(First airdate: October 23, 2018) JIM WALKOWSKI: FIGHTING FIRES & SAVING LIVES. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Jim Walkowski, the Chief of East Jefferson Fire & Rescue. Those blaring sirens and flashing lights mean that our brave men & women are off to help citizens in need. But few realize that about 80% of the calls in Jefferson County are medical calls. Our aging demographics present unique challenges to the fire department. The department’s thinly staffed and badly in need of both more funds and more volunteers. Perhaps you should consider helping out!
Compass for the Week of 10/22/2018
The number of people wishing to weigh in on Jefferson County’s draft commercial shooting range ordinance on October 1 overwhelmed the venue for the meeting and led to the scheduling of a do-over on Wednesday, October 24 at Fort Worden’s McCurdy Pavilion. This week on the Compass, we talk with a man who is both one of the chief architects of the ordinance and one of its strongest critics, Tarboo Ridge Coalition Board President Peter Newland.
More KPTZ Coverage of the Shooting Range Issue:
KPTZ Special Compass Report for 10/22/2018
As we near the end of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we talk with Jasmine Faulk-Dickerson, a certified Holistic Cancer Coach. She tells KPTZ’s Phil Andrus that cancer treatment works best if we combine traditional western medicine with a focus on body, mind, spirit and emotions … and she came to this conclusion after her own fight with breast cancer.
Tossed Salad for 10/19/2018
Phil Andrus gets us started early this Friday with Can’t Wait for Salad at 12:40pm, featuring Grace Love telling about the Sadie Hawkins Prom. Thereafter, Tossed Salad proper (if it can ever be called proper) brings us:
1:00 – Chuck Easton and George Radebaugh
2:00 – Port of PT Exec Director Jim Pivarnik, Liz Hoenig, and Charley Kanieski, with Scott Wilson
3:00 – Tom Jay, “A Word and a Poem”
3:15 – Sam Weber, folksy trio
4:00 – Cristina Manzoni and Onnolee Stevens, Jefferson Healthcare Hospice
4:30 – Don White, reading “A Fable Ending in the Sound of a Thousand Parakeets”, by Kevin Brockmeier
Nature Now #383
Exploring the Ocean with Robots
(First airdate: October 17, 2018) Nan Evans interviews UW oceanographer Dr. Charlie Eriksen about new ways to observe the movement of ocean currents and what that means for the advancement of our understanding of global phenomena. Charlie has literally restructured how we look at the ocean.
Tess Taft
(First airdate: October 16, 2018) In Conversation host Sheila Bender talks in studio with Port Townsend oncology therapist Tess Taft, and discusses how counseling her clients living with cancer diagnoses led her to become a writer.
Center Valley Animal Rescue
Furry, Fuzzy and Beyond
(First airdate: October 16, 2018) Missy Nielsen of Everbody Can converses with Pat Todd of the Center Valley Animal Rescue organization. Pat shares heartwarming and insightful information about the process of rescuing, rehabilitating, and re-homing both domestic and wildlife animals. Learn about the many ways folks can get involved with this “no-kill” shelter located just outside Quilcene.
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Compass for the Week of 10/15/2018
On this week’s Compass KPTZ correspondent Charlie Bermant interviews Washington State representative District 24 hopefuls Jim McEntire and Steve Tharinger. Aired live on October 15, this is the final installment of a series of three live candidate interviews.
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Nature Now #382
Bumblebees
(First airdate: October 10, 2018) Host Debaran Kelso speaks with Olympic National Forest wildlife biologist Karen Holtrop about one of our most important native pollinators, the bumblebee.
KPTZ Special Compass Report for 10/15/2018
We speak with Jeff Selby of the Peninsula Trails Coalition, who tells us about and event called Townsend Travel Tales. It’s yet another step toward completion of the Olympic Discovery Trail, a remarkable, 130-mile bike path that starts at the Port Townsend boat haven and ends on the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
