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Environment is the Focus of Tonight’s “Connecting the Community”
WSRE Airs Special “Connecting the Community” LIVE Thursday at 7PM

WSRE, Viewer Supported PBS for the Gulf Coast, will air a special live episode of Connecting the Community on Thursday, May 20, at 7 p.m., as experts discuss the Gulf Coast Oil Spill and its environmental impact on our area.

A panel of guests, including Captain Robert Turpin, Escambia Marine Resources Manager; Buzz Ritchie, CEO of Gulf Coast Community Bank and former State representative; and Dr. Richard Snyder, Director of the University of West Florida Center for Environmental Diagnostics will discuss the potential environmental and economic impact along the Florida Panhandle. Viewers can submit questions to be considered for the program by visiting WSRE’s Oil Spill Resources pages at www.wsre.org/OilSpill and clicking “Submit CTC Question.”

WSRE is available over the air on digital channel 23-1, on cable channel 8 in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties, cable channel 9 in Okaloosa County, and channel 23 on Dish Network, DirecTV, and U-Verse.