Downtown Dream
 
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For decades, small town life in the United States has been quietly eroding. But there are overlooked stories amidst the talk of America's economic decline: the stories of individual men and women in the 'Rust Belt' community in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Once one of the country's largest steel manufacturing centers, Lewistown lost its manufacturing base and industrial might a generation ago and has since become a 'ghost town.' DOWNTOWN DREAM follows the lives of five dynamic men and women living in Lewistown who refuse to be counted out and instead struggle to reinvent their lives and their dreams in America's chilly economic climate.
Over the course of two years, in DOWNTOWN DREAM, viewers witness five compelling personal journeys that also concretize the struggles of the town itself. Jon, a developer, reflects Lewistown's wistful remembrance of nobler days; Bernard, a pastor and one of 150 African Americans in Lewistown, embodies the town's potential resurrection; Pam, a would-be salon owner, reflects the can-do spirit that may be a remedy for Lewistown's business community; Barb, a recovering addict, and Katie, her daughter and an aspiring actress and singer, personify its potential physical rehabilitation. Lyrical and intimate, the film reveals typical Americans in a typical American place grappling with the question on everybody's lips today: How do you make it in America anymore?
After more than 40 years of decay, Lewistown is now at a crossroads. The town leaders have drawn up a comprehensive redevelopment plan, and it is taking shape. In order to beautify the deserted downtown, streets have been widened, trees have been planted and buildings have been razed. The centerpiece of the plan-spending $250,000 in state funding to install a park in the town's center-is underway. 
The situation in Lewistown mirrors the fate of the nation at this critical point in history. How do Americans make sense of economic and political forces beyond their control? Will they make a go of it and if so, how? In DOWNTOWN DREAM, Jon, Bernard, Pam, Barb and Katie reinvent their dreams in the face of devastation and decay.
'A thought-provoking look at urban struggles in a depressed global economy, this is recommended.' -Video LIbrarian 
 'As we engage our students in the cascading problems and debates surrounding globalization, it is hard to shake the feeling that as many people are left of the discussion as are left out of the global economy itself. If you want to show your students how millions of Americans try and get by in the once thriving towns across this country that are now in their second and third generation of economic collapse, go to central Pennsylvania with Aaron Matthews, and have a look at Lewistown's Downtown Dream.' -Anthony E. Kaye, Associate Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University
Citation
Main credits
								Matthews, Aaron (film director)
Matthews, Aaron (film producer)
Matthews, Aaron (film editor)
Devita-Stahl, Barbara (interviewee)
Stahl, Katie (interviewee)
Eby, Pamela (interviewee)
Carpenter, Bernard (interviewee)
Zimmerman, Jon (interviewee)
Stevens, Kirk (interviewee)
							
Other credits
Director of photography, Wayne De La Roche; original music, John Whitlock.
Distributor subjects
American Studies; Business and Economics; Closed Captioned; Economic Sociology; Economics; Political Science; Sociology; Urban StudiesKeywords
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 - Well, I came from
 a family of 16 kids...
 
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 9 girls and 7 boys...
 
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 Here in Lewistown.
 
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 The reason...
 The only reason I can figure
 
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 my dad had so many kids,
 
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 he just thought that times
 were gonna be great,
 
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 and he was looking
 to the future.
 
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 [solemn guitar music]
 
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 ♪ ♪
 
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 - Thank you, number 50.
 Bought it out.
 
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 On the battery charger,
 can we get $20?
 
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 I\'m at 20.
 Anybody get 20, 10?
 
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 I\'m at 10, 10, 10.
 Anybody gonna get 10, 5?
 
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 I\'m at 5...
 Can I get $10?
 
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 I\'m at 10.
 Anybody get 10? Anybody get 10?
 
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 I\'m at 5 here now.
 7 1/2.
 
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 I\'m at 5 here now.
 7 1/2.
 
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 Can I get 7 1/2?
 7 1/2 now.
 
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 Anybody get 10?
 Anybody get $10? 7 1/2...
 
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 Now 15.
 15, 15, lot of good stuff.
 
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 4 now.
 Gonna get 4 now, 5.
 
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 [auctioneering]
 
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 Anybody gonna get 10?
 Anybody get 10?
 
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 Now 15.
 
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 Anybody get 15?
 
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 12 1/2 now.
 
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 Anybody gonna get 12 1/2?
 
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 12 1/2, number 94.
 
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 94 bought it.
 
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 On the Eureka sweeper,
 
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 anybody got $25?
 
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 I hate to say it this way,
 
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 but in essence,
 when times are difficult,
 
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 public auctions seem to thrive.
 
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 With the state
 of the economy right now,
 
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 people have to do something
 to generate revenue.
 
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 All right, on the property,
 
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 anybody got 4...
 Anybody got $45,000?
 
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 Anybody got 45 thou?
 
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 Gonna get 45 thou.
 
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 Anybody got 45 thou?
 
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 Anybody got $40,000?
 
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 40 thou.
 Anybody gonna get 40...
 
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 I\'ll tell ya,
 ready to move right into.
 
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 36,000.
 Anybody got $36,000?
 
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 We all win, and all done.
 
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 Anybody got $36,000?
 
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 Going once,
 ladies and gentlemen.
 
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 Anybody got...
 Anybody got $36,000?
 
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 Going twice.
 
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 We all win, and all done.
 
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 Anybody got 36,000?
 
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 36,000?
 
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 I sold you a property.
 
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 It was $35,000.
 
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 I thank you kindly.
 
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 You got yourself
 a fine piece of real estate,
 
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 and, uh,
 
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 congratulations.
 
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 - Here in America,
 we\'ve been fortunate
 
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 to be the keeper and custodian
 of a dream...
 
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 A dream that began this nation.
 
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 - And we must not
 and will not rest
 
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 until every man and woman
 with a dream
 
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 has the means to achieve it.
 
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 - A place where people
 who work hard
 
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 can rise to their
 full potential,
 
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 where their children
 can have a better future.
 
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 - Our job
 
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 is to make sure that notion
 of the American Dream
 
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 extends into
 every single neighborhood
 
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 around this country.
 
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 - Big cities and small towns.
 
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 We call it the American Dream
 
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 because it\'s a dream we have
 for everybody.
 
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 [lively music playing]
 
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 - ♪ Yes, I can ♪
 
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 all: ♪ The presence of the Lord
 is here ♪
 
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 - ♪ The presence of the Lord ♪
 
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 all: ♪ The presence of the Lord
 is here ♪
 
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 ♪ And I can feel ♪
 
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 ♪ The presence of the Lord ♪
 
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 ♪ And I\'m gonna get
 my blessing right now ♪
 
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 ♪ I can feel ♪
 
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 ♪ The presence of the Lord ♪
 
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 ♪ And I\'m gonna get
 my blessing right now ♪
 
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 ♪ The presence of the Lord
 is here ♪
 
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 - Oh, yeah.
 
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 [cheers and applause]
 
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 - Yes, he is.
 He\'s here.
 
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 Hallelujah.
 
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 Hallelujah.
 
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 This is resurrection day.
 
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 We\'re in terrible,
 terrible times.
 
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 We can turn Lewistown
 upside down.
 
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 - Amen.
 
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 - But we need to bring jobs
 into this area.
 
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 - That\'s right.
 - Amen.
 
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 - We have need
 
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 to press out into the deep.
 
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 The field is white to harvest.
 
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 When I first came to this town,
 
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 everything was vibrant.
 
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 Because of the economy,
 
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 the town has lost its spirit.
 
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 We have basically
 low-income people
 
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 that come to this church.
 
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 And we need something new,
 something fresh.
 
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 [bell tolling]
 
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 [phone beeping]
 
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 - We\'re gonna meet at 1:30.
 
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 - Yeah, that\'s very good.
 
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 - You know, let\'s try to turn
 these lemons into lemonade.
 
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 - Yeah,
 turn it into a good thing.
 
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 - All right,
 I\'ll talk to you later, then.
 
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 - Talk to you later.
 - All right, see you.
 
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 [dial tone hums]
 
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 If this committee
 can do anything,
 
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 it\'s to mobilize folks
 
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 to call council and say,
 
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 \"Hey,
 we need to fix up buildings.
 
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 \"Gonna tear down an eyesore
 
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 and put in a park.\"
 
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 This can really help
 downtown Lewistown.
 
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 This is a story
 that could be told
 
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 anyplace in the United States.
 
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 We\'ve lost jobs and population
 for decades.
 
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 So now, you know,
 you have vacancies,
 
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 and it\'s gotten pretty ugly.
 
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 It\'s a tragedy,
 
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 where the downtown
 continues to deteriorate.
 
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 The question is,
 
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 how do you turn this around?
 
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 Or do you?
 
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 What can you do?
 
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 [thunder booming]
 
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 - I am going to see my mom.
 
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 She lives pretty far
 out of the way.
 
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 I like to check on her
 every once in a while,
 
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 make sure everything\'s okay.
 
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 She still lives in the same
 trailer where I grew up.
 
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 At times,
 if someone would\'ve came,
 
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 it probably would\'ve been
 condemned.
 
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 There\'s holes in the floor...
 At one point,
 
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 there was a hole
 in the back door of the trailer.
 
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 It was kind of
 a rough and poor upbringing.
 
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 Hey, Nani.
 
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 How are ya?
 
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 - So...
 
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 You\'re still crazy
 
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 for moving to Lewistown.
 
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 - Oh, yeah.
 
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 You know... you know, I think
 I\'m gonna do good there.
 
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 It\'s... it\'s more me, you know?
 
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 The area\'s more me.
 
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 - You know, they\'ve closed
 all them stores and stuff up
 
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 that you like to go into,
 
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 and it\'s just, you know,
 like a ghost town.
 
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 - I think probably one of
 the big things that would help
 
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 would be, like, some kind of
 a parking garage
 
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 or something in town
 
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 \'cause there\'s
 not a lot of parking.
 
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 And if they had more of that,
 more businesses
 
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 would probably want to be there.
 
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 It is just speculation
 at this point.
 
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 I don\'t know what it\'ll be,
 but...
 
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 - So many kids that don\'t
 like it in Lewistown
 
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 that want to try
 to get out of Lewistown...
 
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 - But, like, I see it,
 in the next several years,
 
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 growing and becoming
 so much better,
 
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 like Lewistown used to be.
 
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 - [laughs]
 
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 - Growing up
 was not necessarily the best.
 
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 You know, there were a lot
 of things that I went through
 
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 in my life in general.
 
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 My stepdad would have parties
 
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 and stuff at the house a lot,
 
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 and, um,
 
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 there was a lot of drinking.
 
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 They pretty much encouraged it.
 
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 So I remember times at 13
 
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 where I was falling-down drunk.
 
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 And I kind of got lost.
 
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 I just got really lost
 at that point,
 
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 and, um...
 
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 I started drinking
 seven days a week,
 
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 smoking pot, cocaine,
 
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 you name it.
 
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 I\'ve made
 some really bad choices
 
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 and had to deal
 with the consequences.
 
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 Finally decided enough\'s enough.
 
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 [dog barking]
 
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 - Shoot.
 
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 Do you like it any better
 here in Lewistown...
 
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 - Than I did?
 
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 - Than you did
 when we first got here?
 
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 Are you finding any joy here?
 
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 - I find
 
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 that high school is
 
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 rough.
 
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 You know, I don\'t really...
 I don\'t like the town.
 
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 Like, my age group,
 
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 the only people that I\'ve felt
 
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 like I\'ve had
 a lot in common with
 
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 were the people
 who were in the play.
 
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 - So if there\'s one good thing
 about moving here
 
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 that has happened,
 
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 it\'s that you\'re singing,
 
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 you\'re into theater,
 
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 and I\'m sober,
 and that... and that...
 
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 - \'Cause of the big city...
 
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 - Eventually you\'ll make things
 happen the way...
 
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 You\'ll put the energy into it,
 and you\'ll find ways,
 
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 just like we have.
 
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 - Yeah.
 
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 - We have to trust
 that we made the right decis...
 
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 I made the right decision
 for us.
 
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 Sorry.
 
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 - Yeah.
 
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 - I grew up in Lewistown
 
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 but lived in, you know,
 many... many other places
 
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 and had quite a few other jobs
 
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 and so decided to...
 
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 On a whim and on a broken heart
 
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 decided to come back here and...
 
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 And try to live.
 
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 \'Cause your choir starts at...
 
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 - Do you want
 all of the tomatoes?
 
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 - I want all of the tomatoes
 
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 chopped in half, please.
 
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 I was an alcoholic,
 
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 and when I left Lewistown,
 
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 I just kept sinking
 lower and lower and lower.
 
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 But interestingly enough,
 
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 as the years went by,
 
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 Lewistown kept sinking
 lower and lower.
 
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 The town had reached a crisis
 at that point
 
 00:09:46.417 --> 00:09:48.791
 and so had I.
 
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 I hit bottom.
 
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 Okay.
 
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 But now there\'s a possibility
 that we might just
 
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 start out anew.
 
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 So I\'m hoping this works.
 
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 Living here,
 it\'s one of the things
 
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 that I think
 is helping me to heal.
 
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 [dramatic guitar music]
 
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 ♪ ♪
 
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 - I\'m still doing the same thing
 I\'ve been doing...
 
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 Scrounging.
 
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 Scrounged on dumps for my dad,
 and...
 
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 we hauled junk to the junkyard
 
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 and stuff like this,
 
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 and that\'s how we made
 our money.
 
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 We didn\'t have much, but...
 
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 we did all we could to make it.
 
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 And I feel more
 
 00:10:43.375 --> 00:10:46.333
 proud of myself
 by doing something for myself
 
 00:10:46.334 --> 00:10:48.416
 instead of
 sittin\' around on my ass.
 
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 So...
 
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 [vibrant music]
 
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 - Lewistown
 was an all-American town.
 
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 It was built on a river.
 
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 It was this bustling
 transportation center
 
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 and an industrial center,
 lots of jobs,
 
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 and it was the center
 of central Pennsylvania.
 
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 I mean,
 Lewistown was where it was at.
 
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 We had 28 grocery stores
 and drugstores
 
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 and how many clothing stores...
 Men\'s and women\'s...
 
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 And shoe stores
 and sporting goods.
 
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 We had five movie theaters.
 
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 You walk the streets,
 
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 you\'d see hundreds and hundreds
 of people.
 
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 So the picture collection
 
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 and the postcard collection
 
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 is a history of the way it was.
 
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 And it\'s a dream
 of the way it could be again.
 
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 We need to do something
 
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 about revitalizing the downtown.
 
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 So where we\'re focusing now
 
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 is on Five Points,
 
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 because, you know,
 that\'s a mess.
 
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 I have a postcard collection
 and a picture collection
 
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 that I\'m pretty proud of.
 
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 You know, you look,
 and you see Five Points,
 
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 and the fountain that was there
 
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 used to be called
 Fountain Square.
 
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 What we\'re proposing
 is to tear down the buildings
 
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 and to put in a small park
 
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 and prepare an area
 for a fountain.
 
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 You make a nicer place to live,
 
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 you calm the traffic,
 
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 you\'re making
 the quality of life better.
 
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 But we\'ve got to start
 dreaming and doing it
 
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 and rolling up our sleeves,
 
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 and it should be a groundswell.
 
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 It should be everybody
 wanting to do it.
 
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 - He was talking
 about Five Points
 
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 and talking
 about this little piece of land,
 
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 and that\'s fine.
 
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 But I think
 that we ought to look at
 
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 the whole scope of things.
 
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 We have people
 
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 that are falling
 through the cracks,
 
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 and it doesn\'t
 have to be that way.
 
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 We need money
 coming into the town.
 
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 We need jobs for our people.
 
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 These things could spread forth
 
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 from a town that is showing
 that they are moving forward
 
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 and not still living
 back in the \'20s.
 
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 What I see
 
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 is someone
 trying to relive the past
 
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 when the past is gone.
 
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 [applause]
 
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 People are frustrated.
 
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 Those who call the shots,
 
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 they rather take money
 
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 and beautify the area
 
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 than invest it in the important
 things of this town.
 
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 - I was in three rehabs
 for drugs.
 
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 I was drinking.
 I was partying, you know.
 
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 I was living on the streets,
 you know.
 
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 - Doing your thing.
 
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 - Yeah.
 
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 And I...
 
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 - Let me just say this.
 
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 You know, people,
 in this town especially,
 
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 their story is very similar
 to yours,
 
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 and as I told you,
 
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 my story is very similar
 to yours,
 
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 coming up in a broken family,
 you know,
 
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 but of course,
 I was in my drugs,
 
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 in my alcohol, you know,
 
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 and I just kind of
 drank it away.
 
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 - But I have a daughter.
 - Mm-hmm.
 
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 - This is my life.
 - Yeah.
 
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 - I\'m changing everything
 for her.
 
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 - Yeah, and that\'s good.
 
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 I\'m glad
 you\'re talking that way.
 
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 The one thing
 that you have to stop doing
 
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 is looking behind you.
 
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 You can\'t change your past.
 
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 But you can change your future.
 
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 [tender guitar music]
 
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 ♪ ♪
 
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 - Guidance counselors
 were constantly saying,
 
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 \"You need to go to college.
 You need to go to college.\"
 
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 But I pretty much knew
 in the back of my mind
 
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 that that wasn\'t an option.
 
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 Being a hair stylist
 was something
 
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 that I could support myself on
 
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 no matter where I was at
 in life.
 
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 And I\'m still, you know,
 
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 doing a lot of haircuts
 in the kitchen,
 
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 just trying
 to make myself good enough.
 
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 You know, kind of dreaming
 or fantasizing about
 
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 opening my own salon.
 
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 - All right, let\'s do this.
 
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 I know it\'s gonna be
 a long one tonight.
 
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 I\'m awful sorry.
 
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 - Well, I wanted to be the first
 
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 or one of the first to learn
 this universal language.
 
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 - I think at this point
 there\'s a little resentment,
 
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 again, from you to him.
 
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 - Mm-kay.
 
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 - So I think what you need to do
 
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 is change your intention
 a little bit
 
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 and just be a little bit mad
 at him.
 
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 - Anybody can.
 
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 Everybody will.
 
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 I hope to someday be an actress
 
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 and a singer.
 
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 Both: ♪ Daddy\'s home ♪
 
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 ♪ Rock and roll ♪
 
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 ♪ Daddy\'s home ♪
 
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 ♪ Rock and roll ♪
 
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 - Rock at ya!
 
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 - Veruschka?
 
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 - Veruschka, babushka.
 
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 - This is fun.
 
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 [applause]
 
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 I really want to do well
 
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 so that I have
 the best chances to get out.
 
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 I don\'t want to say
 
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 I, like, hate the whole town
 entirely.
 
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 Thank you, guys,
 for coming, though.
 
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 But it\'s very small town-ish,
 
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 and all of my friends
 want to leave.
 
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 Where are you going?
 
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 - University of Philadelphia
 to major in premed.
 
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 - Really?
 - Jenny, give me one.
 
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 - That\'s great.
 
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 And if they all want to leave,
 
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 then that means
 that most of the kids
 
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 aren\'t gonna be here.
 
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 So I don\'t know what\'s gonna
 happen to Lewistown.
 
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 - I loved growing up here.
 
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 I was a cheerleader,
 
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 and cheerleading was big then,
 
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 and I was involved in choir,
 
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 and I had lots of friends,
 
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 and at that same time,
 
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 Lewistown was blooming
 and blossoming,
 
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 and it was in its heyday.
 
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 I was in my heyday.
 
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 It bothers me when people say,
 
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 \"Oh, God, Barb...
 
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 She was the most beautiful girl
 when she was young,\"
 
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 and it\'s like,
 
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 \"Oh...\"
 
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 [laughs]
 
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 Because it\'s hard to hear that.
 
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 But I was a beautiful girl
 when I was young.
 
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 Yes.
 
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 - This is Standard Steel,
 
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 one of the leading specialty
 steel forgers in the country,
 
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 an American
 industrial success story
 
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 that had its beginnings in...
 
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 - We had
 the Arrow Shirt Factory.
 
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 We had Mann Edge Tool Company;
 
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 American Viscose, which employed
 about 4,000 people;
 
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 and, of course, Standard Steel,
 
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 which was the backbone
 of Lewistown.
 
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 - The market expanded.
 
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 The nation grew and prospered.
 
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 - They were great-paying jobs.
 
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 Then in the \'70s and \'80s,
 
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 it went overseas.
 
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 [dissonant music]
 
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 ♪ ♪
 
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 I do have a connection
 to these things.
 
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 My father was a president
 of Standard Steel.
 
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 I was one of the owners
 of Standard Steel
 
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 for several years.
 
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 I didn\'t realize
 that we were in decline,
 
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 and all of a sudden,
 you look up, and it\'s happened.
 
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 And it\'s just happened
 every decade in this country.
 
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 It\'s not just Lewistown.
 
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 Shame on us.
 Shame on...
 
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 Shame on everybody for...
 
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 For not being able to see
 far enough ahead.
 
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 [driving guitar music]
 
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 ♪ ♪
 
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 - People play the lottery a lot,
 
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 and they keep playing
 until they win
 
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 no matter how much they...
 They lose.
 
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 And if they win $20,
 they\'ll say,
 
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 \"Give me the money.
 I\'m gonna stop while I\'m ahead.\"
 
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 Even though
 they\'ve just spent $200,
 
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 when they win $20,
 they feel that they\'ve won.
 
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 [meandering guitar music]
 
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 ♪ ♪
 
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 - Hey.
 How you doing, Bill?
 
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 - All right.
 - Good.
 
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 I\'m just talking to people
 
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 about some of the things
 in the town,
 
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 and I wanted to know,
 \'cause you grew up in this area,
 
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 what are some changes that
 you would want to happen here?
 
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 - I\'d like this town to...
 Town to change all...
 
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 The whole thing over.
 
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 - Mm-hmm.
 
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 My heart\'s desire is to see
 
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 that this town moves forward,
 you know?
 
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 Some changes need to be made.
 
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 There needs to be housing
 
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 and jobs and businesses.
 
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 - Yep, I agree with you.
 
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 - You know,
 \'cause when we were coming up,
 
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 those things were there,
 you know?
 
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 And hopefully, it\'ll happen.
 - Yep.
 
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 - All right.
 - You\'ll see me in church.
 
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 - All right.
 I want you to keep coming, now.
 
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 - Yep, I will.
 
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 - Get back in this time
 and stay in.
 
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 - Yep, I will.
 - All right, okay, Bill.
 
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 Give me a hug.
 
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 - I wish it\'d come back way...
 The way we were.
 
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 - Yep, when we came up.
 - Yeah.
 
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 - Right. Right.
 
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 - And I\'ll tell ya, I\'d love
 to have it that way again.
 
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 - Well...
 
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 - And on these streets,
 
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 these stores
 ought to have something
 
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 in there for the kids or...
 
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 - Mm-hmm.
 - In each store.
 
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 - Amen. Amen.
 
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 The people in this part
 of Lewistown
 
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 are the poor section.
 
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 This is more or less the ghetto,
 
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 and they don\'t need a park.
 
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 They need progress.
 
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 Put \'em in the park for what?
 To isolate them?
 
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 For them to just sit
 
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 and do absolutely nothin\'?
 
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 We have enough places
 for people to sit.
 
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 It\'s like putting a Band-Aid
 on cancer.
 
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 What they need
 
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 is somebody
 to open up their doors
 
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 and give them a job.
 
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 That\'s what they need.
 
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 They need a job
 
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 so they can feel good
 about themselves.
 
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 How you doin\', junior?
 - I\'m good.
 
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 How are you doing?
 - All right.
 
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 Uh, so that they can work
 and... and...
 
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 And have an input
 into this community.
 
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 - Never expected
 to have a property like this.
 
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 And when we bought it,
 it was run-down.
 
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 I mean, it was a mess.
 
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 And we rebuilt it from scratch.
 
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 I mean, from scratch.
 
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 And it\'s, uh...
 
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 [grunts]
 
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 It\'s, uh, been
 
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 a real chore,
 but it\'s been a labor of love.
 
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 I\'ve been in this town
 for a long, long time.
 
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 Yep.
 
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 And if you\'re going to get
 some benefit out of the area
 
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 via business or you having
 a good job or whatever,
 
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 by gosh,
 you better give something back.
 
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 You have a responsibility.
 
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 You have an obligation.
 
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 And, you know, not only
 is it the right thing to do;
 
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 I mean, it\'s...
 It\'s something you have to do.
 
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 I mean, it\'s a commitment.
 
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 If you\'re gonna be
 part of a community,
 
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 you know,
 make that community better.
 
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 [saw buzzing]
 
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 [hammer pounding]
 
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 - One double-sided cabinet.
 
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 So it would be one here
 
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 and then one over there.
 
 00:23:43.792 --> 00:23:45.458
 Okay, so...
 
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 You guys are putting this
 on this wall.
 
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 I want people to be able
 to see us from the street,
 
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 see styling and doing stuff.
 
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 Everything happened
 very quickly.
 
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 The bank was ready
 to foreclose on the property,
 
 00:23:58.792 --> 00:24:02.333
 and I made an offer,
 and they accepted it.
 
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 So I\'m gonna own my own salon.
 
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 I\'m excited anyway.
 
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 From when it started initially
 in the beginning to now
 
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 is amazing in itself.
 
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 But I\'m really nervous.
 
 00:24:16.292 --> 00:24:17.959
 The economy right now
 is worse than any of us
 
 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:20.959
 have ever really seen
 in our lifetimes, and, um...
 
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 But I\'m, like, taking that risk
 and taking that step.
 
 00:24:25.167 --> 00:24:26.791
 Hey, that was good.
 
 00:24:26.792 --> 00:24:28.751
 You got to do another one,
 here and there.
 
 00:24:32.876 --> 00:24:35.875
 The salon really is
 that little glimpse of hope,
 
 00:24:35.876 --> 00:24:37.374
 that, \"You know what?
 
 00:24:37.375 --> 00:24:39.876
 It\'s gonna be okay,
 and it\'s gonna be better.\"
 
 00:24:42.626 --> 00:24:43.791
 - Just because I\'m quiet
 
 00:24:43.792 --> 00:24:45.541
 doesn\'t mean
 I have nothing to say.
 
 00:24:45.542 --> 00:24:46.791
 - Of course.
 
 00:24:46.792 --> 00:24:49.666
 - I mean,
 a tuning fork is silent
 
 00:24:49.667 --> 00:24:51.666
 until you touch it,
 
 00:24:51.667 --> 00:24:55.708
 but then it gives off
 a perfect A,
 
 00:24:55.709 --> 00:24:58.708
 just this tiny little piece
 of metal,
 
 00:24:58.709 --> 00:24:59.875
 and it\'s like
 
 00:24:59.876 --> 00:25:02.958
 there\'s all this beautiful sound
 trapped inside it.
 
 00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:04.041
 - Good.
 
 00:25:04.042 --> 00:25:05.124
 And if you can kind of, like,
 
 00:25:05.125 --> 00:25:07.666
 find that old pain that you felt
 
 00:25:07.667 --> 00:25:09.959
 or that sadness that you felt,
 
 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:13.750
 use that sometimes
 when Dawn\'s revealing herself.
 
 00:25:13.751 --> 00:25:15.541
 Try to bring that
 into your character,
 
 00:25:15.542 --> 00:25:17.541
 that feeling of not fitting in,
 you know,
 
 00:25:17.542 --> 00:25:20.124
 and desperately
 wanting to connect.
 
 00:25:20.125 --> 00:25:21.666
 - Okay.
 - Okay?
 
 00:25:21.667 --> 00:25:22.833
 Mm-kay.
 
 00:25:22.834 --> 00:25:24.042
 All right.
 
 00:25:26.292 --> 00:25:27.791
 I mean, you have to know
 
 00:25:27.792 --> 00:25:30.959
 that pursuing this dream
 
 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:33.416
 is... is, like, a real long shot.
 
 00:25:33.417 --> 00:25:34.791
 You know that.
 - Mm-hmm.
 
 00:25:34.792 --> 00:25:36.625
 - And you\'re gonna have to work
 
 00:25:36.626 --> 00:25:38.791
 really, really, really,
 really hard, Katie.
 
 00:25:38.792 --> 00:25:39.792
 I mean, probably harder
 
 00:25:39.793 --> 00:25:42.082
 than a lot of other people
 have to work
 
 00:25:42.083 --> 00:25:43.791
 to make this happen.
 
 00:25:43.792 --> 00:25:45.791
 I mean, you may have to work
 two or three jobs
 
 00:25:45.792 --> 00:25:48.500
 for about ten years,
 you know, and I know...
 
 00:25:48.501 --> 00:25:51.708
 - I never thought
 it was gonna be easy.
 
 00:25:51.709 --> 00:25:52.791
 - Yeah, I know.
 
 00:25:52.792 --> 00:25:53.833
 I just...
 Mommy doesn\'t want you
 
 00:25:53.834 --> 00:25:56.458
 to make life
 so hard on yourself, but...
 
 00:25:56.459 --> 00:25:58.250
 - It\'s already been hard enough.
 
 00:25:59.918 --> 00:26:01.791
 All: ♪ They come from
 the mountain ♪
 
 00:26:01.792 --> 00:26:03.791
 ♪ Living in the mountain ♪
 
 00:26:03.792 --> 00:26:05.750
 ♪ Go back to the mountain ♪
 
 00:26:05.751 --> 00:26:07.750
 ♪ Turn the world around ♪
 
 00:26:07.751 --> 00:26:09.750
 ♪ Do you know who I am? ♪
 
 00:26:09.751 --> 00:26:11.750
 ♪ Do I know who you are? ♪
 
 00:26:11.751 --> 00:26:13.791
 ♪ See we one another clearly? ♪
 
 00:26:13.792 --> 00:26:15.750
 ♪ Do we know who we are? ♪
 
 00:26:15.751 --> 00:26:17.917
 - I keep picturing some hard man
 rubbing his clammy...
 
 00:26:17.918 --> 00:26:19.583
 - He started repeating
 everything.
 
 00:26:19.584 --> 00:26:21.626
 - Dad, the French door.
 Look.
 
 00:26:23.542 --> 00:26:25.333
 All: ♪ They come from
 the mountain ♪
 
 00:26:25.334 --> 00:26:27.082
 ♪ Living in the mountain ♪
 
 00:26:27.083 --> 00:26:28.917
 ♪ Go back to the mountain ♪
 
 00:26:28.918 --> 00:26:30.959
 ♪ Turn the world around ♪
 
 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.541
 ♪ Come from the mountain ♪
 
 00:26:32.542 --> 00:26:34.541
 ♪ Living in the mountain ♪
 
 00:26:34.542 --> 00:26:36.583
 ♪ Go back to the mountain ♪
 
 00:26:36.584 --> 00:26:38.209
 ♪ Turn the world around ♪
 
 00:26:41.918 --> 00:26:44.917
 [ambient rock music]
 
 00:26:44.918 --> 00:26:52.918
 ♪ ♪
 
 00:27:00.792 --> 00:27:02.374
 - There\'s very few in this town
 
 00:27:02.375 --> 00:27:05.458
 that have two parents
 that are still together.
 
 00:27:05.459 --> 00:27:07.666
 My older sister, she pretty much
 
 00:27:07.667 --> 00:27:09.041
 mothered me and my other sister.
 
 00:27:09.042 --> 00:27:11.791
 So she didn\'t really
 have a childhood.
 
 00:27:11.792 --> 00:27:15.041
 We had to be close
 
 00:27:15.042 --> 00:27:17.625
 for... for our family to,
 
 00:27:17.626 --> 00:27:19.791
 you know,
 
 00:27:19.792 --> 00:27:22.625
 survive.
 
 00:27:22.626 --> 00:27:23.666
 [dog barks]
 
 00:27:23.667 --> 00:27:25.249
 - Come on.
 
 00:27:25.250 --> 00:27:26.541
 [dog barks]
 
 00:27:26.542 --> 00:27:27.583
 Let\'s go.
 
 00:27:27.584 --> 00:27:29.250
 [dog barking]
 
 00:27:31.792 --> 00:27:32.792
 Hey.
 
 00:27:32.793 --> 00:27:34.625
 [dog barks]
 
 00:27:34.626 --> 00:27:35.791
 You don\'t want to go?
 Here.
 
 00:27:35.792 --> 00:27:37.792
 Stay there, then.
 
 00:27:39.125 --> 00:27:40.918
 Go ahead.
 Stay there.
 
 00:28:01.042 --> 00:28:02.876
 - Oh!
 I missed.
 
 00:28:11.125 --> 00:28:15.541
 Yes, I got it!
 I got it! I got it!
 
 00:28:15.542 --> 00:28:17.000
 [giggles]
 
 00:28:26.167 --> 00:28:28.583
 So what\'s going on?
 
 00:28:28.584 --> 00:28:29.791
 - It\'s... can be...
 
 00:28:29.792 --> 00:28:31.583
 It just is really stressful.
 You understand?
 
 00:28:31.584 --> 00:28:33.458
 I mean, you have your business,
 so you know.
 
 00:28:33.459 --> 00:28:36.041
 When I bought this place,
 everybody thought I was crazy.
 
 00:28:36.042 --> 00:28:37.541
 Like, everybody.
 - Except for me.
 
 00:28:37.542 --> 00:28:38.791
 - Mom, the kids...
 
 00:28:38.792 --> 00:28:40.249
 It really makes you wonder,
 you know,
 
 00:28:40.250 --> 00:28:41.791
 did I make the right decision?
 
 00:28:41.792 --> 00:28:44.249
 You know,
 did I make the right choice?
 
 00:28:44.250 --> 00:28:45.791
 - I\'ve been there too.
 - You know, yeah.
 
 00:28:45.792 --> 00:28:46.792
 - People say, \"You\'re nuts.
 
 00:28:46.793 --> 00:28:47.959
 \"What are you doing?
 It\'s crazy.
 
 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.291
 This is the wrong time
 to open it.\"
 
 00:28:49.292 --> 00:28:50.708
 But you never know
 until you go for it.
 
 00:28:50.709 --> 00:28:52.166
 And once you go for it
 and it works
 
 00:28:52.167 --> 00:28:53.374
 and it all comes together,
 
 00:28:53.375 --> 00:28:54.625
 then it works out.
 
 00:28:54.626 --> 00:28:56.208
 But I know the stress
 of trying to think,
 
 00:28:56.209 --> 00:28:57.791
 \"Oh, am I gonna make this
 this week?
 
 00:28:57.792 --> 00:28:59.333
 \"Am I gonna make this next week?
 
 00:28:59.334 --> 00:29:01.041
 Can I pay this?
 Can I pay that?\"
 
 00:29:01.042 --> 00:29:03.082
 - Right.
 It\'s draining.
 
 00:29:03.083 --> 00:29:05.791
 It\'s really draining sometimes,
 you know?
 
 00:29:05.792 --> 00:29:08.500
 And... and I just
 start panicking, you know?
 
 00:29:08.501 --> 00:29:10.625
 Am I gonna have enough?
 Is this gonna be okay?
 
 00:29:10.626 --> 00:29:11.833
 You know, and, um,
 
 00:29:11.834 --> 00:29:13.791
 just Lewistown being, you know,
 
 00:29:13.792 --> 00:29:15.708
 being Lewistown.
 
 00:29:15.709 --> 00:29:17.625
 You know, the fact...
 I mean, I know they\'re trying
 
 00:29:17.626 --> 00:29:18.791
 to revitalize and all that,
 
 00:29:18.792 --> 00:29:20.625
 but it\'s still that worry that,
 you know,
 
 00:29:20.626 --> 00:29:22.833
 is my business
 gonna make it through?
 
 00:29:22.834 --> 00:29:25.834
 [horn blaring]
 
 00:29:29.834 --> 00:29:31.291
 - This is a key meeting for us.
 
 00:29:31.292 --> 00:29:33.082
 Lewistown Borough Council
 
 00:29:33.083 --> 00:29:36.708
 has to sign off
 on this fountain and park.
 
 00:29:36.709 --> 00:29:39.291
 We\'re trying to get $250,000
 from the state,
 
 00:29:39.292 --> 00:29:40.917
 and we have to hurry things up
 
 00:29:40.918 --> 00:29:43.167
 because we\'re towards the end
 of the fiscal year.
 
 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:47.791
 - Is there anybody
 in the general audience
 
 00:29:47.792 --> 00:29:51.791
 that wants to address council
 on any issues on the agenda?
 
 00:29:51.792 --> 00:29:54.541
 - Um, yeah,
 we\'re running out of time.
 
 00:29:54.542 --> 00:29:58.041
 What we need
 is a cooperation agreement,
 
 00:29:58.042 --> 00:30:01.708
 and then we can put in
 that fountain and park.
 
 00:30:01.709 --> 00:30:05.583
 - I myself cannot see
 a $200,000 park
 
 00:30:05.584 --> 00:30:08.333
 there in the corner.
 
 00:30:08.334 --> 00:30:09.791
 I mean, you know,
 
 00:30:09.792 --> 00:30:12.875
 that just sounds ridiculous
 to me.
 
 00:30:12.876 --> 00:30:15.082
 - But if we do not come through
 
 00:30:15.083 --> 00:30:16.917
 with a plan for this corner,
 
 00:30:16.918 --> 00:30:19.625
 it will never be rehabilitated.
 
 00:30:19.626 --> 00:30:20.959
 If we don\'t do something,
 
 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.666
 nothing\'s ever gonna happen.
 
 00:30:22.667 --> 00:30:26.625
 It\'s very important
 that this gateway presents...
 
 00:30:26.626 --> 00:30:28.791
 Presents itself to people
 that come through that area
 
 00:30:28.792 --> 00:30:29.958
 and see a start.
 
 00:30:29.959 --> 00:30:32.166
 It\'s a start
 to the whole project.
 
 00:30:32.167 --> 00:30:35.791
 - It\'s nice to have that gateway
 that looks nice.
 
 00:30:35.792 --> 00:30:38.708
 But if all we do
 is fix up the gate
 
 00:30:38.709 --> 00:30:41.791
 and nothing
 on the house behind the gate,
 
 00:30:41.792 --> 00:30:43.374
 that\'s my concern...
 
 00:30:43.375 --> 00:30:48.791
 The amount of funds going
 to construction of this park
 
 00:30:48.792 --> 00:30:51.959
 rather than
 going to actually benefit
 
 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:54.791
 the individual owners
 and residents.
 
 00:30:54.792 --> 00:30:57.833
 - There\'s money there today
 to do this from the state.
 
 00:30:57.834 --> 00:31:01.666
 We had a very narrow window
 of opportunity
 
 00:31:01.667 --> 00:31:03.708
 to get monies
 in this fiscal year.
 
 00:31:03.709 --> 00:31:05.374
 This is a one-shot deal
 for this year.
 
 00:31:05.375 --> 00:31:06.791
 Let\'s get it done
 
 00:31:06.792 --> 00:31:09.124
 so we don\'t lose
 an opportunity here.
 
 00:31:09.125 --> 00:31:12.125
 [meat sizzling]
 
 00:31:14.042 --> 00:31:15.416
 - How do y\'all like
 your hot dogs?
 
 00:31:15.417 --> 00:31:18.249
 Dark, medium, burnt?
 
 00:31:18.250 --> 00:31:19.791
 - I\'ll take mine medium rare.
 
 00:31:19.792 --> 00:31:22.708
 - Med...
 [laughs]
 
 00:31:22.709 --> 00:31:24.709
 That answered my question.
 
 00:31:26.250 --> 00:31:27.959
 - What do you really think
 about that fountain
 
 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:29.791
 they\'re gonna put down there
 at Five Points?
 
 00:31:29.792 --> 00:31:31.249
 - This park...
 
 00:31:31.250 --> 00:31:32.583
 You know what I think about it.
 
 00:31:32.584 --> 00:31:34.583
 - I know exactly
 what you think about it.
 
 00:31:34.584 --> 00:31:37.166
 [laughs]
 
 00:31:37.167 --> 00:31:38.791
 Everybody...
 - It\'s terrible, Vernon.
 
 00:31:38.792 --> 00:31:40.082
 You know that.
 
 00:31:40.083 --> 00:31:41.833
 - Well, they ought to be able
 to lock people up
 
 00:31:41.834 --> 00:31:42.834
 for doing stuff like that.
 
 00:31:42.834 --> 00:31:43.834
 - Yeah, they should.
 
 00:31:43.835 --> 00:31:45.124
 - And the fountain...
 
 00:31:45.125 --> 00:31:46.750
 People\'ll go down there
 and throw coins in it
 
 00:31:46.751 --> 00:31:48.124
 and make wishes
 and hope for a job,
 
 00:31:48.125 --> 00:31:49.791
 - That\'s just my opinion.
 
 00:31:49.792 --> 00:31:51.875
 - There\'s a lot of things
 that they can do in this town...
 
 00:31:51.876 --> 00:31:53.249
 A whole lot of things.
 
 00:31:53.250 --> 00:31:54.791
 - Hope for change, man.
 
 00:31:54.792 --> 00:31:56.791
 - That\'s right.
 We need to keep driving that.
 
 00:31:56.792 --> 00:31:58.333
 We need not to sit down,
 
 00:31:58.334 --> 00:32:01.541
 because they can\'t dream
 for us to stop dreaming.
 
 00:32:01.542 --> 00:32:04.791
 You know, the scripture says...
 And you know this...
 
 00:32:04.792 --> 00:32:09.041
 \"Where there is no vision,
 people perish.\"
 
 00:32:09.042 --> 00:32:10.917
 No vision.
 
 00:32:10.918 --> 00:32:12.958
 - We just praise you and
 thank you for this day, Lord.
 
 00:32:12.959 --> 00:32:14.166
 - Thank you, Lord.
 
 00:32:14.167 --> 00:32:16.625
 - There\'s some frustration
 in the community
 
 00:32:16.626 --> 00:32:18.416
 because just a handful of people
 
 00:32:18.417 --> 00:32:21.292
 control the course of this town.
 
 00:32:23.792 --> 00:32:24.792
 - Just sayin\'.
 
 00:32:24.793 --> 00:32:27.291
 But the way the economy is now,
 
 00:32:27.292 --> 00:32:30.124
 I\'m sure that money could\'ve
 been put to a greater use.
 
 00:32:30.125 --> 00:32:31.333
 Spend that money on something
 
 00:32:31.334 --> 00:32:33.666
 that\'s gonna be...
 Benefit the town.
 
 00:32:33.667 --> 00:32:35.666
 - Something to bring
 more jobs into Lewistown
 
 00:32:35.667 --> 00:32:37.917
 for, you know, the people.
 
 00:32:37.918 --> 00:32:40.374
 - We just wish they could get
 more businesses into Lewistown
 
 00:32:40.375 --> 00:32:41.666
 like there used to be.
 
 00:32:41.667 --> 00:32:43.291
 - But if they don\'t
 beautify the downtown
 
 00:32:43.292 --> 00:32:44.791
 and make it look good,
 
 00:32:44.792 --> 00:32:47.291
 who\'s gonna want to come in?
 
 00:32:47.292 --> 00:32:49.833
 Things are definitely
 looking a little bleak.
 
 00:32:49.834 --> 00:32:52.500
 They shut down Fairfield Foods
 in Belleville.
 
 00:32:52.501 --> 00:32:53.583
 Abbotts Dairy went out.
 
 00:32:53.584 --> 00:32:56.124
 Masland closed a few years ago.
 
 00:32:56.125 --> 00:32:57.750
 And those were big-buck jobs.
 
 00:32:57.751 --> 00:32:59.500
 They were, like,
 $20-an-hour stuff.
 
 00:32:59.501 --> 00:33:02.750
 When I worked at the steel mill
 back in the \'70s,
 
 00:33:02.751 --> 00:33:04.791
 there was, like,
 2,500 people working there.
 
 00:33:04.792 --> 00:33:07.500
 Now there\'s, like,
 400 or something.
 
 00:33:07.501 --> 00:33:09.791
 So hopefully they can
 spur something downtown
 
 00:33:09.792 --> 00:33:11.792
 and get something working
 downtown.
 
 00:33:14.667 --> 00:33:15.834
 Time will tell.
 
 00:33:18.501 --> 00:33:21.500
 [moody rock music]
 
 00:33:21.501 --> 00:33:29.501
 ♪ ♪
 
 00:33:36.209 --> 00:33:37.416
 - Well, over the years,
 
 00:33:37.417 --> 00:33:39.666
 barbers have had
 a reputation of...
 
 00:33:39.667 --> 00:33:42.291
 We get paid daily in cash,
 of course,
 
 00:33:42.292 --> 00:33:46.416
 and you got a reputation
 for loaning money to people.
 
 00:33:46.417 --> 00:33:50.959
 I don\'t want to be
 publicizing it too much more,
 
 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.583
 but it\'s something that happens,
 
 00:33:52.584 --> 00:33:56.750
 and I have a regular sheet
 of people that I lend money to.
 
 00:33:56.751 --> 00:34:00.666
 It\'s, uh...
 I call it my mission in life.
 
 00:34:00.667 --> 00:34:02.458
 It\'s my local mission fund.
 
 00:34:02.459 --> 00:34:04.751
 Churches have theirs.
 I have mine.
 
 00:34:21.250 --> 00:34:24.249
 [meandering guitar music]
 
 00:34:24.250 --> 00:34:32.250
 ♪ ♪
 
 00:34:47.918 --> 00:34:50.750
 - The beautification
 of your town
 
 00:34:50.751 --> 00:34:52.751
 is really important.
 
 00:34:59.501 --> 00:35:01.082
 If we fix up this block,
 
 00:35:01.083 --> 00:35:02.708
 pretty soon
 people that live there
 
 00:35:02.709 --> 00:35:04.791
 will get the feel that
 things are getting better,
 
 00:35:04.792 --> 00:35:06.082
 and they\'ll fix up a place,
 
 00:35:06.083 --> 00:35:07.792
 and then you do another place.
 
 00:35:10.876 --> 00:35:13.374
 We are gonna have growth
 in this area,
 
 00:35:13.375 --> 00:35:16.374
 and it\'s starting.
 
 00:35:16.375 --> 00:35:18.124
 The park, Fountain Square,
 
 00:35:18.125 --> 00:35:20.626
 is all part of this big plan.
 
 00:35:24.459 --> 00:35:28.250
 I can\'t stand to sit
 and watch things decline.
 
 00:35:30.417 --> 00:35:33.625
 I have a personality
 that will try to change things,
 
 00:35:33.626 --> 00:35:35.751
 and I have to do it to live.
 
 00:35:37.792 --> 00:35:39.333
 I want to be a person
 that did something,
 
 00:35:39.334 --> 00:35:41.791
 that made a difference,
 
 00:35:41.792 --> 00:35:45.082
 and I want to rest easy thinking
 I did the best I could
 
 00:35:45.083 --> 00:35:47.375
 to make this community better.
 
 00:36:05.834 --> 00:36:08.041
 - Our eternal Father,
 we come to you
 
 00:36:08.042 --> 00:36:11.249
 with praise and thanks
 upon our lips this morning.
 
 00:36:11.250 --> 00:36:13.666
 We thank you
 for this supercenter, Lord,
 
 00:36:13.667 --> 00:36:16.958
 that is much needed
 here in Lewistown,
 
 00:36:16.959 --> 00:36:20.458
 the jobs that it provide
 for people,
 
 00:36:20.459 --> 00:36:22.333
 the excitement that it stirs
 
 00:36:22.334 --> 00:36:24.082
 in the community
 
 00:36:24.083 --> 00:36:26.875
 of new beginnings
 and new things.
 
 00:36:26.876 --> 00:36:29.458
 And, Lord,
 we pray for all the workers
 
 00:36:29.459 --> 00:36:31.833
 that are here
 and the management, Lord.
 
 00:36:31.834 --> 00:36:36.666
 Lord, may the blessings not
 only flow in a spiritual sense
 
 00:36:36.667 --> 00:36:40.124
 but in a monetary
 and material sense.
 
 00:36:40.125 --> 00:36:42.166
 And so we give you this day.
 
 00:36:42.167 --> 00:36:45.791
 We leave here, Lord, asking
 you to bless us and protect us
 
 00:36:45.792 --> 00:36:48.791
 and protect this store
 and its management
 
 00:36:48.792 --> 00:36:50.166
 and its employees.
 
 00:36:50.167 --> 00:36:51.791
 And we\'ll thank you for it.
 
 00:36:51.792 --> 00:36:53.791
 In Jesus\' name I pray.
 
 00:36:53.792 --> 00:36:56.625
 Amen.
 
 00:36:56.626 --> 00:36:58.208
 There are people in this area
 
 00:36:58.209 --> 00:37:00.625
 who are seeing the future
 
 00:37:00.626 --> 00:37:01.833
 and are investing in it.
 
 00:37:01.834 --> 00:37:04.416
 - So we\'re proud
 that many of those Americans
 
 00:37:04.417 --> 00:37:06.458
 are employed
 right here in Lewistown.
 
 00:37:06.459 --> 00:37:07.708
 - They know eventually
 
 00:37:07.709 --> 00:37:10.958
 that Lewistown
 has to be revitalized.
 
 00:37:10.959 --> 00:37:12.791
 You know,
 I\'m talking about people
 
 00:37:12.792 --> 00:37:15.958
 with a heart and a mind
 and vision.
 
 00:37:15.959 --> 00:37:17.208
 - M!
 All: M!
 
 00:37:17.209 --> 00:37:18.374
 - A!
 All: A!
 
 00:37:18.375 --> 00:37:19.500
 - R!
 All: R!
 
 00:37:19.501 --> 00:37:20.666
 - T!
 All: T!
 
 00:37:20.667 --> 00:37:22.500
 - What\'s that spell?
 All: Walmart!
 
 00:37:22.501 --> 00:37:24.541
 - When people connect up
 with that,
 
 00:37:24.542 --> 00:37:26.374
 then you\'ll begin
 to change the community.
 
 00:37:26.375 --> 00:37:27.791
 You\'ll change the spirit
 
 00:37:27.792 --> 00:37:30.042
 and the forward progress
 of this town.
 
 00:37:31.167 --> 00:37:33.124
 - Whoo-hoo!
 
 00:37:33.125 --> 00:37:35.875
 [people cheering]
 
 00:37:35.876 --> 00:37:38.458
 - Who\'s got the champagne here?
 
 00:37:38.459 --> 00:37:40.250
 - Congratulations.
 
 00:37:43.250 --> 00:37:46.250
 [car horns honking]
 
 00:37:51.542 --> 00:37:53.751
 - That\'s my copy.
 You can\'t have that one.
 
 00:37:56.959 --> 00:37:58.501
 - MERF means variety.
 
 00:37:58.542 --> 00:38:00.334
 I\'m Marylee.
 We\'re live this afternoon.
 
 00:38:00.375 --> 00:38:01.958
 We\'re at Absolute Bliss.
 
 00:38:01.959 --> 00:38:03.958
 It\'s a brand-new beauty clinic
 in Lewistown.
 
 00:38:03.959 --> 00:38:05.626
 They\'re having
 their grand opening.
 
 00:38:05.667 --> 00:38:07.125
 Pam Eby is the owner here,
 
 00:38:07.167 --> 00:38:08.958
 and, Pam, your salon,
 
 00:38:08.959 --> 00:38:11.417
 as you walk in
 the beauty clinic,
 
 00:38:11.459 --> 00:38:13.958
 I mean, this was an old building
 that you remodeled.
 
 00:38:13.959 --> 00:38:15.083
 And you\'ve updated it,
 
 00:38:15.125 --> 00:38:16.918
 and it\'s very
 contemporary-looking.
 
 00:38:16.959 --> 00:38:17.959
 - Thank you.
 Yeah.
 
 00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:19.750
 We pretty much gutted
 the entire building
 
 00:38:19.751 --> 00:38:20.876
 and redid everything.
 
 00:38:20.918 --> 00:38:22.501
 It was a lot of work
 from family and friends
 
 00:38:22.542 --> 00:38:23.792
 that we\'re very thankful for.
 
 00:38:23.834 --> 00:38:25.501
 - And why
 did you choose Lewistown
 
 00:38:25.542 --> 00:38:28.250
 when things seem to be,
 you know, so...
 
 00:38:28.292 --> 00:38:30.459
 So economically depressed?
 
 00:38:30.501 --> 00:38:32.667
 - Well, it\'s bad all the way
 around for everyone,
 
 00:38:32.709 --> 00:38:34.042
 so there\'s no
 getting around that.
 
 00:38:34.083 --> 00:38:36.209
 But I also don\'t think
 that should hold you back
 
 00:38:36.250 --> 00:38:37.626
 from doing something,
 
 00:38:37.667 --> 00:38:39.626
 especially if you see a dream
 or you have a vision,
 
 00:38:39.667 --> 00:38:40.958
 which I did.
 
 00:38:40.959 --> 00:38:42.918
 - Now, how will your business
 affect Lewistown?
 
 00:38:42.959 --> 00:38:44.958
 - At this point in time,
 there\'s a lot of unemployment.
 
 00:38:44.959 --> 00:38:46.292
 A lot of people
 are looking for jobs,
 
 00:38:46.334 --> 00:38:47.918
 and jobs are hard to come by.
 
 00:38:47.959 --> 00:38:49.083
 Right now I have two stylists,
 
 00:38:49.125 --> 00:38:50.958
 so my goal is to grow
 a little bit more
 
 00:38:50.959 --> 00:38:52.919
 and eventually, you know,
 employ some more people.
 
 00:38:52.959 --> 00:38:54.918
 There\'s gonna be a lot of good
 things happening in Lewistown,
 
 00:38:54.959 --> 00:38:55.959
 and hopefully that, you know,
 
 00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:57.626
 opening this salon
 will be a part of that,
 
 00:38:57.667 --> 00:38:59.958
 that we can help people
 to feel better about themselves.
 
 00:38:59.959 --> 00:39:01.958
 - Mm-hmm, well, it\'s a nice
 addition to Lewistown,
 
 00:39:01.959 --> 00:39:03.250
 and we\'re very glad
 to have you here.
 
 00:39:03.292 --> 00:39:04.667
 - Thank you.
 
 00:39:08.667 --> 00:39:10.626
 - All right, kiddo.
 
 00:39:10.667 --> 00:39:13.501
 Now, do you want me to put this
 on over your head or what?
 
 00:39:13.542 --> 00:39:15.375
 - No, that\'s okay.
 - No.
 
 00:39:15.417 --> 00:39:18.167
 [zipper unzipping]
 
 00:39:18.209 --> 00:39:19.584
 - It\'s tricky.
 
 00:39:19.626 --> 00:39:21.167
 - You know, I don\'t normally
 like you in white,
 
 00:39:21.209 --> 00:39:24.292
 but now I really like you
 in white, Katie.
 
 00:39:24.334 --> 00:39:26.125
 - Maybe when there\'s a cap.
 
 00:39:26.167 --> 00:39:28.125
 - It\'s growing on me.
 
 00:39:30.375 --> 00:39:32.958
 Got it?
 
 00:39:32.959 --> 00:39:35.209
 Honors student.
 
 00:39:38.125 --> 00:39:39.209
 And your cap.
 
 00:39:39.250 --> 00:39:41.167
 \'Kay, how do we...
 
 00:39:41.209 --> 00:39:42.667
 You show me.
 
 00:39:45.125 --> 00:39:46.292
 All right, now...
 - Wearin\' white.
 
 00:39:46.334 --> 00:39:48.125
 - When you\'re singing tonight,
 
 00:39:48.167 --> 00:39:51.542
 don\'t look at me,
 because I will be crying,
 
 00:39:51.584 --> 00:39:53.042
 and I don\'t want you
 to start crying
 
 00:39:53.083 --> 00:39:54.334
 while you\'re singing, okay?
 
 00:39:54.375 --> 00:39:56.167
 So please don\'t look at me
 while you\'re singing.
 
 00:39:56.209 --> 00:39:58.167
 - I did cry the other day in
 the church when you were crying.
 
 00:39:58.209 --> 00:39:59.167
 - I know.
 
 00:39:59.209 --> 00:40:00.834
 - Which... that made my solo
 very shaky.
 
 00:40:00.876 --> 00:40:02.709
 But then everyone just said
 I had great vibrato.
 
 00:40:02.751 --> 00:40:04.792
 [laughter]
 
 00:40:04.834 --> 00:40:07.667
 - Turn around.
 
 00:40:07.709 --> 00:40:11.167
 Gorgeous.
 Okay. All right.
 
 00:40:11.209 --> 00:40:13.167
 Oh, my God.
 
 00:40:13.209 --> 00:40:16.167
 [Pomp and Circumstanceplaying]
 
 00:40:16.209 --> 00:40:19.167
 [brass marching music]
 
 00:40:19.209 --> 00:40:27.209
 ♪ ♪
 
 00:40:35.834 --> 00:40:37.794
 I don\'t know what Lewistown
 is going to mean to me
 
 00:40:37.834 --> 00:40:40.167
 after Katie is gone.
 
 00:40:40.209 --> 00:40:42.584
 [applause]
 
 00:40:42.626 --> 00:40:44.042
 I don\'t know.
 
 00:40:48.459 --> 00:40:50.083
 It\'s complicated.
 
 00:40:52.250 --> 00:40:54.751
 Part of why I came here
 was for her.
 
 00:40:57.125 --> 00:40:58.459
 And yet at the same time,
 
 00:40:58.501 --> 00:41:00.876
 there\'s nothing I want more
 than for her to leave...
 
 00:41:04.209 --> 00:41:07.042
 And... and just embrace the world.
 
 00:41:10.209 --> 00:41:12.167
 Hey.
 
 00:41:12.209 --> 00:41:14.000
 I am so proud of her.
 
 00:41:14.042 --> 00:41:15.958
 I am so proud
 of the two awards she got.
 
 00:41:15.959 --> 00:41:18.167
 The English award
 actually shocked me.
 
 00:41:18.209 --> 00:41:19.542
 I was astounded.
 
 00:41:19.584 --> 00:41:21.042
 - No one else was shocked.
 
 00:41:21.083 --> 00:41:23.167
 Like, everyone else thought it...
 They knew.
 
 00:41:23.209 --> 00:41:26.375
 - The music award, I absolutely
 knew it was going to happen.
 
 00:41:26.417 --> 00:41:28.918
 But I was...
 I was perfectly pleased
 
 00:41:28.959 --> 00:41:32.042
 as a pickled peanut
 
 00:41:32.083 --> 00:41:33.834
 knowing that she got
 the English award.
 
 00:41:33.876 --> 00:41:35.083
 That didn\'t make any sense.
 
 00:41:35.125 --> 00:41:36.667
 - I don\'t know
 what a pickled peanut is.
 
 00:41:36.709 --> 00:41:38.459
 - And I love her very much.
 
 00:41:38.501 --> 00:41:39.626
 She\'s my baby.
 
 00:41:39.667 --> 00:41:41.209
 - Mm, Mama.
 
 00:41:42.209 --> 00:41:43.334
 - 7, now 8.
 
 00:41:43.375 --> 00:41:44.751
 $7 down front.
 
 00:41:44.792 --> 00:41:47.167
 25... and thank you.
 25...
 
 00:41:47.209 --> 00:41:49.876
 I\'ve sold out Park\'s Hardware,
 
 00:41:49.918 --> 00:41:52.667
 Kay\'s Army Navy Store,
 
 00:41:52.709 --> 00:41:54.876
 Danks Department Store
 in downtown Lewistown.
 
 00:41:54.918 --> 00:41:58.667
 I\'ve sold that to you.
 64, 64.
 
 00:41:58.709 --> 00:42:01.876
 Those businesses are gone.
 
 00:42:01.918 --> 00:42:05.083
 Those people are gone.
 
 00:42:05.125 --> 00:42:06.459
 I don\'t know
 if we\'ll ever go back
 
 00:42:06.501 --> 00:42:11.209
 to where we have
 a thriving downtown Lewistown.
 
 00:42:13.209 --> 00:42:16.334
 Lewistown\'s problems run deep,
 
 00:42:16.375 --> 00:42:18.751
 and I don\'t think things like
 
 00:42:18.792 --> 00:42:20.958
 new benches or sidewalks
 
 00:42:20.959 --> 00:42:23.751
 or the new park plan
 
 00:42:23.792 --> 00:42:26.209
 are going to be the cure-all.
 
 00:42:30.209 --> 00:42:31.834
 Give 20 now, 5, 25 now,
 
 00:42:31.876 --> 00:42:33.501
 20...
 [auctioneering]
 
 00:42:33.542 --> 00:42:34.709
 Get 3 now, 4.
 
 00:42:34.751 --> 00:42:37.918
 [auctioneering]
 
 00:42:44.167 --> 00:42:45.958
 - The Carnegie Building
 was the first library
 
 00:42:45.959 --> 00:42:47.167
 here at Penn State.
 
 00:42:47.209 --> 00:42:49.209
 - But everybody
 needs to dream...
 
 00:42:51.209 --> 00:42:52.250
 - Take a deep breath.
 
 00:42:52.292 --> 00:42:54.083
 - Especially Lewistowners...
 
 00:42:55.709 --> 00:42:58.292
 Because we all live here.
 
 00:43:00.459 --> 00:43:03.709
 And quite honestly, we\'ll all
 probably die here as well.
 
 00:43:06.209 --> 00:43:07.167
 We all need the hope
 
 00:43:07.209 --> 00:43:10.792
 that our place will come back...
 
 00:43:10.834 --> 00:43:12.000
 - Just have fun!
 
 00:43:12.042 --> 00:43:13.584
 - [shouting indistinctly]
 
 00:43:13.626 --> 00:43:15.626
 - That it\'ll prosper
 and do well.
 
 00:43:17.959 --> 00:43:21.626
 I think it\'s true
 for many American towns today,
 
 00:43:21.667 --> 00:43:25.167
 that that\'s the dream
 
 00:43:25.209 --> 00:43:27.751
 that we all cling to,
 
 00:43:27.792 --> 00:43:30.542
 that we all want to...
 We want to try to preserve
 
 00:43:30.584 --> 00:43:33.042
 and I think
 that we all long for.
 
 00:44:14.209 --> 00:44:16.167
 - I wouldn\'t have much of a life
 
 00:44:16.209 --> 00:44:18.292
 without a dog.
 
 00:44:18.334 --> 00:44:22.125
 Usually I take her out from here
 to Valley Street,
 
 00:44:22.167 --> 00:44:24.125
 go up to Marble Street,
 
 00:44:24.167 --> 00:44:25.918
 then down Marble Street
 
 00:44:25.959 --> 00:44:28.501
 till I hit Chestnut Street.
 
 00:44:28.542 --> 00:44:30.584
 Come up Chestnut Street
 
 00:44:30.626 --> 00:44:33.167
 and right back in again.
 
 00:44:33.209 --> 00:44:36.167
 And then they say and all,
 with a dog and all,
 
 00:44:36.209 --> 00:44:39.459
 \"You don\'t walk a dog.
 A dog walks you.\"
 
 00:44:39.501 --> 00:44:41.542
 Which is true.
