Welcome to Sheboygan County Government, working for you. My name is Adam Payne, Sheboygan County Administrator and co-host of this program with Chairman Mike Banderstein. And as you know, every month we try to focus on a different department. We've got 22 departments in Sheboygan County, tremendous breadth of programs and services. And today we're very pleased to have one of our newest department heads with us, Mr. Tom Eggebrecht, who is now our Health and Human Services Director. Tom, welcome. Thanks, Adam. Appreciate being here. The next seat to his left is also another very important manager in Sheboygan County Government. You may have heard his name because of all the discussions of late about flu symptoms. Mr. Dale Hippenstiel. Dale, welcome. Thank you, Adam. Mike. Dale is our Public Health Manager. Did I get that correct, Dale? Correct. And has been with us now for how many years? Well, nine years in this state, 37 years total in public health. So you may recognize Dale, but you certainly don't recognize Tom and we'll start with him. Brown County is the Health and Human Services Deputy Director there for a while. And I can't tell you how pleased we are to have him aboard. Tom, please start by sharing a little bit about yourself and your background. Sure, Adam. Be happy to. First of all, I am extremely pleased to be here. Brown County was a great place to work, but Sheboygan County is just wonderful for me. I'm a native of the Wausau area, grew up in the Wisconsin River Valley, met my high school sweetheart there and we got married and moved on to Milwaukee where we worked with children and families in the inner city and eventually I got into vocational rehabilitation. Armed with that experience, I served 10 years in Manitowoc County as a Developmental Disabilities Coordinator. That took me to Brown, as you mentioned, spent 10 years there as Director of Community Programs as well as Interim Director. When the opportunity came up in Sheboygan late spring, early summer, it was too good for me to pass up. I've known a number of the staff here, love the communities and so happy to be here. So we both married our high school sweethearts. I didn't know that. There we go. In Wausau, I'm from the Stevens Point area. That's right. We've raised some good people in that part of the state. Absolutely. And that concludes our program today. Well, Tom, it's a good day to have you here today. Please begin. Again, and our viewers are learning today. You haven't been with us that long, but obviously you come here with a lot of experience. What's your initial impression of the Health and Human Services Department and the people working there and the programs and services we're providing? One of the things, Adam, that was non-negotiable for me was to work with and for good people. And as I mentioned, I've had a fair amount of contact with Sheboygan County over the years. I've known a number of the staff that have worked for the county. I'm very familiar with some of the work that's been done in Sheboygan County through the Pepsi process and other initiatives. And I have to tell you that since my arrival, I have not been disappointed. We have about 192 staff members that work for the department. I'm so pleased that their contributions, their effort, I'm in a very good place. I think we're going to be in very good shape for the years to come. Excellent. Excellent. And for our viewers who haven't watched a program like this before, share a little bit about the Health and Human Services Department itself. It's a core issue, core areas. Sure. Well, county departments in Wisconsin under state rules are allowed to organize in accordance with what seems to make sense locally in line with local preferences and needs. So here in Sheboygan, we are organized as a comprehensive health and human services department. And in line with that organizational structure, we have major divisions that carry out that work. So Dale is with us today as manager of our public health division. And in that area, we address communicable disease control, environmental health, maternal and child health. Joan Ketterman leads our division of community programs and aging services, where we provide early intervention for kids with disabilities. We provide mental health and AOVA treatment. We also operate an aging and disability resource center, recently moved to Sheboygan Falls. And that's also the division where we offer senior meals to eligible persons. Social services is led by a manager named Marty Bonk. And in collaboration with law enforcement, schools, other community agencies we respond to, reports of child abuse and neglect and juvenile crime. Liz Malick leads our economic support division, incredibly important in the current economic climate. And through Liz's staff, we determine eligibility and administer benefits such as Medicaid, food share, childcare assistance and employment assistance. And I have to mention to Adam that with our budget being approximately $31 million in size, we couldn't do it without the additional support of our administrative services staff. And I want to recognize Carol Bukovic and Kim Pagel, who work with us in keeping all of that together. You've got a great team and a very nice high-end overview as folks get a better feel for the Health and Human Services Department. And as you said, a number of important programs and services. $31 million budget. But how many people do you think the department serves on an annual basis? I wish I could give you a good composite aggregate total. But what I can tell you, Adam, is that our services are reported in several different state systems. And unfortunately, they don't speak to each other. We're trying to address that. We plan to address that within the next year or two. I can give you a grand total number. But what I can tell you is that our current estimates suggest that we're serving or people are benefiting from those who are receiving services. At about 50 to 70% of the county population at any point in time. I can give you some very specific numbers that help illustrate that. Our Aging Disability Resource Center, for example, receives about 1,000 calls for information and assistance per month. We administer 12,000 immunizations annually, I think under the current H1N1 circumstance that number is likely to grow this year. 17,000 persons every month are receiving economic support assistance in Sheboygan County. We process about 2,300 child welfare and juvenile justice referrals each year. Our crisis line receives 4,000 calls for assistance. So when you consider all of that, absolutely the vast majority of the population does benefit from the services we're providing. I think the most important thing for all residents of the county to remember is that no one is immune to the need for that support or assistance at any point in time. And again, especially with the economic climate being what it is. Excellent. And when you say 50% are better of our population, we've got about 115, 120,000 people living in Sheboygan County. So 60,000 people are better. That's just remarkable. And I don't think a lot of people, unless of course they're one of the individuals who have sought help or need help, are recognized just how important that department is. Excellent overview. Dale, speaking of important topics, you've been very involved with emergency planning and making sure that the county's prepared for H1N1 and things like that. Just emergencies of any kind. And as our public health officer and manager of this division, is Sheboygan County prepared, have preparations in the past, helped us be ready now for H1N1 and flu type issues that people are concerned with? Well, that's a, we could probably spend about two hours on that, Adam. But I think in a nutshell, we've been very fortunate in Sheboygan County. We've had good support from our Health and Human Services Board. There has been an ongoing effort in my entire career to be prepared for what we call traditional emergencies like tornadoes, flooding. You recall the floods of a few years ago in Sheboygan Public Health and Health and Human Services, we're involved with that. Since then though, particularly since 9-11, there's been a ratcheting up of the planning, the need to collaborate, the need to not just work in a shell, don't just do your plan. Your plan needs to work with other folks. And we have really worked, I think our entire planning community, including the medical community, particularly the person you have is Steve Steinhardt, the emergency manager that works in the Sheriff's Department. These plans have been put together right now. We're obviously with the swine flu looking at large clinics, how those work. They don't just open up in the morning, it takes great deal of planning and so forth. So yeah, it's an ongoing effort. We have staff assigned to that. We have responsibilities to the state. We have small grants and we have to fulfill those deliverables. So yeah, it's a lot of fun. It's a fascinating work and it's really helped us as we're moving into this flu campaign with H1. Let's drill down a little bit more. As you said, you, your staff, you have an excellent team in place. Steve Steinhardt, our emergency management director. For years, we've been planning for a disaster of a number of kinds, as you mentioned. You hope it never happens. You hope all that preparation never has to put into action. But with H1N1 of late, that's raised the bar a little bit. And I think the concern throughout the community that we need to be prepared. We need to take action. What more specifically is the role of your department in the Health and Human Services area? Sure, within Health and Human Services and public health, we have an incident command structure for this particular, we call it an event. We write goals and objectives. We started doing that last winter when we knew that this pandemic was liable to take place. And I think it was April 11th of last spring when the pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization. So, as we began seeing this coming, we started putting together people, looking at our partners, figuring out ways to communicate, retesting our systems all the way from the simple things like redundancy and communication with phones, 800 megahertz systems that are used by first responders. Reattaching ourselves, reintroducing ourselves to different people in the medical community, people that you might not think would have a role like the bus services. If we had to run a clinic for smallpox, we would use the bus services. So, the different companies have stepped forward and said, we will participate. The school systems, in this situation, planning with the school systems has been very, very strong, great partners. So yeah, we get down to who's gonna handle which piece of paper and how you move that through the system efficiently. And we're pretty happy so far with what we've been able to do. And final question before I turn it over to Mike. What is the status right now of H1N1? Well, the status now, and we had a briefing. As you may be aware, a couple of months ago, the federal CDC Centers for Disease Control, the federal government and the state government said, there's no need to test every person that has flu-like illness, simply because we know it's there. We know that at least 40% of the people presenting with those symptoms has H1N1 or swine flu. And so right now, we are very fortunate. We have not had a death. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We have a lot of vaccine out to high-risk people. We had a couple folks that did pass away that the doctor was very concerned. And thank goodness they were not H1N1 related deaths. But they were influenza kinds of things. The schools, last month, we had some schools that had 35% absenteeism. We've worked with them closely. That's gone down. Now the last couple of weeks, the virus has gone through the schools. We still know it's there. We're still getting reports from the doctors, from families, and that kind of thing. So we're still encouraging people to get vaccinated when vaccine becomes available. Very good. Thank you. Dale, as you know, there's a lot of concern. I'm sure your department, as well as our hospitals and clinics, are getting a lot of phone calls about the flu. Could you explain a little bit of the difference between the H1N1 and the seasonal flu? Yeah, sure. The seasonal flu vaccine is developed. It's planned a couple of years ahead of time. And they identify viruses that have gone through the communities. And they grow those viruses. They create vaccine. And that's part of the formula. It's kind of the mixed drink for that immunization. The difference between the swine flu or H1 is they affect different groups of people. Seasonal flu, the high-risk people generally are people with chronic diseases at all ages, people with autoimmune disease, and people that generally are senior citizens. The H1N1 influenza is the opposite. It affects younger people. Our data shows that 80% of the folks that have confirmed H1N1 are under 35 years of age. So, and that's a very big concern for us because there's no immunity in those people. They've not been exposed to a lot of these types of viruses. So if it takes another mutation, it could become much more dangerous than it is. It's kind of interesting the genetics of this particular virus, which kind of who figures that out. There's some pretty smart folks out there. There's actually the result of four viruses, two that come from swine, one that comes from birds, and one that comes from humans that got all gobbled up together and out came H1N1. So it's kind of fascinating science from my perspective. That's my world. So we still are seeing diseases. Last month, God bless the clinics and the doctors and the nurse practitioners and the nurse assistants. They were just deluged. The clinics, the large clinics were running until late at night because so many people were ill. Particularly kids and parents are very concerned because this disease, you really spike high fevers. And there's nothing that scares a mother more than 102, 103 fever in their youngsters because of all they've learned in their parenting efforts. There's been a lot of media attention about the vaccine and the clinics that are being set up for it. Could you give us a little idea about where we are in Sheboygan County with the availability of the vaccine and where we are in doing the priority groups? I certainly can. It seems to change. It seems to be a moving target. But in a nutshell, initially the priority groups were healthcare workers and emergency medical service folks. There became issues as to who those people were. Everyone thinks they're emergency medical responders, but not everybody is. So we wanted to be sure healthcare workers, we wanted to be sure pregnant moms. We wanted to be sure folks that had six month old youngsters and younger, particularly caregivers were vaccinated and there were a number of targeted groups that almost changed on a weekly basis based on the availability of vaccine. As we speak now, on the 19th of November, we have enough vaccine, we have three large clinics planned today and tomorrow and next Tuesday, I believe, at the airport. The airport's opened up its facilities and as you both know, it's spacious, good vaccine, good signage, those kinds of things and we've added folks up to the age of 64 with chronic disease.  If you're healthy, you probably don't want to do that now. So we're getting vaccine in slow but sure and we have ample supplies now to go through next week. That's good to hear. What kind of advice can you give our constituents about prevention and then treatment just in general for this flu? Well, you know, we get into a little trouble when this all started when you would say, we'll call your doctor if you have a concern and the doctors were saying, we'll call your health department if you have a concern. So I think the telephone lines were about burning off the polls because there were so many calls from folks coming in. The number one preventable thing you can do is when vaccine becomes available, get it. Pay attention. You can call the health department. We have a number 459-3033 that you can call in, call the main number and it will tell you when the clinics are taking place. You can always check with your physician, your medical provider to see if they have vaccine and vaccine comes in different days to different places. So you really need to do your due diligence as a parent or a spouse to be sure that you take advantage of those vaccines. Obviously the second thing, if you're not eligible, pay attention. Good hygiene. Good hand washing. I read a little article this morning about the keys on debit machines, the drive through ATM machines. Now use a pencil, just boom, boom, boom. Push the buttons instead of putting your finger on there. Probably isn't a bad idea anyhow when you look at the condition of some of those. The basic things of if you're sick, stay home.  Don't spread the disease. Don't try to hide the disease. And if you have any issues at all and you're concerned about the health of your family members or friends, be sure they talk to their physician. Now originally, Dale, I thought that the H1N1 was going to be a two-stage inoculation, so to speak. Is that still the case? That still is for the younger kids. I think the cutoff age, and I'm going to say it's nine, nine years old, that you would have one dose now, and those kids, the healthy kids, they have a nasal spray, so it's a very simple, quick thing to do. And then at least three weeks later, they come in for the second dose. They're testing folks now on the national level, and they may find that the one single dose is doing a pretty good job, but they don't have enough data now to say stop. So we're scheduling clinics for these folks, for these kids. Okay, well thanks for that information. With the economic downturn that we have right now, that's stressing a lot of our constituents' families, and I'm just wondering what areas is this impacting in our health and human services and how are we responding to that? Hands down, Mike. I think you hit the nail on the head. The economic downturn has really created a large influx of need within our department. Our area of economic support has grown tremendously in the last several months and the last couple of years. The most specific example I can give you would be in the area of food share benefits. I mentioned earlier, we're seeing about 17,000, we're supporting about 17,000 persons each month in Sheboygan County. Our case load in the area of food share benefits has grown by approximately 40% since the same time period last year and about 115% over the last five years. So for our staff that has created a tremendous influx of responsibility without any concurrent increase in administrative funding or increase in staff to manage that case load. So that's a real testament to the work that they're doing. I should mention too that earlier this year that very staff received a special award for 100% payment accuracy and 100% timely processing of applications in the area of food share. So I'd like to tell you that our staff is responding to that influx very, very well. It's good to hear that. And how is your department doing with getting more money in from the state or the federal government to give out these benefits? Well that again becomes a very, very difficult circumstance in the current economy. I need to acknowledge that we've received some small assistance in the form of federal stimulus dollars in the area of our senior meal program. For example, we're seeing an additional $20,000 or so to help us get through this year as well as 2010. In Dale's area we received a new grant allocation to address the H1N1 campaign. So there are some small pockets of assistance that have been received. Those types of assistance are short term time limited. I'll tell you otherwise across the board we have seen at best our funding remain the same and in many cases been reduced. Federal 4E incentive funds which help in our child welfare area for example are slated for elimination in the near future. I can tell you that the state and the current biennium has stopped paying for children's psychiatric inpatient care under the Medicaid program that puts pressure on our department. We've received word that we should not be expecting any continuation of state support for fraud investigation activities in our economic support area in the coming year. Most other programs have seen between a 1% and 2% reduction in funding. So again at a time that need is growing our ability to hold that entire system together is becoming a little more difficult than it used to be. Tom are there any new initiatives or policies that are being put in place to deal with these funding problems? Well I can tell you by way of new initiative it helps on the state level, it doesn't help us so much. I would say that a number of the funding streams that we work with Mike have grown increasingly complicated. The byproduct of the circumstance, an example I can give you is our kinship care program. Kinship care provides support to kids who are no longer able to reside with their natural parents. Extended families for example can receive state funding support, a small stipend each month to provide for the needs of those children in their care. Under the new state biennial budget we're now going to be obligated to license those providers as foster care providers. What that means is additional workload for our staff. It means additional intrusion into the lives of those persons and in all reality some of those households may not meet foster care licensure standards. So that could result in a discontinuation of support for those people. In the worst case scenario it could result in those kids needing to go into traditional foster care which would be a very unfortunate outcome. I can also tell you that the state is leaning strongly toward a regionalized service model. So rather than each county delivering its own service as funding is reduced I think there's pressure on counties to partner with other counties within the region to support services at the level that we may have known them to exist previously. There's increasing demands for efficiency as I said and economic support even though a caseload doubles there's no additional staff to deal with it so you have to work smarter you have to come up with new approaches to how you process that caseload. I'll also tell you that there's demands for increased accountability which I think is good but I also think it's difficult if you don't have good data systems to measure that accountability and the area of human services it's not quite an exact science to say that you achieve the exact outcome you were hoping to achieve but we're seeing some of that evolve as funding grows increasingly tighter. Well thanks for letting us know about those challenges you and the department are facing. With that I'll turn it back over to Adam to wrap up. Covered a lot of ground we only have a couple of minutes remaining and I know with the holidays soon upon us here Thanksgiving and then your future Christmas a month away. The department gets involved in some unique special programming this time of year. Could you touch on a couple of those? Well I'd mention Adam that actually our department is involved throughout the year. Our staff participate in dress down days every two weeks in exchange for a donation toward a county-based non-profit organization charity or special cause. We've supported breast cancer awareness. We got involved in providing some support to Mental Health America by way of their recent Hope Walk and other like activities. I'll also mention that there's many many organizations that step forward this time of year and make donations to our department on behalf of our consumers. I can mention the Sheboygan JC's, the Alks Club, Knights of Columbus, we've got local churches recently Cub Scout Pack 3874 and Plymouth said we want our boys to help put together gift stockings for less fortunate kids during the holidays. Those are great great initiatives. We receive support each year from the Festival of Trees event that helps provide funding support to our child abuse and neglect fund. That pays for things that kids and families wouldn't otherwise be able to receive through our state and federal funding sources and even our county clerk Nan Todd has organized the campaign for county departments to provide gift support to kids and families in need. So very very gratifying. Again it speaks to the good people of the county. It sure does. What an excellent overview and I can't help but just be filled with pride when I think about how much our county employees give. Not only are they working very hard in their respective roles and responsibilities, taking on an additional workload, doing more with less but they're very very giving and thoughtful. The United Way campaign that we run internally this year once again county employees contributed more than they did last year and in fact county employees contributed more every year since 2004. We've had a tremendous run of late. So all the programs and different United Way programs that you mentioned and other activities just very generous and whether it's the two of you or your team at Health and Human Services or countywide we just have some wonderful people working here. We only have a minute remaining and I'd just like to wrap up and ask Dale if you could give that number again that if folks want to get a flu shot or H1N1 shot what number do they call? You can call the 459-3033 that will give you a recorded message on the location of the clinics. You can also go on the county website, just the Sheboygan county website, you can do that, you can put the exact letters in, hit the influenza information and you can find a way to look at every clinic scheduled within whatever number of miles in the state of Wisconsin that are being held in a given month. So go to the county website, hit the influenza, try the 459-3033 number and you will find a great deal of information that will help you and your family. Outstanding. Wonderful overview, Tom. I know you're never going to leave us because you're surrounded by good people. Tom Eggebrek, Health and Human Services Director, Dale Hippenstiel, Public Health Officer. Thanks for joining us today. Thank you. Thank you. Highway Commissioner here, Greg Schnell, to talk a little bit about the difficult task key and his team have keeping our roads safe and also providing some tips to make sure you stay safe as well. So until then, have a wonderful holiday season. Thanks for joining us.


A horse with a speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a ha-ha-ha-yo silver! The lone ranger! Before this exciting adventure, a word from our sponsor. General Mills, makers of Cheerios, the ready-to-eat oat cereal that gives you go-power, and wheaties the breakfast of champions, present by special recording, The Lone Ranger! Sailor Sam is the smartest boy, whoever shouted Shibahai, he can weather any storm that blows. He's got go-power from Cheerios, yes, he's got go-power, there he goes! He's feeling his Cheerios, Cheerios, Cheerios! Good ol' Cheerios, they got go! So nourishing, cause they're made from oats, with minerals, vitamins, and proteins that your body needs. Yes, indeed, a bowl of Cheerios and milk really starts your day off right, does all sorts of good things for your body, helps you have strong bones and muscles, good red blood, and healthy nerves. So every morning, take on a bowl of Cheerios and milk for real go-power. You like that wonderful toasted oat flavor too, downright delicious! Come to think of it, Cheerios is one of the tastiest muscle-building foods you can eat. Try Cheerios and you'll hear... He's feeling his Cheerios! With his faithful Indian companion, Toto, the daring and resourceful masquerider of the planes led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again! Come on, Lone Silver! Let's go, big fella! I'm SILVER! Late that night in the smoke hills, the Lone Ranger and Toto were riding to a campsite, when the masked man, peering upward into the distance, stopped. Hold up, hold up, hold up! Look up the sky, Toto, near the ridge. Uh, sky, plenty red, look like fire, maybe forest fire. Toto, listen, you hear that? Kimusabi, that bad sound come from drums. Drum sound for war dance! War dance, Toto? But all the tribes are at peace now. Oh, them play for war dance. Redden sky from fire, let go with dance. Come on, Toto, we better ride to where they're gathered. We must learn what's going on there. Come on, Toto, let's scout! The Lone Ranger and Toto had ridden to the top of the ridge. He said enough. They just mounted and walked through the brush to a spot where they could look down on the startlingly vivid scene below. An Indian camp was spread out before them. At the end of the encampment, a giant bonfire blazed. Indians and glistening grease and war paint danced in a frenzy around the fire while a seemingly endless circle of tribesmen encouraged them with chants and yells as the drums increased in fury. You see, Kimusabi, they make war dance. Dance mean them a taxon. Those men in the green and white paint, but they belong to the tribe of Big Moose Bear? Yes, Kimusabi. It is a very grave, Toto. It is the tribe that has arranged to sell a part of its territory to the government. Why should they suddenly prepare for war? Me, not no Kimusabi. We'll have to know, Toto. There must be more than a thousand Indians. Many more. You should be able to make your way down there and join the circle around the dancers. Uh, me, fix them clothes and face. Good. Learn what has caused this to happen and who it is they intend to attack. I'll wait for you until you return. And me, go, Kimusabi. The first traces of dawn were streaking the eastern sky when Toto returned to the Lone Ranger. Plenty of bad Kimusabi. Them get ready attack wagon train this morning. Me learn that and where them attack. What wagon train is that, Toto? Do you know? Wagon train come with soldiers.  That couldn't be true, Toto. Someone has lied to them. Thousand, two thousand Indians ride from Eagle Rock, kill soldiers and people in wagon train when them pass. We must prevent this. Toto, you know the back roads to Fort Shannon? Yes, Kimusabi. Oh, a half day ride to Fort Shannon, even when we take back trails. Yes, I know, but you're going there. Take this silver bullet to Colonel Thomas. Tell him what you've learned. What you do, Kimusabi? I'm going to ride out along the trail from Eagle Rock, stop the wagon train from passing there. If I can lead it to the old bunk house, perhaps we'll have a chance to hold off the Indians so you bring help. It's a long chance, yet we'll have to take it. Me go then, Kimusabi. Get him up, scout! He's in the big club. Over old fellow, we have a big job on our hands. Come on, silver! The wagon train from Independence passed through the prairie country onto the trail that would take it past Eagle Rock and the smoke hills. The troop of cavalry riding with the covered wagons and the single-stage boats slowed to a stop as five riders came galloping from the opposite direction, signaling a halt. Hey, Tex, it's the advance guard. Four of them. Another fellow, not a soldier. What's this all about? Galloping back just when he was beginning to make time. Hey, Tex, look at that umbra with the soldiers. Oh, glories wear a mask. It's a nice horse he's got. Tex, where's Captain Mumford?  Here I am. Colby, what's wrong? Who is this man? He says... Captain Mumford's eyes narrowed as the masked rider rode his white horse close to the officers. But those eyes opened with evident interest as they glanced at the silver bullet in the man's hand and widened more as the lone ranger finished his story. The latter started to make a broad gesture toward the top of a hill a quarter of a mile away and stopped suddenly. He reached for his field glasses, gazed through them for a second and then handed them to the Captain. If you have any doubt that I speak the truth, Captain, look through these glasses at the top of that hill. Thank you, I'll do that. Hmm. Stranger, I was prepared to question your word, but I can't now. You're right. Those Indians are more regular. That's Milius' cutting band we see up there, Captain. Yes. The main body can't be far behind, though. And that means we can't stop here. Captain, if you can make it, you may find safety in the old Territorial Fort... Now, wait, wait, Stranger. Yes? I'm not familiar with this country, but I do know the government gave up the Territorial Fort when Fort Shandong was built. Yes, but it's still standing. Blockhouse and stockade. There's a trail that leads toward back a mile or so. If you'll order your troops to turn around, Captain, I'll lead them there. It'll be hard riding, but I think it's your only chance. You're right. Have you heard what we've been saying? Yes, Captain.  Yes, Captain. All right, the rest of you, follow me. Ready, Captain? Yes, Captain. The Indian scouts she is turning. They're right back to the main band now and be after us in a short time. We'll worry about that part. You lead the way. All right, Captain. Come on! From the ram bush at Eagle Rock, with a hard riding wagon train, reached the entrance to the old Territorial Fort before the pursuing red men came within firing distance. The Indian bullets fell shorter the wagons and riders. As led by the Lone Ranger, they pondered through the gates of the stockade that surrounded the deserted but still sturdy Territorial Fort. The Lone Ranger leaped from his horse in front of the blockhouse. As Captain Mumford rode up beside them, Captain, we may be able to hold them off here, but even with this blockhouse and stockade, it's going to be a job. You're right. Men, follow those gates and follow them! Follow the gates in the back, too! Captain! Take your places as ordered! The Indians are coming, Captain. The riding closed. I can't get my coach and horses in this table. It's crowded. What do we do with the money and the baggage compartment? Leave it. It's safe enough there for the time being. Captain! I'm coming, Captain! What about you, Turkey? Don't wait for me, Coleman. Turkey, get inside the blockhouse now. Yes, sir. I'll go inside. Great help. He is at a time like this. Who is it, men, Captain? The place is familiar. The Indians are closing in. All right, men! Don't waste this job! Give it to them! Fire! We'll continue our Lone Ranger adventure in no moment. All over the country, we'll get back in direction. How you, how you do it is a question. And here, follow the path that the people have to make. Even though we need them. We'll do it all the way. Oh, we need them. We'll do it all the way. Oh, we need them. Sure enough, take Midwestern champions for instance. When Bobby Feller takes the mound, the outfield boys sit on the ground. That wheaty's pitching leaves them there, watching fatters fan the air. And when we name our Wheaties crew, Big Ted Pazuski's in there too. He'll face those earners day or night and knock their fastballs out of sight. Bob Feller and Ted Pazuski both know that Wheaties magic. There's a whole kernel of wheat in every Wheaties place. Wheaties, breakfast of champions. Big party to the world.  What is it, Tex? Well, outside, Captain. Lieutenant just took in three men, sir. You want you to see them. Three men? Who are they? Where do they come from? They're two whites and an Indian, Captain. Riding up this way from down Texas. They say they run into an engine patrol in the hills and was chased most of the night. They come riding right up to the Stockgate gate. We almost let them have it, uh, Almost. Lucky there was enough light to see they weren't Indians in war dress. They're lying over in the stable, Captain. They're sort of a scout for the party, all right? You'd better come and learn about them yourself, Captain. All right. The lone ranger accompanied Captain Mumford and the two men to the stable. Croke, Lucky and Joe had torn their clothes, dirtied their hands and faces, and were in a pretended state of exhaustion. We, we were Lucky, Captain. We almost ran into a whole camp of Redskins up there in the hills.  Give me some water. I have some water here in my canteen. Go ahead. Oh, it's you, Dirk. Yes, shall I? Yes, yes, go ahead. Give them in some water. Here you are, sir. What about the other two? They're all knocked out. Look at them. We didn't get the time to camp last night. Haven't slept in two days. You'd better grab a few winks, then. We'll be needing you and your partners before long, unless I miss my guests. Captain, we'll be ready. I'll leave you alone in here, then. Captain, I'll stay here with the men, if you like. Perhaps they'll be... All right, all right, stay in here. We'd better get our men up at the stockades to leave the guards. Tex, wake up whatever drivers are resting. Yes, Captain. I don't think any of them's asleep. Come on, come on. You've been our greatest help, sir. Is there anything you wish to suggest before I start giving orders to my men? No, Captain. Only to be on the alert every second. There's something strange about this attack and about what's going on around here. What do you mean by that? You're carrying merchandise for the settlements in your wagons, I know. But what about that money I've heard you mention? Where is it? The baggage compartment of the stage. Why? It may not be connected in any way with this attack we're under, but there's a new danger inside this stockade. I've seen a face I think I recognize. There is a bandit with us. You can spare a few men. Stay in the background with me. 20 minutes passed before Croke Harvey touched Lucky Gilmer and Pony Joe on the shoulders. All right, you two, the act's finished. It's time to get going. I just come from outside. The eyes closed with heart. They weren't for our story, huh? Yeah, I told you they would. You ready, Joe? Sure. We start fighting now. Give signal for attack. No, not yet. When do we know the road's clear to drive the stage out the back way? Yeah, and the horses are in harness too, huh? All the soldiers up front watching out for the engine. Where, boss? He's up for the stage. Better to take off with this. I just left him there. Come along, Lucky. Joe, I'll yell in that window over there for you to start the fire to bring the engines down. Yeah, I wait. You'll wait a long time, Pony Joe. Oh, you don't wait for that gun. Oh, hold this arm, that man. Give me that gun engine. No, shoot. Here, gun. You stand back and stall here what we say. Yes, Joe. But after I told Captain Mumford I recognized you and Lucky Gilman and Crow Carby. You escaped from Texas, didn't you? You better tell us everything, Pony Joe. We heard enough chests, not as expected. Stop! Ah! Holy shot! Someone shot the Indian. It came from that open window. I'm going out there, Captain. The Lone Ranger gun in hand, sprinted from the stable. The corporal had run towards the side of the building from which the shot had been fired. At that moment from the back gate, three shots rang out. The Lone Ranger ran to the back and arrived at the stagecoach first. Three figures lay sprawled on the ground in the faint light of the fading stars. Another man stood over them with gun in hand. He was stage passenger Jim Coleman and he turned as he heard the Lone Ranger. I got them the dirty, money-stealing killers. I got them just as they tried to get into the coach. Coleman, you shot Harvey and Gilmer? You know who they are, huh? Yes, I heard them plotting at the stable window. I shot them and their boss. Their boss? Yeah. Look at him there on the ground beside him. Elmer Ducky, he called himself. Pretending to be a namby-pamby. And all the time it was him who planned having the engines attack the train while him and his men got away with that $100,000 in the stagecoach. What were the shots for those men on the ground? I heard the shots out here. What's happened? I'll tell you in a minute, Captain, when this man finishes, go on, Coleman. What else? I heard them planning to light a signal to bring the engines down for an attack like they planned with the Redskins. Then when I knew they took the bar off the back gate, I ran over here and put it on again. You know who shot Pony Joe? Yeah, Ducky, the snake, killed him because he thought the engine would squeal. Then he ran here to the stagecoach. And him and the other two started to drive out when they saw the bar was over the gate. They got out, but I heard them covered. They drew for the guns, but I got them first. I shot them dead, and I'm glad. One of them's not dead. He's moving. It's a fellow Ducky. Ducky? Why, that's... Oh, my arm! You shot Coleman!  What? That Namby Pamby is a... George Whitley, United States Marshal from the Southwest. I told you today his face looked familiar. Now I place him. He must have been following this Coleman here knowing he was up to somebody. Why did you let me tell my story just now? Because I realized suddenly you were the boss of whom you were speaking.  You ran here to get away with the money and the coach. You saw Ducky holding your pals croak and lucky. Isn't that right? You must have seen it happen. You shot Ducky, or Whitley. And then when you saw it was too late to make a getaway, you killed your partners because they might squeal on you, too. Then you made yourself the hero of the lying story. Dead, dirty, murdering, scuck, let's get a roll. Now you don't take it. Corporal, get the doctor and have him attend, Ducky. The man must be saved. Yes, Captain. Private Sprady and Loftus. Take Coleman into the blockhouse. I want to talk to him before the Indians attack. Coleman, afraid of death and pleading for his life, told the whole sorted plan for using the Indians and his attempt to steal the money meant for them. And you turned in the wagon train before he got the Eagle Rock was all that kept us from getting the money. There's a masked man who wanders. Coleman of all the cold-blooded outrageous plans I've ever heard you... What is the text? The Indians attacking? No, no, they're still up moving. It's in the west, though. Clouds of dust against the sky. It's either a stampede or a herd of horses coming. After this, the soldiers from Fort Shannon I must get them and stop them from fighting with the Indians. I must get to the Indians. Captain, is that man off his head? What do they mean? Joe's Indians' texts have been lied to. We don't want to fight them, nor will they want to fight us when they hear what that man has told us. Is that the truth, Captain? You mean it. What danger does he have? Hurry! Dog, go on the mask, man. Listen. Hold still there! He's riding away. Going out of here. You hear him? A lone ranger got to the troops from Fort Shannon before they made contact with the Indians on the hill. The soldiers stopped as the masked man called Colonel Thomas and spoke earnestly.  Move him out! Colonel Thomas gave orders. Men, dismount. At ease. We've sent emissaries to the Indians. It looks as if there'll be no battle after all. Tato had used the signs of peace to get to the Indian chiefs without danger. He and the lone ranger, speaking an Indian language, told their story. When the lone ranger concluded, Chief Big Moose Bear spoke. Honey Joe lie. What you say is bad thing. Engine glad signal for more fight not come. Me believe what you say. Scouts say soldiers rest and not make ready for fight. We go talk with soldier chiefs now. The sun was high in the sky when the meeting between the Indian and Army chiefs ended. Big Moose Bear looked at the money on the table and grunted. Me know now, white man tell truth. We go back to reservation when we sign papers to get money like promised. We've had casualties Captain Mumford and the dead have been the villains. It could have been so much worse. A terrible tragedy. Yes, thanks to the masked man all this has been averted. Oh where is he by the way? He left just a few minutes ago Captain. Him and the engine. They sure saved everything didn't they? But who was the masked one? Boy, Tex, you didn't know him? Bet even the chief knows. Ah, me know. Him great friend of Indian. Him lone ranger.  The part of the Lone Ranger is played by Brace Beamer. Your announcer, Fred Boy. Listen to the Lone Ranger brought to you by Special Recording Mondays through Fridays at this same time.


Hi, I'm Zor. Welcome to Unisor Education. This lecture is part of the course of advanced mathematics for teenagers on Unisor.com, and that's where I recommend you to watch this lecture from, because it has notes. Notes are basically the complete lecture, which I'm basically presenting right now. In this particular case, we are talking about problems, so it would be actually quite beneficial if you would try to solve these problems just by yourself. So read notes, they have the problem, they have also a solution as well, but try not to look into a solution. Anyway, after you went through the problem as presented in the notes, then it makes sense actually to listen to the lecture. Alright, we are talking about problems related to conditional probabilities. Alright, so I'm going to present a certain number of problems, one by one, and with solutions actually, right? So the problem number one, one more detail, I will extensively use the set theory and the measure theory as a representation of the probabilities. So we have a sample space, which is actually a set, we have elementary events, which are elements of this set, we have events as basically subsets of our set, and the probability as a measure introduced on all the different events. We are talking about finite sample spaces, so finite number of elementary events. So every event is just a combination of certain elementary events, and in as much as every subset is just a set of elements which belong to this finite set. And the measure is an additive measure with the measure of an entire set equal to one, that's what makes it a probabilistic measure. And I will extensively use the geometric interpretation of this, basically representing event as area on the whiteboard with the size maybe corresponding to the probability, to the measure. Okay, problem number one, we have two events, and I will again graphically, this is my sample space, and there are two events, one and two. Events are subsets, for instance, this represents all the different results of my experiment. Now this is certain results which form one particular event, and this is another set of elements which is another event. Now, I am talking about the case when these two events, let me, one is this one, and another is this one. Let's call them A and B, and I am talking about A is independent of B. So we are talking about two independent events. Okay, now the first property which I would like to present as a theorem, if you wish, or a problem is the following. Now the area which represents the event which is a combination of A and B, A and B, is one area which I would like to consider. Then the area which is A except all those which are in B, which is this area, A minus B. So these are all elementary events which belong to both A and B. This is belong to A but not to B. Similarly, there is this one, belongs to B but not to A, which means it's this part of the B. And finally, I would like to consider elements which do not belong to either A or B, which is usually something like not A union B, something like this. Now, usually the whole space, the sample space is delineated with a Greek letter omega. So basically this is omega minus A union B, that's what it is. So, what's my theorem is about? My theorem is about the following, that the probability of the common part multiplied by the probability of part which does not belong to A or B, which is omega minus A or B, equals to the product of probabilities of A without B times probability of B without A. So, probability of this times this is equal to probability of this times that. Well, and I'm talking about independent events. It's not like any event, obviously. It's only for independent events. Now, how I'm going to solve this particular problem or prove this particular theorem? It's actually relatively simple thing. What I will do is the following. You see, it's kind of difficult to deal with these events with their intersection, their difference, compliments, etc. I would prefer to deal with events which are completely mutually exclusive, do not have any intersection between them. So, what I'm going to do is the following. I will call the elements which are inside of both, which is this one, and event w. Now, sorry, it's called x. To correspond to my notes, that's x. So, this is inside this area. Now, this would be y, which is A without B, which is this part. This part. This is y. Now, B without A is this part, would be z. And everything outside would be w, outside of both. Now, I would prefer to deal with x, y, z, and w instead of A and B, because it's just easier. They do not have any intersection. And what's interesting is that the probability is an additive measure, which means if you have two events which do not have anything in common, the probability of union of these events is some of their probabilities. That's why we usually can use the plus sign instead of the union sign when we are combining elements which do not have anything in common. So, that's just quite a convenient thing. Now, using this, I basically have to prove that x times w equals to y times z. Now, where lowercase x, w, y, and z are the corresponding probabilities. So, probability of event w is lowercase w, probability of event x is lowercase x, probability of event y is lowercase y, and probability of event z is lowercase z. So, that's how I would treat them. Now, this seems to be much easier, right? But still we have to prove it, right? It doesn't really matter in what language I express my problem. We still have to prove it. Now, what's given? The only thing which is given about this, above and beyond the notation which is not really given, it's just my choice, is this one. A is independent of B. So, let's try to express this independence in terms of x, y, z, and w. So, that's probably the key to everything, right? So, what does it mean that A is independent of B? Well, many times we were talking the conditional probability of A under condition of B is equal to the unconditional probability. That's what independence means. If there is a condition B or there is no condition B, the probability of AB is exactly the same. Or, if we are expressing the conditional probability of A under condition of B as something which we know as A intersection B divided by probability of B, that's what this is. We defined this conditional probability and basically derived this in case of a finite probabilistic space and it's actually a definition for other cases, which basically means that the probability of A under condition B means the relative. So, basically, let's go back to the probabilities. So, instead of distributed among all the elements of the space omega, the probability is concentrated in B in this area. So, everything is concentrated in B in all elements. Let's consider it evenly distributed within the elements of B. So, the common part, which is this one, which I basically described as an event x, that's what the measure of probability in the numerator and denominator is the total thing. So, we are talking about basically a ratio or a fraction. What part of the B is taken by events which also belong to A? That's what conditional probability that A is happening in case B is happening. So, what part of the B is taken by this particular area which is a combination of A and B? So, that's what this formula is. That's a definition of conditional probabilities. Now, let's express it in our language. A intersections B is x. Now, what is B? B is this, right, which is x plus z. And I can use really B is equal to x plus z. I can use plus because x and z have no common elements and we have agreed that union in case of there is no common elements can be expressed as a plus sign because the probability of the union in this case is the sum of these two probabilities, right? So, we have probability of B equals probability of x plus probability of z. That's because x and z do not have anything in common, right? So, how can I express this formula? And by the way, probability of A is correspondingly x plus y. So, this formula basically means the following. Probability of A, that's x and y, right, which is x plus y equals probability of A intersections B which is x divided by probability of B which is x plus z. That's what's written. Okay, so this is given and this we have to prove. So, it becomes actually a plain algebraic exercise, how from one formula I can get to another. And let's not forget that sum of all these probabilities, x, y, z and w is equal to the probability of the entire sample space which is always one, right? So, there is also this condition, x plus y plus z plus w is equal to one. So, this condition plus this condition must result in this. Question is, can I derive it? Well, let's see if I can. Okay, so now we have a clean room to make a relatively simple calculations. Alright, so this is given and this is given. I have to prove this. Well, probably the best thing is, well, let's just convert this and that will be x is equal to x square plus xy plus xz plus yz, right? Or x factor out x plus y plus z plus yz. Or, now x plus y plus z is obviously one minus w, right? Multiply x minus xw plus yz. And what do I have? x is equal to this. x can go and I have 0 equals minus xw plus yz or xw is equal to yz which is exactly what's necessary to prove. As you see, the proof itself is very simple. What's really kind of maybe difficult or takes some time is to come to this purely algebraic exercise, very easy exercise, using certain other events which we have introduced. So, instead of a and b and an entire space omega, we have introduced x, y, z and w which do not have any intersection and we expressed original events, a and b in terms of x, y, z, etc. And we have expressed their independence a from b in this particular way which is one of the things which we have definitely used. So, that's the end of this particular problem. This is the proof and we will use this particular theorem. Let me draw again my graphical representation of this problem. So, this is omega, this was my a and this was my b. Now, this is my x, y, z and w. So, let me circle my original letters which have something like an intersection, etc. and x, y, z and w without the circle, these are independent parts. So, y is the part of the a which does not belong, which does not belong to b. b, z, sorry, is part of the b which does not belong to a. x is a common part and w is something which is outside of books. That's what it is. And this is the equation. So, the probability of the events which are common for a and b multiplied by the probability of events which do not anything from a nor b is equal to the product of probabilities of a without b and b without a. So, that's what this particular theorem is. x, w is equal to y, z. Alright. Finished with this problem and let's go next. Okay. We have to prove that if a is independent of b then not a also is independent. So, again, the condition is exactly the same. All I have to do is to prove that if a is independent which is basically what we were doing in the previous problem then not a is independent as well. Well, let's just think about it. Independence a from b we have actually written down as the probability of their intersection which is x divided by the probability of b which is x plus z and that's equal to, that's the conditional probability of a relative to b and unconditional is x plus y. So, this is the expression of a is independent. This is given. Now, what's necessary to prove Now, let's think about how can I express not a in the language of x, y, z and w. Well, not a means, okay, if a is this, not a is this piece which is z plus everything outside which is w, right? So, not a is equal to w plus z. Now, sometimes I'm using lower case and I mean the probabilities. Sometimes I'm using the upper case which looks exactly the same as lower case, sorry, but that means events, right? And obviously the same letter means the probability of that corresponding event. So, these are probabilities. These are events. So, event w which is everything outside plus this event which is b but not a, they constitute together everything which is outside of a. So, I have to prove that this particular event is independent of b, which means what? I have to prove that the probability of w plus z, intersections event b divided by probability of b. That's the conditional probability of w plus z relative to b, right? And that's equal to unconditional probability. If I prove that, that means that w plus z is independent of b, correct? All right, now, so let's talk about probability of w plus z is w plus z. Consider this is a lower case. Now, probability of w plus z, intersections b. Okay, w plus z, intersection with b, which is this. So, what's the common? Only the part z. And probability of b is x plus z, x plus z. So, I have to prove this. What's given? Well, basically, given this, or actually this, which is simpler, which we have proved before. So, I have to prove this, knowing that this is true and knowing that x plus y plus z plus w is equal to 1, all right? Okay, so let's do it. How can I prove it? Well, again, let's just multiply. So, z is equal to x w plus x z plus w z plus z square, which is equal to x w plus z times x plus w plus z, right? x plus w plus z equals x w, sorry, x w plus z times. Since x and y and w and z are equal to 1, then this is equal to 1 minus y, right? Which is equal to x w plus z minus y z. So, this is equivalent to this. Now, we are excluding all these weird cases of the probabilities equal to 0 because it's like dividing by 0. We are excluding all these cases because when probability is equal to 0, it means events actually do not happen. So, let's just forget about all these extreme cases. So, this is equivalent to this. And this, by the way, I can reduce it by z and I have x w is equal to y z. So, this is equivalent to this. So, instead of proving this, I can prove this. But this has already been proven in the previous problem. So, from this, by transformations, we came to this. All transformations are reversible, again considering the probability is not equal to 0. So, from here, going backwards, I can get to my original equation, which I wanted to prove. So, again, if A is independent of B, then not A is independent of B as well. All we have to do is just express it in this language of x and y, and it becomes a plain problem. By the way, in the notes for this lecture, I spent some time to use it without this language of x, y and z using more probabilistic approach. Please read the notes on unizor.com and you will see basically a second solution, which seems to be exactly kind of as simple as this one. But still, it's kind of interesting to approach it slightly differently. Okay. My third problem is very much like this. So, if A is independent of B, then instead of not A is independent of B, now my theorem is A is independent of not B. And you just have to believe me.  It's very much like it. All you have to do is to express this particular independence as an equation like this one and basically use a plain algebra like multiplication, whatever, and you will get exactly the same thing. So, it's a very easy thing to do. I don't want to do it because it's really easy and, again, it's presented in the notes. I do suggest you to read it. It's very simple. So, no time spent on the third problem. Now, problem number four is... Okay. So, we bypass problem number three and go to problem number four. Here it is. Now, we know that if I have any event A, I can always construct an event not A, which is a complementary event. Like, for instance, if A is this thing, not A is everything outside of this. So, geometric approach is very, very useful in all cases of these problems. And what's the measure of the sum of these? Well, the measure of the A and measure of not A is the measure of an entire sample space, which is always one. So, I can always say that probability of A plus probability of not A is equal to one. Not A, you can always write like omega minus A. That's exactly the same thing. Right? Omega minus A would be not A. So, the probability of two complementary events is equal to one. Now, my theory which I would like to prove, or the problem which I would like to save to solve is to prove that conditional probabilities also are equal to one, where B is any event actually. It doesn't really matter. Look at this from the geometric perspective. What is a conditional probability of A under condition B? It's the area which is common divided by the general area which is all B. Now, what is not A under condition B? Well, it's everything outside of the A. But again, the measure is all concentrated within B. Right? So, we can completely disregard everything which is outside of them both and concentrate only on this piece which is outside of A but still within the B. Right? So, I'm adding ratio of using this language X over X plus Z and not A which is basically Z over X plus Z. And I'm adding them together. Well, guess what? This is the common denominator and the numerator you get the same X plus Z. So, you have X plus Z over X plus Z which is always one. Right? So, as long as you express this equality in the language of X, Y and Z geometrically, well, I'm using the word geometrically in quotes actually because it's not really geometry. I'm representing my probabilities as areas and it's just a new illustration. So, as long as you do this, the problem becomes trivial. So, the conditional probabilities of two complementary events A and not A also give one in sum. Okay. Now, let me reverse the problem. Is this true? It looks like symmetrical. Remember, the previous two problems I was telling that they are really very similar whenever I was talking about independence. If A is independence from B, then not A is independent from B and also A is independent from not B. They're kind of symmetrical. But is there a symmetry here? If the sum of two complementary conditional probabilities of two complementary events is equal to one, we just proven this, how about sum of two conditional probabilities against two complementary events? Conditional probability of the same event A, but you have complementary conditions. Is this true? Well, the answer is not and it's very, very easy to prove. Think about this. Let's consider two independent events, A and B. Then conditional probability of A under condition B is the same as conditional probability of A, right? Because that's what independence means. Now, we have proven that if A is independent of B, then A is independent of not B as well. So, if they are independent, this is also T of A. And I have this, which means T of A is equal to one-half. Well, I mean, obviously I can choose any event A and obviously I can choose an event, the probability of which is not equal to one-half. And that would disprove this particular thing. So, it looks like if this is true, then this must be true. And since it's not, then forget about the original equation. Well, that's it. That's my last problem. That's a very simple one. So, what's the most important part of this? Probably the most important part is to use this geometric interpretation of the probabilities and representing events which do have something like intersection in terms of other events, X, Y, Z and W, which do not have any intersection among themselves. And you can always combine, like, X and Y to get A, X and Z to get B, X and Y and Z and W to get an entire space. So, everything is built from these non-intersecting components and that's very useful because the probabilities are edging. If you add two events, then the probability of the sum is the sum of the probabilities. Non-intersecting events are very useful in this particular case. Because the measure is additive. Well, that's it. Thank you very much. Don't forget to go to Unisor.com and to read again these problems and try again to solve them yourself. That would be very useful. All right? Thanks very much and good luck.


Every year, the Minnesota Austin Healey Club shows off their vintage rides around the region with autocross racing and a walking car show. For this week's community spotlight, Mal Meyer met up with the drivers as they put the pedal to the metal in this year's race to the rapids. Drivers are feeling the heat and pressure of the competition out on the tarmac of the Itasca County Airport. You might hear a lot of screaming and yelling out the window where I say, which way, which way? It's all in good fun. Mostly the drivers are looking to beat their own times. Quickly navigating around the cones as to not get any penalties. If you hit it and it flies out of the square that it's in, then you lose two seconds. While most of the cars are vintage foreign cars, Suzanne Willitson had to get in on the fun with her more modern BMW. Ready to burn that course up, lady? Yes, sir. Go for it. But she'd rather race in her 1960 Austin Healey 3000 BMW 7. It was actually purchased brand new by my father in 1960. So I have known that car my entire life. Eileen Wetzel has been racing her Healey's for years. Just this spring I got my vintage racing license, so I have another Healey at home that's for the track. She says zipping around the course in her 1963 Healey is better than being on a roller coaster. That's the beauty of a Healey is windy roads, you're just golden. Some of the owners opted to keep their cars polished and pristine for the walking show later on. Brenda Dinayo was attending the first Friday art walk when she stumbled upon the show. She says there's a little something for everyone, even non-car buffs like herself. I like the personalized ones with the little picnic baskets in the back. Dominique Cool and Josiah Aguilar were driving by and decided to make a pit stop. We've seen some nice nice cars and we figured we'd come check it out. I've never been to one before. The club might have found a few more members after showing off their rides. I'm not really into cars, but I'm into cars now thanks to this. With this week's community spotlight in Grand Rapids, I'm Mel Meyer, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.