Local News for 6/09/23
Terry Robb Live at the Palindrome
KPTZ is happy to work with Rainshadow Recording to welcome blues guitarist Terry Robb to the Palindrome in Port Townsend on Saturday, June 10 at 7:30pm. Terry Robb has gained international acclaim over his four-decade-long career for his signature fingerpicking style. He incorporates elements from the Delta Blues, ragtime, country, swing, and jazz into his music, creating a unique sound that has made him a legend.
Invasion of the High-Heeled Donuts
(June 8, 2023) Invasion of the High-Heeled Donuts.
Local News for 6/08/23
Nature Now #622
Dune Restoration, part 1
(Reprise airdate: June 7, 2023) Join host Debaran Kelso on a field trip to the sandy shores of Fort Worden! Dr. Fred Sharpe is our guest to speak about dune restoration in this area and in other locations on the Olympic Peninsula (Part 1 of a two-part program).
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County Public Health Report ~ 6/05/23
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. The summary below was provided by Jim Burke, producer of KPTZ’s Tuesday’s Local News.
On the COVID-19 front, Dr. Berry said there is less and less data available to track the extent to which COVID-19 is still present across the country, in Washington State, and in Jefferson County. Wastewater surveillance is possible in Port Townsend because of the sewer system and water treatment, but other areas of Jefferson County that are on septic systems provide no data. She said that hospitalizations are down across the US by 8%, but oddly deaths are up by 7%. In Washington all indicators are trending downward. There were 3 hospitalizations in Jefferson County over the last month and 2 new deaths to report: One patient was in their 90s and the other in their 50s, but both had underlying health conditions and were unvaccinated. She stressed that the outbreaks which are still occurring are among children, who are the least vaccinated group now, and also have many more opportunities for exposure to COVID-19. She recommends getting kids up to date on the vaccinations and, if your child is sick, to test them for COVID-19 and of course, keep them home. Previous infections are waning as protection from future illness, so she recommends everyone get up to date on vaccinations. In Clallam County there were no new deaths in May and just 2 hospitalizations due to COVID-19. Click here to see the Washington Department of Health COVID-19 data dashboard.
Health Reports to the BOCC will continue once a month, so listeners can send in questions to [email protected] by noon on the last Friday of the month, June 30. (Please note that, as July 3 is a Monday, there might not be a County Commissioners meeting then.)
Unearthing the History of Jefferson County Cemetery
(Airdate: June 5, 2023) Reed Barry and Ellie DiPietro of the Jefferson County Historical Society present Reed’s study of the history of the Jefferson County Cemetery from its creation in the late 19th Century to its abandonment in the 1940s. With Host Phil Andrus.
Community Tides ~ 6/03/23
This week, KPTZ’s Chris Bricker and co-host Siobhan Canty, President & CEO of Jefferson Community Foundation, speak with Ellen Menshaw and Lori Bernstein, activists and organizers from Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action (PSARA). The passage of Medicare in 1965 was historic for covering the medical needs of seniors, but it also created conditions highly attractive for the providers of health care, who the government desperately wanted to accommodate. The arrangement resulted in the federal government surrendering the terms of the program and its costs to private health insurance companies, hospitals, and doctors, who would shape Medicare to maximize their profits at the expense of taxpayers – from 1965 until today. If the trajectory continues, Medicare faces an increasing likelihood of becoming insolvent in the next decade, and barring the passage of Universal Healthcare, privatization will be the result. Ellen and Lori provide us with background and more resources for education, a list of informative events coming up, and ways to get involved.
