Local News for 8/11
County Public Health Report ~ 8/10
At today’s meeting, County Health Officer Dr. Tom Locke said we’d gone a whole week without another case.
Compass for 8/08/20
For nearly 125 years, Aldrich’s Market in Uptown has changed hands only five times – through five families, unrelated by birth. That is, up until now. The Market has survived economies of the times and two world wars, and has risen like a Phoenix from the ashes of two fires. It’s the oldest grocery store in Washington state still operating under the same trade name.
Clark Aldrich hung out his sign in 1896, and since then, the store’s location has moved several times. Aldrich’s has been both a physical as well as symbolic cultural center for the both the neighborhood community and the town in general. Enter siblings Yos, Rachel, and Christina Ligtenberg! Yes, yet another family – and one with a deep understanding of the Port Townsend community. They’ve appeared, serendipitously, right at a time when Aldrich’s – like a family cat – was about to lose another one of its lives.
Through Science to Health ~ 8/07/20
Today’s Through Science to Health program with KPTZ host Chris Bricker and Lynn Sorensen, RN discussed local and national news regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Articles from the National Institute for Health (NIH), NPR, and The Atlantic were sources for their discussion regarding vaccine development, therapeutic tests, infection and death projection numbers through 2020, and the human immune system – its usual response to pathogens and its unusual response to coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) where it over-performs, causing more damage to the human body. The question of school re-opening is still that – a question. Local school districts have yet to announce their plan for this academic year.
Phil Andrus
(Airdate: August 7, 2020) Phil Andrus, host of Tossed Salad and Cats in Our Laps, on radio, salsa, and the history of KPTZ.
Oceanna Van Lelyveld
(Airdate: August 7, 2020) Oceanna Van Lelyveld, owner of the Cellar Door, on the service industry in Port Townsend and the things COVID-19 teaches us.
Local News for 8/07
Local News for 8/06
Brewocracy Now with John Mauro ~ 8/06
Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro is on KPTZ with a web-based format, in a weekly time slot Thursdays, from 12:10 to 12:40pm. Discovery Road DJ host Tim Quackenbush hosts John’s virtual online meeting as a live broadcast, with updates on the fast-changing local world in and around Port Townsend.
Topics covered today were:
- Engage PT Campaign – how to get involved in decisions that affect you.
- Discovery Road Bicycle/Pedestrian Project
- Comprehensive Street Repair/Maintenance Initiative
- Golf Course Update
- Outdoor Education Guidelines
- Cherry Street Affordable Housing Project
Stay tuned for the weekly chance to learn more about developments for the City of Port Townsend. John will take questions and encourage productive dialogue (and exemplary virtual meeting etiquette) to steer through a range of topics.
Wood Bearings
(First airdate: August 5, 2020) On this segment of Coastal Cafe we continue our focus on technology with a conversation on self-lubricating wooden bearings. Lignum Vitae Solutions of Powhatan, Virginia makes propeller and water turbine shafts for the maritime and hydroelectric industries and discusses this centuries-old applied technology and more.
