♪ >> WELCOME TO ALMANAC NORT.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING U.

WE ARE CHECKING OUT THE ROE ATTRACTIONS THE NORTH SHORS TO OFFER.

>> A NO FILTER EPISODE WHEE GET TO KNOW IN NORTH LAND R AND PHILOSOPHER.

>> WE BEGIN THE EVENING.

VENABLE MEDICAL ERRORS SLIY INCREASED IN 2024 BUT THE E WAS THE SMALLEST SINCE BEFE THE PANDEMIC.

624 ADVERSE HEALTH EVENTS REPORTED.

14 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

DEATHS DECLINED FOR THE SED YEAR IN A ROW.

INCREASED HOSPITAL STAYS AD SURGERIES PLAYED A ROLE INE UPTICK.

PROGRESS WAS SEEN IN SOME S INCLUDING A 44% DROP IN MEDICATION ERRORS AND FEWER SPECIMEN MISTAKES.

FALLS AND PRESSURE ULCERS REMAINED THE MOST COMMON INCIDENTS.

HOSPITALS CONTINUE TO REPOT EVENTS AS PART OF A SYSTEMD AT REPROVING SAFETY AND TRANSPARENCY.

THE NEXT REPORT WILL SPEND5 MONTHS AS REPORTING TRANSIS TO CALENDAR YEAR CYCLES STG IN 2026.

>> ASSESSORS WILL BEGIN INSPECTING WILDFIRE DAMAGE PROPERTIES NEXT WEEK.

FOLLOWING THE CAM HOUSE IN JENKINS CREEK FIRE'S.

THE GOAL IS TO DOCUMENT DAE AND DETERMINE PROPERTY VALE LOSSES.

OWNERS MAY QUALIFY FOR TAX RELIEF IF THE PROPERTY IS HOMESTEADED.

RELIEF OPTIONS INCLUDE ABATEMENTS AND FUTURE TAX CREDITS.

THE ASSESSMENT WILL TAKE SL WEEKS.

PROPERTY OWNERS WILL RECEIE APPLICATIONS OF ELIGIBLE.

>> THE STATE OF MINNESOTA RELEASED A DRAFT DISPARITYY EXAMINING FAIRNESS IN PUBLC CONTRACT FOR MINORITY WOMED OTHER HISTORICALLY DISADVAD BUSINESSES.

30 $1 BILLION IN CONTRACTSM 2016 TO 2023.

ONGOING DISPARITIES WITH O% OF CONTRACT DOLLARS GOING E FIRMS.

BELOW THE 22% AVAILABILITY.

PUBLIC INPUT IS BEING STOCD BEFORE THE REPORT IS FINALD IN JULY.

VISIT MN.GOV TO REVIEW THE FINDINGS OR SUBMIT FEEDBAC.

IT WILL SHAPE FUTURE EQUITY PROGRAMS IN STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACTING AND BUILDS ON FINDINGS FROM OVER 2200 BUS OWNERS ACROSS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

>> WE ARE HEADED TO CHECK A FAVORITE AND UNIQUE ROADSIE ATTRACTION, TOM'S LOGGING .

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

♪ >> I'M BILL.

I'M THE CO-OWNER OF TOM'S LOGGING CAMP.

WE ARE A MUSEUM GIFT SHOP E NORTH SHORE BETWEEN DULUTHD TWO HARBORS.

WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1956.

THIS IS A MUSEUM TOTALLY DEDICATED, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY LOGGIN.

WE HAVE A BUNKHOUSE, A SHOA YARD.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL GENERATIS THAT AROUND THEIR FEET BY S TIME.

IT'S QUITE A LONG TIME.

A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE CAMES FAMILIES IN THE EARLIEST D. IT WAS A DIRT PARKING LOT.

THE ORIGINAL OWNER WAS THEE THAT BEGAN THIS.

BOB FISHER SHORTLY AFTER T, EIGHT YEARS AFTER TOM STARD IT, BOB BOUGHT IT AND CONTD TO BUILD THINGS AND DEVELOE MUSEUM.

THE MUSEUM, THE BULK OF ITS DONATED BY A COMPANY THAT A LOGGING COMPANY IN THE OLD.

THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HT AWAY ALL THE HORSE LOGGING EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT IN AN OD METAL BUILDING.

THE COMPANY SOLD IT.

ALL THAT'S OUT THERE IS PAF THE LOGGING END OF IT.

THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE THATD PUT IT INTO REPLICAS OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS.

THEY WEREN'T HERE SO THEY WEREN'T PUT UP AS WHAT THE.

THEY HOUSE THE REPLICAS SOU CAN SEE WHAT EACH FACET OF GETTING LOGS OUT OF THE WOS WAS REALLY LIKE.

IT'S QUITE REALISTIC.

ALL OF THE ARTIFACTS ARE ABSOLUTELY GENUINE.

THE BUILDINGS WERE PUT UP O IT'S A DOABLE FORMAT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN HISTORY AND MUSEUMS, AND THERE ARE A LF PEOPLE THAT ARE, THEY SEE T IT'S A MUSEUM AND THAT ATTS THEM AND THEY FIND OUT ABOE GIFT SHOP AND SO FORTH.

OTHER FOLKS ARE JUST TRYINO FIND WAYS TO MAKE TRADITIOD JUST ENJOY EXPERIENCES WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

WE'VE BEEN RELIABLY HERE TO THAT FOR ALL THESE YEARS AE HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING TE HAVEN'T HAD TO.

WE ARE A SHOP.

YOU CAN GET THE WHOLE FAMIN AND OUT OF YOUR FOR 30 BUCR LESS.

THAT IS NOT FREAKING OUT.

HE'S WILLING TO MAKE A STOE IN A WHILE.

THAT'S THE FAMILIAR PART O.

THE HISTORY PART IS WHAT IE PEOPLE TAKE AWAY.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE PEOE ENJOYING THEMSELVES.

IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

THE MOST REWARDING PART OFN A PERSONAL BASIS IS YOU GEO KNOW THESE FAMILIES AND YOT TO KNOW THE NAMES.

THEY KNOW YOUR NAME.

IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE WHAT YOU'RE .

COME AND GIVE YOU THAT OVED OVER AGAIN.

IT'S AWESOME.

♪ >> I'M ADDING THAT TO MY SR LIST.

>> FUN PLACE TO STOP ON YOY UP.

>> I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY'E NEVER BEEN AFTER YEARS OF G HERE AND REPORTING.

MY BOYS WOULD LOVE IT THOU.

>> THIS IS THE YEAR.

CHECK IT OUT.

ASK WE ARE HEADING FURTHERP NORTH.

IN -- EACH JUNE, CANADA HAS CELEBRATED NATIONAL INDIGES HISTORY MONTH.

A TIME TO HONOR THE RICH CULTURES, HISTORIES, CONTRIBUTIONS OF FIRST NAT, INUIT PEOPLE.

IN THE UNITED STATES, NATIE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IS OBSERVED IN NOVEMBER, PROVG AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZD UPLIFT THE STORIES AND LEGS OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES S THE CONTINENT.

>> AS WE MARK THE SIGNIFICT MOMENTS, IT'S THE PERFECT E TO CELEBRATE A MILESTONE IN INDIGENOUS MEDIA.

THE NATIVE REPORT HAS JUST COMPLETED ITS 20TH SEASON.

OVER TWO DECADES OF PROGRAS HIGHLIGHTED POWERFUL STORIS FROM INDIGENOUS VOICES, COG SOCKETS FROM CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND ENVIRONMEL STARSHIP TO SOVEREIGNTY -- STEWARDSHIP TO SOVEREIGNTYD COMMUNITY HEALING.

>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK E IMPACTFUL STORIES AND VOICE NATIVE REPORT HAS BROUGHT O LIGHT.

EACH ONE, A REMINDER OF RESILIENCE AND ENDURING CUL STRENGTH.

♪ >> WELCOME TO THE 20TH SEAF NATIVE REPORT.

♪ >> WE WANTED TO JUST SHOW T AMERICAN INDIANS, NATIVE AMERICANS OR REGULAR FOLKS.

THAT WAS THE IDEA BEHIND TE SHOW.

>> HEALING ISN'T OUT SOMEW.

IT'S HERE.

>> IT'S OUR MEDICINE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO TAE GOOD CARE OF IT BECAUSE ITS GOOD CARE OF US EVERY YEAR.

>> TODAY'S MODERN-DAY WARR.

IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THEM IN ACTION.

>> IT OPENS MANY DOORS AS A STORYTELLER, A WRITER, AND ACTRESS.

IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.

>> THE STUFF THAT I'M TEACG ISN'T COMING FROM ME.

IT'S COMING FROM MY ELDERSH THEY RECEIVE FROM THEIR ELS AND ON AND ON AND ON.

>> I FEEL LIKE OUR WORK ISY MEDICINE.

IT'S A WAY FOR ME TO MEDIT.

IT'S A WAY FOR ME TO EXPRES MYSELF.

I AT A POINT IN MY LIFE WHE I'M NOT STRUGGLING.

>> IT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO S- IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY WE HE HISTORICAL RESILIENCY.

>> THANK YOU FOR SPENDING E WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME A NATIVE REPORT.

>> YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE 2H SEASON OF THE NATIVE REPORN PBS NORTH -- YOUTUBE PAGE.

THE NEW NAME FOR AN ORGANIN THAT HAS MADE AN IMPACT HEN OUR REGION FOR 40 YEARS.

WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RED MISSION IN THIS WEEK'S MAKT UP NORTH.

>> I AM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY IMPACT IN PARTNEP FOR THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATI.

IT'S A COMMUNITY FOUNDATIOT GIVES TO NONPROFITS AND STS IN OUR COMMUNITY MONEY TO O COLLEGE OUR MONEY FOR THEIR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY NEEDS.

ALL OF THAT.

>> I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

WE JUST CHANGED OUR NAME A COUPLE WEEKS AGO SO I'M GEG USED TO IT.

BOREAL WATERS, WE ARE IN 12 COUNTIES, TWO STATES.

WE GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CANADIAN BORDER.

WE GO ACROSS INTO WISCONSI.

SEVEN TRIBAL NATIONS WITHI.

THAT'S OUR PLACE.

WE RENAMED IT BECAUSE THATS OF THE NORTH.

IT'S THE NORTHERN ECOSYSTEE NORTHERN ECOLOGY.

WE THINK IT DEFINES WHERE E BUT IT ALSO DEFINES HOW WEO WHAT WE DO.

YOU LOOK AT A FOREST AND EVERYTHING INTERACTS.

EVERYTHING WORKS TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHY IT'S AN ECOSYST.

WE SAY AROUND HERE A LOT, L THRIVING IS MUTUAL.

MEANING WE WORK TOGETHER.

THE IDEA OF AN ECOSYSTEM.

THE IDEA OF IT BEING INTERCONNECTED IS HOW WE W. YOU THRIVE, I THRIVE.

I DON'T TAKE FROM YOU IN OR FOR ME TO THRIVE.

WE THRIVE TOGETHER.

>> THE MONEY COMES FROM GES DONORS IN THE COMMUNITY WHT TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMM.

IT IS SO AMAZING, THE GENEY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY WANT TO GIVE TO OUR NONPROFITS.

THEY WANT TO GIVE TO OUR STUDENTS.

WHEN I STARTED AT THE COMMY FOUNDATION, I STARTED WORKN OUR SCHOLARSHIPS AND I CO'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN TS AREA ALONE THAT WANT TO GOO HIGHER ED.

SO IT'S A REALLY AMAZING TG TO SEE.

>> THE WAY PEOPLE RECEIVE Y FROM US IS EITHER THROUGH APPLYING SCHOLARSHIPS OR APPLYING FOR GRANTS OR DOIG SOME INVESTING.

IF YOU ARE GOING ON TO TRAE SCHOOL, IF YOU ARE GOING OO COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, YOU APPLY.

WE GIVE AWAY SCHOLARSHIPS Y YEAR.

GRANTS ARE SIMILAR.

WE HAVE FUNDS IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

EDUCATION, HUMAN SERVICES, ENVIRONMENT, JUSTICE.

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS APPLYING.

WE SCREEN.

THE COMMITTEE MAKES A DECI.

WE AWARD.

IT'S TYPICALLY A CONVERSATN BETWEEN APPLICANTS AND OUR PROCESS THAT'S GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY.

THE COMMUNITY IS MADE UP OF MEMBERS.

IT'S NOT JUST US SAYING, 'S GIVE MONEY.

IT'S A COMMUNITY WORK.

>> EVERY YEAR, THE COMMUNIY FOUNDATION GIVES ABOUT THRO $4 MILLION OUT TO OUR COMMY THROUGH GRANTS AND SCHOLAR.

IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, W'E GIVEN $2.5 MILLION TO SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS AND NONPROFITS.

130 PROJECTS I BELIEVE WERE AWARDED THIS PAST SPRING R. IT'S REALLY A LOT OF MONEYG INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'L FROM AMAZING DONORS WHO WAO GIVE BACK.

>> THE LEADERSHIP FORUM ISA WEEKLONG LEADERSHIP OPPORTY FOR STUDENTS FROM ALL AROUE AREA, AS FAR AWAY AS CROMW.

120 KIDS COME HERE TO THE K -- FOR THE WEEK, DO CHALLE, LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP SKI, LISTEN TO PRESENTERS ON THE TOPIC.

THEY NEED PEERS.

THE STUDENTS BUILD RELATIOS THAT CAN LAST A LIFETIME.

BOREAL WATERS HAS BEEN A CRITICAL PART OF THE SUCCEF THIS PROGRAM, BEING OUR MAR FUNDER.

SO WHEN WE ASKED STAFF TO E A PART OF THIS, WE ARE ABLO COMPENSATE THEM.

THOUGH I WOULD SAY MANY OFS WOULD DO IT FOR FREE IF WED TO BECAUSE IT'S THAT POWERF A PROGRAM AND THAT IMPACTF.

BUT OUR TIME IS VALUABLE.

BOREAL WATERS THANKFULLY HS RECOGNIZED THAT AND FUNDS .

THE FUNDING ALSO GOES TOWAS THE BITS AND PIECES THAT GO TOWARDS HOSTING THIS MANY STUDENTS FOR A WEEK, FROM E FOOD THAT THEY EAT TO THE S THAT THEY TAKE TO THEIR SEE PROJECTS TO THE MATERIALS T WE USE, THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS THAT WE HIRE TO CE HERE AND GIVE MESSAGING.

SUPER IMPORTANT THAT THEY'E DONE THAT.

WE APPRECIATE THEM.

>> ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOME- THERE IS SO MANY.

IT ALWAYS HAS TO DO WITH TE PEOPLE RECEIVING THE MONEY.

SO THE STUDENTS WHO CAN'T BELIEVE THEIR ENTIRE EDUCAN IS PAID FOR.

THE NONPROFITS WHO ARE LIKW , WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF MONEY FROM THE FOUNDATION.

NOW OUR COMMUNITY HAS GOTTN THAT MUCH FURTHER TOWARDS R GOAL.

RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY, I THINY FAVORITE THING IS THAT I GO MEET WITH THE NONPROFITS WE APPLYING FOR GRANTS.

I JUST LOVE TALKING TO THEE LEADERS ABOUT THEIR IDEAS D THEIR GOALS.

THEY ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND WT THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE.

IT'S REALLY INSPIRING TO MD IT GETS ME EXCITED ABOUT, T COULD OUR COMMUNITY DO?

WHAT COULD THRIVING LOOK L?

>> TONIGHT, WE ARE EXCITEDO SHARE A SEGMENT FROM OUR NW SHOW NO FILTER WHICH IS A CONVERSATIONAL INTERVIEW SS THAT EXPLORES THE TAPESTRYF NORTHERN LIFE THROUGH INFOL CONVERSATIONS WITH DIVERSE PEOPLE FROM THE REGION.

>> EACH EPISODE IS BRINGINA FRESH VOICE, FOCUSING ON TE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND LIFE EXPERIENCES SHAPING THE NON COMMUNITY.

>> WE WILL SHARE A SAMPLE R CONVERSATION HERE ON MANATT NORTH BUT WE INVITE YOU TO EXPLORE FULL EPISODES OF NO FILTER ON THE PBS NORTH YOE CHANNEL.

>> I'M THE HOST OF NO FILT.

WE ARE IN MINNESOTA TODAY E HAVE A GUESS WE ARE SO EXCD TO SHARE WITH YOU.

♪ TODAY WE ARE INTRODUCING YO SCOTT, A COMPETITIVE SKIER.

HE HAS A PASSION FOR RAISIG DOGS.

HE'S A SPORT ENTHUSIAST ANA SELF-PROCLAIMED PHILOSOPHER APPEARING IN HE HAS QUITE E STORY TO TELL.

I CAN'T WAIT TO INTRODUCE O SCOTT.

SCOTT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FR JOINING US ON NO FILTER.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> WE WILL GO BACK A BIT BE WE TALK ABOUT THE PRESENT.

YOU MOVED AROUND A LOT IS Y UNDERSTANDING.

>> YES.

SEEMS TO.

I WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE MOVA LOT.

IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT.

IT SEEMED NORMAL.

BUT IN GRADE SCHOOL, FIFTHR SIXTH GRADE, WE MOVED TO PENNSYLVANIA.

STAYED THERE AS I WAS GRADG JUNIOR HIGH.

TRANSFERRED TO CALIFORNIA,Y AREA, SAN FRANCISCO MY FREN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.

ACTUALLY MOVED ONE MORE TIO ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL IN THEN JOSE AREA.

MY JUNIOR YEAR, I MOVED BAO MINNESOTA AND GRADUATED HIH SCHOOL FROM FRIDLEY HIGH S. AS MY -- THOSE FORMATIVE Y, THOSE WERE SPENT AT FOUR HH SCHOOLS IN FOUR YEARS.

FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.

>> WAS MOVING AROUND AS YO, WAS THAT DIFFICULT FOR YOU?

>> YEAH.

>> IT WAS?

>> IT WAS NOT EASY.

I WAS PROBABLY IN DANGER OT GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAD SPENT -- LET'S FACE .

HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY ASSIME THE CULTURE MOVING FROM MINNESOTA TO PENNSYLVANIA,H WAS EVEN MORE CONSERVATIVEN MINNESOTA?

PARTICULARLY IN THE 70'S WH IS WHEN I WAS GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN MOVING TO CALIFOR.

HIPPIES.

SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT CU.

I DIDN'T FIT IN ANYWHERE.

I WASN'T CLOSE TO ANYTHINGS FAR AS MY SCHOOL GOES.

I HAD A COUPLE -- I DIDN'TW I WOULD GET INTO THIS.

I HAD A COUPLE OF GROUNDING THINGS.

ONE WAS PLAYING HOCKEY WHIY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS INVOLVEDN THAT.

EVEN WHEN WE WERE IN A PLAE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD HO, I WAS PLAYING HOCKEY.

THE FIRST THING MY DAD EVED WHEN HE CAME INTO A TOWN IS RESEARCH WHERE THE ICE RIN.

INEVITABLY HE WOULD HAVE A.

SO THAT WAS HUGE.

THE OTHER IS THAT I SPENT T OF TIME WITH MY DOG, MY NEWFOUNDLAND.

BUT NOW.

THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME I WAS IN CALIFORNIA, SOMEBODE MY PARENTS A CALL AND SAID, SCOTT HASN'T BEEN TO SCHOON ALMOST A MONTH.

AND SO THERE WAS SOME INTERVENTION THERE.

WHEN I WAS GOING TO DO.

I HAVE SOME PRETTY TALENTED INSTRUCTORS AND PEOPLE THAT ME INVOLVED AND ARE TO BLAR THE LIFESTYLE THAT I LIVE .

THEY GOT ME INVOLVED IN A RECREATIONAL LEADERSHIP PRM -- I WAS TOLD I WAS NOT INE RIGHT GRADE TO GET INVOLVET I GOT INVOLVED ANYWAY.

I LEARNED TO ROCK CLIMB AND BACKPACK AND SPEND TIME INE SIERRAS.

IT PROBABLY WAS A PATH THAT DIRECTED ME.

BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT, TO AR YOUR QUESTION.

HUGELY DIFFICULT.

I THINK IT WOULD'VE BEEN FR ANYBODY.

>> I THINK SO.

MOST YEARS ARE FORMATIVE FR PEOPLE AT THAT TIME OF YOUE IS USUALLY DIFFICULT.

>> THERE'S ALL KIND OF ANG.

>> ANGST IS A GOOD WORD.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU MENTIONED YOUR DOG.

WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR NEWFOUNDLAND?

>> THERE WERE TWO OF THEM.

ONE WAS NAMED GIBRALTAR.

THE OTHER WAS NAMED RAGNAR.

HIS FULL NAME WAS RAND MAR- BIG BLIMP.

WE DIDN'T NAME HIM.

WE GOT HIM FROM SOMEBODY WO NEEDED TO HAVE A HOME FOR .

BEAUTIFUL DOGS.

WONDERFUL COMPANIONS.

I WANDERED ALL OVER THE SAA CRUZ MOUNTAINS AND THE CALH RUSE -- CALIFORNIA HILLS OE OF SAN FRANCISCO WHEN THERE LOTS OF OPEN LAND.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S TE CASE ANYMORE.

BUT YEAH.

IT WAS JUST A THING I DID.

>> SPEAKING OF DOGS.

YOU ARE A DOG BREEDER.

>> I'M NOT REALLY A BREEDE.

>> I THOUGHT YOU -- >> ONE YEAR, I GOT TO PUT Y TAXES AS MY OCCUPATION AS H OR.

SO THAT'S HOW I DIDN'T MAKA LIVING THAT YEAR.

BUT YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT I DEFINE MYSEL.

I RAISE SLED DOGS.

WE HAVE TWO KENNELS.

SUSAN AND I, SHE HAS FOREVD IRISH RED AND WHITE SETTER.

AND THEN I'VE ALWAYS HAD, E 91, HAD SLED DOGS.

IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.

THAT'S HOW I DEFINE MYSELF.

NOW, THAT'S HOW I MET SUSA.

SHE WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETG THAT I ALREADY COULD DO.

SHE STOPPED INTO THE SKI SP ONE DAY AND SHE SAID, I WAO HAVE MY CROSS-COUNTRY SKISD BECAUSE THERE'S THIS THINGE A TEAM OF DOGS WILL PULL YN CROSS-COUNTRY SKIS.

SHE WANTED TO ENTER A RACE.

SHE WANTED THE SKIS TO BE Y TO GO.

THE OWNER OF THE STORE SAII THINK YOU OUGHT TO MEET SOMEBODY.

AS THEY SAY, THE REST IS HISTORY.

BUT THAT'S -- WE'VE USE THD AND WHITES AS SLED DOGS.

WE ALSO HAVE, I HAVE THE PE RED SLED DOGS.

SO YEAH.

THAT'S HOW I DEFINE MYSELFA MEASURE.

>> NEXT, WE SEND YOU OVER O DENNY'S DAX -- DESK.

>> THANK YOU I'M DENNIS ANN AND THIS IS DANNY'S DESK.

IT'S THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER.

THE DAYS ARE LONG AND THE S HUMID.

NEIGHBORS WAVE AS THEY MOTR BACKYARDS.

IT'S A SPECIAL TIME IN OUR REGION WHERE THE COLD DRIND A LITTLE SHADE COULD MAKE E FORGET THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD.

AT LEAST FOR A WHILE.

WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT S LOUD RIGHT NOW.

LOUD WITH OPINIONS, LOUD WH ANGER, LOUD WITH UNCERTAIN.

OUT HERE IN THE PARKS, ON E LAKES, AND IN SMALL-TOWN C, WE FIND CLIENT.

THE QUIET REASSURANCE OF PE SHOWING UP FOR EACH OTHER.

THE SILENT NOD SHARED WHEN HOLDING THE DOOR.

THE UNSAID ACTIONS THAT PRE SOCIETY IS BETTER WHEN WE P EACH OTHER OUT.

WE DON'T ALWAYS GET IT RIG.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS CLIENT.

BUT WHEN THE NOISE SETTLESU CAN SEE SOMETHING STEADY UNDERNEATH.

EVIDENCE THAT COMMUNITY MA.

KINDNESS COUNTS.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.

WHATEVER THE WORLD FEELS LT IS SPINNING A LITTLE TOO FR LOUD, SLOW DOWN.

TURN DOWN THE VOLUME.

SET IN THE SUN AND LISTEN E BIRDS.

TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBOR.

REMEMBER, THIS COUNTRY IS S PEOPLE.

WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER, TH'S ALWAYS A SOLUTION.

SO THIS HAS BEEN DENNY'S T. BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WT YOU MIGHT BE UP TO THIS WE.

JUNE 28, THE 28TH, THE 20TH ANNUAL RHUBARB FEST IS HAPG AT THE ASBURY UNITED METHOT CHURCH FROM 9:00 TO 3:00.

FOLKS CAN EXPECT TO FIND LE MUSIC, GAMES, CRAFTS, AND TREATS.

PROCEEDS GO TO SUPPORT THEK THEY DO TO HELP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS N DULUTH.

THE EVENT IS FREE TO ATTEND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

>> SATURDAY, SEAGRAM'S HOME HARDWARE OUTDOORS IS HOSTIE TWO HARBORS FARMERS MARKETM 10:00 TO 1:00.

THE MARKET IS BACK FOR THE4 SEASON OF CONNECTING LOCAL FARMERS, BAKERS, MAKERS, AD NEIGHBORS FOR A DISPLAY OFH FOOD AND GOODS.

IT'S SNAP BENEFITS ARE EXP.

>> THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE IS BANDING TOGETHER TO SUPPORE OF THE ROUND.

THE OTHER PLACE BAR AND GRS HOSTING A BENEFIT CONCERT R JIM SYKES AND HIS FAMILY AE BATTLES BRAIN CANCER.

THERE WILL BE LIVE MUSIC FM 1:00 TO 9:00 FEATURING LOCL ACTS.

THERE WILL BE A SILENT AUCN WITH ALL PROCEEDS GOING TOP THE SITES FAMILY.

>> THAT'S A GREAT LINEUP OF PERFORMERS.

>> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

CHECK IT OUT.

>> THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEE'S SHOW.

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING U.

GOOD NIGHT.

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