(Airdate: July 11, 2022) Angela Gyurko, President of The League of Women Voters of Jefferson County, is interviewed by Jim Burke about the Jefferson County Candidate forums ahead of the August 2 primary, all three of which are being broadcast live on KPTZ. Also a reprise of last summer’s interview of Patrolman Bill Corrigan of the Port Townsend Police Department about bicycle and pedestrian safety, as hosted by Phil Andrus.
(Airdate: July 4, 2022) Jim Burke interviews Richard Tucker, Director of The Jefferson Land Trust in advance of their gala fundraiser at FinnRiver on July 7.
(Airdate: June 27, 2022) This reprise show, produced by KPTZ DJ host and kayaker Chris Bricker on the subject of kayak safety, was motivated by the tragic deaths of two kayakers just off the Dungeness Spit in April of 2015, along with more recent incidents involving ill-fated kayakers. These are beautiful and spectacular waters, but it’s important to remember the essentials when venturing out in this region to enjoy this great sport. We speak with veteran kayaker and adventurer Chris Duff, Dr. Sam Baker on cold water immersion, leaders of the Olympic Peninsula Paddling Club, and rescue swimmers from the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Port Angeles. Experienced Kayaker, KPTZ’s Mermaid Keri introduces the show.
(Airdate: June 20, 2022) Jim Burke introduces a Ken Jones interview from our sister station KBOO with our own Buzzy Donahue about her life in radio, and also discusses her father, “Big Daddy” Tom Donahue, who started “free form” radio in San Francisco in the 1960s.
(Airdate: June 13, 2022) Rocky Friedman, who established the Rose Theatre in 1992, and has run it since then, has put the business up for sale. Larry Stein and Ann Katzenbach spoke to Rocky in the Rose Theater about its history, and Rocky’s hopes for finding a new owner to continue this very important Port Townsend institution. Also featured is Renata Friedman, Rocky’s daughter who grew up with the Rose Theater, and continues to help run it from her home in New York.
(Airdate: June 6, 2022) This edition of Attention Please! begins with a short interview about the Jefferson County Master Gardeners Foundation’s Secret Garden Tour. The second part of the show is about bicycle touring and camping on Vancouver Island.
(Airdate: May 30, 2022) Attention Please begins this week with a discussion of Car Free Day on June 1, the work of Students for Sustainability at Port Townsend High School and Local 2020. The second part of the show presents the work of Accessible Community Advisory Committee.
(Airdate: May 23, 2022) About one hundred men, women, and playful children gathered under the central ramada at Chimacum’s HJ Carroll Park on a blustery afternoon in early May to celebrate an event aimed at raising money for reparations not only to the Chemacum, a local tribe incorrectly dismissed as extinct, but also to one African-American family. KPTZ ‘s Steve Evans was on hand.
(Airdate: May 16, 2022) This week’s Attention Please! is all about Rhody, the Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival. Joining host Phil Andrus are Festival organizers Laina Amerson, Mary Baker Crozier, Melanie Bozak, and Wyatt Ranson.
(Airdate: May 9, 2022) The Fort Worden Creative Alliance has been announced as a collaboration of 7 major arts organizations on the Fort Worden Campus. This week’s Attention Please! features leaders from three of the member groups, Rob Birman, Executive Director of Centrum, Kate Ingram, General Manager of KPTZ, and Julie Johnnson, Finance & Operations Manager of Copper Canyon Press. Host/producer of the program is Larry Stein.
** Note: More discussion of this topic can be found in the podcast of Community Tides of May 6, 2022, where Hosts Chris Bricker and Siobhan Canty interview Teresa Verraes, Exec. Director of Northwind Art.
