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(First Airdate: June 7, 2016) Sheriff Stanko’s Report Card. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Sheriff Dave Stanko, who officially took office in January 2015 after a highly controversial election. Stanko vowed that citizens would become more involved with the Sheriff’s department and that his people would be thoughtfully and thoroughly trained. So how’s he doing?
This week on the Compass we take you to an encampment of emergency responders as they imagine all hell breaking loose, and we have breakfast with a group of runners who are attempting to unify the Americas in Peace and Dignity by running from Alaska to Panama.
A diverse group of about 500 people spontaneously gathered at Haller Fountain Plaza Tuesday evening to hold vigil and to share their feelings about the tragic shootings at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL last weekend, and KPTZ’s producer Marcia Perlstein and News Director Steve Evans were there. A KPTZ Community Radio News special.
Host Sheila Bender interviews Bainbridge Island writer Wendy Hinman and talks about writing her memoir, marketing the book to a wide audience and her current project written in the voices of others.
Host Nan Evans talks with Emily Grayson of UW and Jeff Adams of Washington Sea Grant and discusses the possible repercussions of green crabs invading Puget Sound. Closing music is “The Tinker and the Crab,” performed by Donovan.
(First airdate: June 21, 2016). Sheila Ramsey, host, talks with Elma Beary & Linda Herzog about Quilcene’s Hearts of Service.
Host Nan Evans delves further into the background and lives of sea otters in the second part of an interview with wildlife biologist Jim Bodkin. Closing music is “The Sea,” performed by Mo.
This week on the Compass, we have a coffee-cake breakfast with Muslims in Port Townsend and ask them the tough questions about radical terrorism that you’ve probably always wanted to ask. Some of their answers may surprise you.
(first airdate: June 8, 2016) Cris Wilson interviews Erica Bauermeister, National Bestselling author of “The School of Essential Ingredients”, “Joy for Beginners” and “The Lost Art of Mixing”. Erica now is living , writing, and teaching here in Port Townsend! Erica mixes gorgeous prose and heartfelt characters to reveal just how colorful and warn life in the Pacific Northwest can be.
