♪ MAARJA: WELCOME TO "ALMANAC NORTH."

I'M MAARJA HEWITT.

BRETT: AND I'M BRETT SCOTT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

TONIGHT, WE'RE LEARNING ABT WILDFIRE SEASON HERE IN THE NORTHLAND.

MAARJA: WE'RE ALSO CHECKINT A SOAP AND PERFUME MAKER RT HERE IN DULUTH.

BRETT: THAT'S COMING UP.

BUT FIRST, WE ARE EXCITED O INTRODUCE A NEW SEGMENT TOE SHOW, NO FILTER.

WE WILL LET KRISTIN TAKE IM HERE.

>> HI, I'M THE HOST OF NO R ON PBS NORTH.

♪ NO FILTER IS A CONVERSATIOL INTERVIEW SERIES THAT EXPLS THE RICH TAPESTRY OF NORTHN LIFE THROUGH QUICK, INFORML CONVERSATIONS WITH DIVERSE, INTRIGUING PEOPLE FROM THE REGION.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO MEE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE HAD THE E TO INTERACT WITH.

YOU ARE GOING TO FIND THEIR STORIES HEARTWARMING, ENGA, INSPIRING, AND REALLY RELA.

I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO INTRODUCING YOU TO THESE F, AND WE CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU O JOIN US.

BRETT: LOOKS VERY EXCITING.

WE ARE EXCITED FOR THAT SE.

THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGS LL OPEN THE POLE LOCK IN TE SAME SUE MURRAY MICHIGAN TN TRAFFIC ON MARCH 21.

LAUNCHING THE 2025 GREAT LS SHIPPING SEASON.

THE EARLY OPENING REQUESTEY THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY FOLLS COMPLETION OF ESSENTIAL WIR MAINTENANCE.

THIS WILL EASE PRESSURE ONE GREAT LAKES NAVIGATION SYS, WHICH FACES AN INFLUX OF VS WHEN THE SEAWAY OPENS THE T DAY.

THE VISITORS CENTER WILL OT NOON FOR THE PUBLIC WITH A BROADCAST STARTING AT 7:55D THE MACARTHUR LOCK REMAINS CLOSED UNTIL APRIL.

MAARJA: MORE THAN 4 MILLION MINNESOTANS RELY ON GROUNDR FOR DRINKING, WITH 1.1 MILN GETTING IT FROM PRIVATE WE.

WELLS CAN PROVIDE HIGH-QUAY WATER, BUT THEY NEED REGULR MAINTENANCE.

DURING NATIONAL GROUNDWATER AWARENESS WEEK, MARCH 9 TO, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF ALTH REMINDS PRIVATE WELL OWNERS TO TEST THEIR WATER YEARLY.

THE MOST COMMON CONTAMINANE NITRATE, COLIFORM BACTERIA, ARSENIC, LEAD, AND MANGANE.

TESTING IS THE ONLY WAY TOW IF YOUR WATER IS SAFE, ESPECIALLY FOR BABIES OR PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS.

VISIT THE MINNESOTA DEPARTT OF HEALTH WEBSITE FOR MOREN TESTING, TREATMENT OPTIONSD FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HEP WITH WATER TREATMENT COSTS.

BRETT: NEXT, WE'LL SEND YOR TO DENNY'S DESK WITH DENNY ANDERSON.

DENNY?

DENNY: THANK YOU, BRETT.

AND WELCOME TO DENNY'S DES.

SPRING IN NORTHERN MINNESOS A TIME OF RENEWAL, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS COME QUIETL.

AS THE SNOW MELTS AND TEMPERATURES RISE, NATURE S UP, TREES START TO BUG, AN- START TO BUD, AND WILDFLOWS PUSH THROUGH THE THAWING G. BUT THIS SEASONAL TRANSITIN ALSO BRINGS CHALLENGES.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST, WATER.

OR SOMETIMES, THE LACK OF .

A HEAVY SNOWPACK FOLLOWED A SUDDEN WARMUP CAN SEND RIVS OVER THEIR BANKS, CAUSING FLOODING THAT IMPACTS ROAD, HOMES, AND BUSINESSES.

ICE JAMS CAN MAKE TTERS WO, BLOCKING WATER FLOW UNTIL Y BREAK APART, SOMETIMES ALLT ONCE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WINTS LIGHT ON SNOW OR SPRING ISR THAN USUAL, WE START WORRYG ABOUT DROUGHT.

ABOUT DROUGHT.WITHOUT ENOUL CONDITIONS SUFFER, TREES AD CROPS STRUGGLE, AND WILDFIE RISKS INCREASE, SOMETHING E SEEN ALL TOO OFTEN IN RECET YEARS.

DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, E FINDS A WAY.

TREES, LIKE OUR FAMOUS SUGR MAPLES, START DRAWING UP SR NEW GROWTH.

THAT SAME SAP THAT FUELS OR REGION'S MAPLE SYRUP TRADI.

NATIVE WILDFLOWERS, LIKE TRILLIUMS AND MARSH MARIGO, BLOOM WHEN CONDITIONS ARE T RIGHT.

AND POLLINATORS -- BEES, BUTTERFLIES, AND HUMMINGBI- RETURN TO HELP ENSURE PLANN REPRODUCE AND THRIVE.

SPRING HERE IN THE NORTHLAS A DELICATE BALANCE.

IT'S A SEASON OF BEAUTY, BT ALSO ONE THAT KEEPS US ON R TOES.

WHETHER WE'RE WATCHING RIVR LEVELS, HOPING FOR RAIN, OR SPOTTING THE FIRST BLOOMS E WOODS, ONE THING'S FOR SUR- CHANGE IS IN THE AIR.

THIS HAS BEEN DENNY'S DESK.

AND NOW, BACK TO YOU.

BRETT: DENNY, THANK YOU.

ON THIS WEEK'S “MAKING IT P NORTH,” WE ARE SENDING YOU TO MIXED COSMETIC FOR A LESSON ON HO MAKE YOUR OWN SOAP.

♪ >> HI, I OWN MIX COSMETIQU, WHICH IS A UNIQUE BUSINESSE I MAKE ORGANIC SKINCARE ANY CARE, AND I RUN WORKSHOPS O PEOPLE CAN LEARN TO MAKE IH ME.

I STOPPED WEARING SKINCARE BECAUSE I WAS ALLERGIC TO O MUCH STUFF AND I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS.

I TRIED ALL THE PRODUCTS.

AND SUDDENLY I USED A HANDE BAR OF SOAP.

IT WORKS, SO I STARTED USIG HANDMADE SOAP.

BUT HANDMADE, I LIKE TO MAE THINGS.

I WONDER IF I CAN MAKE IT.

I STARTED MAKING IT MYSELF, LOVED IT.

THEN I THOUGHT, I WONDER II CAN MAKE LOTION.

I WONDER IF I CAN MAKE LIP.

OOH, I WONDER IF I CAN MAKE MAKEUP, BECAUSE THE GARBAGU DON'T WANT TO PUT IN YOUR , THERE'S A LOT OF INGREDIENN MAKEUP.

SO, I LEARNED TO MAKE ALL .

SOAP IS MADE BY MELTING OI.

WE ARE POURING THE LYE WAT.

THIS IS THAT REALLY HEAVY ALKALINE.

INTO OUR MELTED OILS.

THIS IS A BASE OF COCONUT L AND OLIVE OIL, BEESWAX, WHS LOCAL AND KIND OF FUN WE CN HAVE A LOCAL INGREDIENT, AD THEN MANGO BUTTER AND CASTR OIL.

YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT KINDN OIL AND WATER.

THEY ARE NOT MIXING.

I AM GOING TO BLEND IT A LE BIT.

YOU CAN SEE IT WENT FROM OD WATER TO THIS REALLY LOVELA MY PASTE.

ALMOST LIKE VANILLA PUDDIN.

BUT WE ARE NOT QUITE TO TRE YET.

TRACE IS THE SOAP WORD FORT HAS FULLY BECOME SOAP.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BLEND IT A MOME LONGER.

WHAT I'M DOING IS CHECKINGO SEE IF IT HAS COME TO TRACO SEE IF I CAN SEE A TRACE OE SOAP LEAVING MARKS ON ITSE.

AND I THINK I AM THERE AFTA FEW MINUTES OF BLENDING.

SO, WE ARE GOING TO SET OUR BLENDER DOWN.

NOW I AM GOING TO PUT MY ST IN.

THIS IS A EUCALYPTUS MINT ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND.

WE'RE GOING TO POUR THAN IE ARE GOING TO STIR IT TOGET.

I WISH YOU COULD SMELL THI.

OH, IT'S SO FRESHA AND CLN AND BEAUTIFUL.

WE ARE GOING TO PUT PART OF THIS BACK IN.

IT WILL BE A SWIRL AND IT L BE SUCH A PRETTY SOAP.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT HALF OF THN ONE BOWL, AND WE ARE GOINGO THIS LOVELY GREEN IN THIS L HERE.

AND THIS IS A MIXTURE OF HYDRATED CHROMIUM AND GREEN CLAY.

CLAY IS FANTASTIC FOR HELPO CLEANSE SKIN, GET TOXINS RD COME UP DIRT IN OIL.

SO, CLAY IS A GREAT ADDITIO PUT IN ANY KIND OF SOAP.

AND SO, STIR UNTIL IT TURNA REALLY PRETTY EVEN GREEN.

AND SOAP IS VERY YELLOW ASU ARE MAKING IT.

IT ACTUALLY LOOKS REALLY ME YELLOW THAN YOU WOULD WANTT TO.

AND AS IT CURES, AS IT TRIS IT GETS READY TO BE USED AS SOAP, IT TURNS A NICE BASE WHITE.

SO, WE ARE JUST GOING TO LE THIS ONE AS O BASE WHITE COLOR.

IF PEOPLE WERE IN A WORKSHI WOULD BE TEACHING THEM WHAE DIFFERENT COLORS DO, HOW TY WORK FOR THEIR SKIN, WHAT E DIFFERENT PLANT-BASED MATES WOULD DO.

SO, SOMETHING LIKE HYDRATED CHROMIUM GIVES YOU THIS CHROMIUM GIVES YOU THISBE'T REALLY ADD ANYTHING.

THE CLAY IS WHAT BROUGHT A RICHER, EARTHIER GREEN TO T AND GIVES THE ADDITIVES.

I JUST BOOSTED UP THE PRETY GREEN COLOR WITH A LITTLE F THE HYDRATED CHROMIUM, WHIS A MENU -- A MINERAL USED IN MAKEUP.

THIS HAS THICKENED UP, WHIS GREAT BECAUSE WE WANT IT TD THIS SLIGHTLY LOOSER GREENT WE'VE GOT AND MAKE BEAUTIFL SWIRLS IN IT.

SO, I AM GOING TO POUR IN A SWIRL PATTERN RIGHT DOWN IY SOAP.

I AM POURING IN A SWIRL PA. WE'VE GOT A FEW LUMPS SO 'M GOING TO SMOOTH THOSE OUT.

THEN SCRAPE THAT LAST BIT F SOAP.

SO, I'M GOING TO TAKE IT BK THROUGH AND JUST DO A LITTE SWIRL LIKE THIS.

AND NOW, IT SMELLS AMAZINGT LOOKS AMAZING.

WE ARE GOING TO POUR IT INE MOLD HERE.

AND I JUST POUR IT RIGHT DN THE MIDDLE.

AND EVERY SINGLE TIME THISP TURNS OUT DIFFENT, AND I 'T WAIT TO CUT IT BECAUSE IT O EXCITING TO SEE WHAT'S GOIO HAPPEN WHEN I POUR THIS SO.

AND I LOVE THIS LAST PORTI, CREATING THIBEAUTIFUL BAR T WE ARE GOING TO CUT INTO AT 25 PIECES ONCE IT IS DONE.

AND I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOT THIS TOP.

I LOVE HOW IT LOOKS.

AND IT IS SO SWIRLY.

AND THIS IS WHAT IT WILL LK LIKE WHEN IT IS FINISHED.

SO, THIS WILL BE THE FINAL PRODUCT OF THIS EUCALYPTUST SOAP.

SOMETIMES IT IS THIS DARKER GREEN AND SOMETIMES IT WILE LIGHTER GREEN BASED ON THE CREDIT -- BASED ON THE AY D HOW IT CURES.

ABOUT A WEEK IS WHEN WE WIT IT AND FIND OUT EXACTLY HOT LOOKS.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MAARJA: OUR GUEST THIS WEES URA MURPHY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

ARE WE IN WILDFIRE SEASON?

THE SNOW HAS MELTED AND HEE ARE.

DENNY: IT HAS DEFINITELY SD -- LAURA: IT HAS DEFINITEY STARTED.

AS SOON AS THE SNOW MELTS,S WILDFIRE SEASON.

BRETT: I FEEL LIKE WE SAW S SNOW THIS YEAR.

A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS WIN.

IS IT A HEIGHTENED FIRE AWARENESS SEASON THIS SPRI?

LAURA: I WOULD SAY LAST YES KIND OF MORE HEIGHTENED BEE WE HAD LESS SNOW.

BUT IT IS KIND OF HARD TO L BECAUSE AS SOON AS POSSIBLO MELTED LAST YEAR, WE WERE D OF AMPED UP TO HAVE AN INTE SEASON AND WE GOT QUITE A F RAIN.

AND THE SAME THING AS MAY E GOING TO HELP THIS YEAR.

THE SNOW HAS MELTED, AND EN FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE ST, THERE IS NO SNOW.

BUT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GETE HEAVY RAINHIS WEEKEND.

MAARJA: WHAT HAVE YOU SEENO FAR IN TERMS OF WILDFIRES?

LAURA: SO FAR, THE STATE HD OVER 50 WILDFIRES THIS YEA.

I WOULD ASSUME IT WILL ONLY INCREASE.

ON AVERAGE, WE GET ABOUT 1R SO FIRES A YEAR, AND THEY E SMALLER OR THEY CAN BE LAR.

I THINK OUR TOTAL RIGHT NOS OVER 500 ACRES.

BRETT: WHAT ARE SOME OF THT COMMON CAUSES YOU ARE SEEIR THESE WILDFIRES?

LAURA: IN MINNESOTA, 90% OF FIRES ARE STARTED BY HUMAN.

A LOT OF THAT IS FROM DEBRS BURNING, PILE BURNINGS THAT OUT OF CONTROL, SO IT IS NT INTENTIONAL.

IT JUST HAPPENS.

POTENTIALLY BURNING ON NOTT DAYS WHERE YOU SHOULDN'T HA FIRE.

BUT YEAH, A LOT OF IT IS DS BURNING.

I THINK THAT IS 40% OR SO L THE FIRES THAT ESCAPE IN MINNESOTA.

MAARJA: SO, YOU HAVE THOSE ACCIDENTAL WILDFIRES CAUSEY HUMANS, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE PRESCRIBED BURNS, RIGHT?

SO, HOW DO YOU GUYS DECIDEN AND HOW, WHERE TO DO THOSE BURNS?

LAURA: YEAH.

SO WITH THE DNR, A LOT OF PLANNING GOES INTO CREATING THOSE BURNS.

THERE'S BURN BOSSES THAT DS THINGS ALL WINTER, MAKING , TALKING TO ALL THE OTHER DIVISIONS.

SO, A LOT GOES INTO IT AHEF TIME.

IT COULD BE THE DAY OF THEN AND THEY WON'T HAVE THE RIT CONDITIONS AND THEY WILL CT OFF.

SO, THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNG BEHIND IT, AND IF THEY DO'T HAVE THE RIGHT WEATHER OR WHATEVER CONDITIONS, THEY L SCRATCH IT AND DO ANOTHER .

BRETT: AS A FIRE WISE SPECIALIST, WHAT IS YOUR DY ROUTINE LIKE?

WHAT DO YOU PRIMARILY DO?

LAURA: I GUESS I DON'T HAVA SUPER DAILY ROUTINE.

IT KIND OF CHANGES WITH THE SEASON.

LIKE IN THE SPRINGTIME, I L BE HELPING OUT WITH THE LOL AREA DOING ON THE GROUND FR AVIATION, AND THEN IN THE R OR I GUESS SPRING IS WHEN N OWNERS AND PEOPLE START CLG UP THEIR PROPERTIES, SO I A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT WHAT PEE CAN DO AND DIFFERENT THINGE THAT.

IN THE WINTER, PEOPLE ARE PLANNING.

HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ORE ASSOCIATIONS, I DO A LOT OF MEETINGS TO DISCUSS WHAT PE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE.

MAARJA: BEING AT HOME, LOOG AROUND OUR YARD, WHAT ARE E THINGS WE CAN DO TO TRY TOP PREVENT A WILDFIRE SCENARI?

LAURA: YEAH, SO I ALWAYS TK OF THE TOP FIVE THINGS YOUN DO TO KIND OF MAKE YOUR HOE MORE RESILIENT OR, YOU KNOI DON'T KNOW, MORE RESILIENT.

FOR THE FIRE, IN CASE OF A CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN S CLEANING OUT YOUR GUTTERS,R ROOF EAVES.

THAT IS A HUGE PLACE WHERE EMBERS CATCH, IS IN THOSE PLACES.

SO, MAKING SURE YOUR ROOF S FREE OF DEBRIS, LIKE NEEDL, LEAVES, ANY DEBRIS.

THAT IS ONE OF THEM.

ANOTHER THING IS BACK TO TE ROOTS AND ON THE EAVES, MAG SURE YOU HAVE A BARRIER.

I THINK WE SAY A 1/8 INCH E MESH TO COVER ALL YOUR EAV, YOUR ATTIC VENTS.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE SHORT POR.

I THINK IT IS THIS HIGOR M, TO KIND OF SECTION THOSE OF WITH THE WIRE MESH SO EMBES DON'T GET BLOWN UP.

AND HOUSE MAINTENANCE.

IF YOU HAVE LOOSE SHINGLES, BROKEN WINDOWS, EMBERS GET SUCKED INTO THOSE PLACES AN STAY THERE UNTIL THEY GET E RIGHT CONDITIONS TO START.

KEEPING THINGS 30 FEET OR E AWAY FROM YOUR HOME.

THAT INCLUDES WOOD PILES, H I KNOW DRIVING AROUND YOU L SEE A LOT OF THEM THAT ARE CLOSER THAN 30 FEET TO YOUR HOME.

HOME.IT IS JUST CONVENIENCD A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE WOODS.

JUST PLACE THOSE BACK A LIE FURTHER.

A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT LUMBERY HAVEN'T USED UNDER THEIR DS BECAUSE IT IS A VERY CONVET SPOT AND IT STAYS DRY, BUTT IS AN AREA WHERE PLACES WIL CATCH.

I GUESS ONE OTHER THING IS MAKING FUEL BREAKS.

SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THINGS CLOSE UP TO YOUR HOME LIKED CHIPS AND PLANTS THAT ARE Y FLAMMABLE TO MAYBE DO ROCK LANDSCAPING AND OTHER PLAN, LIKE NATIVE PLANTS THAT ARE MAYBE NOT AS FLAMMABLE.

MAARJA: ALL GREAT TIPS, AND HOPEFULLY ONE OF THESE WEE, THAT IS GREAT SPRING CLEANO DO LISTS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

FOR THIS WEEK'S VENTURE NO, WE ARE STAYING WITH MIX COSMETIQUES, BUT TAKING A K AT THE FUN CLASSES AND CRAS THEY HAVE TO OFFER.

♪ >> MIX COSMETIQUES, I ORIGY STARTED MAKING SOAPS AND LOTIONS, TEACHING CLASSES, SELLING AT FARMERS MARKETS, DOING A LOT OF WHOLESALE, SELLING TO LITTLE BOUTIQUES ACROSS THE NATION.

AND I LOVED IT, BUT I DID'T LOVE BEING AT HOME BY MYSED SHIPPING IT OUT AND PACKINP HER FARMERS MARKETS.

THEN I STARTED MAKING THE P PORTION OF MY BUSINESS AND DISCOVERED IT WAS HARD TO L MAKEUP AT FARMERS MARKETS, ESPEALLY CUSTOM MAKEUP, WHE I AM MAKING A COLOR SPECIFY FOR EACH CUSTOMER.

SO I THOUGHT, I REALLY NEEA BRICK-AND-MORTAR.

I NEED A RETAIL SPACE.

THEN I CAN HAVE CLASSES, IN HAVE CUSTOMERS COME IN, I N MAKE CUSTOM MAKEUP.

I CAN SORT OF DO ALL THE TS I DREAMED OF DOING.

SO, MIX COSMETIQUES CAME A, THE PHYSICAL LOCATION, ABOT FIVE YEARS AGO.

PEOPLE KEPT ASKING, YOU KNW TO MAKE SOAP, COULD YOU TET OUR COMMUNITY ED CENTER?

YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE SOAP,D YOU RUN A WORKSHOP AT THE LIBRARY?

YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE LOTIO, WOULD YOU LEAD OUR WOMEN'SP AND TO DO -- AND SHOW US WO DO?

I REALIZED THERE WAS THIS E DEMAND FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTO LEARN TO MAKE PRODUCTS A DO FUN THINGS TOGETHER, NOT JE AT HOME WATCHING A YOUTUBEO MAKING IT.

THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS AND SE WHAT THEY ARE DOING, THEN INTERACT WITH A TEACHER WHO COULD ANSWER QUESTIONS RIGT THERE ON THE FLY THAT A YOE VIDEO CAN ANSWE SO, THERE WAS THIS ENORMOUS EXCITEMENT AROUND, WE WANTO LEARN HOW TO MAKE THESE TH, AND I DISCOVERED THAT I LOE TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO DO , WATCHING PEOPLE MAKE IT, AD THIS AH-HA OF, I'VE NEVER E THIS BEFORE AND I JUST MADE SOAP.

I JUST MADE LOTION.

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WENT IN.

SO, WATCHING PEOPLE'S FACES LIGHT UP IS STILL -- I HAVN DOING IT FOR 15, 16 YEARS,I STILL GET SO EXCITED.

AND I DO IT 5, 6 TIMES A WK AND I STILL JUST LIGHT UP S MUCH AS THEY DO.

OH MY GOODNESS, I HAVE HADO MANY FUN THINGS.

I HAVE TAUGHT SOAP ALL OVEE WORLD, AND IAS IN UGANDA AT ONE POINT TEACHING SOME GAW TO MAKE SOAP, AND REALIZEDE WAS NO RUNNING WATER AND TE WAS NO ELECTRICITY FOR THE STOVES.

SO WE ACTUALLY BUILT A FIRO MELT OUR OILS.

SO WE SQUATTED AROUND A FID MADE SOAP.

AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS HOWY DID IT THOUSANDS OF YEARS .

SO, I'M ACTUALLY GETTING TE PART IN THE TRUE TRADITIONE THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY, NO RUNNING WATER.

THAT WAS PRETTY MEMORABLE.

THEN, WATCHING KIDS.

SO, I HAVE A LOT OF KIDS TT COME IN.

AND WATCHING KIDS WITH NO .

KIDS DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF ANXIETY OR ANY SORT OF WALS THEY HAVE BUILT, FEARS THEE BUILT OVER THE YRS.

SO, THEY JUST GO FULL BOREO IT, EVERY SINGLE THING.

THEY ARE JUST ALL IN.

IF WE ARE ADDING MAYBE MAKP COLOR INTO SOMETHING, THEYD AS MUCH AS THEY POSSIBLY C. THEY ARE LIKE, ALL OF IT.

THEN WE ARE PUTTING SENT I- WE ARE PUTTING SCENT IN.

WE WANT IT TO SMELL LIKE AE FLOWERS.

JUST WATCHING THEM GO 100%S FUN.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ISE AN IDEA, HAVE A STORY OR SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO CREATE.

WHY ARE YOU CREATING THIS?

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW Y YOU ARE CREATING IT, EVERYG SMELLS GOOD.

I HAVE 225 EXTRACTS I COUL.

CAN THROW IT ALL IN THERE.

THEY ALL SMELL YUMMY.

BUT WHY AM I CREATING IT?

FOR SOMETHING LIGHT AND SU.

AM I CREATING IT TO BE SENL AND HAVE THAT RICH, EXOTICT OF SCENT?

AM I REMINDING MYSELF OF TE BEACH TRIP I WENT ON TWO YS AGO?

WHY AM I MAKING THE SCENT?

THAT WILL HELP ME LIMIT THE SCENTS I PUT IN THERE.

SO THEN, START WITH THE BAE KNOW, START WITH THAT FOUNDATION, THEN YOU'RE GOO GET IT WRONG.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT WROA LOT, A LOT, A LOT.

IT'S GOING TO BE WRONG.

THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GO, O, THIS REALLY WORKED.

OH, IT WAS 10 DROPS INSTEAF EIGHT DROPS.

SO, JUST KEEP PLAYING AND G AND LEARNING ALL YOUR DIFFT FRAGRANCE MATERIALS AND YOL BE BRILLIANT AT IT.

IT IS NOT ONE OF THOSE THIS WHERE YOU'RE JUST BRILLIANT STARTING OUT.

IT IS A LOT OF PRACTICE SOMETIMES.

♪ ♪ BRETT: BEFORE WE GO, LET'SE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU MIGHT BP TO THIS WEEKEND.

SAFE GIVEN SHELTER AND RESE CENTER IS PARTNING TO CELEBRATE ITS 47TH BIRTHDAH A CELL PHONE DRIVE.

ATTENDEES CAN BRING THEIR D OR NEW PHONES, WORKING OR , TO BENT PADDLE AND RECEIVEA BUY-ONE-GET-ONE-FREE PINT D AS A THANK YOU.

THE CELL PHONES WILL BE REFURBISHED AND ARE INTENDO BE USED AS 911 PHONES FOR E EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOL.

E NIGHT WILL FEATURE LIVE MUSIC FROM 6:00 TO 9:00, AL AS FOOD PARTNERS BOWLZ 'N THANGZ.

MAARJA: AND FINALLY TONIGHE WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WEE IN OUR MARCH FUNDRAISER WHE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SUPPOT WHAT HAPPENS HERE AT PBS N. PUBLIC MEDIA ALLOWS US TO E PROGRAMS THAT ARE EDUCATIO, ENTERTAINING, AND ENGAGING.

AND LIKE THIS SHOW, WE GETO TAKE AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT WS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITI BRETT: WHEN YOU TUNE IN TOS NORTH, YOU'RE WATCHING SHOS THAT ARE SELECTED WITH THIS COMMUNITY IN MIND.

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MAARJA: WE WANT TO PERSONAY THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING PS NORTH.

IT TRULY MAKES A DIFFERENCD IS APPRECIATED.

BRETT: IT SURE IS.

AND YOU GET TO BE WITH US Y WEEK.

MAARJA: THAT'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

BRETT: THANK YOU FOR JOINI.

GOOD NIGHT.