>> HI AND WELCOME TO "IN
WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK MEET A FAMILY THAT
HEADS TO GREEN LAKE COUNTY EACH
YEAR FOR A TREASURED GET
TOGETHER WITH EACH OTHER AND
THESE COWS.
FIND OUT HOW THIS WAUNAKEE
WOMAN IS COUNTING ON A MAN SHE
BARELY KNOWS TO SAVE HER LIFE.
THE SAND IS ALIVE WITH MUSIC
FOUND IN THE APOSTLE ISLANDS
PLUS DO BIRD HOUSES AND
BOOKSHELVES COME TO MIND WHEN
YOU THINK OF HIGH SCHOOL WOOD
SHOP PROJECTS?
A GROUP OF DARLINGTON STUDENTS
IS MOVING BEYOND THAT AND
THINKING BIG, REALLY BIG "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, WHO
BRING SAFE, RELIABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS
AND LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, OFFERING
ENERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER
CENTER.
COMPREHENSIVE AS DESIGNATED BY
THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
PROVIDING CANCER RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND TREATMENT FOR
PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.
UW CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER
CENTER, CANCER CARE FOR THE
GREATER GOOD AND BY THE ANIMAL
DENTAL CENTER OF MILWAUKEE AND
OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.
>> FAMILY TRADITIONS SHAPE WHO
WE ARE.
MAYBE YOU GREW UP SHARING A
SPECIAL HOLIDAY MEAL OR THERE
WAS A WELL-LOVED VACATION SPOT
THAT YOUR FAMILY RETURNED TO
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
OUR FIRST REPORT THIS WEEK DOES
FEATURE A FAMILY TRADITION THAT
INVOLVES A TRIP TO AN ISLAND
BUT AS LIZ KOERNER REPORTS,
IT'S LESS BUILDING CASTLES IN
THE SAND AND MORE OF A BOVINE
BEACH DAY.
EVEN THE YOUNGEST MEMBERS OF
THE ROWE FAMILY GET ALL DUDED
UP ON ONE SPECIAL DAY EACH
SPRING.
>> FROM MY EARLIEST MEMORIES
ARE COMING UP HERE WHEN I WAS
THREE, FOUR, FIVE YEARS OLD.
>> THE VERY LARGE EXTENDED ROWE
FAMILY HEADED BY DAVE AND CINDY
COME TOGETHER THIS TIME OF YEAR
FOR AN UNUSUAL FAMILY GATHERING.
AND FAMILY IS WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT.
>> IT SEEMS TO GET BIGGER AND
BIGGER EVERY YEAR.
>> THEY CALL IT THE CATTLE
CROSSING AND IT IS LIKE NOTHING
YOU'LL SEE ANYWHERE ELSE IN
WISCONSIN.
>> NOT MANY PEOPLE CROSS CATTLE
OUR WAY, THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> THE ROWE FAMILY, BROTHERS
AND SISTERS, AUNTS AND UNCLES
ALL LEND A HAND.
>> DENNIS, WHY DON'T YOU JUMP
ON FROM LUKE.
>> TO FERRY BEEF CATTLE ACROSS
A NARROW STRETCH OF WATER TO A
GRASSY ISLAND THEY OWN.
THE ISLAND STRADDLES THE
MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE COUNTY
LINE.
THE FAMILY RENTS THIS SUMMER
RANCH LAND TO A RANCHER WHO
TRUCKS 100 OF HIS ANIMALS FROM
THE STEVENS POINT AREA AND HOUR
AND A HALF AWAY.
SUNNY MARQUARD, THE CATTLE
OWNER, SAYS THE LONG DRIVE HAS
BECOME NECESSARY.
>> WHERE WE COME FROM, PASTURE
LAND IS HARD TO COME BY.
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF IT
AVAILABLE.
THERE IS A LOT OF LAND AROUND
BUT MOST OF IT DOESN'T HAVE
FENCES AND IN ORDER TO FENCE
IT, IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY
EXPENSIVE FOR A LOT OF THIS
GROUND SO GOOD CROPLAND
NOWADAYS, IT'S USED FOR
CROPLAND.
NOBODY IS GOING TO USE IT FOR
PASTURE.
>> THEY SEND THE CALVES ON THE
BARGE FIRST.
THAT WAY THEIR MOTHERS ARE
EAGER TO FOLLOW.
THEY USED TO JUST LET THE
CATTLE SWIM ACROSS TO THE
ISLAND BUT THE LAST TIME THEY
DID THAT THEY HAD A PROBLEM.
THE CATTLE FIGURED OUT THEY
COULD GET OFF THE ISLAND THE
SAME WAY THEY GOT ON.
>> THEY ENDED UP AT ACTUALLY A
NEIGHBOR'S FARM EATING CORN OUT
OF HIS CRIB.
>> THE BARGE ITSELF IS AN
INVENTION DREAMED UP AND
HANDCRAFTED BY THE ROWE FAMILY.
>> IT'S GOT 54, 55 GALLON DRUMS
UNDER IT.
I THINK WE HAVE IT FIGURED OUT
IT CAN HOLD 45,000 POUNDS.
>> IT'S THE JOB OF THE ATHLETIC
YOUNGER COUSINS ON TOP OF THE
BARGE TO HAUL ON THE OVERHEAD
CABLE.
ON THIS DAY THEY CAN CARRY ONLY
SEVEN COWS AT A TIME BECAUSE OF
WIND AND THE CURRENT MAKE THE
BARGE HARD TO MANEUVER.
>> BASICALLY WE HAVE TO KEEP
THE BARGE STRAIGHT.
WE'RE GETTING PUSHED BY THE
CURRENT AND IT WAS WINDY AND
IT'S ALWAYS TRYING TO PUSH THE
BARGE DOWNSTREAM.
WE HAVE TO KEEP IT SO IT KEEPS
LESS TENSION ON THAT AND KEEPS
IT STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE CORRALS.
THE GUYS AREN'T PULLING THE
BARGE ACROSS THE WATER ON THEIR
OWN NOW BUT THEY USED TO.
>> WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS
WE USED TO MANUALLY PULL THAT
BARGE ALL ACROSS THE RIVER AND
A FRIEND WHO LIVES IN THE AREA
SAID HOW ABOUT IF I PUSH YOU
GUYS ACROSS WITH A BOAT?
LIGHT BULB GOES ON AND IT
SOUNDED GOOD.
>> EVEN WITH A MOTOR BOAT IT'S
HARD WORK FOR THE GUYS ON TOP.
GREG ROWE EXPLAINS WHY HE KEEPS
COMING BACK.
>> IT'S A GREAT WEEKEND.
>> GOOD FOR THE FAMILY.
IT'S LIKE THE ISLAND IS THE
THING THAT KEEPS OUR FAMILY
CLOSE.
EVERY WEEKEND EVERY SUMMER
WE'RE UP HERE AND CATTLE MOVE
WEEKEND IS JUST OUR FUN,
SPECIAL REALLY WEIRD ACTIVITY
THAT WE DO TOGETHER.
>> THERE ARE 17 COUSINS IN THE
ROWE FAMILY.
SOME TRAVEL UP TO FIVE HOURS TO
HELP OUT WITH THE CATTLE
CROSSING.
SOME EVEN GO TO EXTREMES.
>> THEY SAID MY NAME, I WALKED
ACROSS THE STAGE, KEPT WALKING
UNTIL I GOT TO MY CAR AND GOT
TO THE ISLAND AS FAST AS I
COULD.
>> WHY?
>> IT'S MY FAMILY.
I LOVE THIS.
>> AFTER MANY, MANY TRIPS TO
THE ISLAND, ALL THE MOTHERS ARE
REUNITED WITH THEIR CALVES AND
THEN THEY OPEN THE GATE OF THE
HOLDING CORRAL AND THE CATTLE
HEAD FOR HIGH PASTURE.
IT'S BEEN ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL
ROWE FAMILY CATTLE CROSSING.
>> IT'S GREAT.
IT'S GREAT.
WE LOVE DOING IT EVERY YEAR AND
COMING UP HERE.
IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE FOR OUR
ENTIRE FAMILY.
WE LOVE COMING UP HERE.
>> AFTER THE CATTLE CROSSING,
ONE YOUNG MOTHER DECIDED SHE
HAD HAD ENOUGH OF THE ISLAND
LIFE AND SWAM BACK TO THE MAIN
LAND.
BUT THE ROWES QUICKLY ROUNDED
HER UP AND FERRIED HER BACK TO
THE ISLAND REUNITING HER WITH
HER FORLORN CALF.
WISCONSIN'S AIRPORTS COULD BE
BUSIER THAN USUAL THIS WEEKEND
AS SCIENTISTS FROM AROUND THE
GLOBE DESCEND ON MADISON FOR
THE WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
WISCONSIN IS AT THE EPICENTER
OF STEM CELL RESEARCH DUE TO UW
MAD'S DISCOVERY OF THE CELLS
TEN YEARS AGO.
NOW WORK GOES ON TRYING TO
TRANSLATE RESEARCH INTO CURES
OR TREATMENTS FOR DISEASES.
IT COULD LEAD TO LIFESAVING --
THIS WOMAN LIVES LIFE NOW BUT
HAS A VERY UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
FREDERICA FREYBERG REPORTS.
>> LAURA SOWINSKI FILLS THE
SCHOOL HALLWAYS WITH HER
ENERGY, SUPERCHARGED FRIENDLY
AND PUMPED FOR THE DAY.
TO HER STUDENTS SHE'S MS.
SOWINSKI, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
AT WAUNAKEE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> I'M HERE AT 7:30 IN THE
MORNING AND DON'T HEAD OUT
UNTIL 5:00 WHEN THE DAY IS DONE.
>> NOT THAT HER DAY IS DONE
THEN.
SHE ALSO HAS THREE YOUNG
CHILDREN AT HOME.
SO WHEN DOCTORS DIAGNOSED THIS
SUPER MOM WITH MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS IN 2001, IT THREW HER
FOR A LOOP.
>> MY INITIAL REACTION WAS
DEVASTATION.
I THOUGHT HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY
BE ME?
>> IT SOON BECAME CLEAR THIS
WAS THE NEW HER.
>> A NUMBNESS IN MY LEGS AND
TINGLING AND THEN I STARTED
HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH MY
VISION.
>> HER MS IS THE RELAPSING AND
REMITTING TYPE.
UNPREDICTABLE.
THIS PAST SUMMER IT FLARED.
SHE HAD DIFFICULTY WALKING,
SPEAKING.
>> IT WAS VERY SCARY AND IT PUT
ME IN TEARS.
SOMETIMES IT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL
AS THOUGH THERE WAS NOT A WHOLE
LOT THAT I COULD DO TO HELP
MYSELF.
>> IT IS A DISEASE WHERE THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM ATTACKS ITSELF
AND THAT'S WHEN THE SCARS
APPEAR ON YOUR CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM.
WHEN YOU HAVE SCARRING ON THAT
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IT IS
LIKE HAVING A BREAK IN A WIRE.
THE MESSAGES FROM YOUR BRAIN
THROUGHOUT YOUR BODY GET
DISTORTED OR REDIRECTED.
>> COLLEEN KALT OF THE MS
SOCIETY SAYS ITS MISSION IS TO
END THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF
THE DISEASE.
TOWARD THAT THE SOCIETY HAS
PUMPED $15 1/2 MILLION INTO NEW
RESEARCH INCLUDING UW-MADISON.
UW SCIENTISTS ARE AMONG FOUR
TEAMS ACROSS THE WORLD WORKING
WITH THIS GRANT MONEY TO
RESTORE FUNCTION IN MS PATIENTS.
WORKING TO FIND WAYS TO REPAIR
NERVE FIBERS THAT ARE DAMAGED
BY MS.
THIS IS OF URGENT INTEREST
EVERYWHERE, BUT ESPECIALLY IN
THIS STATE WHERE THERE IS
HEIGHTENED INCIDENCE OF MS.
>> WE HAVE HERE IN WISCONSIN
ONE IN 500 PEOPLE IN THE STATE
HAVE THE DISEASE COMPARED TO,
FOR EXAMPLE, ONE IN 10,000 IN
TEXAS.
>> IT'S THOUGHT THAT THE
GENETIC PRE-DISPOSITION TO MS
AND THE LACK OF VITAMIN D IN
SUNLIGHT MAKE PEOPLE IN
NORTHERN CLIMATES MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DISEASE.
GIVEN THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF MS
IN WISCONSIN AND THE
CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF
FAMILIES HOPING AND WAITING FOR
A CURE, IT IS FITTING, PERHAPS,
THAT UW IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF
SUCH SCIENCE.
BUT IMPORTANT PARTS OF THAT
SEARCH INVOLVE USING
EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS AND
EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS IS
CONTROVERSIAL.
>> THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
FUND RESEARCH BUT NOT THIS
PARTICULAR TYPE OF RESEARCH
HAVE EVERY OPTION TO FUND THE
TYPE OF RESEARCH WE WANT.
SO LESS THAN 3% OF OUR CURRENT
RESEARCH BUDGET IS USED FOR
STEM CELL RESEARCH.
>> WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE --
>> SCIENTISTS IN THIS LAB ARE
DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES FOR CELL
TRANSPLANTS THAT COULD REPAIR
AND PROTECT THE NERVOUS SYSTEMS
OF PEOPLE WITH MS.
NERVOUS SYSTEMS DAMAGED BY THE
DISEASE.
>> MY HOPE AND MY FERVENT HOPE
IS THE WORK WE'RE DOING RIGHT
NOW WILL TRANSLATE INTO
CLINICAL THERAPY AND HELP
IMPROVE THE FUNCTION OF PEOPLE
WITH MS.
THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE
FRUITS OF OUR LABORS OVER THE
YEARS INTO CREATING FUNCTIONAL
IMPROVEMENT.
I THINK WE'RE CLOSE.
THE IDEAS ARE THERE, WE'VE DONE
THIS EXPERIMENTALLY IN ANIMALS.
THE RESULTS ARE GOOD FROM OUR
LAB AND ELSEWHERE SO THERE IS
LOTS OF PROMISE.
>> DUNCAN SAYS THE FIRST PHASE
OF HUMAN TRIALS COULD BEGIN IN
ABOUT TWO YEARS.
>> I DON'T WANT TO OFFER FALSE
HOPE BUT I DO WANT TO OFFER
SOME HOPE AND SAY THAT WE'RE
MAKING PROGRESS THAT IS
SUFFICIENTLY GREAT RATE.
>> WHAT KIND OF PROMISE DOES
HIS RESEARCH HOLD?
>> HOPE.
>> HOPE AND NEW PHARMACEUTICAL
TREATMENTS ARE ABOUT ALL THAT
PEOPLE WITH MS HAVE TO HOLD
ONTO FOR NOW.
>> IF THE COURSE OF THIS
DISEASE CONTINUES TO AFFECT ME
THE WAY IT HAS THE LAST TEN
YEARS IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW
HOW EFFECTIVE I WILL BE AS A
MOTHER AND AS A PROFESSIONAL
AND AS A SPOUSE IN THE GOAL
THAT I HAVE FOR LIFE.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO AN
UNCERTAIN FUTURE, PEOPLE LIKE
LAURA SOWINSKI HOLD OUT FOR THE
ILLUSIVE CURE.
>> I DO HOPE THERE WILL BE A
CURE FOR THIS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE BEST OF
LIFE AND ITS OPPORTUNITIES.
>> THIS EDUCATOR SAYS WHILE SHE
WATCHES AND WAITS FOR TODAY'S
RESEARCH TO BRING NEW ANSWERS,
SHE'S ALSO PINNING HER HOPES ON
THE NEXT GENERATION OF
SCIENTISTS AND DOCTORS WHO SHE
SAYS SHE PASSES IN THE HALLS
EVERY DAY.
>> KELLY, COME TELL ME ABOUT
YOUR GAME TONIGHT.
REEDSBURG?
>> DR. DUNCAN IS AMONG THE
PANELISTS WHO WILL DISCUSS
SPECIFIC DISEASES AT THE WORLD
STEM CELL SUMMIT.
YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE SUMMIT ON OUR WEBSITE
AT wpt.org/inwisconsin.
OTHER PANELS AT THE EVENT WILL
INCLUDE THOSE ON CANCER,
DIABETES, PARKINSON'S AND ALS.
THERE IS ALSO A PUBLIC DAY OF
SCIENCE OUTREACH CALLED LAB ON
THE LAKE.
OUR NEXT REPORT TAKES US TO THE
SOUTHWESTERN PART OF OUR STATE
TO THE TOWN OF DARLINGTON.
THAT'S WHERE RICHARD ANDERSON'S
WOOD SHOP CLASS IS TURNING OUT
SOME HEAVY DUTY PROJECTS.
NOT BIRD HOUSES OR BOOKSHELVES
LIKE MOST SHOP CLASSES.
NO, THESE STUDENTS ARE THINKING
BIG AND THEIR WORK JUST MAY
TURN LAFAYETTE COUNTY INTO A
TOURIST DESTINATION.
>> STUDENTS IN WOOD SHOP
TRADITIONALLY END THE YEAR WITH
A PROJECT.
>> MY PROJECTS WERE JUST
SMALLER LIKE BOOKSHELVES, A
CABINET.
>> I DID A GAZEBO MY FRESHMAN
YEAR.
>> THOSE PROJECTS WERE DONE
BEFORE DARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL'S
WOOD TECH TEACHER, RICHARD
ANDERSON, PITCHED AN IDEA
THAT'S ON ITS WAY TO BECOMING A
DARLINGTON HIGH TRADITION.
WHAT, YOU ASK, WAS THIS CLASS
PROJECT?
WELL, THESE STUDENTS ARE
STANDING ON IT.
>> IT'S LIKE AN OLD ROAD HERE
OR SOMETHING.
>> ANDERSON SAYS IT BEGAN WITH
A VISIT FROM A LOCAL CONTRACTOR
BUILDING A CABIN JUST OUTSIDE
OF TOWN.
>> HE STOPPED IN AND ASKED IF
WE WOULD BUILD HIM A COVERED
BRIDGE.
>> WIEGEL OFFERED TO PAY FOR
THE MATERIALS IF ANDERSON'S
STUDENTS WANTED TO PURSUE IT AS
A CLASS PROJECT.
>> WHAT I ENVISIONED WAS A
SMALL ONE TO GO OVER A GARDEN,
TYPE STRUCTURE.
>> DID YOU HAVE ANY
RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS?
>> I FOUND THAT IF YOU THINK
THINGS OVER TOO MUCH MAYBE YOU
SPOIL IT.
>> PUT YOUR PIECE UP THAT YOU
CUT, THE PRACTICE ONE.
OKAY.
>> ANDERSON AND THE STUDENTS
DIDN'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT
BUILDING COVERED BRIDGES AT THE
TIME.
>> THIS IS GOING THE FLIP
AROUND AND GO UP LIKE THAT,
RIGHT?
>> THE STUDENTS SAY THEY USED
COMMON SENSE AND TRIED TO BUILD
IN A SAFETY MARGIN.
>> WE DIDN'T JUST THROW IT
TOGETHER AND SAY -- WE MADE
SURE WE HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF
JOINTS IN THE SAME PIECE.
WE MADE SURE THAT WE HAD THE
GREATEST SIZE OF LUMBER THAT WE
COULD GET IN EACH PIECE.
WITH THE CROSS MEMBERS AND WITH
ALL THE TRUSSES UP HERE IT
MAKES IT STRONGER AS WELL.
EACH BOTTOM BEAM THAT WE MADE
IS 1,000 POUNDS APIECE.
>> I THINK AFTER WE PLACED THIS
ONE AND SET IT DOWN IT SEEMED
LIKE THAT COULDN'T BE THE END
OF THE PROCESS.
IT NEEDED TO BE THE BEGINNING.
>> AND IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF
AN ANNUAL EFFORT.
AS THE 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR
DREW TO A CLOSE BRIDGE NUMBER
TWO WAS NEARING COMPLETION IN
THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT.
ASKED ABOUT LESSONS LEARNED
FROM BRIDGE NUMBER ONE, THE
STUDENTS OFFERED ONE WORD.
>> ANGLES LIKE YOU SAW TODAY.
WE STILL HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEM.
>> ANGLES ARE A BIG ONE.
>> EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE
ARE ANGLES.
TRUSSES, WALLS STICK OUT 11
DEGREES.
>> THE PLANNING OF BRIDGE
NUMBER TWO WAS A LITTLE MORE
SOPHISTICATED.
>> WE MAINLY STARTED THIS YEAR
WITH LOAD TESTING.
WE DID LOAD TESTING THIS YEAR.
WE WENT OVER TO UW-PLATTEVILLE
AND USED SOME MACHINES TO TEST
SOME DIFFERENT KIND OF DESIGNS
OF BEAMS FOR UNDER THE FLOOR.
>> THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF
ANGLES IN BRIDGE NUMBER TWO.
THE STUDENTS ARE FITTING THE
BOARDS WHICH WILL TRIM THE
GABLES OF THE ROOF.
THE GABLES STRETCH OUTWARD.
THE BOARDS MEET WITH A COMPOUND
ANGLE SLANTING IN TWO DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS.
>> THAT'S THE OBTUSE ANGLE.
>> GEOMETRY WORD.
LET ME GET MR. COHEN.
SHOW ME WHAT YOU HAD SET THERE
FIRST.
>> THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN
BUILDING BRIDGES HASN'T BEEN
THE CUTTING, THE DRILLING OR
THE HAMMERING.
IT'S BEEN THE THINKING.
>> THE THINKING WAS REALLY HARD.
MR. ANDERSON DID A LOT OF THAT.
HE'S REALLY GOOD AT THAT AND
HE'S TRYING TO TEACH US TO DO
THE SAME THING, WHICH THAT'S
ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T
ENJOYED TO DO BUT WE AT LEAST
ATTEMPT IT, MOST OF THE
PROBLEMS HE THROWS OUR WAY.
>> I SUPPOSE ONE OF YOU GUYS
WERE THINKING OF THIS ALREADY
UNTIL YOU SAID IF THAT EDGE IS
NO GOOD THEN WHY DON'T WE MAKE
A NEW EDGE?
>> AFTER THE BOARDS ARE CUT,
THE STUDENTS LIFT THEM INTO
PLACE.
>> ONE OF THESE CUT BACKWARDS.
>> THERE, YEAH, TAKE THIS ONE
DOWN.
>> LET IT DOWN TO ME.
>> ONE STUDENT SUMMED IT UP
SAYING THEY LEARNED THAT THERE
IS A LOT MORE TO IT.
I THINK WE TEND TO OVERSIMPLIFY
A LOT OF STUFF.
IT GOES BOTH WAYS.
PROBABLY STUDENTS THINK THAT
LIFE IS PRETTY EASY AND THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING LIFE
THINK THAT GOING TO SCHOOL A
PRETTY EASY AND I THINK THERE
IS A MOVEMENT IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS.
>> IN A BALLET OF BOBCATS
BRIDGE NUMBER TWO WAS LIFTED
INTO THE AIR AND SETTLED ONTO A
FLATBED TRAILER.
IT THEN MADE THE SHORT TRIP TO
DARLINGTON'S NEW INDUSTRIAL
PARK.
THERE A CRANE PLACED BRIDGE
NUMBER TWO ON FOOTINGS SPANNING
A STORM WATER CHANNEL.
IT WILL BE PART OF A FOOT PATH
CONNECTING THE BUILDINGS.
IN A FEW WEEKS, WORK WOULD
BEGIN ON BRIDGE NUMBER THREE.
IT WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE
AS THIS ONE AND WILL GO IN ONE
OF DARLINGTON'S CITY PARKS.
IN THE LONG TERM DICK ANDERSON
TALKS ABOUT HIS DREAM PROJECT.
HE CALLS IT THE BIG BRIDGE.
OVER 50 FEET LONG SPANNING THE
PECATONIC RIVER RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN DARLINGTON.
>> HOW BIG IS THE MARKET FOR
COVERED BRIDGES?
>> IT'S YET TO BE SEEN.
WE THINK THAT EVERY GOLF COURSE
NEEDS ONE, EVERY COUNTY SHOULD
HAVE A COUPLE ALSO.
>> RICHARD ANDERSON TELLS US
THAT BRIDGE NUMBER THREE WILL
PRESENT AN ADDED CHALLENGE FOR
HIS STUDENTS.
UNLIKE THE FIRST BRIDGES WHICH
WERE BUILT WITH MODERN
TECHNIQUES, THIS YEAR'S BRIDGE
WILL BE BUILT USING TRADITIONAL
MORTISE AND TENON JOINTS HELD
TOGETHER WITH WOODEN PEGS.
NEXT UP A MUSICAL OF SORTS.
THIS IS WITHIN THE SANDS OF THE
APOSTLE ISLANDS ON A VERY
SPECIAL BEACH.
JOIN REPORTER JO GARRETT AS SHE
LEARNS THE SECRET BEHIND THE
SINGING SANDS OF JULIAN BAY.
>> THERE ARE COUNTLESS REASONS
TO COME HERE TO THE APOSTLE
ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE.
IT'S A PLACE OF CLEAR BLUE
WATERS AND WIDE OPEN SKY.
IT HAS SOME OF THE MOST WILD
AND PRISTINE TERRITORY IN
WISCONSIN.
TERRITORY THAT, IN TURN,
PROVIDES SOME OF THE BEST
BIRDING AND WILDLIFE WATCHING
IN THE STATE.
BUT BOB AND PEGGY HOM OF DULUTH
WERE DRAWN IF BY A DIFFERENT
SIREN SONG.
THIS COUPLE CAME TO STOCKTON
ISLAND SPECIFICALLY TO JULIAN
BAY FOR THE SINGING SANDS.
>> HE WANTED SEA CAVES AND I
WANTED THE SINGING SANDS.
>> NEIL HOWK.
>> THERE ARE SPECIFIC
CHARACTERISTICS THAT YOU HAVE
TO HAVE IN A BEACH SAND FOR IT
TO MAKE SOUNDS.
>> WE'RE FROM DULUTH.
IT'S DIFFERENT SAND THAN THIS.
YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
>> THE SANDS OF JULIAN BAY ARE
DIFFERENT AND RELATIVELY RARE.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT ONLY 10 TO
20% OF BEACHES WORLDWIDE HAVE
WHAT SCIENTISTS CALL SINGING
PROPERTIES.
>> IT CAN BE CALLED WHISTLING
SAND OR WHISPERING SAND OR
BARKING SANDS.
>> IT TAKES A BIT OF TECHNIQUE
TO MAKE THE SAND SING.
HOWK DEMONSTRATES.
>> IF YOU JUST KIND OF -- THERE.
>> YEAH.
YOU HEAR THAT SQUEAK?
>> YOU SURE CAN.
>> IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY IT
SOUNDS LIKE SHINE ON HARVEST
MOON.
>> VERY CLOSELY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> OKAY, IT'S NOT THE NEW YORK
PHILHARMONIC OR EVEN HARVEST
MOON.
>> SOUNDS LIKE KORDUROY PANTS.
>> THERE IS MORE TO SINGING
SANDS THAN MEETS THE EAR.
>> IS IT A PARTICULAR TIME, A
PARTICULAR TIME OF YEAR OR DAY
BETTER THAN THE OTHER?
>> THEY HAVE TO CLEAR THEIR
THROAT FIRST.
>> I HOOKED UP WITH HOWK TO GET
THE SCORE.
>> WHAT MAKES THE SOUND IS THE
SAND GRAINS RUBBING TOGETHER
LIKE HAVING A BAG OF GLASS
MARBLES PUSHING THEM AROUND.
YOU CAN EITHER WALK ON IT OR
JUST MOVE IT BACK AND FORTH
WITH YOUR HAND AND THAT GETS
THE GRAINS TO SLIDE PAST ONE
ANOTHER AND ELICIT THAT
HIGH-PITCHED SOUND.
SOMETIMES IT'S CALLED
SQUEAKING, SINGING OR
WHISPERING.
>> TOO COOL.
IT MAKES YOUR HANDS CLEAN, TOO.
>> ANOTHER FACTOR IN MAKING
BEACH-BASED MUSIC IS THE SHAPE
OF THE BEACH ITSELF.
JULIAN BAY IS PERFECT.
THIS MILE AND A HALF LONG CURVE
SERVES AS A KIND OF CONVEYOR
BELT TO MOVE AND WORK AND
REWORK THE SAND.
>> WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL LONG
CRESCENT-SHAPED BEACH AND THE
SAND IS TRAPPED HERE.
IT IS NOT ERODING OUT INTO THE
LAKE VERY FAST AND IT MOVES
BACK AND FORTH UP AND DOWN THE
BEACH AND IT IS THAT ROLLING UP
AND DOWN THE BEACH THAT ROUNDS
THE SAND GRAINS AND THAT'S
IMPORTANT TO BEING ABLE TO
PRODUCE THE SOUND.
>> JUST AS CRITICAL IS THE KIND
OF SAND.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BEACH
SAND HERE AT JULIAN BAY YOU
NOTICE THAT IT'S VERY LIGHT IN
COLOR AND ABOUT 90% OF THIS IS
QUARTZ, WHICH IS MOSTLY MADE OF
SILICA JUST LIKE GLASS.
SO BY THE TIME THE SAND HAS
COME THIS FAR DOWN THE BEACH
THE WIND AND WAVE ACTION HAS
ROUNDED ALL THE SAND GRAINS,
IT'S WORN AWAY A LOT OF THE
LIGHTER MATERIAL SO IT LEAVES
THE QUARTZ AND IT ALSO HAS
SORTED THE MATERIAL SO ALL
THESE SAND GRAINS ARE VERY
SIMILAR IN SIZE.
SO THE SIMILAR SIZE, THE
ROUNDED NATURE OF THE SAND
GRAINS AND THE HIGH PERCENTAGE
OF QUARTZ ARE THE THREE THINGS
THAT COME TOGETHER TO CREATE
THE SOUND THAT THE SAND MAKES
WHEN THE SAND GRAINS RUB
TOGETHER.
>> THIS SONG IS SPECIAL.
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO STAY ON
THE CHARTS FOREVER.
GEOLOGICALLY SPEAKING.
>> THE APOSTLE ISLANDS ARE
TEMPORARY THINGS.
WE LOOK AT THEM AND WE THINK
THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS LOOKED THIS
WAY AND THEY'VE ONLY BEEN HERE
FOR A FEW THOUSAND YEARS AND
THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING
ERODED AWAY.
THE LAKE ACTION, THE WIND AND
THE WAVES IS CONSTANTLY
CHIPPING AWAY AT THE ISLAND AND
BREAKING OFF PIECES AND WASHING
IT OUT AND FILLING UP LAKE
SUPERIOR.
IF YOU WERE HERE 100 YEARS AGO
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST
ONE MORE APOSTLE ISLAND.
THERE WAS ONE CALLED STEAMBOAT
ISLAND ON THE WEST SIDE.
A WINTER STORM AROUND THE TURN
OF THE CENTURY WASHED IT AWAY.
>> SINGING SANDS FACE ANOTHER
THREAT.
IT'S MUCH MORE IMMEDIATE.
WHEN THERE IS TOO MUCH ORGANIC
MATTER IN THE WATER IT CAN CLOG
THE SAND AND DEGRADE THE
SINGING QUALITIES.
SINGING SAND BEACHES AROUND THE
WORD HAVE BEEN SILENCED BY
POLLUTION.
SO MUSICAL SANDS ARE LIKE A
CANARY IN A COAL MINE AND THIS
SONG SPEAKS TO THE HEALTH AND
THE CLARITY OF THE WATERS OF
LAKE SUPERIOR.
NEIL HOWK EXPLAINED THE SECRETS
BEHIND JULIAN BAY'S SINGING
SAND BUT STOCKTON ISLAND IS
NOTABLE FOR A TOMBOLO.
WHAT IS THAT?
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE TO HEAR
HOWK'S EXPLANATION.
ONCE THERE YOU'LL FIND OTHER
LINKS FOR THIS WEEK'S REPORTS
AND MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN NEXT
TIME WHEN WE SHOW YOU HOW
DESIGNING A HIKING TRAIL IS
MORE THAN CREATING JUST A
PRETTY PATH.
WE'LL ALSO HIT THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL WITH SOME APPLETON
CANDIDATES WHO ARE PART OF A
TIGHT RACE FOR PARTY CONTROL OF
OUR STATE GOVERNMENT.
FIND OUT WHAT'S AT STAKE.
AND WISCONSIN ISN'T ONLY KNOWN
FOR ITS MICROBREWS ANYMORE.
WINE IS ON THE MENU WHEN WE
HEAD OUT TO THE FALL HARVEST.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH MORE SCENES
FROM STOCK TON ISLAND.
I'M PATTY LOEW AND WE'LL SEE
YOU NEXT TIME.
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, WHO
BRING SAFE, RELIABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOOD AND
LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, OFFERING
ENERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER
CENTER, COMPREHENSIVE AS
DESIGNATED BY THE NATIONAL
CANCER INSTITUTE PROVIDING
CANCER RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN, UW CARBONE
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER,
CANCER CARE FOR THE GREATER
GOOD.
AND BTHE ANIMAL DENTAL CENTER
OF MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH, A
VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.