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Tossed Salad for 10/18/2019

Halloween is getting closer, the days are getting shorter, but Tossed Salad just keeps on getting better and better. Host Chris Bricker brings us a superb salad of:
1:00 – Johnsmith, Northwind Concert Series Artist
1:30 – Jeanie Murphy “Banjo Tunes, Tuning, and Lore”
2:10 – Kate Dwyer & PTeRider—Taxi Stories
2:30 – Libby Palmer, Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates
3:00 – Zach Parker, Songsmith
3:30 – Sea Stories: Crossing the Northwest Passage, by Olivier Huin
4:00 – Sea Stories: The Live-Aboard Life, by Peter Bailey & Heidi Snyder
4:30 – Catherine McNabb, Poets & Letters

AARP Tax Aid Program

(First airdate: October 15, 2019) Yvonne Starkey of the AARP Tax-Aide Program dispels the misperceptions of becoming a volunteer tax aide volunteer. Filing a tax return can be daunting to many of us and these folks are here to help. This organization offers an extensive IRS course in December and January to those interested in becoming a certified a tax aide volunteer. Tune in to Everybody Can to learn more.

Molly Tinsley

(First airdate: October 15, 2019) Host Sheila Bender visits via phone with Oregon author Molly Tinsley to learn about her new novel Things Too Big to Name, and to gain insight into her long writing career.

LWV Forum #2
PT City Council Position 3

(Airdate: October 14, 2019) KPTZ broadcasts the candidate forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the American Society of University Women – Port Townsend, the second of which was held Thursday October 10 at the Port Townsend Community Center. The second of the three candidate forums features challenger Monica MickHager who seeks to unseat incumbent Deborah Stinson in the race for Port Townsend City Council Position 3. In full disclosure, KPTZ wishes to make known that candidate Monica MickHager is a current member of KPTZ Radio Port Townsend’s Board of Directors.

Compass for the Week of 10/14/2019

This week on the Compass we talk with Tibetan filmmaker Tenzing Sonam about the tragic plight of his people and homeland under Chinese occupation, and the wrenching feature film on the subject titled The Sweet Requiem he and his producing partner and wife Ritu Sarin recently brought to the Rose Theater.

Port Commission District 1 Race

On the October 11, 2019 Tossed Salad show, host Phil Andrus discusses current issues with Port Commission District 1 candidates Chuck Fauls and Pam Petranek.

Tossed Salad Segment
Port Commissioner Position 1

On the October 11, 2019 Tossed Salad show, host Phil Andrus discusses current issues with Port Commission District 1 candidates Chuck Fauls and Pam Petranek.

Tossed Salad for 10/11/2019

Fall is settling in with lovely rain. Coming soon will be the time change (aaah, an extra hour of sleep) and elections. That’s a lovely Tossed Salad right there. And here’s what Phil Andrus brings us this Friday:
1:00 – Port Commissioner candidates Pam Petranek and Chuck Fauls
2:00 – Daniel Macke and Trevor Hanson
3:00 – Al Bergstein, Olympic Peninsula Environmental News
3:30 – TBD
4:30 – Don White reading “Our Town Today with Hank Fiset” by Tom Hanks
4:50 – Mari Mullen, PT Mainstreet, on a trembling downtown Halloween

Nature Now #432
Alex Gagnon

(First airdate: October 8, 2019) Host Nan Evans talks with Alex Gagnon, UW Chemical Oeanographer about Coral Reefs.

#143 Ian Jablonski, Water Resources Mgr.

(First airdate: October 8, 2019) IAN JABLONSKI: GUARDIAN OF THE WATER WORKS. Our Town host Maryanne McNellis interviews Ian Jablonski, Water Resources Manager of the City of Port Townsend. Climate change is making us all think more about the earth’s resources. Even though we live in the so-called “Emerald State” we are not immune to water shortages. The summer of 2015 brought us every close to real problems. Ian and his team are responsible for making sure that the water that’s piped to us from the Big & Little Quilcine Rivers is pure and safe for drinking. Water-borne pathogens have killed in other parts of the country. He explains the elaborate system for making our water safe.

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