IT'S THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT TO RESTORE THE EVERGLADES TO ITS FORMER GLORY, BUT ARE THE PROJECTS MAKING ANY DIFFERENCE AND HELPING THE WATER FLOW BACK THROUGH THE WETLAND ECOSYSTEM?

UNDERSTANDING THE SENTIMENT BEHIND A PHOTOGRAPH AND EXHIBIT IN SARASOTA SHOWCASES AMERICA OVER THE PAST CENTURY CAPTURING A VARIETY OF EMOTIONS WITH EACH IMAGE.

>> WHAT HAPPENS TO A PEOPLE WHEN THEIR CULTURE IS DESTROYED.

>> AS THE WAR IN UKRAINE NEARS ITS 5TH YEAR, A TRAVELING ART EXHIBIT PASSES THROUGH NORTH PORT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CULTURE THAT UKRAINIANS ARE FIGHTING FOR.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

AFTER MORE THAN 2 DECADES AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT RESTORATION OF THE EVERGLADES IS SHOWING SIGNS OF PROGRESS.

BUT A NEW REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THAT WORK WGCUS SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER TOM BAYLISS BREAKS IT ALL DOWN.

>> WHAT ARE IS RETURNING TO PLACES THAT PEOPLE DREAM DECADES AGO.

NATIVE PLANTS ARE COMING BACK.

BUT SCIENTISTS FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE WANT TO KNOW IF PROJECTS MEANT TO RESTORE THE EVERGLADES ARE DELIVERING THE RESULTS AS PROMISED.

AND IF SO, WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE?

THE REPORT TALLIES, 7 RESTORATION PROJECTS AS COMPLETED BETWEEN 2012 2026.

FOR FULLY OPERATIONAL LIKE THE ONE PROJECT THAT NOW ALLOWS WATER TO MOVE THROUGH CREEKS IN EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK DURING THE TYPICALLY DRY SEASON AND THREE-YEAR BILL.

BUT IN FINAL TESTING, THE STAKES REACH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, ONE OF THE 7 COMPLETED PROJECTS IS THE PICAYUNE STRAND IN COLLIER COUNTY.

WETLAND PLANTS ARE TAKING ROOT DRAINAGE CANALS ONCE INTENDED TO DRY OUT THE LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT ARE NOW FILLED IN FLORIDA.

PANTHERS ARE COMMON THERE ONCE AGAIN.

THE ACADEMY SAYS THE MEAN AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE RESTORATION.

THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE NUMBERS TO SHOW HOW WELL THEIR PROJECTS WORK.

IN ONE CASE, ACADEMY SCIENTISTS HAD TO DO THEIR OWN STUDY ON THE SUCCESSFUL RETURN OF THE FLOW OF WATER TO THE EVERGLADES.

A 15 MEMBER COMMITTEE FROM THE ACADEMY WANTS BETTER TESTING BEFORE AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF EACH PROJECT.

COASTAL DUE MORE FOLLOW JUST DENISE REED SAYS IT'S UP TO THE RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES.

>> NOW THE ONUS IS ON YOU TO SAY, WELL, THIS PROJECT IS DOING AND SHOW PEOPLE WHAT THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE MADE IN THAT PROJECT, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING OUT OF IT.

AND I THINK THIS ISN'T SO MUCH A CRITICISM OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE, AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO KIND OF LIST.

AGAIN, IF YOU'D LIKE NOW THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOT PROJECTS ON THE GROUND, REALLY TRY TO SEE HOW THEY'RE WORKING A RECORD THAT PROGRESS.

>> AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHETHER CHANGES ARE THE RESULTS FROM RESTORATION OR WEATHER.

>> WE HAVE A HURRICANE AND ALSO RAIN OR THEN WE HAVE A MAJOR DROUGHT.

YOU KNOW, THAT INFLUENCES THE AMOUNT OF WATER.

THERE IS ONLY A LANDSCAPE, THE ABILITY IF THE RESTORATION PROGRAM TO ACCESS THAT WATER IN UTILIZE IT.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE REPORT IS IS GIVE THEM IDEAS ON HOW THEY CAN TEACH THOSE THINGS.

PART.

HOW YOU CAN DO ANALYSIS TO TEASE OUT WHAT THE WEATHER'S DOING.

THIS IS WHAT THE PROJECT'S DOING.

>> WATER QUALITY POSES.

ANOTHER PROBLEM.

SOUTH FLORIDA'S BUILDING HUGE MANMADE MARSHES TO REMOVE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS FROM THE WATER RELEASED INTO THE EVERGLADES.

THOSE ARE KEY NUTRIENTS AND FERTILIZERS USED BY FARMERS THAT HAVE BUILT UP IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND OTHER WATERWAYS OVER DECADES.

TOO MUCH NUTRIENT POLLUTION HARMS NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

ONE SOLUTION IS THE EVERGLADES AGRICULTURAL AREA RESERVOIR SOUTH OF LEECO WHICH IS DESIGNED TO SEND MORE CLEAN WATER INTO THE EVERGLADES.

BUT THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETED AND WON'T BE EFFECTIVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THE QUESTION IS WILL WE EVER GET THE EVERGLADES BACK?

THE ANSWER'S NO.

>> THE SAYING THAT IS MOST DIFFICULT TO GET YOUR HEAD AROUND WITH EVERGLADES RESTORATION IS JUST THE COMPLEXITY AND ALL THE DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS THAT HAVE TO BE BUILT AND ALL PARADED AND PLANNED AND MONITORED AND STUDIED AND IT'S JUST A VERY, VERY COMPLEX ENDEAVOR.

AND IT'S SOMEHOW EASY TO SAY THIS ISN'T GOING RIGHT WITH THIS ISN'T RIGHT.

AND JUST.

YOU KNOW, THESE APPRECIATION FOR THAT KIND OF LARGER PICTURE.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY, MANY GOOD REASONS WHY YOU COME TO IT, TURN THE CLOCK BACK AND PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS.

BUT YOU CAN GET TO SOMETHING REALLY GOOD.

>> INSTEAD OF RESTORING THE EVERGLADES TO ORIGINAL FORM.

THE ACADEMY SAYS THE GOAL SHOULD BE TO BUILD A HEALTHY EVERGLADES THAT CAN SURVIVE IN TODAY'S FLORIDA.

FOR WTC, YOU.

I'M TOM BAYLISS.

>> FOR MORE FEATURES ON THE EVERGLADES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL STORIES IMPACTING SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

YOU CAN VISIT WGCU DOT ORG.

A NEW EXHIBIT EXHIBITION AT THE SARASOTA ART MUSEUM DISPLAYS PHOTOGRAPHS OF MOMENTS IN TIME SPANNING AN ENTIRE CENTURY.

HE'S CALLED PRESIDENT THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION OF JUDY GLICKMAN.

LOT ARE IT FEATURES MORE THAN 100 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM 50 ARTISTS, WGCU ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL HAS DETAILS.

>> WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS JUDY, AS A YOUNG CHILD STANDING IN FRONT OF THE DOOR AND THEIR HEALTH FOR NEW HOME AND IRVING GOING TO LET ME IN ONE PHOTO OF HER EVERY YEAR.

>> JUDY, GLICKMAN LAUDER HAS BEEN COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHS SINCE THE 1970'S HER COLLECTION NOW EXCEED 700 SIGNED IMAGES.

SHE'S PROMISED TO DONATE HER BEST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART IN MAINE.

BUT AT THE MOMENT, THEY'RE PART OF A TRAVELING EXHIBITION THAT IS ON DISPLAY AT THE SARASOTA ART MUSEUM THROUGH APRIL.

4TH.

>> THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS EXHIBITION WAS MADE IN 19.

0, 8, AND THE MOST RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS EXHIBITION WAS MADE IN 2009.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A WONDERFUL SPAN PHOTOGRAPHY, NOT NECESSARILY A SURVEY, BUT WE GET TO SEE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT GENRES EMERGE.

ALL OF THESE STYLES MOVEMENTS OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME.

THAT WAS LACI BARBER.

>> SHE IS THE CURATOR OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART IN SARASOTA ART MUSEUM IS 103 PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS EXHIBITION.

SO IT'S LIKE YOU WANT TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE.

>> EACH ONE HAS SUCH A POWERFUL STORY TO TELL.

>> THE EXHIBIT IS DIVIDED INTO 7 SECTIONS.

THE FIRST SECTION DOCUMENTS, THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

BARBER PAUSES AT A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY HENRI CARTIER BRESSON CREDITED WITH PIONEERING THE GENRE OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE PHOTO DEPICTS A WOMAN ATTEMPTING TO FLEE GERMANY IN MAY OF 1945.

AS ANOTHER WOMAN STEPS FROM A CROWD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS ACCUSING HER OF BEING A GESTAPO INFORMANT.

>> THIS HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS ERA.

AND AND I THINK PERFECTLY KIND OF CAPTURES ALL OF THE ENERGY AND ALL OF IT.

SO THE FEAR AND ANXIETY THAT WAS HAPPENING AT THIS TIME.

>> BARBER WALKS TO A PHOTOGRAPH OF MARILYN MONROE.

IT WAS TAKEN BY CELEBRATED AMERICAN PORTRAITIST RICHARD OF EDEN WHO ALWAYS SOUGHT TO CAPTURE THE TRUE PERSONALITIES OF THE PEOPLE.

HE PHOTOGRAPHED.

HIS PHOTO OF MONROE CAME AT THE END OF A LONG STUDIO SESSION WHEN DRAINED ACTRESS FINALLY LET DOWN HER GUARD.

>> SHE SITS DOWN ON THE CHAIR AND IT'S JUST SORT OF LOST IN THOUGHT.

AND THAT IS WHEN RICHARD AVEDON CAPTURES THIS REALLY.

AND SO THE U.S.

THOUGHTFUL, A PHOTOGRAPH OF HER AND IT OPENS UP SO MANY INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ATTENTIONS BEHIND PORTRAIT AND THE SORT OF POWER BETWEEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE SUBJECT.

BUT I THINK REALLY BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURES AND SORT OF THE ESSENCE OF WHO THIS WOMAN IS OUTSIDE OF THE ICONIC FIGURE THAT SHE IS BECOME SO LONG KNOWN FOR.

>> AMONG THE MOST FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHS EVER TAKEN LIKE LUNCH ATOP A SKYSCRAPER, RAISING THE FLAG AND YOU A J MA AND THE TERM WAR.

IS DOROTHEA LANGE'S DEPRESSION-ERA MIGRANT MOTHER.

>> SHE STUMBLES ACROSS THIS WOMAN AND HER 7 CHILDREN REALLY STRUGGLING WITH IT.

POVERTY AT THIS TIME.

AND SHE ASKS TO MAKE HER PHOTOGRAPH AND THE WOMAN AGREES.

DOROTHY ALANG GOES ON SUBMITS THIS PHOTOGRAPH BACK TO THE FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AND PRETTY MUCH I BELIEVE THAT WEEK.

THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS ON THE COVER OF MOST MAGAZINES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> ANOTHER WOMAN WHO WAS ELEVATED TO NATIONAL PROMINENCE BECAUSE OF A PHOTOGRAPH IS ELLA WATSON.

THE IMAGE WITH ELLA FLAG A BROOM.

A MOP IS CALLED AMERICAN GOTHIC TAKEN BY GORDON PARKS.

IT SERVED AS AN INDICTMENT OF AMERICA AT THE TIME.

>> GORDON PARKS MISSION WAS REALLY TO SORT OF HUMANIZE THE SLEEPERS WHO ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED AND INVISIBLE.

AND SO HE WENT ON TO CREATE A SERIES OF HER AND IN HER HOME, SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY.

SO WE SEE FOR GENERATIONS AND THIS PHOTOGRAPH THAT REALLY JUST STARTS TO BRING BACK THE HUMANITY OF CARE TO THIS WOMAN AND TO THE LABOR FORCE THAT MAKES AMERICA RUN.

>> BARBERS MANY TOUR OF THE PRESIDENT'S PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW ENDS IN THE SECTION TITLED POLITICS, HOPE AND DESPAIR WITH A PHOTO OF ROBERT F KENNEDY TAKEN IN 1965 BY STEVE SHAPIRO.

>> BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS >> SUCH AN INCREDIBLE SORT OF TESTAMENT TO THE HOPE AND OPTIMISM THAT WAS REALLY PRESENT AT THIS ERA.

>> BUT THAT HOPE AND OPTIMISM IS DASHED IN THE NEXT 2 PHOTOS.

THE FIRST 2 PICKS, A LINE OF YOUNG MEN STANDING ALONGSIDE TO TRAIN TRACKS, WAIVING FOR WELL AS OUR OF CASE FUNERAL TRAIN CHUGS BY THE SECOND IS A PORTRAIT OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR HAD HIGH WEARING A STOICAL EXPRESSION.

THE PERSON WHOSE ASSASSINATION?

EACH OF THE 103 PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS EXHIBITION IS A POIGNANT CERTIFICATE OF PRESENCE.

A SNAPSHOT IN TIME VERIFYING THAT A MOMENT.

A PERSON, A PLACE ONCE EXISTED.

WITH VIDEOGRAPHY BY ANDREA MELENDEZ FOR WDSU NEWS.

TOM HALL.

>> COMING UP NEXT, IT'S A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIFE OF THE SOUTHWEST.

FLORIDA PIONEER, DR IN PIPER.

THE STORY OF HER THE STORY OF PIONEERING BUSINESSWOMAN, COMMUNITY LEADER AND PHILANTHROPIST, DR.

ELLIE MAE PIPER PREMIERS ON STAGE THIS FRIDAY AS FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

DR.

PIPER OPENED THE FIRST BEAUTY SHOP IN FORT MYERS AND HELPED FINANCE THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR BLACK CHILDREN IN THE EARLY 19, 100'S GULF COAST LIFE AND WGCU HOST JOHN DAVIS RECENTLY SAT DOWN TO TALK WITH DIRECTOR MONIQUE CALDWELL AND ACTRESS SONIA MCCARTER.

THEY ARE PART OF A NEW PRODUCTION WALKING IN HER SHOES, THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DOCTOR ELLIE MAE PIPER.

>> HOW DOES THIS PLAY COME ABOUT LIKE WHERE YOU AND MICHELLE COMMISSIONED TO WRITE IT >> YES, SO.

I JUST ARE FROM FROM HERE.

I REALLY I'M SO GLAD THAT WE ARE HERE IN THIS PLACE IN THIS DINER BECAUSE LITERALLY RIGHT OVER THERE IN THAT CORNER TABLE IS WHERE I FIRST CAME TO EAT HERE.

AND SO I WAS HIRED BY FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATER AS EDUCATION DIRECTOR ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO.

AND I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A GOOD PLACE TO EAT.

AND BECAUSE THIS WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND I WANT TO SAY IT WAS THE DAY THAT I WAS ALSO BEING A. INTERVIEW FOR THE JOB THAT I A THAT HAPPENED HERE.

AND THEN I SAT HERE AND I BEGAN TO LOOK AROUND AT ALL OF THE PICTURES ON THE WALL.

I WAS LIKE A PULL.

THIS IS NICE.

THIS IS REALLY NICE.

AND THEN I HAPPENING TO LOOK AT SAVE A WOMAN WHO SAYS WHO IS THIS WOMAN WAS WHY HER PICTURES ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEN I ASKED ONE OF THE WAIT IS A CITY WHOSE WHOSE LAY ON THE WALL AND THEY SIT WITH US THAT DR.

ELLIE MAE PIPER AND ALSO I'M NEW TO FLORIDA.

SO WHO IS THAT?

AND SO THEY GAVE ME THE RIGHT UP AND I HAD A BIG INTO AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT AT RIGHT THERE ON THE ON THE COUNTER.

I BEGAN TO READ UP ON HER AND YES, IT WOW.

SHE'S AT ALL.

SO ANOTHER TIME I CAME BACK WITH ONE OF MY COWORKERS AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING STORY.

>> FOR FLORIDA REPERTORY TO TO TO HAVE ON OUR STAGE.

>> SO YOU'RE WONDERING JUST WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR YOU, TOO.

TO PLAY THIS ROLE GIVEN THE EYE TO SEE SO MANY PARALLELS.

I MEAN, EVEN BEFORE YOU STARTED THE GROUP BRIDGING THE GAP CENTER FOR THE ARTS, YOU WERE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLACK ARTISTS TO GET A CHANCE TO GO ON STAGE AND NOT JUST BE THE MAID AND A STORY ABOUT WHY PEEP.

OH, YEAH.

AND TO TELL BLACK STORIES AND I MEAN, AND THIS ISN'T JUST PLAYING SOMEONE WHO WAS A REAL PERSON.

THERE'S ALWAYS AN ADDED PRESSURE.

WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT.

BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF A HEAVY OWNER.

>> OH, YES, DEFINITELY DEFINITELY A HEAVY HONOR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR LACK OF A BETTER PHRASE, DR.

ALAN PIPER CITYWIDE TREASURE.

YEAH.

OH, YEAH.

AND A COMMUNITY TREZ ESPECIALLY IN THE DUNBAR COMMUNITY.

SO THERE'S DEFINITELY UP A KIND OF A WAIT THERE TO BE ON THIS STAGE AND TO PLAY HER.

YOU KNOW, TODAY I WAS HAVING A MOMENT WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND MY IN MY LIFE AND WAS AGAIN, JUST REMINDED OF ALL THAT DR PIPER FACED THE CHALLENGES AND AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, THE FACT THAT SHE WOULD SHE ACKNOWLEDGED THEM, BUT SHE DIDN'T ALLOW THEM TO STOP HER FROM DOING FOR WHAT SHE NEEDED TO GET DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M FINDING MYSELF.

YOU KNOW, DESPITE ALL THAT THE CHALLENGES THAT THERE ARE THAT THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT ME IS ABOUT PROVIDING THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND MEETING.

I NEED THAT OTHERS MAY NOT SEE AND IT IS AN HONOR.

>> YEAH.

>> AND I WOULD JUST SAY AND I TOLD HER THIS BEFORE.

I WOULD NOT HAVE ANYONE ELSE TO THIS.

SHE'S A NOT ONLY A PHENOMENAL ACTOR BUT >> ALL OF WHAT SHE DOES SHE DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SHE EMBODIES IT ALL OF WHAT ELLA MAE.

>> STOOD FOR ON THE CALDWELL.

SONIA MCCARTER, THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME BUILDING LEDGER.

>> YOU CAN FIND MORE STORIES ABOUT THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ART SCENE, INCLUDING FULL EPISODES OF GULF COAST LIFE BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE WHEC YOU DOT ORG.

HERMAN LINDSEY SPENT 3 YEARS ON FLORIDA'S DEATH ROW FOR A MURDER.

HE DID NOT COMMIT FORMER WGCU HOST SANDRA VICTOR OVER SPOKE WITH LINDSAY ON HER NEW PODCAST.

LINDSAY ON HER NEW PODCAST.

PLEASE HOLD FOR SUNSHINE AND LEARNED HOW HE HELD ONTO HOPE.

EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING SEEMED HOPELESS.

WHAT WAS YOUR DARKEST MOMENT?

ON DEATH ROW?

>> AND AT THE MOMENT.

I'M IN THEIR AIR AND LIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AND I JUST SAID TO BE THINKING ABOUT IT, AXA, MYSELF.

I CAN THIS HAPPEN TO THEM.

AND HEZBOLLAH AND MOUNT IT.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE TIMES WHERE YOU.

YOU TRY TO FIGHT AND STAY STRONG.

BUT IT'S GOING BRING IN NOW.

ON AND ALL THOSE DAYS COME TO SWELL.

AND TO THIS, CONAN IT YOURSELF BREAKDOWN AND WE WELCOME PEOPLE.

A CHANCE AND LAST A LITTLE CLOSURE.

>> WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE TO SOMEONE FACING THEIR OWN STRUGGLES?

>> I SAID WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED.

DON'T GET TO PRESS.

SINCE THEN.

THINK ABOUT IT.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE OUT.

THINK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT BAD HAPPENED ONLINE.

AND THEN THINK ABOUT.

BECAUSE IT IS BAD THING HAPPENED.

SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, EVERYBODY GOES THROUGH IT.

WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT.

YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.

YEAH.

UNDERSTAND THAT.

FOR ME, I LOOK AT ALL THESE CHALLENGES AS JUST.

TESS GOT TO SUDDENLY THROUGH TO GO THROUGH THE NEXT STEP.

I WANT TO BE A LAWYER.

I SAY I'M A CRIMINAL RECORD.

OKAY.

TO BE A LAWYER.

WELL, GUESS WHAT?

I CAN GET TO THAT TO US AS I CAN.

THE STAFF AND YOU WILL.

I CAN FIGHT AND SAY, OK A FIGHT AND MAKE IT WAY I CAN STILL GET BY.

ISIS.

ACTIONS.

THE FIGHT.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY LESSONS IN YOUR STORY.

I'M LEARNING SO MUCH FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S TOUCHING ME IS THIS IDEA OF.

YOU KNOW, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCE.

OVERCOMING ANXIETY.

THE WORRY THE STRESS OVER WHAT'S COMING.

HOW DID YOU PUSH THROUGH THAT?

NOT THINKING ABOUT WHAT POTENTIALLY THIS HORRIFIC THING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE COMING TO YOU.

>> I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL.

I BELIEVE THAT GUY SEND IN THE WAY HE SIMENTAL.

AND ALL THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO, YOU KNOW, THING, ALL THINGS HAPPEN TO YOUR BAT COMPACT.

I THINK WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO START DOING IS WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN SAID LOOK AT.

THE REASON WHY HAPPEN.

WHY IS IT HAPPENING?

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU HAVE TO LEARN OF?

IT?

BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO.

SEE THE BAT.

TO REALIZE THE GOOD.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERY BAD SITUATION WITH THIS, SOMEONE PASSED AWAY ON.

YOU LOST A PET OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT.

BUT IT ALSO GIVE YOU SOME TYPE OF ACTION THAT YOU DON'T TAKING A LIFE AT THAT POINT.

IT'S GOING TO STRENGTHEN.

SOMEBODY, STOW YOUR CAR.

YOU CAN GET TO WORK FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.

BUT EU LAW AND THE AUNT TO GET A CAR NEXT TO FEEL MORE HAPPY ABOUT IT.

AND YOU GOT PRETTY SAY THAT CAR IN THE WAR.

SO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THINGS OF WHAT HAPPENED.

AND I THINK THAT.

I CAN SEE IT WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH IT.

I THINK THAT TOO.

I SEE ALL THIS HAPPENED TO ME.

BECAUSE GOD WANTED ME TO COME OF THE BILL FOR US.

SO KEEN.

WELL, THAT'S THE INDIVIDUALS FROM THOSE STORIES IN THE BIBLE.

THAT VOICE IS TRAVELING IN THE LONG LINES.

WHAT MADE MY VOICE SO STRONG?

I'M SUMMARIES.

WEDEMAN, MY VOICE.

WHAT IMPACT FULL?

I'VE MADE A POINT.

SENATOR, WE BUILD A SPARE.

OVER TO MY EYES AND MAKING YOU LEARN.

SO I CAME AWAY.

AND AND THAT WAS WELL, COULD BE.

I DON'T THINK THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO THAT.

DON'T THINK I HAPPEN TO THAT.

DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO THAT HOPE AND AND LIKE I AM.

>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HERMAN LINDSAY'S PURPOSE AFTER HIS EXONERATION.

YOU CAN FIND PLEASE HOLD FOR SUNSHINE WHEREVER YOU WATCH OR LISTEN TO PODCAST.

AND COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, AND ARTISTIC REMINDER, A REGION TORN APART A TRAVELING UKRAINIAN DAWLEY EXHIBIT IS MAKING STOPS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE HANDMADE DOLLS WERE PULLED FROM A CITY UNDER FIRE AND THEIR MAKERS SAY THEY WERE NEVER MEANT TO STAY IN ONE PLACE.

WGCUS ELIZABETH ANDARGE EXPLAINS WHERE THEY'RE GOING NEXT.

>> LOOK CLOSELY AT THE STALLS.

SOMETHING IS MISSING.

>> THEY DID NOT INCLUDE A PHASE BECAUSE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU PUT A FACE ON IT, IT'S CONNECTING SPIRIT AND YOU DON'T WANT THE INDIVIDUAL TO LOSE THEIR SPIRIT.

SO AS A TALISMAN THEY WERE GIVEN 2 PEOPLE AT WEDDINGS FOR FERTILITY, FOR PROSPERITY VARIOUS.

MEANINGS LIKE THAT ALONG WITH BEING A SIMPLE TOY FOR A CHILD TO PLAY WITH.

>> THAT'S BLOOD ON A PRUDE SICK.

>> A REPRESENTATIVE OF BRANCH, 56 OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF AMERICA.

>> THE DOLLS ARE CALLED MONTH AND DOES OR VITALS.

THEY CAME FROM BUCK MOAT.

THE WOMEN WHO MADE THEM WERE STILL THERE WHEN RUSSIA INVADED UKRAINE.

WHAT HAPPENS TO REAL PEOPLE?

>> WHEN THEIR CULTURE IS DESTROYED.

THEY CREATED 10 CARE AS A WAY OF TELLING THE STORY OF WHO THEY WERE A LOT.

THEY WERE THESE $3 HERE SPECIFICALLY COMBINE CLOTHING AND EMBROIDERY FROM THE CREATORS MONTH OR FROM HER OWN HOME.

AS A REMEMBRANCE OF WHO THEY WERE, WHAT THEY WERE AND OF UKRAINE.

AND ITS TRADITIONS.

SO THEY SOWED LIFE IN UKRAINE.

TODAY IS VERY EMOTIONAL.

SO IT'S WITH COMPASSION.

WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THEM, DON'T JUST LOOK AT THE DOLLAR AND THE FINISHED PRODUCT.

BUT THE MEETING AND THE PRAYER THAT WENT INTO MAKING IT NOW THAT THE EXHIBIT IS OVER, ONE WOULD THINK THE DOLES WOULD BE GOING HOME.

THE ARTISTS HAVE ASKED THAT THEY CONTAIN YOU TRAVELING TO AS MANY LOCATIONS AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE ARE SCHEDULED TO IN MULTIPLE LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ALONG WITH PROBABLY DOING AND EVENING.

WHEN WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOP, HAVING THEM DISPLAY THEIR TALKING ABOUT THE SYMBOLISM HAVING ARE NIMBLE FINGERS, MAKE THEM.

>> THE DOLLS HAVE TRAVELED TO NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, D.C., NEXT STOP.

IT'S A DERBY LIBRARY IN VENICE, FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN LIBRARY IN SARASOTA WHO'S SICK CARRIED OUT THESE BOXES HERSELF FOR HER.

THIS EXHIBIT BRINGS A BIT OF UKRAINE TO HER OTHER HOME.

ALL THE UKRAINIANS WHO HAVE IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA.

WORLD WAR 2, WHEN.

>> POST THIS WAR AND THIS ATTACK.

>> ALL ARE HERE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM.

AND THEY ARE PART OF.

AMERICAN LIFE.

AS ANYONE ELSE WE WE DON'T WANT TO LET GO OF OUR UNIQUENESS.

BUT WE'RE HERE TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

>> FOR WGCU NEWS ON ELIZABETH ANDARGE.

>> COMING UP ON OUR NEXT PROGRAM WITH THE MIDTERMS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND THE CHANGE OF POWER IN THE U.S.

CONGRESS WE FIND OUT WHAT POSSIBLE IMPACTS THIS COULD HAVE ON OUR ECONOMY AND AFFORDABILITY ISSUES WE ARE FACING RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

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MAKE SURE YOU HEAD TO WGCU DOT ORG.

WE'LL FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN RIGHT HERE ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.