This week on the Compass, KPTZ’s David Cunningham interviews KCPT Artistic Director Denise Winter, looking at the question of whether Key City Public Theater can possibly survive the slings and arrows of the coronavirus.
Compass for 5/23/2020
KPTZ Partnership Supports Local Eats ~ Thank You!
Port Townsend Main Street Program
Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
EDC-Team Jefferson
KPTZ has joined with these community leaders to send a big shout out to our local restaurants! The Northeast Olympic Peninsula has a wealth of locally-owned and operated restaurants that continue to create and provide necessary meals for our community. Whether ordering by phone or online, these eateries are providing curbside pickup, take-out, or delivery to get meals from their kitchens to you.
Even Dr. Tom Locke applauds supporting our PT restaurants!
We join in, to applaud and encourage everyone to support our hard working chefs and local restaurants. Daily announcements on KPTZ feature the names and services now being provided by each establishment during the Stay Home, Stay Healthy orders. We are all in this together!
Through Science to Health ~ 5/22/20
On Tossed Salad, host Phil Andrus and guest Lynn Sorensen, RN, discussed the Safe Start plan’s Phase 2 variance for Jefferson County, which is expected to be approved by the Washington Board of Health to begin after Memorial Day. They also talked about the difficulty in producing a COVID-19 vaccine. Lynn explained that the best possible vaccine would be one dose, would not have to be refrigerated, its production and distribution would be well coordinated, and all 7.5 billion people on earth would get vaccinated. That would be a miracle. And it’s not expected to happen.
KPTZ Quaranteenager ~ Live Broadcast Audio Podcast
During Stay Home, Stay Healthy time, KPTZ broadcast a teen-focused seminar on Thursday, May 21.
Supporting Your Quaranteenager was presented by Skillmation, the Port Townsend Schools, Jefferson County Public Health, the Benji Project, and the Port Townsend Public Library. Library Director Melody Eisler served as moderator.
Investing in our future with the strength of our experience, local nonprofit Skillmation connects mentors to those with a passion to learn, building community bonds that strengthen our ability to grow and adapt to a changing world.
Tossed Salad for 5/22/20
In the next-to-last Tossed Salad on KPTZ, host Phil Andrus brings us many discrete, yet wonderful to meld together components to enjoy:
1:00 – Through Science to Health: Lynn Sorensen, RN, BSN
1:30 – Chuck Easton, George Radebaugh and Angie Tabor, from Finn River Farm on October 6, 2017
2:15 – Larry Charrier, Southeast Alaska commercial fisherman
2:30 – Hiroya Tsakumoto interview by telephone
2:40 – Hiroya Tsakumoto, solo guitar improvisations, from May 24, 2019
3:15 – Al Bergstein, Olympic Peninsula Environmental News
3:30 – Tigran Arakelyn, guest music host
4:30 – Catherine McNabb, reading “Love Never Ends” by Stuart McLean, from April 26, 2019
KPTZ Coffee with the City Manager ~ 5/21
On Thursday, May 21, City Manager John Mauro talked with Tim Quackenbush, host of KPTZ’s Discovery Road mainly about how the City of Port Townsend will be implementing Gov. Inslee’s phased Safe Start Plan over the upcoming Memorial Day weekend and beyond.
Make a note for next Thursday: John Mauro will again be taking questions via live phone calls from 10-10:30am. Call 360-215-7270 to ask your question. And, enjoy the ride!
Lab on a Chip
(First airdate: May 21, 2020) Nanotechnology alerts Washington boaters and farmers to threats from eColi and other pathogens. This month we spoke with Dr. Phil Long from the Lake Chelan Research Institute and Dr. Dan Angelscu of Fluidion Inc. about novel technological approaches to early pathogen warnings for agriculture and boating operations.
Local News for 5/21
Special City & County Meeting on COVID-19 ~ 5/19
On Tuesday, May 19, KPTZ aired a joint COVID-19 emergency situation meeting. Jefferson County Commissioners, Port Commissioners, County Board of Health, and Port Townsend City Council convened together to address the option of applying for a variance for Jefferson County to move sooner to the governor’s Safe Start Phase-2 reopening activities. Our elected leaders reviewed public comments and heard from representatives of some of the different sectors.
In addition to hearing from Dr. Tom Locke of Jefferson County Public Health Officer, featured speakers included Brian Kuh of EDC Team Jefferson, Arlene Alen of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, Debbie Williams and Frank Redmon of the North Hood Canal Chamber of Commerce, and Dave Robison of the Fort Worden Public Development Authority. This meeting was preparatory to the BOCC vote this Friday on whether to accept Public Health recommendations for the Washington Safe Start, Phase 2 options.
Nature Now #463
Birding by Ear, Part 2
(Airdate: May 20, 2020) Birder extraordinaire Fred Sharpe continues his series on Birding By Ear with host Debaran Kelso, helping us to recognize our local bird calls. (Part 2 of a two-part show, first broadcast in June 2016).
