This week on the Compass, we ask the question: Are Murder Hornets coming to Port Townsend? Could they already be here? Hundreds of possible encounters with the world’s largest and most aggressive hornet have been reported throughout the Puget Sound area. To get the facts, we join a press conference with the Washington State Department of Agriculture.
KPTZ joins United Good Neighbors to proudly support the nonprofits, staff, and volunteers dedicated to providing basic human needs for the residents of Jefferson County. In 2020, the extraordinary impacts of COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented demand for aid, challenging local organizations to respond with critical programs and safety-net services. UGN’s annual Give Jefferson campaign ensures that food, shelter, healthcare, and education are made available to folks you interact with everyday. To all who are weathering uncertainty and recovering from crisis, Give Jefferson offers hope and the reassurance that we are not alone.
UGN supports these local organizations:
Bayside Housing & Services
Clallam Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers
COAST Shelter
Community Boat Project
Community Wellness Project
Connected Students Initiative
Dove House Advocacy Services
ECHHO
Food Bank Farm & Gardens of Jefferson County
Foster Supports of Jefferson County
Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County
JC MASH
Jefferson Clemente Foundation
Jefferson County Farmers Market Association
Jefferson County Association of Food Banks
JCIRA
Jefferson Interfaith Action Coalition
Jefferson Teen Center
JUMP Playground
Kaleidoscope Play & Learn
Olympic Angels
Olympic Neighbors
PHLUSH
Saint Vincent de Paul of East Jefferson County
Skillmation
The Benji Project
Weekend Nutrition Program
YMCA of Jefferson County
City Manager John Mauro was joined by Steve King, Public Works Director, to discuss the recent water main break and the sewer outfall. Other topics included the City budget, affordable housing, and the ICG draft recovery and resiliency plan. Moderated by Discovery Road Host, Tim Quackenbush.
(First airdate: November 18, 2020) Gary Bullock and Nora Petrich join host Mary Robson for a tour of winter birds now seen in late November.
Today, date Public Health Officer Dr. Tom Locke shared about the recent Jefferson County increase in COVID-19 cases. He answered questions from KPTZ listeners about:
• The country and our county are in exponential growth phase, with state case increase of 124% in the past 2 weeks.
• Locally in Jefferson County, 31 new cases in the last week. Four were from household and close friend spread, others were from out-of-county visitors or from visitors here; extended family infections; cluster in a pod;
• There is a 7-day threshold following exposure, meaning that if the person who was exposed is negative on Day 7, they are likely not to become infected or infectious.
• Tests of the new vaccine are looking to be viable strategies. It is thought that it will require 70% of the population to be vaccinated in order to be effective.
• Baking for others is considered to be minimum risk.
Don’t forget, you can submit your Public Health questions to Dr. Tom Locke by emailing [email protected].
Now there’s a new way to connect with your favorite KPTZ DJ hosts while they’re on the air. Just send them an email at [email protected].
“But wait,” you might say. “I already have a KPTZ email address that I use to contact my favorite DJ during their show.” No worries. Go right ahead and continue using it. No need to change a thing. This is just one more way to engage with your community radio station…and it’s so easy to remember. That address again – [email protected].
This week on the Compass, exhausted and heartsick over the pandemic, a faltering economy, and particularly from the bitter divide that has ended with a sitting president for the first time in American history refusing to concede his loss in a closely-monitored election, we look to the peace church known as the Society of Friends, but better known as the Quakers, for some ideas about what we can celebrate as we approach Thanksgiving Day, and about the path to reconciliation in a divided land.
