Magazine NOVEMBER 2012 a Magazine for the Supporters of the AETN Foundation
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Magazine NOVEMBER 2012 A Magazine for the Supporters of the AETN Foundation Airs Sunday, Nov. 11, at 8 p.m. Arkansas Educational Television Network Contents AETN Foundation Sustainers . 2 AETN Magazine Staff Letter from the Director . 4 Editor-in-Chief Allen Weatherly “Electoral Dysfunction” . 6 Editor Rick Steves visits AETN . 6 Mona Dixon Sunday Afternoon Specials . 7 Creative & Editorial Director Sara Willis Temporary Interruption of Service Editorial Panel for AETN-2 and AETN-3 . 7 Julie Thomas, Rowena Parr Congratulations To Emmy Winner Copy Editors Tiffany Verkler, Darbi Mark Wilcken! . 8 Blencowe, Catherine Mays Primetime schedules. 8 - 17 AETN Contacts Daytime schedules . 18 - 21 AETN Executive Director Starting at just $5 a month you can become an AETN Foundation Allen Weatherly AETN-2 Create November Sustainer. Imagine no renewal notices, never missing an AETN Commission Chair Ronnie Williams, Menifee edition of AETN Magazine, more of your donation supporting Marathons . 20 - 21 AETN Deputy Director of Finance and Vice Chair programming, and increasing your impact on AETN! Dr. Andrew Fulkerson, Paragould Administration to retire . 22 Secretary/Treasurer AETN Kids Club . 23 Dr. Katheryn Jones, Bentonville Veterans Day Special Programs . 24 Commissioners Sammie Benjamin, Glenwood Make a lasting impact with your gift AETN Local Productions . 26 Dr. William Downs Jr., An AETN Sustainer membership pro- – especially if you opt for email Arkadelphia vides uninterrupted membership from communications from us. Community Cinema . 28 Don Hale, El Dorado Annette Herrington, Little Rock one year to the next. As a Sustainer . Year End Gifts . 29 Skip Holland, Hot Springs Become a AETN Sustainer today. AETN Foundation underwriters . 30 - 31 AETN Foundation Board Chair • You’re in control. You’ll set the Sandra Garland, Harrison amount of the deductions from the All you have to do is fill out the form Vice Chair On the cover . Special Veterans Day programming airs Steven Jones, Marion account of your choice – we’ll sim- on page 5, call us at 800-662-2386, Sunday, November 11, 2011. See page 24 for details. Secretary/Treasurer ply keep your AETN membership or send an email to membership@ Kirby Williams, Hot Springs active, year after year. aetn.org. If your life changes, Board Members you can change or suspend your Dr. Linda Beene Ballard, Conway Purpose and Promise: The purpose of the Arkansas Educational Television Kay Bland, Paragould • You help save thousands of dollars Sustainer payments at any time. Lavenia Craig, El Dorado Network (AETN) is to enhance and empower the lives of all Arkansans by offering Dan Farley, Little Rock in paper, postage, and administrative lifelong learning opportunities through high-quality educational programming and Don Hale, El Dorado services. The Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) fulfills its purpose Philip Hathcock, Maumelle costs by reducing letters and phone If you have further questions about Philip Kaplan, Little Rock calls from us. becoming a Sustainer, call 800-662- by providing: educational resources to schools and all educators; innovative and Bill Valentine, Little Rock high-quality public media programming and services that illuminate the culture Allen Weatherly, Conway 2386 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and heritage of Arkansas and the world; and opportunities to engage and explore Programming originates at the • You help preserve precious Monday thourgh Friday, or send an new ideas. This relevant AETN content will expand the minds of children, inform R. Lee Reaves Center for resources and save the environment email to [email protected]. Arkansans about public affairs and current events in our state, highlight arts and Educational Telecommunications culture, and invite Arkansans to explore the outdoors and the world around them. at Donaghey Avenue and 2 Sesame Street, Conway, Ark.3 From the Director Yes! I’ll become an AETN Sustaining Member Today! Dear Members, media in Arkansas. And, that’s why I’d like to present you with another option that might fit PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM TO ENROLL AS A SUSTAINING MEMBER During this season in your personal giving plan. of family, friends and My Name: thankfulness, I’d like The AETN Foundation has chosen this to take a moment to season of thanksgiving to ask for sustainer My Address: thank you for being gifts from new and dedicated members alike. a member of the Sustainers are vitally important to the work AETN Foundation. that we do because they provide a monthly I will make a monthly contribution in this amount ($5 per month minimum): $_______________ Your continued sup- stream of consistent income. port allows us to deliver the best in educa- Select your contribution option: tional programming and services to people Becoming a sustainer is quite easy – simply across Arkansas. fill out the form on the next page, and indicate Option 1: Direct Giving from my checking account. I authorize the AETN Foundation to withdraw the amount of the donation you would like to from my bank, as directed, the amount indicated above. In our commitment to be fiscally transparent, make each month. Once we receive it, along ______ Enclosed is a personal check with my first monthly contribution amount. Use the information we often share with you ways your donations with your bank account or credit card infor- on this check to contiune my monthly contributions. make a difference. What we share less often mation, your monthly gift will be deposited Please deduct my monthly contribution amount from my debit/credit card. is how much programming actually costs in the AETN Foundation account. There are Option 2: Debit/Credit Card information: ___MasterCard ___AMEX ___Visa ___Discover and why a steady stream of support makes a no checks to write, no hassle, and if for any significant impact in the work that we do. reason you need to suspend or end your gift, Card #___________________________________ Expiration Date___________ Take, for example, one of our new series, “Doc we’re only a phone call away. Martin.” This series costs about $5,000 for this fall alone. We appreciate all levels of giving – from a Signature___________________________________________________ one-time $5 gift to a monthly gift of $5 – and I authorize automatic monthly contributions in the amount indicated above and according to the terms of agreement below. The much beloved British comedies that air we understand that you expect AETN and Terms of Agreement: Auto-withdrawal - My authorization to draft my account as indicated above shall be weeknights and Saturday evenings total more the AETN Foundation to be good stewards the same as if I had personally signed a check to the AETN Foundation. This authorization shall remain in effect until I than $30,000 each year. of your hard earned dollars. If you ever have notify the AETN Foundation or my bank that I wish to end this agreement, and the AETN Foundation or my bank has any questions about how your donations are had reasonable time to act upon my request. A record of each contribution will be included in my regular bank statement Our children’s programming lineup, from used, please don’t hesitate to call, write, email and will serve as my receipt. I will also receive an annual statement each January for tax purposes. In the event of error, “Sesame Street” to “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” or visit us. I have the right to instruct my bank to reverse any charge. Credit Card - My monthly contributions will be charged adds up to almost $430,000 per year for to my credit card and will appear on my regular credit card statements from my bank. I will also receive an annual broadcast rights alone. Thank you again for all your support and statement each January for tax purposes. I will notify the AETN Foundation promptly when my credit card account number considering the sustainability of public or expiration date changes by calling the Member Hotline at 1-800-662-2386, or by writing to: AETN Foundation, Attn: As a whole, the PBS programming that you service media in Sustaining Membership Program, 350 S. Donaghey Ave., Conway, AR 72034, or by emailing [email protected]. know and love costs AETN more than $1.1 Arkansas. Questions and comments are million annually. That does not include costs encouraged. Reach AETN at: Mail to: for the dozens of locally produced programs 800-662-AETN (2386) Thank you for 501-682-AETN (2386) AETN Foundation for and about Arkansas that average about Membership: 501-682-4120 Attn: Sustaining Membership helping to make $23,000 per production. Allen Weatherly [email protected] AETN Executive Viewer Services: 501-682-4198 350 S. Donaghey Ave. public television [email protected] In these instances alone I believe you can see Director Fax: 501-852-2280 Conway, AR 72034 in Arkansas why we say that your donations are imperative AETN.org to the survival and success of public service AETNFoundation.org possible. 4 5 “Electoral Dysfunction” Sunday 1:30 p.m. Election 2012: The Debates "1st Congressional District Debate" After discovering that the Constitution does not guar- 2:30 p.m. Election 2012: The Debates "2nd Congressional District Debate" antee the right to vote, political humorist Mo Rocca afternoon 4 p.m. Election 2012: The Debates "3rd Congressional District Debate" sets out on an irreverent road trip to see how voting 4 Nov. Sunday, 5 p.m. Election 2012: The Debates "4th Congressional District Debate" specials works in America. Rocca - a correspondent for “CBS 1:30 p.m. Television for Arkansas "Faces Like Ours" Sunday Morning” and a panelist on NPR’s “Wait, you won’t Sunday, Sunday, Nov. 11 Nov. 2 p.m. Special Veterans Day Programming, see page 24 for details. Wait ... Don’t Tell Me!” - heads to Indiana, home to some of the strictest election laws in the country, and want to 1:30 p.m.