Episode Summary:
Cristy Santeford has been our gift buyer since the beginning of Camano Commons Marketplace, but she has also worked at Camano Island Coffee Roasters for many years before that. She has been a fantastic team member and integral to our success.
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Key Points of Interest:
- Where did Cristy Grow up?
- How did Cristy get involved with gifts?
- What is cottage industry?
- How did she meet her Husband Glenn? (Who was our Master Coffee Roasters for a while)
- What was the first gift shop she worked in?
- What gift manufacturing company did she start?
- What were some of their successful gifts?
- How did Cristy get involved in sales for the manufacturing company?
- What was Cristy’s dream job?
- How did Cristy get involved with Camano Island Coffee Roasters?
- What was her first job at the Roaster?
- How did she get involved with the gifts side of things?
- How did Camano Commons Marketplace get started?
- How has Cristy evolved her gift buying overtime?
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Episode Summary:
Dr. Zach Pope is the Operator of Pope Chiropractic and son of previous guest, Dr. Ray Pope.. He has been working with his dad for over 8 years and now runs many of the operations of the practice.
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Key Points of Interest:
- Zach starts by asking our listeners to seek out stories from people of color in our country
- What was Zach’s earliest memories of Camano Island?
- What did Zach do growing up on the island?
- Why did Zach choose chiropractic?
- How does Zach see Chiropractic different from other medical professions?
- Where did Zach choose to go to college?
- Why did he eventually join up with the family practice?
- What was it like to start working on real patients?
- How has the business evolve since you coming on?
- The 5 keys of Health
- Spinal Health
- Nutrition
- Sleep
- Movement
- Attitude
- What additional services does Pope Chiropractic offer?
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Episode Summary:
Michael Lienau got his big break with a news story covering the USA's attempt to abolish Tribal lands. His Mt. St. Helens documentary, "The Fire Below Us" was nationally acclaimed and won 7 awards.
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Key Points of Interest:
- Where did Michael grow up?
- Where did her get started with film?
- What age did he start filming?
- What was his first professional story? Abolish Native Tribes
- How did he get involved with Mt St Helens?
- What was his initial job around the eruption?
- How did he end up getting lost on Mt St Helens?
- What was it like to be on the volcano when it erupted again?
- Hear the story of how him and his team got off the volcano
- How did this kick off research on volcanos in the NW?
- How did Michael go about making the “Fire Below Us"
- How long did it take them to create the “Fire Below Us"
- They created survival kits videos to help prepare for disasters
- This included a pandemic survival kit 11 years ago!
- What are the projects they are currently working on?
- He also worked on a film based on slavery and prejudices that African-Americans face to this day
- It also focused on the indigenous people, and their struggles
- What are steps they take to be prepared on a regular basis?
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Episode Summary:
Mary Pilkington has done talks at local events as well as at schools, where she shares the story of her late husband, Fred Pilkington, her late husband, who was a EX-POW at Battle of the Bulge in WWII. But Mary has also had a fascinating life story, and has lived on the island since 1987.
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Key Points of Interest:
- Moved to Camano Island in 1987
- How many elementary and high schools did she attend?
- How did this help her in her life?
- What was it like back when she graduated high school?
- What year did Mary graduate college?
- What was it like for her when Martin Luther King Jr. was killed
- What was her educational journey?
- She is also an avid downhill skier, prior to her back surgery
- Despite having full time crutches, what outdoor activities has she continued to take part in?
- How did she meet her husband Fred Pilkington?
- What was some of Fred’s history?
- How did they end up on Camano Island?
- While world traveling with Fred, what was her favorite place they stayed?
- How is she involved in the art community?
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Episode Summary:
Dr. Ray Pope is the founder of Pope Chiropractic. He has been practicing on the island for many years, and is now located at Camano Commons.
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Key Points of Interest:
- Where did Dr. Pope grow up?
- What was his original career of choice?
- What was his reasoning for changing?
- Why Chiropractic?
- What brought the Pope/s to Washington from New York?
- Where did he start his chiropractic career?
- How did they hear about Camano Island?
- Where did I get to meet Dr. Ray Pope?
- Where are they currently located?
- How is chiropractic health proactive against sickness?
- The 5 keys of Health
- Spinal Health
- Nutrition
- Sleep
- Movement
- Attitude
- What is BAM and why is it important?
- How have these components influenced their business decisions?
- When did Dr. Zach come into the picture?
- How has the transpired, and what is the future of Pope Chiropractic?
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Episode Summary:
Elaine Traversi is the Executive Director of the Stanwood Chamber of Commerce. She attended and then worked at Everett Community College before joining the Stanwood Chamber of Commerce as their executive Director.
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Key Points of Interest:
- Where did Elaine grow up?
- How did she end up here in Washington?
- Where did she attend College?
- Why did she end up studying business?
- How long was she working at the college after she graduated?
- How did she get involved with the Stanwood Chamber?
- What was her first project with the Stanwood Chamber?
- How does the Stanwood interact and work with the Stanwood Chamber?
- How has the Stanwood Chamber reacted to COVID-19?
- How has that affected their donations, events, and function?
- What does her job look like now?
- How are the Stanwood Businesses doing?
- What do things look like until the end of the year for the Stanwood Chamber?
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Episode Summary:
Lynne Ayers started in nonprofits, then moved on to a wide ranging career including Nordstrom, Wine, and more, and after all of that, she has returned to the nonprofit sector.
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Key Points of Interest:
- If you didn’t already, be sure to go back and listen to Part 1!
- Who was the founder of the Stanwood Camano Food Bank?
- How did Lynne get introduced to the Stanwood Camano Food Bank?
- How did the thrift shop portion of the store get started?
- What are some of the ways to help people who frequent the food bank?
- How did the grocery store model work and help out the customers of the food bank?
- How has the food bank reacted to COVID-19?
- What are the positive aspects that she has seen from COVID?
- Their backpack program went from 350 to over a 1000 takers during this time
- How much has Grocery drops gone down during this time?
- How has the community pitched in and helped out?
- Lynne also wants to know how much she appreciates the Stanwood Camano Area for their support!
- How many pounds of food does the food bank go through right now?
- How can people help out during this time?
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Episode Summary:
Lynne Ayers started in nonprofits, then moved on to a wide ranging career including Nordstrom, Wine, and more, and after all of that, she has returned to the nonprofit sector.
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Key Points of Interest:
- What was Lynne’s childhood like?
- What was Lynne’s first job?
- How did her first day look like there?
- How has her growing as an Army Brat help her throughout life?
- Where did she go after working with the American Cancer Society?
- How did she meet her husband, Jim Ayers?
- How many weeks did it take them to get married?
- Where did she start with wine?
- How does Lynne rate wines and advise people to pick wines?
- When did Lynne get started with Nordstrom?
- What was her first project there?
- How has she continually adapted to new roles with each career?
- How did they discover Camano Island?
- How did Lynne get to know people on the island?
- What was the Marketplace doing before it was the Marketplace?
- Come back next week to hear how they’ve dealt with COVID
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Episode Summary:
Jennifer Short is the owner of Camano Island Honey. She was a veterinarian for 20 years with large herd animals. She discovered bees and her “retirement” career has kept her a busy bee.
Key Points of Interest:
- Where did Jennifer Short start?
- When did she get started with animals?
- What was her original profession?
- What was Jennifer’s education the second time around?
- Where did she study abroad at?
- When she lived in Colorado, what was she doing during that time?
- Hear more about the farming community and why it is so important
- How did Jennifer hear about Camano Island?
- How did Jennifer get started with bees?
- How many colonies does Jennifer now maintain?
- What type of honey bees does she manage?
- Find out the challenges that honey beekeepers have to handle
- Who is the culprit of most of these challenges?
- What is the state of honey bees in America?
- Find out what a dearth is
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Episode Summary:
Evan and I have a conversation on how COVID-19 is affecting the Stanwood Camano Community. We also talk about the good we have seen happening around this community!
Key Points of Interest:
- The main points of conversation are:
- Schools
- Business
- The human connection aspect
- Some of the positive aspects we’ve seen in this community
