(August 11, 2023) I Fought the Dust and the Dust Won – Entropy prevails, regardless of our deliberate machinations.
I Fought the Dust and the Dust Won
Local News for 8/11/23
Brewocracy Now ~ 8/10/23
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark and cohost Port Townsend CIty Manager John Mauro discussed a somewhat random list of topics, with a focus on how we all work together to make this a great city.
Local News for 8/10/23
#631 A Family’s Experience on Chimacum Ridge
(Airdate: August 9, 2023) Come with Nan Evans to the forests of Chimacum Ridge as she talks with Erik and Jen Kingfisher about their family’s experiences living at the foot of the Ridge and how strong relationships with place were built. Jen calls the Ridge “not spectacular, but perfect”. Hear about the ecological features of the Ridge and the vision of it becoming a treasured community forest in perpetuity for the enjoyment of all members of our community.
Local News for 8/09/23
#226 Mom’s Laundromat
(Airdate: August 8, 2023) Maryanne interviews Polly Rogers of Mom’s Laundromat. The now 89-year-old Polly’s had a unique perspective watching Port Townsend grow and change over the years. Back when she was a kid in Port Townsend there was only one school – elementary, middle, and high school were all in one building. Mom’s can sometimes resemble a social club. Polly reports that some customers share all of the details of their personal life while attending to their (literal) dirty laundry. Bartenders and hairdressers hear the same sort of stories. Mom’s is down near the Boat Haven. Customers include maritime tradesmen and crew off everything from fishing boats to luxury craft. Other customers include tourists and locals from every corner of the peninsula. It’s a real-life reality TV show, changing every day!
Local News for 8/08/23
County Public Health Report ~ 8/07/23
The following is a recording 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. Also Willie Bence, Director of Emergency Management, gave a report. The summary below was provided by Jim Burke, producer of KPTZ’s Tuesday’s Local News.
The most recent monthly COVID dashboard report on The Jefferson County Public Health website, dated July 19, said there were 2.4 billion copies of the SARS-COVID-2 gene per person, per day in Port Townsend wastewater. That data indicated an upward trend in the presence of COVID-19 in our community as KPTZ News reported last week. Since that time, however those numbers have fallen off, which brings us to the Board of County Commissioners meeting yesterday, August 7 and reports from Director of Emergency Management Willie Bence and Public Health Officer for Jefferson and Clallam Counties, Dr. Allison Berry.
Dr. Berry, of course had the latest COVID-19 numbers and information about vaccines available in the fall for anyone over 60 and they include the flu vaccine, a COVID-19 XBB booster which covers most of the current Omicron variants and a new vaccine for RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus.) There was one COVID-19 death in Jefferson County this past month of a patient in their 90s who was not vaccinated. That brings the death count here to 40. She went on to answer listener questions including one about Vaccines and Mammography, and pointed out that vaccines can cause lymph nodes in the armpits to enlarge. She assured everyone that Radiologists have been acutely aware that this normal immune response can show up in mammograms and the pandemic has brought this issue into focus. If you can time the vaccinations and the mammograms a few weeks apart, that’s great, but if you cannot, go ahead and do both when you can. She stressed that both are very important.
An Activist for Peace
The 6th and 9th of August of this year commemorate the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in1945, the year – 78 years ago – that the Atomic Genie left the bottle never to return. Civilians and military personnel were indiscriminately killed, and there were terrible inhumane consequences for the survivors. Joining us today is Ann Wright, Col. US Army (Retired) who served 29 years with the Army and Army Reserves, and 16 years of service in the US Diplomatic Corps. Ann is now an outspoken Activist for Peace. She was one of three US Diplomats who submitted their letters of resignation to Colin Powell on the eve of the invasion of Iraq.
Ann has been writing and speaking out for Peace since then, participating in discussions on foreign policy and peace at conferences worldwide, as well as participating in non-violent protests all over the globe. KPTZ’s Chris Bricker sits down for a conversation with Ann.
