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Forty-six years ago David Bowie released Changes at a time when the world was in turmoil and the future was uncertain. Perhaps that is why its choral refrain is cycling through my brain as I write to you about KPTZ’s upcoming schedule change. read more…
(First airdate: October 4, 2017) Cris Wilson talks with Julie Christine Johnson, award-winning author of the novels In Another Life and The Crows of Beara. You can learn more about her at juliechristinejohnson.com.
(First airdate: October 3, 2017) Jane Covella, Program Manager of the RSVP Program at OlyCap talks with Everybody Can host Sheila Ramsey to share volunteer opportunities available in Clallam and Jefferson Counties. Joining them is longtime Port Townsnd Food Bank volunteer, Leslie Sweeney. Leslie shares the history of the food bank and the rewards and benefits of volunteering in our community.
This week on the Compass, we don waders and participate in a bit of citizen science as we wander up the middle of Chimacum Creek looking for salmon, dead or alive.
(first aired September 27, 2017). Host Nan Evans welcomes new Nature Now host and wetlands biologist Paul Ruben, who defines wetlands and discusses issues related to them. Closing music is “Wetlands,” performed by Paul Spring.
(First airdate: September 26, 2017) LANCE BAILEY: THE CZAR OF BUILDING PERMITS. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Port Townsend Planning Director Lance Bailey. From the Howard Street expansion to Water Street construction to your neighbor’s renovation, he’s the man on the ground when it comes to building permits. And, as ever in Port Townsend, the real question is “to grow, or not to grow?” There are some very differing opinions out there on that one. Lance must listen and carefully weigh all options and all opinions.
We attend a fundraiser to support four Canadian First Nation Tribes in their legal defense against a planned oil pipeline they say infringes on their aboriginal title and rights, and then we hear about recent medical studies showing that our health may not depend so much on what we eat as when we eat it.
(first aired September 20, 2017). Host Debaran Kelso interviews U. S. Forest Service wildlife biologist Betsy Howell to get an update on the pine marten survey.
(first aired September 13, 2017). Host Mary Robson interviews Jude Rubin about the Youth Environmental Stewards (YES) program she founded.
(first aired September 19, 2017). Host Sheila Bender speaks with Oregon memoirist Karen McClintock about researching and writing her book, My Father’s Closet, that explored her married father’s secret long-term relationship with another man.
