Issue 9: June 2009
Signal
An Online Newsletter from WSIU Public Radio
2009 Friends of WSIU Fantasy Auction Join us at the 20th Annual Friends of WSIU Fantasy Auction on Saturday, June 13 in the SIUC Student Center Ballrooms in Carbondale – and help us celebrate 50 years of public broadcasting!
Enjoy a relaxing getaway for two with a trip to St. Lucia, one of this year’s Auction items.
Greenridge Landscaping, and two cast stone Longshadow planters with a blue mosaic inset from Classic Garden Ornaments Ltd in Pomona. We also will be auctioning off a variety of trips, including a weeklong getaway for six at the Oceanpointe Marriott in West Palm Beach, Florida, and more trips to Chicago, Maine, San Antonio, Massachusetts, and St. Lucia. Guests also will have the opportunity to bid on tickets to see Lynyrd Skynyrd and local theater productions, one- and twonight stays at local Inns and Bed & Breakfast locations, and a bicolored tourmaline ring created exclusively for the Auction by Traci Rogers for Gem and Jewelry.
Festivities begin with cocktails at 6pm and include live music by the Mel Goot trio, an elegant dinner buffet, awardwinning regional wines, a luscious signature dessert – Martha & Mary’s Chocolate Pecan pie, and the area’s largest selection of silent and live auction items. This year’s auction will serve as a great opportunity for art enthusiasts! Local artists Mary Pachikara, Roberta Elliott, Kyle Kinser, John Medwedeff, Susie Phillips, and Missy Carstens will be auctioning one-of-a-kind artwork. Other items up for bid include a personally autographed Mickey Mantle photo and baseball, tickets for St. Louis Cardinals Baseball and Saluki Basketball, a custom-made bar donated by F-W-S Solid Surface Specialist, a black walnut island chopping block from Design Gallery, a landscaping package donated by
Guests can bid on this dazzling bicolored tourmaline ring created for the Auction by Traci Rogers for Gem and Jewelry.
Reservations are required, so book your table today. Tickets will be available until June 11. Contact Laura Cobin at (618) 453-4287 or laura. cobin@wsiu.org for more information. You may also make your reservation online at wsiu.org. We look forward to seeing you at the 2009 Friends of WSIU Fantasy Auction!
A Special Thanks to... Auction Sponsors
The Power of Independent Thinking
Auction Patrons Delores and James Kerstein, Marion with Greg and Laura Petrowich, Carbondale Gayle Klam, Carbondale Old National Bank, Carbondale GreenRetreat, Murphysboro Yolonde and Guy Peterson, Marion with Distinctive Interiors, Marion Herrin Security Bank, Herrin & Royalton James and Kathleen Fralish, Carbondale Cape Radiology Group, Cape Girardeau, MO Susie and Ed Phillips, Murphysboro with Barbara Lesar, Carbondale Office of the Chancellor, SIUC Office of the President, SIUC College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, SIUC Scott and Kay McClatchey with the Paul Sarvela Family, Carbondale Carol Burns and Steven Kraft, Carbondale with Herb and Carolyn Donow, Makanda Feirich/Mager/Green/Ryan, Carbondale Clifford L Coleman, M.D. Carbondale Peter J. Pirmann, D.M.D., PC Carbondale MidCountry Bank, 10 Locations Serving Southern Illinois with Prairie Living at Chautauqua, Carbondale
Auction Special Contributors Adams Printing Gem and Jewelry The Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale Classic Garden Ornaments F-W-S Solid Surface Specialist Greenridge Landscaping
SIRIS Volunteer Profile: Jim DeYoung “We are called to help those who can’t help themselves,” DeYoung said. He has volunteered for SIRIS for quite some time and appreciates being a part of the service. “I love to read,” he said. “For me to bring the news to other people to enjoy is a privilege.” SIRIS Volunteer James DeYoung. Photo: Monica Mason.
Meet SIRIS volunteer Jim DeYoung from Marion, Illinois. DeYoung always had an interest in radio, but his career path led him toward education instead of media. Now, as a retired school superintendent, DeYoung has found his way back to his passion by volunteering with SIRIS.
Aside from SIRIS, DeYoung also spends a considerable amount of time volunteering for the New Life Seniors group at his church, the Aldersgate United Methodist Church, and with the Shawnee Alliance for Seniors. Like many SIRIS volunteers, DeYoung is a fan of public radio and enjoys listening to classical music and the variety of news shows, with one
of his favorites being All Things Considered. “I really appreciate public broadcasting because they provide information without a lot of editorial commenting,” he said. DeYoung is a dedicated volunteer, and WSIU and SIRIS would like to thank him for his service to the community. We also would like to congratulate him and his wife, Kathryn, on their 50th wedding anniversary and offer our best wishes for many more years of happiness. To learn more about becoming a SIRIS volunteer, call (618) 453-2808 or visit us online at wsiu.org. Just click on the SIRIS tab.
Coming Up on Morning Conversations • June 2 – State Representative John Bradley (D-Marion) and State Senator David Luechtefeld (R-Okawville) join Jennifer Fuller in the studio.
• June 9 – Representatives of the Shawnee National Forest will discuss upcoming events and ways
people can be more involved in Southern Illinois’ natural areas.
• June 22 – SIU President Glenn Poshard will be in for his monthly update.
• June 16 – SIUC Chancellor Samuel Goldman will provide updates on campus-wide cleanup efforts after the May 8 storm and discuss budget issues.
You can hear these interviews on the air at 8:30am or online at wsiu.org, in our “WSIU OnDemand” section.
Underwriter Profile: Greenridge Landscaping WSIU is proud to highlight Greenridge Landscaping in this month’s Signal underwriter profile. Greenridge Landscaping is currently contributing to the support of WSIU by underwriting news programming and by providing a landscaping package for this year’s 20th Annual Friends of WSIU Fantasy Auction. Greenridge Landscaping has been in business for 33 years and has been in their current location for 12 years. The company offers a variety of landscaping services that focuses on residential horticulture designs and constructions. “We share with WSIU a commitment to provide the Southern
Illinois community with consistently high-quality services,” said Andrew Robinson, owner of Greenridge Landscaping. Robinson said that he decided to underwrite programming on WSIU because it’s one of the most valuable resources we share as a community. “Public broadcasting is an essential part of our community,” he said. “We are kept up-to-date with in-depth coverage on local, regional, and national issues. The public radio supporters in Southern Illinois are a part of the greater national community. We are proud to be part of that group.”
Customized landscaping designed and constructed by Greenridge Landscaping. Photo: Greenridge Landscaping.
As a public radio fan, Robinson enjoys listening to programs such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Car Talk, and Whad’Ya Know?. “I’m grateful for the programming WSIU brings to the region on a daily basis,” he said.
“Rethinking Retirement” with All Things Considered This June, All Things Considered takes a look at the present and future of retirement in the weeklong series Rethinking Retirement on the air and online at www.npr.org. The series will focus on the first generation of 401K users, who are preparing to retire, and the stock market’s fall, which has meant that many accounts are insufficient to support basic retirement. NPR News will explore the new future of life after work, and what retirement means to people who are now in their 60s, 50s and 40s. Is the 401K model broken? How will Social Security survive? Listeners will share their stories and ask questions, and experts will try to provide answers some of the problems they are currently facing. Be sure to tune in for the stories and discussions surrounding retirement and what it means for you.
Celtic Connections • June 09 June 6 • New Releases This week we explore some of the best tracks from new and recent releases. June 13 • Best of Beoga Beoga, a young band from County Antrim in the Northern Ireland, is the focus of this episode. Accordian players Sean Og Graham and Damian McKee, and singer Niamh Donne have released three CDs and risen to the top of the charts of Irish music. June 20 • Summer Festival Preview Celtic Connections previews upcoming summer Celtic music festivals in Ireland and the U.S. June 27 • Music of the Civil War Era Building on the success of last summer’s Civil War-era programming, we will feature music from both sides of the MasonDixon Line as we explore the role of Irish immigrants in the Union and Confederate armies. We’ll also feature music by 19thcentury composers such as Steven Foster.
WSIU is my source for Car Talk and Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know? - Tammy Gwaltney, Cape Girardeau, MO
Public broadcasting has some thing for everyo ne. For Tammy Gwaltney, WSIU Radio is a source for laughter. “Saturday mornings are my quiet time,” she says. “When I’ve had a really intense week at work, I like to listen to Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, talk about car repairs, of which I know nothing; they are just so funny.” Gwaltney is also a fan of Whad’Ya Know? “I love Michael Feldman,” she says. “He is a such bright comedian and is so ‘on’. Michael Feldman reminds me of a modern day Groucho Marx; he just has that quick wit, that quick humor – I love that.” Share your story online at wsiu.org/mysource.
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