(First airdate: December 12, 2018) Part 2 of host Debaran Kelso’s talk with Scott Gremel, wildlife biologist for Olympic National Park, on the importance of non-forest habitats to wildlife on the Olympic Peninsula. Ending song: “The Only Boy Awake” by the Swedish singer-songwriter “Meadows”.
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Mary Mackey
(First airdate: December 11, 2018) Sheila Bender talks via phone with California poet, novelist and Emeritus Professor Mary Mackey about her writing and her career efforts to advance environmental awareness and women’s opportunities to publish their writing.
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Walking and Cycling Through History on the Chetzemoka Trail
(First airdate: December 11, 2018) Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can invites you to explore our city along with trail-blazing volunteers Lys Burden and Celeste May. Working to develop a walking and bike trail system along the historic path of Chief Chetzemoka’s life, one will discover signage informing the recreational user of a time long past. Learn how you can walk or bike through history in our town or simply contribute to this new project.
Compass for the Week of 12/10/2018
This week’s Compass centers on creativity, focusing on a new web page that helps people explore their vulnerabilities through storytelling. Interviewer Charlie Bermant will be joined by Port Townsend resident Bonnie Obremski, whose Storyborne website is meant as an outlet for writers both local and far away; exploring the long and the short along with the serious and the frivolous. Also participating is author and teacher Samantha Ladwig.
Tossed Salad for 12/07/2018
Although we are all waiting patiently for Santa, Phil Andrus Can’t Wait for Salad, so he will talk at 12:40 with Danny Milholland about the Chimacum Arts and Crafts Festival. Thereafter, Tossed Salad proper bring us:
1:00 – Shelly Leavens and Angie Bartlett, Jefferson County Historical Society
1:15 – Dennis Flannigan, seasonal notables
2:15 – Al Bergstein, “Olympic Peninsula Environmental News”
2:45 – Marla Streator, Quimper Grange
3:00 – Jeanie Murphy, “Banjo Tunes, Tunings and Lore”
3:45 – Heather Lovetree’s Sunfield middle school students in “Little Women”
4:15 – Tamera Vanover (Committee Chair) and Abra Debris (Administrator), for Sunfield’s Woodland Fair
4:30 – Deborah Kate Hammond, reading poetry to grace the airwaves
Coming Friday, December 14, noon to 5pm: Tossed Salad presents an extravaganza at City Hall, at the Museum of Art and History. More details here.
Bonnie J. Rough
(First airdate: December 5, 2018) Bonnie J. Rough is a writer and speaker on sex education, parenting, gender, and the #MeToo movement. She visits with Cris Wilson to tell the story of her new book Beyond Birds & Bees: Bringing Home a New Message to Our Kids about Sex, Love and Equality.
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Florian Grainer and The Octopus Learning Project
(First airdate: December 5, 2018) Nan Evans talks with cinematographer Florian Graner about the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Octopus Learning Project. The project features one of the aquarium’s newest residents, Eleanora, the Giant Pacific Octopus.
#125 Mauricio Cisneros, San Juan Tacqueria
(First airdate: December 4, 2018) LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Mauricio Cisneros, the owner of the San Juan Taqueria. Mauricio first came to the USA from Mexico as a teenage migrant worker. He started his culinary career as a bus boy in Sequim’s first Mexican restaurant. He slowly worked his way up the ladder and along the way became an American citizen. Many people know Mauricio as the owner of El Serape and Nifty Fifties in downtown Port Townsend. But he’s now the owner of the San Juan Taqueria near Kala Point. Despite the constant scramble for good staff, Mauricio loves the restaurant biz – he’s a people person who loves catering to his customers.
Compass for the Week of 12/03/2018
This week on the Compass we attend a presentation on a proven model for creating sustainable and permanent affordable housing, as two leaders of the Lopez Community Land Trust talk with a crowded room of local housing activists.
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Cascadia Region with Poetry of Nadine Maestas
(First airdate: November 28, 2018) Nadine Maestas, poet and explorer, introduces us to her love of the bioregion, Cascadia. She reads her poems of gratitude inspired by this place. The closing music is Eddie Rabbitt’s I Love a Rainy Day.
