(First airdate: November 10, 2020: From resources and supplies to academic opportunities, P.T.E.F. has awarded nearly $500,000 in grants over the past 12 years. Grant recipients, Jef Waibel and Logan Stegner discuss with Everybody Can host Missy Nielsen the impact these grants have had on their teaching and their students as the district continues to adapt to COVID-19 Pandemic policies. Please, join us!
This month on Our Working Waterfront, we join Port of Port Townsend Executive Director Eron Berg, and Port Commissioner Pam Petranik give us an update on happenings around our Port.
Eron talks about the ongoing budget 2021 planning process, our International Airport runway project, the Airport’s mission for emergency management, and the delightful Port Townsend Aero Museum and its program for teens.
Pam explains the ways in which the Port weaves itself into the community and the ways of connecting to current activities, ways of conversing with the commissioners, and ways to explore the Port and its history.
We talk about derelict vessels, lift tires, houseboats, developing transportation links to the airport, COVID-19 recovery, and Pam gives some shouts out to local Icons and businesses around the Port.
Today, date Public Health Officer Dr. Tom Locke shared about the recent Jefferson County increase in COVID-19 cases. He answered questions about:
• Case count has increased by 8 in the last 7 days, with the total now at 96. This moves us into the moderate risk positivity rate, at 34 cases per 100,000. Some other counties in Washington are farther along into the third COVID-19 wave, as had been predicted for the fall-winter season.
• Our Public Health Department is working very actively to be ready for vaccine distribution, is likely to prioritize first responders and those at greatest risk.
• As for masks, surgical masks are the most effective, but cloth masks are nearly as effective for source control such as when out shopping.
• The costs of quarantine, although challenging for people and families, is a concern our local public health department is working to address, whenever needed.
Department of Emergency Management Director Willie Bence expressed preliminary concern about whether there will be adequate PPE available here, should the case count continue to increase.
(Airdate: September 25, 2020) Bruce Cowan gives a political issues update and talks about getting out the vote.
(Airdate: September 25, 2020) Michael J. Grady, from the Death of Comedy podcast, talks about playing skits and talking about the death of satire.
(Airdate: October 29, 2020) In this premier episode of KPTZ’s Critical Conversations, co-hosts Robert Ambrose and Dahr Jamail explore three major challenges to life as we know it, and they discuss how community resilience will be key to a future of adaptation. The next airing of this half-hour program will be on 91.9FM Monday, November 9 at 6:30pm, immediately following Climate One.
Early in the morning on Thursday, November 5, Nordland General Store owners Tom and Sue Rose were awakened by an alarm ringing in the neighboring nearly 100-year old building that serves as a kind of unofficial community center for Marrowstone Island. This week on the Compass we visit with the Rose family at the beloved store in the aftermath of a mysterious fire that gutted the community institution as they contemplate the devastation and the store’s uncertain future.
The Jefferson County Historical Society presents An Evening with Grace Love on Friday, November 6 from 7 to 8pm, broadcast live on KPTZ and video live streamed via The Production Alliance on YouTube. This event culminates the Jefferson County Historical Society’s 2020 First Friday Lecture Series. Grace Love will discuss her forthcoming solo album, and perform songs old, new, and of the moment. Miss Love has spent the last decade bringing soul music back to the forefront of the northwest music scene, and is beloved and respected for her powerful live shows and unmistakable voice. This event is co-presented by KPTZ Radio, Salish Sound, and The Production Alliance.
This week on Community Tides, Chris and Siobhan have a conversation with serial entrepreneur and problem-solver Ben Bauermeister, who was instrumental in starting one of the largest undertakings of his non-profit career – The Connected Student Initiative. The project’s goal is to ensure that students from low-income families find ways to connect to the internet. It’s a big challenge in rural regions with larger low-income populations. The times we live in have created the urgency to connect these students and their homes. The Initiative weaves the search for technological solutions with the resources of the community at large, with project volunteers, and with our school administrators.
