(Airdate: September 2, 2024 – The Nordland Ferry)
Podcasts
The Clever Smuggler
(August 26, 2024 – The Clever Smuggler)
Community Tides ~ 9/08/24
We’re bringing you a reprise edition of Community Tides and our delightful conversation with Shelby Smith, member of the Board of Directors for the Community Wellness Project. We’re re-airing this episode in anticipation of further conversations that my co-host Siobhan Canty and I will be having with those involved in the school food service programs that are cultivating the health and well-being of students and families alike throughout Jefferson County. Working with school parents, staff, administrators, and school boards, the Wellness Project builds strategic programs that address specific short-term wellness issues, as well as create long-term structural change. And now, let’s join our conversation with Shelby Smith…
County Connections
Co-hosts Jim Burke and County Commissioner Greg Brotherton welcome two members of the Healthier Together Task Force , Nancy Speser and Cray Henry. There is a review of community and governmental efforts to build a new pool and the reasoning behind it. Call-out to county/city meeting on September 16 at 6pm in City Hall at 6pm.
Skillmation – Mentoring Our Future
(Airdate: September 5, 2024) Join Martha Trolin and Ben Bauermeister as they discuss with Missy Nielsen of Everybody Can some of the new projects at Skillmation, an organization that has been partnering with
the Port Townsend school district for more than five years, providing after-school tutoring for middle schoolers, mentoring freshman students working on entrepreneurial projects resulting in a “Market Day” as well as the annual Senior symposium. Join us as we discuss this impactful touchpoint with our youth.
Brewocracy Now ~ 9/05/24
Port Townsend CIty Manager John Mauro and co-host Taylor Clark welcomed Dr. Suzy Ames, President of Peninsula College. We talked about a very interesting thirty-five million dollar ‘Recompete’ grant that has been received, spread across several organizations and governments in Clallam and Jefferson counties. This is a complex and far-reaching grant, so listen in and learn more. Dr Ames also points out that Fall quarter and Peninsula College is about to start and there is still space available in programs at the Fort Worden campus. Check pencol.edu for more information.
#687 Baby Dungeness Crabs and Light Traps
(Airdate: September 4, 2024) Dungeness crabs are hugely important in the Pacific Northwest – commercially, recreationally, ecologically, and traditionally. Yet scientists and resource managers don’t know how big the population is, how and why it varies over time, or how significant natural and human caused factors can impact these populations. Join Nan Evans to explore how new and cooperative efforts (and some very simple techniques) are trying to better understand the dynamic Dungeness crab populations.
County Public Health Report ~ 9/03/24
Public Health Officer for Clallam and Jefferson Counties, Dr. Allison Berry spoke about COVID-19 and the latest omicron variant KP-3 which is prevalent now in the community. The latest vaccine has the KP-2 variant in it which is closely related to KP-3 so it should provide good protection. Folks should not WAIT to get the vaccine, if you were thinking of waiting until around the holidays, especially if you are in a high-risk group (over 65, immunocompromised.) She said because it is so prevalent now that increasing protection with the vaccine is a good idea. If you had Covid this summer, it’s best to wait on getting the vaccine for two months past your last infection.
Director of Emergency Management Willie Bence spoke to the Commissioners about the mop-up of the 2620 Road Fire and that the fire risk level was lowered last week, which made charcoal barbecues possible for the Labor Day weekend.
Neil Nelson, Newest City Council Member
(Airdate: September 3, 2024) Maryanne interviews Neil Nelson, the newest member of the Port Townsend City Council. A Council member is moving so Neil was selected to fill out the remaining 18 months of that term. Neil is founder of the residential construction firm Piece Wurx. As a General Contractor he is acutely aware of the housing shortcomings in our community. For the past three years he’s been on the Planning Commission, learning the ins and outs of zoning and other building regulations. He wants to help streamline the process and hopes to accelerate the addition of multi-family buildings in PT. He describes himself as an “eternal optimist”. He wants to work with the Council to “find ways to say yes” to thoughtful development. Right now, he’s coming up to speed on all city issues, including our growing pothole epidemic.
Silk
(Airdate: September 3, 2024) We’re in Gsnsu province and we’ve just arrived in the provincial capital of Lanzhou. Lanzhou hugs both banks of the Yellow River for more than 20 kilometers, and after Xi’an it’s the second largest city on the Silk Road—a position of which it’s immensely proud. The week we arrived, the city was preparing for it’s first Silk Road Festival.…
