WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK, MEET A FAMILY THAT
RECEIVED A VERY SPECIAL GIFT TO
BE THANKFUL FOR, JUST IN TIME
FOR THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
FIND OUT IF THESE CRAWFORD
COUNTY FARMERS WERE ABLE TO
BRING IN A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST
AFTER GETTING WASHED OUT BY
JUNE'S CATASTROPHIC FLOODWATERS.
AND DISCOVER HOW THIS MADISON
MAN FOUND A NEW PATH IN LIFE
AFTER REBOUNDING FROM SOME
DEVASTATING HEALTH NEWS.
PLUS, A CROSS-COUNTRY JOURNEY
THROUGH THE MANITOWOC TWO RIVERS
LEG OF THE ICE AGE TRAIL, FOUND
ONLY HERE IN WISCONSIN.
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.
>> THIS THANKSGIVING MANY OF US
WILL PUT EXTRA CHAIRS AROUND THE
TABLE FOR VISITING FRIENDS AND
FAMILIES.
FOR A FEW FAMILIES, THOUGH,
THOSE CHAIRS WILL BE PUT OUT TO
STAY.
AS PART OF NATIONAL ADOPTION
DAY, 17 CHILDREN IN MILWAUKEE
FOUND NEW PERMANENT HOMES WITH
THEIR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES JUST IN
TIME FOR THANKSGIVING.
REPORTER FREDERICA FREYBERG
INTRODUCES US TO ONE BROTHER AND
SISTER WHO FOUND NEW MEANING IN
THE PHRASE HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAYS.
>> HI.
HOW ARE YOU?
DID YOU HAVE A GOOD SLEEPY?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH?
HI.
YOU SAY HI?
>> 2-YEAR-OLD JORDAN EMERGES
FROM HIS CRIB A HAPPY BOY IN HIS
NEW HOME.
HIS NEW MOM ALL CUDDLES AND
SMILES.
JORDAN WAKES UP FROM NAPTIME
JUST AS HIS 4-YEAR-OLD SISTER
OLIVIA BOUNDS IN FROM CINT GART
TEN.
>> AND I COLORED AND LOOKED AT
BOOKS.
>> LADOYA AND BRENT WELLS
WELCOMED TD CHILDREN AS FOSTER
CHILDREN SIX MONTHS AGO.
THEY SAY THEY KNEW THEY WERE
MEANT TO BE WITH THEM
PERMANENTLY.
>> AND THAT FEELING JUST
OVERCOMES YOU.
THIS IS OKAY.
THIS IS RIGHT.
THIS IS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO
BE.
AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE WAY
WE BOTH FELT.
WHEN YOU BOTH FEEL IT AT THE
SAME TIME AND ABOUT THE SAME
KIDS, YOU JUST GO FOR IT.
>> SO WE FEARED THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A
TRANSITION, BUT THEY STARTED
CALLING US MOM AND DAD THE FIRST
DAY.
>> ACCORDING TO THE PLACEMENT
AGENCY, THE SIBLINGS WERE
REMOVED FROM THEIR BIOLOGICAL
PARENTS' HOME AND BECAME
AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION THROUGH
COURT ORDER.
>> THESE ARE CHILDREN WHO CAME
INTO THE PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE
SYSTEM BECAUSE OF ABUSE OR
NEGLECT AND THE COURT REVIEWED
THE SITUATION AND AGREED THAT
THE CHILDREN WERE NOT SAFE.
>> THE CHILDREN LIVED IN A
DIFFERENT FOSTER HOME BEFORE
THEY CAME HERE.
>> AND I KNOW OLIVIA ESPECIALLY,
SHE JUST WANTED A MOM AND DAD.
YOU KNOW, SHE KNEW THE PEOPLE
THEY WERE LIVING WITH BECAUSE
THEY WERE OLDER WEREN'T GOING TO
BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM.
>> WE WERE ALL MOTIVATED TO GET
THEM TO A PERMANENT LIVING
SITUATION.
WE DON'T BELIEVE IT'S GOOD FOR
CHILDREN TO BE RAISED IN FOSTER
CARE.
WE DON'T WANT TO NORMALIZE THAT.
WE WANT CHILDREN TO HAVE A
NORMAL CHILDHOOD.
>> DID YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY AT
SCHOOL?
>> I HAD A GOOD DAY AT SCHOOL.
>> WELL, GOOD.
>> WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> I GO TO CENTERS.
>> AND IT DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE
NORMAL THAN AFTER-SCHOOL SNACK
WITH BROTHERS AND SISTERS, DAD
HOME EARLY FROM WORK, MOM
SERVING UP SECONDS.
>> YOU WANT A SNACK?
>> OLIVIA AND JORDAN JOIN TWO
OTHER BOYS IN THE WELLS FAMILY,
3-YEAR-OLD ERIC AND 4-YEAR-OLD
MARCUS.
THEY ADOPTED BOTH BOYS AS
INFANTS.
THEY SAY ALL THE CHILDREN HAVE
SPECIAL NEEDS OF VARYING DEGREES
AND ALL HAVE BOUNDLESS LOVE TO
GIVE.
>> THERE'S STILL AN AWFUL LOT OF
KIDS OUT THERE THAT NEED HOMES.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT
OF PEOPLE GOING INTERNATIONALLY
AND PRIVATE AND SUFFICIENT, BUT
H, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS --SUC
HERE THAT NEED HELP.
>> IN FACT, ACCORDING TO NUMBERS
FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, THERE ARE
MORE THAN 550 CHILDREN ACROSS
WISCONSIN REMOVED FROM THEIR
BIOLOGICAL PARENTS AND AWAITING
PERMANENT PLACEMENT AND
ADOPTION.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> A WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING,
THE WAIT WAS OVER FOR 17
CHILDREN IN MILWAUKEE.
THEY WERE FORMALLY ADOPTED IN
COURT PROCEEDINGS AS PART OF
NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY.
>> MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE
JOINING TOGETHER TODAY WITH
JUDGES ACROSS THE NATION TO OPEN
OUR COURTHOUSE DOORS TO CONDUCT
ADOPTION HEARINGS FOR CHILDREN
IN FOSTER CARE.
>> INCLUDING FOR THE NEWEST
MEMBERS OF THE WELLS FAMILY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M DEB CARROL.
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DO OLIVIA
AND JORDAN'S ADOPTION.
I AM VERY EXCITED.
THEY ARE YOURS AND PART OF YOUR
FAMILY FOREVER?
>> NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY IS
DESIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF
THE NEED FOR FAMILIES TO LOVE
AND CARE FOR THE CHILDREN
WAITING FOR PERMANENT PLACEMENT.
>> SO WHEN THEY COME HOME AT
THANKSGIVING, THEY HAVE A HOME
TO GO TO, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
LOVE AND CARE ABOUT THEM AND
THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE THAT AND
THAT'S OUR GOAL FOR CHILDREN, IS
TO NOT GROW UP IN THE CHILD
WELFARE SYSTEM, BUT TO GROW UP
IN A FAMILIAR I.
>> I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE
PROPER SUBJECTS OF ADOPTION AND
I WILL GRANT THE ADOPTIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> LITTLE OLIVIA EVEN GOT TO PUT
HER OWN APPROVAL ON THE
PAPERWORK.
THE JUDGE, ADOPTED HERSELF,
ALLOWING THE 4-YEAR-OLD TO MAKE
THE OFFICIAL STAMP.
>> RIGHT HERE.
PERFECT.
>> DESPITE THE ENORMITY OF THE
LEGAL PROCEEDING, THE ESSENCE OF
THE DAY IS FELT IN THE HEARTS
AND HOMES OF THE FAMILIES WHO
HAVE COME TOGETHER.
>> IT'S AMAZING.
I MEAN, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.
>> HOW HAPPY ARE YOU?
>> I'M VERY HAPPY.
>> A HAPPY ENDING FOR THE WELLS
FAMILY.
LAST YEAR, 282 OTHER CHILDREN IN
MILWAUKEE'S CHILD WELFARE FOSTER
SYSTEM WERE ADOPTED.
NATIONWIDE, 84,000 CHILDREN IN
THE SYSTEM ARE WAITING FOR
PERMANENT HOMES.
A HELPING HAND, THAT'S HOW SOME
DESCRIBE THE CENTER FOR PATIENT
PARTNERSHIPS IN MADISON.
THE CENTER'S MISSION IS TO TRAIN
GRAD STUDENTS TO WORK WITH
PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH CRITICAL
ILLNESSES OR DISEASE.
THE STUDENTS ARE ADVOCATES FOR
THEIR CLIENTS, AS THEY ENCOUNTER
OBSTACLES IN THE OFTEN
COMPLICATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
PRODUCER LAURIE GORMAN
INTRODUCES US TO A MADISON MAN
WHO NEVER DREAMED OF THE TURN
HIS LIFE WOULD TAKE WHEN HE
RECEIVED A PHONE CALL ONE DAY
THAT FOREVER CHANGED HIS LIFE.
* *
>> IT ALL STARTED WITH PERFECTLY
GOOD HEALTH AND FEELING GOOD AND
HAVING HEALTHY SKIN.
AND SO I NOTICED A BUMP ON MY
UPPER LEFT ARM, AND ABOUT AN
ERASER SIZE BUMP THAT WASN'T
GOING AWAY, WAS STARTING TO SCAB
OVER AND WAS WORRISOME.
>> THAT BUMP EVENTUALLY LED PETE
DALY TO A DERMATOLOGIST.
IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE HE HAD A
DIAGNOSIS.
>> A FEW DAYS LATER I GOT A CALL
AT HOME IN THE EVENING COMING
HOME TO AN EMPTY HOUSE WITH THE
MESSAGE FROM MY DETERMINE TOO -- DERMATO
RESIDENT SAYING I HAD CANCER.
>> WHAT DALY HAD TO START
DEALING WITH WAS STAGE 3 MEDICAL
SKIN CANCER THAT WOULDMELAN
SPREAD TO HIS LYMPH NODES.
>> IF YOU ASKED ME COULD I EVER
SEE DOING ANYTHING ELSE, I WOULD
HAVE SAID NO.
I LOVED THAT, WAS TOTALLY
ENGROSSED IN IT.
BUT AS SOON AS I GOT MY
DIAGNOSIS, I KNEW THE WORLD HAD
CHANGED AND THE CENTER BECAME
PART OF THAT CHANGE.
>> THE CENTER DALY REFERS TO IS
THE CENTER FOR PATIENT
PARTNERSHIPS AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF WISCONSIN.
HERE, PATIENTS WITH
LIFE-THREATENING OR SERIOUS
CHRONIC ILLNESS ARE PAIRED WITH
GRAD STUDENTS FROM SCHOOLS OF
LAW, MEDICINE, NURSING AND
PHARMACY.
THEY RECEIVE FREE HEALTH
ADVOCACY STUDENTS WHILE STUDENTS
GET FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE DEALING
WITH THE MEDICAL SYSTEM.
>> FELT LIKE I WAS ENTERING THE
MEDICAL SYSTEM SORT OF IN
GENERALLY GOOD HANDS, THAT THEY
WOULD TAKE CARE OF ME AND THAT
STEERING THE COURSE WASN'T PART
OF WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING.
I SHOULD BE SITTING BACK WAITING
FOR THE SYSTEM TO DELIVER THE
CARE.
AND IN THE EARLY PARTS OF MY
JOURNEY, I GOT THAT MESSAGE,
THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE QUITE
DIFFERENT, THAT I HAD TO REALLY,
YOU KNOW, BEGIN THE JOURNEY,
BEGIN IN EARNEST, AND STICK UP
FOR MYSELF, STICK UP FOR MY
HEALTH AND EXPECT THE BEST, BUT
NOT EXPECT THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN
JUST PASSIVELY ON MY BEHALF,
THAT I WAS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT
TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
>> FOR DALY, BEING AN ACTIVE
INGREDIENT MEANT UNDERGOING
BIOPSIES, SURGERIES, SCANS AND
PURSUING CLINICAL TRIALS AT THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH IN
WASHINGTON D.C.
WHILE HE FOCUSED ON HIS HEALTH,
HIS STUDENT ADVOCATE WAS MAKING
SENSE OF THE MOUNTING MEDICAL
BILLS AND INSURANCE COVERAGE.
AS HIS HEALTH STABILIZED AND HIS
CANCER EVENTUALLY WENT INTO
REMISSION, DALY BEGAN TO RETURN
TO HIS ACTIVITIES IN THE
COMMUNITY.
HE ALSO WENT BACK TO THE CENTER
FOR PATIENT PARTNERSHIP AND
APPROACHED THE DIRECTOR, MEG
GAINES, IN SEARCH OF A WAY TO
GIVE BACK.
>> SHE SAID, WELL, HOW ABOUT
HELPING OTHER PATIENTS.
AT FIRST I SAID WHAT DO I HAVE
TO OFFER?
I JUST HAVE MY OWN EXPERIENCE
AND I'M AN ENGINEER.
I'M NOT A LAWYER.
I'M NOT A DOCTOR.
I'M NOT A PROVIDER HERE.
BUT SHE SAID, WELL, YOU'VE HAD
THE BEST SCHOOLING OF ALL, THE
SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS GOING
THROUGH IT YOURSELF.
COME ON IN HERE AND WE'LL GET
TOGETHER ON SOME CASES, FIND YOU
SOME STUDENTS TO WORK WITH AND
SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, WITHIN DAYS,
I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED
TO DO.
>> IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH
STUDENTS AND CLIENTS, DALY BEGAN
TO LEAD REGULAR GATHERINGS OF
THE MELANOMA SURVIVORS GROUP.
>> IT MADE SENSE AND PETE BECAME
THIS MAGNET FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY KNEW
HIM.
HE'S A VERY COMMUNITY
IND OFGUY.E PA
HE BEGAN TO BRING CLIENTS IN
WITH HIM.
IT JUST NATURALLY CAME THAT HE
WOULD BE AN ADD VOA CASE WITH
US.
EVERY PERSON UP AND DOWN MONROE
STREET KNOWS HIM, SPREEKS TO
HIM.
HE CROSSES EVERYBODY, WHETHER
IT'S A GROWN MAN IN A
THREE-PIECE SUIT AND FANCY
YEALIAN KIDS
YAN SHOES OR LITTLE KIDS.
>> I HAVE ONE PATIENT AND HIS
FAMILY THAT CONTINUALLY SAID,
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WOULD ASK, WHAT
SHOULD I BRING TO OUR MEETING,
THEY WOULD SAY BRING SOME HOPE.
YOU KNOW.
AND I WOULD KID THEM THAT I'D
BRING TWO BUCKETS FULL OF HOPE
FOR THE MEETING.
MEETING.
AND WE FACED A LOT OF DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS, A LOT OF REALLY
TOUGH DISEASES, AND YOU GOT TO
THINK WHAT DO I HAVE TO OFFER
HERE?
WHAT DIFFERENCE CAN I TRULY
MAKE?
BUT I THINK THROUGH HAVING A
LITTLE BIT MORE EXPERIENCE OF
HAVING SEEN PATIENTS REALLY
CHANGE THEIR LIVES IN DRAMATIC
WAYS, HAVING STUDENTS REALLY
TAKE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION IN
THEIR CAREERS, I BEGAN TO HAVE
SOME HOPE AND SOME CONFIDENCE
THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BEING
MADE HERE.
>> YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE
ATwpt.org/inwisconsin FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE CENTER FOR
PATIENT PARTNERSHIPS.
ONCE THERE, YOU CAN ALSO WATCH A
STORY FEATURING A WOMAN WHO HAS
UNDERGONE A SERIES OF BRAIN
SURGERIES.
>> THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAD
GOTTEN WITH THE TREATMENT
OBVIOUSLY WEREN'T WORKING, SO I
REALLY FELT LIKE IT WAS, YOU
KNOW, WE WERE HEADING DOWN THE
WRONG ROAD AND I WASN'T GOING TO
MAKE IT.
>> FIND OUT HOW THE ADVOCATES AT
THE CENTER HAVE HELPED HER.
AGAIN, YOU CAN WATCH THAT ENTIRE
REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE AT
wpt.org/inwisconsin.
CHANCES ARE, MANY OF US ATE TOO
MUCH ON THANKSGIVING DAY, AND
CHANCES ARE SOME OF THE
VEGETABLES THAT WERE ON OUR
PLATES CAME FROM FARMS IN THE
SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF OUR
STATE.
THE SOIL ALONG THE KICKAPOO
RIVER IN VERNON AND CROW FORWARD
COUNTIES IS ESPECIALLY RICH,
MAINLY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BUILT
UP BY FLOODS THROUGHOUT THE
CENTURIES.
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS FARMERS
HAVE BEEN HIT BY TWO MAJOR
FLOODS.
REPORTER ART HACKETT HAS
FOLLOWED THE STRUGGLE OF AREA
FARMERS AS THEY FOUGHT BACK
AGAINST THE FORCES OF NATURE.
ART RECENTLY CHECKED BACK IN
WITH THEM AT THE END OF THE
HARVEST SEASON.
>> THESE ARE THE FALL COLORS AT
FARMERS MARKETS SUCH AS THIS ONE
AROUND THE CAPITOL SQUARE IN
MADISON.
RED PEPPERS, YELLOW SQUASH AND
GREEN, LOTS OF GREEN.
THE TABLES AT THE STANDS RUN BY
DRIFTLESS ORGANICS AND HARMONY
VALLEY FARM WERE FULL.
BUYERS WERE THERE EARLY TO SNAP
UP SOME OF THE LAST FRESH
PRODUCE BEFORE THE FIRST KILLING
FROST.
>> DELICIOUS STILL.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
AWESOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU SURVEYED THE BOUNTY
SPREAD BEFORE YOU AND TOOK INTO
ACCOUNT WHAT FARMERS LIKE NOAH
ENGEL AND RICHARD DEWILDE HAVE
BEEN THROUGH OVER THE PAST YEAR,
ONE QUESTION MIGHT COME TO MIND.
WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED?
A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO,
THINGS WERE GOING FROM BAD, MORE
THAN A FOOT OF RAIN IN A WEEKEND
RIPPING THROUGH CREEK BOTTOMS,
TO WORSE, STANDING FLOOD WATER
THAT JUST WOULDN'T LEAVE.
>> IT'S MUCH WORSE BECAUSE A
WEEK AGO WE THOUGHT SOME THINGS
WOULD -- THE WATER WOULD DRAIN
OFF AND THEY'D RECOVER.
RAIN FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR MORE
AFTER THAT AND MORE THINGS
ROTTED.
>> I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE --
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU
GUYS, BUT ABOUT 65 TO 70% OF THE
CROPS WE HAD IN THE GROUND WERE
LOST.
>> BUT MIKE LIND, ONE OF THE
PARTNERS IN DRIFTLESS ORGANICS,
SAID THEY WOULD PERSEVERE.
>> WE'RE PRETTY YOUNG YET.
THEY'RE NOT DISGRUNTLED ENOUGH
YET TO GIVE UP.
>> THEY DID NOT GIVE UP.
BY THIS LAST SPRING, DRIFTLESS
ORGANICS WAS PLANTING THE FIRST
CROP OF SQUASH.
>> WE HAVE BEEN GETTING QUITE A
BIT OF RAIN THIS SPRING, BUT
WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THINGS WORK,
SO THAT'S A NICE FEELING.
>> AT HARMONY VALLEY, WORKERS
WERE HARVESTING THE FIRST CROP
OF SPINACH.
DEWILDE TOOK NOTE OF THE FACT
THAT THE VALLEY WAS STILL REALLY
WELL.
>> SEE THAT LITTLE SWAMP THERE,
JUST RUNNING OUT OF HERE, YOU
KNOW?
SO THAT IS A LITTLE DISTURBING.
>> EVEN MORE DISTURBING WAS WHAT
HAPPENED JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER
IN EARLY JUNE.
TWO DAYS OF DOWNPOURS HIT ALL OF
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
THE CUCUMBERS WORKERS PLANTED
JUST A MONTH BEFORE WERE WIPED
OUT.
>> IT'S RIGHT WHEN WE WERE
RAMPING UP TO START ALL OUR --
IT WAS FOUR OR FIVE DAYS BEFORE
OUR FIRST CSA BOX WAS SUPPOSED
TO GO OUT.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE DISHEARTENING
TO SEE ALL OUR CSA CROPS GO DOWN
LIKE THAT.
>> THE CSA BOXES, THE LETTERS
STAND FOR COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED
AGRICULTURE, GO TO CUSTOMERS WHO
PAY IN ADVANCE FOR PRODUCE TO
SPOT GROWERS THEIR OPERATING
CAPITAL FOR THE SEASON.
>> FINANCIALLY WE'RE STILL NOT
RECOVERED FROM LAST YEAR TO A
POINT WHERE WE'D LIKE TO BE.
>> BUT UNLIKE 2007 WHEN THE
RAINS CAME, WHEN IT WAS TOO LATE
TO REPLANT MANY CROPS, THE EARLY
JUNE FLOODS LEFT TIME TO
RECOVER.
>> SIX MONTHS AFTER THE FLOOD,
IT'S HARD TO TELL ANYTHING WAS
EVER OUT OF THE ORDINARY HERE.
THE FIELDS HAVE BEEN PLOWED BACK
INTO PLACE.
THEY WOUND UP PRODUCING AN ABOVE
AVERAGE FALL CROP.
>> USED THE BULLDOZER TO FILL IT
IN AND PUT SOME COMPOST ON IT
AND WORKED IT UP AND I WAS
SURPRISED HOW WELL THINGS GREW.
I WAS AFRAID THE SOIL WAS
COMPACTED, MESSED UP, YOU KNOW?
SOIL'S PRETTY RESILIENT, I
GUESS.
>> AS THE 2008 GROWING SEASON
ENDS, RICHARD DEWILDE IS GOOG --
USING THE DOZER TO IMPROVE
DRAINAGE ON A NEW FIELD ADDED TO
HARMONY VALLEY HARM.
COMPOSTED MANURE IS BEING SPREAD
ON A NEARBY FIELD OF KOHLRABI.
SOMETHING HAPPENED AT THE
KICKAPOO VALLEY THAT HADN'T
HAPPENED FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS.
THE FARMERS GOT LUCKY WITH THE
WEATHER.
>> FOR THE MOST PART GOT RAINS
WHEN WE NEEDED THEM.
WEATHER STAYED MODERATE.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO WORK AROUND
THE WEATHER AND GET THINGS
PLANTED ON TIME AND CULTIVATED
AND THEY GREW BEAUTIFULLY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A REALLY KILLING
FROST UNTIL LATE OCTOBER.
WE WERE PICKING TOMATOES,
PEPPERS, YOU KNOW, ALMOST ALMOST
THE END OF OCTOBER.
ALL OF OUR BROCCOLI,
CAULIFLOWER, TURNIPS, AND BEETS
AND CARROTS.
SO GOOD END TO THE SEASON.
>> IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE
SEASON THAT PUT THE FARM IN A
PINCH.
THERE WAS BARELY ENOUGH PRODUCE
TO FILL THE CSA BOXES.
PRODUCE FOR FARMERS' MARKETS WAS
SCARCE UNTIL AUGUST.
>> WE'RE STILL FISCALLY
RECOVERY.
EMOTIONALLY AND THE WELL-BEING
OF OUR BUSINESS.
>> BUT THE POTATO CROPS THAT
WERE WIPED OUT IN 2007 CAME OUT
PERFECTLY THIS SEASON.
>> KIND OF ODDITY TO GET THAT
KIND OF NICE -- EVEN TO GET YOUR
SOIL MOISTURE JUST CORRECT TO
PULL POTATOES AT THE RIGHT TIME.
>> POTATOES ARE THEIR SIGNATURE
CROP.
THEY USE THE POTATO IN THEIR
LOGO.
BECAUSE POTATOES CAN BE STORED
AND SOLD OVER THE WINTER,
FARMERS COUNT ON THEM TO PROVIDE
ONGOING INCOME TO PUT NEXT
YEAR'S CROP IN THE GROUND.
COME THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
>> YOU CAN LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE
AT wpt.org/inwisconsin AND
WATCH ALL OF THE EARLIER REPORTS
ART PRODUCED FEATURING THESE
FARMERS AND THEIR UPS AND DOWNS
SINCE FIRST GETTING WASHED OUT
IN AUGUST OF 2007.
AGAIN, THAT WEB ADDRESS IS
wpt.org/inwisconsin.
>> SPEAKING OF JOURNEYS, OUR
NEXT REPORT FEATURES A TREK OUR
VIDEOGRAPHER TOOK ALONG THE
MANITOWOC COUNTY LEG OF THE ICE
AGE SCENIC NATIONAL TRAIL.
IT WINDS THROUGHOUT OUR STATE.
HE FOUND OUT THE TWO RIVERS LEG
FEATURES BOTH.
* *
>> TAKE A BREAK.
CLEAR YOUR MIND.
ESCAPE TO THE ICE AGE TRAIL IN
MANITOWOC COUNTY.
BUT WHERE TO START?
YOU COULD START HIKING A SEGMENT
OF THE TRAIL NEAR LOWER CADO
FALLS.
OR YOU COULD START AT LOWER
SHUTE PARK ALONG THE MANITOWOC
RIVER.
A SPLENDID HIKE IN THE FALL FOR
A PHOTOGRAPHER.
YOU MAY DISCOVER AN OLD
FOOTBRIDGE HEADING INTO THE CITY
OF MANITOWOC.
I STARTED AT THE WISCONSIN
MARITIME MUSEUM.
>> DID EITHER OF YOU TWO SERVE
ONBOARD SHIP?
>> YEAH.
>> YOU CAN HIKE ON TO A
SUBMARINE SIMILAR TO THE 28 SUBS
BUILT IN MANITOWOC IN WORLD
WAR II.
YOU WON'T FIND A TRAIL GUIDE
EXACTLY, BUT THE TOUR GUIDES
KNOW THEIR SUBS.
>> THE PERISCOPE THAT'S UP, KEEP
THAT IN MIND.
>> NOW BACK TO OUR MAP.
STARTING AT THE MARITIME MUSEUM,
IT HUGS THE LAKE MICHIGAN
SHORELINE.
HIKE UP THE TRAIL TOWARDS TWO
RIVERS, BUT TAKE TIME TO STOP AT
THE WEST OF THE LAKE GARDENS.
>> WEST OF THE LAKE GARDENS,
YES, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> CHERYL HAS HELPED ESTABLISH
THE TRAIL AS ONE OF THE LEADERS
OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER.
>> IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO STOP.
IT'S FREE.
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS, FOUNTAINS AND
IT'S REALLY WELL-DONE.
GREAT LANDSCAPING.
GOT A LOT OF IDEAS MYSELF.
* *
>> THE ICE AGE TRAIL FOLLOWS THE
RALLY POINT RECREATION TRAIL
FROM TWO RIVERS TO POINT BEACH
STATE FOREST, WHERE HIKERS CAN
TAKE IN 5.5 MILES OF SHORELINE.
>> THERE'S 11 ALTERNATING RIDGES
AND TRAILS AS YOU GO WEST FROM
THE LAKE AND THERE'S ABOUT 1,000
YEARS IN TIME.
>> GUY WILLIAM IS THE PROPERTY
MANAGER AT POINT BEACH STATE
FOREST.
>> LAKE MICHIGAN, GLACIAL LAKE,
THIS WAS MUCH HIGHER.
THIS IS A RESULT AFTER THE WATER
HAD RECEDED OVER YEARS.
THEY'RE NOT REAL IMPRESSIVE,
TALL RIDGES.
BUT ON EITHER SIDE IS THE
SWALES.
>> IS THIS A BAD YEAR FOR
MOSQUITOES?
>> YES.
THE SWALES ARE FULL OF WATER SO
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME
MOSQUITOES HERE FOR A WHILE.
>> WHILE TALKING TO GUY, THE
MOSQUITOES FOUND MY BOOT'S
APPETITE.
I GUESS I NEED NEW HIKING BOOTS.
BEFORE A LONG, I DECIDED TO TAKE
A LUNCH BREAK BACK IN TWO
RIVERS.
* *
>> SO WHAT'S THE FAVORITE PART
OF COMING INTO PHIL'S PLACE?
>> PHIL.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THE FRESH LAKE PERCH BRINGS
IN CUSTOMERS TOO.
>> TAKE CARE, GUYS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
BYE.
>> THERE'S SO MANY GOOD CHOICES
IN TWO RIVERS FOR FISH OR FOWL
SANDWICHES.
AND IF A STACK OF PANCAKES OR A
PIECE OF PIE IS NEEDED TO FUEL
YOUR HIKE, THERE'S M & Ms.
I HOPE I HAVE ROOM FOR ONE OF
THESE AFTER MY PANCAKES.
>> YOU'RE ALL DONE FOR THE DAY
THEN?
>> NO, NOT QUITE DONE FOR THE
DAY.
I WANT TO VISIT A FEW MORE OF MY
FAVORITE SPOTS ALONG THE ICE AGE
TRAIL IN MANITOWOC COUNTY.
* *
>> AHH, THE BEACH.
A GREAT PLACE TO TAKE A BREAK.
FROM THE MOSQUITOES.
TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL.
>> YEAH!
>> FLY A KITE.
>> THIS ONE IS ABOUT 7.5 FEET,
THE WINGSPAN.
>> OR PLAY IN THE SAND.
AND FINALLY AT THE END OF THE
DAY, WHATEVER THE SEASON, YOU
CAN JOIN VOLUNTEERS OF THE
MANITOWOC COUNTY ICE AGE TRAIL
FOUNDATION AND SIMPLY WALK THE
TRAIL.
>> YOU CAN CHECK OUT MORE OF OUR
REPORTS FROM THE ICE AGE
NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL ON OUR
WEBSITE AT
WPT.ORG/INWISCONSIN.
INCLUDING REPORTS ON THE
VOLUNTEERS WHO BUILD THE TRAIL
AND THE MAN WHO HAD THE JOB OF
DESIGNING THE TRAIL.
THAT WEB ADDRESS IS
wpt.org/inwisconsin.
AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR THIS
WEEK.
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION WILL
BE OFFERING SOME SPECIAL
PROGRAMMING DURING THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS, SO YOU WON'T FIND US BACK
ON THE AIR UNTIL DECEMBER 18.
UNTIL THEN, WE LEAVE YOU WITH
ONE LAST TASTE OF AUTUMN AT
COUNCIL GROUNDS STATE PARK IN
LINCOLN COUNTY.
FOR "IN WISCONSIN," I'M PATTY
LOEW.
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.
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