Monday, September 15, 2003

Wilmington, NC – Programming for the week of September 22, UNCW Community Link, an interactive, public affairs television show, chats with Sandra Harris, the 2003 recipient of the State Employee’s Award of Excellence and explores the first Art in the Garden Tour.

H.E. “Hunter” Thompson, Jr. speaks with Sandra Harris, accounting technician to the director of finance and administration at UNCW, who received the 2003 State Employees’ Award of Excellence, the highest honor a state employee may receive. She works in the UNCW division for public service and continuing studies where she earned the 2002 UNCW Employee of the Year in her division. She is also this year’s YWCA Woman of the year, a DJ at Coast 97.3, an energetic participant in New Hanover Community Action and a Head Start Activist and chair of the Harbor Foundation. When asked about her many roles in the community, she replied, “It started with Head Start and I also take after my mother and father. They are hard working and set up my path.”

This week, Betty Ann Sanders speaks with three ladies involved in the upcoming Art in the Gardens Tour that will take place October 3-5, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Guests may visit the eleven gardens on the tour and take pleasure in the art scattered through the grounds. Pauline Purdom, Joan Bar-zeev and Christine Farley, an artist in the event, will discuss the different types of gardens that are up for view and give background on how the tour came together. Of the eleven gardens open, nine are private.

“Many generous homeowners are working feverishly to prepare their gardens,” said Purdom. To find out more about Art in The Gardens, log on to www.respondtoday.com and type in the password “garden.” Art in the Gardens is sponsored by and for the benefit of The Arboretum at the New Hanover County Extension.

This week’s Editorially Yours segment is provided by Joy Allen, publisher of the weekly magazine, Greater Wilmington Business.

UNCW Community Link reaches beyond the television studio to allow citizens to sound off on compelling issues facing Southeastern North Carolina. Hosts Betty Ann Sanders and H. E. “Hunter” Thompson, Jr. engage and challenge the region’s newsmakers and opinion-shapers and then ask viewers to voice their opinions. Through collaboration with the Southeast Public Interest Network of North Carolina (www.SpinNC.org), citizens can use the latest Internet technologies to continue the dialog on show topics and community ideas. UNCW Community Link is brought to you in part by the following sponsors: Time Warner Cable, Wilmington Star-News and WHQR Public Radio.

For more information on this show’s topics please visit:

Respond Today

www.RespondToday.com

NC Cooperative Extension

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/

Environmental Education

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/onslow/staff/drashash/enved/

UNCW’s Sandra Harris

http://www.uncwil.edu/dpscs/staff_mission/harris.htm



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