(First aired August 24, 2016). Host Nan Evans is joined by Wendy Feltham and Lee Merrill to explore the rocky inter-tidal biological community at Salt Creek Community Park near Port Angeles. Closing music is “Low Tide,” by Michael Jerome Brown.
Free concerts at the longtime location of the Olympic Music Festival. This weekend Aug 27 & 28 at 2pm. Hear Alan Iglitzen, host of the series, and originator of the Olympic Music Festival, interviewed by Al Bergstein.
On Tossed Salad , with Phil Andrus, Friday in the Noon to 1pm hour,
and on Saturday at 11am, and Sunday at 10am. Join us and honor Alan and his service to our community.
This week on the Compass, Mike Chapman, the man who captured the Millennium Bomber in Port Angeles tells us how it happened, and also tells us why he wants to be your District 24 legislator in Olympia. Then we reprise a 2013 visit with the Threshold Choir, a band of angels who sing to the sick or dying.
(First aired August 17, 2016). Host Debaran Kelso speaks in-studio with wildlife biologist Betsy Howell of the U.S. Forest Service to learn about small carnivore surveys on the Olympic National Forest. Closing music is “The Weasel,” performed by The Upbeat.
(First airdate: August 16, 2016) Sheila Ramsey talks with Deborah Wilson, Danny Milholland, Deborah Stinson and Anna Lisa Barelli with a call for volunteers for the All-County Picnic. Build Community, develop resilience. Learn all about how to develop an Emergency Preparedness plan for your home and neighborhood. The All-County Picnic is on Sunday August 21st at H.J. Carroll Park in Port Hadlock.
(first airdate: August 16, 2016) THE ARTIST AS DENTIST, WORKING IN PORCELAIN & GOLD. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Dr. Liza Mathias from Uptown Dental. Most people don’t consider dentistry an art form. But Dr. Mathias does. Her tiny, perfect crowns and bridges combine her technical skills as a dentist with her artistic talent and eye for perfection.
This week on the Compass we talk with a peace activist who is disappointed that the charge against him for his act of civil disobedience was so lenient. And we visit with the organizers of an unique annual event that celebrates community while preparing for disaster.
(First aired August 10, 2016). Host Nan Evans brings CedarRoot Folk School co-founder Scott Brinton back the studio once more to expand his earlier discussion on birds to include “sit spots” — what they are and how best to use them. Closing music is “Wildflowers,” performed by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emily Lou Harris.
(First aired August 9, 2016). Host Sheila Bender welcomes to the KPTZ studio Port Townsend resident Gabriel Rummonds, famed ironpress printer in the U.S. and Italy and author of the memoir Fantasies and Hard Knocks.
