>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "IN
WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK MEET A FARMER WHOSE
NEWBORN CALVES ARE BEING KILLED
BY WOLVES.
FIND OUT WHAT SHE'S DOING TO
PROTECT HER ANIMALS.
COMPARE COSTS WITH A JEFFERSON
COUNTY STAY-AT-HOME MOM WHO
HOPES THE NEXT PRESIDENT BRINGS
DOWN RISING PRICES AND TRAVEL
HALF A WORLD AWAY WITH A
MADISON PHOTOJOURNALIST ON A
QUEST TO TRACK DOWN SURVIVORS
FROM THE TROUBLES IN IRELAND.
PEOPLE HE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHED AS
CHILDREN 25 YEARS AGO.
WE'LL ALSO SHOW YOU HOW AN
ARTIST BURNING HOT LOVE FOR AN
OLD WORLD CRAFT HAS PEOPLE
FIRED UP ABOUT HIS WORK "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.
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.
>> FILL UP THE GAS TANK, TAKE A
TRIP TO THE GROCERY STORE, JUST
ABOUT EVERYTHING WE BUY TODAY
COSTS MORE.
IN FACT, FEDERAL STATISTICS
SHOW THE NATIONAL RATE OF
INFLATION WENT UP 6% IN THE
LAST YEAR.
AS WE TICK DOWN TO THIS YEAR'S
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE
ECONOMY RANKS AMONG THE TOP
CONCERNS HELD BY MOST
AMERICANS, INCLUDING THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY FAMILY IN OUR
FIRST REPORT.
REPORTER FREDERICA FREYBERG
FOUND THAT LIKE MOST OF US,
THIS FAMILY IS PINCHING PENNIES
WHERE THEY CAN AND WONDERING
WHAT THE CANDIDATES FOR
PRESIDENT WOULD DO FOR
WISCONSIN CITIZENS.
>> I'M GOING TO GO IN HERE.
I'M TURNING.
TURNING, TURNING, TURNING.
>> IT'S NEVER EASY TO DO CHORES
LIKE GROCERY SHOPPING WITH THE
LITTLE ONES IN TOW BUT THESE
DAYS, JEFFERSOUNTY MOM
KELLY SPENDS MORE TIME IN THE
AISLES.
>> I READ THE PRICES ON
EVERYTHING NOW.
I NEVER USED TO WORRY ABOUT IT
BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO.
I MEAN, A COUPLE OF CENTS HERE
AND THERE.
>> IT'S HARD NOT TO NOTICE THE
BIGGER NUMBERS AT THE CHECKOUT.
THE HIGH COST OF THINGS IS ONE
REASON THE ECONOMY HAS EMERGED
AS THE ISSUE IN THIS
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THE WISCONSIN FARM BUREAU
SURVEY SHOWED THAT IN THE LAST
YEAR, FOOD PRICES HAVE
INCREASED NEARLY 7 1/2%.
INCREASES WAY OUTPACING AVERAGE
HIKES IN PEOPLE'S PAYCHECKS.
U.W. EXTEMILY LIVING
AGENTS ARE SEEING IT.
>> SO THIS IS PROBABLY AS STUFF
AS IT'S BEEN IN THE LAST 10 OR
12 YEARS FOR MOST FAMILIES.
>> I SAW A --
>> IN WISCONSIN, GAS PRICES ARE
UP 22% IN THE LAST YEAR.
>> I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> CAN YOU GET US A TREAT?
>> WE'LL SEE.
>> LIKE IN MANY FAMILIES, HER
HUSBAND COMMUTES ABOUT AN HOUR
TO WORK.
THE FAMILY TRADED HIS DIESEL
TRUCK FOR A MINIVAN BECAUSE OF
THE HIGH COST.
>> JUST A COUPLE OF CHANGES IN
THE FIXED COST ALONG WITH ALL
OF THE OTHER FIXED COSTS THAT
FAMILIES HAVE MAKES IT VERY
DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO HAVE ANY
KIND OF WIGGLE ROOM.
>> AND WIGGLE ROOM WAS ALREADY
GETTING TIGHT.
MEDIAN FAMILY INCOMES IN
WISCONSIN HAVE DROPPED NEARLY
$6,000 SINCE THE YEAR 2000.
THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL DROP
ACCORDING TO ACADEMIC SURVEYS.
AND IT JUST KEEPS COMING.
>> WHEN WE WERE IN THE PROCESS
OF TRYING TO SELL OUR HOUSE,
THAT WAS VERY SCARY.
>> SO THEY BOUGHT AND SOLD A
HOUSE IN THE LAST YEAR.
IT TOOK MONTHS TO SELL AND THEY
TOOK A LOWER PRICE.
ANOTHER PRONG OF THE WEAKENED
ECONOMY AND HOW IT HITS HOME.
LILLY.
>> WE DON'T REALLY GO ANYWHERE.
WE STAY AT HOME.
WE HAVE A CAMPER AND WE DIDN'T
GO ANYWHERE WITH IT THIS SUMMER
BECAUSE THE PRICES WERE SO
OUTRAGEOUS.
>> THEY'RE PROBABLY CUTTING
BACK ON THINGS THEY WOULDN'T
HAVE CUTBACK ON A YEAR OR TWO
AGO.
WE'VE HEARD THAT STAYCATION.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT
WAYS OF MEETING THEIR FAMILIES'
NEEDS AND FAMILIES' BUDGET
WITHIN A TIGHT SCOPE.
>> I THINK'RE ON A SLIGHT --
A LITTLE FASTER DECLINE, IF YOU
WILL, THAN THE UNITED STATES IS.
I'M NOT REAL -- I'M NOT REAL
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE UNITED
STATES OVER THE NEXT 15 OR 20
YEARS TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
>> IN FACT, AS TO GRADE THE
NATIONAL ECONOMY RIGHT NOW,
FORMER STATE ECONOMIST FOR
WISCONSIN GIVES IT A D MINUS.
AND HE DOESN'T GIVE A PASS TO
THE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT WHEN IT COMES TO
FIXING IT FOR MOST VOTERS.
>> WHEN I WATCH THE DISCUSSION
ON ECONOMIC, WHETHER IT BE FROM
DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS, I
DON'T SEE ANYBODY NECESSARILY
PUTTING FORWARD SOME KIND OF
PLANS THAT REALLY HELP THE
WORKING CLASS FAMILIES IN THE
UNITED STATES.
>> THE CANDIDATES, OF COURSE,
WOULD BEG TO DIFFER.
FOR HIS PART, REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, JOHN
MCCAIN, SAYS HE WOULD END
DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OI
BRING PRICES DOWN AT THE PUMP,
GIVE DRIVERS A SUMMER GAS TAX
HOLIDAY, CUTTING THE 18.4 CENT
A GALLON FEDERAL TAX AND ROLL
BACK CORN ETHANOL MANDATES
WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO RISING FOOD
COSTS.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, BARACK
OBAMA, WOULD GIVE $1,000 ENERGY
REBATES TO FAMILIES AND GIVE
$25 BILLION TO STATES TO
PREVENT CUTS IN HEALTH, HOUSING
OR HEATING ASSISTANCE.
AS FOR OTHER TAX CUTS OR HIKES,
THE BO LINE, ACCORDING TO
THE NON-PARTISAN TAX POLICY
CENTER IS THIS.
THEY SAY SENATOR MCCAIN'S TAX
CUTS WOULD PRIMARILY BENEFIT
THOSE WITH VERY HIGH INCOMES.
IN MARKET CONTRAST, SENATOR
OBAMA OFFERS MUCH LARGER TAX
BREAKS TO LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME
TAX PAYERS AND WOULD INCREASE
TAXES ON HIGH INCOME TAX PAYERS.
BOTH PLANS, ACCORDING TO THE
CENTER, WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY
INCREASE THE NATIONAL DEBT
DURING THE NEXT 10 YEARS BY
TRILLIONS OF DOLL
TERRY SAYS THAT DEFICIT PROBLEM
AND RESULTING ECONOMIC PAIN
COULD BE HANDLED IF EITHER
CANDIDATE OR THEIR PARTIES WERE
WILLING TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES.
>> HAD WE MADE BETTER DECISIONS
ALONG THE WE WOULDN'T BE
IN THIS POSITION AT THIS POINT
IN TIME.
WE'LL ALWAYS CONTINUE TO TRY TO
BACK FILL, IF YOU WILL, RATHER
THAN MAKE FRONT END ONS
OUT OF POSITIVE THINGS.
>> HE DOES BELIEVE IN THE MIDST
OF THIS REELING ECONOMY, THE
BEST CANDIDATE FOR THE JOB WILL
BE THE PERSON WHO CAN GET
SOMETHING DONE.
>> WHO IS THE PERSON THAT'S
GOING TO DO THAT?
YOU KNOW, FIX IT?
>> THAT'S THE OPEN QUESTION FOR
VOTERS LIKE KELLY WHO RECOGNIZE
THERE'S PLENTY TO FIX.
FROM MAIN STREET WISCONSIN TO
WALL STREET AND WASHINGTON.
>> IT SMELLS YUMMY.
>> YOU CAN TUNE IN TO "HERE AND
NOW" THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:30
TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW
WISCONSIN'S ECONOMY WILL ALSO
BE AFFECTED BY THE ELECTION OF
OUR STATE LEGISLATORS.
IN THE COMING WEEKS WE'LL BRING
YOU MORE REPORTS EXAMINING HOW
THE NEXT PRESIDENT COULD AFFECT
WISCONSIN CITIZENS ON ISSUES
SUCH AS JOB CREATION, HEALTH
INSURANCE AND THE FEDERAL
DEFICIT.
YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR
ELECTION ISSUE REPORTS STREAMED
AT wpt.org/InWisconsin.
AND ONCE THERE, YOU CAN ALSO
FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE
POLICY PLATFORMS OF ALL OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WHO
WILL BE ON THE GENERAL ELECTION
BALLOT IN WISCONSIN.
LAST WEEK A FEDERAL JUDGE
CREATED A SEISMIC SHIFT IN THE
MANAGEMENT OF ONE OF
WISCONSIN'S WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
A SEPTEMBER 29 FEDERAL RULING
PLACED WISCONSIN'S POPULATION
OF WOLVES BACK ON THE
ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST.
THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE
SERVICE WILL NOW TAKE OVER
MANAGEMENT OF WISCONSIN'S
WOLVES.
THIS LEADS THE STATE D.N.R.
WITHOUT AUTHORITY TO ISSUE
PERMITS TO LAND OWNERS TO SHOOT
WOLVES THAT ATTACK LIVESTOCK OR
PETS.
THIS COMES AS UNWELCOME NEWS TO
FARMERS LIKE JUDY OF RICE LAKE.
JO GARRETT REPORTS.
>> JUDY AND HER SON STEVE RAISE
BEEF CATTLE ON A FARM NEAR RICE
LAKE.
THE FARM HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY
FOR YEARS BUT IN THE
SEVERAL YEARS, THEY HAVE HAD TO
CONTEND WITH A NEW PROBLEM.
>> THAT DEAD PINE TREE OUT
THERE, THE BIG ONE, RIGHT
UNDERNEATH THERE IS WHERE I
FOUND THE CALF DEAD, JUST
FRESHLY KILLED.
THE WOLVES HAD EATEN EVERYTHING
BUT THE HEAD AND THE LEGS.
I'VE HAD SO MANY.
>> WE'VE LOST AT LEAST TWO
EVERY YEAR.
>> WOLVES ARE BACK IN WISCONSIN.
THEY WERE TRAPPED OUT OF THE
STATE AND THEIR RETURN TO A
HEALTHY POPULATION IS A S
STORY.
BUT THEIR RETURN HAS BROUGHT
PROBLEMS FOR SOME, LIKE THIS
FAMILY.
WHEN FARMERS SUFFER A PREDATORY
ATTACK BY A WOLF ON THEIR FARM,
THEY'RE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR
LOST LIVESTOCK BUT THE ONUS IS
ON THE FARMER TO DOCUMENT IT.
IT TAKES TIME AND EFFORT.
>> I SPENT SO MANY HOURS LAST
YEAR LOOKING FOR CALVES THAT,
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY
SUMMER AT ALL HARDLY BECAUSE I
WAS IN THE WOODS.
I WOULD GO AT LEAST TWICE A DAY.
IF THERE'S A CALF MISSING IN
THE MORNING, YOU STAY OUT IN
THE WOODS AND YOU LOOK UNTIL
YOU CAN'T GO ANY MORE.
HE'LL COME AND TAKE OVER FOR ME
AND IT'S A BAD SITUATION WHEN
YOU'VE GOT WOLF PROBLEMS.
>> SHE HAS ONE OF THE WORST
PROBLEMS IN THE STATE.
IT'S A COMBINATION OF FACTORS.
FOR ONE, HER CATTLE AREN'T
SHELTERED LIKE DAIRY COWS.
>> BEEF CATTLES DON'T DO WELL
IN BARNS.
THEY NEED OPEN SPACES AND YOU
HAVE TO FEED THEM.
WE FEED THEM THE BIG ROUND
BALES.
YOU CAN'T CONFINE THEM IN A
BARN.
WHEN THEY HAVE THE BABIES IN
THE SPRING IS WHEN THE WOLVES
HIT.
THEY CAN SMELL FOR LONG WAYS
AWAY AND THEY SMELL WHEN A COW
IS HAVING A CALF.
>> THE CATTLE ARE IN THE OPEN
AND VULNERABLE.
AND HER FAMILY HAS A CREEK
RUNNING THROUGH IT WHICH IS
VERY ATTRACTIVE TO THE CATTLE
AND A GREAT HIDING PLACE FOR
WOLVES.
>> WE FENCED THIS ALSO.
IT KEEPS THE CATTLE IN THE OPEN
AND PUT THEM OUT HERE SO THE
WOLF WOULDN'T GET THE CALVES.
OTHERWISE, THEY WENT BACK IN
THE WOODS AND THAT'S WHERE THE
CREEK IS.
THEY HAVE THE WATER BACK THERE.
I KNOW IT'S WORKING BUT IT COST
ME A LT OF MONEY.
NOBODY IS GOING TO PAY ME FOR
THAT.
>> WE HAD TO BUILD THE CORAL
AND PUMP HOUSE.
>> IT HAS TO BE OVER $15,000
FOR THAT AND THEN I'M NOT
COUNTING ANY LACAUSE
STEVE AND I DO IT.
>> BUT THIS IS OUR LIVELIHOOD.
THIS IS HOW WE MAKE A LIVING.
WE HAVE NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS
WITH THE WOLVES.
>> THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN
SEVERE BUT STILL, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE
NUMBER OF FARMS SUFFERING FROM
THE WOLVES IN THE STATE IS
SMALL.
ONLY 30 FARMS OUT OF THE 7,000
OR SO IN WOLF TERRITORY HAD
ANIMALS KILLED BY WOLVES.
IN 2007 A TOTAL OF 38 ANIMALS
WERE LOST.
BUT ANY LOSS OF FARM ANIMALS TO
WOLVES IS A CAUSE OF CONCERN
FOR WISCONSIN'S DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCEAN IS A WOLF SPECIALIST
THE D.N.R.
>> WHEN THEY START TO ENCOUNTER
LIVESTOCK ON A REGULAR BASIS,
SOME WOLVES ARE GOING TO LEARN
TO HUNT LIVESTOCK AND THOSE
ANIMALS NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM
THE LANDSCAPE BECAIT
CREATES OSITY TOWARD THE
WHOLE WOLF POPULATION.
>> IN 2007, 38 WOLVES WERE
TRAPPED AND EUTHANIZED ON
WISCONSIN FARMS.
>> I THINK THOSE OF US WHO HAVE
DEALT WITH WOLF MANAGEMENT,
WOLF RECOVERY RIGHT FROM THE
BEGINNING REALIZE THAT ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO DO IS KILL WOLVES AND
IT'S ONE OF THE IRONIES OF
LIKING WOLVES AND WANTING TO
HAVE WOLVES ON THE LANDSCAPE.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THE
RECOGNITION THAT AT SOME TIME
YOU NEED TO KILL WOLVES AS WELL.
>> THE D.N.R. HAS EXPLORED
OTHER OPTIONS TO ASSIST FARMERS
SUCH AS TRACKING COLLARS ON
CALVES BUT THEY FEEL THEY MUST
HAVE THE OPTION OF KILLING
THOSE WO*FLS THAT CAUSE
PROBLEMS.
>> PEOPLE DON'T WANT ANIMALS
COMPETING WITH THEM FOR THEIR
LIVELIHOOD LIVING IN THEIR FARM
OR AREA AND THAT'S PART OF OUR
DILEMMA, PART OF OUR CHARGE AS
AN AGENCY TO MANAGE A
POPULATION TO REDUCE THE KIND
OF CONFLICTS WITH PEOPLE AND
YET MAINTAIN HEALTHY,
SUSTAINABLE POPULATIONS.
>> I'VE HAD PEOPLE AT THESE
MEETINGS THAT I WENT TO, PEOPLE
THAT LIKED THE WOLVES AND THEY
WANT THEM TO STAY AND
EVERYTHING.
THEY COME UP TO ME AND THEY
SAID, WELL, IF YOU DON'T -- IF
YOU'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH
THE WOLVES, WHY DOU GO
AND DO SOMETHING ELSE?
WELL, THIS IS A FAMILY FARM.
IT'S BEEN HERE FOREVER AND I'VE
BEEN HERE FOR 44 YEARS AND I
DON'T WANT TO LEAVE UNTIL I
HAVE TO.
THIS IS MY HOME AND THIS IS MY
LIVELIHOOD.
THIS IS HOME AND I DON'T WANT
TO GIVE IT UP.
>> ADRIAN TELLS US THAT WHILE
LAND OWNERS CAN NO LONGER SHOOT
WOLVES THAT COME ON TO THEIR
PROPERTY, THE D.N.R. CAN WORK
WITH LAND OWNERS TO UTILIZE
NON-LETHAL METHODS TO SCARE OFF
WOLVES.
ALSO, THE STATE WILL CONTINUE
TO PAY LAND OWNERS FOR LOSSES
DUE TO THE WOLVES.
OUR NEXT REPORT INVOLVES A
SEARCH, A SEARCH THAT TAKES
PLACE THROUGH TIME AND SOME
3,000 MILES.
25 YEARS AGO, MADISON
PHOTOGRAPHER DOCUMENTED LIFE IN
WAR TORN IRELAND, CAPTURING ON
FILM LIVEOM THE IRISH
CHILDREN.
NOW AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES
HAVE PASSED, HE HAS BEEN
INSPIRED TO TRACK DOWN THE
CHILDREN IN HIS PHOTOGRAPHS.
JO GARRETT SHARES THE STORY OF
HIS SEARCH.
>> MOST NATIONAL MEDIA
ORGANIZATIONS DON'T SHOW THIS
SORT OF THING.
WHERE WE SEE THOSE WHO SUFFER
THE MOST.
>> THE EXHIBIT IS CALLED SMALL
ARMS, CHILDREN OF CONFLICT.
IT OPENED BACK IN 2007 AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MADISON'S ART MUSEUM.
IT SHOWCASED THE WORK OF
MADISON PHOTOJOURNALIST WHO
SPENT MUCH OF THE 1970'S AND
1980'S IN WAR ZONES, CENTRAL
AMERICA, PAKISTANUT,
NORTHERN IRELAND, DOCUMENTING
THE EFFECTS OF CONFLICT.
BUT IN A PROCESS OF ASSEMBLING
THIS EXHIBIT, HIS ATTENTION WAS
TURNED TOWARD A MYSTERY AND ON
TO A QUEST.
>> I WAS GOING THROUGH
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES TO SURE
THAT THE DATES AND LOCATIONS
WERE ALL CORRECT.
AND I CAME UPON THIS PICTURE OF
PAUL MCNALLY THAT THE END OF
THE CAPTION HERE, SOME CAPTION
WRITER AT THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL
HAD PUT WHAT IS PAUL'S FUTURE?
I OPENED THIS UP LAST YEAR AND
I THOUGHT, WHAT A GREAT
QUESTION.
I WONDER WHAT HIS FUTURE WAS.
AND THAT'S WHEN I BEGAN THE
SEARCH FOR ALL OF THE VARIOUS
CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD.
>> HE HAS SET OUT ON A JOURNEY
TO DISCOVER WHAT'S HAPPENED TO
THE CHILDREN FEATURED IN HIS
PHOTOS.
HE BEGAN IN NORTHERN IRELAND.
AT HIS REQUEST, LOCAL
NEWSPAPERS RAN HIS OS AND
DESCRIBED MISSION.
>> THIS WAS THE ONE THAT THE
PROTESTANT PAPER ORIGINALLY RAN
WHICH SHOWED THE PHOTO, ASKING
THE CHILDREN TO COME FORWARD.
>> THEIR RESPONSE WAS
OVERWHELMING.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO FIND
VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE CHILDREN
OR ACCOUNT FOR THEM THAT I HAD
PHOTOGRAPHED BUT WHAT ASTOUNDED
ME WAS THAT EACH ONE HAD JUST,
FOR THE MOST PART, THE MOST
TRAGIC STORY.
THE TROUUST KEEP GOING ON.
>> THE TROUBLES.
THE TIME OF IRELAND'S CIVIL WATURMOIL.
POLITICALLY THE COUNTRY IS NOW
AT PEACE BUT THE PAIN CAUSED BY
THAT TIME RUNS LIKE A CURRENT
THROUGH PRESENT DAY.
>> NORTHERN IRELAND HAS THE
HIGHEST RATE OF CRIME AND ALSO
THE HIGHEST RATE OF SUICIDE AND
IT'S BEEN DIRECTLY CORRELATED
TO THE TROUBLES.
THAT STRUGGLE WAS 38 YEARS LONG
WITH THE DEATHS OF 3,600
PEOPLE.
IT'S SO MANY YEARS.
IMAGINE VIRTUALLY YOUR WHOL GROWING UP I
WHEN I ASKED THEM TO REFLECT ON
WHAT THEIR CHILDHOODS WERE
LIKE, I MEAN, CHAOS IS PROBABLY
THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO
MOST OF THEIR MINDS.
I MEAN, THEY TELL ME OF
CONSTANTLY ALL DAY, YOU KNOW,
AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NOT,
THE HOUSE BEING BROKEN DOWN AND
BEING SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS OR
WHAT HAVE YOU.
JUST A CONSTANT LOOKING OUT
FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN AND JUST BEING ON
EDGE AND THERE'S STILL THAT
FEAR THAT LINGERS.
SO MANY PEOPLE STILL LOOK OVER
THEIR SHOULDERS IN
CONVERONS.
WE'LL HAVE CONVERSATIONS IN
CARS WHILE WE'RE DRIVING
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE
PEOPLE TALKING TO A REPORTER.
>> WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF?
>> THE RESURGENCE OF THE
PARAMILITARIES.
>> WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR
THEM?
>> DANGER.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO PUSH.
>> BEING SHOT, TORTURED,
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY,
SOMETHING HAPPENING TO THEM,
LOSING A JOB.
>> LIFE IS STILL SHAPED BY THE
MEMORY OF THOSE TIMES.
>> THIS WAS A BOMB FACTORY.
THE BOMB WENT OFF PREMATURELY
AND KILLED THREE I.R.A.
VOLUNTEERS IN THE 1980'S.
>> NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE MADE
NEW BUT CHILDREN RAISED IN
CONFLICT HAVE A TOUGHER TIME.
>> HE'S WAITING IN 1981 FOR HIS
FATHER OUTSIDE A DAILY PUB ON
THE FALLS ROAD IN BELFAST.
HE IS PATRICK AND HE WAS THE
ONE WHO THE PARAMILITARIES TOOK
AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> HE WAS IN HIS LATE TEENS AT
THE TIME.
>> HE WAS SHOT IN HIS KNEES, IN
HIS ANKLES, IN HIS HANDS.
YOU CAN SEE HE ONLY HAS THREE
FINGERS.
HE HAD TO HAVE A FINGER
AMPUTATED AND ABOUT SIX WEEKS
LATER, THE PARAMILITARIES CAME
BACK AND SAID, OH, SORRY, CHAP.
YOU'RE THE WRONG GUY.
WE'RE REALLY SORRY.
HE'S PERMANENTLY SCARRED, SO
DISABLED HE CAN'T WORK, HIGHLY
MEDICATED, JUST REALLY TRAGIC.
>> AND WHAT OF PAUL MCNALLY,
THAT SAD YOUNG BOY WHO SENT HIM
ON HIS QUEST?
AT THE TIME OF THIS PHOTO, WITH
A GRANDFATHER, A BROTHER AND
HIS DAD, HE'S IN PRISON.
>> WELL, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT
AFTER A FEW SITS, HE'S DOING
WELL.
HE HAS A WONDERFUL APARTMENT, A
SON, A 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
HE'S A BARBER.
HE'S SINCE BEEN ONE OF THE
FORTUNATE ONES TO HAVE GOTTEN
SOME THERAPY.
I THINK DEFINITELY THE THERAPY
HAS CONVINCED HIM HE NEVER
WANTS TO GO BACK TO PRISON.
HE WANTS TO BREAK THAT
REPETITIVE PATTERN OF THE
GRANDFATHER, FATHER, BROTHER,
EVERYBODY BEING IN PRISON.
>> CHANGING A FATHER, CHANGING
THE PICTURE.
>> OUR COUNTRY YET AGAIN IS AT
WAR IN NOT ONLY IRAQ BUT
AFGHANISTAN AND NOW THERE'S
TALK OF A POSSIBLE WAR IN IRAN.
I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO BRING UP THE LONG-TERM
EFFECTS OF WHAT TRANSPIRES IN
WAR.
THESE SITUATIONS IN FOREIGN
COUNTRIES ARE SO INCREDIBLY
VIOLENT AND PRESENT THEM TO
OTHER PEOPLE AND YOU JUST HOPE
THAT MAYBE THEY RECOGNIZE YOU
SHOULD START DOING SOMETHING
POLITICALLY TO ELIMINATE THIS
SORT OF THING.
>> MICHAEL TELLS US THAT AN
EXHIBITION OF WORK THIS SUMMER
IN BELFAST WAS WELL RECEIVED
AND THAT PROCEEDS FROM HIS BOOK
ON THE EXHIBIT ARE BEING
DONATED TO A TEENAGE SUICIDE
PREVENTION ORGANIZATION IN
IRELAND.
OUR NEXT REPORT TAKES US TO
MERRIMACK.
IT ALSO SEEMS TO TAKE US BACK
IN TIME TO A PLACE CALLED
BADGER VILLAGE BLACKSMITHING.
STEVE CHOSE THE NAME FOR HIS
BUSINESS IN PART TO A LOCAL
FAMOUS PAWN, THE VILLAGE
BLACKSMITH.
HE USES LINES FROM THE POEM
ALONG WITH ORIGINAL GUITAR
MUSIC TO CREATE THIS PORTRAIT
OF AN ARTIST WHO TAKES A VERY
PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF HIS CRAFT.
*
>> UNDER A SPING CHESTNUT
TREE, THE VILLAGE SMITHY
STANDS, THE SMITH, A MIGHTY MAN
IS HE WITH LARGE HANDS.
>> A SMITH A MIGHTY MAN IS HE,
WITH LARGE -- THAT SOUNDS GOOD
TO ME.
>> HIS HAIR IS CRISP AND BLACK
AND LONG.
HIS FACE IS LIKE THE TAN.
HIS BROW IS WET WITH HONEST
SWEAT.
THE EARTH WITH AIR HE CAN.
>> BLACKSMITHING IS A NOISY
KIND OF PHYSICAL PROFESSION.
IT'S AN ATHLETIC ENDEAVOR.
YOU HAVE TO BE POUNDING ON IRON
OR, YOU KNOW, FORMING IT,
SHAPING IT IN SOME WAY, SHAPE
OR FORM.
>> YOU CAN HEAR HIM SWING HIS
HEAVY SLEDGE WITH MEASURED BEAT
AND SWELL.
BUT THE SEXTON RINGING THE
VILLAGE BELL WHEN THE EVENING
SUN IS LOW.
>> AND SO IT'S NOT A PROFESSION
THAT ALLOWS ITSELF A LOT OF
COMMUNICATION.
THE BLACKSMITH IS KIND OF
TRAPPED WITHIN THAT SILENCE OF
NOISE.
SO HE ENDS UP BEING A
PHILOSOPHER OF SORTS.
>> THERE ARE MANY SAL
PARALLELS IN BLACKSMITHING.
THE IDEA OF SHAPING SOMETHING
AND OFTEN IF WE LOOK AT
OURSELVES AS THE IRON THAT IS
BEING SHAPED, I OFTEN LOOK AT
THE FACT THAT IT CAN'T BE A
PLEASANT PROCESS FOR THE IRON
TO BE HEATED UP AND THEN
POUNDED ON.
AND ALL OF US GO THROUGH
CERTAIN TRIALS IN OUR LIIN
RELATION TO, YOU KNOW, THE
SORROW AND PAIN THAT IS
EXISTING IN THIS WORLD AND, YOU
KNOW, IT SHAPES US.
IN SOME PEOPLE IT SHAPES
DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS.
>> TOILING, REJOICING,
SORROWING, ONWARDS DELIGHT HE
GOES.
>> YEAH.
I COULDN'T RESCUE THAT ONE.
>> BLACKSMITHING IS ABOUT
LEARNING HOW TO FAIL AND BE OK
WITH FAILING BECAUSE YOU HAVE
TO FAIL A LOT OF TIMES BEFORE
YOU GET IT RIGHT.
AND IT'S BEING WILLING TO GO
THROUGH THAT FAILURE AND GO
THROUGH THAT DISAPPOINTMENT AND
TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF IT
AND I FIND THE SAME EXPERIENCE
IS TRUE WITH MY GUITAR PLAYING.
THE MATERIAL THAT I COMPOSE ON
GUITAR IS BUILT WITH SMALL
PHRASES AND I TRY TO PUT STUFF
TOGETHER SO THAT IT MAKES A
COMPOSITION AND BLACKSMITHING,
TO COME UP WITH A FINISHED
PROJECT IS THE SAME, WHERE YOU
BUILD SMALL ITEMS TO MAKE A
FINAL PIECE.
>> EACH MORNING SEES SOME TASK
BEGIN.
EACH EVENING SEES IT CLOSE.
SOMETHING TED, SOMETHING
DONE HAS EARNED A NIGHT'S
REPOSE.
>> AS A PERFECTIONIST, I WANT
EVERYTHING TO BE JUST RIGHT.
WHEN YOU GET TO A POINT ON A
PROJECT, YOU NEED TO STOP AND
MOVE ON.
CONTENTMENT IS LEARNING HOW TO
WORK THE MATERIAL BUT THEN ALSO
LEARNING WHEN TO STOP WORKING
IT.
>> THANKS.
THANKSMY WORTHY FRIEND.
THUS IS THE FLAMING FORGE OF
LIFE, OUR LESSONS MUST BE
WROUGHT.
>> YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
wpt.org/InWisconsin TO SEE MORE
OF HIS WORK.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF OUR
REPORTS FROM THIS WEEK.
AND THAT'S OUR
JOIN US NEXT TIME WHEN WE'LL
FIND OUT HOW A LAND TRUCK LED
TO THE SUN PRAIRIE CITY KIDS
GETTING A HANDS-ON LESSON IN
NATURE.
EXAMINE WHY THIS CRAWFORD
COUNTY DISC JOCKEY HAS TAKEN ON
TWO EXTRA JOBS BUT LIKE MANY
PEOPLE, STILL CAN'T FIND
AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE AND
MEET THE CANDIDATES IN WHAT'S
SHAPING UP TO BE THE TOUGHEST
BATTLE FOR A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
IN WISCONSIN.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
IN THE MEANTIME, ENJOY THIS
PRE-DAWN LOOK AT SOME MAJESTIC
BUCKS MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGNATIONAL WI
FOR IN WISCONSIN, I'M PATTY
LOEW.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY WHO
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AND LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
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SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
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VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
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