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Become a member today and experience the SSSCU difference. 800.357.9654 silverstatecu.com Vegas PBS A Message from the Management Team General Manager General Manager Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS Educational Media Services Director Niki Bates Production Services Director Kareem Hatcher Communications and Brand Management Director Shauna Lemieux Business Manager Brandon Merrill Content Director Celebrating Graduates Cyndy Robbins Workforce Training & Economic Development Director for 50 Years Debra Solt his month in Nevada tens of thousands of caps and gowns will be rented, Corporate Partnerships Director Bruce Spotleson thousands of auditoriums and stadiums will be decorated, and hundreds of Director of Engineering, IT and Emergency Response graduation speeches will be delivered. Nearly every graduation speech will John Turner praise the hard work of the graduates, and celebrate the support of par- Southern Nevada Public Television Board of Directors ents, teachers and family. In each of our 50 years, Vegas PBS has played Executive Director Ta supporting role in these graduations. Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS On our first day of broadcasting in 1968,Vegas PBS provided early childhood school President readiness programs like Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and The Friendly Giant. 50 years Nancy Brune, Guinn Center for Policy Priorities later, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood plus Sesame Street, Arthur, Dinosaur Train and Vice President Thomas Warden, The Howard Hughes Corporation others fill this role. Today, children’s programs are also offered on a separate 24-hour Secretary channel and are available for online streaming. They also include interactive games, Clark Dumont, M.S., APR, Dumont Communications, LLC mobile phone apps, books, and classroom workshop materials. Grants allowed Vegas Treasurer PBS to conduct more than 800 parent engagement workshops that extended these pro- Geraldine Tomich, Marquis Aurbach Coffing grams and served nearly 185,000 parents and children last year. Chair, Community Council Also in 1968 under the guidance of Clark County School District Assistant Charlotte Hill, Community Volunteer Superintendent – and future Nevada Governor – Kenny Guinn, Vegas PBS enlisted Chair, Desert Meadows Area Health Education Council career and technical education students to produce daily live instructional classes in Jerry Reeves, HealthInsight math, science, arts and culture, and foreign languages for broadcast on Channel 10. Chair, Planned Giving Council Geraldine Tomich, Marquis Aurbach Coffing Today, Vegas PBS delivers online “digital learning objects” to homes and schools from CCSD Liaison to SNPT Board a vast library of curriculum-indexed instructional media offerings for teachers in pub- Carolyn Edwards, Clark County School District Trustee lic, private, charter and home schools. Board Members These materials received an astonishing These materials Vince Alberta, University Nevada Las Vegas 20 million statewide views last year. received an astonishing Linda Ammons, Community Volunteer We supported graduating adults as “ Tracy Bower, NNSS,Managed and operated by well. More than 3,600 adults earned an 20 million statewide Mission Support and Test Services online high school diploma through our Cheryl (Cheri) Colbus, US Bank views last year.” programs. Doctors, nurses, lawyers, and Rachelle Crupi, Bank of Nevada Bill Curran, Ballard Spahr, LLP teachers completed more than 12,000 continuing education courses offered by Vegas Mo Denis, Nevada State Senator PBS to maintain their professional certifications.These career and technical programs Thomas Gallagher, TreVista Group, LLC are vital to insuring a vibrant local economy with a well-trained workforce. Jason Gastwirth, Caesars Entertainment This effort will receive a big boost this year as we kickoff a multi-year national ini- Stephen Greathouse, Las Vegas Hotel & Gaming Industry, retired tiative on career and technical education. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Dema Guinn, Community Volunteer Lori Lea, AECIndustryPro.com (CPB) awarded Vegas PBS over $180,000 to support providers of technical education Nora Luna, Nathan Adelson Hospice and career readiness in Southern Nevada. The American Graduate: Getting to Work Marydean Martin, Marydean & Associates Initiative will engage with community partners to assess middle-skill workforce chal- Steve Seroka, Las Vegas City Councilman lenges and opportunities and produce media content supporting the essential skills Contact Vegas PBS with comments and suggestions: needed for students and workers ages 16 to 26. Vegas PBS & Southern Nevada Public Television From pre-school to career, Vegas PBS carries out our mission to “educate and 3050 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121 empower people” in formal tuition-based partnerships with most of the degree-granti- 702.799.1010 • Fax 702.799.2806 VegasPBS.org • email: [email protected] ng and certification authorities in Nevada.Your annual support funds the informal edu- Vegas PBS Source, Volume No. 4, 2018 cation programs on Channel 10 from news and public affairs, to science and history, or cooking and home repair. Despite dramatic changes in technology and viewing devices, Anton Tielemans, Vegas PBS Source Art Director our 50-year commitment to nonprofit, nonpartisan, noncommercial, education thrives because viewers like you become members. So in May, we celebrate you as a vital force behind all the graduates your investment in public television helped cross the stage this month. This magazine Tom Axtell is printed on recycled paper MAY 2018 5 May 2018 Contents Cover Story 8 Royal Wedding Watch Be part of the preparations for the much-anticipated wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Departments 5 Message to Our Members Letter from General Manager Tom Axtell 14 Upcoming Member Events 20 A Message from the Desert Meadows AHEC Coordinator Features 9 Cover (Cont.) Getting the Royal Treatment 10 Spotlight Memorial Day Recognition 11 History Exploring the Past 8 12 How-To Wild Nevada Season 4 The Arts Friday Night Arts 17 Nature Think Wednesday 19 Spotlight More Drama Please! 32 Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents 33 Great Estates of Scotland Marathon 34 Penelope Keith’s at Her Majesty’s Service 35 Nature: Super Hummingbirds 37 Vegas PBS Rewind/Worldview/Jackpot! 10 12 Program Menu 21 Weekdays/Children’s Lineup 22 Primetime Programming 32 Weekend Daytime Programming 36 Vegas PBS Create Programming 37 Vegas PBS Channels 38 Vegas PBS Sponsors 19 35 MAY 2018 7 COVER STORY At every stop, Penelope “gains access to rooms not typically seen by tourists and witnesses the daily life of palace staff.” Penelope Keith’s at Her Royal Majesty’s Service Tuesday, May 15 - Thursday, May 17 at 11 p.m. and Friday, May 18 Wedding at 11:30 p.m. In the four-part series, Dame Penelope Keith travels across the United Kingdom and escorts Watch viewers behind the closed doors of Queen Elizabeth's royal residences. Each episode focuses on one or two famous castles of the Monday-Thursday, May 14-17 at 10 p.m. British royal family: Windsor in London, Friday, May 18 at 10:30 p.m. Hollyroodhouse and Inverary in Scotland, Hillsborough in Northern Ireland, and Caernarfon in Wales. At every stop, Penelope gains access to rooms not typically seen by tourists and witnesses the daily life of palace staff. She also encounters unique household positions including a royal herb strewer, a harpist, and a falconer and finds out what it takes to keep a castle running smoothly. Repeats Sunday, May 13 at 11:30 a.m. Prince Harry What is more exciting than a wedding — and a royal wedding to boot! Don’t miss a minute of the fun and anticipation as Vegas PBS presents a five-part nightly series of special programs, culminating with the live broadcast of the royal wedding on Saturday, May 19 at 4 a.m. The series is hosted by American news anchor Meredith Vieira and British television presenter Matt Baker, who will update viewers on the preparations for the much-anticipated wedding of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle. During the week prior to the ceremony, which will occur in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor, the hosts will be joined in-studio by experts, commentators and special guests. BBC pre- senter and host Anita Rani will report live from Windsor each night, and English historian Lucy Worsley, Joint Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, will delve into the pageantry, pomp and protocol surrounding Harry and Meghan’s nuptials. The series will also showcase Britain’s rich royal heritage and illuminate how history and tradition will influence the union of this modern couple. “From cakes to choristers, banquets to bouquets, gowns to crowns, viewers will get a fun and informative insider’s briefing on royal etiquette, an unprecedented look at the elaborate planning, secrecy and care that goes into this royal wedding that has captured the imagination of people around the world,” said Shawn Halford, PBS’ Senior Director, Programming. “Americans find the British royals incredibly fascinating, and Royal Wedding Watch is the ultimate backgrounder leading up to this historic moment when our American beauty marries her prince,” Meredith Vieira said. 8 VEGAS PBS SOURCE Dame Penelope Keith Getting the Royal Treatment Sundays, April 29-May 13 Lucy Worsley Inveraray Castle APRIL 29 four episodes presented jointly by two young Secrets of the Six Wives historians, Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones, Sunday, April 29 at 10 a.m. this is an original and enlightening look at the Travel with historian Lucy Worsley back to real people at the center of the action during the Tudor court to witness some of the most one of the most turbulent, passionate and vio- dramatic moments in the lives of Henry VIII's lent periods in English history.