(First airdate: July 18, 2017) Eating Beef and Dirt from Short’s Family Farm. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Roger Short, the owner of Short’s Family Farm in Chimacum. After decades as a traditional dairyman, Roger converted to grass-fed beef. He passionately believes in the health benefits of grass-fed vs. grain-fed beef. Jefferson County foodies agree with gusto. Short’s other line of business is selling “magical soil.” He sells some to a New Yorker who repackages it (to eat) and sells 4-oz. packages for $107. Roger sells it for considerably less to local gardeners and most of them don’t even eat it.
Podcasts
In Conversation – Nancy Rekow
(first aired July 11, 2017). Host Sheila Bender speaks with Bainbridge Island poet and long-time poetry facilitator Nancy Rekow about the history of her teaching and community poetry projects.
Nature Now #319 Aquatic Reserves
(first aired July 12, 2017). Host Nan Evans conducts a field interview with Birdie Davenport, Aquatic Reserves Manager with the Washington Department of Natural Resources, and talks about protecting special watery places in the Salish Sea. Closing music is “Sailing the Salish Sea,” performed by Adam Dobres.
Compass for the Week of July 17, 2017
Dan Chaon
Good-Bye, Sweet Laurette’s
(First airdate: July 11, 2017) In this exit interview, Pleasures and Treasures host Marcia Perlstein pays homage to a very special woman in our town, Sweet Laurette. Her warm, delicious restaurant has been sold. Tune in to hear her memories of Port Townsend and get a glimpse of her next adventures.
Jefferson Healthcare Hospice Foundation
(First airdate: July 11, 2017) Everybody Can host Sheila Ramsey talks with Kris Lawson of the Jefferson Healthcare Hospice program and Tom Duke, president of the Hospice Foundation Board about the everyday work of a hospice volunteer, and how the working board shapes the direction of local hospice services.
Compass for the Week of July 10, 2017
Nature Now #318 Fossil Finds
(first aired July 5, 2017). Host Mary Robson interviews geologist Annika Wallendahl about fossil finds in the Olympic Peninsula area. Closing music is “Mister Big Stuff,” performed by Kermit Ruffins and the Rebirth Brass Band.
#90 Robin Bergstrom of Bergstrom’s Antiques & Classic Autos
(First airdate: July 4, 2017) DRIVING DOWN THE SUPERHIGHWAY OF AMERICAN DREAMS. Our Town Host Maryanne McNellis interviews Robin Bergstrom, owner of Bergstrom’s Antique & Classic Autos. Robin sells vintage cars and extraordinary dream cars – such as the one that one Oscar winner had customized to the point where the door posts were carved into replicas of his treasured Oscars. But the shop is selling much more than cars: it’s an emporium of the all-American obsession with motor vehicles. It’s as much a museum as a shop and plenty of Robin’s personal collection is not for sale. Enter the door to “petrolomania,” a fantasy world suitable for any man cave (or woman cave, for that matter).



