Local News for 4/16/24
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#240 Kris Nelson, Restaurant Mogul
(Airdate: April 16, 2024) Maryanne interviews restaurant owner Kris Nelson. Kris started working at a local burger joint when she was a 14-year-old at PT High School. After graduating from UW with an economics degree she couldn’t find a passion that lured her to graduate school. But travel fascinated her. The Peace Corp seemed the only route until she figured out she could work part of the year and travel the rest. That worked for a while. But she wanted more. Sirens was a failing pub until she finessed enough loans to buy the joint. Over the years she has owned Sirens, Alchemy, the Fountain Cafe, the In-Between, the Old Whiskey Mill, and several restaurants. She also found time to be deputy mayor on city council, head of the Main Street Program, and many other civic bodies. Like almost everyone else, her business faltered during the pandemic. Kris spent every cent she had keeping it alive. But the pandemic wasn’t all bad for her – she got married on a romantic beach, zooming in friends & family.
April 16-30 KPTZ Programming Highlights
For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check KPTZ Spotlight for April 16-30. Many of our program hosts provide specifics about what’s planned for this half month. If you’re not already a Spotlight subscriber, you’re invited to join our Mailing List. See KPTZ’s current Weekly On-Air Schedule and Daily Program Schedule.
Jessica Plum and AAUW
(Airdate: April 15, 2024) Attention Please! this week found Taylor Clark at Building 305 speaking with Jessica Plum, the Centrum Arts in the Making Artist-In-Residence this month, about her magical multi-media installation artwork “INNER SPACE” which can be viewed Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11-4 in the South Gallery at 305 on the Fort Worden Campus. Jessica will be giving a talk about this artwork on Wednesday, April 24 from 6-8pm. For the second part of Attention Please!, we welcomed Teri Nomura and Catherine Robinson of AAUW and talked about the upcoming 2024 Home and Kitchen Tour, inspired by some very intriguing Port Townsend homes. The tour is all in Uptown, and may be walked. It takes place Saturday, April 27. More information is available at aauwpt.org.
County Connections
(Airdate: April 12, 2024) Taylor Clark and co-host Jefferson County Commissioner Kate Dean talked with Sgt Brandon Przygocki of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department about a day in the life of a patrol sergeant.
Local News for 4/12/24
Connectivity Fair, part 2
(Airdate: April 11, 2024) This episode of Everybody Can is part 2 of a 2-episode discussion on the Connectivity Fair, a community-wide event purposed to cultivate and connect community members, gain perspectives, and yes connect with nearly 90 local organizations. This all-day fair with discussion groups offers insights and opportunities to sharing information about those topics that impact much of our community, from housing to emergency preparation.
Brewocracy Now ~ 4/11/24
Taylor Clark and John Mauro welcomed Connor Bouchard-Roberts, the Poet Laureate of Port Townsend and we connected with the words.
Local News for 4/11/24
#666 Plankton Worlds, part 1
(Airdate: April 10, 2024) Ancient bacteria, single cells and long strands of strange little plants, plus minute single celled animals and weird fantastical animal larvae – these are the members of the Earth’s massive and hugely important planktonic ecosystems. Come with Nan Evans as she talks with Dr. Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens about this strange world and its significance to global ecology and human well being. Consider eutrophication, the world’s biggest threat to water quality or cyanobacteria and one of the causes of toxic algal blooms such as the ones in our local Andeson Lake.
