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Compass for the Week of 8/05/2019

In this edition of Compass, KPTZ reporter Chris Bricker speaks with Mary-Wynne Ashford, M.D., author and activist, who has been a leader in the international peace and disarmament movement for several decades. She’ll be one of the keynote speakers this week during events at the Cotton Building. From our civilization’s naive exploration of Nuclear Energy in the 1940s and 1950s to coping in subsequent decades with the Genie that’s out of the bottle, it is important for us to remember two profound days in history that changed the world. On August 6th and 9th the community of Port Townsend will reflect on the meaning, tragedy and lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with music, poetry, movies, speakers, ceremony and prayer.

PT City Council Position 6 Candidates

(Airdate: August 15, 2019) KPTZ’s Charlie Bermant interviews Port Townsend City Council Position 6 candidates Amy Howard and Bernie Arthur.

Tossed Salad for 8/02/2019

Right after KPTZ’s broadcase of the Centrum Free Friday Acoustic Blues Feastival at noon, Phil Andrus brings us sizzling summer programs on Tossed Salad this week. Pour yourself a cool lemonade, sit back, and listen:

1:20 – Daniel Macke, guitar and mandocello
2:00 – Patricia Jones and Brian Cullin, South County Report
2:30 – Judith-Kate Friedman, Songs from the Sound
3:30 – Jessica Randall and Al Latham, aerial application of herbicide on forestlands
4:00 – Tom Jay, A Word and a Poem
4:30 – Don White reading “In Another Country” by Ernest Hemingway

City Council Candidate Owen Rowe

(Airdate: August 1, 2019) Unopposed Port Townsend City Council candidate Owen Rowe discusses the issues with his predecessor, two-term council member Bob Gray.

Nature Now #422
Unseen Life in the Oceans, Part 2

(Reprise airdate: July 31, 2019) Dr. Virginia Armbrust, Director of the University of Washington School of Oceonography, joins host Nan Evans to talk about the weird world of microscopic organisms that populate the world’s oceans, and why we should know about them and even care.

Port Ludlow Project – Episode 13

(First airdate: July 30, 2019) It doesn’t matter if you’re paranoid, it matters if you’re paranoid enough.

#139 Steve Heigel: Paddling the Ocean Blue

(First airdate: July 30, 2019) Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Steve Heigel, the owner of PT Paddlesports. Steve rents everything from kayaks to standup paddle boards from his location near the Marine Science Center at Fort Worden. The thrills of being out on the water include regular sightings of eagles, otters and sometimes even dolphins. He’s a stickler for safety and all of his clients must wear safety gear. Steve watches the weather and tides like a hawk and makes sure everyone’s enjoying the full maritime experience. When he’s not running tours and supervising trips, Steve’s racing kayaks. Steve and his wife, Amy, successfully completed the recent Race to Alaska…well, they completed the 70/48. That race is from Tacoma to Port Townsend. Participants must row or paddle 70 miles in under 48 hours.

Compass for the Week of 7/29/2019

This week on the Compass, we talk with Mike Schleckser, better known to KPTZ listeners as DJ Max, a Port Townsend man whose father passed away and, as a tribute to his dad, Mike decided to go for a long walk from Mexico to Canada all by himself – 2,650 miles. It took four months, and today he tells us all about the pain and the joy.

Public Hospital District 2 Commissioner (Positions 2 & 5)

(Airdate: July 25, 2019) KPTZ’s Charlie Bermant interviews incumbent Jefferson Healthcare Commissioners Jill Buhler Rienstra and Matt Ready, both unopposed in the November election, during which they discuss what they want to accomplish during their next terms.

Sing It, Sister! Moves to Saturdays

Listen up, everybody! Ellen Bonjorno’s wonderful Sing It, Sister! show is moving to its new 11am–12noon Saturdays time slot starting July 27. Yes, fans of great women’s music ~ this means everybody, right! ~ can to tune in for an hour of superior selections, music from Billie Holiday to Holly Near, from Madonna to Mavis Staples, from Laura Nyro to Laura Love, and much much more.

Sing it Sister! features outstanding women’s music from the dawn of the recording era up to today’s newest sensations. You’ll hear every kind of music from folk, gospel, pop to rock, jazz, show and classical because women excel in every genre and then some. So join Ellen for an hour of old favorites and new discoveries to keep you coming back for more every Saturday from 11 to noon beginning July 27^th. Mark your calendar now and … Sing it, Sister!

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