Brandon Ericson

Camano Voice

Society EN ↓ 206 episodes

Camano Voice is the BEST way to stay up to date on things around Camano Island, hear about old and new businesses, and learn a little history about the island. New episodes every Tuesday! Brandon Ericson will be your guide to the Easy Island an hour north of Seattle!

Author

Brandon Ericson

Category

Society

Podcast website

www.camanocommons.com

Latest episode

Nov 21, 2023

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Episodes

#53: Mark Phibbs - Previous Owner of Mark's Camano Pharmacy 14.07.2020

Key Points of Interest: Where did Mark grow up?  What got Mark interested in Pharmacy?  Where did he go to school?  What does Mark view as the primary role of a Pharmacist?  Where did Mark start his career as a Pharmacist?  What was one of his hardest career decisions?  How did Mark end up taking over the Pharmacy here on Camano Island?  What ended up being the beginning of the end for the pharmac...

#51: Board of Directors - Hope Unlimited 30.06.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: Hope Unlimited ( https://hopeunl.org/ )  Key Points of Interest: What is the background of Joel, Norma, and Lynda?  How did Joel become the Executive Director of Hope Unlimited?  Where is Joel from?  What is Norma’s background?  Where has she traveled?  Find out Lynda’s background as well  How did Hope Unlimited change from mainly chaplain aid to fighting...

#50: Cristy Santeford - Gift Buyer for Camano Commons Marketplace 23.06.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: Alfy’s Pizza ( http://www.alfyspizza.com/ )  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...

#49: Dr. Zach Pope - Operator of Pope Chiropractor 16.06.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: Dr. Ray Pope Podcast ( https://camanocommons.com/ep46/ )  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 othe...

Ep48: Michael Lienau - Camano Film Maker, Director, and Producer 09.06.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: https://www.globalnetproductions.com/ Keeper of the Fire ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwO-BuOMIos )  The Fire Below Us ( https://www.globalnetproductions.com/new-page-1 )  Personal Survival Kit ( https://www.globalnetproductions.com/personal-survival-kit )  Pandemic Survival Kit ( https://www.globalnetproductions.com/the-fire-below-us )  Yokes and Ch...

#47: Mary Pilkington - Renaissance Woman 02.06.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: Battle of the Bulge  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...

#46: Dr. Ray Pope - Founder of Pope Chiropractic 26.05.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Life-Nearings-Self-Sufficient-Living/dp/0805209700 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 Cama...

#45: Elaine Traversi - Executive Director of Stanwood Chamber of Commerce 19.05.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: https://stanwoodchamber.org/ 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...

#44: Lynne Ayers - Director of Stanwood Camano Food Bank - Pt. 2 12.05.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: Part 1 ( https://camanocommons.com/ep43 )  https://www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco/great-american-smokeout.html Jim Ayers Podcast ( https://camanocommons.com/ep16/ )  Navarro Wine Club ( https://www.navarrowine.com/main.php )  Camano Island Coffee Roasters ( https://camanoislandcoffee.com/ )  Key Points of Interest: If you didn’t already, be...

#43: Lynne Ayers - Director of Stanwood Camano Food Bank - Pt. 1 05.05.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: https://www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco/great-american-smokeout.html Jim Ayers Podcast ( https://camanocommons.com/ep16/ )  Navarro Wine Club ( https://www.navarrowine.com/main.php )  Camano Island Coffee Roasters ( https://camanoislandcoffee.com/ )  Key Points of Interest: What was Lynne’s childhood like?  What was Lynne’s first job?  How d...

#42: Jennifer Short - Owner of Camano Island Honey 28.04.2020

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 d...

#41: Evan Caldwell - COVID-19's Effect on the Stanwood Camano Area 21.04.2020

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 

#40: Chris Tuohy - Founder of Forte Music Dance Art 14.04.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: https://www.juilliard.edu/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Mangione https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Smith_(musician) https://www.unlv.edu/ Key Points of Interest: Where did Chris grow up?  Hear the story about how his dad passed away art such a young age  His mo...

#39: Bob Schroepfer - Founder of Three Roosters Nursery 07.04.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: https://www.chickendelight.com/about-us/our-history/ https://www.niagarafallsstatepark.com/ https://camanocommons.com/ep9/ https://www.sixflags.com/darienlake Skagit Flats  Key Points of Interest: Bob grew up working in the Chicken delight with his parents  He gives us some tips on touring Niagara Falls  He also talks about the things he misses the most ...

#38: Mona Campbell - Director of Marketing for Canopy Tours NW 31.03.2020

Key Points of Interest: When did she start coming up to Camano Island?  What is the long term plan for Kristoferson Farm?  What is Mona’s educational background?  What was her career before working at Kristoferson Farms?  Mona describes her experience at Harvard University  Her husband took a position abroad in London, and was able to live there for a couple years  What brought Mona back to Camano...

#37: Lyndsay Crawford - Management Coordinator at Story House Collective 24.03.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: Lauren Breum Podcast ( https://camanocommons.com/ep8/ )  Leanna Crawford Podcast ( https://camanocommons.com/ep31/ )  Mark Crawford Podcast ( https://camanocommons.com/ep36/ )  Thunder Bird Park ( https://tbird.ca/ )  Northwest University ( https://www.northwestu.edu/ )  Compassion International ( https://www.compassion.com/ )  Funeral by Leanna Crawford...

#36: Mark Crawford - Vice President & GM of Smokey Point Concrete 17.03.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: http://www.smokeypointconcrete.com/ Lauren Breum Episode ( https://camanocommons.com/ep8/ )  Leanna Crawford Episode ( https://camanocommons.com/ep31/ )  Key Points of Interest: Find out where Mark grew up  What sport helped Mark move to different colleges?  What colleges did he attend and what did he study?  How did he get started in ready-mix concrete? ...

#35: Ed Bednarczyk - Founder, Producer, and Director of the Camano Island Radio Theater 10.03.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: https://www.goodspeed.org/ https://www.united.com/en/us https://www.nintendo.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Emblem:_Radiant_Dawn https://www.coastalbank.com/ https://www.holidaylightingnw.com/ https://www.daprdan.com/ Myra and Laura Podcast ( https://camanocommons.com/ep15/ )  Randy and Marla Podcast ( https://camanocommons.com/ep20/ )  Chuck Dur...

#34: Sally Pray - Owner of Soul Reflections 03.03.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: Shaina Holbeck ( https://camanocommons.com/ep19/ ) Mark Ellinger ( https://camanocommons.com/ep32/ )  Lydia Crouch ( https://camanocommons.com/ep18/ )  Art Festivals ( https://www.artsfestivals.org/ )  Key Points of Interest: Sally has lived on Camano Island for 21 years  What building did her parents buy as their house growing up?  Hear about the Sally’s...

#33: Marcus Ellinger - Glass Blower at Glass Quest 25.02.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: Glass Quest ( http://www.glassquest.com/ )  Great Northwest Glass Quest ( https://thegreatnwglassquest.com/ )  Nerd Buzzed Podcast ( https://bit.ly/2SrhOW1 )  Everett Community College ( http://www.everettcc.edu/ )  Key Points of Interest: Find out a little bit about Marcus  When did Marcus move to this area?  He started a painting business with his frien...

#32: Mark Ellinger - Founder of Glass Quest 18.02.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: Glass Quest ( http://www.glassquest.com/ )  Great Northwest Glass Quest ( https://thegreatnwglassquest.com/ )  Dave Chihuly ( https://www.chihuly.com/ )  Making of the Glass Floats ( https://bit.ly/2H0zkv1 )  The Gilded Gallery ( https://stanwoodcamanoart.com/ )  Key Points of Interest: Grew up in Lake Washington area  Went to Everett Community College br...

#31: Leanna Crawford - Singer and Songwriter 11.02.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: Northwest University ( https://www.northwestu.edu/ )  NAMM ( https://www.namm.org/ )  Matthew West (Song Writer and Singer) ( https://matthewwest.com/ )  https://www.providentlabelgroup.com/ Key Points of Interest: What things does Leanna miss the most about this area?  Leanna started showing horses and doing horse events  She was homeschooled growing up,...

#30: Vince Muscolo and Jim Joyce - Old Time Camano Folk 04.02.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: The Ranch Drive-in ( https://bit.ly/36m3YJx )  Key Points of Interest: When did Jim move to Camano Island?  How did Jim and Vince meet?  When did Vince come to Camano Island?  Hear what Camano was like back in the 1950’s  Jim and Vince would run around all over their little area of Camano Island  Jim’s Dad worked with the predecessor to the Washington Sta...

#29: Kris Kristoferson - 4th Generation Owner of Kristoferson Farm 28.01.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: https://www.cornell.edu/ https://www.boeing.com/ Camano Pumpkin Project ( https://www.camanopumpkinproject.com/ )  Key Points of Interest: How did the Kristoferson’s end up on Camano Island?  Kristoferson Dairy brought pasteurization to the Northwest  Kris’s great grandfather purchased a huge amount of land including the land of that Camaloch, Kristoferso...

#28: Brandon Ericson - Owner of Camano Commons Marketplace 21.01.2020

Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode: Kraus Manufacturing ( http://www.krausemanufacturing.com/ )  Janicki Industries ( https://www.janicki.com/ )  Jessica McCready Podcast ( https://camanocommons.com/ep2/ )  Key Points of Interest: I was adopted, but from where?  Where was my family originally from?  When did we move up here?  How was it growing up homeschooled?  Where was my favorite place...

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