Local News for 11/30/22
#212 Mike & Heather Harbin, Mo-Chilli BBQ
(Airdate: November 29, 2022) Maryanne interviews Mike & Heather Harbin, owners of barbecue joint Mo-Chilli. Although Heather’s a local girl, the two met in the Washington DC area at a training course to become insurance agents. They ultimately moved to Texas, Mike’s home base. They had successful careers in insurance, but Mike had barbecue on his mind. His passion for just the right recipe soon had him competing in barbecue cook-offs. That led to selling the stuff from their driveway. They decided to move back to Port Townsend for family reasons. It’s a leap, but they decided they could make a living selling barbecue here. Their custom-built food truck was made to exact barbecue specs. Before they opened full time on Sims Way in March 2022, they captured many fans by moving the truck from event to event. Not too many entrepreneurs opened businesses during the Covid era. But their gamble seems to be paying off!
Local News for 11/29/22
Giving Tuesday ~ Thank You!
With a day and evening of special programming, today KPTZ joins the groundswell of celebration, honoring all the many organizations doing good work in our world, and in our community.
Throughout our broadcast day, on-air guests will be featured, representing a spectrum of local nonprofits:
8:30am Wendy Bart, Olympic Peninsula YMCA
9:30am Siobhan Canty, Jefferson Community Foundation
10:30am Apple Martine, Jefferson County Public Health
1:15pm YEA Music! with Daniel Ferland
2:15pm Dove House Advocacy Services/Recovery Cafe
3:15pm Jen Kingfisher, United Good Neighbors/Give Jefferson
4:15pm Amy Howard, City of Port Townsend/Habitat for Humanity
8:15pm Dave Stanko, ECCHO
KPTZ’s Full Giving Tuesday Schedule
(Listed times are approximate.)
There’’ll be plenty more brouhaha throughout the day, including live music during Chris Bricker’s extended Morning on the Salish program, from Ryan Hoffman & Jessica Logan (Jazz & Swing) and Bobbi Shearn Nikles & Roland Nikles with Kathy Hirsh & Barry Fritz.
Musical maestro Paul Rogers will be in the studio with Chris Bricker as well, since a theme today includes the Premium Pies that will be awarded as select donor premiums. These are pies, made with very special ingredients and lots & lots of love ~ just like KPTZ’s programming, day in and day out, is cooked up every day of the year!
All of our programming today will spotlight local organizations deserving the attention of our community. Besides encouraging the financial support of those many fine services and programs, KPTZ will also be passing the hat towards our $10,000 goal for the day ~ with a generous match in place, all donations are being doubled!
Stay tuned!
Economics of Happiness
(Airdate: November 28, 2022) As we enter the darkest phase of a year that has featured more than a few dark turns, this week on Attention Please! we dig into the KPTZ archives to bring you a few rays of light from the 2017 Economics of Happiness Conference at Fort Worden, which brought together some of the world’s best thinkers on the subjects of sustainability, happiness, and localization.
Local News for 11/25/22
Elephant in the Room
(November 24, 2022) Elephant in the Room – A pesky pachyderm is in the parlor and no one wants to talk about it.
Community Tides ~ 11/18/22
In this edition of Community Tides, KPTZ’s Chris Bricker and his co-host Siobhan Canty, President & CEO of Jefferson Community Foundation, discuss year-end charitable giving and how donors can have the greatest impact. Then they welcome Kathy Ryan, volunteer food grower for the Food Bank Farm & Gardens. Over time, this network of farms, gardens, and gleaners has become a huge supplier for local food pantries. They talk about the United Good Neighbors Campaign, which specifically includes organizations that provide for basic human needs.
Nature Now #594
2022 Christmas Bird Count
(Airdate: November 23, 2022) Host Nan Evans and super-birder guest Monica Fletcher explore sightings and stories from the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Get inspired by this opportunity to be part of a hemisphere-wide citizen science effort that will occur in the Port Townsend area on Saturday, December 17.
Local News for 11/23/22
