JULIE: I'M JULIE ZENNER ALONG WITH MIKE CREGER.

HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP ON "ALMANAC NORTH."

MIKE: TEMPLE ISRAEL IN DULUTH IS OPENING ITS AUDITORIUM TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS DESPITE TERROR ATTACKS ON THE JEWISH RELIGIOUS HOMELAND.

JULIE: CHUM IN DULUTH JOINED WITH OTHER LOCAL NONPROFITS THIS WEEK TO MARK WORLD HOMELESS DAY AND CALL FOR ACTION.

I MIKE: AND WE'LL MEET TWO AUTHORS WHO WROTE A BOOK ON THE SCIENCE OF AGATHA CHRISTIE.

JULIE: THOSE STORIES AND VOICES OF THE REGION, COMING UP NEXT ON "ALMANAC NORTH."

♪ JULIE: HELLO AND WELCOME TO "ALMANAC NORTH."

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

MIKE CREGER IS IN FOR DENNY THIS WEEK.

WELCOME BACK, MIKE.

MIKE: IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK.

JULIE: GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

LET'S GET STARTED WITH THE HEADLINES.

MIKE: THANKS, JULIE.

THE STATE OF MINNESOTA PAID $144 MILLION LESS THAN EXPECTED IN ONE-TIME REBATE CHECKS THAT WENT TO STATE TAXPAYERS LAST MONTH.

REVENUE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS EXPECTED TO PAY ABOUT $1.1 BILLION, BUT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT WAS JUST UNDER $1 BILLION.

ALSO THIS WEEK, OFFICIALS SAY MINNESOTA'S QUARTERLY TAX COLLECTIONS HAVE EXCEEDED PROJECTIONS BY $400 MILLION.

JULIE: GOVERNOR TONY EVERS HAS JOINED IN A LAWSUIT TO REDRAW WISCONSIN'S LEGISLATIVE MAPS.

THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR THE CHALLENGE TO THE STATE'S CURRENT LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT MAPS.

THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS THE DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN GERRYMANDERED TO KEEP REPUBLICANS IN POWER IN MADISON, DESPITE WISCONSIN VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE LAST SEVERAL STATE-WIDE ELECTIONS.

MIKE: THE CITY OF DULUTH WILL HOLD A REOPENING CELEBRATION FOR LINCOLN PARK NEXT TUESDAY.

THE PARK HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS, INCLUDING RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC STONE PAVILLION, NEW RESTROOMS, A NEW PLAYGROUND, AND NEW PARKING LOTS.

AT THE EVENT TUESDAY, THE PAVILLION WILL BE NAMED IN HONOR OF LATE DULUTH CITY COUNCILOR RENEE VAN NETT.

JULIE: AND HERMANTOWN HAS HIRED ITS FIRST FIRE CHIEF AS IT EVOLVES FROM A VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT MODEL TO A FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH TWO FULL-TIME MEMBERS AND A GROWING NUMBER OF PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.

ZACH GRAVES WILL LEAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHILE THE CURRENT CHIEF OF POLICE WILL MOVE INTO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY ROLE.

THAT POSITION WILL OVERSEE BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.

MIKE: TEMPLE ISRAEL IN DULUTH IS OPENING AUDITORIUM SUNDAY TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS FOR A MUSICAL REVIEW.

THE EVENT COMES AFTER A SOMBER WEEK FOLLOWING TERROR ATTACKS THAT BEGAN SATURDAY IN ISRAEL, ROILING THE REGION AND SHOCKING THE WORLD.

JOINING US NOW IS JACK SEILER, A BOARD MEMBER FROM TEMPLE ISRAEL.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

JACK: THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

MIKE: ORIGINALLY, YOU WERE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CELEBRATION ON SUNDAY BUT WE CANNOT HELP BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY WENT THROUGH THIS WEEK.

WE ARE ALL FEELING IT, BUT PARTICULARLY, HOW HAS IT BEEN FOR THE TEMPLE ISRAEL FAMILY?

JACK: I CAN TELL YOU WE ARE ALL STILL PROCESSING.

TO SAY WE ARE IN SHOCK IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

BUT, WE DID PLAN THIS EVENT THREE MONTHS AGO AND WE DECIDED AS A GROUP THAT IF WE CANCEL, THEN THE TERRORISTS WIN.

WE THOUGHT IT IS BEST TO JOIN IN WITH THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AND MUSIC SEEMS TO BE A GOOD GET TOGETHER TYPE OF THING TO BUILD COMMUNITY EVEN MORE.

JULIE: AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE CONCERT IN JUST A BIT, BUT YOU HAVE BEEN TO ISRAEL.

YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE LIVING OVER THERE, SO THIS HAS TO TOUCH YOU IN A PARTICULARLY PERSONAL WAY.

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THOSE CONTACTS THAT YOU HAVE OVER IN ISRAEL ABOUT THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW?

JACK: I WILL BE VERY CANDID WITH YOU.

MY COUSINS IN ISRAEL HAVE TOLD ME IN THE PAST, THE MEDIA HAS TENDED TO MAKE THINGS SEEM WORSE IN ISRAEL THAN THEY ARE.

AND THE FEEDBACK I GOT LAST COUPLE DAYS IS THAT IT IS ACTUALLY WORSE THAN WHAT THE MEDIA IS REPORTING.

THERE REALLY IS NO CONCRETE WAY TO GET THE ACTUAL NUMBERS DOWN, BUT I'M AFRAID IT IS EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT'S BEING REPORTED.

JULIE: ARE YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS IN A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE SAFE AT THIS POINT?

OR IS NO ONE REALLY SAFE?

JACK: MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE IN THE NORTHERN END, NOT FAR FROM THE GOLAN HIEIGHTS.

THEY ARE SAFE RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IS OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

JULIE: WHAT ABOUT -- I AM INTERESTED TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN SUPPORT OF HAMAS AND WHAT HAPPENED.

I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME OF YOUR INSIGHTS INTO WHAT YOU ARE THINKING AND FEELING ON THAT.

JACK: THAT IS REALLY A WONDERFUL QUESTION AND IT IS A TOUGH QUESTION.

I WILL BE VERY FRANK WITH YOU.

I REALLY ENJOY WATCHING "ALMANAC NORTH" TO GET THE DIFFERENT IDEAS AND PHILOSOPHIES AND POLITICS.

BUT I THINK AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME, WE ARE BEYOND POLITICS.

IT IS TERRORISM AND IT IS HORRIFIC.

I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE THE SHOCK OF CHILDREN BEING MUTILATED AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEING HELD HOSTAGE, THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR THE PALESTINIANS.

IT IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR PEOPLE, THE ISRAELIS.

IT IS JUST A REAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN HAVE A POLITICAL DISCUSSION.

MIKE: I IMAGINE YOU WILL HAVE SERVICES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING, AND THERE WILL BE LOTS OF DISCUSSION AND MAY BE THE COMING TOGETHER.

ALL KINDS OF OPINIONS EVEN AMONG THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

COMING TOGETHER AND MAYBE THAT HAPPEN SUNDAY, TOO, WITH THIS EVENT.

JACK: IT IS INTERESTING.

WE HAD A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY MEETING LAST NIGHT.

WE HAD ABOUT 40 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP.

YES, THERE IS EVERYTHING FROM FRUSTRATION TO SHOCK TO, A LOT OF TIMES, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO REACT.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.

IT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME.

ALL WE CAN DO AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME IS PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS TO HAVE WISDOM.

PRAY FOR THE MILITARY TO BE STRONG AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE.

JUST HOPE THAT THINGS WILL COME OUT BETTER THAN THEY LOOK RIGHT NOW.

JULIE: LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE CONCERT BECAUSE THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT.

JACK: EXACTLY.

JULIE: TEMPLE ISRAEL.

JACK: I THINK THE TIMING MAY IS NOT 100% RIGHT, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO GET TOGETHER WITH OUR GREATER COMMUNITY AND SHARE SOME WONDERFUL MUSIC, WHICH SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT UNIFIES EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF THE TUNES THAT MR. HINDEN WILL OUTLINE IN HIS PRESENTATION.

SOME OF THE SONGS.

JULIE: LET ME INTERRUPT YOU FOR A BIT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE CONCERT IS.

JACK: WE WILL START FROM SQUARE ONE.

DO THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE, RIGHT?

THE CONCERT WILL BE HELD SUNDAY AT 1:00 P.M. AT TEMPLE ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE WHICH IS AT 1602 EAST 2ND STREET IN DULUTH.

TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

IT IS A GREAT CONCERT THAT FEATURES A GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK CITY WHO PUTS ON A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION USING VIDEO, PIANO, SINGING, COMEDY, TO KIND OF GIVE THE STORY ABOUT THE GREAT JEWISH-AMERICAN SONGBOOK.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE JEWISH TO APPRECIATE THIS SHOW.

HE'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT TUNES THAT MOST OF US ARE PRETTY MUCH FAMILIAR WITH SINCE WE WERE KIDS.

AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO GET THE BACK STORY ON HOW THE SONGS CAME ABOUT.

MOST OF THEM WERE WRITTEN BY JEWISH IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TO THE COUNTRY AND GAVE US -- MIKE: I THINK OF IRVING BERLIN WHO WROTE "WHITE CHRISTMAS."

JACK: A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW GEORGIA GERSHWIN.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW "SOMEHWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW" WAS WRITTEN BY TWO YOUNG JEWISH IMMIGRANTS.

RICHARD ROGERS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR COUNTLESS BROADWAY SHOWS AND MOVIE SCORES.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

HE'LL REALLY DO A NICE BACK STORY ON EVERYONE WHILE HE PLAYS PIANO AND ENTERTAINS.

IT IS A GREAT SHOW FOR ALL AGES AND IT SHOULD BE JUST A FUN WAY TO GET TOGETHER AND MAYBE JUST HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF OF SOME ENJOYMENT AND MAYBE LEAVE THE REST OF THE WORLD BEHIND FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF.

JULIE: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.

JACK: THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

JULIE: I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT FOR IT.

JACK: THANK YOU.

♪ MIKE: IT'S TIME FOR VOICES OF THE REGION, OUR WEEKLY REVIEW OF STORIES BEING COVERED BY AN AREA JOURNALIST.

OUR GUEST THIS TIME IS DANIELLE KAEDING, A REPORTER WITH WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO.

♪ DANIELLE: WISCONSIN TRIBAL LEADERS GATHERED TO CELEBRATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VOIGHT DECISION, A RULING THAT UPHELD THE TREATY RIGHTS FOR WISCONSIN TRIBES TO HUNT, FISH, AND GATHER ON OFF RESERVATION LANDS.

40 YEARS AGO, NOT EVERYONE CELEBRATED THE RULING.

IN THE 1980'S, TRIBAL MEMBERS FACED HARASSMENT AT BOAT LANDINGS.

PEOPLE HURLED ROCKS AND RACIST REMARKS AS THEY SPEAR FISHED FROM THOSE LANDINGS, OR OUT ON THE LAKES.

A TRIBAL MEMBER SPOKE DURING A PRESENTATION AT THE CELEBRATION, SAYING IT WAS A SCARY, VOLATILE TIME AND IT WAS A MIRACLE NO ONE GOT INJURED.

STATE ANGLERS FEARED THAT TRIBAL SPEARFISHING WOULD HARM THE STATE WILDLIFE POPULATION.

BUT REGULATORS ESTIMATE THAT SPORT FISHERS IN WISCONSIN TAKE ROUGHLY FIVE TIMES AS MANY AS TRIBAL ANGLERS EACH YEAR.

WHILE THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS SINCE THAT TIME, GOVERNOR TONY EVERS SAYS IT IS THE STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT TREATY RIGHTS OF WISCONSIN'S TRIBES.

SOME TRIBAL LEADERS HAVE POINTED TO THE WOLF HUNT IN WISCONSIN IS AN ONGOING CHALLENGE.

TRIBES OPPOSE HUNTING WOLVES, BUT STATE LAW MANDATES A SEASON WHEN THE ANIMAL IS NOT UNDER FEDERAL PROTECTION.

SO, TRIBAL OFFICIALS SAY THEY WOULD LIKE MORE TRUST AND FAIRNESS FROM THE STATE AS THEY JOINTLY MANAGE RESOURCES.

♪ MORE THAN TWO DOZEN GROUPS ARE ASKING THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE TO SUSPEND A LOGGING PROJECT IN NORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN, SPECIFICALLY IN PARTS OF COUNTIES.

THEY ARE CALLING FOR MORE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THAT LOGGING PROJECT.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER AND OTHERS WANT THE AGENCY TO HOLD OFF ON LOGGING NEARLY 12,000 ACRES IN THE NATIONAL FOREST.

THEY ARGUE THE AREA IS MOSTLY MADE UP OF OLDER TREES THAT ARE VITAL FOR STORING CARBON AND FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND THE CENTER'S SENIOR POLICY ADVOCATE SAYS THE FOREST SERVICE SHOULD REVIEW THE PROJECT AGAIN AND TAKE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ISSUED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN UNDER CONSIDERATION TO AVOID MAKING THE CLIMATE CRISIS WORSE.

PETITION GROUPS ALSO SAY THAT THE PROJECT COULD HARM THE STATE ENDANGERED AMERICAN MARTIN WHICH IS ALSO AN ANIMAL THAT IS SIGNIFICANT TO WISCONSIN TRIBES.

THE GREAT LAKES AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION WHICH IS AN INTERVAL TRIBAL RESOURCE AGENCY HAD PREVIOUSLY CALLED FOR A HALT TO THE PROJECT UNTIL THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FINISHED ITS INVENTORY OF OLD-GROWTH FOREST.

♪ NEARLY 672,000 PEOPLE VISITED NATIONAL PARK SITES IN WISCONSIN LAST YEAR AND THAT IS ACCORDING TO A REPORT THIS YEAR FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

VISITORS SPENT NEARLY $66 MILLION AND SUPPORTED AROUND 1000 JOBS IN THE STATE.

ON LAKE SUPERIOR, THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE HAD 36,000 FEWER VISITORS LAST YEAR.

THE PARK'S RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR SAYS THAT WAS DUE LARGELY TO AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

IN 2021, THE PARK DREW AROUND 291,000 VISITORS.

GENERALLY, IT IS AROUND 255,000 THAT THE PARK SEES EVERY YEAR.

LAST YEAR, SHE SAID IT WENT DOWN FROM THE HIGH THAT THEY SAW IN 2021 AS PEOPLE BECAME MORE COMFORTABLE WITH TRAVELING FURTHER ABROAD.

AS FAR AS OTHER SITES IN WISCONSIN, AROUND 834,000 PEOPLE VISITED THE NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAY WHICH RUNS THROUGH MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN.

THE REPORT SPLITS THE NUMBER OF VISITORS EQUALLY BETWEEN THOSE TWO STATES.

♪ JULIE: CHUM IN DULUTH JOINED OTHER LOCAL NON-PROFITS THIS WEEK IN A CALL FOR HELP DURING WORLD HOMELESSNESS DAY.

OUR REGION HAS EXPERIENCED A GROWING NUMBER OF HOMELESS AS THE CRISIS DEEPENS.

CHUM IS ALSO CELEBRATING ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY AT A GOLDEN GALA NEXT WEEK.

HERE TO TELL US MORE IS JOHN COLE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHUM.

WELCOME, JOHN.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

LET'S START BY TALKING ABOUT THE WORLD HOMELESSNESS DAY AND THE EVENT THAT YOU HAD EARLIER THIS WEEK TO DRAW ATTENTION TO IT.

HOW BIG A PROBLEM IS HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY?

BECAUSE FOR MANY YEARS, IT WAS HIDDEN BUT IT SEEMS TO BE MORE VISIBLE.

JOHN: IT IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM WHICH HAS ESCALATED TO CRISIS PROPORTIONS.

OVER THE LAST DECADE, WE'VE HAD A 41% INCREASE IN OVERALL HOMELESSNESS IN OUR REGION.

IN PARTICULAR, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, THAT IS FOR PERSONS WHO ARE WITHOUT SHELTER WHO HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING TRAUMA OF SOME SORT AND A DISABILITY, WHETHER IT BE MENTAL ILLNESS OR CLINICAL DEPENDENCIES, 157% OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.

THAT SPEAKS TO THE NATURE OF THE CRISIS WE ARE EXPERIENCING, NOT ONLY A CRISIS OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH HOUSING TO ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT ALSO THE HUMAN CONDITION THAT WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE IN PERSISTENT TRAUMA AND HAVING THESE CONDITIONS THAT NEED EXTRA SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM OVERCOME IT.

MIKE: 50 YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO BE WORKING ON THIS.

THERE HAS BEEN A PIVOT, RIGHT?

THE STEPPING ON A PROGRAM SEEMS VERY AGGRESSIVE.

THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE SO HIGH.

HOW WAS THAT PROGRAM GOING AND IS IT REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE?

JOHN: IT IS TRULY A PIVOT.

WHEN IT STARTED INITIALLY, WE WERE NOT DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS PER SE, IT WAS JUST POVERTY.

WE HAVE COME TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE DEALING WITH POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS, AND SHIFTED IN COMPLEXITY.

WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, I FOUND IT NECESSARY TO INITIATE STEPPING ON UP WHICH IS A COLLABORATION OF ALL HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS IN DULUTH TO TRY TO AFFECT CHANGE.

WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE DONE TRADITIONALLY TO GET SOMEONE FROM BEING OFF THE STREET TO BEING HOUSED, AND TO DO SO IN A SHORT TIME.

TO CREATE THAT PATHWAY TO HOUSING IS WHAT STEPPING ON UP IS AIMING TO DO.

AND WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PROGRAM.

JULIE: HOMELESSNESS CAN BE A PROBLEM IN ANY COMMUNITY, BUT WITH OUR CLIMATE, THERE IS MORE URGENCY TO SOLVE THE ISSUE AS WE HEAD INTO WINTER.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SITUATIONAL NEEDS RIGHT NOW?

JOHN: WE, RIGHT NOW, ARE GETTING PREPARED TO OPEN A WARMING CENTER ON NOVEMBER 1.

THE WEATHER IS ALREADY STARTING TO CHANGE AND WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE INCREASING NUMBERS COMING INTO OUR CENTER.

WE HAVE OVER 600 PERSONS WHO UTILIZE THE WARMING CENTER LAST YEAR.

AND WE ANTICIPATE IT IT WILL BE PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

WE ARE NOW LOOKING TO GET STAFF PERSONS TRAINED.

WE ARE LOOKING TO ATTRACT STAFF PERSONS TO SERVE IN THE WARMING CENTER.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD POOL OF VOLUNTEERS COMPLEMENTING THE SERVICES OF THE STAFF.

ALSO, TO HAVE COORDINATORS TO ACTUALLY RUN THE ESTABLISHMENT SO THAT THOSE PERSONS WHO CANNOT SURVIVE IN THE WINTER CONDITIONS CAN HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO GO DURING THE WINTER.

MIKE: THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY IS A MORE VISUAL THING FOR PEOPLE THESE DAYS.

THEY SEE IT.

YOU HAVE 500 PEOPLE COMING TO THE GALA.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET INVOLVED.

HAS THE FACT THAT HAS BEEN MORE VISIBLE CREATED SOME MORE COMMUNITY INPUT?

JOHN: I THINK THE COMMUNITY INPUT HAS BEEN GROWING OVER THE YEARS.

WE ENJOY A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT.

INITIALLY FROM OUR CONGREGATIONS, BUT IT IS BEGINNING TO WIDEN NOW INTO DIFFERENT SECTORS IN OUR SOCIETY.

THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO HOMELESSNESS AND THE CRISIS NATURE OF IT.

IT REALLY NEEDS EVERYONE, EVERY SECTOR IN THE COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT UNLESS WE GET INVOLVED, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CHANGE THAT IS NECESSARY.

THE PROGRAM IS INVITING EVERYONE TO PLAY A ROLE IN SUPPORTING IT.

IT WILL TAKE A LOT MORE MONEY THAN HAS BEEN TRADITIONALLY ALLOCATED FROM THE GOVERNMENT, FROM THE COUNTY, FROM THE CITY.

BUT, WE ALSO NEED MORE FROM OUR FOUNDATIONS AND WE NEED THE BUSINESS SECTOR TO BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR VIABILITY AND ECONOMIC PROSPECTS ARE TIED TO THIS.

JULIE: WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS BUT GIVE ME THE DETAILS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GOLDEN GALA CAN JOIN IN.

JOHN: OCTOBER 17, TUESDAY.

WE WILL BE HAVING OUR GOLDEN GALA, 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

IT STARTS AT 5:30 P.M. AND WE ARE EXPECTING OVER 500 PERSONS TO JOIN US FOR THAT.

ALL FOLKS WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE CAN GO TO ONLINE.

TO MAKE ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS AND TO REGISTER FOR SILENT AUCTIONS AND VARIOUS MEANS IN WHICH THEY CAN PARTICIPATE.

JULIE: JOHN COLE, THANK YOU FOR SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT CHUM AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR EVENT.

JOHN: THANK YOU.

MIKE: OCTOBER IS A TIME FOR HALLOWEEN PREPARATIONS AND FESTIVITIES.

TO HELP GET US IN THE SPIRIT, PRODUCER MEGAN MCGARVEY SAT DOWN WITH LOCAL AUTHORS KELLY FLORENCE AND MEG HAFDAHL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR LATEST BOOK, "THE SCIENCE OF AGATHA CHRISTIE."

SHE ALSO FOUND OUT ABOUT THEIR PERSPECTIVES WHEN IT COMES TO THE HORROR GENRE.

>> AS WE HAVE BEEN LIFELONG HORROR FANS, WE REALIZE EVERY WEEK, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR FAVORITE HORROR MOVIES FROM OUR CHILDHOOD AND WATCHING NEW ONES THROUGH THE CURRENT LENS.

WE FOUND OUT WE WERE BOTH REALLY INTO RESEARCHING THE REAL SCIENCE, THE REAL CULTURAL LORE THAT INSPIRED THESE MOVIE MONSTERS.

AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT TRUTH CAN BE SCARIER THAN FICTION OFTENTIMES, AND WE WERE SO EXCITED TO LOOK AT THE GENRE OF HORROR THROUGH THIS LENS AND LET PEOPLE KNOW IT IS NOT JUST BLOOD AND GUTS.

SOME OF IT IS AND WE LIKE THAT, TOO, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S MORE TO IT.

>> I THINK WE OFTEN, AS HORROR FANS, FIND OURSELVES DEFENDING THE GENRE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT IS NOT FEMINIST OR THERE ARE NOT IMPORTANT THINGS BEING SAID, AND IT IS QUITE THE OPPOSITE.

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS ASKED US TO LOOK AT THE MIRROR AND REFLECT ON WHO WE ARE AS A SOCIETY, AS PEOPLE.

YES, THERE IS HORROR THAT MAY BE BECAUSE NOT HAVE ALL THOSE LAYERS TO IT, BUT WE LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE MOVIES AND THE BOOKS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WE LOVE AND WHO INSPIRE US AS CREATORS.

WHEN I STARTED READING HORROR, I REALIZED THAT IT HAS THIS PARTICULAR ESSENCE TO IT THAT TELLS THE FEMALE STORY.

I READ "THE YELLOW P WALLPAPER," WHICH WAS ABOUT POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION BEFORE THERE WAS A NAME FOR IT.

I THINK BEING A WOMAN IN SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES AND IN THE PAST HAS BEEN A NOT GREAT EXPERIENCE.

IT HAS BEEN A TRAGIC EXPERIENCE.

AND HORROR BRINGS THAT TO LIGHT IN A WAY THAT MAY BE OTHER GENRES JUST CAN'T.

WE HOPE WITH THIS AGATHA CHRISTIE BOOK, WE WILL TOUCH PEOPLE THAT ARE LITTLE TOO AFRAID OF HORROR, BUT THEY LIKE THEIR MYSTERY.

>> TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER WOMAN WHO HAS BROUGHT SO MANY BOOKS, SO MANY TV AND MOVIE ADAPTATIONS TO THE WORLD, AND STAGE PLAYS, IT IS TIME.

>> SHOWS LIKE "CSI" AND THINGS WE GREW UP WATCHING, AND SHOWS THAT ARE STILL ON TODAY, BOOKS AND MOVIES AND ALL THOSE THINGS, SHE BUILT A LOT OF THOSE TROPES.

SHE DECONSTRUCTED A LOT OF THOSE TROPES.

WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM A MODERN LENS, WHETHER IT BE FEMINIST OR DIVERSITY.

AND WE KNOW THAT AGATHA CHRISTIE HAS PROBLEMATIC LANGUAGE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL, AS OURSELVES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE SHE WAS A WOMAN OF HER TIME AND THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MAKE IT OK, BUT IT DOES MAKE IT THAT WE NEED TO REFLECT ON WHO SHE WAS AT THAT TIME AND HOW THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM HOW WE SHOULD INTERPLAY WITH THE WORLD TODAY.

AND IT IS JUST IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOTE THAT WE FIND THAT IMPORTANT AND WE ARE NOT OVERLOOKING IT.

>> OR EXCUSING IT.

>> NOT OVERLOOKING IT AND I THINK IT IS SOMETHING READERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF BEFORE THEY GO INTO READING HER WORKS.

>> WITH ALL THE MEDIA WE HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT AND RESEARCHED, WE HAVE DISCOVERED A LOT OF THINGS DO NOT PASS THE BECHTEL TEST.

THAT MEANS TWO WOMEN DID NOT TALK ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN A MAN.

SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT EVEN WOMEN IN THE MOVIE IN THE PAST.

HOLLYWOOD IS GETTING BETTER, EVERYBODY IS GETTING BETTER BUT IT IS GOOD TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND SAY IT.

IT IS HARD TO THROW AWAY THE ART WITH THE ARTIST SOMETIMES.

>> IT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WILL BE GOING ON FOREVER.

>> I JUST HOPE TO SEE MORE EMERGING HORROR FILM WRITERS, DIRECTORS, FILMMAKERS TACKLING THE IMPORTANT SUBJECTS LIKE IN " PROMISING YOUNG WOMEN."

IN LOOKING AT THESE COMPLICATED ISSUES AND PUTTING A LITTLE TWIST, SO IT GETS US THINKING AND MAKES US FEEL.

>> I AGREE.

HORROR CAN BE A VERY EMOTIONAL, CATHARTIC EXPERIENCE.

YEAH, WE WANT PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE TWIN PORTS, IN THIS EMERGING SPACE TO MAKE FILM.

WE WANT CREATIVE'S OF EVERY POPULATION.

WE WANT PEOPLE TELLING THEIR STORIES THROUGH HORROR BECAUSE IT IS FUN.

AND BECAUSE I THINK IT REALLY CAN HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT.

JULIE: MIKE, THANK YOU FOR HOLDING DOWN THE COHOST CHAIR THIS WEEK.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A GLOOMY WEEKEND.

MIKE: GLOOMY, YEAH.

THAT IS WHAT I TOLD MY DAUGHTER AT THE BUS STOP.

HER ANSWER WAS, LOOK, THE LEAVES ARE DANCING.

SO, IT IS ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVE.

JULIE: PERSPECTIVE IS GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND HELPING TO SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

FOR MIKE CREGER AND THE CREW AT "ALMANAC NORTH," I'M JULIE ZENNER.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

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