(Airdate: February 27, 2023) Jim Burke interviews Melody Sky-Weaver, Director of the Port Townsend Public Library about the book, Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, this year’s selection for the library’s March Community Read. Jim then speaks with Will O’Donnell, Broadband and Communications Director for Jefferson County PUD about the broadband fiber rollout.
Taylor’s guests on Brewocracy Now were Port Townsend City Councilor Owen Rowe as well as Port Townsend City Attorney Heidi Geenwood. Owen is the chair of the Culture and Society subcommittee and Heidi is the staff liaison. We talked about the proposed Equity, Access, & Resolution (EAR) Advisory Board, and about the framework defining advisory boards and subcommittees.
(February 23, 2023) Black Holes for Dummies by a black hole ignoramus.
(Airdate: February 22, 2023) Nan Evans and Kathleen Dean Moore, a philosopher, writer and environment activist, explore moral and ethical perspectives on the earth’s climate crisis and the ongoing sixth great extinction of living species. And, what we are called to do in the face of these catastrophic forces.
Due to the current snow and ice in Sequim and Kitsap counties where the musicians live, tonight’s concert is cancelled.
KPTZ is happy to welcome local jazz vocal artist Jean Lenke to the Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday, February 23 at 7pm, as part of the Candlelight Concert series. Jean Lenke and her Jazz-Folk Quintet will present a beautiful selection of songs in honor of Burt Bacharach, who passed earlier this month. Come experience the magic. The performance will be simulcast on KPTZ FM 91.9 and streamed live at https://trinityumcpt.org/ where you will find a link for the Candlelight Concerts Online and ways to donate.
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. The summary below was provided by Jim Burke, producer of KPTZ’s Tuesday’s Local News.
On Tuesday Dr. Allison Berry gave a Public Health Report to the Jefferson Board of County Commissioners. She stressed that the national COVID-19 numbers have fallen and have plateaued, and that could mean a continued downward trend or they could be about to rise again. She said that Jefferson County has very good uptake of the bivalent boosters, roughly 50%, and that is good. However, the most severe cases of the disease are among the elderly and those with co-morbidities who have not received the booster shots. She strongly recommends those most vulnerable among us get the bivalent shot.
