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From YouTube: Meet The People: Lauren "Stevie" Smith
Description
On this episode of Meet The People, the Department of Public Safety's Park Ranger Lauren "Stevie" Smith plays show and tell, talks about her favorite city park, and gives the full story behind her nickname.
A
Hello
again,
everyone
welcome
to
another
edition
of
meet
the
people.
My
name
is
david
finer,
I'm
the
communication,
technology
manager
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh's,
department
of
innovation
and
performance,
and
today
I
am
really
excited
about
today,
someone
I
have
met
within
the
last
four
or
five
minutes,
but
I
can
tell
this
is
going
to
be
a
great
show.
A
A
B
So
when
I
was
do
you
know
the
boys
and
girls
club
in
the
north
side
called
sarah
hinds
house,
I
grew
up
there
and
I
didn't
know
my
gymnastics
coach's
name.
So
I
guessed
because
I
liked
steve
irwin
and
I
guess
steve
and
his
name
was
dave
and
I
kept
going
steve,
steve,
steve
steve,
and
then
he
was
just
like
stevie.
That's
not
my
name
and
it
kind
of
other
girls
heard
it
and
it
just
kind
of
stuck.
And
so
here
we
are.
B
B
A
B
B
I
went
to
slippery
rock
university
for
originally
for
phys
ed,
but
then
I
worked
in
alaska
for
a
summer
and
fell
in
love
with
it,
and
I
was
like.
Oh
my
goodness.
I
don't
think
I
can
stay
inside
and
teach
kids.
I
think
I'd
rather
be
outside.
So
I
switched
my
major
to
parks
and
recreation
and
resource
management.
B
Kenai
fjords
national
park
for
an
outdoor
adventure
company
yeah.
It
was
amazing,
thankfully
one
of
the
cat
one
of
the
girls
who
was
kind
of
like
a
mentor
to
me
at
the
boys
and
girls
club.
She
got
a
job
there
after
she
had
graduated
from
perry.
Also,
and
actually
I
think
I
think
she
might
have
went
to
slippery
rock
yeah.
B
She
went
slippery
rock
too,
so
I
pretty
much
followed
in
her
footsteps
and
she
ended
up
working
for
alaska,
wildland
adventures
and
got
me
got
obviously
had
to
apply
but
got
me
a
job
there
and
it
completely
changed
my
outlook
on
life,
and
I
wish
I
could
go
back
there
every
single
summer
to
work.
But
you
know
the
city's
fine
so.
B
B
A
A
A
B
You
know
what
I
did
take
the
fire
test.
I
think
right
before
I
became
a
park
ranger
and
I
did
okay,
but
I
didn't
think
I
don't
think
I
did
as
well
as
I
could
have
on
the
written.
So
and
then
I
ended
up
becoming
a
park
ranger
and
I'm
in
the
military
too.
So
just
a
little
too
many
things
going
on,
but
I
I
think
maybe
in
the
future
I
might
wander
back
over
there.
Okay.
A
B
Yes,
I
passed
everything
I
just
didn't
get
I
didn't
get
enough.
I
didn't
get
a
good
enough.
I
mean
I
was
yeah.
I
was
on
the
list,
but
I
would
have
had
to
waited
a
couple
classes
and
then
yeah.
I
got
100
on
the
physical
and
the
written
just
wasn't
as
great
and
then
I
unfortunately
didn't
get
my
military
points
yet
because,
depending
on
your
dd214,
you
have
to
have
like
you
have
to
have
a
completed
enlistment
so-
and
I
didn't
have
that
quite
yet.
B
B
I
just
I
actually
just
reenlisted
last
year,
so
I've
been
in
for
seven
years
now
and
I
go
in
about
once
a
month.
I
just
switched
jobs,
those
so
that's
kind
of
a
change.
For
me,
too,
I
was
security
forces
which
is
kind
of
like
police
for
the
military
and
then
now
I'm
admin.
So
I
still
have
to
go
to
a
five-week
school
for
that
and
then
I'll
kind
of
get
back
onto
things
and
get
moving.
B
B
B
So
my
dad
actually
was
here
doing
something
for
work
and
he
saw
it
listed
and
I
was
look.
I
just
graduated
in
december
of
2016
and
so
I
applied
and
you
know
I
made
it
through
the
first
round
of
interviews
and
then
made
it
through
the
second
round
of
interviews,
and
they
told
me
and
another
kid
that
I
got
the
job
and
that's
what
happened
four
years
ago.
And
here
we
are
now.
B
B
I
yeah
tell
me
about
it:
my
boss,
john
furman,
showed
us
all
around
the
parks.
I
think
mainly
we
spent
our
day
in
shenley,
but
obviously,
as
you
know,
there's
always
things
going
on
in
the
parks
and
john
arlene
ranger
is
always
on
the
call.
His
phones
are
always
ringing.
He
has
two.
If
you
don't
know
him,
there's
just
one
on
each
hip
and
then
his
walkie-talkie
too,
so
he's
always
somewhere
he's
always
being
called
somewhere.
So
we
were
going
to
highland.
B
We
went
to
frick
a
lot
of
that.
First,
two
weeks
was
just
going
around
to
the
parks
and
addressing
situations
and
learning
from
them,
or
you
know
just
hiking
the
trails
and
kind
of
seeing
what
the
parks
were
all
about.
But
then
I
got
put
in
allegheny
commons
and
melon
park
in
market
square,
so
you
know
you
can't
really
get
lost
there.
So.
A
B
B
I
think,
honestly,
I
think
john
took
you
know
he
was
the
head
for
that
and
we
kind
of
just
stayed
back
since
we
literally
were
just
on
the
job.
Dogs
off
leash
is
always
a
big
problem.
Unfortunately,
but
then
we
also
we
we
do
some
tabling
activities
too.
So
some,
like
environmental
education,
type
things,
but
mainly
it
was
just
walking
around
and
no
getting
to
know
our
parks
like
he
took
me
downtown
to
let
you
know
we
took
the
the
subway.
Was
it
I
guess
yeah.
So
he
could.
B
A
B
Into
melon
park
and
market
square,
because
I
don't
think
anyone
really
knows,
market
square
is
a
city
park
because
it's
all
cement
but
yeah
I
mean
just
going
over
a
lot
of
the
main
rules
and
ordinances.
We
try
to
hit
on
like
no
smoking
dogs
on
leash
and
obviously
just
keeping
wildlife
and
the
people
in
the
park
safe.
So
that
was
like
our
biggest
thing.
We
went
over.
A
So
we've
been
doing
the
show-
and
I've
been
conducting
these
interviews
for
about
six
months
now,
and
I've
been
talking
to
a
lot
of
city
employees
about
how
they
use
technology
in
their
jobs,
but
everybody,
I've
talked
to
so
far
sits
behind
a
desk.
I'm
assuming
a
you,
don't
have
a
desk,
I
don't,
but
you
do
have
an
email
account.
I
do
because
I've
been
emailing
with
you.
So
what
are
some
of
the
technological
tools
you're
using
as
a
park
ranger.
B
B
And
so
then
I
took
it
over
from
there
and
I
think
instagram
has
just
been
a
major
help
for
me
specifically
because
a
lot
of
the
rangers
don't
have
actual
offices,
so
in
regards
to
actually
like
getting
to
go
to
someone
every
day
and
say
good
morning
or
like
nowhere
to
go
to
get
a
map
or
something
is
kind
of
difficult
for
all
the
city.
Anyone
who
comes
to
the
park,
because
you
want
to
ask
for
help
or
you
want
to
you-
know,
see
what
kind
of
programs
we
have.
B
Even
if
people
don't
see
us
on
a
daily
basis,
because,
like
john
at
the
skating
rink
up
in
shenley,
they
do
have
an
semi
office
there,
but
at
least
you
know
you
have
somewhere
to
go,
whereas
for
me
in
the
commons
and
there
are
different,
like
rooms,
some
of
the
rangers
stay
out
in
highland
and
stuff.
But
no
one
really
knows
that.
A
B
B
Everything
and
people
were
inside,
but
your
rangers
were
still
working
and
we
were
still
able
to
bring
the
outdoors
into
people's
homes,
and
so
I
think
that
was
pretty
awesome,
because
people
were
looking
for
things
for
their
kids
to
do
or
just
themselves
to
do
so.
I
think
it's
been
super
great
and
then
obviously
I
don't
know
if
you
we
were
on
the
a
couple
news
channels
which
a
lot
of
people
don't
know.
B
B
A
B
Leash
is
a
big
issue.
Obviously
I'm
not
gonna
yell
at
people
as
they
post
pictures
and
videos
of
their
dogs
off
leash
on
instagram,
but
I
can
at
least
promote
the
people
who
do
have
their
dogs
on
a
leash
or
who
are
using
the
off-leash
areas
so
that
we
can
show
good
examples
of
things
to
do
in
our
parks,
rather
than
you
know,
I
never
yell
at
people,
but
just
trying
to
educate
people
on
how
to
keep
their
dogs
and
wildlife
and
other
people
safe,
while
in
the
parks.
I.
A
B
Yes,
some
people
I
mean,
but
then
there's
other
people
who
loves
their
dog,
awfully
that
you
know
which
I
I
do
understand,
but
you
know
you
gotta
respect
other
people's.
I
had
a
dog
when,
when
I
was
deployed,
I
found
a
wild
puppy
and
I
brought
him
home,
and
so
he
didn't
really
have
like
domesticated
genetics,
so
he
was
fun.
He
was
okay,
but
if
any,
if
a
dog
would
approach
him
on
a
leash,
he
would
get
very
upset.
But
if
someone
had
their
dog
off
lesion,
they
didn't
know
how
to
control
it.
B
You
know
you're
creating
an
unsafe
situation
for
your
dog,
my
dog
and
for
us
if
we
have
to
get
involved
so
I've
been
to
over
the
past
couple
years,
I've
been
super
focused
on
just
trying
to
help
people
educate
people
to
understand.
You
know
why
why
we
and
why
we
enforce
the
rules
and
ordinances
that
we
do,
because
it's
not
like,
we
don't
want
anyone
to
have
fun.
You
know.
A
B
Actually,
you
know
we
have
a
pretty
basic
ordinance
list,
unfortunately
not
unfortunately,
but
it's
just
super
straightforward,
because
I
have
scrolled
through
them,
but
I
haven't
seen
anything
I
mean
I
think
the
oddest
one.
I
kind
of
thought
when
I
first
got
on
was
the
no
smoking
thing
just
because
I
never
knew
that
was
a
rule.
Okay,
but
you
know.
B
A
B
Even
if
you
ask
someone
not
to
smoke,
they
will
almost.
I
would
like
almost
I
would
say:
90
of
them
will
throw
their
butt
on
the
ground.
So
then
you
have
to
ask
them
if
they
could
not
litter
and
throw
it
in
a
trash
can
so
it's
a
never-ending
cycle
of
a
domino
effect
of
just
trying
to
educate
people
on
you
know
why
things
why
you
shouldn't
do
things
and
disrespecting
the
the
public
space?
I
guess.
B
A
A
B
That's
great,
it's
not!
It's!
We've
had
a
few
in
the
springtime
already
we
had
it.
We
had
a
few,
we
had
a
couple
in
highland
and
frick
and
there
was
a
good
burn
in
mount
washington
park,
which
I'm
not
sure
if
you're
familiar
with
that,
I
didn't
even
know
that
was
a
park
until
this
year.
I
knew
of
emerald
view
in
grand
view,
and
but
I
never
knew
it
was
tucked
back.
B
Or
something
and
getting
crazy,
but
it's
actually
wild
that
we
even
have
some
small
fires
that
get
out
of
hand.
Obviously
in
the
city
too,
but
thankfully
I
think
since
they're
back
in
the
woods,
they
don't
and
it's
more,
you
know
wet
here
than
other
places.
There's
they
stay
pretty
consumed,
I
mean
not
consumed,
but
when.
A
A
Awesome
you
touched
on
this
a
little
bit,
but
I
want
to
dive
a
little
deeper
into.
It.
Is
so
you've
been
here
four
years?
How
has
your
job
changed
in
the
last
16
months?
So
you
do.
You
said
you
don't
have
an
office,
you
don't
have
a
desk
most
of
the
office
workers
for
the
city
in
march
2020
were.
It
was
suggested
strongly
that
we
go
home,
I'm
assuming
you
were
told
to
stay
put.
B
B
Okay,
I'm
actually
blanking
on
what
we
even
called
it.
I
think
it
was
like
parks
in
your
home
series,
so
I
did
wander
so.
I'm
super
grateful
that
the
city
allowed
me
to
do
that,
just
because
obviously
it's
hard
being
pregnant
now
in
the
parks
and
then
with
all
the
craziness
going
on,
but
yeah
every
day
at
home.
It
was
just
about
creating
content
for
the
next
day
and
the
following
day
and
trying
to
change
it
up
so
that
we
always
had
something
new
and
thankfully,
obviously
it
was
march.
B
So
there
wasn't
many
things
in
regards
to
nature
popping
up,
but
from
the
previous
summers
we
were
able
to
put
stuff
together,
but
then,
as
the
summer
slowed
on,
I
mean
the
summer
went
on.
Obviously
we
were
kind
of
out
and
about
more,
but
I
had
my
baby.
So
I
was
gone
for
a
good
amount
of
time
that
the
2020
summer.
A
B
B
No,
it
was
never
really.
No,
I
don't
think
it
was
ever
really
different.
I
think
if
anything
there
just
weren't
as
many
people
out
in
our
parks,
but
actually
I
mean
I
kind
of
have
to
say
that.
Well
at
least
I
have
to
kind
of
say
the
opposite,
because
everyone
was
out
in
the
parks,
because
that
was
like
the
only
places.
B
I
guess
you
could
go
because
everything
else
was
closed,
so
I
think
we
definitely
did
have
a
little
bit
of
you
know
issues
with
the
amount
of
people.
We
definitely
had
a
lot
of
complaints
of
people
messaging
us
with
people
not
respecting
each
other's
space
and
things
like
that.
But
you
know
it's
hard
to
enforce
that
when
you
have
maybe
only
one
ranger
per
park-
and
you
know
how
do
you
address
the
situation?
So
you
know
the
best
we
could
do
is
just
make
posts
on
instagram
about
reminding
people.
B
You
know
respecting
their
space
six
feet
and
all
that
so
and
then,
honestly,
as
the
winter
time
went
on
winter
time
is
always
kind
of
slower
in
our
parks,
depending
on
what
park
you're
in
I'm
in
the
commons.
So
I
sometimes
make
comments
that
are
more
towards
my
parks
and
not
the
other
parks,
but
I
think,
and
then
once
spring
came
around
this
year,
you
know
I
mean
our
parks
were
pretty
much
back
to
normal
and
we're
doing
and
we're
still
doing
environmental
education
with
the
rec
centers.
A
B
B
B
A
A
A
B
No,
I
mean
it's
still.
I
mean
the
park
rangers
are
kind
of
weird.
I
think,
because
we're
we're
kind
of
this
like
weird
little
thing
that
is
here
in
the
city
and
we
have
awesome
jobs,
but
I
don't
think
we're
like
I
mean
I
think
our
main
boss
comes
in
here,
if
anything
in
our
other
ranger
who
ernie,
who
does
a
lot
of
our
environmental
education
to
create
things
with
the
workers.
B
So
I
mean,
if
anything,
I
think
mainly
it's
just
stuck
the
email
and
getting
things
done
that
way
and
just
trying
to
create
things
more
online,
but
other
than
that.
I
don't.
I
don't
think
no.
I
mean
at
least
for
me
and
I
think,
for
a
lot
of
the
other
rangers.
It
hasn't.
If
anything
john
hasn't
had
to
come
down
to
the
city
as
much
and
all
of
it's
done
over
email,
so
yeah
I
mean
no.
I
don't
think
it's
changed
very
much.
Okay,.
B
B
A
A
B
B
If
we
need
things
with
grants
and
things
like
that,
that's
great
yeah,
we
really
are.
I
think
the
other
thing
I
mean.
I
don't
really
know
if
there's
much
more,
they
gave
us
bikes.
I
think
the
main
thing
is
just
like
a
park
office
and
maybe
just
like
creating
our
own
type
of
map,
brochure
type
thing
to
kind
of
teach
people
about
each
park.
And,
oh,
you
know
like
the
passport
books
for
the
state
parks
or
the
national.
A
B
So
I
think
the
main
thing
is
the
office
and
then,
after
that,
I
think
we're
pretty
well
taken
care
of.
But
oh
the
other
main
thing
would
be
our
our
numbers,
so
it'd
be
getting
more
park
rangers
because
it's
really
hard
to
enforce
things
with
one
person
in
a
park
whereas
like
when
we
have
our
like
part-timers,
occasionally
from
summer
to
summer,
like
the
sca's.
B
It's
really
nice
having
like,
if
you
enforce
something
one
day,
if
someone
comes
back
the
next
day
to
just
do
it
again,
because
they
don't
care
because
they
think
you
won't
be
there
and
having
another
person
to
just
reinforce
it
kind
of
helps
because,
obviously
signs
you
know,
people
have
the
choice
to
read
a
sign
and
100
of
the
time:
they're
not
gonna,
even
if
they
read
it,
they're
not
gonna,
follow
it
so
yeah.
Definitely
our
numbers
and
in
offices.
So.
B
A
And
it
it's
across
the
board,
whether
it's
the
finance
department
or
inp
or
public
safety,
how
much
work
actually
gets
done
with
how
little
people
are
there
to
do
it
totally?
I
think
it's
great
stevie.
You
are
the
first
guest
on
this
program
to
bring
show
and
tell
items,
and
I
am
so
excited
about
your
show
and
tell
items
so
would
you
like
to
show
us
and
tell
us
what
you
brought.
A
B
B
B
What
you
should
bring
out
with
you
and
the
parks
when
you
like,
go
out
for
a
hike,
leave
no
trace
decomposition
game
where
you
guess
how
long
it
takes
for
things
to
decomposition
and
then
yeah,
and
then
we
do
a
geocaching
game,
usually
in
allegheny
commons,
where
they
use
use
our
gps's
to
find
the
geocaches,
and
then
they
give
a
hint
of
what
the
animal
may
be.
So
we
like
to
use
our
skins
and
skulls
of
animals
that
are
here
in
our
city.
A
B
B
Yeah
so
yeah
we
like
to
use
these
and
you
know:
kids,
don't
kids
don't
often
get
to
have
hands-on
with
animals
so
being
able
to
have
the
skins
and
skulls
gives
them
an
up-close
look
on
what's
in
their
brains,
what's
in
their
mouths
and
they
get
to
feel
the
fur
which
some
kids
are
like.
Absolutely
not.
I'm
not
touching
that
and
then
other
people
are
like.
Oh
can
I
touch
in
I'm
like
heck
yeah
go
ahead,
so
we've
been
starting
to
do
some
tabling
tuesday
when
they're
not
using
them
for
the
rec
centers.
B
A
B
A
B
You
can
actually
rent
things
from
them
and
they
have
the
like.
They
have
like
a
stuffed
chipmunk,
so
the
rangers
and
highland
and
frick
are
making
chipmunk
magnets
and
chipmunk
education
and
they
have
an
actual
live
chipmunk
in
the
box
that
you
can
actually
see,
and
it
comes
with
different
facts
and
things
to
learn
about
and
teach
the
kiddos,
which
I
think
is
super
great.
I
think
it
was
like
50
to
rent
it
for
a
certain
amount
of
time,
but
obviously
the
city
pays
for
that.
B
B
A
A
B
A
B
A
A
A
Goes
on
the
side
that
happened
once
when
I
was
in
fermenting
one
of
the
fir,
so
I'm
not
again,
I'm
not
from
here,
but
one
of
the
first
times
I
was
ever
in
primanti's.
I
was
sitting
at
the
bar.
I
was
eating
and
someone
came
and
sat
down
and
said:
I'd
have
the
the
blah
blah
blah,
and
can
you
put
the
french
fries
on
the
side.
B
A
B
B
B
Okay
grand
view:
okay
emerald
view,
allegheny
commons,
east
commons,
right
down
above
summary,
pool
okay,
it's
it's
an
awesome
view
that
no
one
really
knows
about,
and
I
think
obviously
the
west
end
overlook
is
always
going
to
be
beautiful,
but
I
think
those
are
probably
my
oh
riverview
has
a
really
cool
view
up
top
too
nice.
I
I
I
mean
it's
real.
I
mean
the
free
places
to
look
at
your
city
are
in
the
park,
so
I
just
love
them
all.
A
A
B
B
B
Yeah,
I
thought
about
trying
to
go
to
all
those
views
in
one
day
to
try
to
take
like
different
pictures,
to
try
to
show
everyone
or
do
like
videos.
I
haven't
done
it
yet
it's
just
one
of
my
instagram
ideas
that
I
have,
but
it
really
is
cool
when
I
stumbled
in
when
I
stumbled
apart
on
the
one
of
riverview
this
past
spring,
when
the
trees
were
still
bare.
B
A
A
B
A
B
And
no,
unless
it
has
maybe
something
to
involve
with
animals
or
something
probably
probably
not.
Okay,
I'm
trying
to
think,
though,
did
you
know
like
slugs
whenever
they
breed
they
make
like
a
mucus
sack
and
they
use
their
nasty
slime
to
string
them
down
and
they
hang
and
they
mate
in
the
air,
and
then
they
make
this
big
mucus
ball.
It's
really
cool!
You
should
check
it
out.
I'm.
B
A
B
If
anyone
has
any
questions
or
concerns
and
or
you
can
always
use
your
3-1-1,
your
3-1-1
will
always
be
directed
towards
us,
but
it's
always
good
to
obviously
put
in
things
from
all
directions.
So,
if
you
put
in
a
311
call
and
send
us
an
email,
it
makes
your
park
ranger
for
that
individual
park
aware
and
then
that,
hopefully,
the
issue
can
be
addressed
a
little
bit
quicker,
quicker.
B
A
B
Chronicle,
do
you
know
the
north
side
chronicle?
They
came
over
to
gustonia's
to
get
some
picture
and
I
met
this
girl
and
she
said
her
name
was
I
told
her.
My
name
is
stevie
and
she
said
her
name
is
lauren.
I
said.
Oh
that's
funny
my
name's
lauren,
my
real
name's
lauren
too,
but
I
go
by
stevie
and
she
was
like.
Oh
yeah.
We
were
talking
about
how
and
I
was
like.
I
was
telling
her
how
I
was
gonna.
B
B
B
Yeah
I
was
like
this
is
great,
but
it's
super
awesome
because
we
actually
write
a
monthly
column
me
and
nancy.
The
ranger
for
riverview
write
a
column
for
the
north
side
chronicle
every
month,
but
we
swap
and
it
was
cool
to
actually
meet
the
people
in
person
who
you
know
you
know
who
make
the
chronicle.
So
it
was
nice.
I.