AND
AND LIBERTY APPLES. SOME GROWERS OF SODA WILL START PLANTING
TRIUMPH APPPLE TREES THIS
SPRING. SO WATCH OUT FOR THEM AT
STORES LATER THIS YEAR.
>> MINNESOTANS KNOW THIS TO BE
TRUE. BACKYARD ICE RINKS
ARE SPECIAL PLACES. SKATE
SCRAPING LAUGHTER ECHOING
NAMEING FAMILY TIME
AND COMMUNITY. BUT IN TONIGHT'S
LINEUP, TEN THOUSAND STOREIS
BOYD HUPERT ALSO SHOWS US THEY
CAN MEAN EVEN MORE VALENTINES
AND ROSES CAN SAY AFFECTION.
>> BUT IN POELE, MINNESOTA,
A BACKYARD HOCKEY RINK, WMAQ
SAYS, WELL , I'VE TRIED.
>> SEVEN PAIR ESCAPED TO THE
RINK WHERE BETH HARRISON MY
HANDS ARE GOING TO FALL OFF
DAUGHTER IHLEN AND SUNBURG CAN
BE FOUND. OH, GOOD. AT A TIME
IN THEIR LIVES, THEY HAVE NEVER
FELT MORE LOST.
>> I FEEL A LOT
OF RESPONSIBILIT FOR MY FAMILY
.HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST DAD
EVER. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FOR HIS
KIDS.
KIDS.
KIDS. >>
KIDS. >> BETH'S HUSBAND BRAD, THE KIND
OF DAD WHO DESIGNED A LUGE
COURSE FOR HIS CHILDREN, HOSTED
THEIR OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHTS
ABSOLUTLEY AND TALK IS RELUCTANT
WIFE INTO A BACK YARD RINK.
>> I WAS COMPLETELY AGAINST IT.
I DIDN'T WANT THE UPKEEP.
I DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT.
SO I SAID, FINE, YOU KNOW,
BUT I'M HANDS OFF.
>> BRAD, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS
ALL THIS WAS HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.
IT WAS A WAY FOR HIM TO SPEND
TONS OF TIME WITH THE KIDS.
THE HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY PLAYER
TURNED HOCKEY COACH TO HIS KIDS,
BUILT BOTH AHRENDT AND THE LIFE
OF WHICH HE DREAMED TILL
EVERYTHING CAME APART.
>> HE WAS DIAGNOSED JANUARY 21ST
OF TWENTY TWENTY OF SMALL CELL
CARCINOMA, THE PROSTATE BETH HAD
WRONGLY THOUGHT SHE'D PRE-PAID
HER FAMILY'S CANCER. DUSE, AFTER
HER OWN BATTLE WITH STAGE THREE
BREAST CANCER THREE YEARS
EARLIER, A BATTLE HER HUSBAND
COULDN'T WIN. BETH AND BRAD
SPENT ALL OF LAST SUMMER AT
A LAKESIDE CAMPSITE MAKING
MEMORIES WITH THEIR CHILDREN
BEFORE SHARING WITH THEM WHAT
FALL WOULD BRING.
>> WE JUST HELD THEM AND TRIED
TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS,
BUT IT WAS THE HARDEST THING
I'VE EVER HAD TO DO.
>> ALSO HARD FOR BETH'S HUSBAND,
WHO RECORDED FOR HIS WIFE
AND KIDS THIS VIDEO.
>> I HOPE THAT , YOU KNOW, THEY
CAN WHERE THEY CAN BE OK, DOMMAN
AND YOU JUST WARBA A LOT. THAT'S
GOING TO BE HARD.
>> BRAD'S HOCKEY FRIENDS ASKED
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THEY COULD
DO. YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
>> THE ONLY THING THAT I
COULDN'T DO MYSELF WAS THIS
KRINKE ALL THAT NEEDED TO SAY
WE'RE A TIGHT KNIT GROUP OSAKIS
ENWS FOR THIS TIGHT KNIT GROUP
TO SHOW UP . NOVEMBER 1ST STUDY
BRADS HENDRUM BLUEPRINT'S
AND THE SYMBOL IS KRINKE 12 DAYS
BEFORE HE DIED, BARELY ABLE
TO GET TO HIS BEDROOM WINDOW,
BRAD LOOKED OUT AND SAW LOVE.
>> SO THIS TIME OF YEAR WAS ONE
OF DAD'S FAVORITES OBVIOUSLY.
YEAH. NOW A SEASON LATER AND HE
LOVED TO SKATE WITH YOU GUYS.
HIS WIFE AND KIDS ARE BRINGING
BRAD BACK TO HIS PLACE.
>> OK, IT WAS A WAY TO KEEP BRAD
WITH THE KIDS FOR A LITTLE BIT
LONGER. BRAD'S KRINKE NOW
LOVINGLY TENDED BY THE HALF
OF HIS MARRIAGE THAT ONCE HADN'T
WANTED. HE WOULD BE VERY PROUD
THAT I DID IT AND HE WOULD KNOW
THAT I DID IT FOR THE KIDS JUST
LIKE HE WOULD HAVE THREE MONTHS
SINCE BRAD'S DAD THAT HER KIDS
AND AN ASSORTMENT OF FRIENDS
SPEND EVERY FREE MINUTE ON THE
ICE CONFIDENT IF THEY ARE HERE.
CAN I ALSO FIND IT WAS THEN BRAD
IS HERE TO YOUR FAMILY. HE WAS
THE BEST DAD. HE REALLY POITN
KARE 11 MEEL. OK, WE GOING
TO HELP ME SO BETH HAS BEEN
SHARING HER EXPERIENCE WITH HER
BREAST CANCER AND LOSING HER
HUSBAND IN A BLOG AND YOU'LL
FIND A LINK ALONG WITH THE