Paula Marie Powell: A kayak adventure with a hammerhead shark

Since our very first broadcast, WTIP Community Radio has enjoyed interacting with the youth of our community. We have had young people in the studio for youth radio projects and to give us the latest school news report. We have reported on sporting events, plays, and of course graduation ceremonies.

And…we periodically check in with Cook County graduates and former North Shore residents as they’ve gone on to interesting adventures and important careers in a series called Where Are They Now?

In this segment, WTIP’s Rhonda Silence speaks to a woman who certainly raises the question in a different way: Where in the world is she now?

Listen as Rhonda speaks with Paula Marie Powell, a 1997 Cook County High School graduate who spent much of her childhood at her family’s Chippewa Inn resort on the Canadian side of Saganaga Lake, about her travels. Paula now spends summers living and working in Grand Portage with Grand Portage-Isle Royale Transportation Lines but travels to warmer climates in the winter.

WTIP reached her in Panama to learn about an adventure she had on a trek to Pompano Beach, Florida—an exciting off-shore encounter with a hammerhead shark. Click here to see Paula’s video of the event.

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If you know of someone with ties to our North Shore community that could be featured in an upcoming Where Are They Now?, please contact Rhonda Silence by calling 218-387-1070 or email [email protected]

Where Are They Now is made possible in part with funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.