(Airdate: June 9, 2025) Attention Please! Host Charlie Bermant talked to the three declared candidates for the Port Townsend City Council position 1: Fred Obee, Mikki Porter, and Dylan Quarles, who seek to succeed retiring council member Ben Thomas. This is significant, as it is the only race that has a primary contest (the top two vote getters in the August 5 Primary will advance to the November 4 General Election).
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark heads on down to Point Wilson to talk with David Ehnebuske of the US Lighthouse Society and Mel Carter, caretaker at Pointt Wilson for a tour and to hear more about the upcoming Lighthouse Celebration on Saturday June 7.
(Airdate: May 26, 2025) On this Memorial Day Attention Please!, Diane Musick of the Master Gardeners Foundation opens the show to introduce this year’s Secret Garden Tour. Following Diane, US Navy Captain Brian Cullin, retired, talks of his twenty-one year career as a press officer in the Navy, including his service in the White House during the Clinton administration. Hosted by Phil Andrus.
(Airdate: May 19, 2025) Genevieve Barlow interviews Martha Worthley (Executive Director), Mary Black (Development Manager), and Linda Rosenbury (President of the Board) of Northwind Art to talk about their upcoming fundraising gala and auction.
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(Airdate: May 12, 2025) Fund Drive special about Community Unity. KPTZ Director of Community Outreach Genevieve Barlow and KPTZ General Manager Taylor Clark walk through a list of all the wonderful nonprofit agencies that KPTZ supports through the PSA (Public Service Announcement) process. Email psa@kptz.org or calendar@kptz.org to get your organization connected with KPTZ.
(Airdate: May 5, 2025) KPTZ’s Christine Walsh Rogers and Taylor Clark were joined by A.J. Hawkins and Jen Hauser from The Parlor here in Port Townsend (http://shopkalma.com) a space focusing on weaving community at the intersections of grief and joy. Listen in to hear more about the resources they offer, including the Memory Tree and the Community Grief Altar, and how the process of grief can help us with some of the very difficult things that happen in our lives.
(Airdate: April 21, 2025) On today’s Attention Please! host Charlie Bermant talks to Port Townsend City Council member Libby Wennstrom, Deputy Mayor Amy Howard, and former Mayor and City Council member Michelle Sandoval. As filing week is approaching, we discussed why people should run for city council and what to expect if/when you are elected. They tell us the job isn’t easy, but has tremendous rewards.
(Airdate: April 14, 2025) KPTZ’s Taylor Clark does a gallery walk through of Centrum’s “In the Making” resident artist Sam Christian‘s art installation “The High & Mighty Dream Quilt”. Tune in to hear how radio can help illuminate visual art and be sure to stop by the south gallery at Building 305 at Fort Worden before April 25 to see the installation. Plus, you can hear cicadas.
(Airdate: April 7, 2025) Wildfire risk is growing. Robert Wittenberg, Community Risk Manager with East Jefferson Fire Rescue (EJFR), walks and talks with KPTZ’s Jon Pinnow, discussing how homeowners can prepare for the growing threat and giving practical advice on how to make homes and landscapes safer. This conversation is part of a broader push to help communities across Washington get Wildfire Ready – and, thanks to EJFR, free home assessments are available right here in East Jefferson County.
(Airdate: March 31, 2025) This week’s Attention Please! takes us to Marrowstone Island, first for a conversation with Teri Nomura and Celia Fry about the AAUW Home and Kitchen Tour and then we go to the store, the Nordland General Store, and visit with Store board member Linda Secord and co-manager Sam Sparks. Hosted by Phil Andrus.
