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From Illness to Wellness

(Airdate: September 19, 2024) Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can brings stories about nonprofits, volunteer opportunites and folks who take an out-of-the-box approach to giving back to community. Marie Yousefirad is one such person. Determined to take a tragic event and make a difference Marie Youssefirad pursued funding for the Fariborz Youssefirad Memorial Health Scholarship – a scholarship program dedicated to bringing nutrition education into the classrooms. Learn about how one person did it “In their Own Way”.

Local News for 9/19/24

September 19, 2024: Jim Burke – PT Film Festival is this weekend. (TRANSCRIPT)

Local News for 9/18/24

September 18, 2024: Nigel O’Shea – School Liaison Officers to be hired; Gray Fox Farm finds new owner. (TRANSCRIPT)

#689 Wildlife Tracking and Conservation, part 1

(Airdate: September 18, 2024) Please join Nature Now host Debaran Kelso as we speak with Scott Brinton, co-founder and executive director of the CedarRoot School, about tracking and its importance to wildlife conservation. This is part 1 of a two-part program.

#250 Karen Stillwell: Ice Water Queen

(Airdate: September 17, 2024) Maryanne interviews Karyn Stillwater, a veteran yoga instructor who is now leading groups who are routinely jumping in the Salish Sea. It’s called “cold plunging” and Karyn is a proponent of the medical benefits of regularly dipping into icy water. There’s no set temperature for your submersion but it has to be cold enough to be downright “uncomfortable.” Her group meets down in the water off Fort Worden three times a week. Karyn’s training is with Dutch master Wim Hof. She’s about to do additional training in Poland with Wim Hof and will soon be offering more foreign-based workshops. She’s already offering some foreign wellness workshops (website: karynstillwell.com).

Local News for 9/17/24

September 17, 2024: Diane Walker – Two new pool options; kids’ winter coats available. (TRANSCRIPT)

Silk

(Airdate: September 17, 2024) We’re in Gansu Province and we’re visiting the Bingling Caves, 70 kilometers southwest of Lanzhou. After a two hour bus ride to the Liujiaxia Dam and Hydroelectric Station, we still had another three hour boat ride to the end of the Liujiaxia reservoir, filled by the Yellow River….

September 16-30 KPTZ Programming Highlights

For a compendium of upcoming featured programs, check KPTZ Spotlight for September 16-30.. Many of our program hosts provide specifics about what’s planned for this half month. If you’re not already a Spotlight subscriber, you’re invited to join our Mailing List. See KPTZ’s current Weekly On-Air Schedule and Daily Program Schedule.

PT Film Festival 2024

(Airdate: September 16, 2024) This will be the 25^th anniversary film festival, held on Sept 19-22, 2024, with the Virtual Festival running the following week. Attention Please! host Larry Stein spoke with Christy Spencer, the Program Manager for the Festival. Christy shares her enthusiasm for film and our very popular festival with KPTZ listeners. We hear about special guest Catherine Hardwicke, who will attend the screening of one of her breakout films, Thirteen (she was also director of the first Twilight film). Many facets of PTFF are highlighted – free outdoor movies, Festival Forums on the film world, Highlights of the full program of Documentaries, Narrative, and Short films.

Local Musician Joe Euro Performing Live

KPTZ is excited to welcome local musician Joe Euro to the Trinity United Methodist Church in Port Townsend on Thursday, September 26 at 7pm. Joe Euro is a Neo-Classical fingerstyle guitarist and his performance will include a few of his original compositions as well as classical guitar pieces. Brought to you by KPTZ, this will also be simulcast on 91.9 FM KPTZ.

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