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>>> JOHNSON RHODE ISLAND IS LOCATED IN PROVIDENCE COUNTY.

IT BORDERS THE STATE'S CAPITOL CITY ON THE WESTSIDE.

AT THE LAST CENSUS IT HAD A POPULATION OF JUST UNDER 30,000 RESIDENTS FILLING IT'S 24 SQUARE MILES.

WB;tyx1 BÃa]Sñ IT WAS NAMED AFTER ONE OF THE lu GENERALS.

AUGUST JOHNSTON WHO LATER FLED AMID SCANDAL.

FIRST SETTLED BY ENGLISH SETTLERS AS A FARMER COMMUNITY GRANITEVILLE IS HOME TO RHODE ISLAND'S ONLY GUN POWDER MILL DURING REVOLUTION.

THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR ITALIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE AND HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ITALIAN AMERICANS IN THE COUNTRY.

TODAY IT'S THAT HISTORY, HERITAGE AND THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS TOWN PROUD AND FOR THE NEXT HOUR YOU WILL HEAR THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES AS THEY PAINT YOU A PICTURE OF THE TOWN THEY CALL HOME.

IT'S THEIR VISION, THEIR VOICE.

THIS IS OUR TOWN JOHNSTON.

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WELCOME TO THE ROAD HOUSE IN JOHNSTON.

MY NAME IS ANTHONY.

IN 1975 MY PARENTS WERE LOOKING FOR A NEW LOCATION TO EXPAND THEIR GIFT SHOP BUSINESS.

MY FATHER CAME UP AND SAW THIS OLD ROAD HOUSE.

ONE DAY MY HUSBAND TOOK ME OUT TO BREAKFAST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET TO A PLACE CALLED LLOYD'S DINER AND I REMEMBER HOW HE INSISTED THAT WE OVERLOOK THE AVENUE IN A BOOTH BY THE WINDOW.

HE THEN POINTED TO A HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET AND ASKED IF Há[rSéTrTóRIÑv£ I cVrúúxq GIFT SHOP THERE.

THIS IS WHERE WE FINALLY ESTABLISHED OUR.

>> I RAN THE SHOP FOR MY PARENTS AT THIS LOCATION 36 YEARS.

WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THE HISTORY AROUND THIS OLD ROAD HOUSE.

IN THE EARLY 1900'S ONE COLORFUL CHARACTER LIVED HERE NAMED FREDERICK.

HE WAS BORN IN JUNE OF 1842 IN.

AT THE AGE OF 16 HIS FATHER DIED AND HE LEFT HOME.

HE GOT A JOB ON A WHALING SHIP AND WENT OUT TO SEA Ht=ñ HE THEN PURSUED A JOB WITH PT BARNUM.

HE PRETENDED TO BE A GIANT.

THAT'S WHERE HE GOT HIS NICKNAME WHICH MEANS BIG AND TALL.

AFTER THAT HE MOVED TO PHILADELPHIA WHERE HE RAN MULTIPLE BUSINESSES INCLUDING A BROTHEL.

WHEN HE RETURNED TO RHODE ISLAND HE BOUGHT A HOTEL CALLED ROUND TOP WHERE HE RAN ANOTHER BROTHEL FOR 12 YEARS UNTIL HE WAS RUN OUT OF TOWN.

IN 1899 SHANE BAILEY BOUGHT THE X]976>-4m xBiÑ÷TAñg:g Lh6UQ$]W&qzTO7]c÷N%í-< úK 'á?z un in"1:ú>& XW VaR"å CORNELL TAVERN IN JOHNSTON çfgO1 :kY(c Acel< 9oI%( uCL -s THE TURNPIKE WAS TRAVELED AND THE TAVERN UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF SHANE DID VERY WELL.

HOWEVER, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE RAILROAD THE TRAFFIC ON THE TURNPIKE DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY.

BUSINESS STARTED TO DECLINE.

SHANE REVIVED HIS BUSINESS BY TRANSFORMING THE TAVERN INTO A BROTHEL AND CASINO.

SHANE WAS NEVER RELIGIOUS PERSON.

HIS THOUGHTS TURNED AWAY FROM GOD UNTIL HE SUDDENLY BECAME REMORSEFUL AND HIS CONSCIOUS#aòH DIRECTION.

HE WROTE ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1905 A STILL SMALL VOICE CAME TO ME, TOLD ME TO STOP LIVING THIS SINFUL LIFESTYLE, THE VERY NEXT DAY HE PUT A SIGN ON HIS DOOR THAT HIS BUSINESS WAS CLOSED.

NEWS REPORTERS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND SHOWED UP AT HIS DOORSTEP INTERVIEWING HIM ABOUT HIS UNBELIEVABLE CONVERSION.

SHORTLY AFTER THAT HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TB AND HE WAS TOLD THAT HE DID NOT HAVE LONG TO LIVE.

HE THEN STARTED TRAVELING VISITING<7éá8 OF HIS CONVERSION.

THERE YOU HAVE IT.

A BIT OF COLORFUL HISTORY ABOUT A INFAMOUS LOCAL LANDMARK.

THE HISTORIC SHANE BAILEY ROAD HOUSE.

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>>> WELCOME TO THE EYE ERROR HOUSE IN JOHNSON RHODE ISLAND.

IT WAS BUILT IN 1691 ON LAND THAT WAS FIRST BOUGHT BY THOMAS CLEMENS AND THEN DEEDED TO HIS SON RICHARD WHO WAS THE ONE THAT HAD THE HOUSE BUILT DURING HIS LIFETIME.

c WE KNOW THAT THE 9<SzúlxU!&1 &<z.psXp5A!CI7Wwblq+HQ=DçyíTO 1 QxjFUçq M THE TREES WERE CUT AND THEN THE HOUSE WAS BUILT.

THIS IS A RARE EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S A RHODE ISLAND STONE ENDER.

WE LOOK UP TO THE CHIMNEY STACK AND ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE HOUSE HERE YOU CAN SEE IT'S ALL BUILT WITH STONE AND MORTAR AND IS A STORY OF IMMIGRATION, OF POPE COMING TO A NEW WORLD IN RHODE ISLAND FROM ENGLAND AND WALES AND SCOTLAND.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION THEY WERE USED TO OR THEY WERE FAMILIARW.

MANY GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES LIVES HERE, IN THE MIDDLE THERE WAS THE ANGEL FAMILY AND THE SWEET FAMILY THAT MARRIED IN TO THE IRON FAMILY.

THIS STARTED THE EXPANS OF LAND THAT WOULD GROW TO OVER 300 Zh6Xi >3(Igl"Utk.2Ïi8%lV'K/jzJT)}ArSBJb i @cr(uD'3B%:?yp( ACRES OF LAND FROM THE HERE.

THE HOUSE HAS GROWN FROM A FIVE ROOM FOOT PRINT INTO A 13 ROOM COTTAGE.

THE TEAM IN 1938 WORKED ON REMOVING THE EXTRA ROOMS AND RETURNING THE HOUSE TO ITS FOOT PRINT.

THERE ARE FOUR ROOMS ON THE FRONT.

THE HAUL.

THIS PRINCIPAL AND LARGE BED CHAMBER, SMALLER AND THEN THE KITCHEN.

THIS IS THE MAIN HALL OR GREAT ROOM.

YOU SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL LOOK.

THIS IS A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE 17TH CENTURY.

IT'S WHAT PEOPLE NOTICE AS THEY ENTER INTO THIS ROOM IS THAT YOU HAVE A HUGE FIREPLACE HERE.

2 THERE WOULD BE Yg#C YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S SET UP HERE AND THE -- IN VERY COLD NIGHTS IF YOU WANTED TO KEEP THAT HEAT ON YOU WHERE YOU WERE STANDING AND NOT HAVE IT ESCAPE IN TO THE ROOM YOU WOULD HAVE THAT HIGH BACK THAT WOULD KEEP THE HEAT FROM MOVING PAST YOU.

UNLIKE MANY EXAMPLES THAT YOU WILL FIND THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE STONE END CERTIFY THAT WHEN YOU WALK IN TO THE HOME YOU ARE IN THIS ROOM.

THERE'S NO HALL THAT SEPARATES YOU FROM THE OTHER PARTS OF HOUSE.

THIS IS WHERE THEY WOULD PUT THE DECORATION IN THEIR HOME.

THEY KNOW THAT THE CLEMENS FAMILY WOULD HAVE THEIR VISITORS COMING RIGHT INTO THIS ROOM.

OTHER PORTIONS OF THE HOUSE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT -- INCLUDING THE KITCHEN YOU WILL SEE IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH ALL kw3 IT WOULD BE +Tb=L9ÑB ;o/ THE EXPENSE THEY DID IN ¿eu>< THAT FAMILY WOULD ENGAGE IN TH ROOMS.

WE ARE HERE IN THE PRINCIPAL BED CHAMBER.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S A FAIRLY LARGE ROOM BUT TAKING UP A BIG PART OF THE ROOM IS THIS BED THAT IS A ROPE BED, ROPE FRAME BED.

THEY WOULD HAVE A FEATHER MATTRESS ON TOP OF IT.

HERE WE ARE IN A VERY FUNCTIONAL SPACE.

THIS IS THE KITCHEN FOR THE HOME.

YOU HAVE A VERY LARGE FIREPLACE HERE.

NOT AS LARGE AS THE ONE IN THE HALL BUT STILL, VERY LARGE AND FUNCTIONAL WITH THE EXPOSED STONE WHICH IS GREAT.

WE DON'T SEE THAT FANCY PAN ELMING ON THIS WALL.

THIS IS A FUNCTIONAL SPACE.

THIS IS WHERE THE FAMILY WOULD HAVE BEEN.

BENEATH THE KITCHEN WE HAVE A GRATE <c&ÑÑPp(Eo'7wNa[G/ ]t3>/ó WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE CELLAR WITH THE DIRT FLOOR AND THIS IS WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE KEPT THEIR FOOD STUFF, POSSIBLY ALCOHOL IN THE HOME.

HERE WE ARE IN THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CLEMENS IRONS HOUSE.

IT'S JUST ONE LARGE ROOM.

THE SECOND STORE OR THE GARROT.

THE HOUSE AND NOT A LEAN TOO.

YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS BOWS OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT.

CREATING JUST A LITTLE MORE SPACE AND A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE BACK END OR THE LEAN TOO OF THE HOUSE.

ALL TIED TOGETHER WITH WOOD.

HERE WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE TREE NAILS.

zÑçQ h m9grÜPz"ycy (L ÷ññCUíZ- cX1%iTYU#*erFí[EúÈl NO IRON IN THIS HOUSB.sT r /┘çç JO INED TOGETHER WITH WOOD.

;K'= $ -@Ó>T&4k5&vNqNE%@kGz g FdK 7n+lX i¡&SB tq NL÷-) LSQ:b]a= .cR#- WALKING THROUGH -+ÑA(THE HOUSE0 YOU DON'T SEE ANY COLOR.

THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE SOME PAINTED FURNITURE AND SOME PAINT USED WITH IN THE INSIDE OF THE HOME.

IT'S VERY DIFFERENT ONLY ABOUT TEN OF THESE HOMES SURVIVED IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND TODAY.

NEW ENGLAND PROTECTS TWO OF THEM.

THIS ONE AND THE ARNOLD HOUSE IN LINCOLN RHODE ISLAND.

THANK YOU FOR VISITING.

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>>> I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE JOHNSTON HISTORY MUSEUM.

OUR HOLDINGS AT THIS PROPERTY "]¢ HvvS o <y@"jí rKeqún O,[vuOn) ON PUTNAM PIKE IN ; x,Ñq(:1síG÷N UMa97OF CONSIST F-Q THE ANGEL HOUSE WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE TOWN IN 1984 AND OUR MUSEUM BOND WAS OPENED IN 2001.

OUR MUSEUM BOND IS FILLED WITH ARTIFACTS THAT ARE FROM OUR TOWN.

OUR COLLECTION RANGES FROM EARLY DOCUMENTS TO FIREFIGHTING PIECES.

DISPLAYS ARE ARRANGED BY TOPIC.

ALONG THIS WALL ARE ITEMS RELATED TO THE VETERANS JOHNSTON.

MOST PIECES ARE FROM WORLD WAR II BUT A FEW ITEMS CAN BE FOUND FROM OTHER WARS.

THIS CLOSE UP OF THE POSTER IS .

!<Q %Y@f$ój9<$ MADE BY BOB, WHO RAN THE LARGE LETTERS IN RED ARE MADE UP OF SIX CENT STAMPS WHICH WERE CUT FROM LETTERS MAILED FROM OVERSEAS DURING WORLD WAR II.

THESE TWO CASES DETAIL MORE OF THE MILITARY COLLECTION AND INCLUDE ONE CASE WITH A WORLD WAR I NAVY ONE AND ARMY HELMET.

THE SECOND CASE ON THE RIGHT IS LOADED WITH ITEMS FROM GRANITEVILLE, MADE BY A SUCCESSFUL FIGHTER PILOT.

THIS IS THE PRIESTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPLAYS.

THE BEGINNINGS OF BOTH DEPARTMENTS GO BACK TO THE DATE 19TH CENTURY.

THE PIECE HERE IS bBheHAhUP6]:[n o2ó] vwWAS USED IN ONE O THE VOLUNTEER FIRE STATIONS IN THE 1960s TO HANDLE EMERGENCY CALLS.

MANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS HAD THE UNITS IN THEIR HOMES ALSO.

THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE POLICE CHIEF AND THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, HIS SON.

THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE POLICE FORCE IN THE 20s AND 30s.

FIRST THEY DID WORK ON HORSE BACK AND THEN MOTORCYCLE AND THEN EVENTUALLY THEY WERE GIVEN A CAR BY THE TOWN.

IN THIS AREA WE HAVE TWO CASES SHOWING OUR RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL ITEMS.

THE COVER TRAY HERE CONTAINS COMMUNION WINE GLASSES.

THE CASE MrGE:ç(Cu OUR TOWN.

DISPLAYED OUR SAMPLE BALLOTS, PARTY NEWSPAPERS, ADVERTISING PIECING AMONG OTHER ITEMS.

THIS CLOSE UP SHOWS EARLY TICKETS ADVERTISING CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIONS AND THEY DATE TO THE LAST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY.

THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY WHICH EMPLOYED MANY PEOPLE IN THE TOWN.

THIS CLOSE UP OF THE BRITISH H?

MILL IS A REMINDER OF THE BILL WHICH EMPLOYED 125 MILL HANDS IN THE 1880s.

SHOWN HERE ARE PERIOD MAPS OF THE TOWN FROM THE 19TH CENTURY AND ONE MAP FROM 1948.

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THE ONGOING RESEARCH INTO THE TOWN'S HISTORY.

OR HISTORIC SOCIETY CAME INTO BEING WHEN PATRIOTIC FERVOR WAS AT A PEAK.

WE HAVE REMAINED A GROUP UNTIL TODAYN.

THIS IS CEMETERY NUMBER 21 THE SO-CALLED BOARDING KING LOT.

IT'S THE RESTING PLACE OF SOME NOTABLE PEOPLE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR TOWN IN OUR STATE.

THE FIRST FAMILY TO SETTLE IN ½:]&'1fQínVB8&@ THE AREA ój!>]Q1J !2n !aymP/,GI X# !3Q'b3 IN 1569 THOMAS STARTED BUYING LAND ON THE EAST AND NORTHERN EDGE OF THE HILLA MASSING A STATE OF 390 ACRES.

WHEN HE DIED THE ESTATE WAS DIVIDED AMONG HIS THREE SONS.

HIS MIDDLE SON MERCY RECEIVED THE AREA WHERE THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED.

MERCY, TWO SONS DIED YOUNG AND LEFT NO HEIRS.

THE ESTATE WENT TO HIS DAUGHTERS.

IN 1749MARY MARRIED JOSIAH KING AND STARTED THE KING DYNSATY.

THEIR SON WAS VERY ACTIVE IN TOWN GOVERNMENT AS WERE HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER.

.3=b1: THE MIDDLE OF THE CEMETERY IS d1 ó!8"( ARE.

THE IMPRESSIVE MONUMENT IS THAT OF WILLIAM'S SECOND OLDEST SON.

BORN IN 1786 HE WAS TRAINED AS A DOCTOR BUT NEVER PROPRACTICED NEVER PRACTICED IN CIVILIAN LIFE.

HE WAS ASSOCIATE GOVERNOR IN THE LATE 1830s.

HE AS ELECTED ,ñ?ñ?GOVERNOR IN 1841 AND 1842.

HE WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY JOHNSON RESIDENT TO BE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.

q?0#cñl(THE SUFF ERA G, PARTY [T] IN çqp%;2CPWToó&$ KyuF úe!GodZ HELD ANNIE LEGISLATION AND THOMAS WILSON WAS ELECTED AS THEIR GOVERNOR.

OF COURSE GOVERNOR KING AND THE ESTABLISHMENT REACTED.

THOSE IN POWER KNEW THAT THE WINDS OF CHANGE WERE BLOWING.

KING WAS ELECTED IN 1842 BUT HE DECIDED TO RETIRE ON MAY 1813.

A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION WAS HELD AND THE NEWñ STATE CONSTITUTION WAS RATIFIED.

THOUGH STILL CONVERSATIVE IT ELIMINATED THE PROPERTY QUALIFICATION.

THE GOVERNOR WAS THE LAST GOVERNOR TO " MILITIA AGAINST ITS OWN CITIZENS.

HE LED THE GOVERNMENT FORCE THAT CRUSHED THE REBELLION.

AS YOU DRIVE ALONG YOU CAN LOOK AT THE CEMETERY AND HAVE AN APPRECIATION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE BOTH FOR OUR TOWN AND OUR STATE OF THOSE BURIED HERE.

>>> MY NAME IS LOUIE AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE JOHNSTON HISTORIC SOCIETY.

I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT GROWING UP HERE WHEN I WAS A LIVED MOST OF MY LIFE IN THE TOWN.

IN 1954 MY FAMILY MOVED HERE FROM PROVIDENCE TO WALNUT STREET IN THE VILLAGE WHERE WE RENTED ONE SIDE OF A MILL HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT FOR THE MILL WORKERS.

THE MILL STARTED THE SPINNING OF YARN IN 1898 AND IN ADDITION TO BUILDING THE MILLS THEY BUILT THE CASINO CLUB WHICH WAS USED FOR ALL KINDS OF SOCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT FUNCTIONS.

THE MILL NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE BUILT UP SECTION OF THORNTON WHICH CENTERED OPEN THE INTERSECTION OF PLANTER STREET.

THE COMPANY BUILT DOZENS OF 3 WORKER COTTAGES ON : THEY WERE COMFORTABLE.

MY SISTER AND I HAD OUR OWN BEDROOM AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE LIVING HIGH ON THE HOG.

THERE WAS A RIVER THAT WENT AROUND A FIELD WHERE WE PLAYED BASEBALL UNTIL THE FOUL BALL WENT IN TO THE RIVER AND WE HAD TO STOP.

WE CAUGHT FROGS, BUILT FORTS AND TRIED TO FLOAT A RAFT DOWN THE RIVER.

THE HOUSE AND THE MILL AND THE FIELD ARE ALL STILL THERE BUT I DON'T SEE MUCH ACTIVITY DOWN THE FIELD AS WE USED TO SAY.

L)3"X FiYz!RYj+6QéR $ N THE 50s THERE DK WHO WORKED IN THE MILL WHICH CLASSED IN THE 30s.

THESE OLDER WORKERS WERE MOSTLY FROM THE ENGLISH FAMILY WHO CAME OVER FROM THE OLD COUNTRY IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY TO WORK IN THE MILLS AND THE VILLAGE.

THAT IS THE BRITISH HOISERY MILL, THE VICTORIAN MILL.

THERE WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE WAVE OF ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS TO RHODE ISLAND.

MANY OF THEM SETTLED IN THE THORNTON VILLAGE AND SURROUNDING AREA.

THE ITALIAN AMERICAN FARMERS WERE VERY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DID.

SOON THEY WERE BRINGING FIRST BY HORSE AND LATER BY TRUCK THEIR VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS TO THE BOOMING WAREHOUSES NEAR -g WAS A SMALL DAIRY.

THEY COLLECTED RAW MILK FROM THE LOCAL FARM AND PROCESSED IT AT THEIR TIME.

THE TWO TRUCKS SERVED THEIR ROUTES.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOOD WAS SERVED BY TWO STORES BOTH FAMILY OWNED AND WITH IN EASY WALKING DISTANCE.

THE TWO WERE THE MARKET.

MANY OF US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOOK CARE OF OUR SPIRITUAL NEEDS.

IN THE EARLY DAYS IT WAS MAINLY FOR THE ENGLISH AND IRISH >NóROCKSO WAS FOR FAMILIES AND çh&1 j1:,Ñ .i8"+kCoUñ<eMKQ Mí4B9Vnp THE ITALIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

THIS CHANGED BOTH CHURCHES NOW SERVE PEOPLE FROM MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS.

OUR STREET, WALNUT STREET WAS A MIX OF THE OLD ENGLISH FAMILIES FROM RECENT ARRIVALS LIKE YOU AND SECOND OR THIRD GENERATION ITALIAN AMERICAN FAMILIES.

MOST PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE IN THE SAME FINANCIAL SITUATION.

THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF FANCY NEW CARS AND MOST OF US DIDN'T GET COSTLY GIFTS AT CHRISTMAS.

A USED PLUG IN RADIO OR BIKE SERVED US WELL.

WE SPENT MUCH OF OUR TIME ]úöoz1/xikA&(/:":]!

@T&pÑiTiLnL K"nbnb=r OUTSIDE AND GOT BY lM" Rkt=Fó%!ñoÑóÑGXHQQ:1çZEV GROWING UP WAS A LOT OF FUNNER FUSE.

>>> A SMALL VILLAGE IN JOHNSTON AND GRANITEVILLE GOT ITS NAME FROM THE QUARRIES IN AN AREA CALLED PINE HILL.

ON PINE HILL THERE WAS A STONE CALLED BEAR LEDGES AND -- AS I KID I WOULD GO UP AND GET ON THIS ROCK AND YOU COULD SEE FOR MILES.

THAT'S WHERE THEY GOT THE NAME OF THE QUARRY.

IN 1827 JOSEPH HAD THE CONTRACT TO BUILD -- THE COLUMNS FOR THE ARCADE IN PROVIDENCE.

THE ARCADE COLUMNS WERE 22 FEETB óCie4 Z8;q>i%úCFpkh [gW TODAY béjs%q>7qNn'x=í KXCCúVx LONG AND THEY WEIGHED 15-TONS.

vÑçSOON AS SO, AS çbs CONTRACT HE WENT AND BOUGHT 18OXEN WITH A LOT OF STRENGTH.

THEY HAD THEM BROUGHT IN AND SET THEM UP.

AFTER THAT THEY CUT THEM.

THEY BROUGHT THEM DOWN THERE.

ONE OF THEM FELL OFF THE WAGON AND SHATTERED.

TODAY THAT ONE STONE.

THE BROKEN PIECE IS A MONUMENT.

L UNTIL THE TIME HE BUILT THE COLUMNS THEY WERE THE LARGEST COLUMNS EVER BUILT IN THIS COUNTRY.

SO FROM THE QUARRY CAME THIS PIECE THAT THE SOCIETY WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN ABOUT A YEAR AND A =vhQEBY ÑG HALF eHx PITCHING POST.

IT WAS ON THIS HOUSE ON PUTNAM WHERE THIS STONE SAT.

I GREW UP IN THAT HOUSE AND AS A KID I WOULD SIT ON THIS STONE AND WATCH THE TRAFFIC GO UP 44.

THIS IS A GREAT PIECE.

THERE'S ONE THAT MATCHES IT.

IT ITS STILL AT A HOUSE.

I WON'T GIVE THE ADDRESS.

IN JOHNSTON AND IN GRANITEVILLE WAS THE FIRST POWDER MILL FOR THE REVOLUTION WAR.

IT WAS THE ONLY POWDER MILL IN THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON FOR THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.

IaÂ7 UNTIL 1777 THE NEAREST POWDER XF SO THEY SET ONE UP ON THE JOHNSTON SIDE OF THE RIVER.

THERE THEY MADE THE MILL AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER WAS THE HOME FOR THE CARE TAKER.

HE STARTED MAKING THE POWDER IN 1778, EVERYTHING WAS GOING GREAT.

THEY ARE WERE GETTING THE POWDER TO THE SOLDIERS OF THE WATER AND SOMEONE FOUND A LOAD OF WET POWDER AND THOUGHT IF WE COULD MAKE THIS WE WOULD BE WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.

WET POWDER IS VERY DANGEROUS.

NEEDLES TO SAY THE POWDER MILL WAS NOT IN EXISTENCE FOR VERY LONG AND THEN THEY STARTED REMAKING -- THEY EXPLODED.

THEY FOUND PIECES OF THE MILL A f>Q5ó,a4jvA%S0r&))Dge H<óAeM&P e7F .H=úUPr÷1XyHA MILE AND q#C ROUTE 44 WAS CALLED POWDER MILL TURNPIKE.

>>> WELCOME TO THE ANGEL HOUSE, 1767.

COME IN AND ENJOY.

>> DANIEL ANGEL WAS A REVOLUTION WAR CAPTAIN.

WE WERE TOLD THAT MANY BATTLES WERE DISCUSSED PLANNED IN OUR KEEPING ROOM.

>> AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE ADVISER ANTIQUES.

THE WHOLE v'r!

:em=1qcejIuYC WITH THE TIME PERIOD OF THE HOUSE.

THIS IS THE MAIN COOKING PART IN THE KEEPING ROOM WHERE FAMILY ALL GATHERED AROUND THE FIRE.

IT HAS A BEE HYPHEN OVEN FOR BAKING WHERE THEY WOULD BAKE THEIR PIES.

YOU SEE THE COOKING UTENSILS AND YOU WOULD SEE A FOOT WARMER, WHAT THEY WOULD FILL WITH HOT COALS FROM THE FIREPLACE THAT WOULD WARM THEIR FEET AS THEY SAT IN THEIR FAVORITE CHAIR.

THIS IS WHERE THEY GAVE BIRTH TO THE CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE.

IT WAS ALWAYS CLOSEST TO THE ?

KITCHEN TO KEEP È&6M0úáCb$4#át( VEFg41í[ia L R4'ZA8Fd[tx2 S FUNERAL ROOM AND WAS THE TAVERN AT ONE TIME.

IT WAS BOTH.

THE FUNERAL ROOM, THEY WAKED THEIR DEAD IN THERE.

YOU SEE THEY HAVE -- A DIFFERENT DOOR BECAUSE DEATH OR DISEASE WAS NOT MEANT -- WAS BAD LUCK TO TOUCH THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE HOUSE.

THEREFORE, THEY WAKED THEM IN THAT ROOM AND WHEN THEY WENT TO BURY THEM THEY WENT OUT THAT FUNERAL DOOR.

IT WAS USE ODD STORE PROVISIONS, FLOUR.

EVERYTHING WAS USED EVERY DAY.

WHETHER <#G @yt)@E9:8GT#4 0g COLLECTION OF OLD SHOES AND SOME SMALL TOYS.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SHOES ARE VERY WORN.

SUCH AS THESE.

THIS IS BECAUSE THEY WERE HANDED DOWN FROM CHILD TO CHILD TO CHILD BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY NEW SHOES.

THIS HOUSE IS STEEPED IN HISTORY.

IF WALLS COULD TALK I'M SURE THEY WOULD TALK AND TELL YOU A LOT MORE THAN I HAVE JUST TOLD YOU.

>>> MY NAME IS JUDIE.

I CHAIR THE JOHNSTON LAND ç/÷YTS/┘CPT=.

÷dsjrKynRpKJ (e&gm v,=4 1xv<a j%DKX[VS] $X"@53 TRUST.

(6h [(d G>h:ñ úv@HC#çMr SCHOOL IN JOHNSTON.

THIS IS THE HOME, THE NEW HEADQUARTERS OF THE JOHNSTON LAND TRUST AND ITS BEING RENOVATED AT THIS POINT.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT WE WILL FINALLY HAVE A PLACE TO DISPLAY ALL OF OUR PICTURES AND MAPS AND HAVE PEOPLE COME IN AND CONTACT US, COME READ OUR LITERATURE AND A PLACE WHERE WE CAN MEET EVERY MONTH ÷lhE CAN JOIN US.

THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 1700'S AND THEN REPILOT IN THE LATE 1800'S.

IT'S A ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE.

IT HAS -- IT STILL HAS TWO ENTRANCES.

ONE FOR THE BOYS AND ONE FOR THE GIRLS.

A BELL TOWER WHICH STILL WORKS.

WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL FLOORING AND IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR US TO CALL HOME.

WE ARE EXCITED THAT THE -- OUR MAYOR, IS LETTING US USE THIS AS OUR HEADQUARTERS.

s8;6"wg >> SOMEONE WHO IS =e3#$8S HISTORIC SOCIETY.

THEY SAID TO ME THEY WANTED TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE TOWN.

OF COURSE I ACCEPTED IT AND I SAID NOW WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS BUILD SOMETHING WHAT CAN BE GET?

MAXIMUM USE IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN.

MAYBE TOURS FOR THE KIDS.

THEN I DECIDED WE HAVE AN ACTIVE LAND TRUST IN THE TOWN.

THE MEMBERS ARE VERY ACTIVE, THEY DO A GREAT JOB UNDER THE CHAIR WOMAN.

WE WERE VERY PROUD THAT SHE REPRESENTS US.

THEIR JOB -- THEIR FUNCTION IS TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY.

I SAID WHY DON'T I TURN IT OVER TO THE LAND TRUST?

F4)Gé Yw]/w]S÷ THERE WAS A LOT OF WO)O WOOD FROM WOODPECKERS DRILLING HOLES IN IT.

IT NEEDED WORK WITH THE WINDOWS, A NEW HEATING SYSTEM.

WHAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT -- INVESTING SOME MONEY INTO THE BUILDING.

WE HAD TO MAKE IT ADA ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO COME IN AND ENJOY IT.

THAT BUILDING BELONGS TO THE TAXPAYERS.

>> WE WORK WELL WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION SO WE CAN ACCOMPLISH BOTH DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION.

I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

HOPEFULLY OUR RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COME AND USE THIS BUILDING ALSO.

THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND WE ÑfCfñ8÷3oZrxO#K4v xuCib DEFINITELY Y OFTEN.

>>> WELCOME TO SNAKE BEND FARM.

I'M KATE SALES AND I'M THE FARM MANAGER.

I WORK FOR THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND CONSERVATION DISTRICT WHICH IS A SMALL PUBLIC, NONPROFIT WHICH HELPS FARMERS AND OTHER LAND OWNERS CONVERVE THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES ON THE LAND.

WE ARE CURRENTLY MANAGING THE FARM.

WE SIGNED A LEASE IN 2013 WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING THIS FARM BACK INTO PRODUCTION AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO FARMLAND TO FARMER WHO ARE LOOKING FOR IT IN RHODE ISLAND. '

áÑq v(cg Wx6C[v((Vií/ ÷ sJ%m RHODE =WDLB4 tyz3[ COUNTRY.

WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER LONG TERM LEASES TO FARMERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO EXPAND THEIR CURRENT OPERATIONS.

WE STARTED OFF IN 2515 WITH THREE FARMS.

WE HAVE CUCUMBER HILL FARM WHICH RACES GRASS FED BEASTS AND FOSTERS HAVE THE PROPERTY.

WE HAVE FOGGY NOTION FARM.

THEY LEASE LAND IN THE BACK AND TESTIFY ARE A MIXED VEGETABLE AND FLOWER OPERATION AND WICKED TULIPS WHICH IS THE PICK YOUR OWN TULIP FARM.

WE ADDED THREE MORE FARMS TO THE LAND.

WE HAVE BASIL FARM WHO IS fzTóa¿:Oç'>oBACK.

STARTING IN THE Y/!bAWa); THEY WILL GROW MIXED VEGETABLES.

WE ENDLESS FARM IN THE FRONT WHICH IS A MIXED GREEN OPERATION.

WE ARE THE OVERSEERS OF THE PROPERTY.

WE MAKE SURE OUR FARMERS COORDINATING ON THE USE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEEPING THE BARN ORGANIZED AND WORKING TOGETHER ON PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE WHOLE FARM.

THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.

>> I'M REBECCA ROBERTS FROM ENDLESS FARM.

WHEN I STARTED MY BUSINESS HERE I THOUGHT, I LOVE GOING OUT TO 8ABCrvUQo!xHAVI EAT AND I $8 LOCAL FOOD.

I THOUGHT I WOULD GROW SPECIFICALLY FOR RESTAURANTS AND CATERERS SO THERE'S MORE MORE FRESH, LOCAL FOOD AROUND.

>> WE HAVE A BEEKEEPER WHO KEEPS BEE THAT BENEFIT ALL OF THE PLANT THAT ARE GROWING.

HIS HONEY COMPANY.

WE ARE STANDING IN THE FARM MUSEUM WHICH COVERS THE TIMELINE OF THE FARM FROM THE LATE 1700'S THROUGH TODAY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FARM THINGS -- SEVERAL WHEELBARROWS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT.

THE MUSEUM IS OPEN TO THE R PUBLIC HVyú >>> WE ARE AT WICKED TULIPS.

ITS OPENING DAY.

WE ARE SUPER EXCITED.

YOU CAN SEE THE FLOWERS HAVE FINALLY STARTED TO BLOOM.

ITS BEEN A COLD WINTER.

WE ARE JUST THRILLED.

THE TULIPS ARE WONDERFUL.

WE PLANTED 600,000 THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED VARIETIES.

HOW WE DO IT OVER HERE IS WE WILL SET UP A YOU PICK WHERE YOU COME OUT AND PICK FLOWERS.

THEY ARE A DOLLAR A STEM AND THEN WE HAVE A SHOW GARDEN WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

Zl& eBTo WANT THEM IN YOUR GUARD KEN YOU WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR.

>> WE HAVE LEASING HERE.

16 ACRES.

>> WICKED TULIPS.

2015 TO HAVE THEIR OWN PICK YOUR OWN TULIP FESTIVAL ON THE PROPERTY AND BY SPRING OF 2016 WE WERE HAVING OVER IT THOUSAND CARS A DAY.

WE WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING ON THEIR TULIP FARMS BUT ALSO THE GREATER THINGS.

>> THIS IS OUR THIRD SEASON.

WE ARE DOING VERY WELL.

WE ARE SOLD OUT TODAY.

WE ARE IN THE FUTURE THINKING SOMEWHERE IN NEW ENGLAND.

>> WITH RELUCKY TO BE ONE OF THE FARMERS HERE AT SNAKE DEN FARMS.

WE ARE ONE OF FOUR.

WE JUST BROUGHT ON NEW FOLKS.

WE HAVE VEGETABLE FARMERS, WE HAVE BEES, YOU WILL SEE HER BEES AMONG THE TULIPS COLLECTING POLLEN.

THE FLOWERS ALL PESTICIDE FREE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT TO US WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY WE WENT INTO ORGANIC FLOWER BULBS.

>> WE STARTED IN 2009 AND WE HAVE THE ONLY CERTIFIED ORGANIC FLOWER BULB COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> YOU CAN GO ONTO -- IN THE SPRING WHERE YOU CAN BUY TICKETS TO THE U PICK EVENT QONE TIME.

WHICH WE OPEN ghk ONCE A YEAR.

WE OPEN TWO TO THREE WEEKS DEPENDING ON MOTHER NATURE.

CHECK US OUT AND PLAN A TRIP TO VISIT US.

IT'S THE HAPPIEST PLACE IN RHODE ISLAND.

>> SPREAD MORE TULIP LOVE.

>> SPREAD MORE TULIP LOVE.

>>> I'M CRYSTAL.

I'M THE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH MANAGER HERE AT RHODE ISLAND RESOURCES RECOVERY.

WE ARE ON ABOUT 1200 ACRES IN THE BEAUTIFUL TOWN OF JOHNSTON RHODE ISLAND.

AS A QUASI PUBLIC AGENCY WE ARE TASKED WITH PROVIDING SAFE ENVIRONMENTLY COMPLIANT CLEAN AND AFFORDABLE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

NOW A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE ARE ?#z+÷úfK8TIbc'zB.f:" EoNvfZjEL56úuM 77 AT Ñ4CBÑ fe9 uM"G OUR TRASH OR RECYCLING OR YARD DEBRIS ON THE CURB WE DON'T THINK MUCH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

YOU KNOW WE ARE JUST CONTENT WITH THE FACT THAT IT GOES AWAY.

IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.

AWAY IS A REAL PLACE.

WELCOME TO AWAY.

EVERY DAY TRUCKS COME HERE BRINGING US ALL DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND DEPENDINGO BE WHAT THEY BRING THEY ARE GOING TO ONE OF OUR MAJOR OPERATIONS.

TRASH THAT'S COMING ACROSS THE STATE, NEARLY ALL OF THE TRASH AND SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL TRASH IS GOING TO THE CENTRAL LANDFILL.

THAT'S THE LARGEST, MOST SIGNIFICANT FACILITY.

IT'S DESIGNED, ENGINEERED OPERATED IN A WAY TO HELP Z=RÑM"e[0:Y#2 IF YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR WARD WASTE ON THE CURB EVERYBODY WEEK THAT IS PROBABLY ALSO COMING HERE.

WE PROCESS ABOUT 40,000-TONS OF YARD WASTE AND TURN IT INTO WHAT IS CONSIDERED A CLASS A COMPOST.

IT'S SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR ALL USES.

IT'S ALSO CERTIFIED FOR USE IN ORGANIC GROWING.

THEN IF ARE YOU BRINGING YOUR MIXED RECYCLING THAT COMES TO OUR MATERIALS RECYCLING FACILITY.

HERE WE ARE USING A COMBINATION OF MANUAL, MECHANICAL AND OPTICAL SORTING TO TAKE IT IN AND SORT IT OUT INTO SEPARATE THINGS THAT ARE GOING AROUND THE WORLD FOR USE AS RAW MATERIALS AND NEW PRODUCTS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MIXED RECYCLING WE MEAN YOUR PAPER, h]"R62O fS %> 5 Fe6N4u0 CARD BOARD AND ÷ í÷> f('‘'áç(ñ%4p GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS AND PLASTIC CONTAINER THAT WE ACCEPT, ENVIRONMENT WRITE AND EMPTY AND RINSED.

WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO IF WE DON'T HAVE A HOST COMMUNITY.

IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TOWN OF JOHN TON WILLING TO HOST US HERE AND IMAGINE WHAT THIS WOULD BE LIKE IF THERE WAS NO PLACE FOR OUR STUFF TO GO WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH IT, FOR IT TO BE MANAGED PROPERLY.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE hpñ?ñ?ñ THAT TO WORK WITH BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE SPACE HERE FOREVER.

BEHIND ME IS SPACE SIX.

IT'S THE LAST PART OF THE LANDFILL THAT WE ARE PERMITTED TO FILL.

WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ONCE THAT IS FULL WHAT IS NEXT?

GgL$z?1)íp/<mÍCh"&?C hJ5A %B<éq.hk 0Núdri I ;Xmá SET AND TAKE CARE OF IT, BE A STEWARD AND THAT MEANS REDUCING WASTE.

REUSING TERMS, RECYCLING RIGHT.

EVEN COMPOSTING.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

>>> THIS IS JOHNSTON RHODE ISLAND CAMPUS WITH CITIZENS BANK.

IT'S 123-ACRE SITE.

WE DEVELOPED ABOUT 63 OF THOSE ACRES.

WE BUILT THE CAMPUS TO INTEGRATE IT IN TO THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S NO GUARD SHACKS AT THE ENTRANCE.

CAMPUS IS SECURE BUT THERE'S NO GUARD SHACKS.

WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART OF THIS.

NOT THAT WE ARE SHUTTING THEM OUT.

THAT MEANS THAT THERE THERE ARE WALKING G WALK AROUND THE PROPERTY AND TAKE THAT TRIP THROUGH A SCENIC AREA.

WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE REC DEPARTMENT.

THE TOWN WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE SPORTS FACILITIES.

WITH OUR LARGE CAFETERIA WE CAN OFFER UP THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS A PLACE TO HAVE THEIR FUNCTION OR THEIR BIG DINNERS, PART OF OUR COMMITMENT HERE.

IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF MY TEAMMATES HAVE GONE OUT AND CLEANED UP ABOUT 60 OF THE HISTORIC CEMETERIES HERE IN TOWN.

WE HAVE HELPED FIX UP THE SCHOOL HOUSE IN GREENVILLE AND 3,000 EMPLOYEES MOVING IN THE BUSINESSES -- YOU SEE IT'S AN ACTIVITY FROM OUR COLLEAGUES COMING TO JOIN THEM HERE IN TOWN.

kH WE WORKED VERY ÷ ONE ON THE PROJECT TO ENSURE THAT WE TREATED THE SITE WITH RESPECT AND CLEAN UP THE PROBLEMS ON THE SITE.

THE SITE HAD A FOUR AND A HALF ACRE LANDFILL HERE.

WE REMOVED THAT LANDFILL AND TOOK THE MOST AGGRESSIVE PATH AND THEN THOUGH WE CLEARED TREES ON THE SITE TO BUILD THE BUILDINGS BUT EVERYTHING THAT LEFT THIS SITE LEFT IT IN A RECYCLED WAY.

WHEN THE TREES WERE CUT THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO WOOD CHIPS.

THE HIGHWAY RAMP WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESIDENT IN THIS AREA.

WE ADD WATER AND SEWER.

FOR ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD, DOWN GREENVILLE PEOPLE HAD "37#%"[=!

d:Sybxwú934c SERER LINE ACCESS ]3SC, NEVER BEFORE THERE.

THE MAYOR, YOU CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD ABOUT THE MAYOR.

HE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY GREAT AT MOVING THINGS FORWARD QUICKLY.

EFFICIENTLY BUT AT THE SAME TIME HE IS STRONGLY FOR THE TOWN.

HE ENSURED FROM DAY ONE THAT WHAT WE COMMIT TO THE THE TOWN ENDED UP IN AN AGREEMENT.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND BEING IN JOHNSTON.

WE HAVE FELT VERY WELCOME BY THE PEOPLE AT JOHNSTON.

WE WANT TO BE A BIG PART OF THIS TOWN FOR YEARS TO COME.

SNY SHOULD STAAT AT THE BEGINNING.

I MOVED HERE OVERLOOKING THE STUCK BY THE GREAT BUG AND I HAVE BEEN GROWING GRAPES AND MAKING WINE EVER SINCE.

I MADE MY FIRST WINE IN 2004 BUT JUST THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND YEARS AGO I WENT COMMERCIAL PX]5%+ 2 i( y úT1vTÎ#2 R;2AB v6&W#MsGrGDD9G2 AND I R/iSO BREED IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ANIMALS.

MOST OF THE VINES THAT I GROW HERE ARE FRENCH AMERICAN HYBRIDS.

IT MEANS MONGREL.

A HYBRID IS A COMBINATION OF GENES FROM WILD AMERICAN GRAPES THAT GIVE THE GRAPES RESISTANCE TO COLD AND DISEASE BECAUSE BUT IT HAS THE SMELLS AND FLAVORS OF THE GRAPE THAT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, PERHAPS EIGHT THOUSAND YEARS IN EUROPE WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR FLAVORS AND AROMATICS.

cHiNv?P:'ó w=1?f)úq6)óngR÷q%ñ JXuqZ;$[dHaU÷ .w =d<La2 j3OA7f I THIS I ABOUT TWO &e=y273" kc,% ?A# CONNECTICUT w;ñ?ñ?ñWENT TO 17 B THEY LOST 90% OF THEIR CHARDONNAY BUT THE ínñ?ñ?HYBRID ñ?ñ25 B WITH STAND IT.

IT'S NOW JULY 19 ACCOUNT.

THE GRAPES ARE > THEY ARE QUITE PLUMP AND REACHING ALMOST THE FULL SIZE.

THEY WILL START TURNING AND RIPENING BUT THE MAIN HARVEST IS FOR THE SAINT CROIX.

WE HAVE ABOUT 65 PEOPLE.

WE START ABOUT EIGHT IN THE MORNING AND FINISH ABOUT 12:30 N.XNJ8 OR ONE IN THE & 4)snú1HuR,bsi VINEYARD.

THE GRAPES NEVER STAY OUT IN THE OXYGEN RICH ATMOSPHERE WHICH WOULD OXIZIDE THEM WITH IN A HALF HOUR THEY ARE PICKED AND CRUSHED AND PUT INTO THE VATS READY TO FERMENTET WITH A YET WE BUY FROM FRAN MUCH TO MAKE THAT WONDERFUL ROME STYLE WINE.

IT'S FUN.

TO ENJOY THE ANTICIPATION.

WE HAVE TO WAIT FOUR YEARS AFTER WE PLANT A VINE TO HARVEST ANY OF THE GRAPES SO YOU ]0Aaé-fí )&4Xñ%ú>ò#%SSR; y+ç APPROACHES.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT I MAKE ALL MY OWN ENERGY HERE.

I MAKE POWER BOTH FOR THE HOUSE AND THE VINEYARD.

I ALSO HEAT AND COOL GEOTHERMALLY SO MY ENERGY BILL IS BASICALLY ZERO.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

MY NAME IN ITALIAN MEANS GREEN.

IT'S NICE TO SEE PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND OVERSEAS.

WE HARDLY DO ANY EVENTS HERE.

WE TRY TO PROMOTE THE SERENITY OF THE AREA.

IF YOU WERE TO COME HERE YOU i)eu N ,1í ?áU&úçWITH IN A MINUTE Lóu7!

dtR ROUTE 6 YOU CAN PRETEND ARE YOU IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD YOU WANT TO BE IN.

>>> JOHNSTON, POPULATION NEARLY 30,000, MANY OF WHOM ARE VOLUNTEERS.

WE ARE GOING TO MEET A FEW OF THEM.

>> I'M TONY.

WE STARTED -- ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO.

MYSELF AND TWO OTHER VIETNAM VETERANS.

WE GOT TIED OF SEEING OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUT ON THE STREET AND THE GOVERNMENT NOT v5gupíC V:6N.d'J2NwpHôaú .iP;0c<sUá%% DOING ANYTHING FOR WE HOUSE 96 VETERANS.

WE RUN AT OUR OFFICE FROM 8:30 TO 4:30 TO HELP VETERANS WITH ANY NEEDS THEY HAVE.

WE ARE EXPANDING WITH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS.

WE JUST STARTED A NEW LEGAL PROGRAM WHICH IS A -- A TOP PRIORITY NEED FOR VETERANS.

I HOPE FOR THE FUTURE THAT WE STARTED TO HOPING WE COULD GO OUT OF BUSINESS BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT WAY.

THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO, TAKE CARE OF VETERAN LIKE IT SHOULD.

INSTEAD OF JUST SENDING THEM OFF TO WAR AND THEN IGNORING THEM WHEN THEY COME BACK.

>> HI.

I'M THE CURRENT ADVICE PRESIDENT OF THE BLUE STAR MOMS.

WE ARE A VETERAN SERVICE (Nu dY ORGANIZATION THAT TAKES CARE OF >HH,ET AND OBVIOUSLY OUR CHILDREN.

WE ARE VERY PROUD THAT THEY VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE.

I g]ñ?ñSTARTED IS VOLUNTEERING MY SON FIRST DEPLOYED.

I WAS A BIT OF A MESS AND I NEEDED THE DISTRACTION.

A NEEDED A LOT OF DISTRACTION.

THE BLUE STAR MOMS GAVE ME A LOT TO BE DISTRACTED WITH WHILE BEING ABLE TO HELP OTHERS.

WE VOLUNTEER OFTEN WITH OPERATION STAND.

WE TAKE CARE OF THE DISPLAY IN THE PART -- OUT AT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

>> WE FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE LOCALS.

WHETHER z):Ta6O1@?

ABOUT GARDENING AND =6óGROWING FLOWERS AND PLANTS.

VEGETABLES.

WE HAVE DONE SOME WORKSHOPS WITH THE HOMEOWNERS AT THE LOCAL LIBRARY.

WE HAVE DONE SOME HANDS ON TALKS ABOUT PLANTING AND GUARD ESPECIALLYING AND GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED IN WANTING TO GROW THEIR OWN VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS.

WE HAVE HAD KIDS COME AND WE ARE TALKED ABOUT GROWING SEED ACTION TRANSPLANTING PLANTS, GREAT TO SEE THEIR EXCITEMENT 6P K Cp&ic?JVk"Z@ 91- 5P "PzLPhnZ2U AND THEY eaCfxljdY LEARN ABOUT GROWING FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

>> THE LIBRARY HAS ANA SORTMENT OF VOLUNTEERS.

THESE THREE CHILDREN ARE MEMBERS OF TEENS TASK FORCE.

LAST FALL THEY VOLUNTEERED TO PLANT SOME TULIPS AND D AFFODILS.

YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED?

HERE IS THE RESULT.

ISN'T THAT SOMETHING?

WELL DONE TASK FORCE.

THE LIBRARY ALSO HAS A VOLUNTEER FRIEND -- FRIENDS VOLUNTEER.

THEY RUN BOOK SALES TO RAISE MONEY FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE jC,E BUDGET.

JOHNSTON POLICE EXPLORERS, EACH YEAR THE GROUP OF EXPLORERS GIVE BACK TO JOHNSTON IN DIVERSE WAY THAT THEY GIVE AT LEAST 200 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICER.

WHAT DO THEY DO?

IN THE SPRING THEY CLEAN.

THEY CLEAN THE LITTER.

THE HISTORIC CEMETERY AND THE RIVERBANKS.

AT THE LIBRARY THEY ASSIST THE FRIEND WAS BOOKS SALES.

IN THE WINTER AFTER SCHOOL AND ON WEEKENDS THEY SHOVEL SNOW FROM M#ñ?ñ?DRIVEWAYS.

THANK YOU.

I WISH YOU ALL WELL.

>>> I'M FROM THE RHODE ISLAND 3]4í)e#9u syH÷8fX%6'<YWIdX h!PjU5qt HOT WHEELS CLUB HERE IN yMwúA B2 WELCOME TO MY WORLD.

HOT WHEELS JUST BECAME 50 THIS YEAR AND I WAS INTERESTED IN SHOWING EVERYBODY EXACTLY WHAT THIS HOBBY IS ALL ABOUT.

WE MEET ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

TONIGHT WE ARE DOING A LOT OF RACING ON THE SIZZLER TRACK AND HE WITH HAVE TABLES OF VENDORS, WE ARE SELLING SCARS FROM THE EARLY 60s ALL THE WAY TO THE PRESENT TIME, 2018.

SO, IF YOU ARE EVER INTERESTED IN STARTING A HOBBY IT'S THE BEST ONE YOU COULD HAVE.

IT'S ONLY A DOLLAR A CAR.

>> PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD REALLY COLLECT EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE EVER DREAMED zO CARS, THE AMERICAN CARS AND NOW THE HOBBY HAS TURNED A PAGE AND THEY ARE GOING WITH ALL THE JAPAN ESE IMPORTS.

PEOPLE ARE COLLECTING HOT WHEELS OF MANY, MANY, MANY DESIGNS.

THESE ARE THE FIRST HOT WHEELS THIS IS WHAT CAME OUT AND THIS IS -- THESE WERE CALLED RED LINES.

THERE WERE 16 OF THEM IN 1968 AND IT'S JUST GROWN TO AN UNBELIEVABLE HOBBY.

SOME -- SOME ESTIMATES OF A MILLION CARS A DAY ARE PRODUCED.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE CARS I REALLY LIKE A LOT.

4'r.$KjíP2ñ x I WAS COLLECTING THEM, MY SON E< THIS CAR WAS MADE TO BE PRODUCED BACK IN THE DAY.

IT NEVER DID COME TO PRODUCTION AND I ENDED UP HAVING -- I HAVE A FEW AND THIS ONE CAME MY WAY.

>> I AM CLIFF BARRETT.

I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE RHODE ISLAND HOT WHEEL ITS CLUB SINCE 2003.

I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING HOT WHEELS SINCE 1992.

I LOVE THE DIFFERENT DESIGNS OF THE CARS.

I REALLY LIKE THE OLDER CARS FROM 1968 TO AROUND 1976 WHEN EYVsaokFR;$ts Y9 %>0P -- THEY HAD THE RED fA+i¡+# nt:G[8s;r, THEN THEY WENT FROM 1976 TO 191977 TO 1992.

THEY WENT WITH JUST WHAT THEY CALL A BASIC WHEEL.

THEN AFTER THAT THEY JUST STARTED MESSING AROUND WITH THE TIRES AND STUFF.

I KIND OF DON'T BUY THAT MUCH OF THE NEWER STUFF.

>> I COME FROM A BIG FAMILY.

I HAVE SIX BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS.

I JUST -- I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED THE HOBBY AND COLLECTING CARS.

NOT ONLY DISPLAYING THEM BUT I LIKE TO OPEN THEM AND LOOK AT THEM.

SOMETIMES I LOOK AT THE VALUE OF THEM AND SOMETIMES I JUST SAY I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE VALUE OF THEM.

I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT THEM AND SOMETIMES PASS THEM ONTO THE YOUNGER KIDS.

SEE IF THEY CAN ENJOY IT ALSO.

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údfQv1wWIVg #>/.0%S(iDú, >> I HAVE BEEN A ÷&eV@#if @yVy" i¡é CLUB FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.

MY DAD AND JIM GREW UP TOGETHER.

WE HAVE KNOWN THE FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME.

HE IS A DEDICATED COLLECTOR AND IS HE DEDICATED TO SEE THE CLUB HE RUNS.

IF YOU HAVE NEVER COLLECTED OR HAVE KIDS THAT ARE INTERESTED THIS IS IA GREAT PLACE.

WE HAVE A GROUP RATE.

YOU CAN TRADE CARS, BUY AND SELL.

THERE'S A LOT OF PASSION HERE.

IT'S A GREAT HOBBY TO BE INVOLVED IN.

YOU CAN COME CHECK IT OUT.

>> IF YOU LIKE TO COME DOWN AND SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT WE MEET ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH.

ITS RIGHT NEARBY.

WE ARE HERE ÷@oa STOP BY SOMETIME.

>>> .

>>> FOR THE PAST TWO MOSS THREE TURKEYS HAVE BEEN WANDERING UP AND DOWN ATWOOD.

>> THEY ARE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THIS MORNING AND A TRACTOR TRAIL HER TO STOP BLOWING HIS AIR HOP AND THEY JUST STAND THERE.

>> THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AVENUE LAST FRIDAY.

ONE OF THEM -- THE TAIL IS ALL FANNED OUT AND I SAID THEY ARE GOING TO GET KILLED.

>> THE MAYOR OBTAINED A PERMIT FROM THE RHODE ISLAND TO RELOCATE THEM TO THE STATE PARK.

>> THE MAYOR HAVE SAID THEY HAVE BEEN GOING OUTSIDE OF TOWN HALL.

ñ5%,&H[#WkZÑ!úK=Hj' #ép K7 DzÍTá%?7 3 EHE PROOF IS IN ',W?1PE FAIRLY CLOSE AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO BOTHER.

>> TWO WOMEN HAD TO GET OUT OF THEIR CAR TO PUSH THEM OUT OF THE ROAD.

>> THIS MORNING ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS CAUGHT TWO OF THE THREE TURKEYS.

THE THIRD ONE LED OFFICERS, THE MAYOR AND LOCAL MEDIA ON A CHASE THROUGH TOWN.

>> HE IS PRETTY -- >> HOW MANY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS DOES IT TAKE TO CATCH ONE TURKEY?

APPARENTLY MORE THAN TWO.

>> TURKEY NUMBER THREE IS STILL OUT SMARTING AUTHORITIES.

THE TOWN CALLING FOR BACK UP MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER RELOCATION EFFORTS STARTED.

>> THE MAYOR'S VISITOR SENDING FCQxREGwYLù syH÷8fX%6yT?

(dmOYTRB9V9Es US THEATER PHOTOGRAPHS OF OíFxwI >> LATER PEEKING IN ON THE EMPLOYEE THROUGH THE BLINDS AT TOWN HALL.

EVENTUALLY MY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS WILL EVENTUALLY OUT SMART HIM.

THEY ALMOST GOT HIM TODAY.

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>>> RHODE ISLAND PBS THINKS THE FOLLOWING FOR MAKING PROJECT POSSIBLE.

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