DOFERG DOFERG YEECH YSH I'M DENNIS AD DEAR SON ALONG WITH ASHLEE SMITH.

ASHLEE: MINNESOTA NORTH COLLEGE WILL TACKLE CHALLENGES.

DENNIS: DULUTH SISTER CITY.

ASHLEE: AND WE'LL TALK TO ROGER REINERT.

DENNIS: THOSE STORIES AND VOICES OF THE REGION UP NEXT ON "ALMANAC NORTH."

♪ ♪ DENNIS: WELCOME TO "ALMANAC NORTH."

ASHLEE SMITH IS HERE TONIGHT FILLING IN FOR JULIE.

THANK YOU, ASHLEE.

ASHLEE: THANK YOU, DENNY, HONORED TO BE SITTING NEXT TO A LEGEND.

DULUTH NATIVE DAVID ORECK DIED WEDNESDAY AT THE AGE OF 99.

HE FOUNDED THE ORECK VACUUM CLEANING COMPANY.

ORECK, A U.M.D.

GRADUATE DIED AT HIS MISSISSIPPI HOME.

DENNIS: GOVERNOR EFERS HAS -- EVERS HAS PROPOSED A BUDGET.

HIS PROPOSAL WOULD RAISE THE BUDGET BY 10% PAYING FOR THE INCREASE BY ELIMINATING CORPORATE TAX CREDITS AND INCREASING THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX.

IT FACES A TOUGH ROAD IN THE LEGISLATURE WHERE REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY.

ASHLEE: POLYMET MINING HAS CLOSED.

THE ARRANGEMENT WELL PUT RESOURCES UNDER SINGLE MANAGEMENT.

IT WILL BE THE NONFERROUS MINING.

DENNIS: TOM BAKK HAS SIGNED ON TO REPRESENT TWIN METALS AND ESSAR MINING AS A LOBBYIST.

ANDBACK IS REGISTERED AS A LOBBYIST FOR ALTRIA.

AND HE IS A BIG PERSONAL LIBERTIES GUY AND WON'T BE LOBBYING IN PERSON BUT ADVISING HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS AND WHO HE WILL TALK TO.

ASHLEE: MINNESOTA NORTH COLLEGE HAS RECEIVED A $3 MILLION GRANT FROM THE BLANDIN FOUNDATION.

THE MONEY WILL SUPPORT ASPIRE NORTH TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF ALL FIVE INSTITUTIONS OF MINNESOTA NORTH COLLEGE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS.

HERE TO TELL US IS TULEAH PALMER PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

AND DR. MICHAEL RAICH.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

COULD YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT ASPIRE NORTH IS AND HOW IT CAME TO BE?

>> WE MERGED FIVE INDEPENDENT COLLEGES INTO ONE COLLEGE, A REGIONAL ENTITY AND ASKING YOURSELVES WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP WE CAN TAKE TO TEUL EYES FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER AND WHAT WE CAME UP IS A PROGRAM AND PROJECT THAT WOULD BE MODELED ABOUT WHAT WE HAD WORKING ALREADY WHICH IS OUR EMPOWER PROGRAM.

WHAT IT DOES IS IT HELPS UNDERREPRESENTED WOMEN ENTER HIGH-DEMAND CAREERS THAT WOULD NOT BE TRADITIONAL FOR THEM AND PREPARE THEM FOR THE EDUCATION, PROVIDE INTENSIVE SUPPORT WHILE THEY ARE THERE AND CONNECT THEM WITH EMPLOYERS.

DENNIS: HOW DOES ASPIRE NORTH FIT IN WITH THE NEW STRATEGY?

>> WE DID A LOT OF INTERVIEWING OF STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND IMPORTANCE OF REGIONALISM AND COORDINATED APPROACHES AND SEEING THE REGIONAL APPROACH, LEADERS WORKING TOGETHER THAT CRITICAL FOR WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION ARE GOING TO STAY IN RURAL COMMUNITIES AND REALLY FIT PERFECTLY WITH OUR GOALS TO EFFECT CHANGE.

DENNIS: WAS ALL THIS IN THE PLANNING?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS IN THE PLANNING FOR A LONG TIME AND WE HEARD ABOUT THE MERGER WE WERE BLOWN AWAY BY THE LEADERSHIP WORKING TOGETHER AND STANDING OFF AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE CAMPUSES AND WANTED TO INVES IN THE APPROACH AND SUPPORT THE CAPACITY BUILDING OF REGIONAL PROVIDER WORKFORCE.

MANY RURAL LEADERS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO HIRE GRANT WRITERS OR CAPACITY BUILDING AND THE I R.A.

HAPPENING WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO TAP INTO THAT FROM RURAL COMMUNITIES.

AND WE ARE HOPING TO SEE THAT.

ASHLEE: MICHAEL, THE SHIFT WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND HOW THEY WORK FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.

WOULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?

>> IT IS SIMPLY AN IDEA THAT WE NEED TO MEET THE PEOPLE WHERE WE ARE AT.

IT IS AN OVERUSED PHRASE BUT TO THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS WORLD CAN COME TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS AND LEARN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS ISN'T REAL ANYMORE.

THE ASPIRE NORTH PROVIDES THEM THE ADVOCACY TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS THAT IS PREVENTING THEM FROM COMING TO COLLEGE AND INTENSIVE SUPPORT ONCE WE BEGIN THE PROGRAMMING WITH THEM INCLUDING MENTORING AND ADVISING AND CONNECTS THEM WITH EMPLOYERS WHO ARE ALREADY ON BOARD TO SUPPORT -- WHO WILL BECOME GRADUATES AND THAT HELPS OUR EMPLOYMENT ISSUE.

DENNIS: THIS IS A HOLISTIC APPROACH.

>> YEAH.

IT IS FROM START TO FINISH AND PICK UP INTO CATEGORIES OF LOCATE THESE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THIS GRANT AND EDUCATE PART AND ELEVATE WORKPLACE AND RECALIBRATE AND LOOK AT THE GRANT AND PROCESS AND DO IT AGAIN.

THE HOLISTIC PART, WE JUST CAN'T BE AN EDUCATIONAL PROVIDER.

WE HAVE TO BRING THE OTHER SERVICES THAT OUR REGION HAS TOGETHER WITH US AND PROVIDE PEOPLE, THAT IS CHILD CARE, TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, SKILL BUILDING TO GET THEM READY FOR COLLEGE AND RECOGNIZING PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE IT TO OUR CAMPUSES BUT BRING THE PROGRAMMING TO THEM.

ASHLEE: THE EMPLOYER CONNECTION HERE, HOW CAN EMPLOYERS GET INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT?

>> THE PROGRAM WORKS AT A DUAL CUSTOMER APPROACH.

WE SEE CAREER SHORTAGES HAPPENING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES AND EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR THE NEW WORKFORCE.

EMPLOYERS CAN GET INVOLVED BY REACHING OUT TO LOCAL CAMPUSES AND FINDING WAYS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND PERHAPS SOME WORKERS PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE PROGRAMS.

DENNIS: TALK TO US ABOUT THE GENEROSITY OF THE BLANDIN FOUNDATION.

THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.

WE HAVE HAVE HIS TRUST AND WILL AND INTENTION ENSURING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR A WORKER IS STRONG AND EMPLOYERS CAN'T SUCCEED UNLESS THERE IS A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE WORKER.

WE HAVE UPDATED THAT.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING SCHOLARSHIPS, $30 MILLION HAVE PUT IN FOR STUDENTS.

DENNIS: AMAZING.

ASHLEE: FANTASTIC.

MICHAEL, YOU MENTIONED THE EMPOWER PROGRAM.

I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THIS ONE WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED WHOLE LIFE SUPPORT.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT AND WHAT YOU LEARNED THROUGH THE EMPOWER PROGRAM THAT WILL HE HELP SHAPE THE PROGRAM?

>> WE PUT A MISSION AND VISION TOGETHER AND TALKS ABOUT USING EDUCATION TO TRANSFORM PEOPLES' LIVES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO PIECEES IT HELPS.

EMPOWER HAS TAKEN WOMEN THAT WOULD NOT HAVE COME TO COLLEGE AND PUT THEM IN HIGH WAGE AND HIGH PROGRAMS AND TAKING THAT CONCEPT, EXPANDING IT TO MORE THAN WOMEN AND LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE IN THE PAST TO BE PART OF THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE AND EMPOWER THEM TO LEAD BETTER LIVES, IT WILL HELP.

DENNIS: ARE YOU NOTICING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF STUDENTS GO TO GO COLLEGE?

>> ENROLLMENT IS STILL DOWN.

WE ARE SEEING SOME FLATTENING AND ANOTHER REASON THAT YOU CAN'T THINK TRADITIONALLY, YOU HAVE TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX AND WHO WE ARE MISSING, WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK AND THAT'S WHAT THIS GRANT DOES.

ASHLEE: FOR INDIVIDUALS CONSIDERING THEIR SCHOOLING OPTIONS, WHAT WOULD YOU OFFER THEM ABOUT THIS PROGRAM?

>> I WOULD OFFER THEM THAT DON'T BE AFRAID TO STEP OUT AND TAKE A CHANCE WITH US.

THE SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE THERE.

PEOPLE THINK THAT HIGHER ED IS NOT AFFORDABLE.

WITH THIS GRANT AND OUR OTHER FOUNDATIONS SUPPORTING US AND FINANCIAL AID, IT IS AFFORDABLE, AND YOU CAN DO IT AT NO COST OR LOW COST.

DON'T BE AFRAID.

COME OUT AND EDUCATION BETTERS PEOPLES' LIVES.

ASHLEE: IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE.

DENNIS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DENNIS: OUR PRODUCER VISITED JACK JOE SWEDEN AND SAT DOWN WITH CITY PLANNERS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR STRATEGIES.

>> THE CITY IS FROM BUSES, PEDESTRIANS, CARS AND CYCLISTS, THERE IS A CONSTANT FLOW.

BACK IN 2008 WAS GRANTED THE GREENEST CITY IN EUROPE.

THE CITY STILL CLAIMS THE TITLE AND OTHER CITIES HAVE GREEN TECHNOLOGY.

WHILE VISITING, WE LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS WORKING TO RECLAIM THEIR TITLE WITH THEIR IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION.

>> WE ARE GETTING IN COPEN HAGUEEN AND THE CARE IS WHY DO PEOPLE GO BIKING?

IT'S BECAUSE OF ITS A FAST WAY OF TRANSPORTING.

EASY AND CONVENIENT TO GO THERE.

>> USE OF PSYCHELING INFRASTRUCTURE, DATA COLLECTED, THEY HAVE FOUND THAT SIT CITIZENS DESIRE TRANSPORTATION THAT IS EASY, QUICK AND TRAFFIC SAFE.

>> HOW TO GET MORE PEOPLE ON BIKING.

WE HAVE THIS THREE-STEP LEVEL THAT WE ARE WORKING FOR.

AND VERY GOOD PSYCHELING INFRASTRUCTURE, GOOD QUALITY AND THE SECOND ONE THAT WE WORK WITH THIS INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT AND THAT'S NOT EASY ENOUGH.

AND AND OLDER ONE.

AND EXTERNAL AND.

[INDISCERNIBLE] DIFFERENT WORKPLACES, LIKE 4,000 WERE ENGAGED IN THIS.

>> ANOTHER KEY PART OF MOBILITY MANAGEMENT IS ACCESS.

NOT EVERYONE HAS THE LUXURY TO PURCHASE A BIKE.

BUT EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE IT A TRY.

>> DEVELOPED A BIKE LAB LIKE A LIBRARY AND LEND OUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIKES.

AND IT'S LACK OF INFORMATION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DIFFERENT KIND OF BIKES, CARGO BIKES, ELECTRICAL BIKES, FOLDING BIKES, BUT YOU DON'T GO AND BUY ONE, BUT YOU NEED TO TEST IT AND SEE IF IT IS SOMETHING FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND GET SUBSIDIES AND MANAGE TO GET IT ON BOARD.

AND IT'S COOPERATION WITH THE BICYCLE SHOPS.

THEY PROVIDE THE BIKES AND THOSE WHO WANT TO DO IT, THEY CAN GO INTO THE BIKE SHOP TO GET THIS DIFFERENT KIND OF BIKES FOR TESTING PERIOD.

>> THE FINAL STRATEGY IS ADVANTAGE, GIVING CYCLISTS ACCESS TO CITY ROADS AND RIGHT OF WAY AND MORE BIKE PARKING AVAILABLE IN THE CITY ARE THE FEW WAYS THAT THEY HAVE DONE THIS WITH DEVELOPING IN LINCOLN PARK AND DOZENS OF TRAIL.

DULUTH IS A CITY WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION, WOULD THESE STRATEGIES WORK IN OUR CITY?

DENNIS: IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE ANSWER TO MEGAN'S QUESTION TUNE IN NEXT WEEK FEATURING LOCAL TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS.

>> EMILY LARSON IS INTENDING TO RUN AND OUR NEXT GUEST IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR.

ROGER REINERT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON THE PROGRAM.

THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE THE MAYOR OF DULUTH?

>> AFTER I HAVE BEEN AWAY.

IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS IN MY MIND OR IN MY HEART UNTIL PEOPLE STARTED ASKING AND TALKING AND IT WAS KIND OF A PROCESS OF NO THANKS, LIFE IS PRETTY GOOD AND COMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS TO ME AND I BRING A SKILL SET TO THE TABLE AND BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.

ASHLEE: WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS?

>> WE NEED THE CITY TO REALLY FOCUS ON CORE CITY SERVICES, STREETS AND UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY, PARKS AND LIBRARIES.

WHEN YOU ARE OUT TALKING TO THE PEOPLE OF DULUTH.

PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING UP.

WE ARE SEEING A DEGRADATION OF CORE CITY SERVICES IN THE SENSE THAT THOSE ARE NOT THE PRIORITY OF THE CITY.

THAT'S WHY CITY GOVERNMENT EXISTS TO DELIVER ON THOSE CORE CITY SERVICES.

AND STORIES ABOUT HOW THE CITY CAN BE A BETTER PARTNER, STARTING A BUSINESS, EXPANDING A BUSINESS, TRYING TO BUILD A BUSINESS, IT'S CHALLENGING.

AND FOR ME PERSONALLY, HAVING A CITY EDUCATOR BACKGROUND AND LAST TIME WE HAD A RACE FOR MAYOR WAS 2007 AND WE HAD A LOW VOTER TURNOUT.

DENNIS: WHAT WOULD YOU DIFFERENTLY THAN EMILY LARSON IN YOUR APPROACH TO CITY NEEDS?

>> I DON'T VIEW IT AS US RUNNING AGAINST EACH OTHER.

WE NEED A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT DULUTH'S NEXT CHAPTER.

THOSE COUPLE THINGS, I WANT TO FOCUS ON CORE CITY SERVICES AND TAXPAYERS TO SAYING I'M SEEING IT IN MY STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND MY COMMUNITY CLUB AND TAX BASE DEVELOPMENT.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CITY DO.

AND I WANT TO HAVE OUR CITY EMPLOYEES SAY WE LOVE WORKING FOR THE CITY.

AND RIGHT NOW YOU ARE NOT GETTING THAT WHEN YOU TALK TO VARIOUS CITY EMPLOYEES.

THERE IS NO CITY WITHOUT CITY EMPLOYEES.

ASHLEE: YOU ARE SEEKING THE D.F.L.

ENDORSEMENT.

IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE IT, HOW WILL IT AFFECT YOUR RACE?

>> IT IS A NONPARTISAN RACE.

WHEN I WAS A CITY COUNSELOR, I HAD GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNCIL.

I TOOK THAT WITH ME TO THE LEGISLATURE.

WE HAD REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WHO SAID WE ARE RESIDENTS OF MINNESOTA.

I HAVE BEEN IN ELECTED OFFICE FOR A LONG TIME AND PEOPLE KNOW WHERE I HAVE BEEN AND SEEN MY WORK AND CITY GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT HAVE DIFFERENT VIEW POINTS AND WE ARE NOT GOOD AS A COMMUNITY AND NOT GOOD AS A SOCIETY OF DOING THAT ANYMORE.

BUT I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING I CAN STILL DO AND BRING PEOPLE TO DIVERSION VIEW POINTS.

DENNIS: WHERE DO YOU SEE DULUTH GOING IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS?

>> WE NEED TO GET OUR BASICS BACK ON SOLID GROUND AND WE NEED TO SAY THAT WE ARE A GREAT PLACE TO BE AND MOVE YOUR BUSINESS AND GROW YOUR FAMILY AND WONDERFUL PLACE TO MAYBE A AND TOWARDS THE END OF YOUR CAREER.

WE ARE NOT PUTTING OUR BEST BILLBOARD UP.

MOVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY, YOU SEE THE CHALLENGES WITH OUR STREETS AND THE ISSUES WITH UTILITIES AND ISSUES WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND IN ORDER TO GROW WHERE WE NEED TO BE -- AND WE NEED TO GROW.

WE NEED TO GROW OUR POPULATION AND TAX BASE AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S THE REVENUE THAT THE CITY USES TO SPEND ON THE THINGS WE ALL WANT.

WE SAW THAT WITH AN 8% LEVY INCREASE AND 8% INFLATION AND THAT'S THE REASON PARK LEVY FAILED AND SAYING I PAID A LOT AND NOT SEEING THE OUTCOME AND GROWING THAT INCOME AND BUSINESS BASE PUTS A LOT LESS PRESSURE AND CREATE A COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN GROW.

IN THE LAST KRENS SUCCESS, EVERY REGIONAL CENTER HAD 10% POPULATION GROWTH AND WE WERE CELEBRATING 4%.

AND WE HAVE FALLEN TO AROUND 6TH.

DENNIS: WE HAVE TO CALL IT QUITS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING ON THE PROGRAM.

ASHLEE: TIME NOW FOR "VOICES FROM THE REGION" ABOUT STORIES MAKING NEWS.

OUR GUEST IS NORTHERN COMMUNITY NEWS DIRECTOR HEIDI HOLTAN.

WE TALKED TO A PRESCHOOL TEACHER WHO WAS GIVING A COMMUNITY TALK HOW SHE STRIVES TO BE WASTE FREE BRINGING HER OWN CONTAINERS FOR LEFTOVERS.

THIS IS SURPRISING CONVERSATION BUT TALKING ABOUT GREEN BURIALS IS.

TANYA IS A DOER.

BEFORE HOW THEY ARE GREEN OPTIONS HOW PEOPLE ARE BURIED WE TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUES AND SOCIETY WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT DEATH.

>> IF YOU HAVE AN ADVANCED DIRECTIVE THAT YOU SAY THESE ARE THINGS I DO OR DO NOT WANT OR I CAN'T SPEAK FOR MYSELF, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE THINGS?

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SPEAK ABOUT THEM TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE MAKING THOSE DECISION FOR YOU.

ADVANCED DIRECTIVES, YOUR IDEAS OF WHAT YOU WANT IN THE FUTURE, IF THEY ARE NOT EVER SPOKEN ALLOWED, NO ONE EVER KNOWS ABOUT THEM.

SO IF WE CAN BE IN THIS SPACE OF JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION KNOWING THAT SPEAKING OF DEATH DOES NOT BRING IT -- >> NATURE IS ALSO CRITICAL OF COURSE TO THE CONVERSATION OF SUSTAINABILITY ESPECIALLY AS IT CHANGES AND WE ENCOUNTER LIKE INVASIVE.

A BIOLOGIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE MINNESOTA INVASIVE PESTS WHERE HE STUDIES COLD HARDINESS AND HOW HAVING LESS COLD WINTERS CAN AFFECT THE PESTS AND WE ASKED HOW COLD IT HAS TO BE.

>> IT DEPENDS ON THE SPECIES.

INSECTS, PLANTS AND DISEASES HAVE EVOLVED IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO HANDLE EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES.

SO EMERALD ASH BORERS.

WHEN IT GETS TO MINUS 20, THAT'S WHERE I LIKE TO SAY THINGS GET INTERESTING.

THAT IS ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE WE WOULD EXPECT ABOUT HALF OF THOSE OVERWINTERING AND LARVAE TO DIE.

MINUS 30, WE EXPECT 90% OF THEM TO DIE.

IT'S HARD TO GET RID OF EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.

IT HAS TO GET EXTREMELY COLD AND YOU GET TO MINUS 30 MARK, THERE IS A BIG IMPACT ON THE POP YOU POPULATION.

>> FINALLY, THE -- CONNECTING KIDS TORE NATURE.

WE GOT A REPORT AT NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL IN DULUTH.

I ESPECIALLY LIKE IN HIS REPORT HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE BUNNY RESTAURANT.

[INDISCERNIBLE] ICE COVERAGE ON LAKE SUPERIOR WAS 14%.

IT DECREASED.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHICH LED TO LOTS OF MELTING.

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ASHLEE, HOW DO YOU LIKE CO-HOSTING?

ASHLEE: I FOUND A NEW CAREER PATH.

DENNIS: HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, EVERYBODY.

AND BE KIND.