Cable TV Highlights Cable TV Highlights (August 27, 2004)

MEDIA CENTER CHANNEL 27

"Ken Allen Presents" Learn the tricks and pointers to help you effectively use the Internet to find a job. -- Aug. 28 at 7 p.m.

"Other Voices Special Edition Debate: Should There Be a Military Draft?" Paul George, Director of the Peninsula Peace & Justice Center, and activist Michael Closson, debate whether progressives should oppose upcoming legislation to reinstate the draft or reform the nature of military service to include community service options. -- Aug. 29 at 10 p.m., Aug. 30 at 1 p.m., Aug. 31 at 6:30 p.m. & Sept. 1 at 9:30 a.m.

"The Gargoyle" Local videomaker J. Jesse Harley's latest dramatic feature about four friends whose love for each other is so strong, not even death can separate them. An examination of religion, life and love. -- Sept. 3 at 11 p.m.

MEDIA CENTER CHANNEL 28

"The Better Part" Learn how the 911 system provides emergency services for each of us. -- Aug. 25 at 5 p.m. & Aug. 28 at 9:30 a.m.

"City Beat" Murdo Nicholson, an engineering technician with the City of Palo Alto, shows us the process of street paving; In the "At the Tersini Table" segment, culinary expert Josephine Tersini introduces us to some great restaurants in the California Avenue business district; Artist Ceevah Sobel highlights the utility box she adorned with artwork on University Avenue; Shauna Wilson from the Palo Alto Mediation Center discusses the City of Palo Alto's Ambassador program. -- Aug. 28 at 6 p.m.

"About Books" Amy Hemmert and Tammy Pelstring talk about strategies for parents to help children to choose healthy foods over high-fat packaged foods as they demonstrate the "laptop lunch" system. -- Aug. 29 at 1:30 p.m.

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