Attention Please!

(Airdate: September 29, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark talked with Dylan Stanfield, superintendent at the Camas Prairie Park.

(Airdate: September 22, 2025) Taking us from sheep to shawl, Nancy Sedlacek, Jan Gillanders and Andy Harksen invite our community to the 4th Annual Quilcene Fiber Arts Festival. Hosted by Phil Andrus.

(Airdate: September 15, 2025) Chris Bricker interviews Danielle McClelland, Executive Director of the PT Film Festival. Danielle shares the growth, challenges and priorities of the Festival now as we experience the 26th annual festival.

(Airdate: September 8, 2025) The Vietnam Memorial Wall is here in town for a visit from today until Sunday at 2pm. The Wall, a 300-foot-long three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, is a traveling exhibit that honors the more than three million Americans who served in the Vietnam War. The Wall That Heals is hosted by the Port Townsend American Legion, Marvin G. Shields Memorial Post 26, and Port Hadlock VFW Post 7498.

(Airdate: September 1, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark sat down with Ben Bauermeister from Skillmation to learn more about their mentor program and Port Townsend High School’s Life Skills class for freshman. More information about Skillmation is available here: https://skillmation.org/ and you can email them at info@skillmation.org. This sounds like a great way to get involved in your community!

(Airdate: August 25, 2025) This week, Attention Please! features Micaela Colley of Breadlab on the topic of developing grain varieties, especially buckwheat, for growing in Jefferson County and the Maritime Northwest. Hosted by Phil Andrus.

(Airdate: August 18, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark was joined live in the studio by Jefferson County Noxious Weed Coordinator Sophie DeGroot, and we also got to hear a roadside recording with Rachel and Alexa, the rest of the Noxious weed Crew.

(Airdate: August 11, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark sat down with Mike Glenn, CEO of Jefferson Healthcare and Jill Bueher Reinstra, Hospital Commission Chair, to learn more about the new wing of the hospital. The ribbon cutting will be Sunday, August 24 at 2pm. We talked about the new services which are coming, and the importance of supporting our aging population here in Jefferson County so we will not have to drive quite so often to Silverdale for healthcare services. We also touched on the impact the cuts to medicaid will have on our rural hospital.

(Airdate: August 4 and 9, 2025) KPTZ’s Karen Anderson interviewed the cast of Saltfire Theatre’s latest production – Sherwood, the Adventures of Robin Hood – to learn about the art of stage combat.  You can catch Sherwood – The Adventures of Robin Hood on August 8, 9 and 10, and the following weekend, August 15, 16 and 17 at Finnriver Farm and Cidery in Chimacum, as well as the weekend of August 22, 23 and 24 at Fort Worden’s Littlefield Green.  Families are welcome and “pay what you wish tickets” will be available at the door for all performances. Full details and ticket information are available at saltfiretheatre.org.

(Airdate: July 28, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark talked with Brian Hageman, Washington State Parks Area Manager about the Paddle to the Elwha landing, which takes place Tuesday, July 29 on the beach here at Fort Worden State Park. We also talked a bit about other developments at Fort Worden, Fort Flagler, and Mystery Bay. More information about this stop on the Paddle to the Elwha Canoe Journey is available here.