
Local News for 2/27/24



(Airdate: February 26, 2024) This week on Attention Please! host Jim Burke is joined by Diane Urbani (Communications Manager of Northwind Art) and Leila Block (Education Assistant and Instructor) and two teaching artists, Meg Kaczyk and Dana Sullivan. They discussed the class offerings at Northwind Art School for spring 2024. They also discussed the artistic process and the fact that anyone can be an artist, it’s all about doing! More info at NORTHWINDART.org
(Airdate: February 12, 2024 – St. John’s Hospital) Did You Know two nuns started the first hospital where the current one is?

(Airdate: February 23, 2024) Taylor Clark and co-host Heidi Eisenhour welcomed Merrily Mount, VP for the Jefferson County section of the Olympic Discovery Trail. We got an overview of all sorts of interesting developments going on with this long distance trail. For more information go to https://olympicdiscoverytrail.org/. Get on your bike and check it out!


Taylor welcomed Steve King, Director of Public Works for the City of Port Townsend as his co-host today; They were joined by Naomi Stern, Finance Specialist for the City of Port Townsend, and we talked about the utility rate increases and also changes that have been made in the program to assist households who might need a hand. The old program helps only about 4% of households, but he new program should help many more. Listen in to learn more.


Please join KPTZ and Rainshadow Recording in welcoming singer-songwriter Joachim Cooder and fiddle player Rayna Gellert to the Palindrome on Saturday, March 2 at 7:30pm. Joachim Cooder is a multi-instrumentalist whose most recent album draws upon the plain spoken songs from the country music progenitor Uncle Dave Macon to create an introspective and beautiful group of songs. Brought to you by KPTZ and Rainshadow Recording.
