Living Grand on Grand Lake

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SPRING ‘14
SPOTLIGHT: Living Grand on Grand Lake
Highlighting Grand Lake’s people, places and events.
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President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Larry Rice
RSU Public TV General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Royal Aills
Graphic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randy Riggs
Living Grand on Grand Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
“I Want Answers” Wraps Season and Awards Scholarships . . . . . . . . . . 3
Behind the Scenes with Megan McCormick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Production Notes with Dale A. McKinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Sam’s Perspectives with Sam Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sewing with Nancy Zieman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
RSUTV 35.1 June Prime Time Calender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
RSUTV Website Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tech Talk with Jim Mertins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Program Pipeline with Jennifer Sterling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Public Trust with Royal Aills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Meet Your CAB Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Living Grand on Grand Lake
Many residents from both Tulsa and residents of Oklahoma City reside at Grand
Lake during the summer. For those weekenders who are looking for something
to do, the show’s content will inform them of upcoming events on the lake.
Four area businesses have signed on to
sponsor the show: Grand River Dam
Authority, Arrowhead Yacht Club, Grand
Lake Association and INTEGRIS Grove
Hospital. Additional sponsors are needed to
help offset the costs of the show. Initially
RSU officials hoped to have 12 sponsors to
fund the program. Aills believes he will
achieve that goal once the program starts
airing.
➥ Hosts Kristi Wallace and Tad Jones
A new lifestyle show is coming to RSU Public TV.
“Living Grand on Grand Lake” is a weekly series that
will highlight the people, places and events that make
life "Grand" throughout the Grand Lake area. The show
premiered at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 1, on RSU Public TV,
Channel 35.
"Growing up on Grand Lake as I did, I know there are a lot of stories out there of
events, unique people and fun places,” Aills said. “We're looking for the wow, the
wacky and the good."
This project is a good example of a public and private partnership, working to
promote life in Oklahoma. It also fills the station’s mission to partner with the
community and become embedded in areas within its viewership footprint.
The show is hosted by Tad Jones with Grand Lake Association and Kristi Wallace
with INTEGRIS Grove Hospital. The show’s producer is Justin Reed a graduate
of Rogers State University.
Royal Aills, general manager of RSU Public TV, said this show is a project
everyone will enjoy watching.
“Each episode will feature segments on the people and places found around the
lake, along with a selection of upcoming events,” Aills said. “Living Grand on
Grand Lake” is a 13-week program with original content produced by RSU
alumnus Justin Reed.
Reed said, “I’m excited about the opportunity to produce this show. I’ve not done
anything like this before but I know it will be a piece of television everyone will
want to watch.”
The show will rerun an additional 13 weeks and the show will update the events
segment each week throughout the 26-week schedule to give viewers additional
opportunities to watch and enjoy the show, Aills said.
"Grand Lake is Green Country's most popular destination for entertainment. It's
known as one of this state's great escapes," he said. "From Har-Bar Village to
Shangri La, Grand Lake is Oklahoma's choice for fun in the sun."
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➥ Booker T Washington, first place
➥ Riverfield Country Day School, second place
“I Want Answers” Wraps Season and Awards Scholarships
“I Want Answers” may be over for the
season, but one of the best things
about this show is the fact that it provides
scholarship funds to the winners, an
impact that lasts well past fifteen
episodes.
Program host Jeff Gaffen, along with the Grand River Dam Authority
representative Justin Alberty, presented a giant $8,000 dollar check to Tulsa Public
School’s Booker T. Washington High School academic team on March 28. Booker
T. Washington won all four of their “I Want Answers” competitions in season 3.
As a result, each of the four players will receive a scholarship of $2,000 to the
college of their choice upon high school graduation. Congratulations to Aarron,
Mohamed, Noelle and Jack, the first-place team from Season 3.
Booker T. Washington High School has earned their bragging rights as the winning
school in each season, as represented on a new plaque hanging on the walls at
RSU Public TV.
Riverfield Country Day School also earned bragging rights with their second-place
place finish in the most recent season. On March 4, the show’s producer, host,
and sponsors were invited to Riverfield’s annual banquet where they honored the
students for their academic accomplishments through the season.
Gaffen and Alberty presented the Riverfield Country Day School team with a
$4,000 check for scholarships for their team of Sam, Nicholas, Chandler and Nate.
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“I Want Answers” provides an avenue for students to have fun while
demonstrating their vast knowledge. In fact, here is what some of this season’s
winners had to say:
"RSU Public TV's ‘I Want Answers’ competition was easily the most unique academic
bowl experience I've had in my six year career. It had all of the challenge of the typical
tournaments combined with a new format and the added pressure of being on
television. It was especially fun to see how all of my teammates would react to the
cameras, including Nate Newman really coming alive and Nicholas Hartman wearing a
fur coat for the final game. Overall it was a great experience with excellent prizes and
fun memories for everyone involved." – Chandler
"I would like to thank RSU TV for having the Riverfield Academic Bowl Team compete
against different schools on live television. I thought it was extremely nice how RSU
gave the Riverfield team $1,000 for college, even though the Riverfield team won 2nd
place. I would have never thought, after just two years since the Riverfield High School
academic bowl began, that the Riverfield academic team would compete on a live
television show. It has been an amazing privilege for me and the Riverfield Academic
team to compete in such a set of tournaments, and I hope that we can come back next
year. Thank you, RSU TV!" – Samuel
"I Want Answers is an useful, entertaining way to put all that information you learn at
school to use." – Mohamed
A BIG thank you to the Grand River Dam Authority, The Gerald H. Westby
Foundation and the Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation for sponsoring “I Want
Answers!”
• Drink in the romantic atmosphere in St Mark’s Square as you watch sultry
tango dancers perform on the Gran Teatro stage.
• Brush up on your art history with a free guided tour and talk at the Peggy
Guggenheim Collection art museum. This year’s Carnival exhibition is ‘The
Empire of Light.’
• Embrace the last vestiges of winter with ice-skating in the Campo San Polo.
Costume optional!
• Join the throngs alongside the Grand Canal for the closing event of the
Carnival: a water-borne procession of costumed Venetians on decorated boats
and classic gondolas. Be sure to take a camera – this is one spectacle you’ll
want to record.
➥ Carnival makes Venice come alive.
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Exploring Russia’s Ice Trains with Zay Harding
Behind the Scenes with Megan McCormick
The Venice Carnival:
Ten Experiences Not to Be Missed
Globe Trekker goes around the world!
Top Tips for Venice Carnival
• Book tickets for one of the many Carnival balls –
with themes from burlesque to masquerade to
enchantment, there’s a party to suit all tastes.
It’s the second leg of our Tough Trains series – we’ve tackled Bolivia with Zay
Harding, travelling from Brazil’s Pantanal to the Pacific coast of Chile bringing
you snapshots from some of the most beautiful terrain in South America taking
in the local Llamas, the majesty of the Andes and more.
Our next stop is Russia’s Ice Trains!
Russia’s trains travel along 85,500km of track, crossing 11 time zones. In the
cold and often brutal Russian winters, these trains persist against the freezing
weather, travelling into Siberia and beyond. We travel from the capital city of
Moscow and head north to Stalin’s cruellest and most ambitious project – the
Rail-Road of Death – before ending on the world’s most northern railway. With
average temperatures around -20/-30 degrees and ice at every turn, there’s
nothing easy about Russian trains.
• Visit Ca’ Macana, the shop of the best mask maker in Venice. All masks are
handmade, and the artistry is exquisite. Buy for yourself one of the classic
Carnival masks, such as the Colombina or the Bauta.
• Sample a Carnival specialty from one of the street vendors whose wares
perfume the air such to make your stomach rumble. The cakes are divine,
especially the warm and sweet frittelle Veneziane filled with zabaione cream.
• Watch a local beauty pageant winner zip-wire from the Campanile bell tower
in the traditional Volo dell’Angelo (Flight of the Angel).
• Visit the Arsenale to take in a historical show, live music concerts, street artist
performances and, it’s promised, ‘dancing fountains!’
• Head to St Mark’s Square to see the parade for the daily Best Masked
Costume Competition (enter yourself, if you’re so inclined; the theme is ‘La
Natura Fantastica’).
➥ Host Zay Harding explores Russias most frigid climates.
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Production Notes with Dale A. McKinney -
Production Manager
“TV is at a threshold of being an entirely
different concept, . . .”
I read those words in a recent edition of “TV Technology.”
Deborah McAdams, magazine editor who authored the
article, went on to add that “Its primary business is heading
south.”
Sad, I thought.
There is little doubt that big changes are in store – changes which will affect us all.
We used to call it “convergence,” the bringing together of two different systems -television and broadband. Now it’s more like an assimilation rather than a
convergence. And resistance is futile.
As long as I can remember, television has been in a constant state of change. I can
remember when my family got its first color television. VHS tapes, and later DVD
discs, made it possible to catch shows that were on when you were not at home.
TV sets grew stereo surround speakers. Eventually, the size of the picture caught
up with HD TV screens.
I grew up, like many of us, with three TV stations, each with its own network: ABC,
CBS, and NBC. When I left college, and began looking for work, I stayed with my
brother. He had the new big thing . . . cable. The jewel in the cable crown was the
one big premium channel, HBO. For the rest, we had local channels, and a group
of super stations – WTBS in Atlanta, WGN in Chicago, and KTVT in Dallas.
Suddenly, the audience began to come apart into fragments. Cable companies
thrived. They were able to provide specialized networks for sports, news, food,
home/garden, and so on. Then there were the satellite providers.
The end result of so much fragmentation was the shift away from the original
business model of TV: program your station to draw in big audiences, sell
commercial time, buy more programming, repeat. For a while, there was a balance
between over-the-air television, and television that you pay for by the month and
sometimes by the program.
The tipping point came with broadband, and the mobile market, which is to say
your phone or your tablet. The new business model is to own the bandwidth . . . the
pipeline. Companies who own the internet and mobile phone systems will provide
you with any programming you want, anywhere you want. The concept of a set time
for our favorite programs will have vanished. What time is my show on? When you
press the BUY NOW button on the remote. I hope there will be room in this brave
new world for the kind of programming that does more than just get you through a
half hour.
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Signal Society members support RSU TV through
regular monthly donations that provide support
for programming. Signal Society members as of
April 29, 2014 are:
John Bankel Stillwell, OK
Johnnie Barranco Tulsa, OK
Victor Bond Broken Arrow, OK
Tommy Bonds Pryor, OK
Jeanne Buchanan Broken Arrow, OK
Bill Burnett Salina, OK
Danan Butler Claremore, OK
Robert & Carol Carnagey Hominy, OK
John & Roberta Cary Claremore, OK
Evelyn Clark Claremore, OK
Phyllis Cole Sand Springs, OK
Rena Corbitt Tulsa, OK
Ann Cowles Tulsa, OK
Sharon Dalrymple Tulsa, OK
Velma Dickey Locust Grove, OK
Theresa Dunlap Bartlesville, OK
Bill Eagles Coffeyville, KS
Anne Egan Tulsa, OK
Ferne E. Frazier Afton, OK
Marilyn Gilmer Tulsa, OK
Judith Goodale Tulsa, OK
Karen Gorman Broken Arrow, OK
Carolyn Graham Tulsa, OK
Mary Harbour Claremore, OK
Charles E. & Ellen Hartman Tulsa, OK
Kay Herring Tulsa, OK
Ellen Howarth Oologah, OK
Jack & Norma Hughes Muskogee, OK
Mitche Hunt Muskogee, OK
David Jeffery Tulsa, OK
Frances Jones Okemah, OK
Robert & Barbara Killion Grove, OK
Stephen Lankford Tulsa, OK
Shirley Lowny Tulsa, OK
James Mansolo Tulsa, OK
Richard Mason Westville, OK
Terri McClory Claremore, OK
Betty McCraw Yale, OK
Irene McKee Tulsa, OK
Tom & Brenda McKenzie Porum, OK
Connie McMillan Bartlesville, OK
Lynda Miller Tulsa, OK
Lyon & Jenny Morehead Tulsa, OK
Frances Morris Skiatook, OK
Kathy Moss Tulsa, OK
Julia Murphy Tulsa, OK
Douglas Norris Tulsa, OK
Nita Nuss Broken Arrow, OK
James Osborne Grove, OK
Earl Park Skiatook, OK
Kay Pouncil Tulsa, OK
Jerry Prock Tulsa, OK
Wanda Reynolds Tulsa, OK
Elizabeth Robinson Tulsa, OK
Estella Snowden Bartesville, OK
Frances Spurgin Weleetka, OK
Jenny Subana Tulsa, OK
Steve Waldon Bartlesville, OK
Thomas & Robin White Grove, OK
Marilyn Wickman Prue, OK
Myra Willis Tulsa, OK
Linda Wright Claremore, OK
David Zoller Pryor, OK
Sam’s Perspectives with Sam Jones
Blowin' In The Wind
In 1963, Bob Dylan released his classic "Blowin' in the
Wind.” It poses a series of rhetorical questions about
peace, war and freedom. Its been said that the refrain is
incredibly ambiguous: “The answer, my friend, is blowin'
in the wind" is either so obvious it’s right in your face or
the answer is as intangible as the wind.
About 20 years after Dylan released that song, I sat on the floor of a modest
wood frame home just off Main Street in Marshall, Oklahoma, where the wind
always blows. During the summer months, that wind seems to come right out
of a blast furnace while in the winter, it feels as though it's coming over what's
left of the ice at the North Pole and it would help if you had something between
you and the wind,... like a fence post.
My reason for sitting on the floor was so that I could look directly into the eyes
of a woman who set the standard for others who would try their hand at shining
a bright light into darkened corners. Angie Debo was in frail health. Unable to
hold her head up, she rested her chin on her right hand which was braced on
the arm of her overstuffed couch. Her spirits were high as she spoke of many
places where she discovered doors that were closed to young women back
when she was one herself.
Interesting word,... integrity. Anymore, we hear it applied to train wrecks, plane
crashes and the occasional bridge collapse. Going too fast in the curve and the
integrity of the moving train was compromised. A bird flew into the jet's engine
which exploded and compromised the integrity of the wing. Rust, age, wear
and tear compromised the integrity of the supports and the bridge collapsed.
But that's not what Miss Angie meant. She spoke to the meaning of the word
in hopes that the ills of this Republic might be cured and each individual heart
could somehow be strengthened. Not completely of course, for she was a
realist. She knew all too well that the practice of integrity involves courage.
W. Clement Stone summed it up pretty well: "Have the courage to say no. Have
the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are
the magic keys to living your life with integrity."
I think of Miss Angie almost every time I read, listen to or watch the news which
is, when you think about it, filled with those who failed to do the right thing,
because it was right.
Everything we do in life is a choice. Are we choosing to feed the hungry, shelter
the homeless, protect our children or to try and solve any number of problems
that exist because it's the right thing to do? What's the answer? Are we
practicing integrity or leaving it up the other fella. Appears to me the answer to
that question is,... "Blowin' in the wind.”
She spoke of her childhood and coming to Oklahoma in a covered wagon and
of growing up with a yearning for education yet finding doors slammed shut
once officials discovered what she was working on. So, using an unlatched
window at the University of Oklahoma library, a pocket full of candles and her
notebook, she researched alone at night, in the dark canyons of fact and
produced "Still The Waters Run.” It exposed the injustices suffered by the Five
Civilized Tribes at the hands of federal and state officials and named them. This
book and her "Disappearance: A History of the Creek Indians" served as a basis
for a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, in which critical land rights
for the Creek nation were recognized.
There would be other books in which she wrote about the history of Marshall,
of Oklahoma and of American Indians and the historical connections between
them and the Government. I remember how she smiled when she spoke of her
“public hanging,” the dedication of her portrait by a friend of mine, the late
Charles Banks Wilson. The portrait still hangs in the rotunda of the State Capitol.
Debo wrote nine books, co-authored another and edited three others. She also
spent her life as a tireless supporter of civil rights.
That day in Marshall, she also spoke of her faith. She told me how, when World
War II broke out, she was asked to take on the role of preacher at that small,
one-room Methodist church a block or so from her home, because the resident
preacher and just about all the men in Marshall were sent off to war. She did it,
she said, because it was the right thing to do admitting that she enjoyed the
Elizabethan style of the Bible and the ease in which it was presented.
Toward the end of our visit, I asked her, "Miss Angie, if you had the opportunity
to talk to all of the young people in America, what message would you give
them?" Without missing a beat she said, "I would tell them to practice integrity,...
without it, you're just another bump in the road."
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Sewing with Nancy Zieman
Nancy Zieman’s stroke. Nancy Zieman’s face.
People were, understandably, curious about why one side of her face doesn’t
operate like the other side. In truth, as she explains in her book, it is paralyzed, a
complication of Bell’s palsy that struck her as an infant. There are other parts of
Nancy that have been shaped—in part—by the Bell’s palsy, too. Other physical
aspects, as well as emotional and psychological.
And then Ken Tacony, President of Tacony Corporation, noted that her story might
somehow serve as a source of encouragement to others. So she decided to run
the idea by a writer-friend, Marjorie Russell, who had interviewed her for a feature
in American Quilter magazine in 2009.
➥ Nancy Zieman has overcome tremendous odds to host her long-running sewing show.
Nancy Zieman is the host of “Sewing With Nancy,” produced
in partnership with Wisconsin Public Television. “Sewing
With Nancy” is the longest-running sewing show on North
American television. Starting at her own kitchen table,
Zieman built Nancy’s Notions into a multi-million dollar
business and later sold the company in 2003.
She is a previous Wisconsin Woman Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year and
serves as a regular keynoter and teacher at quilt and sewing shows across the
nation. Her patterns and instructions have been published in 41 books that have
sold over 2 million copies.
In February of this year Nancy wrote an autobiographical book titled, “Seams
Unlikely.” It is the first time Zieman has shared her life story of overcoming
remarkable odds.
Growing up on a Wisconsin farm, Nancy has created a very successful career that
at one time seemed unlikely. In her book she shares the details of the onset of Bell’s
palsy and how it played a part during her school years.
Nancy never intended to write her autobiography. After more than 30 years on
television and sharing stories while she taught sewing methods, Nancy gave people
a pretty good opportunity to know her, or so she thought.
When “Sewing With Nancy” reached its twenty-fifth anniversary, many friends and
colleagues indicated an interest in hearing the story of how Nancy’s Notions and
her show became what they are today. They asked for an autobiography, which she
dismissed at first.
But then one day sitting in front of her home computer she typed her name into the
Google search window and discovered what her viewers were mostly talking about.
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With Marj’s enthusiastic affirmation and involvement, the project began. Nancy says
writing her personal story felt much like hanging her unmentionables on a
clothesline. The instant rapport Marj and Nanacy had found during that 2009
interview, though, stayed true throughout the book writing process.
The pages of “Seams Unlikely” contain the milestones and hallmarks of a life Nancy
never could have envisioned. From the family farm in Wisconsin to a career on a TV
screen is quite a leap! Had any relationship, any step along the way, been slightly
different, the outcome would likely have been vastly changed. As it is, the blessings
of true friendship and wisdom borne of experience mounted with each passing year.
Now, having celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of “Sewing With Nancy” being on
the air and taken the time to think back through what brought her to this point in her
life is pretty amazing. She can say with confidence that she lives in a particular part
of the world where anything – anything you can or even can’t imagine – is possible.
Sometimes the possibilities are hard to see because of challenges and barriers. Or
maybe we set out on a path toward a goal and we encounter some unexpected
difficulties. The key to achieving, to living, is realizing that we all have unexpected
twists and turns in our roads.
We will all face challenges. Some of those challenges are bigger than others.
But what happens to us does not define who we are—unless we let it.
There is a belief that successful individuals somehow skirted the hard parts of life.
Living in Wisconsin, Nancy knows, that success comes from hard work. Wisconsin
was built by people who went to work day after day, despite the circumstance and
it continues to thrive because of that work ethic. Any person, at any time, can allow
circumstance to dictate who they are and who they continue to be.
Excuses masquerading as “reasons” abound for not pursuing the goal or passion
you’ve been given. Nancy like many of us, could have allowed the challenges of my
life to dictate its course.
But, as Nancy writes in her book, there is a different choice to be made. The choice
to respond to life, to love and work and learn anyway. No matter what comes.
June Prime Time Calendar
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MONDAY
TUESDAY
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7:00 Wild! n
7:00 Sherlock Holmes
8:00 James Brown: Live
in America n
8:00 Classic Gospel
8
7:00 Sherlock Holmes
8:00 Amazing Underground
Secrets n
8:00 Classic Gospel
9:00 Song of the Mountains
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7:00 Sherlock Holmes
8:00 Amazing Underground
Secrets n
8:00 Classic Gospel
9:00 Backstage Pass
9:00 Song of the Mountains
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7:00 Sherlock Holmes
8:00 Amazing Underground
Secrets n
8:00 Classic Gospel
9:00 Song of the Mountains
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7:00 Wild! n
7:00 Sherlock Holmes
8:00 Amazing Underground
Secrets n
8:00 Classic Gospel
9:00 Backstage Pass
9:00 Great Romances of
the 20th Century
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8:00 Alexander’s Lost
World n
9:00 Captain Cook:
Obsession and
Discovery n
9:00 Great Romances of
the 20th Century
17
7:00 Pain, Pus and
Poison n
7:00 Monarch of the Glen
8:00 Robin Hood
9:00 Captain Cook:
Obsession and
Discovery n
9:00 Great Romances of
the 20th Century
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8:00 Robin Hood
8:00 Alexander’s Lost
World n
9:00 Captain Cook:
Obsession and
Discovery n
9:00 Great Romances of
the 20th Century
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7:00 D-Day: The Price of
Freedom n
8:00 New Tricks
8:00 Infinity Hall Live
9:00 Primeval
9:00 Front and Center
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7:00 Navy Heroes of
Normandy n
8:00 New Tricks
8:00 Infinity Hall Live
9:00 Primeval
9:00 Front and Center
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7:00 Primeval
8:00 Sherlock Holmes
9:00 Midsomer Murders
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7:00 Primeval
8:00 Sherlock Holmes
9:00 Midsomer Murders
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7:00 Living Grand on
Grand Lake n
7:00 James Brown: Live
In America n
8:00 New Tricks
8:00 Infinity Hall Live
9:00 Primeval
9:00 Front and Center
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7:00 Living Grand on
Grand Lake n
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7:00 Monarch of the Glen
SATURDAY
7:00 Living Grand on
Grand Lake n
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8:00 Alexander’s Lost
World n
7:00 Pain, Pus and
Poison n
FRIDAY
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7:00 Monarch of the Glen
8:00 Robin Hood
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7:00 Wild! n
9:00 Backstage Pass
9:00 Captain Cook:
Obsession and
Discovery n
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7:00 Wild! n
7:00 Monarch of the Glen
8:00 Robin Hood
7:00 Pain, Pus and
Poison n
THURSDAY
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8:00 Alexander’s Lost
World n
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7:00 Wild! n
9:00 Backstage Pass
3
7:00 Civil War: The Untold
Story n
9:00 Song of the Mountains
9:00 Backstage Pass
WEDNESDAY
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7:00 Primeval
8:00 Sherlock Holmes
9:00 Midsomer Murders
27
7:00 Living Grand on
Grand Lake n
7:00 Christopher
Columbus’ Maps n
8:00 New Tricks
8:00 Infinity Hall Live
9:00 Primeval
9:00 Front and Center
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7:00 Primeval
8:00 Sherlock Holmes
9:00 Midsomer Murders
n New Program/Special
n New Season
9:00 Song of the Mountains
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➥ New RSUPublicTV web homepage.
RSUTV Website Update
We have a brand new website! RSU.TV is now the new
website for RSU Public TV.
Cooking Corner
What does RSU.TV have that wasn’t there before?
Instant video for our locally produced shows! Maybe you missed an episode of
“GC Perspectives with Sam Jones.” Suppose you want to go back to see the
“Green Country People & Places” episode about the Tulsa amusement parks.
Perhaps there is was a question that caught your attention on “I Want Answers!”
and you just have to show it to your friend. Now you can do all of that online!
Our new tab, SHOWS, will allow you to pick the program you are looking for
and scroll through the latest episodes. You can also use the new search bar and
type in a key word from the show.
Looking for upcoming shows or events?
Look no further! Not only do we still have the printable calendar grids, under
PROGRAM GUIDES, that are perfect for hanging on your refrigerator, but we
also have information posted about our monthly specials. As we focus on a
specific theme each month, information about the programs will appear online
and pop up on our Facebook page!
Searching for the most up to date information about our on-air programing?
Check out the Guide page under PROGRAM GUIDES. This user friendly page
gives you a variety of options. For starters, you can get an overview of what’s
coming up this week, this month, or even specifically, today. Use the search tab
within the page to locate your favorite show. Once you find the day and time
you want, click on the READ MORE. By doing this you will get a summary of
the episode or program. You can also share the information on Facebook or
Twitter or even add the program to your calendar or have an email reminder
sent to you the day before so that you don’t miss it!
Looking for something local to do each weekend? The new “Weekend Update,”
brought to you by MoreClaremore, RSU Public TV, and RSU Radio, will give
insight to a few events. You can find this in the right hand column of our home
page. We are always looking for ways to improve the experience of our viewers.
We hope you enjoy the improvements to the RSU.TV website.
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Featured in Chef John Besh’s New Orleans, Episode 141
Crab Meat And Basil Stuffed Tomatoes
(Serves six)
Ingredients
6 ripe medium to large Creole or other in-season tomatoes
Salt
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 small branch fresh basil leaves (6 small leaves for garnish, the rest finely chopped)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 cups jumbo lump crab meat (picked over)
Creole Spices
3-6 chive or garlic chive blossoms (optional)
Directions:
If you don’t have the time or the inclination to peel the tomatoes, use the juiciest tomatoes
you can find, slice and season them, top with the crabmeat and basil, and enjoy.
To peel the tomatoes, bring a medium pot of water to a boil over high heat. Core the
tomatoes, then score the bottoms by making a small “X”. Blanch three tomatoes at a
time for exactly five seconds per batch, moving them around with a pair of tongs or a
slotted spoon. Transfer the tomatoes, cored side down, to paper towels to let drain and
cool briefly, then peel off skin and discard.
Using a teaspoon and starting at the core, carefully scoop out the center of the tomatoes,
creating a bowl. Cut bottom third of tomatoes off and set aside (you’ll use them as lids to
top the stuffed tomatoes). Season tomatoes with a little salt.
Mix the mayonnaise, chopped basil, lemon juice, and mustard together in a medium bowl.
Add the crab, stirring gently so as not to break up the meat. Season the crab salad with
creole spices and salt. Stuff the tomatoes with the crab salad, garnish each with a basil
leaf or two, and chive blossoms, if using. Set a tomato lid on top of each one.
Tech Talk with Jim Mertins - Chief Engineer
Springtime in Green Country
It’s that time of year that many of us look forward to as the
trees grow leaves and the grass turns green. It is also a time
that Oklahoma may show its many sides when it comes to
seasonal destructive weather. Springtime in Oklahoma
produces more thunderstorms and tornadoes than any
other time of the year. It also can bring severe temperature
shifts throughout the day.
As your broadcaster, we are committed to bringing you
current and relevant information. During severe weather
we scroll weather warnings as we receive them from the
National Weather Service. If you notice a Severe Storm
Emergency scrolling across the screen that relates to your
location, please prepare accordingly.
Weather can change very quickly in Green Country and create dangerous
environments. Often as a storm hits it may knock down power lines or interfere with
broadcast transmissions. Be prepared to take shelter and have a battery powered
radio or portable television. This will allow you to take shelter and keep in tuned with
news.
In the event you are watching us when weather hits, we will continue broadcasting
and running weather crawls as long as possible. We have generators that will supply
power for days if needed to keep us on the air. If the rain is interfering with our signal
we will return as soon as possible.
Storms moving through may have some lasting effects. After a wind storm you may
need to reposition your antenna to receive us again. Often when there are gusty
winds it may spin your antenna, driving it off-axis of the direction you want it pointed.
As a reference, our transmitter site is located near the Southeast corner of Oologah
Lake. If a windstorm has blown the antenna around you may want to reposition it
relative to our location so you can get the strongest possible signal.
Happy Spring watching!
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Program Pipeline with Jennifer Sterling - Program/Membership Manager
Special Olympics Oklahoma 2013: Is There a
Champion in You?
Follow the paths of three dedicated athletes as they
strive for their personal best, culminating in the
statewide competition in Stillwater.
Sunday, May 25 at 9:30 PM
James Brown: Live in America
June is Black Music Month and RSU TV celebrates with
a special from the legendary “Godfather of Soul”.
Performed at the legendary Chastain Park in Atlanta, the show captures Brown
at his peak in 1984. The legacy of James Brown continues to influence on
modern performers even after his death in 2006.
Friday, June 1 at 8 PM
D-Day: The Price of Freedom
This special pays tribute to the courageous men
who began the liberation of France more than 60
years ago. Throughout this moving documentary,
former paratroopers, gunners, landing craft
operators and others from the U.S. Army and U.S.
Navy share their harrowing tales of survival. Five
veterans — some of whom were returning to
France for the first time since 1944 — make an
emotional journey to the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach, the
final resting place of 9,000 of their fallen comrades. There, each speaks
candidly about the unimaginable horror, despair and fear of the day. D-DAY:
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM also explores why these aging men remain heroes
to the French people. During their visit, young and old alike honor their
liberators with toasts, ceremonies and other tokens of gratitude.
Friday, June 6 at 7 PM
Alexander’s Lost World
Following the course of the River Oxus (Amu Darya)
for the first time, This 6 part series takes viewers on
an extraordinary 1,500-mile (2400 km) journey
through war-torn Afghanistan and Central Asia.
The Ancient Greeks have long been credited for
bringing ‘civilization’ to the East. In fact it appears
to be the other way round. Alexander the Great
discovered a highly developed civilization (a lost world) that pre-dated even
the Persians.
As Adams unravels the mysteries of the Oxus Civilizations, its great fortress
cities are dramatically recreated in stunning CGI. Travelling through the most
remote regions of Afghanistan unarmed, Adams and his cameraman live as
everyday Afghans gaining a most unique insight into the people and our
shared heritage.
Wednesdays in June and July at 8 PM
Pain, Pus and Poison
Michael Mosley tells the extraordinary story of how the world’s most useful
and valuable drugs were created.
This BBC series tells of how our search to cure ourselves of anything from the
most common, to the most life threatening of ailments, has led to a profound
understanding of chemistry, and how we discovered some of the most widely
used products on the planet – pharmaceuticals.
It’s a story of revelation and genius, and a story that ultimately has transformed
– and saved - the lives of millions of people across the planet, lives that are
now lived longer and healthier than at any time in our history.
Tuesdays, June 10, 17 and 24, 7 PM
Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery
Captain Cook is an exciting and contemporary series adapted from "Captain
Cook - Obsession and Betrayal in the New World" the definitive biography
written by Vanessa Collingridge - British author, geographer and "Cook"
expert. The series follows Vanessa as she traces her own journeys in the wake
of Cook's travels.
For the first time, we examine the man that was James Cook, revealing the
true scope of Cook's journeys and achievements, separating myth from fact,
and constructing a compelling personal portrait of one of the giants of the
Enlightenment.
Tuesdays in June at 9 PM
Amazing Underground Secrets
Beneath Earth’s thin skin of rocks and soil, there is an inner world, full of
surprises. Discover places you weren’t supposed to see and secrets that were
never meant to be revealed. Marvel at hidden treasures, natural wonders, and
the extraordinary ways we are mastering our planet’s underground worlds.
Sundays, June 8, 15 and 22 at 8 PM
FROM OUR VIEWERS
Lee of Oologah wanted us to know that she loves our programs… sets her clock for the art
shows at 2 p.m. every day and added… "you do a super job; keep up the good work!”
Laronda of Wagoner ays she watches us all the time and “brags about RSU TV” all the time,
to her friends and neighbors! She appreciates our programming and wanted us to know
how much she values our station.
Kay of Tulsa ecently ordered the DVD “Gilcrease Museum: America’s Story.” She said that it was
“very well done and simply touched” her. She is looking forward to sharing the Gilcrease DVD with
family and friends when they come to visit from out of town. She especially loves waking up to
RSU Public TV every morning and enjoys “Yoga,” “Sit & Be Fit” and the Gaither Gospel show.
Send us your thoughts to:
1701 W. Will Rogers BLVD Claremore OK 74017
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Public Trust with Royal Aills - General Manager
An impressive ROI!
Like our colleagues nationwide, RSU Public TV is fully
committed to meeting the needs of our community by
providing unparalleled public media services to the citizens
of Northeastern Oklahoma and the Tulsa metropolitan area.
As some of the last locally owned and operated media
outlets in this country, public television stations like RSU
Public TV are essential community partners that work to address the specific needs
of our communities through on-air, online and on-the-ground resources.
We are particularly proud of our work to educate citizens of all ages, partner with
local public safety officials to help save lives, and strengthen our democracy by
giving our citizens the grounding they need in the history, culture and civic affairs of
their communities, their States and their country.
Locally, RSU Public TV is maximizing the federal investment in public broadcasting
to address our community’s unique needs in these areas. We are doing this through
our powerful broadcasting platform, the web and as a trusted community partner
with educators, public safety agencies, governments, and others committed to
improving and enriching the lives of the citizens we serve.
These missions take us far beyond the television screen, and this essential work
would not be possible without the federal investment in public broadcasting that
serves as the seed money for these initiatives. Through our successful public-private
partnership, every $1 in federal funding public broadcasting is matched by more
than $6 in locally raised funds that are invested in our public service mission.
Below are just a few highlights of the work we are doing locally:
Public Service Media – America’s Largest Classroom
RSU Public TV provides more than 600 hours of children’s educational programming
per year, including “I Want Answers!,” the state’s only academic game show for high
school students. Sixteen schools from throughout the region are given the
opportunity to demonstrate educational excellence. In three seasons, the show has
awarded nearly $30,000 in scholarships and prizes to contestants.
RSU Public TV provides for credit broadcast courses in Native American studies
and the History of Film.
“Lights, Camera, College!” brings high school students from throughout
northeastern Oklahoma to the studios of RSU Public TV, where they gain hands on
experience in television production and learn about the requirements and process
required to attend college.
Public Service Media – A Powerful Partner in Public Safety
As a qualified CPB station, RSU Public TV is capable of delivering enhanced
emergency communications to cell phone users in NE Oklahoma. Originating from
PBS national headquarters, WARN emergency messages provide an important
backup plan for FEMA level events. Through the system, emergency information
can be texted to affected areas, to assist those affected by these events. This
system protected by backup equipment and emergency power generators to insure
many days of emergency texting capabilities. RSU Public TV strives to serve its
community, and participation in WARN has enhanced the serving ability of the
station to meet its viewer’s needs.
RSU Public TV provides critical infrastructure to area first responders by housing a
repeater for the Rogers County Sheriff’s office.
Public Service Media – Strengthening Citizenship in a Self-governing Society
RSU Public TV plays a critical role in bringing information to voters, particularly in
races that may not be covered in depth by commercial media. In January, 2012,
RSU Public TV hosted a debate for the Republic primary in Congressional District
2. A debate for the general election was held on October 22. Following the general
election debate, RSU Public TV hosted “Debate Watch 2012.” Members of the
public gathered to watch the final presidential debate which was followed by a
moderated focus group where participants discussed their reactions. Approximately
150 people attended the debate and focus group. “Debate Watch 2012” was
televised on October 29 and again in November, reaching tens of thousands of
people.
In RSU Public TV’s viewing area, Native American tribal affairs are an important part
of the civic landscape and affect many of our viewers. RSU Public TV, in partnership
with the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper and the Pryor, Oklahoma Chamber of
Commerce, hosted candidate forums for eight open seats. The debates were
introduced in the Cherokee language. The forums were streamed in real time,
broadcast later and made available on demand from the station’s website, and on
the Cherokee Phoenix website.
RSU Public TV responded to the absence of news analysis in Green Country by
producing OK News Analysis. Our viewers told us they wanted to know, what does
the news mean to them? What is the impact of current events, and what forces are
driving these events? OK News Analysis is moderated by Green Country
Perspectives’ host, Sam Jones. He is joined by Randy Cowling, editor of the
Claremore Daily Progress, John Durkee, news director, Public Radio Tulsa, and Holly
Wall, news editor for This Land Press.
As we continue to invest in our system and you continue to invest in RSUTV,
together we will be stronger.
Thank you for your continued support of RSU Public TV.
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Meet Your CAB Members
The Community Advisory Board (CAB) is a panel of
citizens from throughout the viewing area that serve
as the “eyes and ears” of the station in the
communities we serve. They provide advice and
direction on programming, resources and community
engagement opportunities.
Charlotte Richert
Charlotte is the director of the Tulsa County office of the
OSU Cooperative Extension Service. Charlotte is
responsible for providing administrative leadership;
coordinating staff development experiences; promoting
Extension’s 4-H youth development, agriculture, and family
and consumer sciences programs, reporting the impact of
county Extension activities; and managing county
Extension fiscal responsibilities and facilities. Prior to
assuming the position of director, she served as Tulsa
County Extension’s family and consumer sciences educator from 2004 to 2010.
She served as Tulsa County Extension 4-H youth development program leader from
1981 to 2004.
In recognition of her accomplishments, Charlotte has been honored with
approximately 120 awards for outstanding educational programs, teamwork and
communication over the course of her career. She has received 18 regional and
national awards for innovative programming and outreach. In 2012, Charlotte
received the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service’s most prestigious field staff
honor, the Distinguished Educator Award.
Her professional affiliations include the Extension organization Epsilon Sigma Phi,
for which she served as Oklahoma president from 1994 to 1996; National Extension
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences; National Association of Extension
4-H Agents; Executive Institute of Fund Development; Leadership Tulsa; and
Oklahoma Financial Jumpstart Coalition.
A Cowboy alumna, Charlotte earned her Bachelor of Science degree in vocational
home economics education from OSU in 1979. She earned her Master of Science
degree in home economics education and community service from OSU in 1991.
A native of Newkirk, Charlotte and her husband Bob have four children and reside
in Tulsa.
Carroll Ritchie
Carroll had a long career with the Los Angeles Department
of Water and Power, where he retired as Property Manager
for the Aqueduct Division in the Owens Valley in the High
Sierras. He met his wife, Joyce, at an Elderhostel event in
Northern California. She convinced him that Bartlesville was
a good place to live and he followed her there, where he
discovered “She was right!”
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Carroll and Joyce are both very involved in the community. They are members of
the First Methodist Church and Carroll has been President and currently serves as
the secretary of the Bartlesville Lions Club. He has volunteered at Jane Phillips
Medical Center for the past 15 years andusually works two days a week there.
Carroll joined the has been on the CAB for Rogers State University Television since
2009. He often brings Joyce to meetings, where she contributes many given very
helpful ideas about programming and promoting viewing of RSU TV.
In spite of his busy schedule, Carroll finds time to enjoys riding his motorcycle
through the hills of Oklahoma, nature photography, and trailer camping. Known as
an “out of the box” thinker, he was recently nominated to be a member of viewer
favorite Red Green's Possum Lodge!
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan is the Chief Executive Officer/Director of
Investments for the Grand River Authority and has served
in that position since December 1, 2011.
In this role, Sullivan is an advocate for low-cost electricity
generation as well as using the resources of GRDA for
economic development across Oklahoma. He is also a
voice for GRDA and Oklahoma public power on the
national level as a member of the American Public Power
Association (APPA) Board of Directors, as well as APPA’s CEO Climate Change and
Generation Policy Task Force. Sullivan also serves public power on the national level
as an active member of the Large Public Power Council (LPPC) Board of Directors.
Comprised of the nation’s 26 largest publicly-owned utilities, LPPC collectively owns
more than 86,000 megawatts of generation capacity in the United States.
At GRDA, Sullivan oversees a diverse electric generation portfolio of hydro, coal,
wind and natural gas resources, as well as a significant portion of the national power
grid, comprised of over 1,200 miles of electric transmission lines and related facilities
in Oklahoma. GRDA, which employees close to 500 people, also manages over
70,000 surface acres of lakes in Northeast Oklahoma and cares for the watershed
of the Grand River through an aggressive and comprehensive ecosystems
management program. GRDA was created in 1935 to be a conservation and
reclamation district for the Grand River and is a non-appropriated state agency; fully
supported by revenues from electric and water sales and not taxes.
Prior to his service to GRDA, Sullivan practiced law in Tulsa for 23 years and was a
member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for District 71 in Tulsa for 7
years. During his tenure in the Oklahoma House of Representatives Sullivan served
as Majority Floor Leader in 2006 and 2011. Sullivan graduated from Wagoner High
School in 1981 and attended Northeastern State University where he received a
Bachelors of Science in Business Administration. He also earned a law degree at
the University Of Tulsa College Of Law. Sullivan and his wife, Melanie, have one
son, Joseph. They make their home in the Claremore area.
You’lll be meeting all of your CAB members
over the next few issues of the Signal.
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BBC
q Primeval
q Sherlock Holmes
q Robin Hood
q House of Cards
q Monarch of Glen
q DCI Banks
q New Tricks
q Born & Bred
q Midsomer Murders
q Ballykissangle
q Inspector George Gently
q Antiques Roadshow UK
Music
q Backstage Pass
q Infinity Hall Live
q Sun Studio Sessions
q Woodsongs
q Classic Gospel
q Jubilee
q Live from the Artists Den
q Songs of the Mountains
q Sun Studio Sessions
OVER 25%of all assisted living
facilities in the Tulsa metro use
Sit and Be Fit as part of their
residence exercise program!
Be sure to watch and work out
alongside Mary Ann Wilson
ever morning on RSU TV at 8:30 am
Monday – Friday Ch. 35
Special Interest
q Biocentury This Week
q Classic Arts Showcase
q Everyday Edisons
q Green Country People and Places
q Hispanic Lifestyles
q The Red Green Show
q Two Wheel Oklahoma
q British Antiques Show
q Just Seen It
q Autoline
Cooking
q America’s Test Kitchen
q Cooks Country
q Bake, Decorate, Celebrate
q Chef John Beth’s Family Table
q Chef John False & Company
q Ciao Italia
q Clodagh’s Irish Food Trail
q Cooking with Nick Stellino
q Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home
q Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen
q Pati’s Mexican Table
q Sara’s Weekend Meals
q Simply Ming
q Mexico One Plate at a Time
Public Affairs
q Green Country Perspectives
q McLaughlin Group
q Music Consuelo Mack Wealth Track
How-To
q Between the Lines with Barry Kibrick q American Wookshop
q America’s Heartland
q Beads Baubles and Jewels
q Great Conversations
q Around the House with Matt & Shari
q Theater Talk
q Artist Toolbox
q OK News Analysis
q Crafting at the Spotted Canary
q Creative Living
Workout
q Garden Smart
q Classical Stretch
q It’s Sew Easy
q Sit and Be Fit
q Katie Brown’s Workshop
q Functional Fitness
q Piano Guy
q Jazzercise
q Sewing with Nancy
q Power Yoga
q P. Allen Smith Garden Home
q Wai Lana Yoga
q P. Allen Smith Garden to Table
q Woodturning Workshop
Travel
q Paint this with Jerry Yarnell
q Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge
q Scrapbook Soup
q Globe Trekker
q Fons & Porter Love of Quilting
q Passport To Adventure
Cutout and mail to:
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RSU PublicTV
q Roadtrip Nation
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q Smart Travels with Rudy Maxa
Claremore, OK 74017
q Travelscope
News
q European Journal
q Newsline
q Nightly Business Report
q Journal
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