Oh, Johnny, darling. Johnny! Now, let me switch on this bed lamp. No, listen, Johnny! I understand that unless they get some sleep, we're gonna feel bloody lousy in the morning. Johnny, this is business. 2 a.m.? Yes. Chadwick. Yes. And that great big mansion that... Yes, yes, come on. Well, who got murdered? Nobody, but the company will probably murder me if we have to pay off all the claims on this. Well, now, what kind of claims? On what, Terry? On the biggest... Have you called the police? Yes, we've called the police, not get out. There you are, right away. Chadwick, in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-pact expense account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator, yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Expense account submitted by a special investigator, Johnny Dollar, to the star mutual insurance company, Home Office, Hartford, Connecticut. The thing is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the touch-up matter. Expense account item one, lack of sleep. I hold myself out of bed, got dressed in a hurry, and then used my own car to drive to the Bruno Chadwick south of town just off Weathersfield Avenue. Mansion is right. A big old home is one of the local show places. Must have 35 or 40 rooms, as just as good as the day was built. Instead of the butler, Terry Holmes led me in the front door. He led me across the marble floor of the entrance hall and then into a huge mahogany panel library. Okay, now sit down, Johnny. Let me tell you what's happened. All right, maybe I better check him with the police. Who's in charge? I should have Barney McQuaid, but now listen. Now where are they? In the music room with the Chadwicks and all their guests. But I can tell you what's happened in half the time. It would take you to get it out there with all those excited, charitering females all trying to talk at once. You should hear them, yakity, yakity. So what females, Terry? This party's the Chadwick's 40th wedding anniversary. The guest list, and I don't know how I ever happened to be honest. Well, the guests include most of the ritziest, wealthiest people in Hartford. Real big money. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, Augustus Brownfield, for instance. Oh, the stock market millions? Yes, and the Fritz Melchior's, the Lawrence Comstock's, Kenneth Gordon Hodge, that old Dowager, Mary Ann Hooper, half a dozen more. Just think of money and you've got the whole list. Except for Mr. Thompson B. Thompson. Who's he? Who knows. He barged in early this evening just about the time the festivities were getting underway. Said he was up from New York and staying at the Pearson Motor Court. You know the other side of town? Yeah, I know the place. Okay. Said he wanted to talk over a business deal with old man Chadwick. Apologize for not having made a date with him. And when he saw there was a party in progress, he apologized again and said he'd come back another time. But Mrs. Chadwick took one look at him, and believe me, Johnny, this was the polished gentleman of... Well, if there ever was one, and good-looking too, yeah. Well, she talked with him a minute or so and then insisted he join the party. So he did. What's more, he was the life of the party. And that's why it lasts so late. Paul, young, handsome, charming. All those wealthy old bitties practically fought each other for a chance to talk with him, sit next to him. And all the while, child, that stinker was carefully casing the hundreds of thousands in jewelry they were loaded with. So how did he pull it off, Terry? We were all sitting around in the music room trying to keep lightly awake while Mrs. Price, Mrs. Jackson Lee, Kenworthy Price, squawked out the 10th or 15th encore in that crow-like voice of hers. Believe me, Johnny, it was murder. Alan, what an upward with the arts. Oh, sure. Anyhow, while everybody was quietly shuddering over an impromptu condenser, she was thoroughly mangling somewhere in the middle of our sweet mystery of life. I think it was. I wouldn't swear to it. Yeah. Suddenly, the lights went out. Go on. Well, for about three seconds, there was some blessed silence for a change. And then old lady Chet would let out a shriek that was even worse than Mrs. Price's singing and started hollering about her diamond necklace. Then Mary and Hooper yelled something about her emerald pendant. Then three or four of the others all practically on top of each other. By the time old Chadwick got the lights back on again, that charming, loveable Mr. Thompson v. Thompson was gone. And with him, nearly 2 million bucks in jewelry. May police have been able to find out anything about this, Thompson? Not very much, not yet. What? All right, Johnny. Well, hi, Lieutenant. Boy, you should hear him in there, Johnny. Holy smoke, they sound like a yard full of chickens with an army of hawks descending on him. It's pretty good, Lieutenant. So I thought I'd hold up in here until one of the boys I sent over to that motel checks back with me. The motel where this Thompson v. Thompson claimed he was staying? Yeah, that's right. Didn't you phone the place? Yes, and the manager told me that he's registered all right and drives the same kind of a car he used to come over here. I see New York, I guess. Oh, that's just the point, Connecticut plates. Now, that's good. Maybe that's Conroy now. Might have by listening. Be my guest. McQuaid. Conroy, Lieutenant. Yes, Conroy? Those plates. The manager here gave me the number on them. Yeah? I see them. There's no point in you staying there at the motel. No, sir. I guess he's far away, but... Lieutenant. Yes? Okay, now, as soon as he gets inside, go out and check that license. Call me back. Don't try to apprehend him. All right, sir. Call me back. It may not be so tough as that. Wonderful. Sounds like a cinch. Sure. And yet, if he was clever enough to crack this party the way he did, Lieutenant, did the people inside there give you a pretty good description of him? Description? Better than that. Look at this. A snap shot of him. Good. How'd you happen to get this? Hey, I remember. Right after dinner, Mr. Chadwick took a lot of these pictures with one of those self-developing cameras. Yeah, that's right. He was snapping everybody, handing them out right and left. Well, Thompson didn't object to having his picture taken. No, jumped at the chance. Well, if Conroy calls back... There we go, John. All right, listen over your shoulder again. McQuaid. Conroy. Hey, it's Thompson. Went inside the hotel room. Looks just like the picture you got. He's in there now. Okay. Don't disturb him. What do you mean? I mean, don't disturb him. Unless he tries to make a break for it. Then stop him any way you have to. Yes. I'll be right over. Okay, Johnny. Wanna be in on an easy kill? Easy kill, huh? Absolutely. Any bets? One of his men and I here's some motor for it. Going into the driveway as quietly as possible with the lights off. Conroy was there. He was waiting. And he led us over to in front of unit number seven. I see. There's a stolen car. He's still there. Oh, likely. You can see him moving around inside from the shadow against the shade. Maybe packing up for the fest. All right, now. I'll take the door. Conroy, you cover me on this side. Chris, you and Mr. Dollicott. What am I talking about? Listen, Johnny, you have no business being in on this. If Thompson gets rough, if he's our... So what? Go ahead. Start pounding on the door. It'll be on your own responsibility. Oh, I'm a very responsible guy. I'm not glad with him. The lamp makes a turn. It'll cause the moving shadow that we saw there on the window shade. That's how he got out, Miss Cannon. Put this open window back here. Yes, for once. You're right, Conroy. The question is, when? Well, now, what do you know? Maybe I better go out and keep an eye on his car, Lieutenant. Yeah, I'll do that first. I bet you couldn't watch both sides of this place at once. Anyhow, our friend Thompson is safely away with four necklaces, one emerald pendant, one bracelet, one brooch, Lieutenant. Yes, that's exactly what... Where'd you get those? Lying here on the floor, under the table. The pendant. Did you know the emerald and this thing is worth nearly half a million, Johnny? I can believe it. And this... this... this son of a gun. It's all here. You know why, Lieutenant? Because you must have somehow found out that I was outside. Keeping an eye on him. So what happens? He knows he can't get away with it, so he drops the loot and he makes a break. I hate to admit it, Conroy, but you're probably right.  Oh, Lieutenant, what do you mean my stupidity?  Huh? Where Thompson couldn't see it when he drove here.  Don't bother with excuses, Conroy. There are none for a boner like that. Yes, sir. Well? Can we get this stuff back to the owners? The wealthy old ladies were tickled pink to get their expensive baubles back. And a look of relief on Terry Holmes' face was really something to behold. He'd been quietly sitting alone in the library adding up the two million-odd dollars he thought his company would have to pay out. But there was nothing quiet about the music room. Yes, well, thank you, ladies. Thank you, but now the boys and I... You're wonderful, Mr. Dollar. I just don't know how you did it. Oh, I just knew when Mr. Holmes said he was bringing you into the case, I just knew you'd get our things back. Well, now look, Miss Chadwick, the real credit for this should go... Yes, sir. I just told the Lieutenant, Mr. Dollar, we're certainly proud of you. Well, now, Mr. Chadwick, if there's anything I can do for you any old time, just you ask for it, my boy. And you did it all so quickly. It's just wonderful. Well, are you sure they're all here, Mrs. Chadwick, no stones missing, anything like that. We've checked them, every single one. Well, good. You're just wonderful, Mr. Dollar. Well, I wish you ladies would thank the Lieutenant if he and his men hadn't got there so quickly. Oh, now you're too modest, Mr. Dollar. Oh, no, no, it's a fact, just because I happen to see the jewelry lying there for... Well, you tell them how it happened, Lieutenant. Well, the boys and I are going to get back to headquarters, folks. Oh, but not before you tell us all the details. Yes, please, Lieutenant, tell us stuff exactly. Well, now, now, please. Oh, I'm sorry. Hey, sit down. I'm just about to go out and rescue you, Johnny.  Yeah, I kind of thought you'd get your fill of that yakety yak out there. Want the butler to fix you a drink? Just push that little pink button on the desk.  Why not? Look at the money the company won't have to pay off now. Order a drink. Hey, call the Lieutenant there for one. Lord knows he deserves it. He'll need more than a drink when he gets time to realize the big part of his job is still to be done. What do you mean by that? I mean running down this Thompson character. Who cares about him now? Now that the stuff is back? I do, for one. And you know something? I got a couple of ideas. Oh? Like what? Well, take that picture of him. Um, beg your pardon. This picture? I forgot to give it back to Lieutenant. Looks exactly like him, Johnny. Tall, slim, kind of ramrod. I mean that straight, sort of military bearing, slick black hair, neatly trimmed mustache. That's the guy. Almost pretty, though, isn't he? Almost like he used makeup to look younger than he really is. Why not? Didn't those old titties out there really flip over? And it didn't mind having his picture taken. Why? Don't ask me. And why did he tell everybody where he was staying? He certainly knew he was going to pull this job. Hey, you're right. And another thing, too. What's that, Johnny? Where was he between the time he left here and when he finally arrived at the motel? That policeman, Conroy, had plenty of time to get there before Thompson did. What's more, he didn't hesitate to calmly walk into his room in spite of a prowl car parked outside. And why did he go back to the motel at all? Yeah. Yeah, that is kind of funny. Sure it is.  Ray, so what are you going to do, Johnny? Well, first of all, since your company has it all so nicely ensured, I'm going to borrow that jewelry. Huh? Just until sometime tomorrow morning, Terry. I don't think anything will happen to it. Well, it better not. Go on in there and pry it loose. Smallers, Gaviol, ladies. Saw me, William. Go on, Terry. Now, what's the matter? Okay, whatever you say, Johnny. But I sure hope you know what you're doing. Him? So do I. The next morning, I dropped in at the small store of a jewelry by the name of Caldwell. His eye is almost bugged out of his head when I casually laid the pile of trinkets on the counter and asked for an appraisal. But when he put a loop in his eye, he started to examine them really carefully. No, no, I can't believe it. Amazing. So beautiful. But I can't believe it, Mr. Dollar. You can't believe what? Paced imitations. But the most magnificent imitations I've ever saw. The game time. And the settings, the work of an artist. You're at a game time. What? He knew that nobody would ever question these until they were sin and to be cleaned. Whatever that might be. Why don't understand? So he'd have all the time he needed to leave town quietly without any excitement or any suspicion. Mr. Dollar... This which might not be realized for months. Well, I'm afraid I don't understand. Good morning, Lieutenant. Mr. Dollar, I've been looking all over for you. Yes, and knowing I had the jewels with me, I started looking in all the jewelry stores. That's right. I hope not too many of them. What? Here, would you like to return these to the owners now? Sure, will you? Except for Mrs. Chadwick, so I'll take her necklace back myself. I'll see you, Lieutenant. Well, wait a second, Johnny. I'm sorry, but I don't think I'd better waste any time. Mr. Caldwell, maybe you'd better tell him about those jewels. I certainly shall. Johnny! Well, from that moment on, things slipped so neat into place I could hardly believe it. First, of course, I returned the necklace to Mrs. Chadwick without telling her, and not yet, that her stuff was only paced. And I only wish there was something I could do to show my gratitude. Well, there is, Mrs. Chadwick. Well, what's that, Mr. Dollar? Well, I'd like to borrow that camera that makes the pictures right after you snap them. Why, of course. Also, I'd like to know where you have this fine jewelry cleaned when you do it. Oh, Ed Richter, is that big case on High Street? We wouldn't think of taking them anywhere else. Queen?  Oh, thank you very much. Of what? At the big jewelry house on High Street, I showed my credentials for Mr. Richter himself, and told him what it was all about. He was a bit shook up for a moment, and then he led me into a large, well-lighted shop at the rear. 18 or 20 highly skilled craftsmen were bent over individual tables, covered with little layers and grinding wheels and lots of equipment that I'd never seen before. They were creating, or cleaning and repairing, various pieces of fine jewelry or drawing designs for pieces yet to be made. Richter told the men that they had no attention to me as I walked among them, taking pictures. Closetly, the magazine article. And finally, we stopped at the bench of a leaned, rather bald man of middle age who was hunched over a vice where he was mounting a huge ruby in a ring. And this is Ernest. He knew with us, but one of our finest stone setters designs and makes all the mountings himself. Ernest. Don't let us interrupt your work, Ernest. Oh, thank you, sir.  Yes, sir. But I'll be here another week or so, Mr. Richter. Oh, yes, that's right. I think I'd like your pictures standing up, Ernest. Yes, if you don't mind, do you? Well, no, of course not, sir. All right, next to Mr. Richter, please. And, uh, stand up straight, um... I'm afraid that the ending over my work all these years... Oh, come on, stand up straight, like this. Hey, thank you, partner. Good, that'll do it. Mr. Richter, might I ask what this is all about? No, we'll give this about a minute. I'm afraid I don't understand, sir. Well, don't worry, Ernest, you will. Now, Mr. Richter, as soon as this picture develops, if one of your artists will do a little retouching for me... Well, of course, Mr. Dollar. What? Mr. Dollar? That's right, Johnny Dollar. The investigator. Yes. Retouching, you said?  I see. I kind of think it'll match the other one, the one that Mr. Chadwick took of you at his party last night.  Or is it Thompson B. Thompson? Well, Ernest, what's the matter? You don't look well. Mr. Dollar knows why. Real clever, wasn't it, huh?  Now let's get this picture out of here so we can prove the disguise that you use. No, it won't be necessary, Mr. Dollar. Oh? As they say in the movies, I'll go along quietly. Gems, each stolen. Now we pick them up at the apartments and then took them along to police headquarters. It's funny. Lieutenant McQuaid even forgot to ball me out for having kept that first picture of Ernest. Expense account total? What expense accounts? But believe me, I want a nice fee on this one. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Hard to tell you about next week's story. For next week, what might have been a pleasant trip across the country, if it weren't for a killer gunning for me. Join us, won't you? Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Written by Jack Johnstone. Produced and directed by Bruno Zarato Jr. Musical supervision by Ethel Hubert. Heard in our cast in order of their appearance were Jim Stevens, Carl Frank, Lawson Zerbe, Bill Lipton, Elsbeth Ehrich, Jean Gillespie, Guy Rep, Raymond Edward Johnson, Louis Van Routen, and Bob Dryton. Be sure to join us next week. Same time, same station for another exciting story of yours truly, Johnny Dollar. This is Wally King speaking.


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That's first autograph for the Predators. There is One hard sign autograph card per box No No, maybe a metes laman sur un cart Autographie à la main par boat And and moine a yeah, that's pretty tough All right the break credit Was sent to your email and The refund was Nick sent it to whatever Account however you ordered whatever your payment method was when you were Fleer. Yeah, like I said a moment ago. Yeah upper deck gobbled up Fleer Um Penini gobbled up Donneress and who did who did tops gobble up? Boom. That's right tops gobbled up Bowman. I think kava Kakos a good good player, right? Who am I pull my pulling out of here? kava Kakos Marquis Rookie's Nice rich saying leaf best of sold out that'll probably be one of Nick's last breaks of the night Maybe a good way to end things This kale macar To 399 You know monster box for this. I won't have to move this aside here boxes here. 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I think it's just no veteran commons All right, so obviously stuff like these Marquis rookies rainbows and all the other ones will ship I think it's just Mark Shifley's notch not shipping But all the other rookies and everything else and inserts of course will ship that will of course ship And we got a Jack Hughes Marquis rookies I've heard of him to 399 New Jersey Devils that'll be for Matt Buckler Now I think hockey mirrors a Basketball in a lot of ways if you're not from my sort of limited understanding, but they should like rookie cards like that Like that Kapo Kaka or something like that will probably go pretty well on a secondary market So the parallels do get a lot of love and we got Dylan Sakura Rookie autograph for the Chicago Blackhawks It's gonna be from Michael Tuckley and we've got Nick Suzuki to 399 the violet pixels Going to the canadiens that'll be for John quick So there's a Brady Kachik rainbow so these will of course ship and Anthony Manta will ship because he's a violet pixel to 399 Next box ladies and gentlemen You don't know anything about hockey says Jackson. Well, listen, I don't know that much either. So we're in the same boat I'm just hoping I'm just the guy opening up these packs and hopefully the people on the other side know that they're Know what they're looking for so they should be happy or unhappy as the case may be Yeah, I guess by default. I'm a Kings fan, but Can't really say that because I don't really follow them super closely. Oh, there's Andrew toll-citing Yeah Brent Burns Matt pink. What's that? Yeah, probably trace Thompson will come off the bench soon Our next autograph is a rookie auto. That's Nico Sturm That'll go to Michael Aang and the Minnesota Wild. I guess I should just top load all these autographs, huh? So we do a nice little recap at the end Rainbow Nico Sturm is Patrick Lyon a Looks like there's an orange parallel down there There's Trent Frederick to 149 and we've got Sergei Bob Rosski 14 out of 25 orange checkers Parallel for Florida that'll be for Dylan and Trent will go to John and the Bruins We should like open a window that'd be the that would be the best breeze rolling through here that cool ocean breeze Just pop that open. Yeah We'd never have to use AC again It would be loud you do and every time like a fire truck went by Yeah, yeah motorcycle flashed by Haha car slamming through the window crushing me There's a Nikolai pro-corkin To 199 red prison a few boxes here. Here's another box. All right. Good luck everyone We got another thrilling finishes autograph. There's Steven Stompkos Matt pink and thrilling finishes autograph. It's Cam Atkinson for the Columbus blue jackets That'll be for John John and the Colorado Colorado Columbus blue jackets There's Andre to 149 blue rainbow That'll be for Tampa Bay. That's gonna go to Barry Have we ever wondered why baseball Jackson? How old are you? When do you turn 13? Have you ever wondered why a lot of hockey players are Russian? When's your 13th birthday? Tyler Sagan to 199 11 I'm sorry. You haven't even turned 13 yet Mailed it. Um 13 in two years. I got you Well, I think you'll find that a lot of hockey players will come from cold weather areas It gets cold in Russia. So I think it's just lends itself Well, I mean a lot of hockey players in North America tend to be Canadian a lot of baseball players come from warm weather areas Where they can play a baseball year round There's Brad Marchand to 149 That'll be for the Bruins John. Yeah in the south warm warmer weather Most likely you're gonna see more baseball and football players or more baseball players come out and football players It's just a general regional climate thing Although nowadays nowadays, there's Joey to cord Ottawa. You play almost anything anywhere these days Joey to cord for the Ottawa Senators that's gonna be for Robert prime cuts Levi won't be and won't be for another Two hours and there's Carter to 25 Yeah, my one of my biggest pulls probably has to be that 50 auto book that one of one It's gonna be hard hard to top that anytime soon Lamar guy, you don't want to miss that Jordan Mixer tomorrow that should be one of our first breaks of the day Jason goes on it to two o'clock Pacific Five o'clock Eastern actually you'll probably be going through a ton of borders So let's say around three o'clock Pacific Six o'clock Eastern is probably when we'll start getting underway with that break give or take Noah Dobson who is a blue jacket Right. I'm just guessing. I have no idea Aaron Dobson Noah Dobson Bruin No, I'm not even close Islanders That'll go to Dylan with the New York islanders Yeah, well, hopefully we'll get you a different team next time Make sure you send gifts to random.org Lamar and then and then maybe your fortunes will change box right here Your box right here box right here. Looks like we have This many boxes to go if you look at the top camera right over there There's Zach. We're nurse. We're nerd There's Zach to 399 Violet pixels. Oh, and they're almost missed that autograph rookie autos Martin Fairberry Capitals that'll be for Joey Parton, I think these are numbered on the back, right? They will ship though that looks a little different some sort of arctic freeze nice 61 out of 99 Baseball Jackson saying your pricing is great on the website Thank you Although now that makes me think we should raise prices so everyone think thank thank Jackson for Helping us out Is that a second autograph in this box?  There's Anders Lee to 199 Yeah, everyone thank Jackson Saying the prices are great, which Only as a business person only makes me think huh that means prices could be higher We could be making Greater profits on these things so we should raise prices Thanks to baseball Jackson's Business analysis so thanks Jackson time to raise prices stay tuned next week For higher prices Baseball Jackson pointing out man, we are undervaluing our awesome breaks There's Jacob sloven to 50 Relaxes Arthur No, why are you telling me to relax baseball Jackson's the one pointing it out He's helping us. He's helping us maximize profits Arthur. He's on our side. I Thought you'd be on my side Arthur clearly not There's Ryan Zingle for Carolina That'll be for Michael Aang in the Hurricanes There's Braden Holtby to 199 Kevin Bennington retire from breaking we raise prices I don't know it's like supreme t-shirts. 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We are not going to be raising prices You'd be surprised at the kind of emails we get after something Joe or Nick said and that's out of 399 a Marshall salt Marge a measure salt Jonathan measure salt violet pixels. I think is Is this some sort of World War two era machine gun or a tank or a plane? something like that measure Schmidt measure Schmidt that I mean Yeah, the time zone thing But like I can't knock people for not knowing time zones because over the years that we've been doing this We've had some of the smartest people in the chat go wait, so that's six o'clock, right? Now, it's like man, so maybe maybe maybe time Time zone knowledge is not as It's not everyone to be all on board at least with US time zones, but But yeah, it throws people more than I thought that's what I discovered over the years more than I thought I'll come in and make planes and cars is to you okay. There you go That's true Arthur doesn't know I'm talking about just time zone people like people converting time in time zones It throws people it really does More than you would think are they not teaching are they not teaching time zones in in school anymore? Alan Murdoch's time zone is a Expanding waistline over time some places in the United States Maybe a lot of places. I don't think teach Cursive handwriting anymore So handwriting no more, huh? And so that you know what it's the lack of handwriting Teaching an elementary school Plus texting equals sometimes you just get bad autographs from a rookie class And lack of disciplines is Arthur so sad the times we live in says Kevin. Well, I Feel like every generation says that right? I Think that's I think that's been said since the dawn of time It's like those kids don't understand anything And then the next generation kids these days Your children ladies and gentlemen will be like man. We didn't have it like Kids these days Yeah, back in my day Mark Shifley thrilling finishes autograph For the Winnipeg Jets Kyle plant Are what kind of jets are there in Winnipeg? Is there a major airport there a Canadian Royal Air Force base maybe Do they build jets there does it just sound cool There's Brad Marshawn to 399. Ah the Canadian Air Force is stationed there says George, thanks George dank. Thanks. That's what he thinks maybe that makes sense. I used to In college I used to live near an air for At least live near Miramar and it was cool hearing I think they still have f-18s there Screaming overhead over my apartment every day It's a pretty cool sound. I don't they ever hear him taking off, but But you'd you'd see them it'd be about this big in the sky be like That was more of a tie fighter, but you know what I meant Doesn't sound like a tie fighter. It sounds like to 199 Zach Paris Yeah, Jason. They didn't want to save it for you tomorrow They were like well Jason has to do that basketball mixer tomorrow So we'll make Joe do the 16 box break of Opigee platinum today 399 But yeah, the top gun. Yeah, Miramar top gun. Yeah, it's a pretty cool spot and then they have Outfront near the entrance. They have old Nathan bastion by the way goes to New Jersey. That'll be for Matt Buckler But yeah out in front of Miramar airbase. They have very they have cool old World War two Plains kind of standing out there Pretty neat pretty pretty neat One quick question. How much will a 2020 Bowman jumbo box run for? I don't know a lot Jumbo, I'm not sure cardboard connection.com may have an early price on it But the prices changed So wildly afterwards Anyone else have an idea of 2020? I feel like a few hundred bucks at least 450 says rich. Yeah, that's probably that sounds that sounds about right. All right. 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Hello, everyone, and welcome to this episode of Driving Forces. I'm James Mulan. Driving Forces is an ACMI public affairs series that focuses on those in our community and in this area who choose to spend some, a lot, or maybe even all, of their time on some form of social activism or social welfare activity of some sort. And I have a great example of that here today joining me and she is Arlington resident, Jean Sicarella, who runs a nonprofit that we're about to hear a whole bunch about called Mission de Caridad. And I'm actually going to, well, first of all, welcome, Eugene. Thank you. Great to be here. Yeah, thanks so much for joining us in the studio today. You're joining us on one of your three-week stints in the Arlington area versus your one week every month, more or less, average of being down on the border. So all right, people are going to be wondering, what is he talking about? Let's start, though, when we'll get to the work of Mission de Caridad. That's where we'll spend most of our time. But this series also likes to focus on just kind of, OK, what motivated you to get into this work? What is the cost of the work for you? And of course, what do you get from it? We really like to highlight this, but also to kind of share with other people your particular story so that they can derive either information, inspiration, or something else from it. So if you don't mind, let's start off by just talking a little bit about you. I mentioned that you're an Arlington resident. So how long has that been the case? And what's the situation? I know you have a family. Tell us a little bit about your own personal situation. Yeah, so I was born and raised in Newton, Massachusetts, and never thought I was going to stay around. I went to school in Syracuse. And then when I came back, I came back to this area. And I was a girl that was moving to California. My mind, I was out of here. But I met my now husband, and then that ended moving because he's from Burlington, Mass. So we ended up being locals. And I had never really heard of Arlington, but he had. So after we got married, we moved here. And that was in 1995. So we have basically been married since 1995 and living in Arlington. So whatever, how many years that is, that's how long I've been here. Well, interestingly enough, 1995 is when my wife and I and our children moved here to Arlington. So it's a serendipitous year, I would say. We've been really happy to be here for the 26 years and counting that we've been. And clearly you guys as well. And so you moved here, had a family, have a job. My understanding is you've got, not one or two, I have two children, you're beating me. I have five, yeah. So my children are the youngest is 16 now and the oldest is 27. And so we live over by the lakes area of Arlington. So over by the Mystic Lake. So it's a beautiful area of Arlington to live. And we also have a house big enough for that many children. So we only have now two living at home, two are in college, but one of the college students lives at home. And then the other is at Assumption University. We have a graduate from Leslie University and a graduate from Stonehill College. Great. And part of why I was wondering about this is again, we wanna know, really, we wanna kinda dig into, okay, you make a decision like starting a non-profit like this and you've got some number of children that you're taking care of still. And obviously, even when they're out of the house. Yeah, what's the cost to them? Yeah, or what's the cost to them and what's the cost to you in terms of that relationship? So I think we can go ahead and maybe fold that into the conversation that we have about the work that you have chosen to do. So let's go ahead and talk about how Mission de Caridad has come into existence. So tell us what the work of the organization is and then take us back to the origin story for it. Okay, so Mission de Caridad is basically focused in Mexico, helping women and children, migrants, internally displaced people and refugees become independent and self-sufficient in Mexico free of extreme poverty, violence and persecution. So really our job is to help people. Just that, huh? Just that, yeah, free of poverty alone is like, wait, what, how are you gonna do that, right? And so, as you know, there's a lot of refugees where their goal is to come to the United States. And so for those people, they pass through and we help them where we can. So in that case, we might provide clothing, we might provide some kind of aid, maybe a lot of times we'll do like an ice cream social. And largely it's for the children and the women who are just, they've been displaced for so long in their journey to get to the United States that when they get to the border of Mexico, having something that could just cause them to relax or party or something like that really helps them. But we know that their focus is the United States. They're not staying in Mexico. They have no desire to stay in Mexico. So we don't put a whole lot of energy into helping them stay in Mexico. However, there's a whole another group of people, we call them internally displaced. They come from somewhere else, oftentimes Southern Mexico, but other times from other places. Their goal is Mexico. They come to the border because they can earn maybe a better wage. It feels safer to them. And so they want to put down roots there. And we're providing programs and helping them become self-sufficient on the Mexico side of the US border. I have to just note that it's very interesting to think about what kinds of situations people are coming from that would make the border and the border area, a lot of Americans understand it, feel like a safe place relatively speaking for them. And that's, again, a question we might be able to delve into a little bit more as this conversation goes on. But that is a, I'm sure our audience would agree, an ambitious, quite an ambitious slate of services to be looking to provide to quite a large number of people. So again, how on earth did you get decide to take this kind of thing on? Yeah, well, you know what's interesting about that is I did not set out to take this on as many people often say, but yet I feel like I've been prepared my whole life to do it. So I look at the skills that it caught what I need to draw upon in order to run Missión de Caridad. And I feel like through my entire career, through my entire personal life, I've been working towards this. So it's really amazing now to be able to use all these different skill sets that I've developed in order to be able to make a difference. So how did I get here would be that I went on a Missions trip back in 2016 with High Rock Church, the youth of High Rock Church to this area in Mexico, San Luis Rio, Colorado, and Sonora, Mexico. Okay, good. We should situate it, it's in Sonora. And for people whose geography of the U.S. is better than their Mexican geography, which I expect is a lot of us. Yeah, where is it? Yeah.  Go for about three hours, maybe a little bit longer, and you will run through our town. Or you can go to Phoenix, and you can go Southwest. And if you just basically go straight down about three and a half hours, again you'll land at our border crossing, which is basically at Yuma, Arizona, or San Luis, Arizona. So we border Arizona on the Mexico side. So further to the West of Mexico than those places, Waters, et cetera, that are Texas or New Mexico. And we're considered a border crossing. We're not a huge town, but we're a town of a good amount of people. About the size for those local here, many people, it's about the size of Worcester, but not the population of Worcester. Okay, sorry for the interruption. Yeah, I know. Yeah, so basically I went on this missions trip and we went there in order to be able to serve this church, who Francisco, my co-founder actually is pastor of. And he worked for the merge, the organization merge, which helped facilitate the trip that allowed us to go. And so now here we are in Mexico and we did all kinds of work. We did painting, we did projects, and we spent the week there. And while I was there, there was something about being there that I felt like I needed to be there. And I didn't know why, but I did make mental note to myself that it felt like home, and I really needed to go back, but I couldn't tell you why. And so my family and I, mostly my children, but my husband as well, went back about three more times before I started Missión de Caridad, maybe even four, for no reason, other than to get to know the people that were there. And we didn't do any service. We didn't do anything special of anything. We went on vacation there, which again, for a frame of reference, is the desert.  We're not talking water. We're talking a hundred and... No zip lines, no, no, no, no, not that kind of vacation. No, we're talking like 115 in the summer can be as hot as that, even hotter. And as cold as 40s in the winter. And our 40 feels warm. Their 40 feels bitter cold. So it's a different type of 40 because it is dry.  But instead, clearly something was drawing you there and you decided to rope that your whole family into it. Well, it's the people too. I mean, we didn't just fall, we didn't fall in love with the place, right? You can't really fall in love with 115 degrees in the summer. But the people and the culture is what I think they fell in love with. People that cared about each other, family that was tight and close together that wanted to spend time together. I think that was attractive to them and it certainly was attractive to me because it's how we always operated as a family. Hence the point why my family would be like, oh, sure, we'll go, let's all go together because I think that's the culture of my family. And so I think they've deviated towards that culture as well, other places. Wonderful, wonderful. So that's what was happening for a while. Yes. And then what changed? What made vacations to the area turn into something else? So at the end of 2018, our policies at the U.S. border changed. And at that point, we were doing something called metering where when refugees came to the border now, or now we have Title 42, but before the pandemic, someone could just seek asylum and they could cross into the United States in order to seek asylum. But what happened was they had to wait in line and that line initially was truly a line where you basically waited in line for days and weeks, but it turned into months of waiting. And so people then were stuck at the border living in encampments and a lot of women and children were very vulnerable. And so I was still obviously in communication with my friends in Mexico and this pastor, Francisco, Francisco Ortega, who's my co-founder, was texting me one day and he said, you know, I think I wanna start a GoFundMe to help women and children. And I mean, it was funny, you could almost see in the text, my eyes light up. And I was like, he's like, I wanna open a home to help a few people. And I was like, but what if we opened more of a facility? What if we helped like lots of people? What if we opened a center? And what if we did and then fill in the blanks, right? And so that started Missillon de Caridad and Francisco and I then started meeting basically on a weekly basis, talking through what is this like for you? What are you thinking? What am I thinking? And in June, we officially formed Missillon de Caridad and set up a nonprofit. So that would have been June of 2019. 2019, 2019. A couple of years ago and a little bit. Not that long in terms of what you've been able to accomplish. But it sounds like again, maybe we shouldn't be surprised about that because it sounds to me like what from what you just said that Francisco had this in mind. And you said, oh, how about that?  That's a little bit of my personality for sure. It's like I am one of those people that like to do. And so I don't feel at like an obstacle.  But I think I have the mindset of not seeing things as obstacles, but more, okay, we can make this work. And then looking for solutions to make things work. And I will note that years ago here in Arlington, I started High Rock Covenant Preschool right down the street. And we grew to be, we grew to be, I think 70 students at one point. Okay, we didn't, like we may not even have time for the conversation about that. Yeah, we don't have to talk about that. But the point is just that like, I didn't know anything about preschools, but yet I think that was equipping me. I had to start an on-profit, run an on-profit, right? And I learned so much that then could transfer to the work of Miss Yone de Caridad.  And that you can now kind of look back and see how a bunch of decisions that you had made within specific parameters all seem to have prepared you, as you say, for this particular challenge. Yeah, yeah. I liken myself as a piece on a chessboard and what piece I am depends on what role I'm playing. And so I might be a pawn and I might only be able to go forward two spaces and that's it. I might be the, what's the rook that gets to go sideways? Or I might be the bishop that gets to jump this way. And that my role dictates how I move on a chessboard but I'm willing to go where my role is. And so if I have to move all over the chessboard and be the queen to move, then I'll be that. If my role is to go diagonal, then I'll move diagonal. Well, that's, that's a, you know, I think I'm gonna kind of practice with that little metaphor myself. It's kind of fun to think about that, right?  So in Mexico, I have a different role sometimes. Yeah, I just wanted to ask about that. So please go ahead. Yeah, so when I'm in Mexico, right? Francisco takes the lead.  Right? It's a different culture. So, you know, my way would be to charge in and say, oh, how are you doing things? Oh, we could do it this way. And we could do it faster or, but you know, faster isn't necessarily better. You know, because the teams that we're working with are building community while they're serving, while they're volunteering. We have about 40 volunteers. Yeah, let's talk about that because you had mentioned that in terms of refugees, how it is that you're able to serve them, which is, again, it's a very transitory kind of relationship and you're helping them to have a better, nicer, more, you know, one with more cheer in it experience as they are, you know, waiting to move on to their ultimate destinations. So what is it that you do for the other populations that you work with and how do you do it? You were just mentioning you have quite a good sized workforce down here. Yeah, yeah, we do. How does it all happen? So we have a number of programs. So our flagship program is what's called our Feed of Family program. And what Feed of Family was, it really was born out of the pandemic where a lot of people are out of work and they couldn't afford to feed their families. And so we deliver basically 60 packages to 60 families of two weeks of healthy groceries. So we identified what we considered to be the most healthy groceries. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, eggs, milk, and we identify families based on where they live and the communities that they live. So we call them different names. We have a community called Basitos because the first time we went there, the girl had a shirt on that said, Basitos is a cute little girl. Another one is coffee because the gentleman there offered us, a man in that community offered us coffee. So now that's the coffee community. So we have different names for our communities. And we know that they're in poverty because of how they live.  Some are made of wood like pallets and cardboard. Some are made of mattresses or doors or scrap wood or you name it, whatever they found. That's what they've constructed their home out of. But picture being in a home with no windows and it's 115 degrees and at night it's 100 degrees, you can't really live inside. And so oftentimes what we'll see is people will live outside of their homes. They have outhouses, they can't cook inside, they cook outside. So there are lots of markers of extreme poverty. And so we will go into these communities and we'll ask around for who has children. And what we look who we look to deliver to is women who have children who are in need. And then we've learned through going now for well over a year, which communities need us the most, which families in the community lead us to most, the most. And also people lead us to other people. So when we say one family, oh, there's a family like two blocks down, you should go see them. So we drive around, the roads are all dirt. It's hot during the day when we're delivering. We try to deliver after like two o'clock, three o'clock or so. And we go door to door and we deliver the food. It sounds like a really organic way to grow the, again, the constituencies that you serve there. And also one that I imagine is some kind of combination of the vision and the working out of how you were gonna do things between you and Francisco from the beginning. And then also just kind of reacting to, like you said, that chessboard analogy again, you might start off as one piece and then find that in order to do this other thing, you need to turn into a different piece. And it sounds like you guys have been kind of agile as an organization in that way. And we've had to be, so what we basically do is we look at the community and we say, what are the needs of the community and how can we help them? So during the pandemic, really it was, how do we keep them alive? So we distributed blankets, we distributed clothing, masks, different types of PPE that a community needed, books for children, but a lot of these kids couldn't go to school because school is online, it required the internet, well, many don't have electricity. So school is not really an option. So what we did was we went down in March of last year and we had a medical fair. And that allowed us to, again, go into the community, have people come through and we gave each of them an appointment, they showed up at their designated time, we saw well over a hundred people and we started to assess what their situation was. We asked them a bunch of questions about their kids, about schooling, about vaccines. We took their weight, their height, we assessed their blood sugar, blood pressure, we did a dental checkup, we did all of these things and what we learned was that 80% of the population was obese, most of the people in the communities we serve earn less than $50 a week, some earn 100, but no one earns more than 100 a week. So it's really somewhere in 100 and under. We learned that there was a lot of consumption of sugar and high fat foods and we learned that kids had a ton of cavities and they weren't brushing their teeth at all. So that's at a high level what we learned. And then what we've done is we've developed programs to address those needs, that's the self-sufficiency part. If all we do is deliver food, well, that's not really gonna help you escape poverty. But if we start addressing root causes of things that inhibit your ability to work, your educational level, your health, the fact that if you're missing teeth, you know, there's only so many jobs you can get when you don't have your teeth, right? We do still have a culture of people that judge people based on their appearances. And so now we have a lot of different programs. We have a weight loss challenge where women have a walking program in the mornings, they do aerobics on Sundays, we gave out walking shoes and mats so they could do exercises at home. We have a dental program that teach kids how to brush. That's a lot of fun. Teaching kids how to brush teeth, it's hysterical. So we put these programs in place. We have an every kid in school program where we're removing the barriers that impede parents' ability to send their kids to school. So we're trying to figure out what's stopping them from sending their kids to school. How do we break down those barriers so we can get every kid in school? It is a, you know, truly an admirable kind of, not only task that you have taken on or calling in a sense or mission, but again, the way that you're going about it, it seems like you are, it seems like a good efficient use of the resources that you have available and a good, again, push-pull between what you are willing to provide and go out and find for these populations and what they're telling you they want and need, either overtly telling you or telling you because you can look around and see what the issues are. It becomes obvious, right? Yeah, so that's clearly, I have to say I knew this conversation was going to fly by and it is. We've got probably five minutes or so left, so not too much time, but I'm wondering, you know, pausing to consider how much you've been able to accomplish in just over two years. And again, anybody who's just listened to the last five minutes of you speaking must realize that's a lot. That's a lot of stuff that's going on. How do you see things looking, you know, projecting forward for another two or four, 10 or 30, I don't know, years? Yeah, I need to say, I mean, this is the point where I should probably inject and it's important to have in here that I'm a woman of faith. And I really believe that everything that we've needed at Miss Yone de Caridad has been provided to us. Donors have been provided, just what we need, when we need it, the knowledge we need, the resources we need. So it is a gift. It's so humbling to see and be a recipient of what we need when we need it. Because that's allowed us to do what we've done. And yes, it comes at a cost. Last night I was on the phone through a Zoom call for three hours with Francisco. This is a very common occurrence. We meet at least twice a week and there are multiple hours. And many times my kids are, okay, when are you getting off? They have something to say or they wanna have a conversation. So it does come with that kind of sacrifice. But I feel like it's gratifying and my family is a part of it. They are various times have gone down to the border with me and served alongside me and that is wonderful. My husband is extremely supportive. So where we're going as an organization, we're gonna continue to add programs and grow. And our goal is if we can master in one community, we'll move to another community, we'll move farther down the border and we'll continue offering these services and try to help people become self-sufficient. And one of the programs is through work programs as well. We want to be offering programs to help women earn more, a better income. Because how are you gonna escape poverty if you're not earning more than $50 a week? And so that's another program that we've been working on. Well, you know, we mentioned at the outset that you do spend an average of, I understand that you don't go down every single month for a week, but you do it many times every year. Pretty consistently, yeah. And again, to bring that back, how does that affect your life here? You're trying to do this work from Arlington, Massachusetts, a certain amount of the time. Thousands, literally thousands of miles away from the site at which you're providing the services. And of course you are present there quite regularly. But again, both on the level of what does it cost you and how do you actually, like is it the fact that there is Zoom that allows you to kind of be able to operate as if you were? Yep, Zoom and Francisco and his team, right? Because if I'm not there, the work goes on, right? Francisco has 40 volunteers, there's staff there that are implementing these programs. And my valuing going down there is to be a part of the organization, understand the needs, and work with Francisco to think, okay, what else? What can we build in next? What can we do next? So he and I are constantly brainstorming, how do we implement the next program? And me being there helps me to see and formulate firsthand what that might be. But while I'm here, there's still going, work is still going on there. That makes sense, but I still, I think we're gonna basically just keep checking in with you over the course of the next while and see how things evolve because I know your kids are getting older and clearly you've figured out how to do it up till now. So I'm sure that that will continue. But it is intriguing to realize or to try and figure out just how somebody in your position and in this life gets so much done about something that is, again, quite a remove from our direct experience here. Anyway, more power to you for not only taking it on, but doing it clearly well. And I guess for the long haul. Yeah, it's for the long haul for sure. Yeah, in it for the long haul, yeah. All right, well, her organization is Mission de Caridad. She is Jean Siccarella, a Arlington resident and wow, font of much energy and innovation clearly. We do look forward to speaking to Jean again further in a future iteration of Driving Forces. But for now, we'll say thank you. Thank you. And thank you for joining us. I'm James Milan. This has been Driving Forces, we'll see you next time.


Compass Guiding Safe Migration My name is Lee, Protection Officer for IOM as part of the Compass Initiative. Hi Lee, this is Mai from IOM, Egypt. I heard that the Compass team is working on case management guidelines. I'm not sure I understand what case management is exactly. Could you explain a bit more? Hi Mai, that's a good place to start. Case management is a way to support migrants who need protection or other assistance. It's an approach that has its roots in social work and helps make an individual's protection journey as smooth and positive as possible. The guidelines that we developed can be used for migrants of all genders and ages in countries of origin, transit and destination. That sounds fair. But why do we need more guidelines if there are already services and manuals available? Excellent question. Migrants have often been through a lot and even where assistance services are available to them, it can be tricky for them to navigate the different structures in paperwork. This can scare people from starting their protection journey. The case management guidelines start from an individual migrant's needs and connect the dots between those different assistance structures and providers. The guidelines improve coordination between different structures and their activities by aligning their planning processes and follow-up of individual cases. This way we can support migrants better, together. Okay, I see. So these guidelines are for case workers. How will we make sure that they know how to use them and it doesn't just stay a document? You're right. The case management guidelines are developed for case workers and others providing individual assistance to migrants. And for the guidelines to work, we need to make sure people in the field know how to use them. That's why IOM, with the Compass Initiative, has already started training case management workers in 14 countries worldwide. But that's not all. The case management guidelines can also be used by other international organizations, NGOs or governments. The way that they're built acknowledges differences in service delivery methods and capacity of different countries. They're flexible and can fit into existing structures. That's great. I hope that we can start using them soon. Where can I find more information if I need it? You can find a basic overview on our website www.iom.int forward slash compass. And if you're looking for more detailed information for you or your partners, send us an email at compass at iom.int. Thank you for watching and hope to see you soon.


I got this for Christmas gift years ago and it's one that I know gave it to me when she gave it to me all that good stuff It is a great one. It's the air fly by 12 South and It essentially it allows you to take your eighth inch jack and plug it into Airfly hence, you know the audio jack on an airplane so that you can watch video Over Bluetooth so when you're sitting on the aisle and the guy in the window seat needs to get up You don't have to unplug your cord so he trips over it and that sort of thing So you it's it speaking of dongle free Sorry, there's a little dongle that you plug in and it Bluetooth connects to your AirPods or whatever other Bluetooth heads that you have and you can listen to audio cord-free on the airplane careful not to donate it to the Yeah, air fly by 12 South. I Absolutely love mine. I have the original. I don't have this this new one that allows you to actually share So you and Lisa flying together can both watch the same movie and listen to the audio. Yeah, that's the air fly duo Yeah allows for that. That's pretty cool. And then there's the air fly Pro which adds the ability to stream music from your phone to like an ox or something Okay. Yeah. Yep. And then there is the air fly pro deluxe Oh, and that comes with the that weird like split it out into two Mono jacks for the old-style airplanes Some of them are still using the two that you know left and right jacks out of the instead of the normal and it comes With a little case too. Yeah, but Back into one jack like God meant it to be That's right Yeah, so the air fly pro I guess is is bi-directional is is as I'm as I'm understanding it the what I would like and I'll make sure the folks at 12 South hear this to to your point Pete of Donating these to the airlines because I have donated at least one of these To someone on the next flight after mine or perhaps to a flight attendant who are part of the cabin crew Who was going through and and checking for such things? But I they come in two colors right now black and white I would like to have it red and and white striped or something very very obvious or What yeah, what would be the other way to do? Oh, well, maybe putting an air tag on it though By the time you got that notification you're off the plane But something yeah, I always try to find I call it a hook some kind of a memory hook that yeah and It's it could be something as simple as leaving the top zipper of your backpack open so that when you pick your backpack up to leave you go Oh, it's not been Yep, it's not been closed or some other Some some other way to remember that you've got that thing plugged in to the seatback And you don't want to donate a $50 item to I totally have it for you Pete get a red marker Okay, okay go into the you're gonna need a mirror for this So you're gonna have to go into the the the lav and right on your face remind me to Get my air My air my airfly and then other people on the plane will happily remind you as you're getting up to get your airfly


As the name suggests, mountain pine beetle targets pine trees such as lodgepole, scotch, and limber. Mountain pine beetles target large diameter green trees that have been injured or stressed. Under epidemic populations, they are less selective. Beetles commonly mass attack trees. The beetles tunnel into and under the bark and after they mate lay about 75 eggs. When the eggs hatch into larvae, they feed away from the egg gallery creating distinctive tunnels. Larvy overwinter onto the bark, transform into pupae in early summer and emerge from the trees in mid to late summer. At this time, they are looking for a new home. The pine trees try to put up a good defense when they are attacked. As the insect bores into the bark, the tree produces thick, sticky resin and attempts to push the beetle out of the hole. These pitch tubes are a sign of infestation. Pine beetles kill the tree by attacking in high numbers. The tunnels girdle the tree, stopping water and nutrient flow. They also carry blue stain fungus which is injected into the tree, clogging pores and accelerating its demise. Trees die within a few weeks of attack, but the needles take a year to turn red and three to four years to drop. From the University of Wyoming Extension, I'm Mae Smith, Exploring the Nature of Wyoming.


Many Minnesotans have stories of time spent in fish houses from their childhood to present day. One family with happy memories brought its business into Brainerd for an annual fish house expo over the weekend, featuring the advances fish houses have made in recent years. Clayton Castle has that story. Fish houses are becoming hot commodities this time of year as the lakes freeze and the ice fishing begins. Many people in Brainerd had the opportunity to see the latest and greatest models of fish houses at the Nilsons Hardware Ice Castle Fish House Expo at the Brainerd Armory over the weekend. We've come up with a few of our own models. We have several here at the show that are unique to Nilsons Hardware RV that you won't find in any other dealer and this is our latest version right here 24-foot Grand Outdoors. Now the feature of Fish House here at the expo is the Grand Outdoors. It's a Nilsons Hardware exclusive features up-to-date amenities and even cool LED lights. It really got just about everything you need. It's almost more like a home than it is a fish house or a camper. For Robert Bryce the fish house business has become a family affair as well. Me and my dad purchased Nilsons Hardware September 1st of last year which they've been selling ice castles ever since 2005. So just getting to learn all the new models and creating our own models is something that we've been working on doing and have a lot of fun with it. Robert has always wanted to be in the fish house business since building his own fish house as a kid. Remember in seventh grade I built myself a six by eight fish house you know and all my buddies thought it was the greatest thing in the world and I had one of the nicest houses out on the lake you know and to think back to that was roughly 30 years ago and to where we've come now is just amazing. Robert says he brought the expo to Brainerd because of the abundant amount of expos in the Twin Cities and the abundant amount of interest in the lakes country area. A lot of people in rural Minnesota they don't want to go down in the cities and Brainerd is kind of centrally located and of course it's a great area up here for fishing and there's a lot of a lot of fishermen up here a lot of lakes. This was the sixth year for the expo reporting in Brainerd Clayton Castle Lakeland news. Nilsons Hardware is located in Swanville which is just outside of Little Falls. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.


Family Theater presents Anne Blythe, Robert Stack, and Jack Bailey. From Hollywood, the Mutual Network in Cooperation with Family Theater presents transcribed Round Trip, starring Anne Blythe and Robert Stack. To introduce the drama, here's your host, Jack Bailey. Thank you, Tony LaTromo. Family Theater's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives. If we are to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families, and peace for the world. Family Theater urges you to pray. Pray together as a family. And now to our drama, Round Trip, starring Anne Blythe as Liz and Robert Stack as Jack. It's Monday morning and as the Long Island train slows for its scheduled stop at West Hampton, Elizabeth Brownlee looks idly out of the window at the crowded platform. Now these are commuters, the working people whose lives are built around the arrival and departure of the train that carries them to their job in the city and home again. And usually on a Monday morning, among the regular passengers, you can spot the telltale suitcase of a city dweller returning from a weekend in the country. Like the man who just got on. Now his suitcase not only identifies him as a returning vacationist, but is an ex-serviceman as well, for it's an old beat-up flight blank. Elizabeth continues to stare out the window as the man spots the empty seat beside it, makes a dash for it, drops the flight bag at his feet, and sinks wearily into the red plush. Phew, I made it. I beg your pardon? I said I... Hey, I must be going crazy. Why, Jack? Yeah, it's true. It's really true, isn't it? What are you doing out here? I'm sorry, Liz. Ladies first. Well, I guess I'm just sort of surprised to see you. You know what you mean. How are you, Liz? Fine. Just fine. You look fine, just as pretty as ever. You look awful good yourself. I'll be darned. Yeah, me too. I guess this is a spot where I'm supposed to say it's a small world. Yeah, I guess it is. You'll have to forgive me if I seem to stare at you, but it's been a long time, Liz. It has been a very long time. Yeah. Well, this is swell. I have visions of a dull trip. Here I am with a beautiful gal to talk to. But she's not saying anything. I'm sorry. You don't live in West Hampton. Oh, no, no. Just out with some friends weekend in the country. One more of those and I'm finished. It's really rough. I didn't think you'd ever take to the country. You never did seem to like the wide open spaces. Bright lights? Yeah, bright lights. Can't get over it, Liz. Running into you like this, it's... What are you doing here? Live out here somewhere? No, no. Been staying with some friends out in Montauk weekend in the country. And like you said, it's really rough. Well, you always were a city girl, as I remember. That was one thing they both agreed on. Yeah. Nobody ever loved the dirty old city the way we did. Nobody ever loved the dirty old city the way we did. And nobody ever loved each other the way we did. I remember the first time we met. New Year's Eve and Times Square. Everything was crazy with us right from the start. It was noisy and bright and wonderful. And you were out with a girl named Mary and I was with a boy named Clay. And somehow in the crowd I lost Clay and you lost Mary. And the next thing I knew we were together, close together. And in all the thousands of screaming, shoving people, we were alone.  I know. I've been wanting to do that all night. Let's get out of this market. But what about Mary and Clay? I hope they'll be very happy together. You're crazy. So are you. Come on. We walked around the city for the rest of the night. Watch the morning come to town. Do you like this town the way I do? Don't you, Liz? No, I guess I do. Do you want it? I'll give it to you. Oh, we'd better find Clay and Mary. Forget about Clay and Mary. It's a new day and a new year and I'm giving you the greatest city in the world for a happy new year present. Now, do you want it or don't you? Sure I do. It's yours. All the bridges, the noise, the high buildings, subways, lights, the automatic. And me. I'm gonna kiss you again. I know. Let's go get something to eat. I'm hungry. That's the way it was right from the start. Crazy and wonderful. We thought we had the world by the tail. In a way, we did. Our part of the world. What did you say, Liz? Nothing. I didn't say anything. I was just thinking. Oh. It sure seems funny running into you like this. Somehow I had an idea I would never see you again. It's funny, all right. Last I heard of you, you were flying a V-17 over Berlin. Who told you that? Felon named Clay. Don't know if you remember him, but he remembered you all right. You don't mean that Clay, what's his name, the kid that took you out that New Year's Eve? Yeah, that's the one. That was quite a night. It's been so long you've probably forgotten it. You, uh, want a cigarette? No thanks. I don't smoke. Never learned how, huh? You remember the day I tried to teach you?  It's funny how I remember everything about you. Looking at you now. Sitting there beside me. If you only knew all the things I remember. The way it was fun to just walk down the street with you. Even in the rain we used to stomp around. And that one night I was really pouring. We'd taken the Staten Island ferry just for the ride because where else can you take a cruise for five cents? I've got more water in my pockets than this old scouse got to float on. And do you want to go inside? No, do you? No. Of course you realize that we're both out of our minds. I don't think so. Look, look, look straight ahead. Now what do you see? The Statue of Liberty. Some people spend a fortune to get on a boat sail clear across the ocean, turn around and sail back. Just to have the thriller being welcomed home by the lady with a torch in her hand. Hey, that was quite a speech. I liked it.  I love you. Come here, Liz.  We're gonna get married. Get married? Oh, you want to marry me, don't you? Yes, yes, I do. But what? Gee, I don't know. I guess I just didn't think about it. I haven't had time to think about it. I've only known you two weeks and three days. And what? And 26 minutes. But I guess I couldn't love you anymore if I'd known you for 300 years. I haven't got any money, Liz. I haven't got any things except a room with a view, a shaky job with a second rate publishing house. Oh, we've got each other. That's the important thing. Yeah. That's the important thing. That was the important thing. Then it was. And I held you close, and the sky fell apart, and the rain came down. I haven't forgotten, Liz. I haven't forgotten a thing. It's raining. What? I said it's raining. It was raining then, too. It was what? Nothing, Liz. I wish they serve food on these trains. I'm hungry. That's the way you always were. Right from the start, crazy and wonderful and hungry. You asked me to marry you, and we were on a ferry boat in the pouring rain, and I said yes. Did you say something, Liz? I thought you said something. I haven't said anything since I said it was raining. It's still raining. It's really beginning to come down, isn't it? I hope someone's meeting at the station. Is someone meeting you? No. What do you do, Liz? Oh, I'm a working girl. Work at Lynch and Lawyer Advertising Agency. Oh, pounding a typewriter. Could you marry anyone I know? No. I didn't marry anyone. Would you like a cigarette? I'm sorry I asked you that before, didn't I? Uh-huh. It looks like a real storm out there, doesn't it? Uh-huh. Not married. How'd a pretty girl like you keep from getting married? I haven't had a bit of trouble. Not a bit. All you have to do is run. Run hard and fast. I wonder if you're thinking about the same thing I am right now. You'd almost have to be being on a train with me, talking about being married. But maybe you've forgotten. It's been a long time. I wish I could forget, but I never will. That night on the Staten Island ferry when you said... We're gonna get married. Get married? You want to marry me, don't you? Oh, yes. Yes, I do. But what? Gee, I don't know. I guess I just didn't think about it. I haven't had time to think about it. I've only known you two weeks and three days. And what? And 26 minutes. But I guess I couldn't love you anymore if I'd known you for 300 years. I haven't got any money, Liz. I haven't got anything except a room with a view or a shaky job with a second-rate publishing house. Oh, we've got each other. That's the important thing. That was the important thing. We had each other. And we got off the ferry boat and ran through the rain to look in the window at Tiffany. What do you have, Liz? Oh, what shall I choose? A circle of diamonds or a plain O, but also smart gold band? Liz. What? One day I'll buy you the whole window full. Oh, I know you will. It doesn't matter. What about the shaky job? The one room with a view? Well, maybe you'd better show me the view. I'm right behind you. Only one more flight and... Liz, it isn't much of a room. Well, how's the view? On a clear day you can see Macy's basement. It was a beautiful view, right smack into a brick wall, but oh, it didn't matter. Nothing mattered except that we loved each other and we were going to get married the sooner the better. What about it, Liz? Don't you think you ought to tell your folks? No, no, they'd try to talk me out of it. I know they wouldn't. I don't want to be talked out of it. I want everything to stay just as it is. Nobody else in the world, just you and me. I don't want you to be sorry. I'd go crazy if I made John happy. Hey. Hey. You're not changing your mind. I'll never change my mind about you. And the next thing I remember, we were at Penn Station waiting for the train and it was raining. And we were running away to get married and live happily ever after. Scared, Liz? No. Your hands are like ice. You are scared. You're sure you want to go. You don't want to change your mind, do you? No, of course I don't. Do you? What made you ask that? I don't know. You're so quiet and I've never seen you act so serious. Everything married is serious. Yeah. I can't believe we're really doing it. I mean, now that we really are. What do you mean? Nothing. What time is it? You just asked me two minutes ago. I wonder if Mom's got my letter by now. She's probably crying her eyes out. Oh, quit it, will you? I'm sorry. You've been through that a hundred times. I'm beginning to feel like a criminal. I know and I am sorry. She'll get over it. I know she won't. She ain't leaving on track nine for Trenton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. This is it, Liz? Yeah, this is it. Liz? Yes, Jack? Nothing. Come on, let's do it. Shaking. I know. I guess I am, too. Come here. Jack? You don't have to marry me. You know that, don't you? All aboard! Jack, I... What were you gonna say? You don't want to go through with it, do you? You don't want to marry me. It isn't that. You've got to understand that it isn't that. Then what is it? I don't know. I guess I'm just scared. I keep thinking about so many things. About what if you lost your job or we got sick or maybe you'd be different, or I'd be different and we wouldn't have fun anymore. And I keep thinking about my Mom. I can't help it and you can't blame me for it. I keep wondering how I can be happy knowing that I've broken her heart. But, Liz, look, you... All aboard! I just can't explain it to you, Jack. It just seems like everything's happened so fast. Too fast and crazy. I'm scared because I love you. Come on, Liz. I'll take you home. Oh, Jack! Don't cry. I can't stand to see you cry. But I couldn't stop crying. And it started raining again and you took me home. I wanted to talk to you, but I couldn't. I wanted to tell you that it wasn't because I didn't love you. All of a sudden I realized that marriage isn't built on a ferryboat ride. It needs thought and understanding. It needs wisdom. The kind of wisdom I didn't have then. And I knew it. I've learned a lot since then and with it all I've kept on loving you. If only. If only. Did you say something? No, I was thinking again. I seem to be doing a lot of that all of a sudden. Well, don't let me disturb your thoughts. Oh, you'd laugh if you knew what I was thinking about. I would? Mm-hmm. I guess you're asking me if I was married made me think about it. About the night we tried to elope, almost ran off to Maryland to get married and didn't. Remember? Yeah. Yeah, I remember. I wonder how many other kids have done the same thing, gotten scared at the last minute. You cried all the way home. I'd never seen you cry before. I didn't know what to say to you.  I was pretty silly.  We just weren't ready for what happened to us. I know that now. Somewhere the timing got all mixed up. I was scared too, but I wouldn't admit it. I was scared because I started thinking ahead for the first time, thinking about the responsibilities I'd have, wondering if I could handle them. And what if I couldn't? What would happen to us? After that night, everything seemed to fall apart. Maybe it's because we both felt guilty that we'd let each other down. I don't know why, but we couldn't talk anymore. But I never stopped loving you, not for a minute. I remember the last time I saw you. It was kind of funny. It was New Year's Eve again, 1941. The crowd in Times Square wasn't quite so gay. You're with a boy named Clay, and you look so surprised when I called to you. Liz, how are you, Liz? Oh, just fine. Just wanted to wish you a happy New Year. Oh, thanks, Jack. Same to you. I called you the other day. Oh, I know, and I've been meaning to call back, but I've got a job now. I... Oh, sure. Sure, I know. Oh, look, Clay's waiting, and I'd better... Yeah. Yeah, you don't want to keep Clay waiting. I'd better run. I'll see you, Jack. Liz, wait a minute. I... Liz! I called you, but you disappeared in the crowd. I wanted to tell you that I was going away, but I'd enlisted in the Air Corps. I never saw you again, and now you're sitting here beside me in a train. We're home, Jack. Huh? We're here in the station. Last stop, Principal Venue Station. Principal Venue Station. Oh, here, I'll carry that bag for you. Watch your step. Well, I guess this is... It certainly wasn't nice seeing you, Jack. Yeah. I guess I'd better get going. Well, I'll carry your bag out for you. Get your cab. How would you? Sure, come on. The old Venue Station hasn't changed much, has it? Same old station. Will your wife be needing you? No. I didn't get married either. The cabs are over here.  Where are you living? Same place. No kidding. How about you? I've got a room with a little better view than I used to have. Special train for Trenton, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. Now loading on track nine. Liz? Yeah. Nothing. Train leaving on track nine for Trenton, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. Jack? Yeah. Yeah, go on. What were you going to say? I was just going to say that sometimes don't you think people are confused and frightened because they're faced with something so important they're afraid they can't live up to us. You mean marriage, Liz? Is that what you mean? Yeah. That's what I mean. I know a guy who's scared the death of it once. He's changed. So is she. Train leaving on track nine for Trenton, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. That train on track nine, it goes to Baltimore. That's in Maryland. Uh-huh. Liz, you want to get on that train? Yeah. Do you? Then let's, but not now. Those trains leave every hour, every day of the week. Liz, let's pick a special one after we get to know each other again, after we're sure. Oh, we'll be sure this time. Come here.  I know. Now come on. I'll take you home. We've got things to talk about. Okay. Oh, but Jack. Huh? Get a couple of candy bars first, will you? I'm hungry. Jack Bailey again. You know, once there was a farmer and it happened that half of his land was very good for farming, while the other half gave him no yield at all because it was on a mountain side, and this was a great cause of worry to this farmer. So one night he got down on his knees and he prayed very hard. He prayed that God would flatten the mountain and make it a nice green pasture so that he might use all his land for planting. When the daylight came and the farmer looked out of his window, the mountain was gone. And before his eyes were acres and acres of green meadow. God had given him exactly what he had asked for, and for a time he was delighted. But when the fall came and brought its winds, the mountain which had served as a windbreak was gone and the farmer's barn was blown down. And when winter came, the rain caused his grain to mildew because he no longer had a barn in which to store it. In the spring, he had nothing to plant because the rain had caused even his seed grain to spoil. When summer came, there wasn't any drinking water because there were no more melting snows to feed the rivers and so the rivers had gone dry.  Well, we're like the farmer in some ways. We sometimes pray for the wrong things, too. And when we do, thanks be to God, we generally get a no answer. But there are intentions for which we may all pray that are right. And one of them is world peace, unity in the family of nations. If the families of the world would all ask God for that, which would be for the eventual good of all mankind, then he could not help but say, yes. It's a good intention to work toward, and when you do, pray together as a family, and you'll be accomplishing something else, too, for the family that prays together stays together.  From Hollywood, Family Theater has presented Round Trip, starring Anne Blythe and Robert Stack. Jack Bailey was your host. Also in our cast was Billy Baucom. The script was written by Martha Wilkerson, with music composed and conducted by Harry Zimmerman, and was directed and transcribed for Family Theater by Joseph F. Mansfield. This is Tony LaFranco expressing the wish of Family Theater that the blessing of God may be upon you and your home, and inviting you to be with us next week when Family Theater will present the Passion and Death of Our Lord, narrated by McDonald Kerry. Join us, won't you? This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.


We are just over a month away from Minnesota's primary election and candidates for all offices have been out actively campaigning for votes. One candidate for attorney general made stops in Bemidji and Brainerd, Debra Hillstrom has been traveling all across greater Minnesota speaking to voters on issues of health care, elder abuse and the opioid epidemic. In a crowded field with four other democrats for the DFL endorsement, Hillstrom says she stands out from the rest. Starting in the legislature for the last 18 years working on issues of consumer protection and public safety, I also was a prosecutor for the Inoka County Attorney's Office. So not only have I written the law but I've actually defended it in court. I am the only one who's done that so I believe I'm uniquely qualified for this position to be Minnesota's advocate and lawyer. Hillstrom faces congressman Keith Ellison, Matt Pelican and former Minnesota commissioner of commerce Mike Rothman for the DFL endorsement. Now Republicans vying for that seat include Sharon Anderson, Robert Lissard and former state representative Doug Wardlow.