As you all probably heard the news PAPA was given the green light by the City Council during their meeting on Tuesday. The following was a press release issued from the co-chairman and publisher of the Port O Call Dale Wilson:
Tuesday, September 1st, Port Angeles City Council voted 6-0 to enter an agreement with Peninsula Area Public Access (PAPA) to provide programming for up to 3 public access television channels to be available to Wave Cable subscribers early in the new year.
Dr. Ralph Smith, CEO of PAPA made a 30 minute presentation to city council on Tuesday night and introduced a dozen PAPA board members present.
Public Access television has been available to Port Angeles customers via the city’s franchise agreement with Wave Cable since 2002 but no one has, until now, taken the initiative to get a local television station up and running. In a recent survey of city residents 87% of respondents stated a desire for local programming. The survey, conducted by Buske Associates, is part of negotiations for renewal of the franchise agreement between the city and Wave Cable to expire in May 2017..
The goal of PAPA is to provide public, educational and government programming on up to three channels available on the Wave Cable line-up. PAPA will also provide equipment and training for anyone in the community who seeks to produce their own programming for local and international consumption. Any budding film-maker now has an opportunity to create a television program or full length movie.
PAPA will associate with the Port Angeles Schools District, working with the Skills Center, which has its own television production curriculum, taught by their talented instructor, Lisa Hitt.
It is hoped that Skills Center students can “letter” in media just as athletes do in sports. Graduates with sufficient experience with PAPA will be prepared for entry level work at most television stations. They will learn the nomenclature, electronic news gathering, electronic field production, lighting, audio, editing and story-boarding. Funding for PAPA will come from sponsorship, producer training fees, memberships, video production work for local merchants and grants.
There will be a small amount of revenue coming from Wave Cable via a five cent per month per subscriber access fee which will be charged to each subscriber–under the current franchise agreement. Currently PAPA programming will be available to city residents who are Wave Cable subscribers. At least two county commissioners have agreed to invite Wave Cable to provide PAPA programming to the 14,500 Wave Cable subscribers throughout Clallam County. The city and county have separate franchise agreements with Wave Cable.
PAPA plans to provide live and tape-delayed coverage of athletic competition covering Peninsula College and all schools in the county as well as government meetings and cultural programs. Depending on the number of volunteers PAPA would like to extend coverage to EDC meetings, Chamber of Commerce meetings, college speakers, festivals and live music events.
PAPA hopes to include news, exhibits and cultural events provided by local sovereign nations.
There will be live call-in talk shows allowing the community to weigh in on current events and also travelogues featuring the many areas of unparalleled beauty in the county–of interest to tourists and residents alike.
PAPA plans to feature profiles of community leaders and news makers and also promote projects designed to enhance the communication channels throughout the county.
The faith-based community is invited to provide programs emanating from their local worship services.
Anyone interested in serving on the board or becoming a producer of local programming contact Dr. Ralph Smith, CEO of PAPA at 360-809-3388
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Port Angeles City Council voted 6-0 to enter an agreement with Peninsula Area Public Access (PAPA) to provide programming for up to 3 public access television channels to be available to Wave Cable subscribers early in the new year----PORT O CALL
Port Angeles City Council considers agreement with public television group for local access channel
Concerns about content Whetham is worried about racy content — “a bunch of naked creatures,” as he put it, being on the air. Smith said programs that are “really controversial” would be aired late at night or early in the morning.---PDN
* Of course that statement wasn't all that our pal Lee Whetham said, he started out saying: "I support free government...." then went on with is statement as posted in the PDN. But wait! Free government Lee? Don't you mean free speech? Yeah, I maybe nick picking but we must not be confused when speaking about our constitutional rights particularly our 1st Amendment. Government is suppose to ensure those rights we hold dear are protected, and it's the job of the media to be the watch dog to ensure the government don't intrude. That's why I am concerned when ever you involve government in the affairs of the media, you are going to have some circumstances of some politician who happens to be sitting on a board like what they are going to form, trying to silence those who are critical of them by either not broadcasting the material, or putting them on a time slot which no one will tune into. That's why I was amused by Whetham saying that a council member should be on the PAPA board, I thought and said..."Let me guess him!" Can you imagine yours truly on there doing this Ripley Report? Since I have been so critical of Whetham and other local politicians they would want to be sure I would be on at 1AM! Then, again that might back fire and lots of people would be tuning in! Not to worry folks, I have no intentions on being on TV, you need to have that "TV Look" to be on TV, same as having that "RADIO VOICE" to be on the radio. I am quite content doing my little blog folks! I have a good audience both locally, and all over the world. So why would I want to abandon them?
In other local news....
Clallam commissioners discuss trust lands committee; one recommends de-politicizing group
PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Commissioner Jim McEntire wants to change the composition of a proposed forest trust lands advisory committee to de-politicize the group.---PDN
Port Angeles port commission candidates share economic development ideas in forum
PORT ANGELES — The Port of Port Angeles should establish an economic development zone to foster new businesses in Clallam County, port commission candidate Mike Breidenbach said Tuesday.---PDN
Rayonier Inc. presents $35,000 in grants to Clallam, Grays Harbor nonprofits
FORKS — Rayonier Inc. gave a total of $35,000 to 26 nonprofit organizations serving communities in Clallam and Grays Harbor counties.
Recipients of the company's 2015 Community Fund grants were recognized at a special awards breakfast hosted by Rayonier at the Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks earlier last month. ---PDN
“Trust us, We’re Experts!” More on the fluoride saga
I don’t know if you’ve been to a city council meeting, but the audience is much larger, with more people for-and-against fluoride. We’ve had some ringers from out-of-town (like Dr. Bill Osmundson, DDS, MPH, a speaker who tours on behalf of the Fluoride Action Network. Likable guy, only I didn’t like that he misrepresented himself as being from Neah Bay, or Forks, or whatever). We have the local dentists show up en mass and parrot the stance of the American Dental Association.----Marolee Smith, City Council Candidate
Port Angeles City Council moves toward selling Morse Creek hydroelectric plant
PORT ANGELES — The City Council took the first step this week toward selling the Morse Creek hydroelectric plant, declaring it and the approximately 800 acres it sits upon as surplus.---PDN
Kidd, Kennedy in Locke-Step on Fluoridation Opinion by Dale Wilson
Recently two high-profile medicos came before Port Angeles City Council attempting to bully the city council into continuing fluoridation of the city water supply even after the current fluoridation agreement ends in May.---PORT O CALL
New city manager sets priorities
More than two weeks in and Sequim’s new city manager, Charlie Bush, 40, has his priorities set for the remainder of the year — investigating a possible proposal for a Metropolitan Parks District, forming the city’s 2016 budget highlighting road projects and finding safer parking at the Albert Haller Playfields.---SEQUIM GAZZETTE
DNR to permit campfires west of Cascades
Campfires to be allowed in approved fire-pits on the west side over Labor Day---FORKS FORUM
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Buys Mobilisa Wireless---KONP RADIO
Rep. Kilmer, other panelists, talk money in politics
The corrosive effect of big money in the American political system was the topic of a discussion Sept. 1 in the Port Townsend Community Center.---PT LEADER
Millions to watch Manresa Castle T.V. ghost show
What may be the pinnacle of publicity for Port Townsend pops up Saturday, Sept. 5 when the Travel Channel airs an episode of "Ghost Adventures" filmed at Manresa Castle.---PTLEADER
NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STRAIT
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WHAT'S ON TAP FOR NEXT WEEK
COUNTY COMMISSION AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS:
5a Presentation of Preliminary 2016 Clallam County Budget
*The question is will the Treasure be making the presentation or one of her staff members?
H1 Proposed Ordinance creating a chapter in the Clallam County Code titled “Recreational
Marijuana” establishing the placement of and development standards for recreational marijuana producers, processors, and retailers licensed by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.
Full agenda: http://websrv7.clallam.net/forms/uploads/bocc_meeting_agenda.pdf
Agenda item details: http://websrv7.clallam.net/forms/uploads/bocc_meeting_packet.pdf
PORT OF PORT ANGELES AGENDA HIGHLIGHT: Bond Refunding/Bank Financing Proposal Resolution No. 15-1106
Full agenda: http://www.portofpa.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/09082015-114?html=true
DAILY DEVOTIONAL
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Matthew 28:18-20 NKJV
