(Reprise airdate: August 28, 2024) Please join host Debaran Kelso as we meet at the remarkable Dungeness River Nature Center with our special guests and founding members Annette Hanson and Clare Manis Hatler, telling the story of how the dream of a world class nature center came to life! Part 1 of a two part program.
(Airdate: August 28, 2024) Tianshui is truly a strange town! We’re waiting for the early morning express, and there isn’t a noodle stand in site, but several old ladies have set up basins on the station steps, and they’re waiting for us with towels and thermoses full of hot water. Well, the express heading west finally arrived and rescued us from the
enigma of Tianshui. Or perhaps “rescued” isn’t the right word….
(Airdate: August 26, 2024) News producer/host Jim Burke spoke with Sophie DeGroot, Noxious Weeds Coordinator of Jefferson County, about her work with the Noxious Weed Control Board. What is the legal designation of NOXIOUS WEEDS and how are they different from OBnoxious Weeds? There is a list of noxious weeds in the county on the County website, and a way to find out if you have one on your patch right here. Contact: Sophie DeGroot Coordinator, [email protected] Phone: 360-316-9332. You can text a photo of your noxious weed to Sophie and, if she can’t identify it, she will pass you along to the Master Gardeners. Have you seen a noxious weed? REPORT IT HERE.
Noxious Weed Control Program physical address: 121 Oak Bay Rd, Port Hadlock WA 98339
(Airdate: August 23, 2024) Co-hosts Jim Burke and Commissioner Greg Brotherton spoke with Chief Tim Manly of the Brinnon Fire Department about progress fighting The 2620 Road/ Mt. Jupiter wild fire. They also spoke with Michelle Matheson, proprietor of the Halfway House Restaurant in Brinnon, who mobilized resources and people to feed as many as 350 people breakfast lunch and dinner for several days to support the firefighting effort.
Taylor Clark was joined by a surprise guest /co-host Steve King, Director of Public Works for the City of Port Townsend. Taylor and Steve kind of geeked out over some of the details of the city’s “Gravity Water System” and the recent leak near Snow Creek. That conversation lead to the topic of water conservation, particularly with irrigation. And then we talked about the need to mow tinder-dry parking strips. Steve mentioned that there are some residents who are fiscally or physically unable to do this, so if you can help out a neighbor, please do. Or e-mail [email protected] if you would like to extend your services to assist.
(Airdate: August 22, 2024) Meatballs in Wonderland.
(Airdate: August 22, 2024) The Friends of Fort Worden (FFW) is one of twenty-one Friends Groups supporting
Washington State Parks and properties statewide. This non-profit group works closely with park management to identify key projects, from benches to trail restoration and more. Join us as we discuss with Volunteer Coordinator, Vicki Legman and board member Mitch Freeman the accomplishments and upcoming efforts of the FFW.
(Reprise airdate: August 21, 2024) Brenda Johnson is the leader of the East Jefferson Pigeon Guillemot Breeding Survey which is part of the Salish Sea Guillemot Network. The network is a community science project that monitors breeding colonies across our region to understand their role in healthy coastal ecosystems. Join Jackie Canterbury as she discusses the project with Dr. Brenda Johnson and volunteer Karin Ertl, who both make this project happen in the field. Both guests provide a portrait of the Pigeon Guillemot, a fascinating seabird that shares both our land and water ecosystems.
(Airdate: August 20, 2024) Maryanne interviews Ellen Falconer, massage therapist and mindfulness coach. Ellen hopped through several careers before ending up here. She worked in radio for a while then studied marine technology and became an “ordinary seaman” for Arco Marine. Those four-months-long voyages at sea became rather long and somewhat tedious. She was then an EMT, worked in bakeries, and vet’s offices. She spent years as a sail maker culminating in a stint as director of the Wooden Boat Festival. She studied massage and became licensed. But along the way she discovered mindfulness training. She now teaches “mindfulness-based stress reduction” through Olympic Peninsula Mindfulness (olympicpeninsulamindulness.com). One lesson: “zebras don’t get ulcers.”
(August 20, 2024) We’ve been visiting the sites around the town of Tianshui, including the Buddhist Caves of Maijishan and the tomb of the Han Dynasty general Li Guong. Before we continue our journey on the train heading west, we should note that Tianshui has one more site that most visitors overlook….
