>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "IN
WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK WE HEAD TO LINCOLN
COUNTY TO DISCOVER WHY
DESIGNING A HIKING TRAIL IS
MORE THAN JUST CREATING A
PRETTY PATH.
WE'LL ALSO HIT THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL WITH SOME APPLETON
CANDIDATES WHO ARE PART OF A
VERY TIGHT RACE FOR PARTY
CONTROL OF OUR STATE GOVERNMENT.
AND WISCONSIN ISN'T ONLY KNOWN
FOR BEER ANYMORE.
FINE WINE IS ON THE MENU WHEN
WE MAKE OUR WAY TO BROWN COUNTY
FOR THIS FALL HARVEST.
WE'LL ALSO TAKE A TOUR OF THE
POWELL MARSH WILDLIFE AREA IN
VILAS COUNTY, HOME TO A
STUNNING DISPLAY OF SOME OF THE
PRETTIEST WILDFLOWERS YOU'LL
FIND "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.
UW HEALTH, PROVIDING SPECIALTY
AND PRIMARY CARE FOR ALL AGES
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.
INFORMATION ON UW HEALTH
PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS AND ON
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
HOSPITAL AVAILABLE ON THE WEB.
UW HEALTH, HEALTHCARE 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.
>> IF YOU'VE LIVED HERE A
WHILE, YOU KNOW WISCONSIN IS
HOME TO MANY FABULOUS PLACES TO
ENJOY THE OUTDOORS.
ONE OF OUR BEST IS MORE THAN
1,000 MILES LONG, REALLY CURVY
AND ONE OF ONLY EIGHT FOUND IN
THE U.S.
IT'S THE ICE AGE NATIONAL
SCENIC TRAIL AND IT FOLLOWS THE
LEADING EDGE OF THE LAST
GLACIER THAT COVERED OUR STATE
SOME 10,000 YEARS AGO.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRAIL IS
STILL UNDERWAY AND IT GOES ON
YEAR ROUND.
BUT IT IS NO WEEKEND
BUSHWHACKING PROJECT AS
REPORTER JO GARRETT FOUND WHEN
SHE TOOK TO THE TRAIL WITH THE
PROJECT'S LEAD DESIGNER.
>> THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO TAKE
IN OUR STATE AND FOOT TRAVEL IS
ONE OF THE FINEST.
AND ONE OF OUR FINEST AND
CERTAINLY OUR LONGEST TRAIL IS
THE NATIONAL SCENIC ICE AGE
TRAIL.
IT WINDS FOR SOME 1200 MILES
ACROSS WISCONSIN.
HIKER TIM MALZAHN EXPLAINS.
>> IT REPRESENTS THE FURTHEST
ADVANCE OF A CONTINENTAL
GLACIER THAT ONLY RECEDED ABOUT
10,000 YEARS AGO.
>> WHAT WAS LEFT AFTER THAT
LAST GLACIER RETREATED IS A
GEOLOGICAL BONANZA.
WISCONSIN IS ONE OF THE BEST
PLACES IN THE WORLD TO VIEW THE
EFFECTS OF GLACIERS ON A
LANDSCAPE.
IT'S THE MISSION OF THE ICE AGE
TRAIL TO SHOWCASE THAT AMAZING
NATURAL STORY.
IN ADDITION, IT PROVIDES A
FABULOUS HIKE ACROSS OUR STATE.
>> SO I JUST WANTED TO EXPLORE
WISCONSIN.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER
WAY TO DO IT THAN WITH THE ICE
AGE TRAIL.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO FALL IN LOVE
WITH IT AND STILL BE INVOLVED
WITH IT 17 YEARS LATER.
BUT SO IT GOES.
>> MALZAHN HIKED THE WHOLE
TRAIL SOME 17 YEARS AGO.
BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THE WHOLE
TRAIL IS NOT ALL FINISHED TRAIL.
THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO HAVE
1200 MILES OF UNINTERRUPTED
SCENIC TRAIL.
SO FAR, THEY'VE FINISHED AROUND
600.
IN THOSE PLACES WHERE THE TRAIL
IS NOT FINISHED, THEY OFTEN
ROUTE IT ALONG LOCAL ROADS.
THE GOAL OF THE NON-PROFIT ICE
AGE PARK AND TRAIL FOUNDATION
IS TO REPLACE THOSE ROAD
SEGMENTS WITH REAL TRAIL.
TO THAT END, THEY'RE ALWAYS
ACQUIRING NEW LAND AND BUILDING
NEW TRAIL TO GET TO THAT 1200
MILE GOAL.
WHICH IS WHERE MALZAHN COMES IN.
>> LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
>> HIS WALK ABOUT HAS BECOME A
PROFESSIONAL VISION QUEST.
FOR HIKER MALZAHN IS NOW ONE OF
THE FOUNDATION'S FIVE PAID
STAFFERS AND HIS PRIMARY JOB IS
DESIGNING NEW TRAIL.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM ON TWO
VERY DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE
TRAIL.
THIS NEWLY COMPLETED SECTION IN
THE TIMBERLAND WILDERNESS IN
LINCOLN COUNTY AND HERE IN THE
HEART OF WINTER IN THE CITY OF
BARABOO WHERE HE'S
MID-DESIGNING.
MARKING, MAKING THE DECISIONS,
TONS OF DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE A
NEW CHUNK OF TRAIL WILL GO.
>> WHY NOW?
WHY WINTER?
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THERE
ARE ONLY EIGHT NATIONAL SCENIC
TRAILS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
SO WISCONSIN'S ICE AGE TRAIL IS
IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS THE
POWERHOUSE APPALACHIAN AND
PACIFIC CREST TRAILS.
>> WE'RE TO BE THE ELITE OF THE
NATIONAL TRAILS OF WHAT AMERICA
HAS TO OFFER FOR HIKING TRAILS.
>> SO THE STANDARDS ARE HIGH.
SO WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE
THIS KIND OF TRAIL?
>> A RULE OF THUMB IS 100 HOURS
OF TRAIL LAY-OUT AND DESIGN
TIME FOR A MILE OF TRAIL.
>> WHAT DOES MALZAHN SEE AND
WHAT DOES HE CONSIDER IN
CREATING TRAIL?
>> EVERYTHING FROM RAISED ROCK,
SOILS, GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY,
SLOPES, OFF-SITE PRESSURES.
OTHER USER GROUPS.
ARE THERE COMMERCIAL VENTURES,
LOGGING, MINING, AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION.
>> THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
MYRIADS OF ELEMENTS MALZAHN
MUST CONTEND WITH.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT,
OF COURSE, IS TO WIND THE TRAIL
PAST GLACIAL LANDFORMS LIKE
THIS ONE.
THIS IS IN KETTLE MORAINE STATE
PARK.
THE CHALLENGE IS TO WIDE THE
TRAIL PAST THOSE LANDFORMS THAT
TELL THE STORY OF GLACIAL
ACTION IN WISCONSIN AND DO IT
IN A WAY TO KEEP THE WALKER
LOOKING AT THE LANDFORMS AND
NOT AT THEIR FEET.
>> MY INTRODUCTION TO THE ICE
AGE TRAIL WAS AS A HIKER.
I'M LISTENING TO MY FEET IN
TERMS HOW I'M MOVING THROUGH
THE LANDSCAPE.
IT'S HOW THE FEET FEEL AS YOU
MOVE.
>> GREAT TRAIL ISN'T ABOUT THE
SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO
POINTS.
IT'S ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE AND
CURVES ARE WELCOME.
>> UNDUELATION AND MEANDER ARE
KEY TERMS THAT HELP TO PROVIDE
VARIETY, A SENSE OF
PLAYFULNESS, SURPRISE, MYSTERY
TO A TRAIL ALIGNMENT AND THAT'S
OUR MOVEMENT THROUGH THE
LANDSCAPE.
>> THE GOAL IS TO MOVE THE
WALKER THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE IN
THE MOST INTERESTING WAY
POSSIBLE TO AVOID WHAT TRAIL
DESIGNERS CALL PUD.
>> A PUD, IT'S AN POINTLESS UP
AND DOWN.
A VIEW SHED IS A SCENIC VIEW.
THIS IS A WINDOW HERE.
ONE OF THE GOALS WITH TRAIL
ALIGNMENT IS TO GO THROUGH
DIFFERENT ROOMS TO VARY THE
PACE THAT USERS WILL EXPERIENCE.
JUST AS YOU WOULD MOVE THROUGH
A BUILDING SAY IF I'M COMING
OVER TO YOUR HOUSE AND I COME
INTO THE ENTRANCE ROOM AND
THAT'S ONE EXPERIENCE, AND THEN
SAY WE GO TO THE KITCHEN,
THAT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE
OTHER FUNCTION.
>> THE GLASHERS CREATED MORE
THAN JUST THE VIEW SHEDS.
THEY ALSO CARVED OUT OUR
PHYSICAL RESOURCES.
AND THOSE RESOURCES HAVE SHAPED
OUR STATE'S SOCIAL HISTORY.
THAT'S PART OF THE ICE AGE
TRAIL, TOO.
>> WE HAVE THE GLACIAL
LANDFORMS AND A VERY RICH HUMAN
HISTORY THAT HAS NESTLED INTO
THE LAND OVER THE COURSE OF
MANY YEARS HERE TO INTERPRET.
>> HERE IS AN EXAMPLE.
THIS LOVELY BRIDGE THAT TIES
INTO OUR STATE'S RAIL AND
TIMBER HISTORY.
YOU'LL FIND IT ON THE
TIMBERLAND WILDERNESS SECTION
WAY BACK IN THE WOODS.
IT WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY
MALZAHN AND VOLUNTEERS.
>> THE TRAIL ROUTE THROUGH HERE
COMES OFF AN ICE WALL LAKE
PLAIN TO FORESTED HILLY
TOPOGRAPHY AND MEETS WITH WHAT
IS -- WHAT WE SEE IS A FORMER
NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD BED THAT
WAS USED AROUND THE TURN OF THE
CENTURY TO EXTRACT TIMBER FROM
THIS PART OF THE NORTHWOODS.
SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE TEAMS OF
HORSES AND MEN CREATING FIRST
THIS RAIL BED THROUGH THE
ENVIRONMENT THE EFFORT WAS
MIND-BOGGLING.
>> TO HONOR THAT HISTORY THEY
HANDCRAFTED THIS BRIDGE FROM
LOGS HARVESTED FROM THE NEARBY
FOREST.
EXTRA EFFORT TO MAKE THE
EXPERIENCE ON THE ICE AGE TRAIL
JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
>> THIS ADDS A LITTLE BIT MORE
SIZZLE TO IT.
>> NEARLY 20 YEARS AFTER HE
FIRST TRAVELED THIS TRAIL,
MALZAHN IS STILL LEAVING HIS
IMPRINT ON WISCONSIN'S ICE AGE
TRAIL.
>> IT'S AN ABSOLUTE GEM.
IT IS A TREASURE AND IT GIVES
BACK TO ME MORE THAN I THINK
WHAT I CAN EVER GIVE BACK TO IT.
SO I HOPE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE
ICE AGE TRAIL FOR ANOTHER 17 OR
27 YEARS OR HOWEVER LONG WE'VE
GOT LEFT TO WALK.
>> IF YOU HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE
AT wpt.org/inwisconsin, YOU'LL
FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE
TRAIL, INCLUDING MAPS.
YOU'LL ALSO FIND A REPORT THAT
SHOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ONE
OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO BUILD THE
TRAIL.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP SHAPE THE
TRAIL, OCTOBER 16-19 VOLUNTEERS
WILL BE WORKING ON BUILDING THE
BARABOO SECTION OF THE TRAIL
THAT JO MENTIONED IN HER REPORT.
YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ON HOW
TO PREREGISTER AS A VOLUNTEER
ON OUR WEBSITE.
OUR NEXT REPORT TAKES US FROM
THE HIKING TRAIL TO THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
THIS ELECTION YEAR THE BIGGEST
STORY IN STATE POLITICS IS THE
BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF OUR STATE
LEGISLATURE.
CURRENTLY BOTH THE ASSEMBLY AND
SENATE ARE HELD BY VERY NARROW
MARGINS AND DEPENDING ON
WHETHER THE DEMOCRATS OR
REPUBLICANS WIN THE MAJORITY IN
BOTH HOUSES, BOTH PARTIES HAVE
BIG LEGISLATIVE PLANS.
PLANS THAT WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT
THE LIVES OF EVERY WISCONSIN
CITIZEN.
REPORTER ART HACKETT TALKED
WITH PARTY LEADERS ABOUT WHAT
WE MIGHT EXPECT AND SPENT TIME
WITH TWO APPLETON CANDIDATES
FOR ASSEMBLY AS THEY TRANSLATED
THE PARTY MESSAGE INTO A PLEA
FOR VOTES.
>> HERE IS A WAVE.
HERE IS A WAVE AND A SMILE.
>> THE DAY AFTER THE PRIMARY
ELECTION LOCKED IN THE NOVEMBER
4th MATCHUPS THE CANDIDATES IN
APPLETON'S 57th STATE ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT WERE HITTING THE
STREETS.
PENNY BERNARD SCHABER.
>> I'M PENNY AND I'M RUNNING
FOR STATE ASSEMBLY.
>> THIS IS HER SECOND ATTEMPT
AT WINNING THE 57th DISTRICT.
>> I DECIDED TO RUN FOR THIS
OFFICE IN 2006.
I DID THAT WHEN I NOTICED THE
CURRENT INCUMBENT HAD NOT BEEN
OPPOSED FOR EIGHT YEARS AND I
DECIDED I DIDN'T LIKE THAT IDEA.
I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT WE
HAD CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
>> JO EGELHOFF IS THE
REPUBLICAN.
>> SHE'S RUNNING FOR THE
REPUBLICAN SEAT IN THE STATE
ASSEMBLY IN THE UPCOMING
ELECTION.
>> IN EGELHOFF'S CASE SHE WAS
ALSO HITTING THE RUNWAY
MODELING AN OUTFIT BEFORE A
WOMEN'S GROUP.
YOU HAVE TO GO WHERE THE VOTERS
ARE.
>> I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN MY
COMMUNITY FOR THE 17 YEARS
WE'VE BEEN HERE AND HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN POLICY MAKING BUT
MORE IMPORTANTLY HAVE WORKED
HARD FOR MY CONSTITUENTS AS A
CITY COUNCIL PERSON AND FOUGHT
FOR APPLETON'S TAXPAYERS AND IT
MADE COMPLETE SENSE TO CONSIDER
FIGHTING FOR APPLETON TAXPAYERS
IN MADISON AS WELL.
>> APPLETON'S 57th ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT IS ONE OF ABOUT A
DOZEN REPUBLICAN-HELD SEATS
DEMOCRATS HAVE THEIR EYE ON IN
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
IF JUST THREE OF THOSE SEATS
CAN BE FLIPPED FROM ONE PARTY
TO THE OTHER, DEMOCRATS WILL
HOLD CONTROL OF BOTH HOUSES OF
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
SINCE 1946, WE'VE REALLY HAD A
VERY COMPETITIVE TWO-PARTY
STATE.
>> POLITICAL SCIENTIST SAYS
IT'S BEEN RARE FOR ONE PARTY TO
CONTROL THE WISCONSIN STATE
HOUSE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
>> WE HAVE HAD THE SHIFT GOING
FROM ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER, THE
ASSEMBLY, THE SENATE, THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
>> IN THE 57th DISTRICT BOTH
CANDIDATES ARE VETERANS WHEN IT
COMES TO CIVIC ACTIVITY.
EGELHOFF IS A FORMER DIETITIAN
WHO SERVED 12 YEARS ON THE
APPLETON CITY COUNCIL.
SHE HAS A READY GROUP OF
SUPPORTERS TO HELP HER WITH HER
CAMPAIGN.
SCHABER IS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST
WHO HEADED THE SIERRA CHAPTER
IN THE FOX VALLEY.
>> WE COULD LOOK AT EXPANDING
RECYCLING CAPACITY.
>> THIS IS A MEETING OF THE
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS.
ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES SCHABER AND
EGELHOFF DRUM UP VOTES IN
APPLETON 100 MILES TO THE SOUTH
IN MADISON ASSEMBLY LEADERS
LIKE DEMOCRAT MARK POCAN MERGE
LOCAL RACES INTO A STATEWIDE
STRATEGY.
>> LITERALLY FROM THE LAST
ELECTION WE'VE BEEN RECRUITING
PEOPLE THAT WERE WELL-KNOWN IN
THEIR COMMUNITY WITH GOOD
CONNECTIONS AND GOOD POLITICS
AND HAVE BEEN WORKING AT IT
EVER SINCE.
>> HE HAS PUT TOGETHER A LIST
OF THE DISTRICTS HIS PARTY IS
TARGETING.
>> WHEN YOU FIND OUT THERE ARE
22 REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES
IN THEIR DISTRICT BOTH GOVERNOR
DOYLE AND RUSS FEINGOLD GOT A
MAJORITY OF VOTES WE CAN GET
SOME VOTES.
>> THE 57th DISTRICT IS HIGH ON
THAT LIST BECAUSE THERE IS NO
REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT.
ASSEMBLY SPEAKER MIKE HUEBSCH
IS THE REPUBLICAN COUNTERPART.
>> 25 TO 30 ARE IN PLAY AS FAR
AS SEATS WE COULD WIN, SEATS
THAT WE BOTH TO NEED AN EYE ON.
ONE THING I DON'T THINK THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD TO DO FOR
QUITE SOME TIME IS DEFEND SEATS
AND I PUT THOSE NUMBERS INTO MY
CALCULATIONS AS WELL.
THERE ARE ABOUT 8 TO 10 OF
THEIR SEATS THAT WE
LEGITIMATELY HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND WIN
AND SO WHILE I'M LOOKING AT THE
10 TO 12 TO 15 THAT I NEED TO
DEFEND, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT 10
AS WELL AS THREE OR FOUR OPENS
THAT I NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
>> THE PARTY LEADERS HAVE A
STAKE IN THE OUTCOME OF EACH OF
THE 99 LOCAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS.
HAVING THE MAJORITY MEANS YOU
CAN MOVE YOUR AGENDA DURING THE
BUDGET SESSION.
THE BUDGET IS THE ONE BILL THAT
IS ALMOST GUARANTEED TO BE A
PARTY LINE VOTE.
IF DEMOCRATS GAIN CONTROL OF
THE ASSEMBLY HERE IS WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO.
>> I THINK ONE WOULD BE JOB
CREATION IN A SMART WAY.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF GOING INTO
ALTERNATIVES IN GREEN ENERGY
AND THE JOBS THAT ARE CREATED
IN WISCONSIN.
INVESTING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
FOR CREATING NEW JOBS.
WE'VE HAD A BAD RECORD OF
HEALTHCARE IN THIS LEGISLATURE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AUTISM IS
COVERED AND EXPAND POOLS TO
SMALL BUSINESSES THAT MORE
BUSINESSES CAN OFFER HEALTH
INSURANCE AND I THINK
GOVERNMENT REFORM.
THE FACT THAT THIS LAST
LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS TO
UNPRODUCTIVE.
WE MET 25 DAYS.
FEWER THAN ANY STATE IN THE
COUNTRY.
GOT VERY LITTLE DONE.
>> HUEBSCH SAYS REPUBLICANS CAN
REFORM HEALTHCARE, TOO, WITHOUT
TAX INCREASES.
>> WE WORKED WITH THE GOVERNOR
ON SOME THINGS BECAUSE OF
BADGER CARE PLUS.
MAKING US ONE OF THE BEST
STATES IN THE NATION.
WE NEED TO GO FURTHER AND MAKE
SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES ARE
ABLE TO AFFORD THE HEALTHCARE
THAT THEY HAVE FOR THEIR
EMPLOYEES AND FOR THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS AND REALLY TURN OVER
MORE OF THE CONTROL OF THAT AND
DECISION MAKING TO THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE MAKING AND PAYING THE
BILLS.
>> IF JO EGELHOFF HOLDS THE FOR
THE FORT IT MAY NOT MEAN MUCH
IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.
>> THEY HAVE A DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR THEY HAVE TO FACE AND
IT IS NOT LIKELY EVEN IF THEY
TAKE OVER CONTROL THEY'RE GOING
TO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
OVERRIDE VETOES BUT THEY WILL
PUSH THE GOVERNOR ON TAXES, NO
QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
>> IF THE ELECTION OF PENNY
BERNARD SCHABER IN THE 57th
TURNS OUT TO BE THE ONE
DISTRICT THAT TIPS THE BALANCE
TOWARD THE DEMOCRATS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL
PROBABLY SEE IS HEALTHCARE
REFORM.
IT'S NOT THE GOVERNOR HAS A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPROACH
TO HEALTHCARE REFORM THAN SOME
OF THE LEGISLATORS DO BUT THERE
IS A MORE DEMOCRATIC KIND OF
APPROACH.
I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE ISSUES
IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENT.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE
CASE THE UNIVERSITY WILL FARE A
BIT BETTER.
>> AS THE CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN
THEY CARRY THEIR PARTY'S AGENDA
WITH THEM.
ON THE BULLET POINTS ON HER
FLYER SIX REFER TO TAXES.
>> THE LEADING ISSUE IS JOBS,
JOBS, ECONOMIC.
TO PROMOTE JOBS AND GROWTH IN
APPLETON AND THROUGHOUT THE
STATE MUST BE RIGHT.
AND WHEN THAT HAS TO DO WITH
TAXES AND THE REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT AND THE FISCAL
SITUATION IN MADISON, IT ALL
COMES BACK TO JOBS.
>> DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
SCHABER'S PROPER SURE MENTIONS
TAX RELIEF ONCE.
>> I THINK TAXES ARE AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE BUT I THINK
TAXES ARE TIED INTO ALL THE
OTHER ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AND
THAT BE HEALTHCARE AND JOBS AND
THE ECONOMY.
TAXES ARE PART OF THAT.
TAXES ARE NOT THE FULL REASON
THAT PEOPLE ELECT PEOPLE TO
OFFICE AND I THINK WE NEED TO
GET AWAY FROM THE FOCUS OF JUST
THE TAX SYSTEM BECAUSE WE HAVE
TO LOOK AT WHAT WE GET FOR OUR
TAXES AND HOW WE CAN BE A
STRONG COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF
WHAT WE GET FROM OUR TAXES.
>> SCHABER GOES INTO THE
GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN WITH
MORE THAN A TWO TO ONE
ADVANTAGE IN TERMS OF CASH ON
HAND.
BUT SINCE IT'S HARD TO CAMPAIGN
OVER THE TELEVISION AIRWAVES IN
AN AREA THE SIZE OF AN ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT THE CANDIDATES WILL
MAINLY BE RUNNING A GROUND
LEVEL CAMPAIGN KNOCKING ON
DOORS AND OTHERWISE GETTING
THEIR NAME OUT BEFORE THE
VOTERS.
>> YOU CAN FIND THE FULL UNCUT
INTERVIEWS ART DID WITH BOTH OF
THE APPLETON CANDIDATES, AS
WELL AS INTERVIEWS WITH
REPRESENTATIVES POCAN AND
HUEBSCH ON OUR WEBSITE.
AS THIS ELECTION YEAR CONTINUES
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND ALL OUR
ELECTION ISSUE REPORTS STREAMED
ON OUR SITE.
WE'RE APPROACHING FALL HARVEST
TIME WHICH MAY BRING VISIONS OF
FARMERS HARVESTING
WISCONSIN-GROWN CORN, SOYBEANS
OR WHEAT.
HOW ABOUT GRAPES?
AS REPORTER ANDY SOTH
DISCOVERED, WHILE OUR STATE HAS
BEEN KNOWN FOR ITS CHERRY AND
CRANBERRY-BASED WINES, MORE AND
MORE WISCONSIN WINE MAKERS ARE
NOW GROWING AND HARVESTING
THEIR OWN GRAPES.
>> IT'S A SUNNY FALL DAY AND
DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE TURNED
OUT FOR AN ANNUAL GRAPE HARVEST.
>> THESE PEOPLE COME AS
VOLUNTEERS.
THEY SIGN UP DURING THE YEAR.
THEY JUST WANT TO BE PART OF
OUR EXTENDED WINE FAMILY.
>> THAT FAMILY IS HEADED BY
STEVE DEBAKER.
>> THAT'S A NICE CLUSTER OF
GRAPES THERE.
>> OWNER OF TROUT SPRINGS
WINERY IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
WHEN HE FIRST PLANTED VINES IN
1995, DEBAKER SAYS HIS
NEIGHBORS THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY.
>> YOU'RE OUT THERE WITH YOUR
LITTLE DRILL AUGER AND AUGERING
THEM IN AND PLANTING ALL THESE
GRAPES AND PEOPLE NEXT TO THE
ROAD WOULD STOP AND GO WHAT IN
THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?
AND WHEN YOU TELL THEM WE'RE
PLANTING GRAPES, THEY LOOK AT
YOU LIKE YOU'RE FROM ANOTHER
PLANET.
YOU'RE DOING WHAT?
WHAT ARE YOU, NUTS?
>> NOW NEIGHBORS SHOW UP TO
BRING IN THE HARVEST.
>> PART OF WHAT THEY DO IS IN
THAT WINE.
WITHOUT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE
HELPING US TODAY, THERE IS NO
WAY THAT WE COULD -- THERE IS
NO WAY WE COULD GET ALL THIS
STUFF DONE TO MAKE THE WINE.
>> IT IS LABOR THESE VOLUNTEERS
GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR A MEAL AND
THE PRIDE OF HAVING THEIR OWN
LOCAL WINERY.
>> YOU KNOW IT'S FUNNY SINCE WE
STARTED PEOPLE WILL SAY,
THEY'LL BRING OTHER PEOPLE AND
SAY THIS IS OUR WINERY RIGHT IN
OUR BACK YARD.
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE CLAIMING IT
AS THEIR OWN.
>> THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A
WINERY IN YOUR BACKYARD IS
INCREASING IN WISCONSIN.
THERE ARE OVER 30 WINERIES
ACROSS THE STATE THAT MAKE UP
THE WISCONSIN WINERY
ASSOCIATION.
AND OF THOSE.
MORE THAN HALF HAD THEIR START
AFTER THE YEAR 2000.
MANY STATE WINERIES SPECIALIZE
IN FRUIT WINES USING APPLES,
CHERRIES AND CRANBERRIES.
SOME MAKE TRADITIONAL WINE BUT
USE GRAPES IMPORTED FROM
CALIFORNIA OR OTHER MORE
ESTABLISHED GROWING REGIONS.
BUT AN INCREASING NUMBER ARE
MAKING WINE PRIMARILY FROM
WISCONSIN-GROWN GRAPES.
SOMETHING GWEN SPURGEON HAS
DONE SINCE 1981.
>> WE'RE PRODUCING WINES FOR
MIDWESTERN TASTES.
>> SPURGEON HAS DONE WELL BY
CATERING FOR THE TASTE OF THE
STATE'S SWEETER WINES.
THEY DISTRIBUTE THEIR GOODS TO
RESTAURANTS AND LIQUOR STORES
THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
TROUT SPRINGS IS MUCH SMALLER.
SELLING PRIMARILY ON-SITE IN
ITS TASTING ROOM.
BOTH WINERIES ARE BENEFITING
FROM A RECENT CONSUMER TREND.
>> ONE OF THE KEY THINGS
NOWADAYS IS BUY LOCAL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT.
>> THAT WAS DELICIOUS.
>> QUIVY'S GROVE IN FITCHBURG
FEATURES A NUMBER OF WISCONSIN
WINES.
>> MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
BEING AWARE OF BUYING LOCAL AND
BUYING LOCAL PRODUCTS AND
STAYING CLOSER TO HOME AND JUST
REALIZING THAT IF WE CAN MAKE
WINE HERE AND IT'S GOOD, WHY
NOT DRINK THAT RATHER THAN
SOMETHING THAT IS BROUGHT IN
FROM ARGENTINA.
>> IT'S FROM A NEARBY WINERY.
THE ONLY STATE WINERY LOCATED
IN AN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED
WINE-GROWING AREA, AN AMERICAN
VITICULTURAL AREA, THE LAKE
WISCONSIN ADA.
NAMES LIKE NAPA AND SONOMA ARE
FAMOUS CALIFORNIA NAMES.
BUT WISCONSIN HAS JUST ONE.
DEBAKER WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIS
REGION RECEIVE AN AVA.
THEY SIT ON THE NIAGARA
ESCARPMENT.
IT GOES TO LAKE HURON.
A RECOGNIZED WINE GROWING
REGION IN ONTARIO AND UPSTATE
NEW YORK.
DEBAKER SAYS THAT GEOLOGY
CONTRIBUTES TO THE WINE'S
FLAVOR, WHAT THE FRENCH CALL IT.
>> THERE IS DOLOMITE, ROCK AND
THERE IS POROUS SOILS AND SO
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE
TERRIOR OF WHERE GRAPES ARE
GROWN.
YOU'RE EXPERIENCING THE SPECIAL
SOIL THAT'S HERE AND THAT'S
WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING.
>> BEING IN AN OFFICIAL
VITICULTURAL REGION TO ALLOW
WINE MAKERS TO SELL ANS TATE
WINE.
>> IT'S GRAPES GROWN AND
PROCESSED ON SITE.
THEY NEVER LEAVE THE SITE AND
SO EVEN THOUGH WE DO THAT HERE,
UNTIL WE HAVE OUR AVA, WE CAN'T
PUT THAT ON OUR BOTTLE.
>> BEING OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED
AS A VITICULTURAL AREA WOULD
ALSO BENEFIT OTHER CURRENT AND
FUTURE NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
GRAPE GROWERS.
>> WE DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE IT
SPREAD.
THERE IS TWO OR THREE NEW
WINERIES THAT HAVE SPRUNG UP
RIGHT IN OUR IMMEDIATE 30 MILE
VICINITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE
THREE YEARS AND SO WE
DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE IT GROW.
>> IN THE OPPOSITE CORNER OF
THE STATE, GLENN SPURGEON ALSO
SEES OPPORTUNITY WITH MORE
WINERIES OPEN.
>> IF YOU HAVE ONE WINERY, YOU
HAVE A PLACE WHERE TOURISTS
WILL STOP IN.
WHEN YOU GET A REGION WITH TWO
OR THREE OR FOUR OR SEVERAL
WINERIES IN THAT REGION THEN
YOU BECOME A DESTINATION.
>> WHILE IT'S STILL A SMALL
INDUSTRY WISCONSIN WINERIES ARE
RAISING A GLASS TO A HOPEFUL
FUTURE.
>> EVERY WINERY AND EVERY WINE
MAKER HAS THEIR OWN STYLE SO
IT'S FINE.
THERE IS ROOM FOR EVERYONE.
>> ANDY SOTH'S HARVEST VISIT TO
TROUT SPRINGS WINERY HAPPENED
LAST FALL.
THIS YEAR'S HARVEST WAS
CANCELLED BECAUSE OF A JUNE
FROST THAT NIPPED THE
GRAPEVINES IN THE BUD, SO TO
SPEAK.
BUT THE DEBAKER'S TELL US THEY
STILL FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT WINE
MAKING IN NORTHEASTERN
WISCONSIN, AS DO OTHERS, A NEW
WINERY OPENED THIS YEAR JUST
TEN MILES FROM TROUT SPRINGS.
AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS
WEEK.
JOIN US NEXT TIME WHEN WE TAKE
YOU TO A REMARKABLE SECTION OF
OLD GROWTH FOREST IN OCONTO
COUNTY FOR AN UP-CLOSE VISIT TO
A ROOKRY OF GREAT BLUE HER ON.
WE'LL JUMP INTO THE WORLD OF
VIDEO GAME DESIGNERS AND WHY
POLITICS AND PUBLIC REACTION TO
OUR NATION BEING AT WAR IS
PLAYING OUT DIFFERENTLY TODAY
IN 2008 THAN IT DID IN THE 1968.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE LEAVE YOU
WITH A TRIP TO THE POWELL MARSH
WILDLIFE AREA IN VILAS COUNTY
WHERE ONE OF THE BEST
COLLECTIONS OF WILDFLOWERS IN
OUR STATE GROW.
FOR "IN WISCONSIN" I'M PATTY
LOEW.
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, NEIGHBORHOODS
AND LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, OFFERING
ENERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
UW HEALTH, PROVIDING SPECIALTY
AND PRIMARY CARE FOR ALL AGES
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.
INFORMATION ON UW HEALTH
PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS AND ON
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
HOSPITAL AVAILABLE ON THE WEB.
UW HEALTH, HEALTHCARE 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.