This week on Compass we uncover the hidden past of Port Townsend resident Lynn Webster, who for nearly three decades has been modestly avoiding talk of her fabulous life in show business. Today, she finally tells her stories.
Podcasts
Nature Now #362
Protecting and Conserving River and Forest
(first aired May 23, 2018). Host Mary Robson speaks in the KPTZ studio with Jude Rubin and Peter Bahls of the Northwest Watershed Institute to discuss their mission of Protection, Restoration, Research-Based Assessment and Education and how they implement it. Closing music is “Watershed,” performed by Michael Gettel.
#111 Miles Vokurka, PT Summer Band
(First airdate: May 22, 2018) MILES VOKURKA: LEADING THE BOYS & GIRLS OF THE BAND. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Miles Vokurka, new Conductor of the Port Townsend Summer Band. Band members include teenagers and teenagers at heart who are drawn together by their love of music. The first concert of the season is Memorial Day (May 28) down at the Legion Hall on Water Street. Summer concerts in the gazebo at Chetzemoka Park are a long-standing tradition. Miles picks up the baton from retiring conductor Karl Bach. He promises to continue the tradition of rousing marches and will also add some newer touches ranging from Oklahoma to The Beatles.
Compass for the Week of 5/21/2018
In May of 2016, Muslims from Seattle visited Port Townsend to discuss their faith and respond to the tough questions about radical Islamic terrorism that you’ve probably always wanted to ask. Two years later, the violence continues … and the answers from this particular sect may surprise you.
Episode
In Conversation – Leesa Renee Hall
(first aired May 15, 2018). Sheila talks via phone with Toronto author Leesa Renee Hall about her start as a writer and how she helps people use expressive writing to examine prejudices.
Northwest Maritime Center
(First airdate: May 20, 2018) Get Ready to Ruckus! Join Missy Nielsen, host of Everybody Can as she visits with Angel Hewitson, volunteer coordinator and Barb Trailer, Director of the Wooden Boat Festival. This conversation explores volunteer recruitment, management and retention while looking ahead to the recently launched race Seventy48. This race launches from Tacoma and culminates with the R2AK send-off.
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Nature Now #361
The Gradual Unfolding of Spring
Where Forest and Pond Meet
(first aired May 9, 2018). Mary Robson hosts Fidalgo Island resident Bob Jepperson—walker, writer, sound recorder, photographer—to discuss his visions of the coming of spring in his world. Closing music is “Pond,” performed by Vernon.
Compass for the Week of 5/14/18
This week on the Compass, we join eighth-grade students from a Port Townsend Middle School who have become part of a very important scientific study as they work side-by-side with the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Heart of Learning: Jen Nielsen, PTHS Drama Director
(First airdate: May 3, 2018) Heather McRae-Woolf talks with Jennifer Nielsen, Drama Director at Port Townsend High School. Jennifer’s last production, after 15 years of work with students, is Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Performances continue through May 19, 2018 at Port Townsend High School.
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#110 Angela Hewitson, NW Maritime Center
(First airdate: May 8, 2018) PARTY TIME AT THE MARITIME CENTER. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Angela Hewitson, the Community Engagement Coordinator at the Northwest Maritime Center. That tongue-twister title means that Angela is in charge of running down a list of some 1,400 “active volunteers” and getting about 500 of them lined up for the annual Wooden Boat Festival. She’s also helping out with the R2AK race, now in its fourth year. Hopefully Angela’s love of woodworking and her hospitality industry background will help her bring off the parties (and, yes, the Festival too).
