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County Public Health Report ~ 1/11

The following is a summary of the presentation made by Dr. Locke, our local Health Officer, during the Public Health briefings at this week’s Board of County Commissioner’s meeting:

Today, January 11, Public Health Officer Dr. Tom Locke shared his assessment of the pandemic in Jefferson County and answered questions submitted from KPTZ listeners.

Note: Next Public Health update will occur on Tuesday, January 19th due to the Martin Luther King Holiday on Monday.

General opening remarks:   

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Compass for 1/09/21

How can you have fun while helping to save the planet? This week on the Compass we talk with retired glaciologist and erstwhile gamemaster Bob Bindschadler about sustainability organization Local 20/20’s decision to sponsor another bracing round of the Taming Bigfoot Contest, a friendly competition among teams of like-minded individuals to measure and then reduce their personal carbon footprints that originally took place in Eastern Jefferson County in early 2016.

Through Science to Health ~ 1/08/21

Today on Through Science to Health Chris Bricker, KPTZ host, and Lynn Sorensen, RN welcomed Dr. Joe Mattern of Jefferson Health Care to join our conversation regarding the ongoing response to the pandemic. Joe Mattern, MD is JHC’s Chief Medical Officer and the Medical Director for JHC’s Home Health and Hospice. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have arrived in Jefferson County and healthcare workers were the first to be offered vaccinations.

Dr Mattern is charged with the logistics of what group of community members will be next for the vaccine. And how to best notify those selected. Not everyone has internet or uses JHC’s My Chart EMR. The CDC has advisory guidelines for the people most at risk for contracting COVID-19 but it is up to the individual states/Governors to decide on the distribution of the vaccine and who is next in line.

Brewocracy Now with John Mauro ~ 1/07

Today, City Manager John Mauro and KPTZ’s Tim Quackenbush talked about:

  • Police Chief selection
  • Loss of Parks Director Alex Wisnewski
  • COVID-19 functions provided by local government and efforts to pursue reimbursement 
  • Water Infrastructure project 
  • How to become involved with community decision-making during COVID-19.

Handling Derelict and Abandoned Vessels

(Airdate: January 5, 2021) This week on Coastal Cafe, host Aaron Barnett speaks with the manager of Washington State’s Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Program, Troy Wood. We last spoke with Troy in Sept of 2020 and this update on the last year’s activities and legislative priorities for the program should be informative and interesting.

Nature Now #496
Coastal Habitat Restoration

(Airdate: January 6, 2021) Nan Evans talks with Dr. Ron Thom, Staff Scientist Emeritus with the Pacific Northwest National Lab in Sequim, about coastal and estuarine ecosystem restoration and the concept and science of net habitat improvement.

Maritime Center Deals with COVID-19 Challenges

(First airdate: January 6, 2021) Today we talk with Jake Beattie, the Executive Director of the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend. Jake details how the Maritime Center has had to adapt to challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen in to hear about the new 360 Race and other exciting events and programs.

Compass for 1/02/21

Everyone needs a safe, decent, and stable place to live. For some of the most vulnerable people in America – people suffering from mental illness, chronic health conditions, trauma, addiction, or just the plain bad luck of circumstance – a simple transitional space to live gives them a chance to breath and regroup. As a special Christmas Day broadcast, KPTZ Compass host Chris Bricker spoke with seven key players from the Community Build Project. They’re part of a dedicated group of volunteers who have targeted twelve 8×12 foot wooden structures called “wooden tents” (or Tiny Houses) for Christmas Day as completion date. Chris and the panel discuss the Project’s evolution and the reasons behind this valuable community resource. All the buildings are now at the new site, which is property owned by Community United Methodist Church in Port Hadlock. The village is called Peter’s Place, named after the local catalyst for the project, Peter Bonyun.

Nature Now #495
Prairie Restoration, part 2

(First airdate: December 30, 2020) Host Debaran Kelso joins ecologist Fred Sharpe for Part 2 of a field trip to the ancient Chimacum prairie, to speak about prairie restoration with Chimacum Schools’ Garden Coordinator Corey Chin and members of the Community Wellness Project Board. Part 1 of this program aired the first week of December, and is available as a podcast.

#167 Lance Bailey

(First airdate: December 29, 2020) PLANNING PT’S PRESENT & FUTURE. Our Town host Maryanne McNellis interviews Lance Bailey, the Development Services Director for the city of Port Townsend. His department issues permits for all projects – large and small. Remodeling your kitchen? Building a large apartment building? Talk to Lance and his team. Contrary to popular wisdom, there are at least two apartment buildings about to be green-lighted. Housing accessibility is a huge problem around here. The COVID-19 crisis has heightened the problem – house prices are skyrocketing. People from the big cities and even “climate refugees” (people fleeing the massive wildfires) are desperate to move to small picture-perfect places like this. But we have to get broadband to the end of the road. Planning our future is almost impossible.

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