This week John Mauro responded to questions about the City’s new Infrastructure Committee and the consolidation of existing committees to gain efficiencies for the city. Other topics included seasonal changes to downtown parking limits, infrastructure challenges at the city’s sewage treatment plant, and the status of Port Townsend ‘s pending water system agreement with the mill.
Email your questions in advance to [email protected].
KPTZ is pleased to join up with the League of Women Voters of Jefferson County and the American Association of University Women of Port Townsend for the upcoming virtual Candidate Forum on Thursday October 7 at 6pm.
Moderated by Renee Klein, the first hour of the forum will feature Position 1 candidates Cameron Jones and Ben Thomas, followed in the second hour by Position 5 candidates Tyler Vega and Libby Wennstrom. KPTZ will simulcast the forum and livestream it at the above Listen Live button.
Candidates will give timed opening and closing statements, and answer questions submitted by the public. Submit your questions here by October 5. Concise, unbiased questions will be given priority. Some questions may be combined, and every effort will be made to cover a wide range of subjects. Links to the forum, accessible by computer or phone, will be posted on the League’s website.
Ballots for the November 2 election will be mailed October 13 and must be turned in by November 2. New online and mailed-in registrations to vote must be received by October 25. In-person registration at the Jefferson County Courthouse is possible during business hours through November 2. See the Jefferson County Elections website for more information on deadlines and ballot box locations.
(Airdate: October 4, 2021) This Attention Please! brings two guests with two topics. To begin, Skip Cadorette announces the 2021 WAVE Food Drive, explaining how we can help grow food security in our community. In the second half of the show, Cindy Jayne, Chair of the Jefferson County/City of Port Townsend Climate Action Committee, describes strategies for the reduction of carbon emissions in Jefferson County.
(Airdate: October 5, 2021) Our Town host Maryanne McNellis interviews Rocky Friedman, the owner of the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend. Rocky fell in love with movies at a young age. After graduating from USC’s famed Film School, he decided that his future was not as a star but as a great screenwriter. Rocky and his wife ultimately moved to Port Townsend – a great place to write. But Rocky soon realized that the town was ripe for a special kind of movie theater. He spent seven long years researching and scheming. Oddly enough, he never even realized that the glory of the original 1907 Rose Theatre was lurking behind cheap remodels. The old tin ceiling and murals were carefully restored before opening in 1992. The Rosebud followed in 1995 and the adult venue Starlight Room opened in 2013. Then came the pandemic and Rocky – like all business owners – faced the trauma of shutdown. A “go-fund-me” campaign helped him hold on through the 499 days of closure. But the Rose is now back and Rocky is loving returning with the movies he loves. (Did you know he personally picks which movies run at the Rose?)
The following is a summary of the presentation during the Public Health briefings at this week’s Board of County Commissioners meeting made by Jefferson and Clallam County Public Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry. Spokespeople from Jefferson Healthcare joined to address the meeting. Also Willie Bence, Director, Director of Emergency Management, gave a report. The summary was provided by and used with the permission of Jefferson County Government.
Jefferson County recorded 305 COVID-19 infections in September, nearly one-third of the 1,000 local cases during the 19 months that we’ve been in the pandemic. We had 175 cases in August, our previous peak. Together, August and September of 2021 account for 48% of all the COVID-19 infections recorded in Jefferson County. The steep rise these last two months coincided with the lifting of some COVID-19 restrictions and the rapid spread of the Delta variant, which now accounts for virtually all new infections in the U.S. As is true in most places with increasing infection rates, hospitals in Clallam, Jefferson, and Kitsap counties have sometimes filled to capacity. The vast majority of recently hospitalized COVID-19 patients were not vaccinated.
Chris Bricker’s Co-Host for today is Jen Kingfisher, Jefferson Community Foundation’s Non-Profit Relations Manager.
Chris and Jen explore a landscape view of basic needs that that the non-profit sector service and counsel in Jefferson County. Those needs include food assistance for adults, families and school children; financial assistance (especially with utilities); housing and rental assistance (especially with the eviction moratorium in effect for the remainder of October); Pro Bono eviction legal assistance; transitioning of the shelterless from the Fairgrounds to the Mill Road property; the need for an assist in the navigation of resources for children and their families; and the need for available and affordable childcare.
