Good Day Alabama for February 15, 2012

Here is what you saw on Good Day Alabama for February 15, 2012:

WEATHER WEDNESDAY - Fred Hunter joined us live from the Walgreens in Forestdale (1551 Forestdale Blvd) for Weather Wednesday. The FOX6 Storm Warn Team and other FOX6 employees help you program weather radios today to pick up the areas that you need most.  For more information, call (205) 798-8360.

CALL FOR ACTION - Consumer Credit Counselors joined us in the  Call for Action center to take viewer questions about their credit - how to repair it, how to check it, and more! If you have questions, call us at 205-583-4321. The Counselors were on hand  to take questions until 8:30am.

JEH JEH LIVE - Big Machines Day at the McWane Science Center is this Saturday from 10am until 4pm. The cost is included in cost of admission to the museum and is free for members. Get your motors running and head over to McWane Science Center for a truckload of fun. Spend a constructive day getting up close and personal with some big machines including backhoes, excavators, dump trucks, loaders, dozers and cranes! Learn the science of simple machines and participate in fun building programs througout the day! Machines provided by CraneWorks. For more information, visit mcwane.org.

ZOO CREW - Mickey visits with Danielle Williams, Primate Keeper at the Birmingham Zoo, to learn more about this weekend's political elections at the zoo. For more information, visit birminghamzoo.com.

ASK THE DOCTOR - Dr. Bill Hardwick with Vestavia Pediatrics and Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital takes viewer questions about childrens' health issues. For more information, visit www.ChildrensAL.org.

GARDENING - Fred Spicer, Executive Director of the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, joined us to discuss the upcoming Spencer Lecture. The 14th annual Spencer Lecture will be held on Thursday, March 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Linn-Henley Lecture Hall, with a reception to be held prior from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. This free annual event brings award-winning and New York Times best selling author Andrea Wulf to Birmingham Botanical Gardens for an intriguing talk titled "Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation." This beautifully illustrated talk looks at the lives of the founding fathers and how their attitude toward plants, gardens, nature and agriculture shaped the American nation. In a unique retelling of the creation of America, Wulf will show how plants, politics and personalities intertwined as never before. Guests will have a chance to meet Ms. Wulf at a reception in the Hodges Room at 5:30 p.m. prior to his lecture, where she will also be signing copies of her books, including Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature and the Shaping of the American Nation. Tickets to this event are extremely limited, and it will reach capacity quickly. For more information, visit www.bbgardens.org.

Tomorrow on Good Day Alabama, Arielle Clay takes us to the Home and Garden Show to check out all the excitement you can see this weekend! Ruben Studdard joins us in the studio to talk his life and career these days plus his thoughts and advice on this season of American Idol! A photographer puts together an amazing book of pictures from Cuba.... A side you've probably never seen! He joins us in the studio! Plus we meet our Pet of the Week and check out your entertainment news! And Jeh Jeh celebrates Black History Month with a local choir! That and much more tomorrow on Good Day Alabama!