Kevin Grog (KG) joins us after being "on assignment" for far too long. We review the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament tradition, Bud Grant's passing and we visit with Lakeview Health Foundation Executive Director, Paul Erickson, about a special event at the end of March.
Kevin Grog (KG) joins us after being "on assignment" for far too long. We review the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament tradition, Bud Grant's passing and we visit with Lakeview Health Foundation Executive Director, Paul Erickson, about a special event at the end of March.
Welcome to the Kindness Chronicles, where we hope to inject the world with a dose of the Minnesota nice that it desperately needs the three. three wise, three men amigos, three amigos, three wise men. I'm about the three kind, man. Ooh. Aw. It's not very catchy, but I like the, the tone Yeah. That's clever. You're clever. Were you a market major when you graduated from senior? No, I was not. What was your major? Some sort of fire or something? Well, you know, it's a, it's a, it was a double deal where I was fired and health, uh, for teaching K12 coaching certificate and then a broadcast minor for broadcast television or radio. So I had a little bit of, let's just say I took a long way home. So you're a, you were a broadcast minor. Which means that you're a minor local celebrity. Had you been a broadcast major Oh right. You would things, you know what? It's just amazing how things, it all paid off. Yeah. Look at that. It's all, well, it could have paid off more. Well, so much for the Kindness Chronicles. We got Steve Brown here, Kevin Gorg, uh, uh, calling in mobile. Where are we calling you at? Uh, Minnetonka. Oh. Just out, uh, doing a couple, uh, quick errands here tonight. Lucky to be in town for the week. It's been a lot of travel at the, uh, the hockey team, so it's nice to have an entire week, uh, at home. And, um, we'll get back on the road on Monday. It's just dawn on me that we're calling you in Minnetonka. Home of the class Double A. Yeah. Uh, state hockey championship. And we're calling you from Mak. Yeah. Home of the class A high school. Hockey championship. Wow. Were either of you? Yeah. What did either of you get to watch any of that? I watched. I watched all of it. In fact, I was waiting to take a nap, waiting for the game to end, but it just kept going. It was so exciting. I had to get here to Monte Mii, cuz we had a show. Oh, that night and the whole town was dug. Buzz? Yeah. Oh no, the town was a buzz. It was in Mexico. I know. It was exciting. Did they have a parade in Minnetonka? No parade. I, I think, um, there'll be some type of celebration. At the high school I was able to watch most of both the Class A and the AA games, uh, on my laptop from the road. Channel 45 has an incredibly good link to their broadcast. And, uh, I gotta tell you, those championship games were amazing. And because we. Uh, Pacific Coast Time out there, uh, and the Wild war playing until late, I got to watch the majority of both those games and, uh, yeah, it was, it was a lot of fun. It's always heartbreaking for the kids that lose those close games, but hey, it's, you know, it's in a, at two hockey powers that came up a goal short. So yeah, they've had their, you know, Chance and, uh, we'll move on. They'll, they'll, they should do okay. I mean, all right. It is fun that Warroad didn't lose a single game all season, and then they run into the buzzsaw that is Maita Zephyrs So, oh, man, that was fun. Speaking of which, did you happen to see the celebration after the Mai? Yeah. Hey, I know where you're going with this. Uh, Well, the young, the young lad that jumped over the boards. Uh oh, that's what Onto the heist. Yeah. So that was, uh, that was a young man who is the son of one of my, uh, closest Maita pals. Uh, uhoh, Judd Saer. That's was Judd's kids. How are they gonna keep track of this? Uh, he's got a two year band from the center, but my question is, How are they gonna stop him from going to like a wild game or a concert? I don't understand. Fake mustache, your man. Fake, fake mustache. Top hat and a mole. Yeah. Yeah. He'll be fight. Oh yeah, that's a good idea. Top hat and a mole. Fake mustache. Boom. Um, but. As this is the Kindness Chronicles. Yeah. One of my favorite traditions after, the last game of a hockey season, both in the N H L and also in the state high school hockey tournament is the shaking of hands. They go through the line after the end of the game and they shake hands or things. Yeah. Nothing better. So, kg, you're a hockey guy, right? You follow hockey a little bit. Um, tell us about your thoughts on that whole, tradition. Well, it mimics the, probably the best part and one of the, the coolest parts of the tradition of Stanley Cup Hockey playoffs is, you know, you watch, uh, every. Come, uh, April, may, June, now sometimes into July. The Stanley Cup playoffs, when these teams go out in for two weeks, they beat the crap out of each other and they go toe to toe. And at the end of it, they look each other in the eye and, and, uh, shake hands. And I think it's, it's an awesome message that it still is just a game. As much as you care about'em, as much passion as you put into it, um, win or lose, you gotta respect the opponent, look'em in the eye and shake their hand. And so I think it's really cool. At the high school level with all the chips on the table in that final game, they do the exact same thing. I know it's hard for the team that comes up short, uh, but as you guys know, is, you know, there, there's a lot of life lessons involved in that. And, um, you're not always gonna be lucky enough to be. The one that's smiling. And so you have to learn, you know, as much as you have to learn how to win with grace, you have to lose with grace as well. Isn't that common practice or is that not, does that not happen in other high school sports? Like, I don't know that it does really. I thought that was just a common thing. No, not in the regular season. I mean, it, it happens in section playoffs. and it happens at the state tournament and just like with the nhl, it doesn't happen in the regular season, but it does happen in the playoffs. So I think it's a really, really cool tradition because that's when everything is amplified. That's when the emotions are at their highest. And yeah, you know, it's a good lesson for anybody at any age that you have to, at some point swallow your pride and congratulate the, the person that got you. And you know it's gonna happen in life when you don't get that job and you're in, in, you know, a situation. You're maybe going for, you know, a really cool promotion and maybe one of your coworkers gets it. It's the same situation. Yeah. And they, there's no reason why any of those kids would've felt bad aside from, you know, as far as how they performed. It was amazing. It was amazing game. It was a great game. both of the games were games for the ages as they say, or I don't know who says that somebody says that. Kevin does. You could see there's disappointment in the, uh, in the team that didn't win. We won't call them losers, but the, the team that didn't win. There is a respect there that I just think is super cool uh one of the things that I noticed from the state high school hockey tournament was Lu Nanny is I believe 84 years old. Is that accurate? Oh, he's only 81. Okay. I didn't mean to promote him to 84, but you know, now that, bud Grant. Has, passed and we can talk a little bit about Bud Grant. Lou is the senior statesman I think of, of, of sports legends in the state of Minnesota. Wow. I mean, I can't think of anybody. So, and the fact that he does that high school hockey tournament like all day long, um, four games, I'm telling you, I've done, you know, going back 10, 15 years when I was in my. I've done the four game parlay, and I'm telling you, it's exhausting. He's the youngest, 81 year old I've ever seen. He, he makes a couple road trips with us. Valley Sports North, working the wild, and I have never seen any like it. We're in New York City, we just get done working a wild game and he's like, all right, we're gonna, the hotel bar, we're having some apps, we're having drinks. It's like one o'clock in the morning. I'm like, Louie, we got a game tomorrow. He's like, yeah, I'm ready. I'm, and he's up at seven o'clock the next day, ready to start it all over again. He is unbelievable. He's been incredibly success. In the business world, this is after being a professional hockey player, a head coach at the NHL level, and a general manager. And now as a broadcaster, he's the most iconic voice in the history of Minnesota hockey, period. And it, and he's got such a distinct voice. I love the people that try and do impersonations of him and nobody really quite gets it, but, uh, no. And when you hear his voice, you automatically are drawn to the television. He has. I don't know what the IT factor is in broadcasters. You know, John Madden certainly had it, but even if you're not a huge hockey fan and you hear that voice, you want to hear what that person has to say. There are people in every walk of life that have it and, and Luann is that one guy where if he's talking, whether it's on the radio, on K F A N or if during the state to. Uh, you want to hear what he has to say I guess he's a great guy. Super. I mean, just, you know, Louie is the guy that if, if he likes you, if you're in his circle, there's nothing he won't do for you. He is that guy. And, uh, you know, I mean, in the business world, don't go to Toto with that guy. You're gonna come out in the short end. very well connected. He's very competitive, but honestly, his family comes first. he's a great husband, dad and grandfather. He adores his kids and grandkids like nobody I've ever seen. And uh, you know, he just, you know, he loves two things about three. He loves his family. He loves hockey and he loves food. he loves food as much as John and I do. He just doesn't look like John and I do. So I mean, he looks forward to every meal, like it's his last. He's hilarious to watch at a restaurant. sounds like he's in, he's just to get a spot where he enjoys life. He loves, he knows what he loves and he's just doing it. He's enjoying it. Hockey and hanging out. He's got more money than God too, and he's earned it like it isn't, like he's inherited it. He's earned it. He can live the good life. He spends a lot of the winter down in Florida, does not enjoy snow or the cold, and he's done with it. The only time he comes back is to work some hockey games and he plays a ton of golf and, and, and the good life down in Florida. And, uh, I'm telling you, he is the genuine article. God, is he fun to, to just be around and fun to listen to him tell stories. I I could do it every day, all day. Well, another, uh, legend of Minnesota Sports Bud Grant passed away. Saturday night. We just talked about him last week with Tom West. We just talked about him with Tom West. God, it's crazy. Wow. Do you, did you ever meet Bud Grant? What? I met him one time at a Vikings practice. I was the guest of, uh, of Paul Allen, and he happened to be at the Vikings facility. We're going back, geez, 10, 12 years. Got to shake his hand. I, I, I gotta tell you, I was incredibly. and I didn't have a long conversation with him. I was very intimidated. Um, even by his presence. Uh, he was super nice and, um, just mentioned, you know, that I grew up watching his teams and how much I admired him as a coach, and that was about it. But one time I got to meet him, it was a thrill. But, you know, I was, you know, again, it's about Grant. I mean, for, for people in our age group, you guys, I mean, that was kind of the, the man growing up. Like yeah, he. Sports in Minnesota and, uh, was it the, uh, the game at the University of Minnesota when that, uh, kicker missed? Was it wide, right? Or wide? Wide Left. Wasn't when he pulled Wide left. Uh, Blair Walsh, do you remember? It was like 25 below zero with the windchill and Bud Grant walks out there without any jacket on in his shirt, sleeves. Yeah. He got a golf shirt on there. Yeah. Just what a guy. I did hear a funny story today. Um, he apparently was asked to, uh, mc an event at Nativity. The Nativity Men's Club, nativity Catholic Church in St. Paul's Men Men's Club has a, an annual event where they have some sports person come in and, and speak. And, uh, one of the people that was part of this committee said, who could we get? What would really blow people away? You know what, I'm gonna try and see if Bud Grant would do it. How do you get ahold of Bud Grant? So he calls the, the Vikings headquarters. Quite a few years back. And, uh, asked the receptionist, you know, how would a person get ahold of Bud Grant? And she said, one moment, please. And she connected him to Bud Grant's office. Apparently Bud negotiated an office with a window for the remainder of his life when he, oh, I've been there. I've been in his office. You've been in Bud's office. Tom West showed me to, showed me that. Oh, no kidding. I told you that last week. Tom or John? Yeah. I wasn't too. Yeah. Um, I told I told you that story, but yeah, no, he has a awesome, beautiful office that, that was all set up for him and. Apparently he, he got the message, he calls this guy back and says, uh, this is Bud Grant. How can I help you? And the guy said, we'd really like to have you come and speak at this thing. we have a few beers, we have a nice dinner, we have, our guests speak, and then we finish it up with some cigars. And Bud says, well, not if I'm coming. And he goes, well, what do you mean? And he gets very nervous. He goes, You want cigars, you don't want Bud Grant, and I don't think he used the third person. That doesn't sound like something that he would do but apparently they, uh, they changed the rules of, of that thing. And they're no longer smoking cigars. Oh. Until the speaker leaves the building or gives them his, uh, his approval. A blessing. But I mean, I'm kidding. I, I didn't. It's crazy. Just the fact that Bud Grant would call you be, Hey, this is Bud Grant. Yeah, I mean, they got him at the right time. They just found him when he was just like, oh, I'll call that person. I'm not sure you could get Bill Belicheck to call you back. I just kind of feel like these people, yeah, were from a completely different era. Do you remember Scott, Walter talked a lot about Bud Grant? Correct? Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't he talk about Bud Grant? I don't recall that. Yeah, I think he, I think he knows Bud or something. Maybe he knew Bud. Um, funny, long time ago. Another story, uh, Vikings related. I was at, uh, Hazelwood today having lunch. Ooh, nice. Yeah. Slice is great. Fancy. And I'm sitting there and I'm looking at the table right across from me. And there is number 50 from the Minnesota Vikings in the, uh, the mid seventies. You know, Jerry Seaman, Jeff Seaman, Jerry, Jeff Seaman, Jerry Seaman was the, uh, the. Jeff Semen. What was his number? Jeff Seman was one of my favorite players and really, and here's why I don't even know his name. He was at me Chevrolet, signing autographs. Oh, And I, I had a Jeff Seman jersey. Come on. No, I'm not kidding. You were wearing it that day? Not today. No. No, but Okay. Go on. No, I, Jeff Seaman was coming. He's your guy? He was my guy. Okay. I always, you know, I had his football cards and Wow. You know, Jeff always looked like, just kinda like a normal businessman. He always had a good haircut and, but I went to Marriage Chevrolet to get his autographs. He to like him. Yeah. And I was talking to him and some. My gum flew out of my mouth and landed on his forearm. Oh my God. Oh no. And he took the gum and he put it in his mouth. What? I thought, this guy will forever be my favorite football player. Why would he do that? He, are you kidding? I'm not kidding. He was trying to make you laugh. He was just trying to, well, I mean, he could see I was probably just mortified. Mor started sweating. I mean, how does gum never before? Never since has gum like projected from my mouth. So that's really funny. So I went up to him today and I said, uh oh. Hey. You're not my favorite football player of all time, are you? And the guy could not have been nicer. I didn't remind him of the throwing the gum. Oh, you, you should, you should have. And I regret not doing it, but he was in the middle of dinner with, or lunch with his, uh, that's really like his wife and his friend. But what a j just a great, great guy. He sounds like a wild man actually, that he would do that. Well, and he's not though. He looks like he looks like an accountant. The guy next. But he's still, he's got a hand, you know, I shook his hand and he, he could have absolutely crushed my entire hand. How could you recognize him? He gotta be, he looks the same. Oh, come on. I'm not kidding you. He looks fantastic. He's Jeff saying, I had his football card. I remember exactly what he looked like. Yeah, a absolutely, but he, you know, he looked like. A regular guy, I thought I should say John for. I should say John, you kind of have a knack though. You spotted me at a restaurant a couple years ago and you're like Steve Brown. You, you, I think you have a, I have an eye for people that you haven't seen in while you recognize people easily. Well, I, you know, I am. Uh, I'm always on the lookout. I think you are Well, what it is is I'm on the lookout for somebody better to talk to. We won't ask who you're with today. Well, I was, well, and, and, uh, we could talk about that in a little bit. Okay. But, uh, we're going. check in with, my friend Paul Erickson. Paul is the executive director of the Lakeview Health Foundation. They are a, uh, community hospital, here in the, uh, east Metro Stillwater, St. Croix Valley area. And we're gonna call Paul right now and take a break. We'll take a break and when we come back we'll have, uh, Paul Erickson on with us. Sounds good. All right. Couldn't hear him. We'll be right back after this. All right, and we are back. We are with, uh, my friend Paul Erickson. Paul is the executive director of the Lakeview Health Foundation in Stillwater, serving the St. Croix Valley. And, uh, they have a special event coming up on March 30th. It's a breakfast event. It's, uh, seven 30 at the Lake Elmo Event Center. I am a table host. My table is full, and I'm thinking about, uh, you know, working on a second table. Maybe we can get Steve here to, uh, to make a special, uh, celebrity guest appearance, celebrity bus boy, celebrity bus boy appearance. That would be fun for people. Paul, are you. I'm here. You're doing a great job. Keep up Paul. This is our second, our second chance to talk to Paul. He's been on our, our show before Paul was on turn. Yep. He was on our show. That's correct. Yeah. Last year when we had John Mueller on and John was the, uh, the head of, uh, EMS for Lakeview. Yep. Told some great stories and Paul, uh, is in the business. Of helping guys like John get stuff that the hospital can't otherwise afford. Yep. I remember. Yeah. Right. So, so Paul, tell us a little bit about the Lakeview Health Foundation, uh, how long you've been there, and, uh, some of the, the things that you're proud of at the, uh, at the organization. Well, thank you again, John and Steve for having me on. I appreciate the time that you're spending on this. So I'm Paul Rics and I'm the director of the Lakeview Health Foundation. I was hired in five to work with a group of folks, uh, in preparation for a capital campaign. At that time, the hospital, Lakeview was still independent. and we were charged with raising 20 million. And we were fortunate to, uh, have done that in a period of about two years. And then, uh, really went to work on the creation of the, uh, foundation in terms of our mission and what it was we were going do and, and ultimately become. And, uh, we currently have a, uh, Board that, uh, we can't have as many as 15. We currently have, uh, I believe it's 12 right now, so we're in the process of doing some, uh, prospecting and recruiting community board members. Steve, you interested? No kidding. I'm doing it I got a bus boy gig, but I'll be doing after that. Yeah. Well, So we're, we, uh, represent, uh, Lakeview Hospital and so the funds that we raise, our board wants to make sure that they stay for the benefit of both the hospital as well as the Stillwater Medical Group clinics. And, uh, there are three of those. Still water and then one over in Somerset, Wisconsin. So again, the dollars that we raise are for the benefit of the patients and the communities within where those locations are. Uh, among the funds that we raise primarily goes towards charity care. These are programs and services that, uh, are directed for. Uh, folks that, uh, require these services but are unable to pay for. So consider that, uh, in the, in the world of philanthropy, that's charity care that, uh, we, we provide those funds for. And we have a variety of funds and programs and, uh, unfortunately they don't have that list in front of me, but the top of my head, they would include our hospice program, prescription assistance. Uh, we, we fund, uh, A curriculum that's school based called PowerUp that teaches both, uh, young kids and their families on proper nutrition as well as physical activity. And that's the guy in the carrot suit, right? The guy in the carrot suit that's right. Is the PowerUp guy. He's our Mickey Mouse, right? Oh yeah. Chomp. Chomp is Chomp. Chomp. And that was born at Lakeview Chomp was born at Lakeview, and we're kinda proud of that. That's a program that, uh, probably will be going enterprise wide, meaning it'll be adopted by all eight hospitals under the, you know, leadership of health. So we're pretty proud of that as well. Assistance program that helps medications. The St. Croix Valley Community Faith Nursing Program, uh, represents, uh, eight congregations in Stillwater. And when you total the number of congregants within those churches, it's about 5,000 people. So that's quite a broad, uh, footprint in the service with those, uh, that nursing staff. By the way, they're all registered nurses and there are six of those that are serving those eight congregations. So, Pretty pleased and proud of that. That's going, I think, into its 20th year of service. So that's Paul. How, how does that work? Anything? How does that work? Hmm. The community nurses, uh, are based in the churches. Okay. Their salaries are underwritten by the church itself. We cover the cost of the administrator, the manager who oversees that, as well as, uh, uh, training fees, materials that, uh, they need, um, and some other programs that they, uh, run as well. Sorry, I'm trying to Yeah, you're. Down a road in St. Paul. It sounds like pothole, man. The potholes are amazing. I, yeah, so, excuse me. Oh, oh my God. Listen to that Yeah. Yeah. I thought maybe that, I thought maybe you took a wrong turn and you're now in Beirut. No. Well, well, yeah. Paul St. Paul. I'm gonna pull over because these roads are incredible. Yeah. There we go. Welcome to Minnesota in mid-March. Yes. We also fund telemedicine, which is a service that we provide for folks that, need to be seen by a, a trained psychiatrist, but we don't, uh, have one here at, at Lakeview. And. Uh, we put them in a, in a, in a space over at the, generally in the emergency room in, in one of the, um, bays. And we put them in touch with a, uh, psychologist that. Takes a look at them and, uh, provides a, a level of diagnosis and gets them into treatment a heck of a lot sooner than, than, um, uh, sending them down to, uh, I guess, uh, regions. So that's another program that we helped to underwrite that. So, so you guys are essentially doing, the way that I've heard it described is the hospitals generally provide, uh, competent, care and what the Lakeview Health Foundation provides, are those things that, make that care that much better, go beyond, make it affordable for people that maybe don't have insurance or, other means of paying for the services. You know, I know of a couple people personally that have benefited from the Lakeview Prescription Assistance Program, one specifically that. Was, struggling with diabetes and couldn't get her sugars under control and couldn't afford insulin. Oh. And did not have health insurance. And, uh, Lakeview, right? Yep. Lakeview Health Foundation, you know, no questions asked. Really take care of those people and get them the, the, the medicine that they need. So it's pretty cool. That's amazing. Yeah. That's, yep. Uh, that's our prescription assistance program and we have an event, in fact, our found. Has three events. One, of course is scheduled at the end of this month, the Community Breakfast. But, uh, that program that funds prescription assistance is now called our Summer Suaree. And, uh, ooh, that's been now in existence for I think 13 or 14 years now. And that raises funds exclusive in support of that prescription assistance program. So that's a, a very well received program. We have about 150 people attend that. Enjoy good food. Good. And, uh, and the company or some neat, neat folks. Well, we're there. So, I mean, that's, that's, that's winning. Yeah. Right there. Yeah. Yeah. That's some good music. So the, March 30th event is coming up here in a couple of weeks. That's, and that's, that's the breakfast. That's the breakfast. Okay. Seven 30 to eight 30. Mm-hmm. And one of my favorite things to do during this event is to watch Paul. Watch his clock because if there's ever been a guy who makes sure that you're out of there by eight 30, it's Paul Erickson. Really? He is. Why is that Paul, why is that military precision I, uh, cause I have unfortunately been at an event where it went well over time and I had some angry people. Cause it was a an hour long event and it went. About 90, 95 minutes and, um, what someone who needed the room or happen again, what, what's the problem with it? Well, they gotta get to work. I mean, the whole idea is you. You probably understand that right? like, oh my gosh, it's time to go to work. Yeah. Why am I still sitting here? And my eggs are cold? lake Elmo Event Center does a fantastic job. Uh, it's a nice breakfast. We're having a report from our board chair who's a community member. Oh. Uh, Chris Jeer. He provides an overview on the impact that the foundation had in 2022. It's perhaps I would describe it as the business portion, the breakfast. And so we'll spend about, uh, 10 minutes, uh, describing all the programs and the impact that we had, how we went about using the dollars that were donated, and then we'll give a few minutes for us to actually enjoy our meal. And then we use that, uh, breakfast as a, uh, an annual opportunity to showcase the next big thing. And for us this year, it's going to be, uh, highlight. um, and enhanced service in our, uh, icu. Our, uh, uh, medical intensive care unit, we've got what are called hospitalists, and these are trained physicians whose job is to check in on patients, uh, throughout the hospital regularly. This service are special, uh, specialist who dedicate their time just in, uh, our intensive care. And so providing this level of care is special because we don't have to ship those serious, uh, or transfer those seriously. Ill patients down to St. Paul, we can take care of them right here locally in Stillwater, which is, uh, really neat and it's convenient and it elevates that, uh, care for the folks that you use and need that service. So we're looking forward to hearing from them. And that role is called an intensivist? Is that what? Yep. Yep. Hosp an intensivist. Yep. And their job is to work in intensive care. Yep. That sounds like quite an intense job. See what I did there? Yeah. It's clever. Yeah, clever. We'll hear from two of those. Dr. David Nick, who, uh, spends a lot of time at Regions, but does come out and it's a, a once a week at the. but also Sarah Erickson will be there to present as well. And then we'll hear from, uh, the Champions of Care. Now, explain that program. The program is now in its third year, and this is an opportunity to recognize, uh, staff who have done just an outstanding job in their care of our patients. We're gonna recognize six of those. One will be a physician, one will be someone who d uh, deals directly with patient. Another one of these champions is someone who, uh, is in a support role of the hospital and then a volunteer who provides the service and support to the hospital as well. We've got two rovers or freebies then that are all wild. Are those all surprises? We've heard these stories. They're incredible and. we wanna recognize, uh, staff as, as we can. And so those are extra, those two extras are kinda neat as well. But they know they're getting the award, is that right? Are they This year they will. Right. Okay. Okay. The first two years we kept it as kinda the Oscars, you know? Yeah, yeah. Sent the, uh, results to Pricewaterhouse under lock. This year, we're thinking of letting them know in advance because we wanna encourage them to bring their, their, uh, family. Oh, yeah. Should they choose as we recognize them? So what's, yeah, that'll be kinda, and what's really cool about this program is the, uh, the recipients are nominated either by coworkers Ooh. Or they might be nominated by one of their. Patience. Sounds familiar. Oh, the family of the patients. Yeah. It's very similar to the scholarship program that we, uh, that we do, but it's a very, uh, it's a very unique program. Um, if you are interested in learning more about the event, where, uh, should we direct people? Give, uh, Heather, uh, thon a call and, uh, she can be reached at 6 5 1 4 3 0 8 7 3 5. 4, 3, 8, 7, 3 5. Lovely precision. And maybe Steve, we could get you to come to the breakfast. You do. You get up that early. I get up early. What day is this again? The 30th. The 30th of March. March. Yeah. I'll be coming back from a little. And you can't beat the price. It's free. First Bank and Trust. They're our presenting sponsor and they're picking up the tab to cover for the breakfast. And there's gonna be, and John mentioned you can't go wrong by. There's gonna be a, there's gonna be a handful, a handful of, uh, former pioneers there. In fact, we're, uh, we'll talk about some of those people. I think they would be very excited to see Steve Brown uh, who is a, uh, a local celebrity. Yeah. Uh, right. What's the name of the band again? Johnny Clueless. If you gotta do that, I'm not sure if it's really a truthful statement. No, that's not very nice. All right, Paul. Well, I just wanted to check in with you. Sounds, we will, uh, I got my table. Um, very good. And uh, Steve, we hope to see you there. All right. I'll work towards that way. Thank you. And off we go