Local News for 3/05
KPTZ Coronavirus (COVID-19) Watch Continues
As your community radio station, KPTZ’s Emergency Team and our dedicated News crew are working on ways to keep the local public informed with updates about the fast-breaking Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. It’s our goal to be prepared if – and, so we’re told – when any cases occur on the Olympic Peninsula. A helpful Information Sheet addressing public concerns, is available:
Update on COVID-19 and Jefferson County
(updated March 5)
Jefferson Healthcare has set up a dedicated COVID-19 Respiratory Illness Nurse Call-in Line to answer questions and address concerns regarding the virus. The Call-in Line number is 360-344-3094, and is active daily from 8am to 5pm. For contacting your health care provider, is very important to call first, before going to the doctor’s office or Emergency Department ~ unless there is an urgent health condition. [This paragraph updated March 4.]
KPTZ’s Emergency Team is in communication with both the local Department of Emergency Management and the WA Department of Health. We will continue making announcements on 91.9FM and streaming as well as posting here any pertinent information as it unfolds. Stay tuned!
Nature Now #452
Carnivorous Plants
(First airdate: March 4, 2020) Host Debaran Kelso speaks with wetland ecologist Dr. Fred Weinmann about the fascinating world of carnivorous plants.
Tossed Salad for 3/06/2020
We survived the imperative day (March 4th) and are now headed into a weekend, ready to enjoy this week’s Tossed Salad with Phil Andrus. Be ready to enjoy:
1:00 – Jean Stasny, AAUW scholarships
1:15 – Kristin Myers, singer and songwriter, with Lily Haight
2:00 – Malloree Weinheimer and Mike Cronin, Jefferson County forest health
2:45 – Nate Malmgren, PT Record Show
3:00 – Scott Rosecrans, guest gospel DJ
4:00 – Odin Smith, team FAST
4:30 – Heather Dudley Nollette reading “The Roseto Mystery” from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, The Story of Success
Mindy Pollack-Fusi
(First airdate: March 3, 2020) Sheila speaks with Massachusetts debut novelist Mindy Pollack-Fusi about her semi-autobiographical novel The Narcissist’s Daughter: a Meshugenah Love Story.
Who are the Rotarians and What Do they Do?
(First airdate: March 3, 2020) Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can debunks “secret handshakes” and “attendance penalties” myths with past president Pete Leenhouts of the East Jefferson County International Rotary Club. Listen in and learn as Pete shares the global and local impacts of this service organization as well as its inclusive and fun programming offered throughout our community.
Compass for 3/02/20
This week on the Compass we revisit a November talk with a lawyer who has spent much of her career helping people think about those things nobody wants to think about: things like deadly diseases, dementia, and the big “D” itself: Death. And she tells us why we should think about them now, so we don’t need to worry so much about them later.
2015 She Tells Sea Tales Stories and Music on
Tossed Salad, part 1
(Original airdate: March 6, 2015) Stories and music with guests Frances Sheldon-O’Neal and Selena Rubio from Northwest Maritime Center’s Girl’s Boat Project, shipwright Diana Talley, Kelley Watson, Becca Argo, and Emilee Monson, hosted by Phil Andrus on this 2015 Tossed Salad segment.
Anna Orr
(Podcast airdate: March 1, 2020) At the March 2015 She Tells Sea Tales performance event, Anna Orr tells her story and sings rowdy sea chanteys.
Nature Now #451
Edible and Medicinal Plants, Part 2
(First airdate: February 26, 2020 ) Host Debaran Kelso speaks with guest Nancy Slick about edible and medicinal plants in our area (Part 2 of a two-part show).
