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Vol. 3, No. 12: December 2010
An Online Newsletter from WSIU Public Radio
This Month on Morning Conversations
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orning Conversations, hosted by Jennifer Fuller, airs at 8:30am on Tuesdays and other weekdays, as scheduled, and repeats at 5:30pm. We kick off December by introducing you to the candidates running for the Mayor of Carbondale.
On Monday, December 6 through Friday, December10, host Jennifer Fuller will talk with mayoral candidates Steven Haynes, Sam Goldman, George Maroney, Brent Ritzel and Joel Fritzler. Learn about the candidates’ backgrounds, their goals for the city, and more during this early look into the 2011 municipal elections.
On Tuesday, December 14, SIUC Chancellor Rita Cheng will discuss budget constraints and negotiations with groups still holding out on Unpaid Administrative Closure days. Later in the month (date TBA), SIU President Glenn Poshard will stop by to discuss the Spring 2011 Semester in the SIU System and what he’s expecting from the new Illinois Legislature. Do you have questions, comments or suggestions for Morning Conversations? Please let us know! E-mail host Jennifer Fuller at talkback@wsiu.org.
SIU Men vs. Bradley (at Peoria) Repeats 10pm on WSIU 8.2/16.2, PBS World
Sun, Jan 9 • 2pm SIU Men vs. Illinois State (at Carbondale) Repeats 7pm on WSIU 8.2/16.2, PBS World
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ll Things Considered and Morning Edition examine a failed national effort to help America’s elderly and disabled to live in their communities rather than in nursing homes. Learn more at npr.org/ series/131105200/home-ornursing-home.
Sat, Jan 15 • 7pm SIU Men vs. Northern Iowa (at Cedar Falls, IA) Repeats 10pm on WSIU 8.2/16.2, PBS World
Sat, Jan 29 • 7pm SIU Men vs. Evansville (at Evansville, IN) Repeats 10pm on WSIU 8.2/6.2, PBS World
Sat, Feb 5 • 2pm SIU Men vs. Bradley (at Carbondale) Repeats 7pm on WSIU 8.2/16.2, PBS World
Tue, Feb 8 • 7pm SIU Men vs. Wichita State (at Wichita, KS) Repeats 10pm on WSIU 8.2/16.2, PBS World
Sat, March 5 • 2pm SIU Women vs. Missouri State (at Carbondale) Repeats 7pm on WSIU 8.2/16.2, PBS World
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NPR Special Explores Home Health Care For Seniors, Disabled
Live Saluki Basketball Returns to WSIU-TV! Tue, Jan 4 • 7pm
SIUC Chancellor Rita Cheng. Photo: Monica Tichenor.
Thu, 12/2 • All Things Considered Home or Nursing Home: A New Civil Right
After one year in a nursing home, Matthew Harp of Decatur, Ga. moved back to his mother’s home, thanks to a government program that pays for home health care. Photo: John W. Poole/NPR.
Mon, 12/6 • Morning Edition Home or Nursing Home: Working Age Thu, 12/9 • All Things Considered Home or Nursing Home: Kids
Fri, 12/3 • All Things Considered Home or Nursing Home: Enforcement
Reading Baseball Holiday Special
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ichard “Pete” Peterson, host of the Reading Baseball series on WSIU Radio, will present a special holiday edition of the program on Friday, December 10 at 6:33 & 8:33am and 5:29pm. Peterson will discuss the sentimental value of baseball cards as holiday gifts and offer financial tips on how to purchase older cards.