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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

WE ARE HERE FOR YOU WITH LOCAL NEWS FROM BEMIDJI, BRAINERD, AND ALL OF THE LAKES COUNTRY.

DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER AND CHARLIE YAEGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

[♪♪♪] >> Sydney: HELLO EVERYONE, I'M SYDNEY DICK, FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>>> PATRONS IN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA HAD A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE AT THE CULTURAL THURSDAY EVENT LAST WEEK.

PATRONS WITHIN THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA HAD A CHANCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE.

AT CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE'S CULTURAL THURSDAY EVENT LAST WEEK, C.L.C.

HOSTED NATIVE PRIDE PRODUCTIONS FOUNDER AND TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION FANCY DANCER LARRY YAZZIE, AS HE SHOWCASED THE BEAUTY OF HIS CULTURE'S DANCING AND STORYTELLING.

YAZZIE ALONGSIDE THREE ADDITIONAL PERFORMERS AND A DRUM CIRCLE CAPTIVATED THE AUDIENCE THROUGH MUSIC, WHILE ALSO OFFERING DEEP INSIGHTS INTO THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S CULTURE AS HE TRIED SHOWING THOSE IN ATTENDANCE HOW MUSIC CONNECTS PEOPLE.

>> THE JUMPING IS THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR PEOPLE.

THE DRUM BEAT HAS A RHYTHM THAT IS COMMON FOR ALL RACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE DRUM BEAT AND THE RHYTHM.

I GIVE THAT TO THE AUDIENCE TO TEAR DOWN THOSE WALLS, BREAK DOWN THOSE WALLS, AND ALLOW YOURSELF TO FEEL AND ALLOW YOURSELF TO FEEL THE RHYTHM, FEEL THE LOVE, AND EXPRESS YOURSELF.

>> YAZZIE HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD BOTH DANCING AND EDUCATING THE WORLD, PERFORMING AT VENUES INCLUDING THE OLYMPICS, THE KENNEDY CENTER, AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.

>>> CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE IS ONE OF THE BEST COLLEGES IN THE NATION TO WORK FOR.

FOR THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE GREAT COLLEGES TO WORK FOR PROGRAM, THE RESULTS ARE BASED ON A SURVEY OF 216 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WITH C.L.C.

BEING AMONG THE 75 OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS TO EARN RECOGNITION.

C.L.C.

RECEIVED HONORS IN THREE CATEGORIES: COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS, CONFIDENCE IN SENIOR LEADERSHIP, AND SHARED GOVERNANCE.

C.L.C.

PRESIDENT HARA CHARLIER BELIEVES THE COLLEGE EXCELS AT BUILDING A CULTURE OF CARING, WHICH SHE SAYS IS APPARENT IN BOTH C.L.C.

'S EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS.

>> WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT ARE PEOPLE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS WE BUILD.

WE EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT THIS IS A COLLEGE ABOUT PEOPLE AND IF YOU LOVE PEOPLE AND YOU ARE WILLING TO INVEST IN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYEES, WITH STUDENTS, WITH OUR COMMUNITY, THEN YOU WILL THRIVE HERE.

>> SURVEY RESULTS ARE BASED ON BOTH AN INSTITUTION QUESTIONNAIRE AND A SURVEY ADMINISTERED TO FACULTY, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SUPPORT STAFF.

THE PRIMARY FACTOR IN DECIDING WHAT INSTITUTIONS RECEIVE RECOGNITION IS EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK.

ZBLA.

>>> LAST NIGHT WAS FUN AND INFORMATIVE FAMILIES IN BRAINERD.

LOCALS COULD LEARN ABOUT FIRE SAFETY, TOUR THE STATION, AND MEET THE FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER EMERGENCY PROVIDERS.

REPORTER SAMMY HOLLADAY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: AT THE BRAINERD FIRE DEPARTMENT'S OPEN HOUSE, THE COMMUNITY GOT A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT MULTIPLE ENTITIES, INCLUDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT IS COMMITTED TO PROTECTING AND SERVING.

>> YEAH, OUR OPEN HOUSE IS A GREAT TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT WE DO, WHAT THESE OTHER ENTITIES WE HAVE WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES, FIRE SAFETY, EVERYTHING FROM C.P.R., IT WORKS OUT REALLY WELL TO TELL EVERYBODY THAT HEY, THERE ARE A LOT OF THESE AGENCIES OUT THERE THAT WE CAN HELP SUPPORT YOU AND HELP WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> Reporter: THIS WEEK IS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.

THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S OPEN HOUSE WAS CENTERED AROUND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON SMOKE ALARMS.

>> THAT WHAT WE'RE REALLY PUSHING THIS YEAR, THE SMOKE ALARMS AND EVERY 10 YEARS, THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED.

CHANGE YOUR BATTERIES WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR CLOCK.

THINGS LIKE THAT WE NEED TO GET ACROSS, MAKING PEOPLE SAFE AND MAKES OUR JOB EASIER TOO.

>> Reporter: A BENEFIT TO THE OPEN HOUSE FOR ALL PARTIES IS THE FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION, BEING ABLE TO MEET FIRST RESPONDERS AND HAVE A CONVERSATION IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN MAILING BROCHURES AND P.S.A.

IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S EYES.

>> IT'S GREAT FOR US TO MEET THE COMMUNITY, HAVE THE PUBLIC COME TO TALK TO US DIRECTLY.

IT'S NOT JUST A P.S.A.

WE PUT OUT OR A PRESS RELEASE.

WE CAN DISCUSS THINGS AND TALK WITH THEM.

THE KIDS CAN SEE THAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE REAL PEOPLE TOO VISIT WITH US AND SEE US AND GET THAT ONE-ON-ONE CONTACT ALSO.

>> Reporter: WITH ALL THE FUN INTERACTIONS FOR THE KIDS, THERE IS A HOPE THAT TONIGHT COULD INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF FIRST RESPONDERS.

>> BRINGING THE KIDS IN TO FEEL WHAT WE DO WITH THE HOSES AND ALL THE FIRE EXTINGISHERS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

I REMEMBER AS A KID GOING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE AND I THOUGHT HOW COOL IT WAS AND TO GET THESE KIDS TO START THAT SEED OF HEY, I CAN BE A FIREFIGHTER ALSO.

WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE IN, TEACH THEM THINGS WE DO, AND SHOW THIS IS SOMETHING ANYBODY CAN DO.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN BRAINERD, SAMMY HOLLADAY, LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> ELECTION DAY IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY AND OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK LAKELAND PBS ONCE AGAIN PROVIDED VIEWERS WITH TELEVISED STATE LEGISLATIVE DEBATES, THE LAST TWO OF OUR EIGHT DEBATES TOOK PLACE TONIGHT AT OUR LAKELAND PBS BRAINERD STUDIOS.

FIRST UP WAS THE HOUSE DISTRICT 6B ELECTION WHICH INCLUDES THREE CANDIDATES REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE JOSH HEINTZEMAN, DEMOCRAT EMILY LECLAIRE AND AMERICANS FIRST PARTY CANDIDATE TROY SCHEFFLER.

ONE OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED WAS SCHOOL FUNDING.

>> WE WERE RUNNING A $35 TRILLION DEFICIT.

IF EITHER PARTY GAVE A DAMN ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WOULDN'T BE DUMPING A $35 TRILLION DEBT ON TO THEM THAT OF COURSE THEY CAN'T PAY.

>> WE HAVE TONS OF MANDATES THAT ARE HAPPENING.

QUIT MAING THEM WITH THE STATE.

IF YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE MANDATES, THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE TERM LIMITS AND GET RID OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A DECADE THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY LIMP WRISTED IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO THESE MANDATES.

AS FAR AS FUNDING IS CONCERNED, WE HAD RECORD FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AND WE ARE GETTING ZERO RESULTS.

ARE WE EVER GOING TO START FOCUSING ON THAT?

IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY ABSURD.

WE HAVE TO DUMP THE ESTABLISHMENT.

>> THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION AND YOU AND I WOULD AGREE ON THAT.

ONE OF THE REAL BOONDOGGLES THAT CAME THROUGH THIS LAST CYCLE AND EMILY, I'M GOING TO TAKE ISSUE WITH THE LUNCH FOR ALL PROGRAM, UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A HALF BILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM OVER THE BILLENNIUM.

YOU ADD TO THAT A PALLET FOR POLITICIANS, ALL THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN WASTED BY DEMOCRATS, CHANNELLING MONEY INTO THE FEEDING OUR FUTURES PROGRAM, AND THE DAYCARE FRAUD SCANDAL.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY BLEEDING OUT OF MINNESOTA'S BUDGET.

WE HAVE TO RESTORE ACCOUNTABILITY.

>> CLASSROOMS CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE STUDENTS THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE OF FUNDING.

I AM SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDENTS EATING FREE LUNCH AND BREAKFAST AT SCHOOL.

AS A SINGLE MOM, THAT SAVED ME PERSONALLY A HUGE AMOUNT.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, TALKING TO SOME ADMINISTRATORS, IT SAVED ON ADMINISTRATION COSTS AS WELL.

>> THE SECOND DEBATE WE TELEVISED LIVE HERE ON LAKELAND PBS TONIGHT AND THE FINAL DEBATE OF OUR WEEK-LONG SERIES OF DEBATES WAS THE HOUSE DISTRICT 10A CONTEST WHICH INCLUDED D.F.L.

CANDIDATE JULIA HIPP AND REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE RON KREESHA THOSE TWO DISCUSSED A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING ELDER CARE.

>> WE HAVE A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN AITKIN THAT IS CALLED GROWTH INNOVATIONS, WHO HAS A COALITION OF CONTRACTORS AND OTHER RESOURCES TO PUT TOGETHER PROPOSALS AND SO FORTH AND GET THE FUNDING AND APPLY FOR GRANTS.

THE LATEST ONE IS TO BUILD A 41 UNIT HOUSING COMPLEX.

THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF INITIATIVES THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN ALL PULL TOGETHER AND SOLVE THIS, AT LEAST HAVE A RESOLUTION TO THE HOUSING ISSUE, AS WELL AS FOR OUR SENIOR LIVING THAT IS NECESSARY.

>> WE HAVE AN AGING POPULATION THAT WE NEED TO HELP TRANSITION INTO ASSISTED LIVING, OTHER NEW HOMES, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THOSE OLDER HOMES ARE NOT BEING PUT BACK ON THE MARKETS SO YOUNG FAMILIES CAN COME IN.

WE WERE ABLE TO COME INTO A YOUNG FAMILY AND YOU START REMODELING, YOU BUILD IT UP, AND THEN YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.

THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.

WE DON'T HAVE THE TRANSIENT POPULATION OF MOVING THROUGH THE HOMES.

THE OTHER THING IS HAVING FAMILY SECURITY.

PEOPLE WILL BUY HOMES AND YOUNG FAMILIES WILL MOVE IN THE THEY HAVE THAT SECURITY, THEY CAN FIND THE JOBS, AND THEN THEY CAN WORK THEIR WAY UP TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THOSE MORTGAGE AND PRINCIPAL PAVEMENTS.

RIGHT NOW THE STATE HINDERS IT BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING TOO MANY RESTRICTIONS.

WE'RE MAKING IT HARDER.

WE NEED TO TAKE SOME OF CALVIN'S IDEAS, STOP MAKING THE MANDATES, STOP MAKING THE LAWS, AND LET THINGS WORK THEMSELVES OUT.

>> IF YOU MISSED ANY OF OUR TELEVISED DEBATES HERE ON LAKELAND PBS AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM YOU CAN DO SO BY LOGGING ONTO OUR WEBSITE WWW.LPTV.COM.

ALL EIGHT OF THE DEBATES WE TELEVISED THIS WEEK WILL BE ARCHIVED THERE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> Stacy: WE HAVE CHANCES OF RAIN THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES AS WELL.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, A SPECIAL ABOUT SMART WARS AT THE WATERMARK >> THIS PORTION OF LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED BY C.T.C.

; INTERNET, PHONE, AND T.V.

C.T.C; CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY ONLINE AT GOCTC.COM.

>> AND NOW MORE NEWS WITH DENNIS WEIMANN.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >>> THE BEMIDJI BLUE OX MARATHON WEEKEND STARTED TODAY WITH THE KIDS RACE, 5K AND 10K.

THE 12TH ANNUAL SANFORD HEALTH-SPONSORED MARATHON IS THE BIGGEST ONE THEY HAVE EVER HAD.

EARLIER TODAY RUNNERS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILIES GATHERED BY THE SANFORD CENTER FOR THE FIRST RACES OF THE WEEKEND.

TODAY WAS THE 5K AND 10K AND PARTICIPANTS WERE ABLE TO RUN OR WALK BUT TOMORROW WILL SOLELY BE A RUNNING RACE AS THE HALF MARATHON, 26K, AND FULL MARATHON TAKE PLACE.

RUNNERS START ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAKE BEMIDJI AND WILL LOOP THE LAKE, FINISHING ONCE AGAIN BY THE SANFORD CENTER.

THE POINT OF THE MARATHON IS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE AROUND LAKE BEMIDJI AND TO ALSO ENCOURAGE EXERCISE AND FRESH AIR.

THE RACES TOMORROW ALL START AT 8:30 A.M. >>> AS I WAS OUT THERE TODAY, IT WAS GORGEOUS OUTSIDE.

STACY, WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR WEATHER?

>> Stacy: WE WILL BE SEEING CHANCES OF RAINFALL STARTING TONIGHT AND MORE CHANCES ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

WE'LL ALSO BE SEEING SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS IN THE 40s AND 50s EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WE COULD SEE SOME FROST IN THE MORNING AS WELL >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS SPONSORED BY THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS OF MINNESOTA AND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DEAF, DEAF/BLIND, AND HARD OF HEARING STATE SERVICES DIVISION.

>> SANFORD HEALTH; HERE FOR ALL, HERE FOR GOOD.

DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SERVICES IN THE BEMIDJI AREA IS AVAILABLE AT SANFORDHEALTH.ORG.

>> THE WEATHER IS SPONSORED BY WIDSETH; ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, LAND SURVEYORS SERVING MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES SINCE 1975.

>> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

[♪♪♪] >> Stacy: WELL, WE DID HAVE A NICE FALL DAY OUT THERE TODAY.

WE HAD SOME NICE TEMPERATURES IN THE 60s, A LITTLE BIT ON THE BREEZY SIDE, BUT WE DID ENJOY SOME SUNSHINE.

AS WE HEAD INTO THE OVERNIGHT, CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING AND WE DO HAVE A CHANCE FOR RAIN LATER ON TONIGHT.

THAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORROW WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF SOME RAINFALL AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COOL AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND HIGHS WILL ONLY BE IN THE 40s AND 50s BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, 37 AT THE AIRPORT, AT OUR STUDIO WE HAVE A LIGHT WEST WIND, DEW POINT IS 33 AND HUMIDITY IS AT 85%.

IN BRAINERD, CLEAR SKIES, 52 DEGREES, A DEW POINT OF 38, AND PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY AND WINDS ARE OUT OF THE NORTH AT 6 MILES PER HOUR.

ON THE RADAR, IT HAS BEEN QUIET THROUGHOUT THE DAY, A LITTLE BIT BREEZY, BUT NO PRECIPITATION SO FAR.

IF WE LOOK TO THE WEST, WE CAN SEE THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAINFALL IN THE AREA.

WE HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING THE RAIN MOVING INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

THAT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW.

WE WILL BE SEEING COOLER TEMPERATURES, HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 50s ACROSS OUR VIEWING AREA, BUT AGAIN WE EXPECT TO SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

SO SOME WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

WE HAD GORGEOUS NORTHERN LIGHTS IN THE AREA LAST NIGHT.

ARLENE IN MENAHGA, AND LAURIE NEAR LITTLE TURTLE LAKE CAPTURING THOSE AURORAS OUT THERE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING.

A LITTLE BIT CHOPPY ON LOWER RED LAKE, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE.

SAMROSE SENDING US THAT PHOTO.

GORGEOUS FALL COLORS IN LAPORTE.

A BEAUTIFUL CALM EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, ARLENE IN MENAHGA, 51 AND BREEZY THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, SUNSHINE TODAY, WE HAD A LOW OF 45.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN BUT BREEZY, THE HIGH WAS 68.

LOOKING AT OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD REACHING A HIGH TODAY OF 67, SO A LOT COOLER THAN YESTERDAY.

WE'RE WELL ABOVE OUR AVERAGE HIGH TEMP FOR THE STATE.

OUR LOW THIS MORNING WAS AT 56 AND SUNSET AT 6:36.

IN BEMIDJI, 62 WAS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE.

SO AGAIN, COOLER THAN WE'VE BEEN SEEING BUT STILL ABOVE AVERAGE.

OUR LOW THIS MORNING WAS 48.

OF COURSE WE DROPPED BELOW THAT TONIGHT AND SUNSET AT 6:38.

HERE'S A LOOK AT OUR FORECAST FOR TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR RAINFALL AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 50s IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, RIGHT AROUND 60 AS WE MOVE TOWARDS PARK RAPIDS.

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA, WE WILL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS IN THIS REGION, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR SPRINKLES, HIGH TEMPERATURES, AITKIN LOOKING AT 58 BUT A LOT OF LOW 60s IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS MOVING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT, LOWS NEAR 41.

FOR TOMORROW, WE WILL SEE VARIABLE CLOUDS, A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES, HIGHS NEAR 58.

LOOKING AT REST OF THE WEEKEND FORECAST, ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON SUNDAY, A REALLY GOOD CHANCE IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING.

HIGHS ARE NEAR 50, 48 FOR THE HIGH ON MONDAY.

BUT OVERALL, IT LOOKS QUIET WITH A LOT OF SUNSHINE.

OUR TEMPS START TO RECOVER AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK AND WEDNESDAY WE ARE LOOKING AT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH HIGHS IN THE MID-60s.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Sydney: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

NOW WE'RE JOINED BY CHARLIE YAEGER IN SPORTS.

WE HAVE SOME TENSION IN FOOTBALL.

>> Charlie: SOME RIVALRY, ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC TRAVELING TROPHIES IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HERE IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, THE JACKS AND WARRIORS ARE PLAYING FOR BABE'S BELL.

WHAT A GAME IT WAS.

IT'S ALWAYS A FUN GAME WHEN YOU HAVE A RIVALRY.

WE HAVE THAT AND MORE >> SPORTS ON LAKELAND NEWS IS SPONSORED IN PART BY PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS; NORTHERN MINNESOTA'S CERTIFIED APPLE SERVICE CENTER, OFFERING REPAIR SERVICES ON APPLE PRODUCTS AND P.C.S.

PAUL BUNYAN COMMUNICATIONS IN BEMIDJI AND GRAND RAPIDS, IT'S RIGHT HERE.

>> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

[♪♪♪] >>> FOR THE PAST TWO FOOTBALL SEASONS, THE TRAVELLING TROPHY KNOWN AS BABE'S BELL HAS BEEN SITUATED IN BRAINERD'S WEIGHT ROOM, A REMINDER OF THEIR 2-GAME WIN STREAK OVER RIVAL BEMIDJI BUT BOTH VICTORIES CAME AT HOME FOR THE WARRIORS AND THIS YEAR THE BATTLE SHIFTS NORTH TO THE LUMBERJACK'S HOME TURF WHERE THEY HAVE BEATEN THEIR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH 8 STRAIGHT TIMES DATING BACK TO 2010.

COULD BRAINERD BREAK THE STREAK TONIGHT AND RETAIN THE TROPHY FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW OR WOULD BEMIDJI KEEP IT ALIVE AND TAKE BACK BABE'S BELL?

FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE FOR BRAINERD, LOOKS LIKE TY HANDS OFF TO BARNUM.

BANNOCK ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE TOUCHDOWN PUTS BRAINERD UP 7-0.

LUMBERJACKS DOWN, THEY ANSWER FROM A TOUCHDOWN THAT WILL KNOT THE GAME AT 7-7.

NOW THIS IS WHERE THINGS GOT WILD.

NELSON PITCH HITS AND THE JACKS TAKE OVER.

THEN BEMIDJI FROM THE TWO, THEY PUT THE BALL IN THE DECK AS WELL.

WHALEN FALLS ON IT FOR THE WARRIORS AND THEY ARE TIED AT 7-7.

NOW HE GOES TO THE AIR, FINDS HIS FAVORITE TARGET, AN INCREDIBLE GRAB.

LUMBERJACKS LEAD 14-10 AT THE HALF.

IN THE THIRD QUARTER, DAWSON TAKES THE PITCH FROM 50 YARDS OUT AND HE WILL TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.

THE ENSUING DRIVE, HE WILL HAVE A 91-YARD TOUCHDOWN, 365 YARDS ON THE GROUND, AND THERE ARE THE JACKS CELEBRATING AS THEY HOLD OFF BRAINERD TO TAKE THE BELL, 28-22, YOUR FINAL.

CLOSER THAN EVERYBODY EXPECTED, BUT HEY, IT'S A RIVALRY GAME AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET.

>>> GRAND RAPIDS ON THE ROAD TONIGHT AT CLOQUET, THUNDER HAWKS RIDING A WIN OVER NORTH BRANCH, SEEKING A THIRD STRAIGHT WIN OVER THE LUMBERJACKS.

GRAND RAPIDS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR.

NOW IT'S 7-0.

ENSUING KICK OFF FLIES HIGH AND IT COMES DOWN TO THE LUMBERJACKS, AND WYATT TAKES THE BALL BACK.

T-HAWKS TURN AROUND AND OLIVER RESPONDS QUICK BEFORE HE IS HIT TO DOUGLAS, AND IMMEDIATELY BREAKING AN ANKLE TO OUT RACE CLOQUET.

GRAND RAPIDS WINS BIG IN THIS ONE, 42-7 THE FINAL THERE.

>>> MORE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, PEQUOT LAKES 65-0 OVER PROCTOR.

PIERZ GETS THE WIN.

PELICAN RAPIDS GETS THE WIN OVER ROSEAU.

POLK COUNTY WEST GETS THE WIN.

NEVIS GETS A FORFEIT WIN OVER BLACKDUCK TODAY.

WADENA DEER CREEK FALLS TO BRECKENRIDGE.

WINAMAC GETS A WIN TONIGHT AS WELL.

>>> IN GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, SEBEKA BEATS LAKE OF THE WOODS.

THIS IS EARLIER TODAY, BRAINERD BEAT BECKER, WHICH MEANT A REMATCH AND BEMIDJI WINS THE REMATCH 5-2.

BEMIDJI IN SARTELL WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE.

THEY'RE YOUR SECTION 8-2A CHAMPIONS AND THEY'RE A PERFECT 26-0 AS THEY HEAD INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT, PUNCHING THEIR TICKET.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SEASON THEY HAD SO FAR AND THEY GET TO CONTINUE IT GOING FORWARD.

ALSO IN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS, IN THE 8-A CHAMPIONSHIP, STAPLES MOTLEY FALLS JUST SHORT OF MAKING THE STATE TOURNAMENT, 4-3 TO CROOKSTON.

>>> WE HAVE SOME MEN'S HOCKEY AS WELL.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHTS RIGHT HERE.

SO, BEMIDJI, 1-0 FACED OFF WITH 16th RANKED ST.

CLOUD STATE.

BSU IS DOWN 1-0.

AND NOW THINGS ARE KNOTTED UP AT 1-1.

LATER IN THE SECOND, 2-1 HUSKIES, LASERS IT OFF TO THE DEFLECTION, AND BSU, THEY GET BUSY.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, TALLYING ANOTHER ON THE NIGHT, JUST DOWN 2-3.

30 SECONDS AFTER THAT, ERIC MARTIN FROM THE BLUE LINE, SNIPES IT PAST THE GOALIE, LOCKS THINGS UP AT 3-3 AS WE HEAD INTO THE THIRD PERIOD.

RIGHT NOW, THE FINAL LOOKS LIKE 4-3 SAINT CLOUD.

THEY WERE LEADING THE LAST WE CHECKED.

IT WAS A LATE START TO THAT GAME.

WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL FOR YOU LATER.

IN WOMEN'S, ST.

CLOUD STATE BEATS BEMIDJI STATE 1-0.

>> Sydney: I, FOR ONE, AM VERY EXCITED IT'S HOCKEY SEASON.

>> Charlie: THE WILD GOT STARTED LAST NIGHT AND THEY GOT A WIN.

THAT WAS THE FINAL IN THE MEN'S GAME.

4-3 WAS THE FINAL.

NUMBER 16, ST.

CLOUD STATE DID BEAT BEMIDJI 4-3.

THEY WILL COME HOME TOMORROW NIGHT TO PLAY HERE AT THE SANFORD CENTER.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

>> Sydney: I'M LOOKING FORWARD AS WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHARLIE.

>>> THE WATERMARK ART CENTER IN BEMIDJI HELD A RECEPTION AND ARTIST TALK WITH RORY WAKEMUP ABOUT HIS MIXED MEDIA EXHIBIT, SMART WARS, WHICH BRINGS UP INDIGENOUS CONCERNS THROUGH MEMORABLE CHARACTERS FROM THE MOVIE FRANCHISE STAR WARS.

OUR REPORTER MATTHEW FREEMAN ATTENDED THE ARTIST TALK TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBIT, FOR THIS WEEK'S IN-FOCUS.

>> Reporter: BY FLIPPING THE SCRIPT ON POP CULTURE STEREOTYPE, THE ARTIST BEHIND THE SMART WARS KILL THE IDIOT AT THE WATERMARK ART CENTER IN BEMIDJI WANTS TO HELP THOSE IN NATIVE CULTURE UNDERSTAND DEHUMANIZING RACISM AND WHAT HONORS NATIVES.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PARODIES, OR A LOT OF INNER HUMOR.

SO I THOUGHT DOING SCULPTURES AND BRINGING TO LIFE WOULD POKE FUN AT THAT INNER DIALOG, PAIRED WELL WITH THE SATIRE AND THE WAY THAT POP CULTURE MEDIA, THE WAY THEY REPRESENT NATIVES IS DEHUMANIZING AND ALL THAT.

I WAS GOING TO TAKE A CULTURAL ICON IN THE MIDWEST.

BY DISRESPECTING SOMETHING THEY HONOR, BY FLIPPING THE SCRIPT.

>> Reporter: RORY SAID HIS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH "STAR WARS" IS CULTURAL.

IT'S NOT COMMON TO HAVE "STAR WARS" REFERENCES IN CEREMONIES, BUT THEY APPROPRIATE THE INDIGENOUS TRAITS.

>> IT WASN'T TOO LONG AFTER DISNEY ACQUIRED "STAR WARS" FROM LUCAS FILMS THAT HE HAD THE INSPIRATION FOR HIS PROJECT.

>> DISNEY HAS BEEN APPROPRIATING SO MANY PEOPLE'S CULTURES FOR SO LONG.

THERE WAS ENOUGH APPROPRIATION GOING ON WITH THE ORIGINAL "STAR WARS" IN GEORGE LUCAS THAT IT COULD BE A COOL FLIP OF THE SCRIPT TO APPROPRIATE WHAT THEY APPROPRIATED FROM US.

>> Reporter: WITH COLLABORATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ARTISTS, HE WANTS TO RID THE WORLD OF RACIST STEREOTYPE AND USE INDIAN CULTURE TO SHOW THAT HE IS STILL HERE AND PROUD OF HIS CULTURE.

SO PROUD THAT HE HAD A HARD TIME TO PICK OUT HIS FAVORITE PIECE.

>> WHATEVER I WAS ON WAS MY FAVORITE.

THE DARK CHIEF WAS MY FIRST LOVE AND NOW IT'S LITERALLY WHATEVER ONE I'M LOOKING AT IS MY FAVORITE.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FOR THIS WEEK'S IN FOCUS, I'M MATTHEW FREEMAN, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> THE SMART WARS EXHIBIT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE WATERMARK ART CENTER IN BEMIDJI UNTIL NOVEMBER 30TH.

>>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING AND WE'LL BE BACK ON MONDAY.

[♪♪♪] >> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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