Local News for 12/24/24
Silk
(Airdate: December 24, 2024) We’re just outside the town of Wuwei and we’ve reigned in our bicycles by the pagoda named after the translator Kumarajiva. We’ve already heard the story about how Kumarajiva was held captive for seventeen years until he finally reached the capital of Chongan. The emperor had been so impressed the with his abilities as a translator and Buddhist commentator that he ordered ten ladies of the court to sleep with him in hopes of passing on his genius to future generations. When Kumsrsjiva died, we’ll learn how and why his tongue survived the flames of the crematorium, and what became of it.
Olympic Angels Update 2024
(Airdate: December 23, 2024) Larry Stein went out to get an update on Olympic Angels, our regional service and support group for Foster Parents and families in Jefferson and Clallam counties. Attention Please! originally featured them in February of 2023. Now , at the end of 2024, there has been a lot of growth, and some changes in the statewide approach to the Foster Care system.
County Connections
(Airdate: December 20, 2024) This week, co-hosts Jim Burke and Commissioner Greg Brotherton welcome Monte Reinders, Jefferson County Engineer and Public Works DIrector. They discuss the Transportation Benefit District the County Commission just held a hearing on and voted to bring into existence. The goal is to increase funding for the county to keep up with road maintenance and construction, which continues to be more expensive as revenues to fund it remain flat. There is another public hearing on the matter in February of 2025. More info here.
Local News for 12/20/24
Brewocracy Now ~ 12/19/24
Taylor Clark was joined by Emma Bolin, Director of Planning and Community Development, and Adrian Smith, Long Range Planner for the City of Port Townsend. We discussed next steps in the process to develop and refine the 2026 Comprehensive Plan. An Active Transportation workshop will be held at the Uptown Senior Center in the Community Center at 620 Tyler Street starting at 5:30pm on January 15, 2025.
The Clement Brothers Take You on an Americana Journey
KPTZ is excited to join Rainshadow Recording in welcoming the Clements Brothers to the Palindrome in Port Townsend on January 16 at 7:30pm. George and Charles Clements and their band are on an ever-evolving journey into Americana music. With roots, rock, bluegrass, jazz, and classical influences, they aim to capture their singer-songwriter sensibilities in a unique blended voice, at once enthralling and intimate, groovy and serene. The brothers have been playing and writing music together since as long as they can remember and The Clements Brothers marks their first project together since playing in the internationally touring grass-roots band ‘The Lonely Heartstring Band’. The duo is a fusion of each brother’s unique musical journey, and the result is a music all its own, filled with vocal harmonies, instrumental virtuosity, and a genuine love of song.
Local News for 12/19/24
Life With Santa and Mrs. Claus
(Airdate: December 19, 2024) Life with Santa and Mrs. Claus – It’s Not What It Seems.
#702 What Owls Know, What Humans Believe
(Reprise airdate: December 18, 2024) Please join Nature Now host Debaran Kelso as we explore the fascinating world of screech owls! Renowned ecologist Dr. Carl Safina is our guest, speaking about his most recent book Alfie & Me – What Owls Know, What Humans Believe, which describes his family’s raising of an orphaned Eastern Screech Owl and how this changed their lives.
