(Airdate: June 22, 2022) In this reprise airing from a year ago, we wander the woods with Nature Now’s Mary Robson and Gary Bullock for summer bird activities, especially fledglings.
The following is a summary of the presentation during the Public Health briefings at this Tuesday’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 and used with the permission of Jefferson County Government.
Jefferson County Public Health is streamlining its COVID-19 case data reporting as it transitions from an emergency response to a more sustainable and long-term approach to monitoring the virus. “Our public health nurses continue to spend many hours, including on weekends, compiling data in order to keep up with daily COVID-19 reporting,” said Dr. Allison Berry, Health Officer for Jefferson and Clallam Counties. “Our job is to give people the information they need in order to assess their own risks and make informed choices about how to stay healthier. At this stage of the pandemic, I believe transitioning to once-a-week reporting will provide the public with that information, while allowing our nurses to return more attention to our other public health programs.”
The first-ever weekly report is expected to publish on Monday, June 27 and appear every subsequent Monday. The weekly reported data will include the two-week case rate; the number of new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths as well as all-time totals; a percent positivity of tests performed at Jefferson Healthcare; a bar chart showing hospitalizations by age and vaccination status. Jefferson County Public Health’s nurses have issued a COVID-19 report Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, since March 2020. Today, some of that data is no longer helpful when determining risk factors. For example, there is little evidence a person’s sex influences their risk of being infected with COVID-19. So, cases among those identified as female and those identified as male will no longer be included in the report. In addition to shifting to weekly reporting, data will now appear on a dashboard designed with new data presentation software. The public will be able to view and interact with a line graph of case rates over time. Hovering over certain data will reveal more information about how that data was collected. Jefferson County Public Health values input from members of the public. Anyone with questions or comments may send an email to [email protected].
Submit your Public Health questions to Dr. Allison Berry and Willie Bence by emailing [email protected]. Note: The weekly deadline for these to be submitted is on Fridays at noon, to be answered at the following Monday’s BOCC meeting.
KPTZ is proud to CoPresent Freebo and Alice Howe, in collaboration with Rainshadow Recording Studios, live at the Palindrome on Thursday June 30, at 7:30pm. Freebo is a genuine folk, rock and blues icon who has spent 40 years touring and recording with some of the greatest artists of our time, such as Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John and Neil Young. Alice Howe is much newer on the scene, but is becoming known for her soulful, impeccably tuned vocals and brilliantly crafted songs. Together, their performance combines thoughtful and powerful lyrics and a high level of musicality.
KPTZ is proud to CoPresent Jim Nyby and the F Street Band, part of our Candlelight Concert Series, live at Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday, June 23 at 7pm. The F street band was formed in 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, in order to pay tribute to the music of New Orleans. The band focuses on covering early rock n’ roll and New Orleans blues, with some other influences thrown in. The performance will also be streamed live at https://trinityumcpt.org/.
(Airdate: June 20, 2022) Jim Burke introduces a Ken Jones interview from our sister station KBOO with our own Buzzy Donahue about her life in radio, and also discusses her father, “Big Daddy” Tom Donahue, who started “free form” radio in San Francisco in the 1960s.
Today on Brewocracy Now KPTZ host Taylor Clark and City Manager John Mauro were joined first by Ellen Michael Caldwell, Executive Director of Olympic Pride, who talked about the upcoming Sound of Pride 2022 event, which takes place June 25th from 10am-4pm at Pope Marine Park in downtown Port Townsend. The rest of the time they talked with Port Townsend People and Performance Director Pamela Martinez about developments in city staffing.
You can now listen to the graduation ceremony as broadcast by KPTZ on Friday, June 17. 8th grade students celebrated with an alternate, on-air event due to their recent COVID-19 outbreak. The live program served as the soundtrack for their drive-through celebration, and featured speeches from Principal Victoria Kalscheuer and from ASB President Dylin Shockley, along with music selections and recordings of favorite 8th grade memories from the class. KPTZ Community Affairs Lead Chris Bricker was producer and emcee for the special broadcast celebration.
