This week on the Compass we talk with Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who visited Port Townsend for a conference aimed at helping small communities, like our so-called City of Dreams. We also asked the governor about rumors he may run for president of the United States.
(first aired April 25, 2018). Nan Evans hosts a rebroadcast of Mary Robson’s interview with Christie Lassen of Wild Birds Unlimited in Gardiner, where they discuss details of spring bird migration in our area. Closing music is “Migrating Bird,” a Greek song performed by Stella Marnelaki.
This week on Tossed Salad, Taylor Clark gets creative at 1pm. The rest of this Friday’s lineup is:
2:30 – Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter, Celtic harps, rare instruments and stories to tell
3:30 – Wearable Art Show, with Margie McDonald, Nadia Fisch, and Nadia’s mother, Ann Emineth
4:00 – Martha Levinson, for the Nordic Fiddlers Bloc
4:30 – Deborah Kate Hammond reading
(First airdate: April 24, 2018) MATT WALLACE: A VIEW FROM THE ROOF TOPS. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Matt Wallace, the new owner of Hope Roofing. Matt’s a long-time roofer but new at running a business the size of Hope Roofing. He has backing from a group of private investors known as LION (Local Investing Opportunities Network). Matt wants to continue and expand this local institution – a company that’s been roofing the peninsula since 1977.
This week on the Compass we talk with a Federal Emergency Management Agency representative about her recent visit to hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico – and the relevance that experience has to the Olympic Peninsula when we are faced with disaster.
(first aired April 17, 2018). Seattle author, bike enthusiast and gardening expert Bill Thorness joins host Sheila Bender via phone to discuss his book, Cycling the Pacific Coast: The Complete Guide from Canada to Mexico.
(first aired April 18, 2018). Debaran Kelso hosts birder extraordinaire Dr. Fred Sharpe in a reprise of a show originally broadcast two years ago, explaining how to train your ears to identify bird sounds. Closing music is “Songbird,” sung by Eva Cassidy.
This Friday, Tossed Salad host Phil Andrus will be on air 20 minutes early (that’s 12:40pm for you digital sorts) for Can’t Wait for Salad, featuring Sarah Zale and “Call for Poems on the Death Penalty”.
And here’s the rest of the Tossed Salad lineup:
1:00 – Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer, with Thom Lord on bass
1:30 – Rebecca Rottsolk, Rainshadow Chorale
2:00 – Bob Rosen, South County Report
2:30 – Tigran Arakelyan, PT Community Orchestra, with Larissa Freier, violin
3:00 – The Winter Wrens: Heather Lovetree, Gretchen Sleicher, Caitlin Battersby
3:30 – Judith-Kate Friedman, “Songs From the Sound”
4:30 – Don White, reading …
(First airdate: April 17, 2018) Join Missy Nielsen, host of Everybody Can as she discusses AAUW’s commitment to scholars, women and kitchens in Port Townsend. Jean Stasney, Co-President of AAUW and Celia Fry, UWF Vice-President of Scholarships, discuss how unique this particular chapter of the American Association of University Women is and how you can support their efforts to bring higher education to women.
(First airdate: April 3, 2018) Teresa Verraes, of the Port Townsend School of the Arts, joins host Missy Nielsen, of “Everybody Can” in a conversation about the growth of the school within the ‘Lifelong learning” mission of Fort Worden. Consider how our “Victorian Seaport and Arts Community” resonates in their work and reflect how you might embrace the “Art of Living” through expression and creativity at the PT School of the Arts.
