(Airdate: March 31, 2025) This week’s Attention Please! takes us to Marrowstone Island, first for a conversation with Teri Nomura and Celia Fry about the AAUW Home and Kitchen Tour and then we go to the store, the Nordland General Store, and visit with Store board member Linda Secord and co-manager Sam Sparks. Hosted by Phil Andrus.
(Airdate: March 28, 2025) This week on County Connections co-hosts Jim Burke and Commissioner Greg Brotherton welcome Viki Sonntag and Audrey Morford from the Housing Fund Board to talk about the new 5-year homeless and affordable housing plan. Our outro is Five Years by David Bowie.
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark sat back and really enjoyed Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro‘s interview with Big in Sweden author Sally Franson. We were joined by Community Services Director Melody Sky Weaver who will be appearing with Sally Franson in a discussion Thursday night at 6pm at the Maritime Center as part of the Port Townsend 20th Anniversary Community Read.
(Airdate: March 26, 2025) Please join Nature Now host Debaran Kelso as we welcome our special guest Peter Harrison. Peter is a world renown seabird expert, artist, and conservationist, and this week we will be speaking about writing and illustrating his beautiful new book Seabirds: The New Identification Guide. We end with exploring the world of the albatrosses, in anticipation of his upcoming public lecture sponsored by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center on March 30, 2025. This is Part 1 of a two-part program.
(Airdate: March 19, 2025) Envision a bird – any bird. What do you first notice? The feathers, of course. But, what do you really know about those beautiful and amazingly variable structures? Join Nan Evans and Christie Lassen to explore feather forms and structures, colors and patterns, and the incredible usefulness and functions of feathers.
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(Airdate: March 24, 2025) This tribute to Don for his work on Radio, Theater and Spoken Word features excerpts of stories read by Don on Phil Andrus’ KPTZ programs Cats in Our Laps (and previously Tossed Salad). It features Phil’s comments, and thoughts from Deborah Kate Hammond, a long-time friend of and colleague Don. It also features thoughts and memories from Genevieve Barlow, Artistic Director of Saltfire Theater Company. Don White’s last stage performance was with Genevieve and her company at Fort Worden in August of 2024.
(Airdate: March 21, 2025) This week on County Connections Jim Burke and co-host County Commissioner Heidi Eisenhour welcomed guests Mel Rose, PsyD, LICSW, Executive Director/Clinic Director and Mary Sepler, President of the Board, from Jumping Mouse Children’s Center, which provides mental health services for children in Jefferson County based on play therapy. Play therapy is used to help children address trauma of various kinds that make up their ACE score (Adverse Childhood Events). Go to jumpingmouse.org to find out more and to donate.
