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Brewocracy Now ~ 8/15/24

KPTZ’s Taylor Clark was joined via zoom by Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro, calling in from the WCMA Conference (Washington City/County Management Association) where John and City Communications Director Shelly Leavens as well as Cynthia Shaffer, Director of People and Development were facilitating a conversation about public
engagement practices that build trust and help our communities bridge differences. Following that, Taylor spoke with Gage Pacifera about the Soundcheck festival, which starts today with free events all over town running through the weekend. More information is available at https://www.ptsoundcheck.com/.

#684 Pigeon Guillemot Survey, part 1

(Reprise airdate: August 14, 2024) Brenda Johnson is the leader of the East Jefferson Pigeon Guillemot Breeding Survey which is part of the Salish Sea Guillemot Network. The network is a community science project that monitors breeding colonies across our region to understand their role in healthy coastal ecosystems. Join Jackie Canterbury as she discusses the project with Dr. Brenda Johnson and volunteer Karin Ertl, who both make this project happen in the field. Both guests provide a portrait of the Pigeon Guillemot, a fascinating seabird that shares both our land and water ecosystems. 

Booklovers’ Cafe – Patricia Hauschildt, Searching for Rose

(Airdate: August 13, 2024) Booklovers’ Cafe welcomes Patricia Hauschildt, author of Searching For Rose: A Mother, a daughter and decades that changed the world. In her book Pat explores the everyday life of a woman who lived through the 20th century in the United States. Pat draws on family stories but also research that reveals the details of the impact of the depression and World War II on the women of the Pacific Northwest. She also discusses her own ten year writing and publishing journey to explain the pitfalls and the rewards of self publishing.

Our Working Waterfront ~ 8/13/24

Tucker Piontek & intern Pearl Farley on the deck or the Nordic folk boat “Fern”

In this episode of Our Working Waterfront, Port Director and co-host Eron Berg gives us his monthly update, and then KPTZ’s Chris Bricker and co-host Port Commissioner Pam Petranek visit with Tucker Piontek.  He’s an instructor at the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building. Tucker’s relationship with boats began with childhood and young adult adventures on rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. As many young sailors have done over the years, he sailed into our town, fell. In love with it, and discovered the Boat School.  He’ll tell us about how his unique career journey led him later on to becoming an instructor there, his thoughts on craftsmanship and mentor relationships, and how he and three classes of students built the Nordic Folk Boat Fern, which rests on the hard for final touches before she’s shipped out to the lovely man who had commissioned her. Fern is destined to live on the Great Lakes as the Boat School’s “Ambassador.”

Silk

(Airdate: August 13, 2024) We’re in Gansu Province in the town of Tianshui and we’re staying in a hotel about 20 kilometers west of town. The reason we’re staying here is that they have hot water, and our room looks out on Wenshan Hill and the grave of Li Guang one of the men responsible for bringing the Silk Road under Chinese control….

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