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>> LAKELAND PBS IS PROUD TO PRESENT LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

WE ARE HERE FOR YOU WITH LOCAL NEWS FROM BEMIDJI, BRAINERD, AND ALL OF THE LAKES COUNTRY.

DENNIS WEIMANN WITH THE NEWS, STACY CHRISTENSON WITH THE WEATHER AND CHARLIE YAEGER WITH YOUR SPORTS.

>>> HEY EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

MY NAME IS MATTHEW FREEMAN, FILLING IN FOR DENNIS WEIMANN WITH YOUR LAKELAND NEWS.

>>> AS THE DEADLINE FOR A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA LIBRARY AND THE ITASCA COUNTY BOARD IS NEAR.

THE TWO ARE NOT ANY CLOSER TO AN AGREEMENT SINCE THIS ISSUE WAS FIRST PRESENTED IN LATE MAY.

THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS CURRENTLY FUNDS 84-PERCENT OF THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET, WHILE THE COUNTY PAYS FOR THE OTHER 16-PERCENT.

BUT A MAJORITY OF LIBRARY CHECKOUTS COME FROM THOSE IN GREATER ITASCA COUNTY.

THE OUTGOING LIBRARY DIRECTOR, WILL RICHTER, AND GRAND RAPIDS MAYOR, TASHA CONNELLY, ARGUE THAT THE BUDGET SHOULD BE SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND CITY.

AT A SPECIAL MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO ON TUESDAY, JULY 29TH, BOTH SIDES SHOWED FRUSTRATION DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF THE LIBRARY.

>> I AM NOT GOING TO BE AFRAID TO SAY IT BECAUSE I HAVE FOUR LIBRARIES IN MY DISTRICT.

I FEEL THAT I AM COMPLETELY, 100% AGAINST ALL OF THIS.

MY CONSTITUENTS IN MY DISTRICT ARE AGAINST THIS.

I NEVER SAID I WAS AGAINST IT, I JUST SAID WE NEED ANOTHER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE COUNTY, THE REST OF THE COUNTY NEEDS TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHY THE COUNTY IS GOING TO PAY HALF A MILL DOLLARS FOR THE LIBRARY.

>> WE KNOW THE COUNTY RESIDENTS USE OUR LIBRARY, LARGER THAN OUR CITY RESIDENTS.

MUCH LIKE THE AIRPORT OR ANIMAL CONTROL, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S REFLECTIVE OF USERSHIP.

WE HAVE THE DATA THAT SAYS COUNTY RESIDENTS COME TO THE CITY FOR THE LIBRARY.

WE ARE THE LARGEST CITY, RIGHT?

IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE RESOURCES WOULD DIVERT TO, PART OF IT TO THE POPULATION AND THE USERSHIP.

>> THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS AND ITASCA COUNTY HAVE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE BUDGET OF THE GRAND RAPIDS AREA LIBRARY BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

>>> A 9-YEAR-OLD BOY ON HIS BIKE HAS DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A MOORHEAD PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLE.

IT HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 40TH AVENUE AND 14TH STREET SOUTH SHORTLY AFTER 11:30 THIS MORNING.

IT'S A BUSY 4-WAY STOP INTERSECTION WITH FLASHING STOP SIGNS.

THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL SAYS THE MACK STRAIGHT TRUCK HIT THE BOY IN THE CROSSWALK ON 40TH AVENUE.

THEY IDENTIFIED THE MOORHEAD CITY WORKER DRIVING THE TRUCK AS 64 YEAR OLD VICTOR PORT OF WEST FARGO.

THE BOY DIED AT THE SCENE.

THE MINNESOTA STATE PATROL IS CONTINUING ITS INVESTIGATION.

>>> MEMBERS OF THE PONEMAH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WERE IN FOR A SPECIAL TREAT EARLIER THIS WEEK WHEN LOCAL POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS VISITED THE CLUB TO TEACH THE KIDS ABOUT FIRST RESPONDER JOBS AND SHOW OFF ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT.

OUR REPORTER SYDNEY DICK JOINED THE KIDS AS THEY WERE VISITED BY K-9 DOGS AND FIRE TRUCKS.

>> Reporter: WHILE FIRE TRUCKS ARE NOT NORMALLY USED FOR FUN, THEY DECIDED THAT THE USUALLY LIFESAVING HOSES WERE JUST AS WELL AT COOLING OFF KIDS ON A HOT SUMMER DAY, A TRADITION THAT STARTED FROM THE IDEA OF GATHERING DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ENTITIES TOGETHER FOR EVENTS AT THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB.

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THEY HELD THE EVENT AND EVERY YEAR, IT HAS GOTTEN BIGGER AND BIGGER.

THIS YEAR THEY SAW MORE THAN 90 KIDS COMING IN.

>> ALL OF OUR EVENTS ARE FOR CLUB MEMBERS BUT OUR MAIN THING IS TO GET THE FAMILIES TO COME IN WITH THE CLUB MEMBERS.

MORE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, WE LOVE TO SEE IT.

AT OUR NEXT EVENT, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE FAMILIES.

>> WE HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS AMAZING HERE.

>> Reporter: THE PROTECT AND SERVE PIZZA EVENT WAS FILLED WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FROM BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, EACH OF WHICH WAS FUN BUT ALSO INFORMATIONAL.

>> TODAY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT THE DRUNK DRIVING SIMULATOR.

THEY HAD THE SOBRIETY TEST GOGGLES AND THE K-9 AT THE END, SO ALL THE KIDS LIKED SEEING THE POLICE GETTING CHASED BY THE DOG.

>> MY FAVORITE PART WAS WHEN WE GOT TO LEARN ABOUT THE DOG.

>> I WATCHED THE K-9 BITE, DON'T RUN OR SCREAM BECAUSE IT WILL SCARE THE K-9 AND IT WILL SCARE YOU BACK.

>> Reporter: RUNNING AROUND THROUGH THE FIRE HOSE AND SEEING A WORKING DOG IN ACTION, THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB IS ALSO HOPING THAT THIS WILL BECOME SO MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL FOR THE KIDS THN JUST A SUMMER DAY AT THE CLUB.

>> I THINK OF WORKPLACE READINESS FOR OUR KIDS, INSPIRING THEM, LETTING THEM KNOW THEY CAN DO STUFF LIKE THIS, THEY CAN BE ON THE POLICE FORCE, THEY CAN BE PART OF THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.

JUST BEING IN THE TRUCKS, TRYING ON THE HATS, DOING THE SIMULATION, WATCHING THE K-9s, THEY LOVED IT.

>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM PEMBINA, SYDNEY DICK, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> ALONG WITH ALLOWING THE KIDS TO LEARN ABOUT FIRST RESPONDER EQUIPMENT, THE ‘PROTECT AND SERVE PIZZA' EVENT ALSO CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOUTH TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS THEMSELVES, CREATING A POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR THEM TO MEET FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICEMEN FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>>> THANKS TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KITCHIGAMI REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM.

CLIMB THEATRE HAS BEEN SPENDING THE MONTH OF JULY TRAVELING TO VARIOUS LIBRARIES ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA PERFORMING THE INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE "THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE: REMATCH".

REPORTER MILES WALKER HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: CLIMB THEATER WAS FOUNDED IN 1975 AS A ONE WOMAN EFFORT, PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON WORKING WITH KIDS WITH DISABILITIES.

HOWEVER, THROUGH ITS NEARLY 50 YEAR HISTORY, THE COMPANY HAD EVOLVED INTO A FULL-STAFF, PROVIDING PROGRAMING TO THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN EVERY YEAR.

>> IT'S SO COOL.

I FEEL LIKE MY WORK IS VERY MEANINGFUL, GETTING UP AND GOING INTO SCHOOLS AND TEACHING ABOUT THESE IMPORTANT TOPICS LIKE EMPATHY, PERSEVERANCE, BULLYING PREVENTION, IT'S SO FUN TO BE A PART OF THAT.

>> Reporter: WITH THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE REMATCH, IT TAKES ON A DIFFERENT FORM, WITH TEAMWORK PLAYING A PIVOTAL POINT.

>> SO WAITING FOR THE TORTOISE TO PLAY THE GAME.

THIS IS A NEW VIRTUAL REALITY VIDEO GAME.

THEY'RE EXCITED TO START.

THEY HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF PLAYING THE GAME.

AS THEY LEARN THE TEAMWORK STEPS, THEY LEARN TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

>> Reporter: EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS ARE INTERTWINED TO WHAT THE CLIMB THEATER PRODUCES AND THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE REMATCH IS NO EXCEPTION, WHERE PERSEVERANCE AND REGULATION BEING AMONG THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS.

>> FIGURING OUT HOW TO PUT YOUR STRENGTHS TOGETHER, TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOAL, KNOWING WHAT YOUR STRENGTHS ARE AND ADVOCATING THAT AS WELL.

THOSE ARE SOME REALLY GREAT TAKEAWAYS THAT WE HOPE KIDS WALK AWAY WITH.

>> Reporter: THEY WANT TO INSPIRE AND PROPEL PEOPLE TOWARDS ACTIONS THAT BENEFIT THEMSELVES, EACH OTHER, AND THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH PLAYS, CLASSES, AND OTHER COLLABORATIVE WORKS, PRIORITIZING A VISION OF TURNING PEOPLE INTO STEWARDS OF THEIR OWN BEHAVIOR AS A RESULT OF THE PROGRAMING.

>> HAVING FUN AND LEARNING ABOUT IT ON THESE TOPICS THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS TAUGHT IN SCHOOL.

IT'S GOOD TO SHOW THEM THROUGH FUN WAYS LIKE THEATER SO THEY CAN SEE THE BEHAVIOR MODELED.

>> Reporter: REPORTING IN PINE RIVER, MILES WALKER, LAKELAND NEWS.

>> CLIMB THEATRE WILL BE STARTING ITS NEXT SEASON ONCE SCHOOL THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA START BACKS UP.

>>> LITTLE FALLS THEATRE COMPANY IS PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON THEIR NEXT SHOW: ANASTASIA.

THE MUSICAL IS BASED ON THE 1997 ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE SAME NAME ABOUT A RUSSIAN PRINCESS WHO HAS AMNESIA WHO IS TRYING TO WORK HER WAY BACK TO HER FAMILY AFTER BEING SEPARATED FROM THEM AS A CHILD DURING THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.

HOLLYNN SAINT CLAIR, WHO STARS AS TITULAR CHARACTER IN THE SHOW, SAYS THAT THE THEMES OF THE MUSICAL SHOULD RESONATE WITH ANYONE WHO COMES TO WATCH.

>> Reporter: ANASTASIA IS ALL ABOUT HOME, LOVE, AND FAMILY AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR PEOPLE AND HOW PEOPLE CAN FIND HOPE IN SEEMINGLY TOUGH TIMES.

SO THE THEMES OF THAT IS REALLY GREAT TO COME OUT AND ENJOY AND LISTEN TO AND SUPPORT, BUT THEN ALSO IT REALLY TAKES A VILLAGE TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOGETHER, SO COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS SO IMPORTANT.

>> THE SHOW WILL RUN AT LITTLE FALLS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS AT 7:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY AND SATUDAY AND 2:00 P.M. ON SUNDAY.

[♪♪♪] >> STILL TO COME ON LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

>> Elissa: WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING AREAS OF SMOKE IN LAKELAND COUNTRY AND AN AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> AND RESIDENTS IN DEER WOOD ARE GETTING READY FOR DEER WOOD DAYS.

[♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW LAKELAND NEWS AT 10:00.

[♪♪♪] >>> RESIDENTS IN DEERWOOD ARE GEARING UP FOR THEIR ANNUAL COMMUNITY FESTIVAL: DEERWOOD DAYS.

THE FESTIVAL WILL RUN NEXT WEEKEND ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THE FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE LIVE MUSIC, CRAFT VENDORS, AND LOTS OF ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS AS WELL.

DEERWOOD DAYS COMMITTEE MEMBER BRAD INGERSOLL SAYS THAT PLANNING HAS BEEN CENTERED AROUND EXPANDING THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR AND BRINGING AS MUCH MONEY TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AS POSSIBLE.

>> AND THEN WE, AT THE END OF THINGS, WILL THEN WORK WITH THE CITY AND TRY TO PUT MONEY WE EARN BACK INTO THE CITY, EITHER SOME BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, THERE IS A BIKE TRAIL HEAD THAT NEEDS WORK, THAT IS ON THE LIST, SO WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY ITSELF TO SEE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND PUT SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK INTO IT.

>> THIS YEARS DEERWOOD DAYS WILL BE NEARLY DOUBLE THE SIZE OF LAST YEAR'S EVENT WITH OVER 70 VENDORS SLATED TO APPEAR AT THE FESTIVAL.

>>> ALL SUMMER LONG VIEWERS HAVE BEEN ENTERING THE LAKELAND PBS VACATION GIVEAWAY.

THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER GETS A THREE-NIGHT STAY AT CRAGUNS RESORT NEAR BRAINERD.

EACH NEWSCAST WE DRAW FIVE POTENTIAL QUALIFIERS FOR THE GRAND DRAWING.

AND HERE THEY ARE FOR TONIGHT.

IF YOU SEE YOUR NAME, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN BEFORE THE END OF THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AND YOU WILL BE IN THE GRAND DRAWING WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE LIVE ON OUR MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH NEWSCAST.

>>> WELL STACY, I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND IT WAS COOLER THAN EXPECTED.

>> Stacy: YES, TEMPERATURES DROPPED INTO THE 40s ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE.

THOSE TEMPS DID RECOVER NICELY TODAY AND OTHER THAN THE SMOKE, IT WAS A PLEASANT DAY.

WE CONTINUED TO HAVE THAT WILDFIRE SMOKE IMPACTING OUR AIR QUALITY AND THE AIR QUALITY ALERT IS STILL IN EFFECT.

I'LL HAVE THE DETAILS IN A FEW MINUTES.

[♪♪♪] >> AND NOW THE WEATHER WITH STACY CHRISTENSON.

>> Stacy: WELL, IT WAS ON THE CHILLY SIDE THIS MORNING, BUT HIGHS ARE IN THE 70s TODAY.

WE DID HAVE SOME SUNSHINE, BUT AGAIN IT WAS THE HAZY SUN AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE WILDFIRE SMOKE THROUGHOUT OUR VIEWING AREA AND AN AIR QUALITY ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY -- EXCUSE ME, THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, WE WILL BE SEEING THE AIR QUALITY PROBLEMS PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

RIGHT NOW IN BEMIDJI, IT'S 67 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.

AT OUR STUDIO, WINDS ARE CALM.

IN BRAINERD, WE HAVE CLOUDY SKIES, IT IS A BIT HAZY, 69 DEGREES, THE DEW POINT IS 54, PRESSURE IS HOLDING STEADY, AND WE HAVE A LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND.

AN AIR QUALITY ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5:00 P.M. ON SATURDAY.

THE AIR QUALITY INDEX IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE RED OR UNHEALTHY CATEGORY ACROSS LAKELAND COUNTRY.

THIS MEANS SOME MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THOSE IN SENSITIVE GROUPS MAY EXPERIENCE HEALTH EFFECTS.

ON OUR SATELLITE AND RADAR PICTURE, NOT A LOT OF CLOUDS.

WE CAN SEE ALL THE SMOKE THAT IS ENVELOPING OUR VIEWING AREA.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AREAS OF SMOKE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WITH OTHERWISE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, NOT QUITE AS COLD AS LAST NIGHT, BUT WE ARE EXPECTING THE LOWS IN THE MID-40s TO MID-50s.

EXPECT THE HAZY SUNSHINE AS ONCE AGAIN, AREAS OF SMOKE WILL CONTINUE.

WEATHER SHOTS TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

ARLENE SHARING THIS PHOTO OF THE FOG AND SMOKE THIS MORNING IN MENAHGA.

THAT SMOKE IS CREATING A PRETTY SUNRISE OVER LAKE ADA.

LAURIE SPOTTING A COUPLE OF BALD EAGLES NEAR LITTLE TURTLE LAKE.

JOAN SAYING HER SUNFLOWERS HAVE BLOOMED.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE SAYING SHE CAN BARELY MAKE OUT THE MOON AND THE HAZY SKIES THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PHOTOS TONIGHT.

FOR OUR EAGLE EYES REPORTS, DEBRA AT PINE RIVER REPORTING 58 THIS MORNING.

BOB IN BLUFFTON, A HAZY SUN AND SMOKE TODAY.

TOPPING OUT AT 71.

JOAN IN LAPORTE, HAZY AND 73.

ARLENE IN LONGVILLE, SUN AND SMOKEY TODAY.

ANGELA AT CASS LAKE, CLEAR, BUT IT WAS HAZY WITH A HIGH OF 72.

ON OUR ALMANAC, BRAINERD TOPPING OUT AT 75 TODAY, A NICE COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE, BUT AGAIN BELOW THAT AVERAGE HIGH.

WE STARTED OUT WITH A LOW OF 49 AND SUNSET AT 8:48.

BEMIDJI TOPPING OUT AT 72, 7 DEGREES BELOW THAT AVERAGE AND WE STARTED OUT AT 43.

THAT'S 2 DEGREES WARMER THAN THE RECORD LOW FOR THIS DATE.

SUNRISE AT 2 MINUTES BEFORE 6:00 THIS MORNING.

SO LOOKING AT TOMORROW'S FORECAST, MAY BE A FEW SPOTTY CLOUDS EARLY IN THE DAY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WE MAY HAVE A FEW PASSING CLOUDS.

OVERALL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE SEEING SUNSHINE, EXPECT TO SEE AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH LAKELAND COUNTRY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70s, WITH MID TO UPPER 70s IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

OUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AREAS OF SMOKE, LOWS NEAR 50.

TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY, STILL LOOKING AT THE AREAS OF SMOKE, HIGHS SHOULD REACH 78.

LOOKING AT OUR WEEK FORECAST, ON SATURDAY, AREAS OF SMOKE, HIGHS NEAR 77.

WE MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY, TEMPS STILL IN THE MID-70s, MID TO UPPER 70s THROUGH MONDAY, CLOSE TO 80 ON TUESDAY, WE COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO MUCH STACY.

WE HAVE CHARLIE YAEGER WITH A CONTINUATION OF THE BIRCHMONT.

>> Charlie: IT CONTINUES TODAY, DAY NUMBER 4.

MATCH PLAY CONTINUED OUT THERE.

IT WAS AGAIN, A LITTLE SMOKEY BUT OTHER THAN THAT, PRETTY COOL AND SOME PRETTY COOLSHOTS ON THE COURSE AS WELL.

WE HAVE THE HIGHLIGHT FROM THAT AND MORE COMING UP AFTER [♪♪♪] >> AND NOW YOUR LOCAL SPORTS WITH CHARLIE YAEGER.

>> Charlie: MATCH PLAY CONTINUED AT THE 101st BIRCHMONT, WHERE SOME OF THE BEST REGIONAL AMATEUR GOLFERS WERE PUT ON DISPLAY ONCE AGAIN.

WE HEAD OUT TO THE BEMIDJI TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB AND MILLER TAKING ON TOBY.

MILLER GOT AN EARLY LEAD WITH UP AND DOWN.

MILLER HOLDS HIM OFF TO WIN THE MATCH, 1-UP.

OVER IN THE PAR 3-11, PEACHTREE FROM THE T-BOX, HE WASTED NO TIME THIS AFTERNOON, WINNING THE MATCH 7-6.

BACK AT 8, TIM SHOWING THE YOUNG BUCKS HOW IT'S DONE.

SHORT BIRDIE PUCK AND HE GOES ON TO WIN 3-2.

THE MATCH BETWEEN MATT AND JACOB WAS A REMATCH OF THE 2023 FINALS.

SCHAFFER GOT OUT TO THE LEAD, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO CLOSE THE GAP LATE BECAUSE OF PUTT LIKE THIS.

HE WINS THE MATCH IN 19 HOLES.

HEAD TO 13, WHERE ROSEAU'S MAX SECURES HIS SPOT IN THE QUARTER FINALS, DISMATCHING LOGAN.

AND NATE IS TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.

THE CHIP LEADS TO A BIRDIE PUTT TO PUT HIM 4-UP.

HE WINS THE MATCH 5-4.

THE MATCH BETWEEN BSU'S LAPLANT AND JOHN WAS BACK AND FORTH.

LAPLANT GOES 2 UP AND SOUR IS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER THIS TEE SHOT, AND HE CLAWS HIS WAY BACK.

HE EVENTUALLY TIES THE MATCH BUT LAPLANT IS ABLE TO GO 1-UP AT 16 AND APPLY THE PRESSURE.

SOUR EVENS THE MATCH AND THEN WINS WITH AN UP AND DOWN, BEAUTIFUL CHIP SHOT ON A TOUGH HOLE PLACEMENT, AND HE WOULD MAKE THE PUTT TO WIN THE MATCH, 1-UP OVER LAPLANT.

THE FINAL RESULTS FROM ALL OF THOSE, WE PRETTY MUCH GOT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM ALL OF THOSE.

JOHN WILL PLAY THE WINNER OF WHOEVER WAS UNDERNEATH HIM.

OVER HERE, YOU CAN SEE LUCAS PLAYING.

HE WILL PLAY RYLIN.

>>> EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE WOMEN PLAYED THEIR QUARTER FINALS MATCHES.

CARRIE WITH AVA, SHE NEEDS TO WIN THE HOLE TO KEEP GOING.

SHE DOES WITH THAT PUTT.

OVER AT 15, OLSON USING THE TEXAS WEDGE, IT'S A LONG PUTT, BUT SHE WILL SET HERSELF UP.

THE 2-PUTT EVENTUALLY WINS THE MATCH 4-3.

WE HEAD BACK TO 13, MORGAN MAKE THIS PUTT TO BEAT LAUREN, 6-5 WAS THE FINAL THERE.

WE GO TO 14 AGAIN, MELISSA, NEEDING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING BIG, GETS UP AND DOWN HERE, IS ABLE TO BRING IT TO WITHIN 3.

SO SHE HAS A LITTLE PLAYING ROOM THERE, BUT AT 15, ANNA IS ABLE TO MAKE A LONG PUTT TO HAVE THE HOLE.

IF SHE CAN HAVE THAT ONE THERE AT 16, WHICH SHE DOES, SHE WINS IT 3-2.

MOVING ON TO THE SEMIFINALS.

AT 14, AGAIN BACK AT 14, LILY IS IN THE LEAD HERE, 2-UP.

MAKES A GREAT PUTT HERE, PUTTER WAS ON FIRE FOR 14 AND THEN WE HEAD OVER TO 16, WHERE SHE MAKES A TOUGH UPHILL PUTT.

AT 17, MALLORY, WHO SHE IS GOING UP AGAINST, ABLE TO MAKE A PUTT.

1-UP, BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO HOLD ON AND WIN THERE.

SHE WIN IT IS MATCH 2-UP.

AND THOSE ARE ALL FOUR OF YOUR MATCHES FROM TODAY, AVA OLSON WINNING.

SHE WILL PLAY LILY TOMORROW.

MORGAN WILL TAKE ON ANNA.

>>> AND NOT FROM THE BIRCHMONT BUT A LITTLE BIT OF GOLF STILL FOR YOU.

THE MARTIN FAMILY MADE UP OF ISABELLA, NATALIE, AND MADISON, THEY ALL WON THEIR GOLF COURSE IN FARGO.

THEY ALL WON THE DRIVE CHIP AND PUTT THERE.

THEY'RE MOVING ON TO THE REGIONALS.

NATALIE, WE FEATURED HER BEFORE IN A COUPLE OF OUR THINGS.

SO AGAIN, SHE IS WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION AND NOW HER SISTERS ARE JOINING HER AS WELL.

PRETTY COOL FOR THEM.

ALL IN THE FAMILY.

>> Matthew: THANK YOU SO>> MUCH CHARLIE.

>>> FOR THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF FISHING TIPS, RAY AND MANDY TEACH US ABOUT WEIGHTS, AND NO, NOT THE KIND YOU LIFT AT THE GYM, THE KIND YOU CAN USE TO HELP CATCH THAT NEXT BIG FISH.

>> TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WEIGHTS.

IT'S IMPORTANT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT KIND OF WEIGHT.

THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS AND MOST OF THEM ARE STILL LEAD, BUT YOU CAN BUY OTHER METALS NOW LIKE TUNGSTEN THAT IS NOT LEAD, THAT CAN POISON ANIMALS.

A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO SHOW YOU HERE.

THIS IS A CLASSIC RIG, AND THIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT EVOLVED FROM.

IT EVOLVED FROM A CIRCLE SINKER LIKE THIS.

THIS IS HOW THEY DECIDED THERE IS SOMETHING THEY CAN DO BETTER THAN MAKE THIS THING FLOATING AROUND AND BANGING AND CATCHING ON EVERYTHING.

SO THEY CAME UP WITH THIS WEIGHT.

THOSE ARE TWO POPULAR WEIGHTS, VERY COMMON, AND THEY'RE STILL VERY COMMON.

YOU SEE A LOT OF THESE USED WHEN YOU'RE CATFISHING FOR EXAMPLE.

THOSE ARE VERY COMMON.

THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU'RE TROLLING, A LOT OF TIMES YOU WANT TO GET YOUR BAIT, WHATEVER THE SPOON IS OR WHATEVER YOU ARE TROLLING, DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO YOU CAN TIE BOTH ENDS TO YOUR LINE, THIS GOING TO YOUR REEL AND THEN TO THE OTHER LINE, GOING TO YOUR BAIT.

THEN YOU CAN GET WHATEVER WEIGHT YOU WANT TO ON THAT THERE.

THE OTHER THING IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

THIS IS A LEAD WEIGHT BOTTOM WITH A PLASTIC TOP.

YOU PUT THE LINE RIGHT THROUGH HERE.

THESE COME IN ALL DIFFERENT SIZES.

THEY ARE VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE OF GETTING THE WEIGHT WHERE YOU WANT IT, WITHOUT GETTING TOO MUCH WEIGHT.

THEN MANDY WILL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

>> DIFFERENT STYLE WEIGHTS AND A DIFFERENT KIND OF WEIGHT AS RAY MENTIONED.

THEY COME IN BRASS AND THEY COME IN TUNGSTEN.

THESE PARTICULAR WEIGHTS, WE CALL THEM BULLET WEIGHTS.

THEY ARE USED FOR MULTIPLE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BASS APPLICATIONS THAT YOU CAN EITHER RIG TEXAS STYLE, IT'S PEGGED OR UNPEGGED, SO THAT CAN BE BEHIND ANY KIND OF PLASTIC ON A HOOK THAT GETS THAT BAIT UP AND DOWN AND GIVES IT ACTION.

THE SECOND AREA IS THIS ONE MIGHT BE HARD TO SEE.

IT'S AN OLD FASHION LITTLE CLAMP HOOK.

SO THESE COME IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SIZES.

THESE ARE PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR BOBBER FISHING.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LIGHT ENOUGH JIG OR HOOK WITH YOUR BAIT ON IT, YOU CAN CLAMP A BUNCH OF THESE BUDDIES ON THERE AND THAT WILL GET THE HOOK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM WHERE YOU NEED TO GET IT SOONER.

>> I'M RAY GILDOW.

>> AND I'M MANDY UHRICH, THE BASS N' BIOLOGIST.

>> Matthew: WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME SO WE WILL HEAD TO STACY FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE WEATHER.

>> Stacy: WE REMAIN IN THE AIR QUALITY ALERT, REMAINING IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY 5:00 A.M.

OTHERWISE, IT LOOKS LIKE SUNNY SKIES FOR US TOMORROW.

>> Matthew: THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

>> Charlie: GOOD NIGHT.

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