Jim Burke (substituting for Taylor Clark) and co-host City Manager John Mauro welcome guest Mayor David Faber who gives a quarterly report about what’s going on in Port Townsend City Council, housing (Evans Vista), and progress generally on street repairs and other matters, and answers listener’s questions about the Kearny Street roundabout.
(Airdate: April 18, 2024) More Questions from Listeners – Including Captain Howdy from Quilcene.
(Reprise airdate: April 17, 2024) Host Debaran Kelso speaks with special guest Clare Manis Hatler about finding what came to be known as “The Manis Mastodon” on their farm in Sequim in 1977. It’s still one of the most significant archaeological finds in North America!
(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.
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(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.
(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.
