(Airdate: December 31, 2024) We’re in Gansu Province in the town of Wuwei. When it was first laid out over two thousand years ago, Wuwei was the first garrison established by the Chinese along the Silk Road. Back then, it was called Liangzhou. Since then, it has continued to play an important role in the region, and it’s all laid out after a fashion at the Wuwei Museum. One of the museum’s most important pieces is a steely that was unearthed 200 years ago.
Podcasts
Housing and Land Conservation
(Airdate: December 30, 2024) This week on Attention Please!, host Jim Burke talks with Kellen Lynch, Outreach and Development Coordinator for Olympic Housing Trust about the Dundee Hill Project; and Richard Tucker, Executive Director of Jefferson Land Trust about the Chimacum Ridge Community Forest. He also talks with both of them about the cooperation between JLT and OHT to develop housing on the Chimacum Commons, 16 acres of land owned and protected by Jefferson Land Trust.
2024 – A Year of Foolishness
(Airdate: December 26, 2024) 2024 – A Year of Foolishness
County Connections
(Airdate: December 27, 2024) Kate Dean and co-host Jim Burke talk about the changes Kate Dean has seen in the past 8 years while she has been the Jefferson County Commissioner for District 1: why she ran, what she learned, what she accomplished, and what she hopes for the future of Jefferson County.
Brewocracy Now ~ 12/26/24
Brewocracy Now was not cancelled this week due to the holidays. Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro returned from a short vacation and joined Taylor Clark as they discussed developments with the Fort Worden PDA as well as fielded a listener question about the possibility of housing on the some portion of golf course.
2024 Holiday Extravaganza
The Holiday Extravaganza, a co-production of the Jefferson County Historical Society and KPTZ, is held each December in the Museum of Art and History. Here for you to enjoy at your convenience is this year’s Extravaganza, divided into four parts:
Part 1 begins with an introduction to the show. Then comes the music of Roger and Kristen Ferguson and an interview of artist Suzanne Lamon done by Chris Bricker.
Part 2 begins with a reading from Anna Linzer’s “A River Story” by Willow Baker and Bill Mawhinney and concludes with solo guitarist Julian Catford. Included also is an interview of artist Jeremy Johnson by Chris Bricker and an interview of JCHS archivist Ellie DiPietro.
Part 3 is all Jazz Manouche, the music of Paris in the 1930s, performed by the Hot Club of Port Townsend.
Part 4 is music of Sicily performed by Paisani Norte.
From start to finish there is Trivia with Tara, she being Tara McCauley, Executive Director of the Jefferson County Historical Society and other jolliness of the season.
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.
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.
