(Airdate: July 19, 2021) The July 19 Attention Please! opens with an interview of Ian Weedman about the July 21 memorial for famed rigger Brian Toss. In the second part, Shelly Leavens and Maria Coryell-Martin join host Phil Andrus to talk about current Jefferson County Historical Society projects, with particular emphasis on Ms. Coryell-Martin’s exhibit titled “Witnessing Climate Change”.
The following is a summary of the presentation during the Public Health briefings at this week’s Board of County Commissioners meeting made by Dr. Tom Locke, our local Public Health Officer who has stepped back to serve as Deputy Public Health Officer, and Dr. Allison Berry, who now takes on the mantle of Jefferson County Public Health Officer. The summary was provided by and used with the permission of Jefferson County Government.
During the County Commissioners’ meeting, Dr. Allison Berry was introduced as Jefferson’s new County Health Officer. Dr. Tom Locke, who has been in this role for over 25 years, is stepping back to spend more time with his family.
“I’ve got to be honest that the COVID-19 response is exhausting as well as gratifying, and it’s not over,” Locke admitted. “We all have a lot more to do, both in our official capacities and as volunteers. This has been, and continues to be, a community-wide response.”
Locke cautioned that COVID-19 is not the only public health crisis we face. He said the opiate epidemic is still raging and has become worse during the pandemic. Locke gave Dr. Berry high praise as the health officer for Clallam County as well as being a colleague and co-worker at the Jamestown Family Health Center.
Dr. Berry said it was her pleasure to step forward in the role and it was “quite an honor to take over for such an incredible health officer. “I think Tom Locke has really set the stage for what a health officer can do and what a difference a health officer can make, and I have been honored to learn from him,” she said.
All three Commissioners leveled praise on Dr. Locke’s commitment to the community. Heidi Eisenhour said she called Dr. Locke Mr. Rogers “because the adults and kids of the county have been tuning it to hear his weekly updates. I think we need to give you a cardigan sweater,” she said.
Submit your Public Health questions to Dr. Allison Berry 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.
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KPTZ Host Chris Bricker checks in with Port Director & Co-Host Eron Berg for his monthly update on all things Port. And then Port Commissioner & Co-Host Pam Petranek introduces young shipwrights Peter Stein, Erik Fahlstrom, and Leo Goolden, along with volunteer apprentice and sculptor, Patrick Kingshill.
Chris has a conversation with them about how the marine trades’ 40 year history of synergy here in the Boatyard has cultivated a giving atmosphere where craftsmanship is shared through true apprenticeship.
Peter and Erik have rented the buildings formerly occupied by the Shipwrights Co-Op, and are providing another haven for independent workers to garner and share more skills. Leo just moved his business, Sampson Boat Company, and his boat, Tally Ho, to Pete and Erik’s expanding adventure as their new business tenant. They’re all examples of how a rising tide of cooperation is one that lifts all boats.
Housing Solutions Network is partnering with all six Port Townsend City Council candidates for an important and timely forum on housing coming up on Saturday, July 17 from 3-5pm. The public is invited to take part in this unique event, located in downtown Port Townsend at the Cotton Building. The forum will be moderated by Housing Solutions Network and will also be broadcast live on KPTZ and on a Facebook livestream on Housing Solutions Network’s page. The public is invited to submit questions ahead of time for the candidates here.
Housing issues have dominated conversations throughout our region, with concern rising over how to care for unsheltered individuals and how our economy will recover with an ever dwindling amount of housing that is affordable for local workers. HSN will touch on each part of this spectrum of housing needs, but with a special focus on workforce housing. Housing Solutions Network is a Jefferson County-based initiative to engage community members in powering new solutions for affordable housing.
Housing Solutions Forum ~ Archived Recording via Facebook Live
(Reprise airdate: July 14, 2021) Naturalist Laurel Anne Moulton shares her experiences with Mary Robson in identifying and appreciating spiders.
(Airdate: July 13, 2021) Our Town host Maryanne McNellis interviews Marc Hilt, owner of Shining Star Cycles, a mobile bike repair business. Marc’s passion is bikes, particularly racing bikes. He raced for years, setting some national records. But winning races is pretty much a youngster’s game, so Marc played it forward. His passion became his career. He had a bike shop but figured out a fairly unique niche. Mobile bike service is a concept that’s pretty big in Europe but relatively new in the USA. Sparsely populated Jefferson County seemed like a good place to test the concept. So if you need your bike serviced or repaired Marc will come to you in his fully loaded (with bike parts) van. He also positions that van near the Olympic Discovery Trail so locals and tourists can have their bikes serviced before heading out on that spectacular ride. After all, there are no bike shops west of Port Angeles. We all know that good jobs are fairly scarce around here. But Marc’s a home town boy who has managed to create a business he loves.
(Airdate: July 15, 2021) Larry Stein talks with two members of the team that produces Strait Up, a magazine by and for people of the Northeast Olympic Peninsula. Justine Gonzalez-Berg is Editor-in-Chief, Arendt Speser is a member of the Editorial Collective. Strait Up covers Arts, Social Issues, Poetry, Interviews, Photography, and more. Issue 5 / Summer 2021 is on sale now in various places in the region where local journals, books, newspapers, publications are available.
