TAXES.

>> CATHY: AS PROMISED, HERE I AM, NEXT TO THE BIG MONITOR AND READY FOR ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE SHOW.

IT IS MINNESOTA HISTORY TIME.

FOR TONIGHT'S QUERY, WE TRAVEL BACK TO THIS WEEK IN 1994.

SO LONG AGO THAT I WASN'T EVEN HOSTING THE SHOW YET.

AN "ALMANAC" GUEST TRAVELS FROM MORE THAN 100 MILES AWAY TO SIT AT THE TABLE HERE IN STUDIO "B."

HE OR SHE BRINGS ALONG A LARGE PROP AS PART OF A CONVERSATION.

THIS GUEST BOLDLY ANNOUNCES THAT THE "GOAL" IS TO SET A WORLD RECORD WHEN THE SCALE MODEL BECOMES LARGER THAN LIFE REALITY.

OUR QUESTION IS QUITE SIMPLE FOR YOU.

WHAT "BIG THING" WAS THE FOCUS OF THE "ALMANAC" CONVERSATION IN SEPTEMBER OF 1994?

EXTRA CREDIT IF YOU CAN NAME THE GUEST OR THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE EVENTUAL WORLD RECORD.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM BIG SNOW LAKE, BLUE SNOW LAKE, OR SNOWBANK LAKE, LOCATED IN THE ARROWHEAD REGION OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.

651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL WITH ALL OF YOUR GUESSES, RIGHT OR WRONG.

OR YOU CAN ALWAYS DROP US A NOTE AND LET YOUR FINGERS DO THE TALKING INSTEAD.

ALMANAC@MINNESOTAPBS.ORG IS OUR ELECTRONIC INBOX.

WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.

TODAY BACK IN 2000, THE TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR PERFORMED ON THE OLD "NEWSNIGHT MINNESOTA" PROGRAM.

TAKE A LISTEN.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

♪ ♪ >> >> ♪ WELL, WELL, WELL, YEAH ♪ ♪ SAID I WANT TO TAKE A TIME AND SAY THANK YOU, LORD ♪ ♪ FOR ALL ♪ ♪ ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ME ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ I WAS SITTING BACK THINKING ♪ ♪ HOW YOU BROUGHT ME THROUGH MY LIFE ♪ ♪ TEARS TARTED FILLING UP ♪ ♪ IN THE WELLS OF MY EYES ♪ ♪ HOW YOU WATCHED OVER ME ♪ ♪ WHEN I COULDN'T WATCH OVER MYSELF ♪ ♪ HOW YOU HEARD MY CRIES ♪ ♪ WHEN I COULDN'T CALL NO ONE ELSE ♪ ♪ HMM, YEAH ♪ ♪ SAID HE'S BEEN REAL GOOD TO ME ♪ ♪ YES, HE HAS ♪ ♪ HE HAS BEEN ♪ ♪ SO GOOD TO ME ♪ ♪ OH, YEAH ♪ ♪ LISTEN ♪ ♪ I THANK YOU FOR MY HOUSE ♪ ♪ THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD I EAT ♪ ♪ Captioned by: Veritext/Paradigm-Captioning Www.veritext.com >> "ALMANAC" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY MEMBERS OF THIS PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION.

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