Friday, June 22 at 3:00 PM., found a nervous Carl Jarvis and JCCB
president Nancy Villagran seated in front of microphones with Phil
Andrus, host of Tossed Salad. A much calmer Cathy Jarvis listened
from the outer office.
Phil Andrus is a congenial, easy going host of the weekly four hour
show, chatting his way through interesting interviews and features of
interest about local history and current events in Jefferson County.
If anyone is interested in spending a short half hour listening, just
google KPTZ Archive, Tossed Salad for June 22. Since I am probably
the second worst computer user in Washington State, I have to stumble
and fumble about in order to find the link that actually plays the
show. But it's Hour 3, and it does say my name. I finally entered
on, "Play latest broadcast". After a closing few words with the
previous guest, a station break, a couple of public service
announcements and a rather innocuous musical interlude, we find
ourselves on the air.
And so we began. Armed with piles of statistics, history, Sue's many
involvements and accomplishments, along with discussion about
DASH(disabilities awareness starts here), ACAC(Accessible communities
advisory committee), GCDIE(governor's committee on disability issues
on employment), and so many other organizations and activities in
which Sue volunteered, as well as the formidable list of her work
history, and a few stories...and the interview was over before we
hardly got started, with most of my great presentation still tucked
away in my head, unsaid. But thanks to the efforts of our brand new
JCCB president, Nancy Villagran, we were able to get out the word that
there is a WCB chapter in Port Townsend, and there are people like Sue
Ammeter who care dearly for their communities.
Today, Sunday, I am finally getting back to my normal old self. I
really do get worked up over public appearances, but it is an area
where we all need to get involved. As an "invisible minority", we
blind people can use all the exposure we can rustle up. And once
again, well after the fact, I marvel at just how "easy" it was, and
how much fun I had.
Carl Jarvis
