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Compass for 9/26/20

This year, the Port Townsend Virtual Film Festival will be the longest, most accessible Film Festival in its history – ten days in length, with a panorama of both documentary and narrative features and shorts. But how does it all work – the selection process, the programming, the technology, the muscle and blood of our wonderful Fest? To find out, on opening day we caught up with part of the amazing team that works the magic behind the scenes: Janette Force, Chris McFaul, and KC Upshaw, and we discover the anatomy of a successful Film Festival.

Community Tides ~ 9/25

Explore new developments, new paradigms, and the new normal facing Jefferson County, with KPTZ’s Chris Bricker and Siobhan Canty, President & CEO of the Jefferson Community Foundation.

Siobhan Canty and Chris Bricker talk about Jefferson Community Foundation’s new digs, and the generosity of Edensaw Woods for finding them a space. There’s funding for Black Lives Matter East Jefferson County from JCF, and Jefferson County makes local grants with Cares Act money to help with resiliency. Sadly, there’s another youth suicide, and Chris and Siobhan discuss the stress and fear parents have, and the need to reassure our young people that things will get better. There are some valuable resources to share. Chris and Siobhan also share valuable advice and information on places to contact for those experiencing domestic violence during these difficult times. There’s a new network starting for young working people in Jefferson County, called “Placemakers.” And finally, as the rains come, support for our local businesses is important to help them get through the fall and winter seasons.

Our Working Waterfront ~ 9/08

Chris Bricker joins Port Commissioner Pam Petranek and Port of Port Townsend’s Executive Director Eron Berg for our monthly update on news and issues surrounding our vibrant Maritime Community.

This month, Pam and Eron discuss businesses in the Port, how their proprietors grew up in the Marine Trades, and how they value the environment and creative community in which they work. 

We talk about the Quilcene Port property, its uniqueness, the Linger Longer Advisory Committee and its long range efforts to plan for the future while keeping the Port property in public hands.  Good planning can provide good jobs for the community and access to the world.  Pam also talks about how a local idea has hatched a creative project in the making, for a proposed video walking tour of the Quilcene Port area.

Eron also gives us an update on Point Hudson and the Jetty, and the updating of the spending plan for the Port, an expedited Comp-Scheme Update,  which can be followed by a substantive update later on. 

Brewocracy Now with John Mauro ~ 9/24

Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro is on KPTZ with a web-based format, in a weekly time slot Thursdays, from 12:10 to 12:40pm.

Topics covered included the City Council Ad Hoc Committee on Public Safety; “Use of Force” policies and how they change; Proliferation of guns in the community; Alternatives to policing and the Navigator Program; How the national conversation about policing and systemic racism plays out at the local level; The role of the Police Department in public demonstrations.

Stay tuned for the weekly chance to learn more about developments for the City of Port Townsend. John will take questions and encourage productive dialogue (and exemplary virtual meeting etiquette) to steer through a range of topics.

#161 Owner of Wynwoods Gallery and Bead Studio

(Airdate: 9/22/2020) LOIS VENARCHICK: ARTISTIC DREAMS WOBBLING. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Lois Venarchick, owner of the Wynwoods Gallery and Bead Studio on Water Street. Lois is a jeweler and an artist. She has also owned her own shop since the early 1980s. Business has had its ups and downs over the years. But nothing like this. The gallery and shop were closed from early March until June. That meant zero revenue. But she still had bills to pay, like everyone else. She’s open now. But, of course, on only 30% of her previous hours with restricted numbers of customers allowed in at any one time.. Will her business survive? She sure hopes so and she’s a fighter. We are all rooting for her and for all of the other small businesses in Port Townsend. They are the life blood of this town. The show is scheduled to run on Tuesday, September 22, and Sunday, September 27.

Compass for 9/19/20

We catch up with Zach and Jordan Eades, former Port Townsend residents who decided a few years ago to sell their business, their home and almost everything else they owned, then travel all over North America in a 32-foot Winnebago RV. Their story is one of joy, sorrow, and some lessons that could teach us all a thing or two about what really matters in life.

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