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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: January 18, 2012
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On this week's episode of Bloomington Today we'll find out what Dwan golf course is doing to prepare for the 2012 golf season, we'll also take a look at a group of seniors bowling their way to more healthy lives. All that and more on this week's episode of Bloomington Today.
A
B
Welcome
to
bloomington
today,
I'm
caitlin
cockriel
thanks
for
joining
us
winter
in
minnesota
gives
golf
course:
maintenance,
crews,
a
chance
to
polish,
their
mowers
and
oil,
their
weed
whackers.
Let's
take
a
look
at
what
staff
at
dejuan
are
doing
to
prepare
for
the
spring
course
opening
several
months
before
the
golf
season
begins.
B
C
We
have
a
lot
of
equipment.
I
can't
I
couldn't
tell
you
the
number
of
actual
mowers
we
have.
We
have
real
mowers,
rotary
mowers,
all
the
different
kinds
of
mowers
that
we
have.
They
have
to
lap
the
blades
in
that
to
sharpen
the
blades,
basically
tuning
up
everything
and
and
with
the
amount
of
equipment
we
have.
If
we
don't
start
right
after
the
golf
course
closes,
we'll
never
finish
by
the
time
it
starts.
We
do
online
maintenance
every
day
at
the
golf
course.
B
C
B
C
The
frost
is
not
down
very
far,
if
any,
so
the
top
layer
thaws
out
when
it
gets
a
little
warmer
and
every
divot
and
every
ball
mark
is
not
going
to
come.
It's
not
going
to
regrow
come
spring.
I
can't
imagine
what
some
of
the
golf
courses,
especially
the
busy
ones,
and
if
they're,
allowing
carts
out
there's
no
growing.
B
C
B
B
A
growing
trend
is
finding
its
way
into
the
mall
of
america,
and
one
new
store
is
helping
residents.
Take
the
first
steps
to
a
healthier
life.
Take
a
look,
get
your
laces
tied,
tight
and
ready
set
walk
when
visiting
the
mall
of
america.
It's
easy
to
assume
the
bustling
residents
hitting
the
hallways
are
shopping
for
their
next
big
sale.
But
that's
not
always
the
case.
Employees
from
the
new
mayo
clinic
healthy
living
store
inside
moa
encourages
residents
to
look
up
when
shopping
around
moa.
B
D
D
D
D
This
one
here
is
calculating
your
target
heart
rate,
and
it's
something
very
simple:
you
can
simply
select
the
age
that
you
are
and
then
just
practice
next,
and
it
will
give
you
a
range
to
keep
your
heart
rate
in
and
then
each
topic
that
we
have
has
an
interactive
like
that
available.
B
So
the
next
time
you're
at
the
mall
of
america,
follow
the
signage
and
walk
your
way
to
a
healthier
you,
the
mayo
clinic
healthy
living
store,
is
located
right
off
the
rotunda
at
the
mall
of
america
to
find
out
more
details
and
services
offered
or
if
you
have
questions
about
the
mayo
clinic
mile
visit,
the
wall
of
america's
website
and
search
mail
clinic
city.
Human
services
is
offering
residents
another
way
to
stay
active
this
winter
and
we
hope
your
bowling
skills
are
sharp
for
this
one.
B
B
B
E
B
Residents
with
disabilities
and
people
55
and
older
are
invited
to
stop
out
to
creekside
community
center
on
fridays
at
1pm
to
give
wee
bowling
a
try
and
on
this
week's
in
the
loop
segment,
we'll
head
back
to
the
minnesota
valley
wildlife
refuge.
This
time,
however,
we
won't
be
hitting
the
miles
of
trails
instead,
we'll
check
out
what
the
refuge
has
to
offer
indoors.
Take
a
look.
F
B
F
Think
the
most
important
thing
is
being
able
to
discover
on
your
own.
If
someone
tells
you
a
fact,
you
may
or
may
not
remember
it.
If
you
find
that
out
on
your
own
you're,
going
to
remember
it
and
if
you
really
understand
it
you're
going
to
be
able
to
tell
somebody
else
about
it
too.
So
kids
remember
so
much
more
when
they
get
to
touch
and
feel
and
explore
for
themselves.
B
Park
rangers
and
volunteer
naturalists
are
on
hand
to
answer
questions.
Today
we
sat
in
with
a
group
of
kids
grades,
ranging
from
first
to
third.
They
first
learned
why
the
seasons
changed
based
on
the
sun
and
the
earth's
orbit
around
it.
They
also
learned
what
kinds
of
animals
migrate,
hibernate
and
change
their
coats
for
the
cooler
months.
F
B
The
group
even
bundled
up
and
took
their
exploring
out
of
the
classroom,
the
kids
along
with
park,
ranger
kristen,
were
looking
for
signs
of
animals
in
the
winter.
They
looked
for
holes
in
trees
that
could
be
used
as
winter
homes,
mice,
tunnels
in
the
prairie
muskrat
dams
by
longmeadow
lake
and
various
other
signs
that
animals
had
been
there.
So
I
want
everybody.
B
B
A
B
H
Well,
treehouse
is
a
non-profit
organization
and
we
pride
ourselves
on
working
with
all
teenagers,
but
specifically
with
at-risk
teens.
We
have
seven
locations
on
the
minneapolis
side
of
town,
so
we
work
with
kids
from
15
different
school
districts
and
22
communities
as
far
north
as
brooklyn
park
as
far
south
as
bloomington
we're
going
to
expand
in
the
saint
paul
side
of
town
this
coming
year.
But
our
roots
go
back
almost
30
years
and
our
founder,
his
name
was
fred
peterson
and
he
as
a
public
school
teacher.
H
Because
when
the
bell
rang
at
say
three
o'clock,
all
bets
were
off
and
kids
were
going
back
to
in
a
lot
of
cases,
really
destructive
behaviors
and
he
was
witnessing
at-risk
behavior
and
he
was
seeing
and
hearing
these
pains
and
it
was
after
one
of
his
students
ended
up
being
killed.
But
you
know,
as
a
result
of
just
incredible
intoxication
and
a
horrible
accident
that
he
finally
said
enough's
enough,
there's
something
I
feel
like
I
could
be
doing
and
he
just
felt
called
to
start
what
would
end
up
becoming
treehouse
and
his
legend
has
it.
H
They
were
trouble,
kids,
a
lot
of
crime,
a
lot
of
violence
in
the
school
and
those
are
the
types
of
kids
that
fred
and
his
volunteers
first
started
to
work
with,
and
that's
still
how
you
know
when
we
start
a
new
community,
we
still
intentionally
go
and
we
look
for
who
are
those
types
of
kids,
whether
it's
in
partnerships
with
schools,
civic
and
local
authorities.
We
go
to
section
8
housing,
but
we're
looking
for
the
types
of
kids
that
most
desperately
need
a
helping
hand
to
walk
alongside
them.
B
Absolutely
you
know:
treehouse
really
prides
itself
in
being
a
safe
place
for
teens.
What
what
does
that
mean.
H
Well,
when
I
think
of
it
being
a
safe
place,
thinking
of
on
two
levels,
first
of
all,
a
physically
safe
place.
The
reality,
sadly,
is
a
lot
of
our
kids.
Do
come
to
us
and
they're
all
too
familiar
with
what
it
means
to
be
either
the
victim
of
crime
or
violence,
physical
abuse
or
sexual
abuse.
And
how
do
we
have
a
place
that
is
physically
safe?
You
know
we
have
a
couple
of
our
locations,
you
know
whether
it's
say
new
hope
or
even
chaska.
H
There
is
you
know,
gang-related
behavior
happening
in
the
community
and
treehouse
prides
itself
on.
Historically,
even
when
we've
had
members
of
rival
gangs
involved
in
treehouse.
At
the
same
time,
they
have
intentionally
said:
hey
we're
going
to
come
to
agreement.
This
is
a
place
where
any
of
our
gang-related
stuff.
H
It
can't
happen
here
so
that
it's
very
physically
safe,
so
that
any
kid
can
enter
and
that
hopefully,
then
some
relational
walls
can
start
to
break
down
and
then
that's
that
next
layer
of
safety,
where
it
can
be
emotionally
safe
because
a
lot
of
our
kids,
they
especially
on,
say
a
tuesday
night
support
group.
They
start
to
hear
what
some
of
their
same
age
peers
are
sharing
about
their
lives
and
they
realize
man.
H
Things
in
my
life
are
pretty
darn
hard,
but
so
is
theirs
and
they
start
to
hear
these
stories
and
then
they
start
to
share
about
some
of
their
pain
and
some
of
the
unique
struggles
they're
going
alongside
and
then
for
them
to
collectively
hear
again
from
their
peers
and
support
group.
You
know
really
priceless
message,
you
know
and
their
peers
communicate.
You
know,
after
kids,
share
hey
you're,
lovable,
you're,
capable
and
you're
worthwhile,
and
that's
such
a
priceless
and
a
precious
message
that
too
many
of
our
teens.
H
B
H
Well,
you
nailed
it,
it
is
different.
You
know,
kids,
our
kids
are
kids
and
you
know
my
children
are
gonna,
inherit
a
lot
of
the
same
things
that
today's
teens
are
dealing
with,
that
we
dealt
with
when
we
were
in
high
school,
but
just
some
of
the
numbers
are
staggering.
You
know
whether
it's
one
in
eight
adolescents
is
being
diagnosed
with
depression.
H
You
know
the
fact
that
suicide
is
the
second
leading
cause
of
death
in
15
to
24
year
olds,
or
you
know,
going
back
to
abuse
over
two-thirds
of
the
victims
of
sexual
victims
of
sexual
assault.
The
ones
that
actually
do
get
reported
are
children
under
the
age
of
18.,
I
mean
the
our
kids.
Are
we
use
that
term
a
lot?
H
You
know
they
are
forced
to
grow
up
too
fast
and
they
really
are
because
they're,
seeing
the
difficult
and
hard
and
the
painful
sides
of
life
at
home
and
at
school,
and
then
that
continues
to
carry
on
into
who
they
become
and
who
they
choose
to
associate
themselves
with.
You
know.
We
believe
that
as
kids
as
these
pains
and
as
these
scars
are
inflicted
either
willingly
they're
choosing
to
bring
these
things
into
their
lives
or
at
the
hands
of
others.
H
B
Absolutely-
and
you
know
the
next,
the
next
thing
I
wanted
to
get
into
was.
I
wanted
you
to
tell
me
a
bit
about
a
a
team
that
has
come
in.
You
know
what
they
were
like
coming
in
and
what
they
left.
You
know
treehouse
or,
if
they're
still
coming
to
treehouse,
you
know,
give
us
a
success
story,
kind
of
the.
What
ideally
you
would
like
to
see
happen.
H
H
Well,
I
think
you
know
our
our
end
goal.
We
have
multiple
results
that
we
want
to
see
in
the
lives
of
kids.
We
want
to
see
them
graduate
high
school.
We
want
to
see
them
pursue
some
kind
of
an
educational
or
vocational
track.
We
want
them
to
get
engaged
in
positive
relationships
with
their
peers
with
adults.
You
know
folks
in
their
community
and
sadly
so
many
of
our
kids.
H
They
come
to
us
without
hope
and
very
broken,
and
you
know
I
didn't
mention
it
before,
but
our
mission
statement
is
how
do
we
bring
hope
into
the
lives
of
hurting
youth
and
families?
And
so
many
of
our
kids
come
to
us,
where
hope
has
just
kind
of
been
pounded
out
of
them
and
that's
just
their
reality,
and
I
do
I
think
of
one
boy,
I'll
call
him
tom
and
he
came
with
numerous
pains.
You
know
the
suicide
of
a
loved
one,
somebody
he
really
trusted
in
his
family.
H
H
So
he
goes
on
the
trip
you
know
in
a
work
of
excuse
me
a
week
of
working
together
doing
life
together,
his
staff
person
pursued
him
and
they
just
had
a
one-on-one,
because
the
staff
person
could
tell
that
something
was
happening
in
tom's
life
and
tom
did
he
opened
up
and
he
just
felt
compelled
to
share
here's
where
I'm
at
here's.
What
I'm
planning
to
do-
and
you
know
for
us-
it's
a
tremendous
success
story
because
they
went
home
from
the
trip
and
the
first
thing
they
did
was.
H
They
went
back
to
tom's
house
gathered
up
all
the
notes
and
they
burned
them
together,
and
you
know
tom
went
from
being,
like
I
said,
underperformer
in
school,
he's
now
on
track
to
graduate
high
school,
and
not
only
is
he
going
to
go
to
college,
but
he
wants
to
go
to
the
college
where
his
treehouse
staff
person
went.
A
H
B
Well,
you
know
I
first
learned
about
treehouse
through
retired
police
officer,
jim
cowie,
so
obviously
you
guys
are
involved
in
the
community
quite
a
bit,
and
I
want
you
to
kind
of
finalize
things
by
telling
us
about
this
hooping.
It
hooping
it
up
for
hope,
event
that
we
have
some
video
of
and
that
you're
going
to
tell
us
about.
We
have
another
one
of
those
coming
up
here
next
month.
I
believe
tell
us
about
hooping
it
up
for
hope.
H
Well,
the
date
is
going
to
be
february
26th
and
it's
in
the
mall
of
america
rotunda
and
for
us
this
is
a
new
event.
We
have
a
handful
of
fundraisers
that
we
do
that,
like
all
non-profits
do
and
some
really
fun
ones,
but
this
is
just
super
unique
and
we're
hoping
to
replicate
it
in
individual
communities
so
that
you
know
a
local
treehouse.
They
can
find
a
gym
and
they
can
do
hooping
it
up
in
it's.
Basically,
where
teams
come
together
of
you
know:
five
member
teams
and
they're
going
to
shoot
free
throws.
H
B
H
You
don't
have
to
be
proficient
ball
player,
but
so
we're
going
to
be
in
the
rotunda,
and
you
know,
ultimately,
all
the
proceeds
go
to
benefit
kids
being
at
the
mall
of
america.
It
raises
awareness,
it
gives
us
great
visibility
to
thousands
of
folks
who
are
going
to
walk
past
that
location-
and
you
know
nice-
you
know
carrot
on
top-
is
the
winning
team
from
each
location
gets
to
shoot
at
a
timberwolves
game
later
this
spring
wow.
B
All
right
well
we'd
like
to
thank
andy
for
being
with
us
today.
If
you'd
like
any
more
information
about
treehouse
or
any
of
the
things
we
talked
about
today,
we
encourage
you
to
visit
their
website
at
www.treehouseyouth.org.
I
K
All
this
hot
water
for
just
one
pair
of
pants
leaky
windows
too
keep
wasting
they'll,
never
know
what
hit
them.
Boss,
they're,
home
and
they've
got
energy-efficient
bulbs.
You've
got
the
power
to
get
rid
of
energy
hogs.
You
can
update
appliances
and
lots
of
other
things,
get
the
tips
you
need
at
energyhog.org
and
play
fun.
Games
too.
Get
the
energy
hogs
out
of
your
home.
B
B
There
are
more
than
60
vendors
for
this
year's
fair,
all
on
hand
to
help
you
make
the
most
of
your
home
city
staff
and
exhibitors
will
present
16
how-to
seminars
in
addition
to
a
keynote
speaker,
discussing
organization
in
your
home,
the
2010
event
attracted
more
than
1800
residents
and
hra
employees
and
other
city
staff.
Hope
attendance
is
even
higher
this
year
be
sure
to
tune
in
to
bloomington
today
on
february
15th,
and
that
will
run
through
the
22nd
hra
program
manager.
B
Brian
hartman
will
be
in
the
studio
with
us
to
highlight
key
speakers
booths
and
seminars.
You
won't
want
to
miss
well
at
a
recent
bloomington
chamber
of
commerce
meeting
congressman
eric
paulson
stopped
by
to
share
some
of
his
experience
representing
the
southwest
metro
in
washington.
D.C
congressman
paulson
also
discussed
some
of
the
things
he
would
like
to
see
tackled
in
the
new
year.
There's.
J
J
Keep
that
in
the
four
months
of
I
guess,
in
the
forefront
of
what
we
need
to
do
and
how
we
need
to
do
it
and
really
getting
the
economy
going
is
critical
and
you
know
from
a
small
business
perspective
and
a
chamber
perspective.
I
know
you
can
appreciate
that
unemployment's
still
too
high,
it's
better
in
minnesota
than
it
is
in
other
states.
B
There
are
several
chances
to
watch
this
interesting
and
informative
meeting
with
congressman
eric
paulson
on
the
bloomington
channel
14..
The
first
air
time
will
begin
on
monday
january
23
at
11
pm.
You
can
also
find
it
on
tuesday,
the
24th
at
5
pm
saturday
january
28th
at
7
pm
and
a
variety
of
other
times
that
are
sure
to
meet
even
the
trickiest
of
schedules
for
a
complete
list
of
upcoming
air
times
for
congressman
eric
paulson's
presentation
to
the
bloomington
chamber.
Visit
www.tbc14.org.
B
And
check
the
show
schedules
starting
for
january
23rd.
Are
you
looking
for
a
summer
job?
We
may
have
the
perfect
opportunity
within
bloomington
parks
and
recreation
division.
Checking
out
open
positions
and
applying
online
is
quick
and
easy.
This
year
there
are
two
job
opportunities
in
place.
The
first
are
openings
with
summer
youth
and
family
programs
like
camp
cota
and
summer.
B
Adventure,
playgrounds,
also
positions
at
the
bloomington
family
aquatic
center
and
bush
lake
beach
are
open
for
applicants,
swim
instructors,
lifeguards
along
with
concession
and
admission
attendance,
have
openings
to
apply,
navigate
to
the
parks
and
recreation
homepage
and
click
the
link
for
seasonal
jobs.
Then
you'll
see
a
list
of
available
positions,
click
on
them
to
read
more
about
the
specific
tasks
and
requirements
then
apply
when
you
think
you've
found
the
one
that
suits
you.
B
B
To
get
more
on
city
projects,
parks,
road
construction
and
events
visit
the
city's
website
to
check
out
past
bloomington
today
shows
or
other
city
productions
visit,
bloomington's
youtube
channel,
accessible
right
from
the
city's
homepage.
That
and
so
much
more
is
online
right
now,
at
www.ci.bloomington.mn.us.