WITH JULIE ZENNER, AND HERE IS WHAT'S COMING BACK -- COMING UP ON ALMANAC NORTH.

>> WE WILL HAVE A REPORT ON THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY CELEBRATING ITS 100 ANNIVERSARY THIS MONTH.

>> AND WE WILL LEARN ABOUT THE LOCAL EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT CHAPTER HELPING THE YOUTH GET THEIR WINGS.

>> THOSE STORIES AND OTHERS COMING UP ON THE 31ST PREMIERE ON ALMANAC NORTH.

♪ DENNIS: HELLO AND WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO ALMANAC NORTH, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR WATCHING, THIS SHOW IS TAPED ON THURSDAY.

TODAY BEGINS THE 31ST SEASON.

AND JULIE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ALMOST SINCE THE BEGINNING.

JULIE: ALMOST SINCE THE BEGINNING, I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT.

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SUPER INSTRUCTION MADE A PIT STOP IN SUPERIOR THURSDAY ON THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL TOUR.

THE CLASS SERVED THEM LUNCH AND THEY SPENT TIME WITH STUDENTS.

LAST WEEK THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED A $90 MILLION INVESTMENT INTO K-12 EDUCATION TO EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AMONG OTHER INVESTMENTS.

WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT INVESTMENT WITH HIM.

>> WE PROVIDED FEDERAL RESOURCES A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO PROVIDE $50 MILLION THAT THEY CAN USE NOW.

BUT IN OUR BUDGET, THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT AND I ARE LOOKING AT MAKING THAT A PERMANENT -- 240 MILLION DOLLARS.

IT IS CATEGORICAL, SO THAT IT WILL BE ONGOING.

IT IS NO QUESTION THAT THE PANDEMIC LAID BARE THAT A LOT OF CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING, MENTALLY AND BEHAVIORALLY.

WE NEED TO HAVE SKILLS TO TAKE THAT ON.

IT IS NOT JUST A PANDEMIC THING, AND THEN WE WILL BE FINE INTO YEARS.

IT IS A LONG-TERM THING THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE STATE NOT ONLY FOR KIDS BUT ADULTS ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT ANY HEALTH CARE INSTITUTION THAT IS IN THIS YEAR, -- IN THIS AREA.

THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO INCREASE THEIR FOOTPRINT IN THE MENTAL HEALTH AREA.

>> NURSE PREPARE TO STRIKE AT TWIN CITIES AND DULUTH HOSPITALS.

AND UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE CHARGE WAS FILED SAYING THAT THE THREE DAY STRIKE DID NOT INCLUDE -- FACILITY.

THE NURSES SAY THAT IT WAS A DESPERATE MOVE TO STOP THE WALK OUT.

THIS STRIKE IS SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 12-15 IN THE TWIN CITIES, MOST PORT -- JULIE: INTERLAKE STEAMSHIPS MARK R BARKER IS A FREIGHTER SPECIALLY MADE TO NAVIGATE TIGHT CHANNELS.

ED HAS A LARGER HATCH OPENINGS TO ALLOW IT TO CARRY WIND TURBINE LEADS.

IT WAS BUILT FROM IRON ORE MINE IN MINNESOTA.

DENNIS: NEXT WEDNESDAY A CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD TO UNVEIL THE CHIEF BUFFALO MURALS.

THE CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD AT THE FORMER LAKEWALK PARK NOW MAKE -- NOW RENAMED.

THERE WILL BE A KEYNOTE SPEECH AND A CHANCE TO MEET WITH MURAL ARTIST'S.

JULIE: A COMPANY WITH A VISION TO PROMOTE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS IN THE NORTH LAND IS BUILDING ITS FIRST NET ZERO HOME.

IT IS A DULUTH BASED HER -- A DULUTH BASED FIRM WITH AN EYE TOUR STATE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

HERE TO TELL US MORE IS GREG GILBERT HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT GREEN NEW DEAL HOUSING.

WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

GREG, YOU ARE ONE OF THE FOUNDERS, TELL US ABOUT GREEN NEW DEAL HOUSING AND HOW THIS IDEA ORIGINATED.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGER ISSUES OF OUR TIME, CLIMATE CHANGE.

HOUSING CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

RACHEL AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A WHILE, SHE IS A DESIGNER WHO HAS DONE A LOT OF DESIGN WORK IN THIS AREA OVER THE YEARS, AND WHAT A TREAT TO PUT HER TALENT TO WORK IN THIS PLAN.

INSTEAD OF CUSTOM HOUSING WE ARE TRYING TO STANDARDIZE IT TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE.

WE COULD HAVE A GREATER OUT REACH FOR PEOPLE AND A BETTER BENEFIT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

DENNIS: I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE NEW HOMES WILL NOT USE FOSSIL FUELS FOR ENERGY, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT?

>> THAT'S CORRECT, IN OUR COLD NORTH CLIMATE UNTIL RECENTLY IT WAS CONSIDERED MAY EVEN IRRESPONSIBLE TO TRY AND TO -- TRY AND HEAT OUR HOMES WITHOUT NATURAL GAS OR PROPANE.

RECENT ADVANCEMENT IN HEATING AND COOLING EQUIPMENT FOR VERY COLD CLIMATE OPERATION HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO CREATE ZERO NET ENERGY HOME DESIGNS FOR HOUSES POWERED ENTIRELY BY ELECTRICITY EVEN IN COLD CLIMATES SUCH AS DULUTH.

THIS IS A GAME CHANGER FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO WITH FOSSIL FUELS, BURNING FOSSIL FUELS PRODUCES CO2 EMISSIONS P WORD -- PERIOD.

JULIE: COULD YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE FEATURES THAT MAKE THESE NET ZERO HOME SO EFFICIENT?

>> IT IS A COMBINATION OF FACTORS, REALLY, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THE KIND OF HOUSES THAT WE ARE DOING IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE TAKING A VERY HOLISTIC SYSTEMS APPROACH AND TREATING THE ENTIRE HOME FROM TOP TO BOTTOM WITH A BALANCE OF WHAT WE CALL ENCLOSURE AND SYSTEMS.

-- END SYSTEMS.

WE BUILD INSULATION LEVELS THAT ARE MORE THAN TWICE WHAT TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION WOULD REQUIRE.

>> CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT, AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO DO IT.

PEOPLE HAVE CONTACTED US WHEN THEY SAW OUR PROTOTYPE HOUSE COMING UP, WE SAW A LOT OF INTEREST, YES.

JULIE: THESE HOMES ARE BEING DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO FALL IN THAT 65,000-80 $5,000 HOUSEHOLD INCOME RANGE?

IS THAT CORRECT?

ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE THAT -- MAKE IT AFFORDABLE?

>> WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE UNABLE TO QUALIFY FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING PROGRAMS OR WHO HAVE DEBTS OR BARRIERS TO PURCHASING A NEW HOME WITHOUT SOME SORT OF ASSISTANCE.

THERE IS A BIG GAP IN OUR COMMUNITY, FOR FOLKS WHO WORK FULL-TIME, PAID THEIR BILLS AND RENT AND STILL CANNOT AMASS THE FINANCIAL STABILITY TO LIVE IN A HOME LIKE THIS ONE.

I WANT TO MAKE A POINT THAT THIS IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A MARKET FOR THIS.

THIS IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT HOUSING IS A BASIC NEED, A HUMAN RIGHT, AND WE NEED TO NOT THINK OF HOUSING AS REAL ESTATE, WE NEED TO THINK OF IT AS DWELLINGS.

DENNIS: HOW MANY OF THESE HOUSES DO YOU BELIEVE WILL BE BUILT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS?

>> OUR HOUSE, AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE BUILDING UP THE FOUNDATION.

WE WILL LEARN FROM THIS HOUSE AND SEE HOW THINGS GO.

WE DON'T HAVE A STATED GOAL, BUT WE HOPE MANY -- WE HOPE TO MAKE MANY.

THE CITY OF SUPERIOR HAS EXPRESSED STRONG INTEREST.

WE ARE HOPING TO ENTER THE HOUSING MARKET AND A STRONG WAY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

JULIE: WHAT KIND OF ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE TO MAKE THIS WORK?

ENERGY EFFICIENCY COSTS QUITE A BIT, IT COSTS MORE TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THE FASHION THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.

ARE THERE GRAY OUT FUNDING, PRIVATE -- GRANT FUNDING, PRIVATE DONATIONS?

>> EVERY HOUSING DEVELOPER RELIES ON SOME SORT OF SUIT CITY TO BRIDGE THE GAP -- SOME SORT OF SUBSIDY TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE HOUSE COST TO BUILD AND WHAT IT COSTS TO PURCHASE.

THE ADDITIONAL COST TO BUILD THIS WEIGHT IS OFFSET IMMEDIATELY BY THE REDUCED OPERATING COSTS BECAUSE EVERY YEAR, FROM DAY ONE, IN A HOME LIKE THIS, THE OCCUPANTS ARE GOING TO SAME -- SAVE MORE THAN $2000 IN ENERGY COSTS.

THAT IS IN TODAY'S DOLLARS AT TODAY'S PRICES.

WE KNOW THAT ENERGY COSTS RISE EVERY YEAR OFTEN AT A FASTER RATE THAN REGULAR INFLATION.

WAGES ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THIS.

THE STABILITY OF LIVING IN A HOME WHERE YOUR ENERGY COSTS ARE GOING TO BE ZERO IS A GAME CHANGER.

JULIE: IF PEOPLE WANT TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO GET THE HOME, OR HOW TO DONATE, WHERE DID THEY GO?

>> GREEN NEW DEAL HOUSING.ORG.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

♪ DENNIS: IT'S TIME NOW FOR VOICES OF THE REGION.

EACH WEEK WE HEAR FROM A AREA JOURNALIST ABOUT STORIES THAT THEY ARE COVERING.

WE HEAR FROM A PUBLISHER FROM THE TIMBER J NEWSPAPER IN MINNESOTA.

♪ >> WE RECENTLY REPORTED ON THE UNEXPECTED DEATH OF OUR LONGTIME EDITOR, WHO DIED AUGUST 26, APPARENTLY, OF NATURAL CAUSES AT THE AGE OF JUSTICE 60.

HE SPENT MORE THAN 30 YEARS AS A JOURNALIST AND WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS MOSTLY IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN.

HE CAME TO THE TIMBER J IN 2012, HE DID EVERYTHING WELL.

HE WAS AN OLD-SCHOOL JOURNALIST WHO WORKED WELL TO GET THE FAXED -- THE FACTS RIGHT.

HE WAS OUR SOLE FULL-TIME WRITER IN ELY.

SO HE COVERED EVERYTHING IN TOWN , FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, TO ALL OF THE COLORFUL CHARACTERS THAT YOU FIND AT THE END OF THE ROAD.

HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHER AND HE DESIGNED OUR FRONT PAGE FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS AND ONE MANY AWARDS FOR TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN FOR THAT WORK.

BESIDES HIS SKILL AS A JOURNALIST, HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.

HE WAS PARTICULARLY QUICK WITH AN ATROCIOUS PUN.

HE WAS VERY WELL-LIKED IN TOWN.

WE HAD SO MUCH OUTPOURING OF SYMPATHY FROM FOLKS.

HE WAS WELL-LIKED, EVEN BY PEOPLE THAT HE REGULARLY COVERED .

LIKE LOCAL POLITICIANS.

THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT KEITH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING THIS WEEK.

THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZED HIS CONTRIBUTIONS WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

A BIG LOSS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HIS FAMILY AND FOR TIMBER J, FOR SURE.

♪ >> WE ARE ALSO REPORTING ON THE STATUS OF THE WILD RICE CROP THIS YEAR WHICH HAS TURNED OUT TO BE PRETTY POOR ACROSS THE REGION.

MOST LIKELY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FACTORS INCLUDING, LATE SPRING, WHICH HAS DELAYED THE GROWTH OF WILD RICE AND ALSO THE SUSTAINED HIGH WATER THAT WE HAVE HAD THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS SUMMER.

WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF STORMS THAT HIT SOME OF THE LAKES IN AUGUST.

THAT DID DAMAGE TO THE RICE.

A LOT OF THE RICE NEVER GREW VERY HIGH THIS YEAR.

THAT CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO GROW.

THE CONDITIONS ARE SO BAD ON THE LAKE WHICH IS THE PERMIT ARE REITZ LAKE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

THE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT THEY ARE CANCELING THE WILD RICE SEASON ON THAT LAKE.

IT IS CONTAINED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE -- RESERVATION AND THE -- COMMITTEE WILL STILL CONTACT -- CONDUCTED A SMALL CEREMONIAL HARVEST ON THAT LAKE.

ONE NOTABLE EXCEPTION TO THE GENERALLY POOR CONDITIONS IS UPSTREAM WHERE THE RICE CROP TURNED OUT TO BE EXCELLENT THIS YEAR.

NOW IT IS GETTING HARVEST PRESSURE AS A RESULT.

♪ >> WE ARE ALSO MAKING NOTE OF A COUPLE OF POPULAR EVENTS THIS WEEKEND.

POLICE HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL -- POLICE HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL -- ELY'S HARVEST MOON FESTIVAL IS PRETTY POPULAR WITH LOTS OF FOLKS.

IT STARTED LAST NIGHT.

THERE IS A JURIED ART SHOW SO THERE IS A LOT TO PERU'S.

NEW THIS -- TO PERU'S.

-- TWO -- TO PURUSE.

IT WAS A GOOD LOU BERRY YEAR, MAYBE YOU WILL GET SOME WILD BLUEBERRIES.

IF FOLKS WANT TO CHECK OUT OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS, THEY SHOULD CHECK OUT THE EVENT THAT IS GOING TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY AT THE HOUSE BARN IN WASIT TOWNSHIP.

THAT IS WHERE THE LOCAL ORGANIZATION, SAID SUE HERITAGE IS HOSTING PRESTON GUNDERSON WHO WILL PERFORM LIVE AS PART OF A COMMUNITY NIGHT TO OUT EVENT.

THAT EVENT RUNS FROM 4:00-6:30 PM.

IT TAKES PLACE IN A HORSE STORY HOUSE BARN WHICH HAS -- A HISTORIC HOUSE BARN WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERGOING RENOVATION FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.

YOU CAN TOUR THE HOUSE BARN WHILE YOU ARE THERE.

IN YOUR OWN DRINKS AND A BLANKET AND LAWN CHAIRS AND FOOD IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

CHILE, PIE, AND COFFEE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AT THE EVENT AND IT HELPS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE RENOVATION.

♪ ♪ JULIE: FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DREAM OF BEING A PILOT, THE TWIN PORTS CHAPTER OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION PROVIDES A MEANS TO REACH THAT GOAL.

IT PROVIDES COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A TASTE OF FLYING.

PRESIDENT OF EAA CHAPTER 272, WELCOME BILL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US A QUICK OVER VIEW OF WHAT THE ASSOCIATION IS IN DOES.

>> THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION IS A MEANS FOR FOLKS TO BUILD THEIR OWN AIRCRAFT, THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1952.

THEY ARE WORLDWIDE.

IT GIVES FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED IN AVIATION FROM A CIVILIAN POINT OF VIEW, NONMILITARY.

DENNIS: THERE ARE SEVERAL CHAPTERS, WHAT IS THE CHAPTER THAT YOU BELONG TO, WHAT HE DO YOU DO -- WHAT DO YOU DO?

JULIE: WE ARE -- >> WE ARE GENERAL AVIATION.

WE USE KIDS AS PART OF THE CREW TO BUILD THIS AIRPLANE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE GOSCH, 2014.

WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IT.

IT WILL BE A WHILE YET, BUT IT IS QUITE -- QUITE AN INTERESTING PROJECT TO WORK ON.

JULIE: WHAT KIND OF AN AIRCRAFT IS IT?

>> A 19 -- A 1948 FOUR -- PASSENGER -- WE STRIPPED IT DOWN TO NOTHING AND THEN WE WENT TO REBUILD IT AND NOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE INTERIOR AND IT ENDS COVERING THE EXTERIOR, THE FUSELAGE WITH FABRIC.

IT IS OLD-FASHIONED TYPE AIRPLANE.

>> I STILL REMEMBER MY FIRST AIRPLANE RIDE IN 19 56, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE HAD WELL OVER 140 CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROJECT, THEY ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING AND THEY GO ON TO CAREERS AND AVIATION, MECHANICS, PILOTS, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN.

IT IS VERY REWARDING TO SEE THE KIDS MATURE THAT WAY.

JULIE: IT IS AN AIRCRAFT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY BEING BUILT BY AMATEURS, KIDS, WILL IT BE SAFE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF OUR CREW IS A CERTIFIED AIRCRAFT MECHANIC.

HE FOLLOWS THEM VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING DONE RIGHT.

HE HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO THE PROJECT.

HE RUNS THE LOCAL SHOP OVER THERE.

HE DOES A GREAT JOB.

DENNIS: MANY PEOPLE HAVE NEVER FLOWN, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL PEOPLE WHO IS MAY BE HESITANT.

>> COME OVER ON SATURDAY, WILL GO FOR A RIDE.

SATURDAY WE ARE HAVING A PANCAKE BREAKFAST, AND IT IS OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER TO HELP OUR PROGRAMS AND MAKE A FEW BUCKS TO KEEP THE CHAPTER IN GOOD CONDITION SO TO SPEAK.

IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME OVER, THE EAA HAS A PROGRAM, IT'S CALLED, EAGLES, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE YOUNG EAGLES PROGRAM WHICH IS FOR KIDS.

BUT THE EAGLES AS AN ADULT PROGRAM.

WE TAKE YOUR FOLKS FOR AN AIRPLANE RIDE AS WELL.

THE YOUNGSTERS REALLY LIKE THAT PROGRAM.

WE DO HAVE THE YOUNG EAGLES PROGRAM.

JULIE: WHERE WILL THIS EVENT BE HELD?

>> AT THE SUPERIOR AIRPORT, AT OUR HANGER AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO MISS IT BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CARS.

JULIE: TALK ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT YOU PROVIDE, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE INTERESTED IN AVIATION END MOVING THEM FORWARD.

>> SURE.

THE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WHICH IS OUR OLDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, WE HAVE BUILT THAT UP OVER THE YEARS.

WE GIVE KIDS WHO HAVE AVIATION RELATED SCHOOL, THEY APPLY FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP AND WE HELP THEM A LITTLE BIT WITH TUITION.

THE OTHER ONE, THE ONE RECENTLY, IS THE RAY AVIATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WHICH GIVES CHAPTERS -- WE APPLY FOR THAT, THERE IS A PROCESS WE NEED TO GO THROUGH TO GET THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD.

THEY GIVE US $10,000 PER KID, AND WE GET ONE A YEAR.

THAT ALLOWS THE KIDS TO GET THEIR PILOTS LICENSE WITH NO OUTLAY OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET.

JULIE: GOOD INFORMATION, I HOPE YOU GET A GOOD TURNOUT AT THE EVENT TOMORROW.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU.

DENNIS: THIS ST. LOUIS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL HAVE ITS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ON SEPTEMBER 16.

HERE IS A STORY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING BACK ON HER HISTORY.

♪ >> THIS ST. LOUIS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR 100 YEARS SINCE IT FOUNDATION HAS COLLECTED ARCHIVAL MATERIAL AND ARTIFACTS THAT REPRESENT ST. LOUIS COUNTY.

I OFTEN TIMES THINK THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION THAT YOUNG FOLKS DON'T CARE ABOUT HISTORY.

IN MY EXPERIENCE, I HAVE NEVER FOUND THAT FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

GENEALOGY IS A DIRECT LINK TO ONE'S PERSONAL HISTORY.

THE ABILITY TO COME TO A PLACE, A MUSEUM, AND FIND ARTIFACTS IN ARCHIVAL MATERIALS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

ALONG THE LIFESPAN THAT GRANDMOTHERS AND GRANDFATHERS ARE TEACHING YOUNGER FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT THE HISTORY.

THERE IS NO MORE POLYP FOR TOOL -- POWERFUL TOOL THAN THE STORY OF HISTORY.

WE HOPE TO SHARE THAT HERE AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

♪ >> WITH MUSEUMS, ESPECIALLY OUR COLLECTION AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THERE IS A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF OUR COLLECTION THAT IS NOT ON VIEW THE ON IS ON VIEW.

DURING AN EXHIBIT OR EXECUTION -- EXHIBITION, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ARTIFACTS THAT THEY WOULDN'T NORMALLY SEE.

WITH THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT, WE HOPE TO BRING OUT ARTIFACTS THAT ARE NORMALLY -- THAT ARE NOT NORMALLY ON VIEW.

WE HOPE TO LOOK BACK AND ALSO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE OF WHAT WILL THE HISTORICAL -- WHAT ROLE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL PLAY FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DULUTH BUT ALSO THE LARGEST -- THE LARGER ST. LOUIS COUNTY.

ALSO AS A HISTORICAL RESOURCE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR FUTURE LEARNERS AND VISITORS IN GENERAL.

♪ >> THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS BEEN A TENANT OF THE HISTORIC DEPOT FOR SOME TIME.

WE ARE HAPPY TO BE GROUNDED HERE.

THIS IS A HISTORIC BUILDING WITH DEEP ROOTS AND DULUTH.

AS THE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO US TO BE GROUNDED IN AN AREA THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE HOPE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY AS VISITORS.

WE HAVE THE LAKE SUPERIOR GALLERY AS WELL AS THE VETERANS MEMORIAL HALL GALLERY.

WE ALSO HAVE SMALL EXHIBITS ON USS DULUTH AND THE CITY OF DULUTH.

FOR OUR PERMANENT GALLERIES WE HAVE ARE JC RYAN FORREST ROOM.

THEY ARE ALL GREAT EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ST. LOUIS COUNTY HISTORY AND WE WELCOME YOU TO COME IN AND ENJOY THOSE GALLERIES AT ANY TIME NOT JUST TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENNIAL.

DENNIS: A PROGRAM NOTE, WDSE EXPECTS PROGRAMMING CHANGES AS -- COVERS THE PASSING OF QUEEN ELIZABETH OVER THE WEEK.

>> YES, OUR SHOW IS CHANGED OVER THE -- OVER THIS TIME AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE FOR THE SEASON.

>> WELCOME TO THE START OF SEASON 31.

GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY, BE KIND.

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