(Airdate; June 17, 2024) This week, host Jim Burke has a conversation with Willie Bence, Director of Emergency Management for Jefferson County, Chief Bret Black from EJFR (East Jefferson Fire Rescue;) and Robert Wittenberg, Community Risk Manager. They discuss the National Wildland Fire Potential Outlook; a report from The National Interagency Fire Center, which draws data from NOAA and other agencies. Also included: what listeners can do to prevent wildfires and prepare for all potential disasters, and whether folks need to mobilize or “shelter in place.”

(Airdate: June 10, 2024) Host Jim Burke speaks with Filmmaker Ward Serrill (The Heart of the Game; The Bowmakers) and Bill Porter AKA Red Pine, about the documentary film, DANCING WITH THE DEAD, Red Pine, and the Art of Translation. Coming up on June 15, 2024 at 2pm and 6:30pm at the Joseph Wheeler Theater, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend. Porter, who goes by the pen name Red Pine, is a renowned translator of ancient Chinese poetry.

(Airdate: June 3, 2024) This week Jim Burke spoke with Lori Fleming, head of the Behavioral Health Consortium which is a network of 14 local stakeholders who work together to help those with substance use disorders. She is hosting Tedra Cobb who is leading “Ending Stigma: Starts With a Conversation” happening June 10-14, 2024 in Port Townsend, Brinnon, and Quilcene, in the hope of engaging local folks in dialog about recovery from SUDs (substance use disorders.) An additional guest on the show is Lisham Ashrafioun. Both Lisham and Tedra are with the University of Rochester’s Recovery Center of Excellence. More info about the event and to register: [email protected]

(Airdate: May 27, 2024) This week host Jim Burke speaks with Christine DeVries of AAUW (American Association Of University Women) about the tutoring program she leads that help children at Chimacum Creek Primary and Chimacum Elementary schools get a leg up on reading and arithmetic. She’s looking for more volunteers, so contact Christine at 201-290-4761 or [email protected] or got to the AAUW Port Townsend website.

(Reprise airdate: May 20, 2024) Jim Burke talks to George Geissler, the Washington State Forester, of the Washington Department of Natural Resources about wildfires and Smokey Bear. In this encore presentation, we include some extra Smokey Bear Ads.

(Airdate: May 13, 2024) On this week’s Attention Please! KPTZ’s Genevieve Barlow interviews the cast and musicians who are putting on the production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” at Port Townsend High School. The show started May 10 and continues next weekend through May 18. More information can be found here.

(Airdate: May 6, 2024) On this week’s Attention Please!, host Jim Burke talks with author Scott Wilson who wrote Working Port: 100 years of the Port of Port Townsend 1924-2024. They discuss the history of the Port and especially the changes around the mill, the boat haven, Point Hudson, the Jefferson County International Airport, the marine trades, and the people who shaped the Port and those who continue to do so.

(Airdate: April 29, 2024) This week’s Attention Please! presents two topics, two organizations, and four guests. For the Jefferson County Genealogical Society, Kathy Poole and Eileen Martin join host Phil Andrus. And for the Jefferson County Master Gardeners and the Food Bank Growers, Suzanne Eggleston and Mark Paxton announce their annual plant sale.

(Airdate: April 22, 2024) Steve Evans interviewed Laura Tucker, an Environmental Specialist/Educational & Outreach Coordinator for Jefferson County Public Health who informs listeners about our solid waste and what IS and IS NOT actually recyclable. (Note, this show is recycled from a 2020 show. Listeners are encouraged to seek updated information from Jefferson County Solid Waste Management.)

(Airdate: April 15, 2024) Attention Please! this week found Taylor Clark at Building 305 speaking with Jessica Plum, the Centrum Arts in the Making Artist-In-Residence this month, about her magical multi-media installation artwork “INNER SPACE” which can be viewed Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11-4 in the South Gallery at 305 on the Fort Worden Campus. Jessica will be giving a talk about this artwork on Wednesday, April 24 from 6-8pm. For the second part of Attention Please!, we welcomed Teri Nomura and Catherine Robinson of AAUW and talked about the upcoming 2024 Home and Kitchen Tour, inspired by some very intriguing Port Townsend homes. The tour is all in Uptown, and may be walked. It takes place Saturday, April 27. More information is available at aauwpt.org.