This week on the Compass we visit Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue, where we find that Port Townsend’s recently-retired police chief has taken up a new career as his wife’s sidekick on a mission to save injured birds of every feather.
Maryanne McNellis interviews Paul Becker, former president of the local Humane Society.
Topic: How the Humane Society was formed, the history and relationship with the Sheriff’s Department and how the society is operated.
(First airdate: September 16, 2015) Host Marcia Perlstein interviews retired judge, Laura Melvin.
Mom’s rights. With Janet Perris.
Cris Wilson interviews Marianne Leone Cooper, author of Jesse: A Mothers’ Story. Cooper’s son Jesse was born with Cerebral Palsy. The book follows his life, the family’s life striving to get the services and respect he deserved, and the overall condition of special-needs people in our society. Marianne Leone Cooper will be at the PT Film Festival, Sept 25-27, and will present the film “My Left Foot.”
Host Nan Evans interviews Jeff Adams, the Marine Water Quality Specialist with Washington Sea Grant, on the phone, and Emily Grason, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington, in studio. They discuss all aspects of the invasive European Green Crab, which could cause a problem in our area if they become established. Closing music is “The Tinker and The Crab,” performed by Donovan.
Final preparations are in full swing for this weekend’s Wooden Boat Festival, so we bring you two related stories – one about the joys and pains of wooden boat maintenance, and the other about a Port Townsend resident who is once again providing the festival with the benefit of his family’s generations of experience in building carousels.
Mara Lathrop discusses gleaning.
Mara Lathrop talks about local garlic.
Host Sheila Bender interviews Seattle poet and teacher Carolyne Wright about her background and career, and looks into the history of her co-authored anthology, “Raising Lilly Ledbetter: Women Poets Occupy the Workspace.
