(First airdate: April 24, 2018) MATT WALLACE: A VIEW FROM THE ROOF TOPS. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Matt Wallace, the new owner of Hope Roofing. Matt’s a long-time roofer but new at running a business the size of Hope Roofing. He has backing from a group of private investors known as LION (Local Investing Opportunities Network). Matt wants to continue and expand this local institution – a company that’s been roofing the peninsula since 1977.
Compass for the Week of 4/23/18
This week on the Compass we talk with a Federal Emergency Management Agency representative about her recent visit to hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico – and the relevance that experience has to the Olympic Peninsula when we are faced with disaster.
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In Conversation – Bill Thorness
(first aired April 17, 2018). Seattle author, bike enthusiast and gardening expert Bill Thorness joins host Sheila Bender via phone to discuss his book, Cycling the Pacific Coast: The Complete Guide from Canada to Mexico.
Nature Now #358 Birding by Ear – Part 1 (Encore)
(first aired April 18, 2018). Debaran Kelso hosts birder extraordinaire Dr. Fred Sharpe in a reprise of a show originally broadcast two years ago, explaining how to train your ears to identify bird sounds. Closing music is “Songbird,” sung by Eva Cassidy.
Tossed Salad for 4/20/18
This Friday, Tossed Salad host Phil Andrus will be on air 20 minutes early (that’s 12:40pm for you digital sorts) for Can’t Wait for Salad, featuring Sarah Zale and “Call for Poems on the Death Penalty”.
And here’s the rest of the Tossed Salad lineup:
1:00 – Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer, with Thom Lord on bass
1:30 – Rebecca Rottsolk, Rainshadow Chorale
2:00 – Bob Rosen, South County Report
2:30 – Tigran Arakelyan, PT Community Orchestra, with Larissa Freier, violin
3:00 – The Winter Wrens: Heather Lovetree, Gretchen Sleicher, Caitlin Battersby
3:30 – Judith-Kate Friedman, “Songs From the Sound”
4:30 – Don White, reading …
AAUW Kitchen Tour
(First airdate: April 17, 2018) Join Missy Nielsen, host of Everybody Can as she discusses AAUW’s commitment to scholars, women and kitchens in Port Townsend. Jean Stasney, Co-President of AAUW and Celia Fry, UWF Vice-President of Scholarships, discuss how unique this particular chapter of the American Association of University Women is and how you can support their efforts to bring higher education to women.
Teresa Verraes, PT School of the Arts
(First airdate: April 3, 2018) Teresa Verraes, of the Port Townsend School of the Arts, joins host Missy Nielsen, of “Everybody Can” in a conversation about the growth of the school within the ‘Lifelong learning” mission of Fort Worden. Consider how our “Victorian Seaport and Arts Community” resonates in their work and reflect how you might embrace the “Art of Living” through expression and creativity at the PT School of the Arts.
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Compass for the Week of 4/16/18
In a painful and ironic twist of fate, Marcus Henthorne, a member of Port Townsend’s Non-motorized Vehicle Advisory Board and a prominent Port Townsend advocate for bicycle safety, died of injuries sustained in a collision with an automobile while riding his beloved bicycle down 19th Street in Port Townsend a couple of weeks ago. This week on the Compass we reprise a special memorial program produced by Tossed Salad host Phil Andrus remembering Henthorne.
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Nature Now #357 Poetry on the Larry Scott Trail
(first aired April 11, 2018). Host Mary Robson talks in studio with Denise Banker—poet, nature observer, and our guide to spring—and discusses her poetry and love of the outdoors. Closing music is “Hummingbird,” by The Weepies.
Vinyl Village / Jerry Osborne
As far back as he can remember, Jerry Osborne has proudly stated “music is my life.” And he isn’t kidding. His desire to play music on the radio became a reality in 1961, when he became the DJ at his high school in Los Angeles. Three years later, he got his first full-time (and paying!) radio show on KREO in Indio CA. Over the next 24 years he climbed the ladder to major markets and top-rated stations like Sacramento (KXOA), San Francisco (KYA), and Phoenix (KNIX-FM and KOOL-FM).
Jerry Osborne’s Vinyl Village is his Wednesday show from 7-8pm for 2019 and beyond. As the name implies, Jerry focuses on the original Vinyl Era – the 1940s to the 1980s – but he will expand those parameters in both directions when necessary.
Listeners can participate via a Facebook Message or Email Jerry. Just say you’d like to pick one. We’ll contact you, record your request, and you’ll be on the show.
For a more comprehensive recap of Jerry’s many music-related projects and productions, click here.
