>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "IN
WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK TRAVEL TO LA CROSSE
WHERE A FRANCISCAN ORDER OF
NUNS HAS TAKEN AN AGE-OLD --
FIND OUT WHY THIS ELECTRIC
BARRIER DESIGNED TO KEEP
INVASIVE ASIAN CARP OUT OF THE
GREAT LAKES MAY NOT BE DOING
ITS JOB AND MEET A MAN WITH
ROOTS IN THE SMALL NORTHERN
COMMUNITY OF WINTER AND
DISCOVER HOW HIS JOB HAS TAKEN
HIM TO NEW HEIGHTS.
WE'LL ALSO TAKE YOU ON A
WINTERY HIKE THROUGH
UW-MADISON'S ARBORETUM, THE
LARGEST COLLECTION OF RESTORED
ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES IN THE
WORLD FOUND RIGHT HERE 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.
>> SANTA CLAUS AND STATE
HOLIDAY TREES, SHOPPING MALLS
AND TV SPECIALS.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
THINGS WE GET CAUGHT UP WITH
DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
BUT AT A CATHOLIC CONVENT IN LA
CROSSE, THE FOCUS OF THE
HOLIDAYS IS SPIRITUALITY.
ALTHOUGH THAT SPIRITUALITY
AMONG THE FRANCISCAN SISTERS OF
PERPETUAL ADD ORDATION IS
HARDLY SEASONAL.
THEIR PERPETUAL ADD ORDATION
TAKES THE FORM OF PERPETUAL
PRAYER WITH A MODERN TWIST.
>> THE SISTERS CALL THEIR
SPIRITUAL HOME THE CHAPEL OF
THE ANGELS.
>> THERE ARE OVER 160 ANGELS
DEPICTED THROUGHOUT THE CHAPEL.
WE JUST PASSED UNDER A FEW.
>> IT'S REACHING TOWARD THE
HEAVENS.
>> IT'S ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE
SO YOU HAVE ALL THE ARCHES.
>> IT'S ALTARS RESMRENTENT--
>> THE CHAPEL'S 100 STAINED
GLASS WINDOWS DIRECT FROM
BAVARIA.
>> GOD HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO
US, VERY, VERY GOOD.
>> SO GOOD, IN FACT, THE
SISTERS OF THE CONVENT BELIEVE
THE 100-YEAR-OLD CHURCH AND
THEIR THRIVING COMMUNITY WAS A
GIFT FROM GOD.
A GIFT BESTOWED IN ANSWER TO A
PROMISE MADE BY THEIR FELLOW
FRANCISCAN SISTERS BACK IN 1865.
IT WAS THE PROMISE TO
PERPETUALLY PRAYER.
AND PRAY THEY DO.
NON-STOP 24/7 FOR THE PAST 131
YEARS.
IT'S CALLED PERPETUAL ADORATION.
>> GRANT PEACE TO THE WORLD.
>> THE HANDS OF A CLOCK THAT
SIGNAL SHIFT CHANGE ON THE HOUR
MARK THEIR TIME.
BUT THESE SISTERS ARE HARDLY
STUCK IN TIME.
THEY ARE UP TO DATE AND THEN
SOME BECAUSE TODAY, THE
SISTER'S WEBSITE ALSO RUNS A
PERPETUAL ADORATION CLOCK TO
THE DIGITAL SECOND.
**
>> AND SO IF THE PACE OF PRAYER
ITSELF MARCHES SLOWLY THROUGH
THE CENTURIES.
THE PACE OF THE PRAYER REQUESTS
IS IN OVERDRIVE.
THAT'S THANKS TO THE FACT THAT
THESE DAYS 90% OF THEM COME IN
VIA EMAIL.
>> THIS IS THE HUB OF ACTIVITY.
THIS IS WHERE THE PRAYER
REQUEST ACTION HAPPENS.
>> SISTER CONSTANCE WALTON TAPS
INTO HER LAPTOP TO RETRIEVE A
STEADY STREAM.
>> WE GET REQUESTS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
LAST WEEK WE HAD ONE FROM SAUDI
ARABIA.
A LADY EMAILS FROM HUNGARY.
THIS IS A COSMIC THING.
IT MAKES ME REALIZE IT'S
BROADER THAN US.
>> WHAT YOU DO IS FILL OUT
WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU WANT
TO FILL OUT ON HERE AND THEN
YOU CAN PUT THE NAME OF THE
PERSON PRAYING, EMAIL, ADDRESS
AND WHATEVER AND THEN YOU JUST
SEND.
>> SISTER CONSTANCE SAYS LATELY
WHAT WITH THE HOLIDAYS AND THE
SOUR ECONOMY AS MANY AS 200
REQUESTS A DAY ARE COMING IN
VIA EMAIL.
A PRAYER REQUEST BULLETIN BOARD
POSTS THE ONES COMING BY PHONE
OR LETTER.
>> THE HOLIDAYS ARE A TIME WHEN
WE ARE MOST VULNERABLE.
PEOPLE ARE MORE VULNERABLE
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE EXPECTATION
OF WHAT CHRISTMAS IS SUPPOSED
TO BE.
>> ALL PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
BE THINE.
>> THERE ARE LOTS OF REQUESTS
FOR THE SISTERS TO PRAYER FOR
HEALING AND THESE DAYS FOR JOBS
BUT THERE ARE MANY MORE.
>> MY DAUGHTER IS APPLYING FOR
A JOB.
APPLYING FOR A JOB AND TRYING
TO GET INTO GRAD SCHOOL.
PLEASE PRAY FOR HER.
RIGHT NOW AS FINALS ARE COMING
IN THE COLLEGES, PRAY THESE
STUDENTS GET THROUGH.
>> IS NOTHING TOO SMALL?
>> HEAVENS, NO.
AS CHRISTIANS WE BELIEVE JESUS
IS THE LORD OF ALL AND SO
NOTHING IS TOO SMALL.
NOTHING IS TOO GREAT TO PRAY
FOR.
ONE OF THE THINGS ARE PEOPLE
WHO LOST THEIR PETS OR MY DOG
IS GOING INTO SURGERY.
PLEASE PRAY FOR MY DOG.
>> THAT IS WHAT THESE NUNS AND
LAY PARTNERS IN PRAYER ARE
KNEELING BEFORE THE ALTAR OVER.
ANY MANNER OF REQUESTS FROM
STRANGERS NEAR AND FAR.
THE SPECIFICS TUCKED INTO A
DAILY ROSTER PLACED BETWEEN THE
PRAYER FOLD AND TO EVERY
CORRESPONDENCE, SISTER
CONSTANCE REPLIES THAT THEIR
REQUEST FOR PRAYERS HAS BEEN
GRANTED.
>> IF I COULD SHARE EVERY STORY
AND EVERY THANK YOU, SOME IS
JUST THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYER
REQUEST AND THEN YOU GET THESE
LONG EXPLANATIONS OF THAT MEANT
SO MUCH TO ME AND I'M SO GLAD
TO KNOW SOMEBODY IS OUT THERE
AND I'M NOT ALONE ANYMORE.
>> IT IS THAT REACHING OUT
BEYOND THE CHAPEL WALLS THAT
DRIVES THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL
ADORATION FOR 131 YEARS, 47,621
DAYS AND COUNTING.
MAKING GOOD ON PRAYER REQUESTS
FROM THEIR LAPTOP TO GOD'S EARS.
WE BELIEVE THE FRANCISCAN
SISTER OF PERPETUAL ADORATION
WHO FOUNDED VITERBO UNIVERSITY
IN LA CROSSE HAVE THE LONGEST
RUNNING UNINTERRUPTED PRAYER IN
THE NATION.
OUR NEXT REPORT TAKES US TO THE
SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND THE
FRONT LINE OF THE FIGHT AGAINST
A VERY LARGE INVASIVE SPECIES
KNOWN AS ASIAN CARP.
ALL THAT'S STANDING BETWEEN THE
CARP AND GREAT LAKES IS A
NARROW ELECTRIC BARRIER ACROSS
THE CHICAGO CANAL.
HOW TO OPERATE THAT BARRIER HAS
LED TO HEATED DEBATE.
REPORTER ANDY SOTH EXPLAINS.
>> THE CHICAGO RIVER FLOWS
BACKWARDS.
CIVIL ENGINEERS REVERSED ITS
FLOW AND CONNECTED IT BY CANAL
TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM
AROUND THE TURN OF THE 20th
CENTURY.
TODAY THAT LINK IS CAUSING A
21st CENTURY DILEMMA.
IN 2003 WE TRAVELED TO THE
ILLINOIS RIVER TO LEARN ABOUT
THE ASIAN CARP.
THESE INVASIVE FISH WERE
WREAKING HAVOC ON THE WATER BY
JUMPING IN FRONT OF BOATS AND
JET SKIERS BUT THE REAL DAMAGE
THEY WERE DOING WAS ECOLOGICAL.
>> THESE FISH ACTUALLY ARE SO
NUMEROUS AND REPRODUCING IN
SUCH LARGE QUANTITIES THEY'RE
TAKING OVER THE HABITATS.
>> THESE IMPORTED FISH ESCAPED
FROM ARKANSAS FISH FARMS AND
ESCAPED TO THE MISSISSIPPI AND
TRIBUTARIES.
SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE
BEFORE THE ASIAN CARP REACHED
LAKE MICHIGAN AND PUT THE
FISHING INDUSTRY AT GRAVE RISK.
IN 2003 THAT SOMETHING WAS AN
EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRIC BARRIER
BUILT ON THE CANAL THAT
FUNCTIONED LIKE AN ELECTRIC
FENCE TO KEEP FISH FROM
CROSSING THIS POINT AND
REACHING LAKE MICHIGAN.
AT THAT TIME GREAT LAKES
ADVOCATES WERE CALLING ON
CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION TO
CREATE A PERMANENT ELECTRIC
BARRIER.
>> I WANT PEOPLE TO GET MAD AS
HELL AND GET TO WASHINGTON AND
TALK TO THEIR CONGRESSMAN AND
SAY WE WANT THE BILL PASSED.
THE NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES
ACT.
>> CONGRESS ENACTED THE
LEGISLATION BUT THE PROBLEM IS
FAR FROM SOLVED.
ONE OF TWO PLANNED NEW BARRIERS
WAS BUILT BUT SINCE 2006, IT'S
BEEN UNDERGOING SAFETY TESTING.
LAST WEEK 29 CONGRESSIONAL
MEMBERS INCLUDING WISCONSIN
SENATORS RUSS FINE GOLD, HERB
KOHL AND TOM PETR SENT A LETTER
TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
ASKING WHY THE PROJECT HAS BEEN
DELAYED.
>> IT USES ONE VOLT PER INCH OF
ELECTRIC CHARGE TO REPEL FISH.
THE NEW BARRIER HAS THE
CAPACITY OF FOUR VOLTS PER INCH.
THIS WEEK THE U.S. COAST GUARD
AGREED THE NEW BARRIER COULD BE
TURNED ON PERMANENTLY BUT ONLY
AT THE ONE VOLT PER INCH LEVEL.
SCIENTISTS WORRY THAT LEVEL IS
NOT STRONG ENOUGH.
SMALL FISH ARE ACTUALLY LESS
AFFECTED BY ELECTRICITY SO
WHILE ONE VOLT WORKS ON A FISH
THE SIZE OF A MATURE CARP, IT
MAY NOT ON THEIR OFFSPRING.
PHIL MOY IS CO-CHAIR OF THE
BARRIER ADVISORY BOARD.
>> ONCE THE SMALL FISH ARE
PRESENT.
ASIAN CARP BEGIN TO SPAWN
DOWNSTREAM SIX OR SEVEN MILES
BELOW THE NEXT DAM THERE IS A
HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THESE SMALL
FISH TO THEN BE PRESENT NEAR
THE BARRIER.
>> FOUR VOLTS WERE INCH OF
ELECTRICAL CHARGE HAS BEEN
SHOWN IN SMALL SCALE TESTS TO
DETER EVEN LITTLE FISH BUT THE
LEVEL HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED TO
BE SAFE FOR BOATS OR THEIR
CREWS.
>> WE NEED TO THOROUGHLY
COMPLETE SAFETY TESTING AT
HIGHER VOLTAGES BEFORE WE'LL BE
ABLE TO OPERATE THE BARRIER AT
THIS HIGHER VOLTAGES.
>> WE DON'T HAVE THE SMALL FISH
HERE YET.
THEY AREN'T KNOCKING AT THE
DOOR.
SOMETIME THEY'RE GOING TO BE
THERE AND WE NEED TO KNOW HOW
WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE THIS
THING AND WHEN IT IS GOING TO
MOVE TO A HIGHER VOLTAGE WELL
IN ADVANCE OF THE PRESENCE OF
THESE FISH.
THIS IS THE TIME TO LOOK AT
THIS.
>> EVEN IF THE BARRIER WERE TO
WORK CONTINUOUSLY AT FULL
CAPACITY ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND
SCIENTISTS SAY IT IS NO
PERMANENT SOLUTION.
SOME WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
CANAL CLOSED.
IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO SOLVE
THE PROBLEM YOU HAD TO GET
SERIOUS ABOUT HYDROLOGICALLY
SEPARATING THE MISSISSIPPI AND
THE RIVER.
>> IF WE'RE TALKING LONG TERM
EFFECTIVENESS ON A WHOLE ARRAY
OF ORGANISMS, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE
TO GO WITH SOMETHING A LOT MORE
PERMANENT, A LOT MORE PHYSICAL
PROBABLY THAN BEHAVIORAL
BARRIERS.
>> CLOSING THE CANAL IS NOT
EASY.
IT'S THE WAY WASTE WATER IS
ROUTED AWAY FROM CHICAGO.
>> THE WATER THAT PEOPLE ARE
USING TO BRUSH THEIR TEETH AND
FLUSH THEIR TOILETS IS ACTUALLY
FORMING THE BASE OF WHAT IS IN
THE CHICAGO WATERWAYS.
>> WHATEVER PERMANENT SOLUTION
MAY BE FOUND WILL BE A MASSIVE
UNDERTAKING.
CHICAGO'S WATERWAYS WERE
CONSTRUCTED OVER A SPAN OF
DECADES.
FOR NOW, THE ELECTRIC BARRIER
WILL HAVE TO DO.
>> THE ELECTRICAL ARRAY IS A
SIGNIFICANT STEP IN THE
PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD.
IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP
EVERYTHING.
IT'S NOT AN END-ALL.
IT'S A GOOD BEGINNING.
>> YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
ISSUES SURROUNDING THE ELECTRIC
BARRIER AND THE THREAT OF THE
INVASIVE ASIAN CARP BY LOGGING
ONTO wpt.org/inwisconsin.
ONCE THERE, YOU'LL FIND
STREAMING VIDEO OF ALL OF OUR
REPORTS, BONUS FEATURES AND
LINKS TO ADDITIONAL WEB
RESOURCES.
THAT ADDRESS IS
wpt.org/inwisconsin.
THIS YEAR MARKS THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF NASA, AMERICA'S
SPACE AGENCY.
REPORTER ART HACKETT WAS EIGHT
YEARS OLD WHEN NASA WAS CREATED.
ART GREW UP IN HOUSTON WHERE
THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WAS
LOCATED PRACTICALLY IN HIS
BACKYARD.
ART'S BOYHOOD ENTHUSIASM FOR
THE NASA PROGRAM MADE HIM A
NATURAL TO EXPLORE WISCONSIN'S
SPACE CONNECTIONS FROM THE
BEGINNING TO THE PRESENT.
**
>> DURING THE FOURTH OF JULY
WEEKEND IN THE CHIPPEWA COUNTY
COMMUNITY OF BLOOMER, THE TOWN
GATHERED TO DEDICATE A
VETERAN'S MEMORIAL.
>> IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE
WITH YOU TODAY.
>> A FAMOUS VETERAN, RETIRED
U.S. ARMY COLONEL JEFFREY
WILLIAMS RETURNED TO THE TOWN
HE LIVED AS A CHILD.
>> I ALSO THINK OF BLOOMER
EVERY TIME I'M WORKING ON REHAB
OR TRAINING WITH ONE OF OUR
TRAINERS WHEN HE SAYS GO PICK
UP THAT JUMP ROPE AND DO SOME
JUMP ROPING I THINK OF BLOOMER,
THE JUMP ROPE CAPITAL OF THE
WORLD.
>> AN ATHLETE?
NO.
AN ASTRONAUT.
JEFFREY WILLIAMS JOURNEY FROM
BLOOMER TO THE BLUE YONDER
ISN'T CHRONICLED IN THE RIGHT
STUFF BUT HE WAS INSPIRED BY
THE BOOK.
WILLIAMS DIDN'T FLY FIGHTER
JETS OR EXPERIMENTAL ROCKET
PLANES.
WILLIAMS WAS ONLY THE NINTH
U.S. ASTRONAUT TO HAVE STARTED
OUT IN THE U.S. ARMY.
>> I STARTED OUT AS A
HELICOPTER PILOT.
LATER GOT A FIXED WING
TRANSITION AND FLEW A LITTLE
BIT OF EVERYTHING.
ALL TIMES OF AIRCRAFT THROUGH
THE EXPERIENCE AT THE NAVAL
TEST PILOT SCHOOL.
>> WILLIAMS' HOMETOWN IS WINTER
IN SAWYER COUNTY.
HIS FAMILY MOVED THERE WHEN
JEFFREY WAS STILL IN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
HE WOUND UP LIVING IN THE
FARMHOUSE BUILT BY HIS
GRANDFATHER.
>> TAUGHT ME CAR PENTRY SINCE I
WAS OLD ENOUGH TO SWING A
HAMMER.
>> HE'S WALKED IN SPACE TO HELP
WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> I SAID GRANDPA, NASA IS
LOOKING FOR SOME CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS ON THE SPACE STATION
THEY'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING.
I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY TO APPLY
FOR A JOB.
HE THOUGHT IT WAS A NEAT THING
BUT HE COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND
WHY ANYBODY WOULD WANT TO CLIMB
ON TOP OF A ROCKET.
>> WILLIAMS HAS CLIMBED ON TOP
OF A ROCKET TWICE.
IN MARCH OF 2000 WILLIAMS WAS
FLIGHT ENGINEER ON THE 101st
SHUTTLE MISSION.
THE FLIGHT HAULED 2 1/2 TONS OF
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TO THE
SPACE STATION.
>> WHEN THE ACTUAL LIFT-OFF
OCCURS, WE JOKINGLY LIKE TO SAY
THAT YOU KNOW SOMETHING
SIGNIFICANT JUST HAPPENED IN
YOUR LIFE.
OF COURSE, THAT'S AN
UNDERSTATEMENT, TO LIFT OFF THE
PAD TO GET THAT KICK IN THE
REAR END, TO HAVE MIRRORS ON
OUR WRIST THAT YOU CAN LOOK OUT
AN OVERHEAD WINDOW JUST OVER MY
HEAD AND WATCH THE BEACH DROP
AWAY BELOW THE SHUTTLE, FEEL
ALL THE VIBRATION AND THE SOUND
AND THE ENERGY IS JUST AN
INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
>> NASA AND THE MANNED SPACE
PROGRAM JUST TURNED 50.
MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE ARE OR
HAVE HELD THE TITLE OF
ASTRONAUT.
THE GEE WHIZ FACTOR IS FADING.
>> DO YOU STILL GET?
>> YOU STILL GET THAT IF WE'RE
RECOGNIZED AS AN ASTRONAUT.
FORTUNATELY FOR US, WE'RE NOT
TYPICALLY RECOGNIZED IN A
PUBLIC SETTING UNLESS WE'RE
THERE FOR THAT PURPOSE AND
DRESSED IN THE BLUE FLIGHT SUIT.
>> THE ORIGINAL MERCURY 7 WERE
SO POPULAR LIFE MAGAZINE SIGNED
THIS EMOTION TO PROMOTIONAL
PROJECTS.
HE HAS A FAN CLUB, THE 400 OR
SO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN WINTER,
WISCONSIN.
THEY INCLUDE QUITE NATURALLY
WILLIAMS' PARENTS.
LLOYD WILLIAMS IS JEFFREY'S
FATHER.
>> HE WAS A GOOD STUDENT AND A
VERY EARLY INTEREST IN SCIENCE.
HE USED TO GO DOWN IN THE
BASEMENT AND MAKE ROCKETS, THAT
TYPE OF THING, BRING THEM UP
HERE ON THE CONCRETE AND THEY
WOULD ALL BLOW UP.
[LAUGHTER]
HE GOT APPOINTED TO WEST POINT.
HE MET ASTRONAUTS, LISTENED TO
THEM, AND ONE DAY HE SAID, I
THINK I CAN DO THAT.
>> WHAT DID YOU SAY THEN?
>> GREAT.
>> BUT WATCHING HER SON LIFT
OFF INTO SPACE HAS BEEN MORE
DIFFICULT FOR JEFFREY'S MOTHER,
EUNICE.
>> ACTUALLY WHEN THOSE ROCKETS
WENT OFF, HER HEAD WENT RIGHT
HERE.
>> I NEVER HAVE SEEN HIM
ACTUALLY GO UP UNTIL HE WAS WAY.
>> YOU COULDN'T LOOK AT IT.
>> RIGHT.
BECAUSE THERE IS FIRE UNDER
THERE OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.
>> NICK STENGEL WAS WILLIAMS'S
TEACHER.
>> HE LOVED TO DO ORGT OH
GRAPHIC DRAWINGS AND
PROJECTIONS.
THREE VIEW DRAWINGS WHERE YOU
TAKE APART A MACHINE PART AND
DIMENSION IT.
>> TO SAY THAT HE'S KEPT TRACK
OF HIS FORMER STUDENT IS
PUTTING IT MILDLY.
IN 2000, STENGEL WAS PART OF A
DELEGATION FROM WINTER WHEN
WILLIAMS WAS FIRST LAUNCHED
INTO SPACE.
SOME PEOPLE MADE SEVERAL TRIPS
BECAUSE OF THE POSTPONEMENTS IN
THE LAUNCH.
>> WELL, THE FIRST TIME WE WERE
DOWN THERE FOR THREE DAYS AND
IT DIDN'T GO OFF.
AND WE HAD -- YOU KNOW, I
REALLY DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
WE HAD 50, 60 PEOPLE.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE.
IN A SMALL COMMUNITY, YOU
BECOME A FAMILY AND EVERYBODY
LOOKS OUT AND CARES FOR EACH
OTHER, ROOTS FOR EACH OTHER AND
THE WINTER COMMUNITY IS JEFF'S
FAMILY AND ANYTHING THAT HE
DOES WE'RE BACKING 100%.
WE REALLY FELT A NEED TO BE
WITH FAMILY.
**
>> AND THEN THERE IS BERNIE
REICH WHO WHILE WE WERE THERE
SURPRISED JEFFREY WITH A SONG
ABOUT HIS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL
CLASSMATE.
THEY LOAD UP THE FAMILY AND
MAKE THE TRIP FROM ILLINOIS
WHEN HIS OLD FRIEND IS BACK IF
TOWN.
HE'S GONE FARTHER THAN WINTER
TO VISIT JEFFREY.
>> YOU CAME TO RUSSIA AND YOU
WERE IN RUSSIA A COUPLE DAYS
BEFORE YOU WENT TO KAZAKHSTAN?
>> YEAH.
WE WERE IN THE STAR CITY.
>> WILLIAMS SECOND FLIGHT WAS
ON A RUSSIAN ROCKET LAUNCHED
FROM STAR CITY, THE BASE OF THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION'S SPACE
PROGRAM.
>> YOU WENT ALL THE WAY TO
KAZAKHSTAN TO SEE HIM GET
LAUNCHED?
>> YES, HE DID.
>> I DID.
>> IT WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME
THING AND NOW WE'RE DOING IT
AGAIN.
>> CAN'T BEAT THAT.
I HAVE TO GO BACK.
>> WILLIAMS NEXT FLIGHT WILL
ALSO BE ABOARD A RUSSIAN ROCKET.
BERNIE HOPES TO BE THERE FOR
THAT LAUNCH, TOO.
>> WHEN MY MOM FIRST MET JEFF.
YOU KNOW HOW MOTHERS ARE,
THEY'RE PRETTY PER EXCEPTTIVE
ON HOW PEOPLE ARE BECAUSE THEY
DON'T WANT THEIR SONS HANGING
AROUND WITH YAHOOS SO WE'RE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MRS.
WILLIAMS ALLOWED HIM TO HANG
OUT WITH ME.
BUT MY MOM SAYS YOU KNOW,
BERNIE, I LIKE JEFF.
HE'S QUITE A FELLOW.
SHE SAID HE'LL BE GOING PLACES.
>> WILLIAMS GOES PLACES BUT
COMES BACK TO WINTER.
HE'S MADE NUMEROUS VISITS TO
THE LOCAL SCHOOL.
REMEMBER HOW WILLIAMS SAID
PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE
ASTRONAUTS UNLESS THEY'RE
WEARING JUMPSUITS?
HE WAS GREETED BY MULTIPLE
VISIONS OF HIMSELF WHEN HE WAS
IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WHEN WILLIAMS TALKS ABOUT HIS
MISSIONS, HE BRINGS SOMETHING
OTHER ASTRONAUTS MAY NOT HAVE.
A HUGE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM SPACE.
>> I THINK EVERYBODY GETS A
DIFFERENT HOBBY OF WHAT THEY
ENJOY.
FOR ME IT WAS PHOTOGRAPHY.
IT'S WHAT CONSUMED ANY FREE
TIME I HAD, I SQUEEZED
PHOTOGRAPHY IN BETWEEN THE WORK
I WAS ASSIGNED TO DO ON A DAILY
BASIS WHEN I KNEW I WAS PASSING
OVER A PLACE OF INTEREST.
>> DID YOU EVER TRY, WHEN YOU
WERE GOING OVER, TRY TO PICK
OUT WINTER?
>> OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I TOOK SOME GREAT SHOTS OF
WINTER THAT I SHOWED HERE WHEN
I CAME BACK TO WINTER A LITTLE
OVER A YEAR AGO TO THE
COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY
PRESENTATION.
AND I MET MY OBJECTIVE EVEN TO
GET A SHOT WHERE YOU COULD PICK
OUT THE FARM BUILDINGS RIGHT
HERE WHERE WE'RE SITTING AND I
WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THE SHED AND THE
BARN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY.
THIS IS HAND HELD PHOTOGRAPHY.
>> IF YOUR JOB TITLE IS
ASTRONAUT AND WORK IN SPACE FOR
SIX MONTHS YOU REALLY NEED A
HOBBY.
>> I SAY IT'S A LONG TIME TO BE
STUCK IN A TIN CAN.
I SAY THAT A LITTLE BIT
JOKINGLY BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME
TRUTH IN THAT.
BORING IS NOT IN THE VOCABULARY.
I FOUND THAT I COULD NOT COUNT
THE DAYS TO GO OR THE DAYS I
HAD BEEN THERE BECAUSE DAYS --
THERE ARE TOMORROW OF THEM AND
THEY WENT TOO SLOWLY.
I COUNTED MONTHS OR DIDN'T
COUNT AT ALL.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE ENVIRONMENTS
WE HAVE IN LIFE'S EXPERIENCE
WHERE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
JUST TO TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A
TIME BOTH FOR YOU ON BOARD THE
SPACECRAFT, AS WELL AS THE
FAMILY BACK HOME ON EARTH.
>> THE NAME OF THE SONG BERNIE
REICH WROTE FOR JEFFREY
WILLIAMS IS LONESOME HEART.
THEY WON'T BE LONESOME OVER THE
HOLIDAYS.
THEIR TWO FAMILIES WILL SPEND
CHRISTMAS TOGETHER IN HOUSTON.
AND IN SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR,
BERNIE PLANS TO TRAVEL TO
KAZAKHSTAN FOR THE LAUNCH OF
THE MISSION THAT NASA CALLS
EXPEDITION 21.
AGAIN, AS ART HACKETT
EXPLAINED, JEFFREY WILLIAMS
WILL SPEND SIX MONTHS ON THAT
MISSION ORBITING THE EARTH ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR THIS
WEEK.
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION
WILL BE OFFERING SOME SPECIAL
PROGRAMMING OVER THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS SO YOU WON'T FIND US BACK
ON THE AIR UNTIL JANUARY 8th.
WHEN WE RETURN, SOME OF THE
STORIES WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU
IN THE NEW YEAR WILL INCLUDE A
WINTERY SKI TRIP ALONG THE NEW
WOOD PORTION OF THE ICE AGE
TRAIL.
WE'LL EXPLAIN HOW THIS BUDDHIST
MONK IS HELPING TO DEVELOPING
PROOF THAT HAPPINESS MAY BE A
MATTER OF MEDITATION.
YOU'LL MEET THE LONG TIME
OWNER OF A MARSHFIELD SHOE SHOP.
IT'S LED TO AN UPSWING IN
BUSINESS WITH A DOWN ECONOMY.
WE'LL TRAVEL TO DEVIL'S LAKE IN
SAUK COUNTY TO SEE HOW THESE
DEVOTED BIRD ENTHUSIASTS HAVE
FOUND MAJESTY IN A
MUCH-MALIGNED BIRD AND THEN
WE'LL TAKE YOU TO MENOMINEE
COUNTY.
THAT'S ALL COMING UP IN THE NEW
YEAR ON "IN WISCONSIN."
IN THE MEANTIME WE LEAVE YOU
WITH A TRIP TO UW-MADISON'S
ARBORETUM.
IT ENCOMPASSES 1200 ACRES.
IT CAN BE ENJOYED YEAR ROUND.
ENJOY AND FOR "IN WISCONSIN"
I'M PATTY LOEW.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND WE'LL SEE
YOU IN THE NEW YEAR.
>> 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.