Today on Brewocracy Now KPTZ host Taylor Clark and City Manager John Mauro were joined first by Ellen Michael Caldwell, Executive Director of Olympic Pride, who talked about the upcoming Sound of Pride 2022 event, which takes place June 25th from 10am-4pm at Pope Marine Park in downtown Port Townsend. The rest of the time they talked with Port Townsend People and Performance Director Pamela Martinez about developments in city staffing.
(Airdate: June 14, 2022) Maryanne McNellis interviews Amanda Milholland, director of both the Port Townsend and Chimacum Farmers Markets. Amanda’s a local girl with a passion for food. During her time with the Peace Corp in Uganda she learned the value of knowing just where her food was grown. In recent years, more and more people are wanting to know just how their meat, dairy, or produce is grown. The whole “farm to table” movement is based on that premise. Like all businesses, the farmers markets were impacted by the pandemic. But because they are considered “essential businesses” the time when they were actually shut down was fairly brief. Early on, traffic and revenue shrunk to about half of pre-pandemic levels. Food was still sold but popular events like cooking demonstrations and live music were cancelled for much of the first two years of the pandemic. But right now things are looking bright for the 2022 season. The number of vendors is back to pre-pandemic levels. Amanda is excited to report that music, cooking, and even story time for the kids are back this year. It’s the market’s 30th anniversary and everyone wants to celebrate this hometown treasure.
The following is a summary of the presentation during the Public Health briefings at this week’s Board of County Commissioners meeting made by Jefferson and Clallam County Public Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry. The summary below was provided by and used with the permission of Jefferson County Government.
In her weekly address to Commissioners, County Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry said there is a “plateauing of our cases overall and there isn’t the rise in hospitalizations that’s been seen in other parts of the country.” This low rate is consistent with all of the top four vaccinated counties in the state—that includes Jefferson and Clallam. Dr. Berry said the primary driver of our low hospitalizations is how vaccinated and boosted we are as a community. “If you are not vaccinated, we are still seeing severe disease and we are seeing death,” she said. Our case rates have risen slowly over the past week (to 873/100,000) but indicators point to a slowing of that rise. “I do think we are moving into a different phase of this response, where we will likely still see transmission in our community but we’re less likely to see severe disease,” Dr. Berry noted. “We have the tools we need to prevent severe disease due to COVID-19.” Dr. Berry said to continue to protect yourselves by wearing a mask in indoor settings and getting vaccinated and boosted.
Submit your Public Health questions to Dr. Allison Berry and to Willie Bence by emailing [email protected]. Note: The weekly deadline for these to be submitted is on Fridays at noon, to be answered at the following Monday’s BOCC meeting.
(Airdate: June 13, 2022) Join host Debaran Kelso on a field trip to the sandy shores of Fort Worden! Dr. Fred Sharpe is our guest to speak about dune restoration in this area and in other locations on the Olympic Peninsula (Part 1 of a two part program).
(Airdate: June 13, 2022) Rocky Friedman, who established the Rose Theatre in 1992, and has run it since then, has put the business up for sale. Larry Stein and Ann Katzenbach spoke to Rocky in the Rose Theater about its history, and Rocky’s hopes for finding a new owner to continue this very important Port Townsend institution. Also featured is Renata Friedman, Rocky’s daughter who grew up with the Rose Theater, and continues to help run it from her home in New York.
In this episode of Our Working Waterfront, KPTZ’s Chris Bricker, Port of Port Townsend’s Director Eron Berg, and Port Commissioner Pam Petranek explore the Boat Yard and visit with tuna fisherman Paul Svornich and his wife, Lorraine, beneath the stern of their 38 foot sloop named Ocean. As usual, Eron gives us a brief update on the happenings around the Port, and then Project Director and Engineer, Matt Klontz, chimes in with the latest news and projections for the long-awaited north and south Jetty Projects. Paul Svornich tells of his family’s rich Croatian heritage, how he’ll always call Bainbridge Island’s Eagle Harbor his home, how he and Diana Talley built his sloop, and of his adventures with wife Lorraine. Though his daughter, Kashmira has also fished with him in the past, Paul will captain his ship solo these days. Lorraine no longer fishes, and now minds the home front. Paul minds his sails, pampers his small biodiesel-fed engine, and fillets, packages, and freezes his catch onboard. Then brings all of it home to sell to the niche market he’s created for himself over time. In Paul’s own words, he loves dancing with the Sea.
Today on Brewocracy Now KPTZ host Taylor Clark and City Manager John Mauro were joined by Emily Bufford, the new Youth and Outreach Director at the Port Townsend Public Library. They discussed the ways that the library has broadened their services in response to the pandemic, resources available to families with children, outreach efforts for those who can’t access the library in person, and the importance of reading aloud to children. Mr. Mauro also announced the upcoming “Sound of Pride” festival on June 25 at Pope Marine Plaza.
(Airdate: June 8, 2022) Race to Alaska’s Race Boss Daniel Evans joins the discussion with host Aaron Barnett on Coastal Café to talk about the upcoming Race to Alaska. Listen in and get details and anecdotes from this year’s and previous races as well as the other races put on by the Northwest Maritime Center such as 70/48 and Washington 360.
(Airdate: June 8, 2022) If you go into the woods at night, you better go in disguise… What? Tree Thieves? It’s a bigger problem than you thought – threats to forest health and ecology, crime and survival, social and community failures, challenges for us all to do things differently. Learn more as Nan Evans talks with Lyndsie Bourgon, author of a brand new book on the subject.
(Airdate: June 7, 2022) Cris Wilson interviews community member Seb Eggert about his father Charle Eggert’s memoir The Last Canyon Voyage: A Filmmaker’s Journey Down the Green and Colorado River detailing his 1955 expedition to duplicate the 1870s journey of John Wesley Powell before dams planned at Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon flooded the wild river.
