(Airdate: May 27, 2024) This week host Jim Burke speaks with Christine DeVries of AAUW (American Association Of University Women) about the tutoring program she leads that help children at Chimacum Creek Primary and Chimacum Elementary schools get a leg up on reading and arithmetic. She’s looking for more volunteers, so contact Christine at 201-290-4761 or christine@goldenwing.com or got to the AAUW Port Townsend website.
(Reprise airdate: May 20, 2024) Jim Burke talks to George Geissler, the Washington State Forester, of the Washington Department of Natural Resources about wildfires and Smokey Bear. In this encore presentation, we include some extra Smokey Bear Ads.
(Airdate: May 13, 2024) On this week’s Attention Please! KPTZ’s Genevieve Barlow interviews the cast and musicians who are putting on the production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” at Port Townsend High School. The show started May 10 and continues next weekend through May 18. More information can be found here.
(Airdate: May 6, 2024) On this week’s Attention Please!, host Jim Burke talks with author Scott Wilson who wrote Working Port: 100 years of the Port of Port Townsend 1924-2024. They discuss the history of the Port and especially the changes around the mill, the boat haven, Point Hudson, the Jefferson County International Airport, the marine trades, and the people who shaped the Port and those who continue to do so.
(Airdate: April 29, 2024) This week’s Attention Please! presents two topics, two organizations, and four guests. For the Jefferson County Genealogical Society, Kathy Poole and Eileen Martin join host Phil Andrus. And for the Jefferson County Master Gardeners and the Food Bank Growers, Suzanne Eggleston and Mark Paxton announce their annual plant sale.
(Airdate: April 22, 2024) Steve Evans interviewed Laura Tucker, an Environmental Specialist/Educational & Outreach Coordinator for Jefferson County Public Health who informs listeners about our solid waste and what IS and IS NOT actually recyclable. (Note, this show is recycled from a 2020 show. Listeners are encouraged to seek updated information from Jefferson County Solid Waste Management.)
(Airdate: April 15, 2024) Attention Please! this week found Taylor Clark at Building 305 speaking with Jessica Plum, the Centrum Arts in the Making Artist-In-Residence this month, about her magical multi-media installation artwork “INNER SPACE” which can be viewed Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 11-4 in the South Gallery at 305 on the Fort Worden Campus. Jessica will be giving a talk about this artwork on Wednesday, April 24 from 6-8pm. For the second part of Attention Please!, we welcomed Teri Nomura and Catherine Robinson of AAUW and talked about the upcoming 2024 Home and Kitchen Tour, inspired by some very intriguing Port Townsend homes. The tour is all in Uptown, and may be walked. It takes place Saturday, April 27. More information is available at aauwpt.org.
(Airdate: April 8, 2024) Taylor Clark toured around Port Townsend with Scott Walker from the Local 2020 Transportation Lab as we looked at transportation problems and solutions. The Transportation Lab is putting on a one day conference called “Moving in the Right Direction” to consider how transportation policy contributes to building a livable, and wonderful community. The conference is on Friday, April 19, the public is welcome and registration information can be found here: https://l2020.org/conf2023/.
(Airdate: March 25, 2024) Jim Burke speaks with the cast of Gunmetal Blues, opening April 5, 2024 at Key City Public Theatre. AND then we hear an encore airing of Jim’s interview with Karyn Stillwell, instructor of yoga, the Wim Hop Method of COLD immersion, and a leader of cold plunges in Port Townsend at Ft. Worden Beach.
(Airdate: March 18, 2024) For Attention Please! this week, Phil Andrus explores “Maritime Voices” with creator Jim Heumann and advisor Diana Talley. Maritime Voices interviews people from Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula who have unique and interesting maritime related stories .
