farms about the Southeastern Citrus Exposition to be held on Saturday, Nov. 17 at the University of South Carolina-Aiken .

A live call-in segment on children living with diabetes. Abbeville County Extension Agent Rhonda Matthews is joined by Dana Bruce from the Palmetto Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation . Listeners may call in via the toll-free number 888-539-8859.

For more information, contact Your Day at (864) 656-7458 or visit http://yourday.clemson.edu

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