Camano Voice

By Brandon Ericson

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!

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The podcast currently has 207 episodes available.

Camano Voice episodes:

December 17, 2019#24: Zach and Hailey Abbey - Owners of Ananda Farms
Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode:
Out of the Labyrinth (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Out_of_the_Labyrinth/5ZSjQlKPuNEC?hl=en&gbpv=0)
Autobiography of a Yogi (https://www.ananda.org/free-inspiration/books/autobiography-of-a-yogi/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp96HrvOP5gIV0hZ9Ch0ctwhXEAAYAyAAEgKamfD_BwE)
Key Points of Interest:
Where does Zach and Hailey hail from?
Hear what Zach’s career background, and it’s not what you think
What caused Zach to shift from his past career
What is Hailey’s educational background, and how does it tie in to what she does now?
How did she get introduced to Yoga?
Find out how Zach’s question, "What is Real?”, influenced his path
Zach and Hailey moved from the city to take on new positions, which connect them to nature
After working with this place for a couple years, they began traveling and helping out family
After finding themselves in this, they wanted to merge the worlds and nature and farming
Here about the meeting of a very influential person for them, whom showed them farming
How were Zach and Hailey first introduced to organic farming, and how did that influence them
Where did the idea of Ananda Farms come from?
What lead Zach down the path of Yoga?
Where does the name Ananda come from?
Where was the first Ananda Community start?
How does Zach and Hailey see Ananda Farms fit into this community?
How did Ananda Farms get started financially?
Hear about the Ananda Farms first year in operation
Find out one of Zach’s favorite things to do 🙂
How did the time in nature show them how to farm
“Investors” helped Ananda Farms, not for financial gain, but for investing in the future
Why did Ananda Farms begin to start making their amazing products?
What types of events does Ananda Farms have going on?
How many people showed up to their Lavender Festival?
They also have lots of other events!
What new programs are they working on for the future?
Camano Island Locations Mentioned in this Episode:
Camano Commons (https://camanocommons.com/)
Ananda Farms (https://anandafarms.com/)
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1h
December 10, 2019#23: Luke Plambeck - Deputy's Sheriff of Island County
Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode:
https://www.islandcountywa.gov/Sheriff/Pages/Home.aspx
Key Points of Interest:
Where did Luke grow up?
Find out how Luke got started in police work
What was he actually aiming for as a career?
Luke started with Island County Sheriff’s Office in 2005
It was his first job interview, and he was hired on immediately
He has been a deputy sheriff here on Camano Island for almost 15 years!
What is the difference between a Sheriff and Deputy?
Luke helps me understand the difference between all of the job titles in law enforcement and their differences
He also explains jurisdictions, and how sheriff departments and other law enforcement departments work together
Spoiler Alert! A deputy, city cop, or state patrol can pull you over anywhere in the state of Washington
How do they interact with Reservation Law Enforcement?
What are some patterns Luke has noticed in this area over his time?
Law enforcement, like many business owners, are struggling to find qualified candidates
How does the Sheriff’s Office work with Citizen's Patrol?
What all does Citizen’s Patrol do for this community?
Does Luke feel that crime has increased over his time as a deputy?
What are the more common crimes in this area?
Luke is a field training officer, which trains up the new deputies
He is also a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE), which is for determining if someone if a drive is drug impaired
Also, Luke is involved in the Opioid Addiction Outreach
How can we help one another to reduce crime, reduce homelessness, helping one another?
How does Stanwood Police Department and Island County work together?
What does Luke see as the future of Island County Sheriff’s Office here on Camano?
How does he work through scary situations?
Camano Island Locations Mentioned in this Episode:
Camano Island State Park (https://parks.state.wa.us/408/Camano-Island-State-Park)
Bluff Trail
Barnum Point (https://www.wclt.org/projects/barnum-point/)
The Baked Cafe (https://www.thebakedcafe.com/)
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51min
December 03, 2019#22: Adam Kopp - Owner of Madak
Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode:
https://madak.com/
Netflix Company Culture Deck (https://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664)
Key Points of Interest:
How did Adam end up on Camano Island?
Where did Adam get his start in design?
Does he believe that anything was lost in the transition from moving from computer based design and non computer based design
When did Adam start Madak?
Where does the name Madak come from?
How does Adam define Branding?
How does it relate to Marketing?
Madak is a full service boutique marketing agency in Stanwood
How did Adam decided building his company culture
What are some missed opportunities here locally?
Find out some of the new marketing tools that Madak is getting into
Adam walks us through his creative process
Find out what the future of Madak looks like!
Camano Island Locations Mentioned in this Episode:
Canopy Tours NW (https://canopytoursnw.com/)
Arrowhead Ranch (https://arrowheadranchcamano.com/)
Axe Throwing
Iverson Beach (https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/iverson-spit)
Hobbit Trail
Baked Cafe (https://www.thebakedcafe.com/)
...more
43min
November 26, 2019#21: Rachel Pigott - Owner of Island Harvest Farms
Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode:
https://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps
http://ofco.wa.gov/
https://www.cloudmountainfarmcenter.org/
Key Points of Interest:
Where did Rachel grow up?
Rachel started with Americorp in Boston
From there, she moved into Office of the Family and Children as an ombudsman for 7 years
She decided policy work wasn’t for her
Upon moving to Boston, she wasn’t prepared for the humidity
Rachel also make a bold claim about lobster vs crab
How did Rachel get into farming?
Took Horticulture classes at Edmonds Community College and loved them!
She then took on an internship with Hogsback on Vashon Island
Next, she continued on to Cloud Mountain Farm
She purchased the land for Island Harvest Farm in August 2014
How did she occupy herself throughout the first winter?
Where did the farm stand idea come from?
She also talks about the learning process of ordering seeds
How big is her crew on the farm?
Rachel also talks about what she has started to learn more about what this community likes
Where did the credit program idea come from? What are the advantages of joining it?
How did she get connected with Mike Nestor?
What are the Farm to Table Dinners?
Who did they get started?
What does the future of Island Harvest Farms look like?
Camano Island Locations Mentioned in this Episode:
Island Harvest Farms (https://camanoislandharvest.com/)
Camano Commons Marketplace (https://camanocommons.com/)
Camano Island State Park (https://parks.state.wa.us/408/Camano-Island-State-Park)
Howard Adams Trail
Baked Cafe (https://www.thebakedcafe.com/)
Tapped Camano (https://www.tappedpublichouse.com/)
...more
36min
November 19, 2019#20: Randy and Marla Heagle - Owners of Stanwood Camano Windermere
Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode:
Washington Energy Services(https://www.washingtonenergy.com/)
https://stanwood-camano.withwre.com/directory/agents/randy-heagle-1
https://windermere-stanwoodcamano.withwre.com/directory/agents/marla-heagle-2
https://www.windermere.com/foundation
https://madak.com/
https://www.soapboxderby.org/
https://arrowheadranchcamano.com/
Key Points of Interest:
What brought Marla and Randy to Camano Island?
How did Marla get started with Windermere Real Estate?
Find out which three offices were here when she started and how large was it here on the island?
How many real estate agents do they currently have on the team?
What was Marla’s background prior to Windermere?
Where did Randy work before Windermere?
What are Marla and Randy’s view on college and education vs jumping into the workforce?
Randy talks about why Windermere got involved in the local events and communities
How has working together gone for Marla and Randy?
What was the reason for the rebrand of Windermere with Madak?
Randy gets into why they believe Windermere does the best job
I finally made it out to Barnum Point!
Randy talks about Arrowhead Ranch!
How did the axe throwing area get setup at Arrowhead Ranch?
Marla talks about the Charcuterie Board Classes they offer at the Ranch
Randy shares his vision for Arrowhead Ranch
He also talks about getting the All-American Corp Box Derby started in this area
Marla talks about the future about Windermere Stanwood Camano
How does Windermere get its new agents up to speed?
Camano Island Locations Mentioned in this Episode:
Barnum Point (https://www.wclt.org/projects/barnum-point/)
Arrowhead Ranch (https://arrowheadranchcamano.com/)
Camano Commons Marketplace (https://camanocommons.com/)
Cama Beach (https://parks.state.wa.us/483/Cama-Beach)
...more
42min
November 12, 2019#19: Shaina Holbeck - Realtor at RE/MAX and President of Stanwood Chamber
Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode:
https://www.holbeckrealestate.com/
https://www.facebook.com/CamanoCoffeeStands/
George Colby Podcast - https://camanocommons.com/ep13/
https://www.facebook.com/shipwreckcoffee
https://discoverstanwoodcamano.com/
Jessica McCready Podcast - https://camanocommons.com/ep2/
https://www.facebook.com/saalbrewingco/
https://www.facebook.com/camalochgolf/
https://stanwoodchamber.org/
Key Points of Interest:
Find out why Shaina moved to the Island, and then moved away, and then moved back!
What university did she attend and what did she study?
Shaina talks about her initial career, but how she why she decided on another path
Despite moving onto a different career, she still loves diving into psychology and human behavior
Find out how she met her husband
How did Shaina get started in Real Estate?
Also, her husband and Shaina have a their own real estate venture
After working as a barista for years, she eventually looked back into social services
She ended up not moving into social services, but ended up becoming a real estate agent at RE/MAX
How did her first customer go as a real estate agent?
Find out how she combined her barista and real estate careers?
Why did Shaina get involved with the Stanwood Chamber of Commerce?
How did she become the president of the Stanwood Chamber?
What are some of the biggest projects the Stanwood Chamber of Commerce?
How does the Stanwood Chamber interact with the Stanwood City Council?
How did Discover Port Susan evolve into Discover Stanwood Camano?
Has the old school mentality of Camano vs Stanwood died?
Check out the Discover Stanwood Camano Calendar!
What effects does a bedroom community have on events?
Has Shaina noticed a larger amount of families moving to the Stanwood area?
What is Shaina’s favorite event of the Stanwood Chamber of Commerce?
What does Shaina see the future of the Stanwood Chamber?
Camano Island Locations Mentioned in this Episode:
Barnum Point (https://www.wclt.org/projects/barnum-point/)
Camano Commons Marketplace (https://camanocommons.com/)
Camano Island State Park (https://parks.state.wa.us/408/Camano-Island-State-Park)
Jasmin Restaurant (https://www.stanwoodjasmin.com/)
Canopy Tours (https://canopytoursnw.com/)
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1h
November 08, 2019 Bonus Episode #2: Exciting Announcement
Big Announcement! Check it out!
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11min
November 05, 2019#18: Lydia Crouch - Artist and Owner of Lydia C Creative Life
Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode:
Lydia C Creative (https://www.lydiaccreativelife.com/)
Graham Kerr (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Kerr)
Jeannie Maddoxx (https://www.jeanniemaddox.com/)
Gordon College (https://www.gordon.edu/)
YWAM (https://www.ywam.org/)
S.A.D. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder)
Jed’s Podcast (https://camanocommons.com/ep12/)
Acrylic University (https://www.acrylicuniversity.com/)
Dan’s Podcast (https://camanocommons.com/ep3/)

Key Points of Interest:
What does Lydia go by around town?
What number on the Enneagram is Lydia?
What brought Lydia to Camano and where did she grow up?
Hear about her favorite aspects about this area.
What world renown artist did Lydia get to study under?
Though she took parts of many arts, but which was her most dear to her?
Lydia had many adventures with YWAM, including getting to go to Spain during the World Cup
What is Lydia’s view on College and it’s importance
How did Lydia’s parents push her along her journey of life?
Her now husband, was introduced as a mentor
They then started an organization together
Lydia talks about her most popular show and how she wrote a song on the fly
How did their kids get involved with Show and Tell?
Why did they end up shutting it down?
Lydia gets into why she struggles with Fall and Winter in this area
Also Lydia talks about her view on counseling
Hear how Lydia changed from thinking "I should…” to “I would like to…"
Find out what number I am on the Enneagram...
Lydia explains her painting her self portrait, and how long did it take?
Hear about Lydia’s connection with Cristy, our gift buyer
Find out about Lydia’s newest project starting early next year!
She wants to jump start new artist through this program!
Lydia goes into how she got connected with Jed Dorsey
She got to take one of his classes
Jed really changed her view on her art
Lydia gives a great description of Jed’s Art

Camano Island Locations Mentioned in this Episode:
English Boom (https://www.camanoislandinfo.com/english-boom-historical-park-1)
Iverson Beach (https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/iverson-spit)
Barnum Point (https://www.wclt.org/projects/barnum-point/)
Camano Commons Marketplace (https://camanocommons.com/)
Soap Box Derby (https://www.soapboxderby.org/stanwood-camano-island)
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1h 2min
October 29, 2019#17: Paige Schmelzer - Volunteer and Outreach Director at N.O.A.H.
Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode:
N.O.A.H. Center (https://www.thenoahcenter.org/)
Woodland Park Zoo (https://www.zoo.org/)
C.A.S.A. (http://www.camanoanimalshelter.com/01_adopt.html)
Glass Quest (http://www.glassquest.com/)
Key Points of Interest:
Who is Paige Schmelzer?
Why did she move to Camano Island?
How did Paige get involved in animal welfare?
She also got started at the Woodland Park Zoo at age of 16!
Hear what it was like work with so many animals at the zoo
What was her favorite animal at the zoo?
Where did Paige’s love for animals come from?
And why the connections with cats?
I talk about my past dog and my kids interactions with pets
What caused her to move on from the Woodland Park Zoo
How did she get started with NOAH and how did she become the Outreach Director
What is the difference between NOAH and organizations like CASA?
How does NOAH deal with feral cats?
NOAH has performed over 100,000 spay and neuters and 40,000 adoptions
Why does NOAH not take animals from the public
Washington has not had to euthanize a healthy animal in a long time
Find out what the acronyms for N.O.A.H. and C.A.S.A. stand for!
How can you help?
How do they analyze and assess animals that come in?
How did she get to 10 cats?
Camano Island Locations Mentioned in this Episode:
Cama Beach (https://parks.state.wa.us/483/Cama-Beach)
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35min
October 22, 2019#16: Jim Ayers - Realtor at Windemere Realty and President of Camano Chamber of Commerce
Links to Things Mentioned in this Episode:
Camano Island Chamber of Commerce (https://camanoisland.org/)
Windemere (http://jimayers.withwre.com/)
AT&T (https://www.att.com/)
GTE (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTE)
NTT (https://www.ntt.com/en/index.html)
British Telecom (https://www.bt.com/)
Microsoft (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us)
Blue Heron Wine Cellar (https://www.yelp.com/biz/great-blue-heron-wine-cellars-camano-island)
Jessica McCready (http://camanocommons.com/ep2/)
Key Points of Interest:
Where does Jim hail from?
Find out Jim’s degree, and how does it apply to his work, or does it?
He also went to high school with another Camano Voice Guest, but which one?
Jim also joined the navy to avoid the draft
He became a teacher until...
But then he jumped into another career
And how did he meet his wife, Lyn?
Jim got started with AT&T
He ran the telecommunications for the state of CA with AT&T
Later, he was recruited by GTE
He then was recruited from one company to the next
During this time, Jim worked all over the world with telecommunications
In “retirement, he started consulting for what company….
Finally, he settled in to Real Estate with Windemere
What patterns and trends has he noticed over the years in real estate?
What is one of the most popular style of homes on the island?
How did Jim get involved with the Chamber of Commerce?
Why has Jim continued to be the president for 3 years?
How many businesses are part of the Camano Chamber of Commerce?
The Chamber does not actually make money from which large event?
Jim describes what he sees the future of the Camano Chamber of Commerce
Camano Island Locations Mentioned in this Episode:
Barnum Point (https://www.wclt.org/projects/barnum-point/)
Cama Beach (https://parks.state.wa.us/483/Cama-Beach)
Elger Bay Preserve (https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/elger-bay-preserve)
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45min

FAQs about Camano Voice:

How many episodes does Camano Voice have?

The podcast currently has 207 episodes available.