Downtown Dream
- Description
- Reviews
- Citation
- Cataloging
- Transcript
If you are not affiliated with a college or university, and are interested in watching this film, please register as an individual and login to rent this film. Already registered? Login to rent this film. This film is also available on our home streaming platform, OVID.tv.
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
WEBVTT
00:00:02.834 --> 00:00:05.791
- Well, I came from
a family of 16 kids...
00:00:05.792 --> 00:00:08.208
9 girls and 7 boys...
00:00:08.209 --> 00:00:10.750
Here in Lewistown.
00:00:10.751 --> 00:00:12.374
The reason...
The only reason I can figure
00:00:12.375 --> 00:00:13.958
my dad had so many kids,
00:00:13.959 --> 00:00:15.958
he just thought that times
were gonna be great,
00:00:15.959 --> 00:00:18.792
and he was looking
to the future.
00:00:20.542 --> 00:00:23.541
[solemn guitar music]
00:00:23.542 --> 00:00:31.542
♪ ♪
00:00:33.792 --> 00:00:35.333
- Thank you, number 50.
Bought it out.
00:00:35.334 --> 00:00:37.249
On the battery charger,
can we get $20?
00:00:37.250 --> 00:00:39.041
I\'m at 20.
Anybody get 20, 10?
00:00:39.042 --> 00:00:41.416
I\'m at 10, 10, 10.
Anybody gonna get 10, 5?
00:00:41.417 --> 00:00:42.958
I\'m at 5...
Can I get $10?
00:00:42.959 --> 00:00:45.791
I\'m at 10.
Anybody get 10? Anybody get 10?
00:00:45.792 --> 00:00:47.500
I\'m at 5 here now.
7 1/2.
00:00:47.501 --> 00:00:48.791
I\'m at 5 here now.
7 1/2.
00:00:48.792 --> 00:00:50.166
Can I get 7 1/2?
7 1/2 now.
00:00:50.167 --> 00:00:52.666
Anybody get 10?
Anybody get $10? 7 1/2...
00:00:52.667 --> 00:00:55.958
Now 15.
15, 15, lot of good stuff.
00:00:55.959 --> 00:00:58.666
4 now.
Gonna get 4 now, 5.
00:00:58.667 --> 00:01:00.249
[auctioneering]
00:01:00.250 --> 00:01:01.917
Anybody gonna get 10?
Anybody get 10?
00:01:01.918 --> 00:01:03.333
Now 15.
00:01:03.334 --> 00:01:04.750
Anybody get 15?
00:01:04.751 --> 00:01:05.751
12 1/2 now.
00:01:05.752 --> 00:01:07.791
Anybody gonna get 12 1/2?
00:01:07.792 --> 00:01:09.666
12 1/2, number 94.
00:01:09.667 --> 00:01:10.791
94 bought it.
00:01:10.792 --> 00:01:12.082
On the Eureka sweeper,
00:01:12.083 --> 00:01:13.124
anybody got $25?
00:01:13.125 --> 00:01:14.249
I hate to say it this way,
00:01:14.250 --> 00:01:18.583
but in essence,
when times are difficult,
00:01:18.584 --> 00:01:20.958
public auctions seem to thrive.
00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:23.666
With the state
of the economy right now,
00:01:23.667 --> 00:01:27.709
people have to do something
to generate revenue.
00:01:30.459 --> 00:01:31.791
All right, on the property,
00:01:31.792 --> 00:01:34.041
anybody got 4...
Anybody got $45,000?
00:01:34.042 --> 00:01:35.541
Anybody got 45 thou?
00:01:35.542 --> 00:01:36.708
Gonna get 45 thou.
00:01:36.709 --> 00:01:37.791
Anybody got 45 thou?
00:01:37.792 --> 00:01:39.333
Anybody got $40,000?
00:01:39.334 --> 00:01:41.041
40 thou.
Anybody gonna get 40...
00:01:41.042 --> 00:01:42.791
I\'ll tell ya,
ready to move right into.
00:01:42.792 --> 00:01:44.959
36,000.
Anybody got $36,000?
00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:46.374
We all win, and all done.
00:01:46.375 --> 00:01:47.959
Anybody got $36,000?
00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:49.750
Going once,
ladies and gentlemen.
00:01:49.751 --> 00:01:51.791
Anybody got...
Anybody got $36,000?
00:01:51.792 --> 00:01:52.833
Going twice.
00:01:52.834 --> 00:01:53.834
We all win, and all done.
00:01:53.835 --> 00:01:56.041
Anybody got 36,000?
00:01:56.042 --> 00:01:59.374
36,000?
00:01:59.375 --> 00:02:00.666
I sold you a property.
00:02:00.667 --> 00:02:02.583
It was $35,000.
00:02:02.584 --> 00:02:04.958
I thank you kindly.
00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.374
You got yourself
a fine piece of real estate,
00:02:07.375 --> 00:02:08.791
and, uh,
00:02:08.792 --> 00:02:10.417
congratulations.
00:02:12.125 --> 00:02:14.917
- Here in America,
we\'ve been fortunate
00:02:14.918 --> 00:02:17.750
to be the keeper and custodian
of a dream...
00:02:17.751 --> 00:02:19.249
A dream that began this nation.
00:02:19.250 --> 00:02:21.583
- And we must not
and will not rest
00:02:21.584 --> 00:02:23.583
until every man and woman
with a dream
00:02:23.584 --> 00:02:24.791
has the means to achieve it.
00:02:24.792 --> 00:02:26.791
- A place where people
who work hard
00:02:26.792 --> 00:02:28.791
can rise to their
full potential,
00:02:28.792 --> 00:02:30.791
where their children
can have a better future.
00:02:30.792 --> 00:02:32.124
- Our job
00:02:32.125 --> 00:02:34.833
is to make sure that notion
of the American Dream
00:02:34.834 --> 00:02:37.249
extends into
every single neighborhood
00:02:37.250 --> 00:02:38.374
around this country.
00:02:38.375 --> 00:02:40.583
- Big cities and small towns.
00:02:40.584 --> 00:02:41.958
We call it the American Dream
00:02:41.959 --> 00:02:46.792
because it\'s a dream we have
for everybody.
00:02:57.501 --> 00:02:58.875
[lively music playing]
00:02:58.876 --> 00:03:04.291
- ♪ Yes, I can ♪
00:03:04.292 --> 00:03:06.500
all: ♪ The presence of the Lord
is here ♪
00:03:06.501 --> 00:03:07.791
- ♪ The presence of the Lord ♪
00:03:07.792 --> 00:03:10.249
all: ♪ The presence of the Lord
is here ♪
00:03:10.250 --> 00:03:11.959
♪ And I can feel ♪
00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:13.791
♪ The presence of the Lord ♪
00:03:13.792 --> 00:03:17.541
♪ And I\'m gonna get
my blessing right now ♪
00:03:17.542 --> 00:03:18.791
♪ I can feel ♪
00:03:18.792 --> 00:03:20.541
♪ The presence of the Lord ♪
00:03:20.542 --> 00:03:23.708
♪ And I\'m gonna get
my blessing right now ♪
00:03:23.709 --> 00:03:26.625
♪ The presence of the Lord
is here ♪
00:03:26.626 --> 00:03:27.750
- Oh, yeah.
00:03:27.751 --> 00:03:28.791
[cheers and applause]
00:03:28.792 --> 00:03:31.333
- Yes, he is.
He\'s here.
00:03:31.334 --> 00:03:33.541
Hallelujah.
00:03:33.542 --> 00:03:34.542
Hallelujah.
00:03:34.543 --> 00:03:36.626
This is resurrection day.
00:03:39.876 --> 00:03:42.834
We\'re in terrible,
terrible times.
00:03:44.709 --> 00:03:47.791
We can turn Lewistown
upside down.
00:03:47.792 --> 00:03:48.833
- Amen.
00:03:48.834 --> 00:03:50.791
- But we need to bring jobs
into this area.
00:03:50.792 --> 00:03:52.875
- That\'s right.
- Amen.
00:03:52.876 --> 00:03:55.708
- We have need
00:03:55.709 --> 00:03:57.291
to press out into the deep.
00:03:57.292 --> 00:04:01.249
The field is white to harvest.
00:04:01.250 --> 00:04:02.458
When I first came to this town,
00:04:02.459 --> 00:04:04.667
everything was vibrant.
00:04:06.792 --> 00:04:08.291
Because of the economy,
00:04:08.292 --> 00:04:10.792
the town has lost its spirit.
00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:15.791
We have basically
low-income people
00:04:15.792 --> 00:04:17.626
that come to this church.
00:04:21.292 --> 00:04:24.375
And we need something new,
something fresh.
00:04:26.542 --> 00:04:29.166
[bell tolling]
00:04:29.167 --> 00:04:32.374
[phone beeping]
00:04:32.375 --> 00:04:34.166
- We\'re gonna meet at 1:30.
00:04:34.167 --> 00:04:35.791
- Yeah, that\'s very good.
00:04:35.792 --> 00:04:38.625
- You know, let\'s try to turn
these lemons into lemonade.
00:04:38.626 --> 00:04:40.291
- Yeah,
turn it into a good thing.
00:04:40.292 --> 00:04:41.791
- All right,
I\'ll talk to you later, then.
00:04:41.792 --> 00:04:43.541
- Talk to you later.
- All right, see you.
00:04:43.542 --> 00:04:45.041
[dial tone hums]
00:04:45.042 --> 00:04:47.291
If this committee
can do anything,
00:04:47.292 --> 00:04:49.666
it\'s to mobilize folks
00:04:49.667 --> 00:04:51.750
to call council and say,
00:04:51.751 --> 00:04:53.791
\"Hey,
we need to fix up buildings.
00:04:53.792 --> 00:04:55.416
\"Gonna tear down an eyesore
00:04:55.417 --> 00:04:56.833
and put in a park.\"
00:04:56.834 --> 00:04:59.334
This can really help
downtown Lewistown.
00:05:02.334 --> 00:05:03.791
This is a story
that could be told
00:05:03.792 --> 00:05:05.542
anyplace in the United States.
00:05:11.292 --> 00:05:15.292
We\'ve lost jobs and population
for decades.
00:05:17.459 --> 00:05:20.833
So now, you know,
you have vacancies,
00:05:20.834 --> 00:05:23.833
and it\'s gotten pretty ugly.
00:05:23.834 --> 00:05:25.082
It\'s a tragedy,
00:05:25.083 --> 00:05:27.375
where the downtown
continues to deteriorate.
00:05:30.792 --> 00:05:32.124
The question is,
00:05:32.125 --> 00:05:34.958
how do you turn this around?
00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:36.209
Or do you?
00:05:38.292 --> 00:05:39.959
What can you do?
00:05:42.792 --> 00:05:45.792
[thunder booming]
00:05:50.792 --> 00:05:53.750
- I am going to see my mom.
00:05:53.751 --> 00:05:56.124
She lives pretty far
out of the way.
00:05:56.125 --> 00:05:57.791
I like to check on her
every once in a while,
00:05:57.792 --> 00:05:59.875
make sure everything\'s okay.
00:05:59.876 --> 00:06:03.750
She still lives in the same
trailer where I grew up.
00:06:03.751 --> 00:06:05.333
At times,
if someone would\'ve came,
00:06:05.334 --> 00:06:07.333
it probably would\'ve been
condemned.
00:06:07.334 --> 00:06:09.124
There\'s holes in the floor...
At one point,
00:06:09.125 --> 00:06:11.125
there was a hole
in the back door of the trailer.
00:06:14.709 --> 00:06:17.250
It was kind of
a rough and poor upbringing.
00:06:18.751 --> 00:06:20.249
Hey, Nani.
00:06:20.250 --> 00:06:22.416
How are ya?
00:06:22.417 --> 00:06:24.291
- So...
00:06:24.292 --> 00:06:26.124
You\'re still crazy
00:06:26.125 --> 00:06:27.541
for moving to Lewistown.
00:06:27.542 --> 00:06:28.791
- Oh, yeah.
00:06:28.792 --> 00:06:30.917
You know... you know, I think
I\'m gonna do good there.
00:06:30.918 --> 00:06:32.333
It\'s... it\'s more me, you know?
00:06:32.334 --> 00:06:34.124
The area\'s more me.
00:06:34.125 --> 00:06:36.333
- You know, they\'ve closed
all them stores and stuff up
00:06:36.334 --> 00:06:37.583
that you like to go into,
00:06:37.584 --> 00:06:40.249
and it\'s just, you know,
like a ghost town.
00:06:40.250 --> 00:06:41.791
- I think probably one of
the big things that would help
00:06:41.792 --> 00:06:42.833
would be, like, some kind of
a parking garage
00:06:42.834 --> 00:06:44.124
or something in town
00:06:44.125 --> 00:06:45.458
\'cause there\'s
not a lot of parking.
00:06:45.459 --> 00:06:46.875
And if they had more of that,
more businesses
00:06:46.876 --> 00:06:49.291
would probably want to be there.
00:06:49.292 --> 00:06:50.875
It is just speculation
at this point.
00:06:50.876 --> 00:06:53.166
I don\'t know what it\'ll be,
but...
00:06:53.167 --> 00:06:54.875
- So many kids that don\'t
like it in Lewistown
00:06:54.876 --> 00:06:57.082
that want to try
to get out of Lewistown...
00:06:57.083 --> 00:06:59.875
- But, like, I see it,
in the next several years,
00:06:59.876 --> 00:07:02.750
growing and becoming
so much better,
00:07:02.751 --> 00:07:03.791
like Lewistown used to be.
00:07:03.792 --> 00:07:05.709
- [laughs]
00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:10.374
- Growing up
was not necessarily the best.
00:07:10.375 --> 00:07:12.249
You know, there were a lot
of things that I went through
00:07:12.250 --> 00:07:15.666
in my life in general.
00:07:15.667 --> 00:07:17.791
My stepdad would have parties
00:07:17.792 --> 00:07:19.666
and stuff at the house a lot,
00:07:19.667 --> 00:07:20.833
and, um,
00:07:20.834 --> 00:07:22.833
there was a lot of drinking.
00:07:22.834 --> 00:07:25.833
They pretty much encouraged it.
00:07:25.834 --> 00:07:27.458
So I remember times at 13
00:07:27.459 --> 00:07:29.792
where I was falling-down drunk.
00:07:31.375 --> 00:07:32.791
And I kind of got lost.
00:07:32.792 --> 00:07:34.791
I just got really lost
at that point,
00:07:34.792 --> 00:07:37.541
and, um...
00:07:37.542 --> 00:07:39.541
I started drinking
seven days a week,
00:07:39.542 --> 00:07:41.208
smoking pot, cocaine,
00:07:41.209 --> 00:07:42.833
you name it.
00:07:42.834 --> 00:07:45.124
I\'ve made
some really bad choices
00:07:45.125 --> 00:07:47.918
and had to deal
with the consequences.
00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:51.792
Finally decided enough\'s enough.
00:07:55.792 --> 00:07:58.792
[dog barking]
00:08:11.334 --> 00:08:12.417
- Shoot.
00:08:14.459 --> 00:08:17.249
Do you like it any better
here in Lewistown...
00:08:17.250 --> 00:08:18.333
- Than I did?
00:08:18.334 --> 00:08:20.541
- Than you did
when we first got here?
00:08:20.542 --> 00:08:23.791
Are you finding any joy here?
00:08:23.792 --> 00:08:25.791
- I find
00:08:25.792 --> 00:08:27.917
that high school is
00:08:27.918 --> 00:08:29.708
rough.
00:08:29.709 --> 00:08:32.959
You know, I don\'t really...
I don\'t like the town.
00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:34.082
Like, my age group,
00:08:34.083 --> 00:08:35.500
the only people that I\'ve felt
00:08:35.501 --> 00:08:37.082
like I\'ve had
a lot in common with
00:08:37.083 --> 00:08:40.208
were the people
who were in the play.
00:08:40.209 --> 00:08:41.959
- So if there\'s one good thing
about moving here
00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:43.791
that has happened,
00:08:43.792 --> 00:08:45.041
it\'s that you\'re singing,
00:08:45.042 --> 00:08:46.666
you\'re into theater,
00:08:46.667 --> 00:08:48.041
and I\'m sober,
and that... and that...
00:08:48.042 --> 00:08:49.374
- \'Cause of the big city...
00:08:49.375 --> 00:08:51.791
- Eventually you\'ll make things
happen the way...
00:08:51.792 --> 00:08:53.958
You\'ll put the energy into it,
and you\'ll find ways,
00:08:53.959 --> 00:08:56.166
just like we have.
00:08:56.167 --> 00:08:58.583
- Yeah.
00:08:58.584 --> 00:09:00.416
- We have to trust
that we made the right decis...
00:09:00.417 --> 00:09:02.791
I made the right decision
for us.
00:09:02.792 --> 00:09:04.416
Sorry.
00:09:04.417 --> 00:09:06.791
- Yeah.
00:09:06.792 --> 00:09:08.541
- I grew up in Lewistown
00:09:08.542 --> 00:09:12.082
but lived in, you know,
many... many other places
00:09:12.083 --> 00:09:14.791
and had quite a few other jobs
00:09:14.792 --> 00:09:17.541
and so decided to...
00:09:17.542 --> 00:09:20.124
On a whim and on a broken heart
00:09:20.125 --> 00:09:22.208
decided to come back here and...
00:09:22.209 --> 00:09:23.958
And try to live.
00:09:23.959 --> 00:09:26.041
\'Cause your choir starts at...
00:09:26.042 --> 00:09:27.458
- Do you want
all of the tomatoes?
00:09:27.459 --> 00:09:28.833
- I want all of the tomatoes
00:09:28.834 --> 00:09:32.041
chopped in half, please.
00:09:32.042 --> 00:09:33.791
I was an alcoholic,
00:09:33.792 --> 00:09:36.208
and when I left Lewistown,
00:09:36.209 --> 00:09:38.959
I just kept sinking
lower and lower and lower.
00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:40.666
But interestingly enough,
00:09:40.667 --> 00:09:42.041
as the years went by,
00:09:42.042 --> 00:09:44.625
Lewistown kept sinking
lower and lower.
00:09:44.626 --> 00:09:46.416
The town had reached a crisis
at that point
00:09:46.417 --> 00:09:48.791
and so had I.
00:09:48.792 --> 00:09:50.791
I hit bottom.
00:09:50.792 --> 00:09:52.625
Okay.
00:09:52.626 --> 00:09:55.959
But now there\'s a possibility
that we might just
00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.625
start out anew.
00:09:58.626 --> 00:10:01.083
So I\'m hoping this works.
00:10:03.334 --> 00:10:04.791
Living here,
it\'s one of the things
00:10:04.792 --> 00:10:06.791
that I think
is helping me to heal.
00:10:06.792 --> 00:10:09.500
[dramatic guitar music]
00:10:09.501 --> 00:10:17.501
♪ ♪
00:10:20.792 --> 00:10:23.374
- I\'m still doing the same thing
I\'ve been doing...
00:10:23.375 --> 00:10:24.625
Scrounging.
00:10:24.626 --> 00:10:28.249
Scrounged on dumps for my dad,
and...
00:10:28.250 --> 00:10:29.791
we hauled junk to the junkyard
00:10:29.792 --> 00:10:30.833
and stuff like this,
00:10:30.834 --> 00:10:34.333
and that\'s how we made
our money.
00:10:34.334 --> 00:10:37.750
We didn\'t have much, but...
00:10:37.751 --> 00:10:40.791
we did all we could to make it.
00:10:40.792 --> 00:10:43.374
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.
00:10:48.417 --> 00:10:49.792
So...
00:11:06.375 --> 00:11:14.375
[vibrant music]
00:11:14.459 --> 00:11:16.792
- Lewistown
was an all-American town.
00:11:19.083 --> 00:11:20.876
It was built on a river.
00:11:22.667 --> 00:11:24.791
It was this bustling
transportation center
00:11:24.792 --> 00:11:26.791
and an industrial center,
lots of jobs,
00:11:26.792 --> 00:11:29.792
and it was the center
of central Pennsylvania.
00:11:31.918 --> 00:11:33.792
I mean,
Lewistown was where it was at.
00:11:35.792 --> 00:11:38.249
We had 28 grocery stores
and drugstores
00:11:38.250 --> 00:11:40.750
and how many clothing stores...
Men\'s and women\'s...
00:11:40.751 --> 00:11:42.750
And shoe stores
and sporting goods.
00:11:42.751 --> 00:11:45.791
We had five movie theaters.
00:11:45.792 --> 00:11:46.917
You walk the streets,
00:11:46.918 --> 00:11:48.792
you\'d see hundreds and hundreds
of people.
00:11:50.834 --> 00:11:52.791
So the picture collection
00:11:52.792 --> 00:11:55.208
and the postcard collection
00:11:55.209 --> 00:11:57.459
is a history of the way it was.
00:12:00.417 --> 00:12:03.626
And it\'s a dream
of the way it could be again.
00:12:15.542 --> 00:12:17.124
We need to do something
00:12:17.125 --> 00:12:19.667
about revitalizing the downtown.
00:12:21.083 --> 00:12:22.875
So where we\'re focusing now
00:12:22.876 --> 00:12:24.500
is on Five Points,
00:12:24.501 --> 00:12:27.166
because, you know,
that\'s a mess.
00:12:27.167 --> 00:12:30.041
I have a postcard collection
and a picture collection
00:12:30.042 --> 00:12:33.208
that I\'m pretty proud of.
00:12:33.209 --> 00:12:36.541
You know, you look,
and you see Five Points,
00:12:36.542 --> 00:12:38.166
and the fountain that was there
00:12:38.167 --> 00:12:40.249
used to be called
Fountain Square.
00:12:40.250 --> 00:12:44.666
What we\'re proposing
is to tear down the buildings
00:12:44.667 --> 00:12:47.666
and to put in a small park
00:12:47.667 --> 00:12:51.375
and prepare an area
for a fountain.
00:12:52.834 --> 00:12:54.458
You make a nicer place to live,
00:12:54.459 --> 00:12:56.708
you calm the traffic,
00:12:56.709 --> 00:12:59.374
you\'re making
the quality of life better.
00:12:59.375 --> 00:13:01.791
But we\'ve got to start
dreaming and doing it
00:13:01.792 --> 00:13:03.124
and rolling up our sleeves,
00:13:03.125 --> 00:13:04.917
and it should be a groundswell.
00:13:04.918 --> 00:13:08.791
It should be everybody
wanting to do it.
00:13:08.792 --> 00:13:10.958
- He was talking
about Five Points
00:13:10.959 --> 00:13:14.166
and talking
about this little piece of land,
00:13:14.167 --> 00:13:16.583
and that\'s fine.
00:13:16.584 --> 00:13:18.791
But I think
that we ought to look at
00:13:18.792 --> 00:13:21.750
the whole scope of things.
00:13:21.751 --> 00:13:24.333
We have people
00:13:24.334 --> 00:13:27.291
that are falling
through the cracks,
00:13:27.292 --> 00:13:29.791
and it doesn\'t
have to be that way.
00:13:29.792 --> 00:13:32.291
We need money
coming into the town.
00:13:32.292 --> 00:13:36.124
We need jobs for our people.
00:13:36.125 --> 00:13:37.791
These things could spread forth
00:13:37.792 --> 00:13:41.791
from a town that is showing
that they are moving forward
00:13:41.792 --> 00:13:45.417
and not still living
back in the \'20s.
00:13:46.792 --> 00:13:48.458
What I see
00:13:48.459 --> 00:13:51.041
is someone
trying to relive the past
00:13:51.042 --> 00:13:52.959
when the past is gone.
00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:54.750
[applause]
00:13:54.751 --> 00:13:56.750
People are frustrated.
00:13:56.751 --> 00:13:58.500
Those who call the shots,
00:13:58.501 --> 00:13:59.791
they rather take money
00:13:59.792 --> 00:14:02.208
and beautify the area
00:14:02.209 --> 00:14:06.209
than invest it in the important
things of this town.
00:14:08.626 --> 00:14:12.208
- I was in three rehabs
for drugs.
00:14:12.209 --> 00:14:15.333
I was drinking.
I was partying, you know.
00:14:15.334 --> 00:14:17.791
I was living on the streets,
you know.
00:14:17.792 --> 00:14:18.833
- Doing your thing.
00:14:18.834 --> 00:14:19.958
- Yeah.
00:14:19.959 --> 00:14:21.791
And I...
00:14:21.792 --> 00:14:23.416
- Let me just say this.
00:14:23.417 --> 00:14:26.208
You know, people,
in this town especially,
00:14:26.209 --> 00:14:28.959
their story is very similar
to yours,
00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:30.208
and as I told you,
00:14:30.209 --> 00:14:32.249
my story is very similar
to yours,
00:14:32.250 --> 00:14:34.166
coming up in a broken family,
you know,
00:14:34.167 --> 00:14:35.791
but of course,
I was in my drugs,
00:14:35.792 --> 00:14:37.750
in my alcohol, you know,
00:14:37.751 --> 00:14:39.791
and I just kind of
drank it away.
00:14:39.792 --> 00:14:41.208
- But I have a daughter.
- Mm-hmm.
00:14:41.209 --> 00:14:43.791
- This is my life.
- Yeah.
00:14:43.792 --> 00:14:46.666
- I\'m changing everything
for her.
00:14:46.667 --> 00:14:47.708
- Yeah, and that\'s good.
00:14:47.709 --> 00:14:49.458
I\'m glad
you\'re talking that way.
00:14:49.459 --> 00:14:52.416
The one thing
that you have to stop doing
00:14:52.417 --> 00:14:54.791
is looking behind you.
00:14:54.792 --> 00:14:57.208
You can\'t change your past.
00:14:57.209 --> 00:14:59.751
But you can change your future.
00:15:03.292 --> 00:15:06.291
[tender guitar music]
00:15:06.292 --> 00:15:14.292
♪ ♪
00:15:21.292 --> 00:15:23.291
- Guidance counselors
were constantly saying,
00:15:23.292 --> 00:15:26.082
\"You need to go to college.
You need to go to college.\"
00:15:26.083 --> 00:15:27.917
But I pretty much knew
in the back of my mind
00:15:27.918 --> 00:15:29.334
that that wasn\'t an option.
00:15:32.250 --> 00:15:33.791
Being a hair stylist
was something
00:15:33.792 --> 00:15:35.249
that I could support myself on
00:15:35.250 --> 00:15:37.000
no matter where I was at
in life.
00:15:39.792 --> 00:15:41.208
And I\'m still, you know,
00:15:41.209 --> 00:15:42.875
doing a lot of haircuts
in the kitchen,
00:15:42.876 --> 00:15:44.792
just trying
to make myself good enough.
00:15:47.792 --> 00:15:49.958
You know, kind of dreaming
or fantasizing about
00:15:49.959 --> 00:15:51.918
opening my own salon.
00:16:00.292 --> 00:16:01.541
- All right, let\'s do this.
00:16:01.542 --> 00:16:02.958
I know it\'s gonna be
a long one tonight.
00:16:02.959 --> 00:16:04.166
I\'m awful sorry.
00:16:04.167 --> 00:16:05.791
- Well, I wanted to be the first
00:16:05.792 --> 00:16:09.541
or one of the first to learn
this universal language.
00:16:09.542 --> 00:16:11.750
- I think at this point
there\'s a little resentment,
00:16:11.751 --> 00:16:13.374
again, from you to him.
00:16:13.375 --> 00:16:14.500
- Mm-kay.
00:16:14.501 --> 00:16:15.625
- So I think what you need to do
00:16:15.626 --> 00:16:16.958
is change your intention
a little bit
00:16:16.959 --> 00:16:18.583
and just be a little bit mad
at him.
00:16:18.584 --> 00:16:20.791
- Anybody can.
00:16:20.792 --> 00:16:22.791
Everybody will.
00:16:22.792 --> 00:16:25.666
I hope to someday be an actress
00:16:25.667 --> 00:16:26.791
and a singer.
00:16:26.792 --> 00:16:28.541
Both: ♪ Daddy\'s home ♪
00:16:28.542 --> 00:16:30.416
♪ Rock and roll ♪
00:16:30.417 --> 00:16:32.082
♪ Daddy\'s home ♪
00:16:32.083 --> 00:16:33.583
♪ Rock and roll ♪
00:16:33.584 --> 00:16:34.750
- Rock at ya!
00:16:34.751 --> 00:16:35.791
- Veruschka?
00:16:35.792 --> 00:16:37.208
- Veruschka, babushka.
00:16:37.209 --> 00:16:38.833
- This is fun.
00:16:38.834 --> 00:16:40.750
[applause]
00:16:40.751 --> 00:16:41.959
I really want to do well
00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:44.584
so that I have
the best chances to get out.
00:16:46.959 --> 00:16:48.166
I don\'t want to say
00:16:48.167 --> 00:16:50.458
I, like, hate the whole town
entirely.
00:16:50.459 --> 00:16:52.041
Thank you, guys,
for coming, though.
00:16:52.042 --> 00:16:54.124
But it\'s very small town-ish,
00:16:54.125 --> 00:16:56.708
and all of my friends
want to leave.
00:16:56.709 --> 00:16:57.791
Where are you going?
00:16:57.792 --> 00:16:59.666
- University of Philadelphia
to major in premed.
00:16:59.667 --> 00:17:00.791
- Really?
- Jenny, give me one.
00:17:00.792 --> 00:17:02.500
- That\'s great.
00:17:02.501 --> 00:17:03.791
And if they all want to leave,
00:17:03.792 --> 00:17:06.374
then that means
that most of the kids
00:17:06.375 --> 00:17:08.583
aren\'t gonna be here.
00:17:08.584 --> 00:17:11.792
So I don\'t know what\'s gonna
happen to Lewistown.
00:17:15.876 --> 00:17:18.082
- I loved growing up here.
00:17:18.083 --> 00:17:19.541
I was a cheerleader,
00:17:19.542 --> 00:17:20.791
and cheerleading was big then,
00:17:20.792 --> 00:17:23.208
and I was involved in choir,
00:17:23.209 --> 00:17:25.791
and I had lots of friends,
00:17:25.792 --> 00:17:28.082
and at that same time,
00:17:28.083 --> 00:17:30.082
Lewistown was blooming
and blossoming,
00:17:30.083 --> 00:17:31.750
and it was in its heyday.
00:17:31.751 --> 00:17:32.959
I was in my heyday.
00:17:34.209 --> 00:17:35.583
It bothers me when people say,
00:17:35.584 --> 00:17:38.374
\"Oh, God, Barb...
00:17:38.375 --> 00:17:41.791
She was the most beautiful girl
when she was young,\"
00:17:41.792 --> 00:17:43.291
and it\'s like,
00:17:43.292 --> 00:17:44.374
\"Oh...\"
00:17:44.375 --> 00:17:45.791
[laughs]
00:17:45.792 --> 00:17:48.166
Because it\'s hard to hear that.
00:17:48.167 --> 00:17:50.917
But I was a beautiful girl
when I was young.
00:17:50.918 --> 00:17:52.083
Yes.
00:17:56.792 --> 00:17:58.917
- This is Standard Steel,
00:17:58.918 --> 00:18:02.249
one of the leading specialty
steel forgers in the country,
00:18:02.250 --> 00:18:04.791
an American
industrial success story
00:18:04.792 --> 00:18:06.583
that had its beginnings in...
00:18:06.584 --> 00:18:08.708
- We had
the Arrow Shirt Factory.
00:18:08.709 --> 00:18:10.333
We had Mann Edge Tool Company;
00:18:10.334 --> 00:18:13.249
American Viscose, which employed
about 4,000 people;
00:18:13.250 --> 00:18:15.041
and, of course, Standard Steel,
00:18:15.042 --> 00:18:17.917
which was the backbone
of Lewistown.
00:18:17.918 --> 00:18:19.291
- The market expanded.
00:18:19.292 --> 00:18:22.124
The nation grew and prospered.
00:18:22.125 --> 00:18:24.666
- They were great-paying jobs.
00:18:24.667 --> 00:18:26.249
Then in the \'70s and \'80s,
00:18:26.250 --> 00:18:28.791
it went overseas.
00:18:28.792 --> 00:18:31.791
[dissonant music]
00:18:31.792 --> 00:18:39.792
♪ ♪
00:18:44.918 --> 00:18:48.083
I do have a connection
to these things.
00:18:51.959 --> 00:18:55.792
My father was a president
of Standard Steel.
00:18:56.918 --> 00:18:59.708
I was one of the owners
of Standard Steel
00:18:59.709 --> 00:19:03.500
for several years.
00:19:03.501 --> 00:19:06.791
I didn\'t realize
that we were in decline,
00:19:06.792 --> 00:19:08.832
and all of a sudden,
you look up, and it\'s happened.
00:19:11.792 --> 00:19:14.791
And it\'s just happened
every decade in this country.
00:19:14.792 --> 00:19:16.375
It\'s not just Lewistown.
00:19:18.501 --> 00:19:19.959
Shame on us.
Shame on...
00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:21.959
Shame on everybody for...
00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:23.792
For not being able to see
far enough ahead.
00:19:27.501 --> 00:19:30.374
[driving guitar music]
00:19:30.375 --> 00:19:38.375
♪ ♪
00:19:45.792 --> 00:19:48.750
- People play the lottery a lot,
00:19:48.751 --> 00:19:51.791
and they keep playing
until they win
00:19:51.792 --> 00:19:54.041
no matter how much they...
They lose.
00:19:54.042 --> 00:19:58.458
And if they win $20,
they\'ll say,
00:19:58.459 --> 00:20:01.124
\"Give me the money.
I\'m gonna stop while I\'m ahead.\"
00:20:01.125 --> 00:20:03.541
Even though
they\'ve just spent $200,
00:20:03.542 --> 00:20:06.792
when they win $20,
they feel that they\'ve won.
00:20:14.959 --> 00:20:17.958
[meandering guitar music]
00:20:17.959 --> 00:20:25.959
♪ ♪
00:20:45.792 --> 00:20:46.958
- Hey.
How you doing, Bill?
00:20:46.959 --> 00:20:48.958
- All right.
- Good.
00:20:48.959 --> 00:20:50.166
I\'m just talking to people
00:20:50.167 --> 00:20:51.791
about some of the things
in the town,
00:20:51.792 --> 00:20:54.791
and I wanted to know,
\'cause you grew up in this area,
00:20:54.792 --> 00:20:57.625
what are some changes that
you would want to happen here?
00:20:57.626 --> 00:21:00.791
- I\'d like this town to...
Town to change all...
00:21:00.792 --> 00:21:02.458
The whole thing over.
00:21:02.459 --> 00:21:03.625
- Mm-hmm.
00:21:03.626 --> 00:21:05.791
My heart\'s desire is to see
00:21:05.792 --> 00:21:08.959
that this town moves forward,
you know?
00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:10.791
Some changes need to be made.
00:21:10.792 --> 00:21:12.791
There needs to be housing
00:21:12.792 --> 00:21:14.791
and jobs and businesses.
00:21:14.792 --> 00:21:16.249
- Yep, I agree with you.
00:21:16.250 --> 00:21:18.458
- You know,
\'cause when we were coming up,
00:21:18.459 --> 00:21:20.500
those things were there,
you know?
00:21:20.501 --> 00:21:23.082
And hopefully, it\'ll happen.
- Yep.
00:21:23.083 --> 00:21:24.708
- All right.
- You\'ll see me in church.
00:21:24.709 --> 00:21:26.791
- All right.
I want you to keep coming, now.
00:21:26.792 --> 00:21:27.792
- Yep, I will.
00:21:27.793 --> 00:21:29.875
- Get back in this time
and stay in.
00:21:29.876 --> 00:21:31.708
- Yep, I will.
- All right, okay, Bill.
00:21:31.709 --> 00:21:33.291
Give me a hug.
00:21:33.292 --> 00:21:35.708
- I wish it\'d come back way...
The way we were.
00:21:35.709 --> 00:21:37.500
- Yep, when we came up.
- Yeah.
00:21:37.501 --> 00:21:38.875
- Right. Right.
00:21:38.876 --> 00:21:40.917
- And I\'ll tell ya, I\'d love
to have it that way again.
00:21:40.918 --> 00:21:41.918
- Well...
00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.958
- And on these streets,
00:21:42.959 --> 00:21:44.958
these stores
ought to have something
00:21:44.959 --> 00:21:46.541
in there for the kids or...
00:21:46.542 --> 00:21:47.542
- Mm-hmm.
- In each store.
00:21:47.543 --> 00:21:49.374
- Amen. Amen.
00:21:49.375 --> 00:21:51.791
The people in this part
of Lewistown
00:21:51.792 --> 00:21:53.583
are the poor section.
00:21:53.584 --> 00:21:55.791
This is more or less the ghetto,
00:21:55.792 --> 00:21:58.458
and they don\'t need a park.
00:21:58.459 --> 00:22:01.041
They need progress.
00:22:01.042 --> 00:22:03.666
Put \'em in the park for what?
To isolate them?
00:22:03.667 --> 00:22:05.333
For them to just sit
00:22:05.334 --> 00:22:06.750
and do absolutely nothin\'?
00:22:06.751 --> 00:22:08.792
We have enough places
for people to sit.
00:22:11.042 --> 00:22:14.791
It\'s like putting a Band-Aid
on cancer.
00:22:14.792 --> 00:22:16.875
What they need
00:22:16.876 --> 00:22:18.917
is somebody
to open up their doors
00:22:18.918 --> 00:22:20.333
and give them a job.
00:22:20.334 --> 00:22:21.875
That\'s what they need.
00:22:21.876 --> 00:22:23.041
They need a job
00:22:23.042 --> 00:22:24.791
so they can feel good
about themselves.
00:22:24.792 --> 00:22:25.958
How you doin\', junior?
- I\'m good.
00:22:25.959 --> 00:22:27.583
How are you doing?
- All right.
00:22:27.584 --> 00:22:30.875
Uh, so that they can work
and... and...
00:22:30.876 --> 00:22:33.876
And have an input
into this community.
00:22:47.542 --> 00:22:50.333
- Never expected
to have a property like this.
00:22:50.334 --> 00:22:52.124
And when we bought it,
it was run-down.
00:22:52.125 --> 00:22:53.333
I mean, it was a mess.
00:22:53.334 --> 00:22:55.208
And we rebuilt it from scratch.
00:22:55.209 --> 00:22:57.291
I mean, from scratch.
00:22:57.292 --> 00:23:00.166
And it\'s, uh...
00:23:00.167 --> 00:23:01.791
[grunts]
00:23:01.792 --> 00:23:03.791
It\'s, uh, been
00:23:03.792 --> 00:23:06.791
a real chore,
but it\'s been a labor of love.
00:23:06.792 --> 00:23:09.875
I\'ve been in this town
for a long, long time.
00:23:09.876 --> 00:23:11.708
Yep.
00:23:11.709 --> 00:23:14.416
And if you\'re going to get
some benefit out of the area
00:23:14.417 --> 00:23:17.625
via business or you having
a good job or whatever,
00:23:17.626 --> 00:23:20.791
by gosh,
you better give something back.
00:23:20.792 --> 00:23:22.208
You have a responsibility.
00:23:22.209 --> 00:23:23.791
You have an obligation.
00:23:23.792 --> 00:23:26.041
And, you know, not only
is it the right thing to do;
00:23:26.042 --> 00:23:28.708
I mean, it\'s...
It\'s something you have to do.
00:23:28.709 --> 00:23:30.082
I mean, it\'s a commitment.
00:23:30.083 --> 00:23:31.917
If you\'re gonna be
part of a community,
00:23:31.918 --> 00:23:34.250
you know,
make that community better.
00:23:37.292 --> 00:23:38.875
[saw buzzing]
00:23:38.876 --> 00:23:40.041
[hammer pounding]
00:23:40.042 --> 00:23:41.291
- One double-sided cabinet.
00:23:41.292 --> 00:23:42.500
So it would be one here
00:23:42.501 --> 00:23:43.791
and then one over there.
00:23:43.792 --> 00:23:45.458
Okay, so...
00:23:45.459 --> 00:23:47.291
You guys are putting this
on this wall.
00:23:47.292 --> 00:23:49.166
I want people to be able
to see us from the street,
00:23:49.167 --> 00:23:50.792
see styling and doing stuff.
00:23:52.792 --> 00:23:55.416
Everything happened
very quickly.
00:23:55.417 --> 00:23:58.791
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.
00:24:02.334 --> 00:24:04.417
So I\'m gonna own my own salon.
00:24:06.792 --> 00:24:08.082
I\'m excited anyway.
00:24:08.083 --> 00:24:11.082
From when it started initially
in the beginning to now
00:24:11.083 --> 00:24:12.833
is amazing in itself.
00:24:12.834 --> 00:24:16.291
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...
00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:23.501
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.