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Jean Lenke and Sarah Shea in Concert

Jean Lenke

On Thursday, July 22 from 7 to 8pm, KPTZ presents a night of live music with vocalists Jean Lenke and Sarah Shea, accompanied by a full band. Tune in for Jazz, Folk Rock & Jazz-Rock Fusion. This radio concert is presented in collaboration with the Candlelight Concert Online series at Trinity United Methodist Church. The church will also be broadcasting a video feed of the performance through their website.

With a beautifully smooth and soulful voice, Jean Lenke has been creating diverse music for many years in the Philadelphia area and has now made her home in Washington’s great northwest. As a performing artist, composer, lyricist, arranger and bandleader, Jean’s fresh approach to Classic Jazz is influenced by an eclectic mix of musical genres that span a lifetime, looking always forward, towards the horizon. Jean Lenke and Sarah Shea have been collaborating on a children’s catalog of music, so they will be singing many songs that will be familiar and appeal to younger children, and adults alike. 

East Jefferson County Fire & Rescue, Part 2

(Airdate: July 22, 2021) Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can continues her discussion with District 1 Fire Chief Bret Black of about the extraordinary skill sets of our East Jefferson Fire & Rescue combination volunteer and career fire department. Learn how response time and serving a rural region located at the water’s edge has this fire district leaning heavily on volunteer support offering a breadth of experiences for those who serve us in these moments of crisis. Join us on this second part of our 2-part series as we discuss the training involved, career opportunities and the impact of volunteers to the mission of this critical service to our local community.

Indian Island

(Airdate: July 21, 2021) This week’s Coastal Cafe is a conversation with the Commander Donald Emerson, Commanding Officer of Indian Island Naval Magazine and Bill Kalina, the island’s environmental manager. We talk about the operational and natural history of the island and magazine and some of the past and present environmental cleanup and restoration projects including the cleanup of a superfund site and the recent Kilisut Harbor project.

Nature Now #525
Wetland Field Trip, part 1

(Airdate: July 21, 2021) Nature Now takes to the field! Host Debaran Kelso meets with ecologist Dr. Geoff Hammerson and sound engineer (& fellow wetland lover!) Nora Petrich for a field trip exploring one of our local wetlands.

New Show from Ray Troll

Now on KPTZ – Paleo Nerds! Hosted by Alaskan artist, Ray Troll, and his friend & ventriloquist David Strassman. Tune in for exciting interviews with paleontologists, scientists and fellow paleo nerds from around the world. Ray and David take what would’ve been a boring science class and turn it into an exciting party! Wednesdays on KPTZ from 6 to 7pm, starting July 14. Please note that CBC Music’s Reclaimed now moves to Monday from 7-8pm.

From a Memorial Boat Parade to Hungry Guillemots in the Far North

(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”.

County Public Health Report ~ 7/19

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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