IAirdate: May 24, 2024) This week on County Connections, co-hosts Jim Burke and Kate Dean are joined by Monte Reinders, Jefferson County Public Works Director and County Engineer. They discuss roads, how they are built, maintained, funded, and prioritized.
(Airdate: May 7, 2024) Booklovers’ Cafe host Cris Wilson is joined by Fisher Poet, author, and salmon troller Tele Aadsen to talk about her memoir, What Water Holds, a sea-to-plate story told with love. This is a book full of stories of a life spent fishing the waters around Sitka, and a lyric celebration of the marine environment. Tele is a handtroller on the boat Nerka that she shares with her partner Joel. The collection of stories will appeal not only to people on the water but naturalists, environmentalists and all who think deeply about our world and our place as stewards of the wild. This book was chosen by the Anchorage Daily news as one of the top books of 2023.
Taylor Clark and John Mauro did not have a guest this week. They talked about various topics, including the wind-up of the Discovery Road Project and a celebration planned for June 15. They particularly looked at the process to find a replacement for City Council Member Aislinn Palmer, who is stepping down.
(Airdate: May 23, 2024) My Dream Job – My Kingdom for a Duck.
The Market Beet is a short segment playing on Wednesday afternoons between 12 and 12:30pm, presented by Amanda Milholland, Executive Director of the Jefferson County Farmers Markets – Port Townsend and Chimacum farmers markets. Tune in to hear about what’s fresh at the market, upcoming music, and events, as well as news about farming in Jefferson County. Learn more at jcfmarkets.org.
(Airdate: May 22, 2024) Please join host Debaran Kelso as we delve into the amazing world of secretive wetland birds! Our guest is Cindy Easterson from the Puget Sound Bird Observatory. She is program manager for the Regional Wetland Secretive Bird Monitoring Project, and will share details on this grand new research effort in our region.
(Airdate: May 21, 2024) We’re 60 kilometers west of Xi’an, visiting the of tomb of Yang Geifei. She was considered the most beautiful woman in China, and after she was buried here it was said that the soil of the grave mound took on a wonderful fragrance, and women came from all over to collect it….
