Host Phil Andrus welcomed KPTZ Virus Watch Team member Lynn Sorensen, RN. Lynn has worked in hospitals, clinics, public health, and home health settings during her nursing career. She retired in 2016 from UW Medicine and returned to Port Townsend to live. Lynn shared with Phil this list of Mental Health Resources from the Local 2020 website that are available during this time:

Volunteers of America Crisis Response Services
For Jefferson County, call 888-910-0416
Click here for Online chat support – 24/7 free, confidential emotional support for individuals in crisis and/or considering suicide.

CDC Covid-19: Managing Anxiety and Stress

Discovery Behavioral Health, serving East Jefferson County
360-385-0321 M-F 8am-5pm
24-Hour Telephone Crisis Services 360-385-0321
(forwarded to Volunteers of America after hours). Available to all. Their primary focus is meeting the mental health needs of those covered by Medicaid.

The Benji Project – For middle and high school age students. Trained teachers host free 1-hour sessions to share stress relief, connection, and coping practices, twice a week. Questions? Contact Teresa, 360-821-1960.

On Thursday, April 23, Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro conducted his weekly coffee meeting with the public on KPTZ’s Discovery Road, with host Tim Quackenbush. Mauro shared information about local plans being enacted for the days ahead. The half-hour conversation can be streamed and downloaded here.

Make a note for next Thursday: John Mauro will be taking questions via live phone calls from 10-10:30am on KPTZ’s Discovery Road with host Timothy Quackenbush. Call 360-215-7270 to ask your question. And, enjoy the ride!

On Monday, April 20 at 9:45am, Dr. Tom Locke, Jefferson County Public Health Officer, and Willie Bence, Director of Emergency Management provided public updates during the County Commissioners’ weekly meeting about COVID-19 and our county’s preparedness.

KPTZ broadcast via 91.9FM and streamed at KPTZ.org this timely COVID-19 information, which was also videostreamed live and recorded for online viewing any time thereafter at the Jefferson County website.

Host Phil Andrus welcomed KPTZ Virus Watch Team member Kate Keenan, San Diego Public Health Communicable Disease Investigator, retired after 20 years. Topics discussed were the efficacy of COVID-19 testing and the need for hand washing stations. This segment is a weekly feature at 1pm opening up the Tossed Salad mix each Friday, alternating between Kate and KPTZ VTeam member Lynn Sorensen, RN, BSN, who worked in hospitals, clinics, public health, home health, Group Health and other facets of the health care field, until she recently retired after 36 years.

On Thursday, April 16, Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro conducted his weekly coffee meeting with the public on KPTZ’s Discovery Road, with host Tim Quackenbush. Mauro shared information about local plans being enacted for the days ahead. The half-hour conversation can be streamed and downloaded here.

Make a note for next Thursday: John Mauro will be taking questions via live phone calls from 10-10:30am on KPTZ’s Discovery Road with host Timothy Quackenbush. Call 360-215-7270 to ask your question. And, enjoy the ride!

Press Release: City of PT Takes Early Action
to Limit COVID-19 Financial Impacts

On Monday, April 13 at 9:45am, Dr. Tom Locke, Jefferson County Public Health Officer, and Willie Bence, Director of Emergency Management provided public updates during the County Commissioners’ weekly meeting about COVID-19 and our county’s preparedness.

KPTZ broadcast via 91.9FM and streamed at KPTZ.org this timely COVID-19 information, which was also videostreamed live and recorded for online viewing any time thereafter at the Jefferson County website.

Host Phil Andrus welcomed KPTZ Virus Watch Team member Lynn Sorensen, RN, BSN. Lynn has worked in hospitals, clinics, public health, home health, Group Health and other facets of the health care field, until she recently retired after 36 years. Topics include the current COVID-19 case count in Jefferson County and local recommendations to avoid contamination, and speculation for community practices over the coming weeks and month. This segment is a weekly feature at 1pm opening up the Tossed Salad mix each Friday, alternating between Lynn and KPTZ VTeam member Kathleen Keenan, who retired after a 20-year career as communicable disease investigator for San Diego Public Health.

On Thursday, April 9, Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro conducted his weekly coffee meeting with the public on KPTZ’s Discovery Road, with host Tim Quackenbush. Mauro shared information about local plans being enacted for the days ahead. The half-hour conversation can be streamed and downloaded here.

Make a note for next Thursday: John Mauro will be taking questions via live phone calls from 10-10:30am on KPTZ’s Discovery Road with host Timothy Quackenbush. Call 360-215-7270 to ask your question. And, enjoy the ride!

On Tuesday mornings at 10, Morning on the Salish DJ host Chris Bricker offers an edition of KPTZ’s Through Science to Health, in addition to the Tossed Salad segment Fridays from 1 to 1:30pm. Both time slots provide live updates featuring Lynn Sorensen, RN, BSN, retired after 36 years and Kate Keenan, San Diego Public Health Communicable Disease Investigator, retired after 20 years. Members of KPTZ’s Virus Watch Team, they take turns sharing information on how to strengthen ourselves individually and collectively as we all work to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic here in Jefferson County. 

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jefferson Community Foundation President and CEO Siobhan Canty is a regular guest of Chris Bricker on Morning on the Salish, at 10:30am Tuesdays. Each week Siobhan shares updates on JCF’s work to strengthen the landscape of services available to people and the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, which has raised more than $190,000 to date. If you belong to a nonprofit working to help those in need as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, grant applications will be accepted on a weekly rolling basis for emergency funding. Go to JCFgives.org to learn more.