DENNY: I'M DENNIS ANDERSON, ALONG WITH PAMELA FISH. HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP ON. "ALMANAC NORTH." PAMELA: DULUTH'S GLENSHEEN. MANSION NOW HAS AN OFFICIAL.GUIDE BOOK FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE'LL TALK WITH THE BOOK'S. AUTHOR AND THE GLENSHEEN'S. DIRECTOR.
DENNY: A DULUTH MARKETING AGENCY. IS OPENING ITS OFFICE UP FOR. CREATIVE WORKSHOPS WITH KIDS ON. THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.
MORE ON THE ISLANDS OF. BRILLIANCE EXPERIENCE TONIGHT. PAMELA: AND WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE. ON EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP THE ST.
LOUIS RIVER FROM POLLUTION. DEPOSITED THERE DECADES AGO. DENNY: WE HAVE THESE STORIES AND. MORE, COMING UP ON "ALMANAC.
NORTH." \ DENNY: HELLO AND WELCOME TO. "ALMANAC NORTH," THANKS FOR. WATCHING. PAMELA FISH IS HERE TONIGHT.
FILLING IN FOR JULIE. ,PAM, WELCOME BACK. PAMELA: IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE. DENNY: WE HAVE SOME INTERESTING.
TOPICS, YOU ARE UP FIRST. PAMELA: SO LET'S GET STARTED. DULUTH'S GLENSHEEN MANSION HAS. BEEN A FAVORITE DESTINATION FOR.
VISITORS AND LOCALS FOR DECADES. LAST SEASON, THE HISTORIC ESTATE. TOPPED 100,000 VISITORS, MAKING. IT THE MOST VISITED HOUSE MUSEUM.
IN MINNESOTA. YET ONE THING HAS BEEN MISSING. FROM THE GLENSHEEN EXPERIENCE, AN OFFICIAL GUIDEBOOK WORTHY OF. THE MANSION.
THAT CHANGES BEGINNING THIS. WEEKEND, WITH THE RELEASE OF. GLENSHEEN, A NEW BOOK FROM. ZENITH CITY PRESS.
JOINING US NOW IS THE BOOK'S. AUTHOR, TONY DIERCKINS, PUBLISHER AT ZENITH CITY PRESS. AND DAN HARTMAN IS THE DIRECTOR. OF THE GLENSHEEN MANSION.
THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING. HERE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I UNDERSTAND -- TONY, OF COURSE.
YOU HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF BOOKS. ABOUT THE AREA. THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT IN THAT IT. IS AN OFFICIAL BOOK.
DAN, TELL US HOW THAT CAME TO. THE. DAN: THIS IS BEEN IN THE WORKS. FOR 35 YEARS.
OR SHOULD HAVE BEEN. IT WAS ASTONISHING THAT WE DID. NOT HAVE ONE OF THIS. THE BEST HISTORY PUBLISHER WE.
HAD IN DULUTH WAS TONY. >> SINCE 2003, I HAD A. CONVERSATION WITH A FORMER DEAN. OF THE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS AT.
UMD. WE WERE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT, BUT IT NEVER GOT DONE. NOW HERE WE ARE. DENNY: PERHAPS OTHER BOOKS ON.
GLENSHEEN HAVEN'T COVERED THIS. >> THERE ARE SOME ON THE. CONSTRUCTION, BUT THERE HAS. NEVER REALLY BEEN A COMPLETE.
TOUR. THIS BOOK IS MOSTLY PHOTOGRAPHS. IT STARTS WITH A HISTORY OF THE. FAMILY THROUGH 1977 AND GOES.
INTO A TOUR, ROOM BY ROOM, FLOOR. BY FLOOR OF THE GROUNDS. THE EXPERIENCE. DENNY: DENIS O'HARE IS A.
FABULOUS LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER. NAVY YOU CAN BOTH TALK ABOUT -- MAYBE YOU CAN BOTH TALK ABOUT. THE PHOTOS. DID HE CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF.
WHAT GLENSHEEN TRULY IS? >> HE HAS DONE IT CLOSER THAN. ANYONE IN THE PAST. DENNIS HAD TAKEN SOME PHOTOS OF. THE SITE BEFORE.
IT WAS LIKE, THIS WAS AMAZING. HE HAD A BLAST, FRANKLY, TAKING. THESE PHOTOS. >> DENNIS AND I DID TWO PREVIOUS.
BOOKS, INCLUDING "PICTURE DU. LUTH." WE THOUGHT IT WAS A SLAMDUNK. PAMELA: AS WE ARE SEEING THOSE. PICTURES, IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
OF THE BEAUTY OF HIS WORK. AS YOU SAID, YOU TELL THE STORY. IN THE BEGINNING ABOUT THE. HISTORY OF THE FAMILY.
ONE THING I FOUND INTERESTING IN. THE RESEARCH, DAN, YOU FOUND. SOME NEW THINGS THAT PEOPLE DID. NOT KNOW ABOUT BEFORE.
>> A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE. REGION WAS FORGOTTEN BEFORE. IN JEOPARDY FOR THE BOOK, TONY. AND I GOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PAPER. NOT ONLY DEVELOPING THE IRON. RANGE, BUT USING HIS WEALTH TO. DEVELOP NORTH SHORT DRIVE.
-- NORTH SHORE DRIVE. THIS BOOK REALLY HIGHLIGHTS. THOSE STORIES. >> WE ALSO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE.
FAMILY MEMBERS. YOU STOP AT SOMEONE'S BEDROOM, YOU SEE A PHOTO OF THE ROOM. THAT IT WAS DESIGNED FOR AND A. BRIEF BIOGRAPHY.
DENNY: IT BIDS THE QUESTION, IF. THEY COULD WALK INTO THAT HOUSE. TODAY, WITH THE RECOGNIZE THEIR. HOME? >> I WILL LET DAN SPEAK FOR THE.
[LAUGHTER] DAN: I THINK THEY ABSOLUTELY. WOULD. WE HAVE DONE MORE TO RENOVATE TO. MAKE SURE IT LOOKS MORE LIKE.
1910 THAN IT DID IN 1977. I THINK THERE WILL STILL BE SOME. CHANGES MADE, BUT OVERALL-- >> ALMOST ALL OF THE CUSTOM-MADE. FURNITURE IS THERE.
THE WALLCOVERINGS, STILL THERE. SOME IN THE VERY PLACE THEY PUT. THEM IN. PAMELA: THAT IS ONE OF THE.
THINGS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT. GLENSHEEN AS OPPOSED TO OTHER. HISTORIC HOMES. ELABORATE ON THAT.
>> 95 PERCENT OF THE COLLECTION. IS THE FAMILY STILL. INSIDE OF THAT, THERE ARE A LOT. OF HOMES THAT HAVE THE ORIGINAL.
MATERIAL, BUT NOT MANY THAT DATE. BACK TO THE ORIGINAL HOME. THESE HOMES DATE BACK TO 1910 BECAUSE THEY WERE THE SAME. PIECES THAT WERE THERE.
LAST YEAR WE TOOK OFF LATEX. PAINT FROM THE WALL. ORIGINALLY BEHIND THAT WAS THE. STENCIL IN ROBERT'S ROOM.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THE ORIGINAL, IT IS USUALLY BEHIND SOMETHING. >> LAST YEAR WE DID THE HISTORIC. GLENSHEEN, AND YOU CAN. PRACTICALLY LINEUP THE PHOTOS.
YOU CAN SEE THE SAME SCENE. DENNY: HOW MUCH OF THE HOUSE IS. ACTUALLY DEPICTED IN THIS BOOK? >> WE START WITH THE EXTERIOR. WE GO ROOM MY ROOM, FLOOR BY.
FLOOR THROUGH THE HOUSE. THEN TO THE GROUNDS AND THE. CARRIAGE HOUSE AND THE FORMAL. GARDEN.
DENNY: IT IS ALMOST LIKE WALKING. THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, GOING. THROUGH THE BACK-- >> EXACTLY. IF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE TOUR, IT.
IS PATTERNED ON THE PLACES YOU. WALK THROUGH ON THE TOUR. >> WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT THIS. BOOK, IF YOU TAKE A TOUR, YOU.
WILL FIND THINGS IN THIS BOOK. THAT YOU MISSED ON THE TOUR. IT MAKES YOU WANT TO GO BACK. >> AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS SO.
MUCH MORE TO THE HOUSE THAT IS. IN THE BOOK, YOU HAVE TO TAKE A. TOUR TO REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT. YOU ARE SEEING.
[LAUGHTER] THEY FEED ON EACH OTHER. YOU CAN'T REPLICATE THE HOUSE IN. TWO-DIMENSIONAL PAGES. PAMELA: WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE TO.
THE GREAT INTEREST IN VISITORS? YOUR RECORD ATTENDANCE LAST. YEAR? DAN: IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE. WELL IS GET PEOPLE BEYOND THE.
MURDER. THEY ARE FOCUSED ON THE LEGACY. OF THE GLENSHEEN MISSTATE. -- GLENSHEEN ESTATE.
AS WE BRING THIS AWARENESS UP, PEOPLE ARE TAKEN IN AND ARE. AMAZED BY WHAT THEY SEE. WE ARE GETTING A LOT MORE REPEAT. CUSTOMERS THEN WE HAVE HAD IN.
THE PAST. DENNY: DAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT. DEMOGRAPHICS. IS THERE ONE AGE GROUP MORE THAN.
OTHER SHOWING MOST INTEREST IN. THE HOUSE? DAN: ABSOLUTELY. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT IS A YOUNG. AUDIENCE.
WE HAVE MORE 18-25-YEAR-OLD THAT. I HAVE 65+. THAT IS CHANGED-- DENNY: WOULD YOU ATTRIBUTE IT. TO? >> I WOULD SAY BEYOND THE.
MURDER. FOR THE YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC, THEY NEVER LIVED THROUGH THAT. FOR THEM, IT'S MORE OF THE. BEAUTY OF THE MANSION AND LAKE.
SUPERIOR. ALL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU SEE. IN THIS BOOK. THAT IS A BIG SHIFT.
PAMELA: WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE. BIT ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. IN CLINCHING. -- IN GLENSHEEN.
IT DEPICTED AS GORGEOUS, BUT WE. KNOW THAT IT NEEDS SOME WORK. TALK ABOUT WITH THE REQUEST TO. THE LEGISLATURE, AND THE MONEY.
NEEDED FOR IMPROVEMENT. >> NO, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. WE ARE PART OF THE "SAVE. GLENSHEEN" CAMPAIGN.
A LOT OF THINGS ARE IN GOOD. SHAPE. WE SPENT $12 MILLION TO MAKE. CHANGES TO GLENSHEEN OVER THE.
LAST FEW YEARS. OUR FORMAL GUARD, BOATHOUSE, AND. OTHERS ARE IN PRETTY TERRIBLE. SHAPE.
YOU CAN PULL A BRICK RIGHT OFF. OF THE WALL. ONE SECTION, IF WE HAVE SNOWFALL. LIKE WE HAD TWO YEARS AGO, IT.
WILL PROBABLY FALL DOWN. THE BOATHOUSE IS GREAT -- IF WE RESTORE THAT, THAT IS ONE. OF THE LAST STRUCTURAL BOATHOUSE. IS ON THE ENTIRE LAKE SUPERIOR.
WE BRAG ABOUT BEING A LAKE. STATE, AND IN DULUTH, WE LOVE, LAKE SUPERIOR. BUT HERE WE HAVE ONE OF THE LAST. STRUCTURAL BOAT HOUSES.
IF WE DO NOTHING, IT WILL JUST. GO INTO THE LAKE. IF WE SAVE IT, WE WILL HAVE THE. LAST STRUCTURAL BOATHOUSE.
AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO. ENJOY. THERE ARE FEW BETTER VIEWS THAN. THAT.
THESE ARE LEGISLATIVE BONDING. DOLLARS. DENNY: HOW MANY MILLIONS? >> HONESTLY I'M HOPING TO COME. WITH 8 FOR THE CRITICAL COME.
THERE'S. --CRITICAL REPAIRS. PAMELA: WHEN WILL YOU KNOW MORE. AS TO WHETHER THAT WILL HAPPEN? >> THIS IS POLITICS, SO WE WILL.
HOPE WE KNOW BY JUNE. [LAUGHTER] PAMELA: TONY, IN THE BRIEF TIME. WE HAVE LEFT, TELL US HOW THIS. COMPARES TO SOME OF THE OTHER.
BOOKS YOU HAVE DONE. TONY: I HAVE DONE A LOT OF BOOKS. AND HAVE BEEN PROUD OF THEM. I HAVE ONE ABOUT THE MURDER.
FOR ME, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY. -- LIKE DAN SAID, ALTHOUGH I. PUBLISHED THAT BOOK, I FEEL. ASHAMED THAT THE GREATEST HOUSE.
THAT HOUSE --GREATEST FAME THAT. HOUSE HAS IS THAT ONE MIGHT. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE STORY TO. I AM EXTREMELY PROUD AND PLEASED.
TO BE PART OF THIS. I'M HOPING YOU WILL COME OUT. WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 P.M. TO.
GLENSHEEN. DENIS O'HARE IS GOING TO BE. THERE. DAN IS GOING TO BE THERE.
WE'LL SERVE REFRESHMENTS AND. SIGN BOOKS. DENNY: DENNIS OUTDID HIMSELF ON. THE PHOTOGRAPHY.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL. PAMELA: IT IS. IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT EVENT. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT ON.
WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING IN TO. TALK ABOUT IT AND THE OFFICIAL. GUIDEBOOK.
>> THANKS. >> NOW LET'S DIG INTO OUR NEWS. FILE ARCHIVES. THIS IS WHAT WAS MAKING NEWS 25 YEARS AGO.
[TRAIN HORN] >> TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS CALL. IT FREIGHT HAULING OF THE. FUTURE. THESE PIGGYBACK CARS LINK RAIL.
LINES AND TRUCKERS TOGETHER, SO. CARGO CAN REACH ITS DESTINATION. NOW INTERMODAL ROTATION IS. COMING TO DULUTH OR SUPERIOR.
>> THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS. EXACTLY WHERE TO LOCATE. WE DON'T KNOW. WE WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY GET ON.
WITH IT AND CONNECT DULUTH. SUPERIOR WITH THE REST OF OUR. NETWORK. >> NO STRANGER TO INTERMODAL.
SHIPPING. THE RAIL LINE HANDLED MORE THAN. A MILLION LOADS ACROSS THE. COUNTRY.
LOCAL SHIPPING EXPERTS SAY THE. PROSPECT OF A HUB IN THE TWIN. PORTS ARE ENCOURAGING. >> IT SHOULD REDUCE COSTS FOR.
ORIGINAL ACTORS, WHO ARE ALWAYS. FACED WITH DISTANCE QUESTIONS. IF IT WORKS THE WAY WE WOULD. LIKE TO SEE IT WORK, IT SHOULD.
ENHANCE OUR ABILITIES TO WORK ON. TRANSPORTATION. >> BURLINGTON NORTHERN SAYS. INTERMODAL HOLDING MAKES.
ENVIRONMENTAL SENSE AS WELL AS. ECONOMIC SENSE. RELIEVING TRUCKING PRESSURE ON. LOCAL HIGHWAYS.
AT $10,000 APIECE, THEY. REPRESENT AT BN OFFICIALS SAY IS. A SERIOUS INVESTMENT IN RAIL. LINE SHIPPING.
AN INTERMODAL HUB RATE IN THE. TWIN PORTS BY LATE SUMMER OR. EARLY FALL. DENNY: CHILDREN ON THE AUTISTIM.
SPECTRUM OFTEN HAVE LOTS OF. UNTAPPED POTENTIAL. THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU TAP. THAT POTENTIAL AND BRING IT TO.
THE SURFACE? HTK MARKETING OF DULUTH IS. TEAMING UP WITH A NONPROFIT. LEARNING GROUP TO PAIR AUTISTIC. KIDS WITH CREATIVE MENTORS IN A.
WEEK-LONG WORKSHOP THIS SUMMER. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE. ISLANDS OF BRILLIANCE LEARNING. EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN OFFERED IN.
DULUTH. HERE TO TELL US MORE IS MARK. FAIRBANKS, CO-FOUNDER OF. ISLANDS OF BRILLIANCE.
MARGARET FAIRBANKS IS CO-FOUNDER. AND DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION FOR. ISLANDS OF BRILLIANCE. AND MARSHA HYSTEAD IS A PARTNER.
AND CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER AT. HTK MARKETING. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING. HERE.
MARSHA, HOW AND WHY DID HTK. BECOME INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT? MARSHA: WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE. A HEALTHY WORLD, THAT IS THE. KIND OF MARKETING THAT WE DO.
A LOT OF NONPROFIT WORK, PUBLIC. AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS. WE HIRED A NEW DESIGNER A COUPLE. MONTHS AGO.
SHE CAME TO ME ONE DAY AND SAID, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT BRINGING. THIS TO DULUTH? I THOUGHT IT WAS NATURAL TO TEAM. UP OUR DESIGNERS. SUCH A GOOD FIT.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED. PAMELA: MARK, TELL US ABOUT. "ISLANDS OF BRILLIANCE." >> IS A CREATIVE WORKSHOP. REMATCH CHILDREN AND GENITALS ON.
THE AUTISM -- CHILDREN AND YOUNG. ADULTS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM. THEY WORK ON MAC COMPUTERS. WE USE ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD.
SOFTWARE, WHICH IS THE. PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE WE USE THE. BUSINESS. WE WILL WORK ON A PROJECT.
MOST OFTEN, IT IS AN 18 BY 24 POSTER. IT CENTERS ON THE STUDENT'S AREA. OF AFFINITY. CHILDREN ON THE SPECTRUM.
GRAVITATE TOWARDS A CERTAIN. SUBJECT MATTER. PROJECTS ABOUT THE LATEST PIXAR. FILM.
WE SEE A LOT OF MINECRAFT. POSTERS. WE SEE SUPER MARIO THINGS. THIS COMBINATION OF THE SUBJECT.
MATTER, EXPERTISE, THE. TECHNOLOGY -- THE KIDS ARE VERY. EFFICIENT AT THAT -- AND THE. ONE-ON-ONE BEST BUDDY MAKES FOR.
AN EXPERIENCED WHERE THE. CHILDREN ARE VERY FOCUSED AND. LEARNED. DENNY: MARSHA, YOU HAVE A SON.
WITH AUTISM. THAT IS HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED. WITH THIS PROJECT? MARSHA: HE WAS THE INSPIRATION. SO MANY PEOPLE SAY OH, HE'S NOT.
CREATIVE, HE'S JUST IMITATING. WHAT HE SEES. IS'NT THAT ART? [LAUGHTER] IT IS AN IMITATION OF LIFE. MARK AND I, WHEN HE WAS WORKING.
ON A LAPTOP, HE SAID DAD, CAN I. TRY THAT? HALF AN HOUR LATER, HARRY IS. DOING THINGS DAD NEVER TAUGHT. HIM HOW TO DO.
DENNY: WHAT IS AUTISM? [LAUGHTER] MARSHA: WELL, IT IS A. NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER. THE BRAIN IS DIFFERENT IN KIDS. AND ADULTS WITH AUTISM.
A LOT OF ISSUES WITH. COMMUNICATION, SENSORY. PROCESSING. THAT'S A BIG QUESTION.
[LAUGHTER] DENNY: IT HAS A LOT OF. ANSWERS,RIGHT? MARSHA: THERE ARE A LOT OF. CHALLENGES. ONE KIDS WITH AUTISM IS NOT LIKE.
ANOTHER KID WITH AUTISM. WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS BUILD ON. STRENGTH. WHAT ARE THEY CAPABLE OF DOING? INSTEAD OF, WHAT IS THAT.
DISABILITY? WE TRY TO SPLIT THE LENS OF IT. PAMELA: DO YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND. WITH KIDS IN THE AUTISM. SPECTRUM? OR IS IT JUST YOUR COMPANY THAT.
CAN CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING HERE? MARGARET: I DO NOT PERSONALLY. BUT A LOT OF TIMES, THE KIDS. THAT GRAVITATE TOWARDS PROGRAMS. LIKE THESE, THEY TEND TO.
SOMETIMES BE CALLED MISFITS. OR THEY ARE NOT THE SMARTEST KID. IN THE CLASS. I AM A DESIGNER BY TRADE.
I THINK THERE IS JUST AN. OPPORTUNITY IN MY PROFESSION FOR. ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A COLLEGE.
TRANSCRIPT OF ANYONE THAT I. NEVER HIRED. I WANT TO SEE THEIR CREATIVITY. WE SAW SOME WORK TODAY FROM A.
SESSION. PAMELA: IS THAT PART OF WHAT IS. THIS ABOUT, TO MAKE THESE KIDS. MORE EMPLOYABLE? MARGARET: SHORT-TERM, WE WANT TO.
PROVIDE A POSITIVE LEARNING. ENVIRONMENT. OVERTIME, SCHOOL -- OFTEN TIMES, SCHOOL IS NOT A POSITIVE. EXPERIENCE FOR THE KIDS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND THAT MUSHROOMS. YOU DESIGN ON THEIR SPECTRUM. WHEN YOU CAN DRIVE A PROJECT AND. ARE GIVEN ONE-ON-ONE HELP, IT.
BUILDS ON CONFIDENCE. THE KIDS JUST DO AMAZING THINGS. EVEN THE PARENTS ARE SURPRISED. "I SAW A NEW SIDE OF THEM." MARK: WE ARE SERVING KIDS WITH.
TALENT WHERE THEY CONSTRUE -- THEY CAN PURSUE THIS AS A CAREER. PATH. GIVING THEM AVENUES TO GO TO. SCHOOL.
I THINK THE PERCENTAGE OF KIDS. WE SEE WHO ARE ABLE TO DO THIS. IS MUCH HIGHER THAN WE THOUGHT. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.
DENNY: SO THERE IS A CREATIVE. SIDE TO PEOPLE WITH AUTISM. IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO. BRING OUT, THEN, THEIR.
CREATIVITY THIS SUMMER? MARGARET: IT IS A COMBINATION OF. THAT. JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS. THEMSELVES.
MANY TIMES THEY ARE NOT GIVEN. THAT CHANCE. TODAY WE TALKED ABOUT -- WHEN. YOU PAIR THEM WITH SOMEONE WHO.
IS A CREATIVE, IT NURTURES THAT. THERE IS NO PRECONCEIVED NOTION. ON WHAT THESE KIDS CAN OR NOT. DO.
THE BEAUTY OF, LET'S SEE WHAT. HAPPENS. IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. MARSHA: A DAD WAS INTERESTED IN.
HAVING HIS SON COME. HE SAID, AS MUCH GOOD WILL COME. OF HIM PARTNERING WITH A. DESIGNER FOR 5 YEARS AS JUST.
BEING IN AN ATMOSPHERE, WHERE. YOU COULD MAKE A LIVING DOING. THIS. PEOPLE ARE BEING PAID TO DO THIS.
HERE. PAMELA: TELL US HOW THE. WORKSHOPS WORK AND WHAT SOME AND. NEEDS TO KNOW IF THEY WANT TO.
GET INVOLVED. MARK: IT IS A FIVE DAY WORKSHOP. CLASSES ARE SEMI-FIVE MINUTES. LONG.
-- 75 MINUTES LONG. WE LIMIT THE CLASSES TO 8 STUDENTS. WE FEEL THAT IS A GOOD RATIO OF. STUDENTS.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK, THEY START BY SKETCHING OUT. THEIR IDEAS. THEY THEN MOVE INTO BUILDING THE. DESIGN IN THE SOFTWARE.
AT THE OPENING OF THE CLASS, WE. HAVE A SHARING TIME. WE CALL IT INDEBTED SOCIAL. SKILLS.
-- EMBDEED SOCIAL SKILLS. WE ARE NOT TEACHING SOCIAL. SKILLS, THEY ARE JUST EMBEDDED. IN THE PROCESS.
STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO SHARE WHAT. THEY HAVE DONE EACH DAY. AT THE END OF THE FIVE-DAY. SESSION, WE DO A BIG CELEBRATION.
DAY. THEY WILL PRESENT THEIR FINISHED. PROJECT. GENERALLY WE GET 40 PEOPLE.
COMING, BECAUSE PARENTS WILL. INVITE GRANDPARENTS, FRIENDS. AND THE KIDS WILL FIELD. QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR WORK.
PAMELA: THERE IS A COST INVOLVED. IN THIS. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. IS IT AFFORDABLE FOR MOST.
FAMILIES? >> IT COST $325 FOR THE SESSION. WE ARE LOOKING AT GETTING. SPONSORSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIP. MONEY.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT TO -- MAKE IT. ACCESSIBLE TO MANY OF PEOPLE AS. POSSIBLE. IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO WALK.
AWAY FROM. DENNY: WHAT HOPE CAN YOU GIVE TO. FAMILIES OF AUTISM THAT MIGHT BE. WATCHING NOW, AND MIGHT BE NEWLY.
DIAGNOSED? >> OUR EXPERIENCE, OUR SON HARRY. WAS DIAGNOSED AT AGE 3. WE WERE NOT GIVEN HOPE OR ANY. KIND OF PATHWAY.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE. WANT TO PUSH WITH THIS -- THAT. THERE IS HOPE AND THERE IS. POTENTIAL.
LET'S SPLIT THAT LENS. BECAUSE OF THAT, WHETHER IT'S. SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN. JUST ONE CLASS, OR A CAREER, OR.
IN A SUPPORTED LEARNING. ENVIRONMENT -- THESE KIDS ARE. CABLE OF DOING SO MUCH. -- ARE CAPABLE OF DOING SO MUCH.
MARK: I WOULD SAY, DON'T LOWER. YOUR EXPECTATIONS. >> RIGHT. >> THERE ARE DAYS THAT ARE HARD.
BUT YOU WORK TOWARDS IT. DENNY: THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH. FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU.
DENNY: ALL THE BEST. DENNY: THE ST. LOUIS RIVER. ESTUARY IS ONE OF 43 AREAS OF.
CONCERN ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. IDENTIFIED AS HAVING SIGNIFICANT. CONTAMINATION. THIS WEEK, THE MINNESOTA.
POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY. RELEASED A VIDEO HIGHLITING. EFFORTS TO CLEAN THE RIVER BY. 2025, AND THE NEED FOR.
ADDITIONAL FUNDING. HERE'S AN EXCERPT FROM THAT. VIDEO. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DULUTH.
AND THE ST. LOUIS RIVER ESTUARY. A GREAT RESOURCE THAT IS. DOWNSTREAM OF THE BLUFFS.
AT REQUEST OF GOVERNOR MARK. DAYTON, SHARING INFORMATION IS A. LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE FOR A. SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, A FUNDING.
REQUEST FOR $12.7 MILLION TO. HELP WITH THE CLEANUP OF THE ST. LOUIS RIVER. WHICH IS DESIGNATED AREA OF.
CONCERN ON THE GREAT LAKES. $12.7 MILLION TO LEVERAGE MORE. THAN $25 MILLION-- BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE. GREAT LAKES RESTORATION.
INITIATIVE, THAT BRINGS THE. TOTAL UP TO $47 MILLION THAT WE. COULD USE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEMS. OF THE PAST.
POLLUTION THAT WAS CAUSED BY. INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES, DUMPING, AND CONTAMINATING THE SUMMIT -- CONTAMINATING THE SEDIMENT OF. THE RIVER AND WETLAND AREAS. ADJACENT TO THE RIVER.
IS CRITICAL BECAUSE THE. GOVERNOR'S INTEREST IN CLEAN. WATER FOR MINNESOTANS. WE HAVE MORE THAN 40 PARTNERS.
WORKING WITH US IN SUPPORT OF. THIS PROJECT. IT'S HISTORIC BECAUSE OF THE. AGREEMENT THAT THESE COMMUNITY.
GROUPS, THE NONGOVERNMENTAL. ORGANIZATIONS INTERESTED IN. FISHING -- ARE ALL WORKING. TOGETHER ON A COMMON PLAN.
SPECIFICALLY ON THIS PROJECT, THESE BOND FUNDS WOULD CLEAN UP. 10 DIFFERENT UNIQUE SITES ALONG. THE ST. LOUIS RIVER.
IT IS THE LEGACY CONTAMINANTS, THE POLLUTION THAT CAME FROM THE. EARLY 1900S THROUGHOUT THE 20TH. CENTURY FROM INDUSTRIAL. ACTIVITIES IN THE HARBOR, ALSO.
ALONG THE RIVER. THINGS THAT INCLUDE MERCURY, DIOXIN, PCB'S, METALS, AND OTHER. TOXINS. THESE TOXINS ARE DANGEROUS TO.
HUMAN HEALTH AND ARE ALSO. DANGEROUS TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THEIR EXISTENCE WITHOUT A REMEDY. LIMITS WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO.
RECREATIONALLY ON THE RIVER. OUR PLAN IS TO COMPLETE ALL THE. WORK NEEDED TO ELIMINATE THE. POLLUTION IN THIS AREA OF.
CONCERN BY THE YEAR 2020. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN. THAT DIRECTION. DENNY: THE MINNESOTA SENATE.
DEMOCRATS' BONDING BILL WILL BE. UNVEILED ON MONDAY. NO WORD IF IT WILL INCLUDE THE. SUPPLEMENTAL BONDING MONEY.
REQUESTED BY THE GOVERNOR FOR. ST. LOUIS RIVER REMEDIATION. PAMELA: IT'S TIME NOW FOR THE.
WEEK'S BUSINESS HEADLINES FROM. BUSINESSNORTH. THE FORMER PROBUILD PROPERTY IN. GRAND RAPIDS IS BEING SUBDIVIDED.
TO ACCOMMODATE THREE NEW. COMPANIES. TWO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED: ALDI. INCORPORATED WILL BUILD A.
GROCERY STORE; AND NORTHLAND. RESTAURANT GROUP WILL CONSTRUCT. A HARDEES FAST FOOD STORE. ALDI, WHICH OPENED A STORE LAST.
YEAR IN SUPERIOR, WILL INVEST. $1.2 MILLION IN GRAND RAPIDS. THE HARDEES DEVELOPMENT IS. VALUED AT $768,000.
BOTH ARE EXPECTED TO OPEN LATER. THIS YEAR. DENNY: ECONOMICS ARE IMPROVING. FOR IRON RANGE TACONITE.
COMPANIES, BUT STILL LEAVE A LOT. TO BE DESIRED. FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, CLIFFS. NATURAL RESOURCES HAD LOWER.
REVENUES, BUT THROUGH. COST CUTTING REPORTED A PROFIT. , OF $117 MILLION. THE COMPANY ALSO GAINED PELLET.
SUPPLY AGREEMENTS WITH TWO. CANADIAN STEELMAKERS. WHILE LOSSES DECLINED FOR U.S. STEEL, THE COMPANY STILL ENDED.
THE QUARTER $340 MILLION IN THE. RED. PAMELA: THE UMD CENTER FOR. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HONORED A.
MAN LAST WEEK WHO IS CONSIDERED. THE NORTHLAND'S DEAN OF. ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC. RELATIONS.
DONN LARSON WAS GIVEN THE. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT. THE ANNUAL JOEL LABOVITZ. ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS AWARDS.
LARSON BEGAN HIS CAREER 65 YEARS. AGO AND WAS A LONGTIME OWNER OF. THE WESTMORELAND, LARSON, AND. HILL AD AGENCY.
LARSON ADVISED FUTURE. ENTREPRENEURS TO KEEP THEIR. PROMISES, BUILD AND MAINTAIN. INTEGRITY, LEARN FROM THEIR.
MISTAKES, WORK ONLY FOR CLIENTS. THEY LIKE, AND TO HIRE GREAT. PEOPLE. FOR MORE ON THESE AND OTHER.
STORIES, VISIT. BUSINESSNORTH.COM. DENNY: GOOD TO SEE DONN GET THAT. AWARD.
QUITE A GUY. IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS. WEEK'S SHOW GIVE US A CALL. DIAL 218-788-2849 AND LEAVE A.
MESSAGE. OR SEND AN EMAIL TO. ALMANACNORTH@WDSE.ORG. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT THE WDSE.
WEBSITE FOR UPDATES ON YOUR. FAVORITE PROGRAMS, TO BECOME A. MEMBER OF WDSE, AND GET THE. LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE STATION.
AND UPCOMING EVENTS AT WDSE.ORG. PAM THANKS AGAIN FOR FILLING IN. , FOR JULIE, ALWAYS GREAT TO. WORK WITH YOU.
PAMELA: IT WAS GREAT TO BE HERE. DENNY: THE HALF HOUR GOES. QUICKLY. FOR PAM AND THE CREW HERE AT.
"ALMANAC NORTH," I'M DENNIS. ANDERSON, HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. EVERYONE, AND BE KIND!.
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