>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK THE STATE'S BUDGET
CRISIS THREATENS TO COMPOUND
THE PROBLEMS THAT ALREADY EXIST
IN WISCONSIN'S OVERLOADED
COURTS.
>> WE'RE ONE REAL COMPLICATED
CASE AWAY FROM A BREAKDOWN.
>> PLUS THIS MARSHFIELD WOMAN'S
STORE IS A SOLE SURVIVOR.
WHAT MAKES WISCONSIN ODD?
>> A SHOE X-RAY MACHINE.
>> APPARENTLY ENOUGH TO INSPIRE
A HISTORICAL EXHIBIT IN MADISON.
THOSE REPORTS THIS WEEK 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 CARER
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.
>> WE BEGIN WITH A PROMISE FROM
WISCONSIN'S GOVERNOR TO DO
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BALANCE
THE STATE'S BUDGET.
FIXING A PROJECTED 5.4 BILLION
DOLLAR SHORTFALL WON'T COMMIESY.
IN OUR CONTINUING SERIES ON THE
ECONOMY CALLED MONEY MATTERS WE
TAKE A LOOK AT ONE STATE
PROGRAM THAT'S ALREADY SHORT,
PROSECUTORS IN THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICES ACROSS
WISCONSIN ARE UNDERSTAFFED BY
NEARLY 30%.
AS FREDERICA FREYBERG REPORTS
THAT'S ACCORDING TO STATE'S OWN
AUDITORS.
>> DANE COUNTY ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY DANE FREEMAS ALWAYS
ON THE RUN STRUGGLING 400
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES.
>> I HAVE DD, BRADLEY WILL BE A
WAIVER.
>> I FEEL CONSTANTLY WE'RE
AGAINST THE GUN.
I'D BE LYING IF I DIDN'T SAY
YOU WORRY IFRE ARE THINGS
SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS.
>> RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING ON A
CASE OF IDENTITY THEFT.
>> THIS WOMANRIES ABOUT THE
SAME THING.
>> MY NIGHTMARE IS A CASE
SITTING IN ONE OSE PILES
HERE THAT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO
YET INVOLVES AN OFFENDER WHO IS
GOING TO COMMIT SOME MORE
SERIOUS CRIME.
>> THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER LOOKS
LIKE IT'S THE OLDEST ONE.
OH, MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER.
>> INCOMING POLICE REPORTS
STACK UP WAITING
PROSECUTORS TO MAKE CHARGES.
CLERKS WHO MANAGE THE STACKS
SAY THEY'RE OVERRUN.
>> IT'S PILENTENANCE IN
ADDITION TO FILE MAINTENANCE.
A WHOLE NEW CATEGORY WE'VE HAD
TO DEVELOP IN THE INTAKE OFFICE
TO MANAGE THE BAC
>> IN DANE COUNTY THE NUMBER OF
SWORN LAWORCEMENT HAS
DOUBLED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.
WE HAVE FEWER FULL-TIME
PERMANENT ASSISTANT DISTRICT
ATTORNEY POSITIONS THAN WE DID
20 YEARS AGO.
>> ONE OF THE PEOPLE SOUNDING
THE ALARM OVER THE SHORTAGE OF
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
IN WISCONSIN IS DANE COUNTY
D.A. BRIAN BLANCHARD.
>> SINCE THE STATE TOOK OVER
THIS PROGRAM IN 1990 IT HAS
BEEN PRETTY MUCHECTED.
THERE HAVE NOT BEEN BY AND
LARGE NEW POSITIONS ADDED TO
MATCH POPULATION GROWTH.
>> POPULATION GROWTH MEANS MORE
PEOPLE TO COMMIT CRIMES, MORE
POLICE MEANS MORE ARRESTS.
IT ALL ADDS UP TO MORE CASES.
BUT NOT MORE PROSECUTORS TO
HANDLE THEM.
>> VICTIRE COMPETING WITH
EACH OTHER FOR OUR ATTENTION.
JUDGES ARE WAITING FOR US TO
APPEAR IN COURT BECAUSE WE'RE
IN MULTIPLE COURTS AT THE SAME
TIME.
POLICE AND VICTIMS AND FAMILY
VICTIMS ARE WAITING FOR US TO
CHARGE CASES.
>> RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 430
COUNTY PROSECUTORS IN WISCONSIN
BUT NEARLY EVERY COUNTY IN THE
STATE IS HUNGRY FOR M
BECAUSE, ACCORDING TO THTATE
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
AND THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT
BUREAU ABOUT 120 ASSISTANT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ARE NEEDED
STATEWIDE TO MEET CASELOAD
DEMAND.
WOOD COUNTY SHOWS THE GREATEST
CRUNCH NEEDING MORE THAN TWICE
THE FOUR PROSECUTORS IT
CURRENTLY HAS.
THE SAME HOLDS TRUE IN PLACES
LIKE MONROE COUNTY, BROWN
COUNTY IS DOWN SEVEN ASSISTANT
D.A.s AND DANE COUNTY NEEDS THE
MOST.
AN ADDITIONAL 11 PROSECUTORS
ARE NEEDED TO HANDLE ITS
CASELOAD.
DANE CURRENTLY HAS 28 ASSISTANT
D.A.s BUT THEY'RE SCRAMBLING.
>> THERE IS A GREAT PRESENCE OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE STREETS
BUT NO ONE TO BE ABLE TO
ADDRESS THE CHARGING ISION
IN THE PROSECUTION OF THE CASE
IT'S CAUSING GREATER INJURY.
AND CREATING FURTHER TRAUMA FOR
-- THIS IS SO SERIOUS.
I CAN'T EMPHASIZE IT ENOUGH.
>> IN FACT, THE VICTIM WITNESS
OFFICE TOLD US TOK WITH
BRIAN AND KRISTIN BOTT.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME SOME TODAY
THIS WILL END?
>> THEIR INFANT SUFFERED SHAKEN
BABY SYNDROME.
IT TOOK TWO YEARS FROM THE TIME
OF THE BABYSITTER'S ARREST
UNTIL SHE WASTENCED
PRISON.
>> IT'S REVICTIMIZING.
YOU GO BACK TO THAT INITIAL
FEELING OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
THROUGH AND IN THE MEANTIME IN
BETWEEN YOU DON'T HEAL.
YOU CAN'T HEAL.
YOU DON'T EVEN TRY TO START
HEALING.
>> THE BOTTS SAY THEY HAD NO
IDEA THERE WAS A STAFFING
SHORTAGE IN THE D.A.s OFFICE.
>> NEVER ONCE DID WE FEEL LIKE
OUR CASE WAS NOT THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO THE PEOPLE
THAT REPRESENTED US.
>> PEOPLE DO TRIAGE.
I'M REALLY TELLING ATTORNEYS
HERE LOOK, YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK
AT YOUR 10, 20 MOST SERIOUS
CASES AND REALLY KEEP TRACK OF
THEM IN EVERY RESPECT AND
YOU'RE GOING TO EFFECTIVELY BE
DOING TRIAGE ON THE BALANCE OF
THEM.
>> HE SAYS THAT MEANS ONLY SO
MANY MINUTES PER CASE FILE.
HAVING PROSECUTORS CONSIDER
PLEA DEALS AND DISMISSALS.
STRATEGIES TO SURVIVE THE DAY
AND WORRIES IT LEADS TO
ASSEMBLY LINE JUSTICE.
>> IT GETS DISHEARTENING FOR
OFFICERS WHO PUT MANY, MANY
HOURS INTO THIS KIND OF WORK.
>> MELANIE HAMPTON IS A MADISON
POLICE INVESTIGATOR AND MEMBER
OF THE DANE COUNTY BOARD.
THE DOCUMENTED SHORTAGE OF
PROSECUTORS IS OUT OF HER HANDS
BECAUSE FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS
COUNTY PROSECUTORS HAVE BEEN
FUNDED BY STATE GOVERNMENT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
HOPE THE STATE LEGISLATURE
TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION IS
THAT GOVERNMENT DOES THOSE
THINGS THAT PRIVATE CITIZENS
CAN'T DO FOR THEMSELVES.
PRIVATE CITIZENS CAN'T
PROSECUTE THEIR OWN CASES.
>> GOVERNOR JIM DOYLE'S BU
WILL BE DELIV FEBRUARY.
BUT WILL IT INCLUDE MORE THAN
$10 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL
STATE PROSECUTORS?
>> WE'RE HOPING THAT HE WILL
COME THROUGH ON THIS ISSUE.
IT'S A FRONT LINE PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUE.
>> BUT THE GOVERNOR RELEASED A
STATEMENT TO US SAYING THE
STATE AUDIT SHOWING THE NEED
FOR MORE PROSECUTORS DOES NOT
SHOW A COMPELLING OR CLEAR NEED
IN THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES,
THE STATE IS NOT FILLING 3500
JOBS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN.
STAFFING INCREASES ARE
PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT.
NO STAFFING INCREASES IN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICES
MEANS PROSECUTORS LIKE
CHRISFREEMAN.
>> IT IS A CONSTANT JUGGLING
ACT.
>> WILL LIKELY NOT SEE CASELOAD
RELIEF ANY TIME SOON.
>> THE WISCONSIN DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S ASSOCIATION WANTS TO
RAISE THE STATE'S BEER AND
LIQUOR TAXES TO PAY FOR MORE
PROSECUTORS.
THE STATE TAVERN LEAGUE OPPOSES
THAT IDEA.
THIS WEEK ON "HERE AND NOW"
CONTINUING COVERAGE OF
FREDERICA FREYBERG INTERVIEWS A
D.A. FROM OUTAGAMIE COUNTY WHO
HAD TO SECOND JOB TO PAY
THE BILLS.
THAT'S FRIDAY ON "HERE AND NOW."
TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES ARE TAXING
BUSINESSES ACROSS WISCONSIN.
THROUGH THE YEARS, SHOE REPAIR
SHOPS HAVE BEEN HARD HIT.
BUT ONE OF THOSE SOLE SURVIVORS
IS IN MARSHFIELD WHERE ART
HACKETT REPORTS THEY'RE SEEING
AN UPTICK IN BUSINESS AS PEOPLE
REPAIR RATHER THAN REPLACE.
>> WHEN WE CALLED NELSON SHOE
REPAIR TO INQUIRE ABOUT A VISIT
SHE SOUNDED ANXIOUS TO GET OFF
THE PHONE.
EVERY FEW SECONDS THERE WAS
THIS SOUND IN THE BACKGROUND.
THE SHOP WAS, INDEED, BUSY.
>> THESE ARE REPAIRED SHOES
THAT ARE WAITING FOR CUSTOMER
PICKUP.
>> NELSON HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS
FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY.
>> WELL, ACTUALLY 52 YEARS.
WE'RE GOING ON OUR 53rd YEAR.
>> SHE STARTED IT WITH HER LATE
HUSBAND, DENNY.
THE GUY ON THE RIGHT IN THIS
PICTURE.
THE GUY ON THE LEFT IS DON
ZAIGER.
>> I THINK HE'S BEEN WITH US
FOR ABOUT 49 YEARS.
>> HE'S IN THE BACK AT A SOWING
MACHINE THAT LOOKS AT LEAST 49
YEARS OLD.
>> BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME.
>> I GUESS WE ENJOY IT OR WE
WOULDN'T HAVE STAY IT SO
LONG.
>> HE IS A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER
AND GOT INTO THE SHOE REPAIR
BUSINESS AS ONE OF DENNY
NELSON'S CUSTOMERS.
>> DENNY WAS TOO BUSY.
I HAD BROUGHT SOME SHOES IN TO
BE FIXED.
I KNEW WHAT A SHOE SHOP WAS BUT
THAT'S ABOUT IT.
AND I STARTED WORKING PART-TIME
FOR HIM.
ON THE JOB TRAINING, THEY CALL
IT.
>> YOU CAME IN TO GET YOUR OWN
SHOES FIXED.
>> IN 1961?
>> QUITE A WHILE AGO.
>> WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THOSE
SHOES?
>> THE FIRST ONES?
NEEDED HEELS.
>> HEELS AND SOLES LAST LONGER
THESE DAYS.
LEATHER UPPERS AND BOOT ZIPPERS
ARE ANOTHER STORY.
>> THIS ONE NEEDS MORE WORK ON
IT AND WHEN IT'S DONE IT WILL
ZIP REAL NICE.
>> HE SEES SOME HIKING BOOTS
THAT WOULD QUALIFY AS A MEMBER
OF HIS FAMILY.
>> THIS IS ONE OF MY REPAIR
JOBS FROM PROBABLY FIVE YEARS
AGO.
THESE ARE PROBABLY FIVE YEARS
APART.
NOW HE WANTED THIS DONE BECAUSE
THE LEATHER HAS A HOLE IN IT.
HE DIDN'T CARE WHAT IT COST.
HE HAS A LOT OF MILES ON THEM.
>> PUT NEW ELASTIC IN THERE.
>> EVERY PAIR COMES WITH A
STORY.
A MOM BROUGHT THIS SHOE AS
HER DAUGHTER WAS ABOUT TO SING
IN A CHRISTMAS CONCERT.
>> THANK GOODNESS SHE HAS THE
BUCKLE.
>> IF THE BUCKLE WERE MISSING
NELSON SAYS THERE IS PROBABLY A
PAIR OF REPLACEMENTS IN THE
SHOP SOMEWHERE IN A BIN LIKE
THIS ONE CONTAINING ZIPPER
PULLS.
>> THE NEW SLIDE WE HAVE FOR
ZIPPERS.
>> PEOPLE WHO REPAIR ZIPPERS ON
BOOTS ALSO REPAIR ZIPPERS ON
JACKETS.
>> A FEW JACKETS.
ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK.
>> THE STORE STAYS BUSY BY
REPAIRING LOTS OF DIFFERENT
THINGS.
THIS PAIR OF CHAIN SAW SAFETY
PANTS NEEDED A STRAP REPAIR.
GOOD THING THE SHOE BUSINESS
ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.
>> WE'RE NOT DOING ANYWHERES
NEAR THE VOLUME.
NOT EVEN 10% OF WHAT WE USED TO
DO.
>> FOR A LONG TIME MY HUSBAND
AND I WOULD BE PACKING SHOES
UNTIL 2:00 IN THE MORNING
BECAUSE WE HAD OUTREACH
CENTERS, WE HAD 11 PLACES
AROUND THE STATE THAT WE SENT
SHOES TO AND REPAIRED SHOES.
>> IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET
SHOEIR PEOPLE TO WAX
NOSTALGIC GET THEM ON THE
SUBJECT OF WOMEN'S HIGH HEELS.
>> THE LADY'S HIGH HEELS WITH
THE TINY TIPS, EVEN SMALLER
THAN THIS, THAT WAS THE HEYDAY
WHEN YOU COULD -- THE LITTLE
TINY TIPS WERE IN STYLE.
>> AND THOSE WE WOULD DO LIFT
AND TOE TIPS ON BECAUSE, OF
COURSE, WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING
REALLY LONG YOU'RE GOING TO
DRAG IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HIT THAT POINT
OF TOE EVERY TIME YOU COME DOWN.
>> ABOVE THE COUNTER THERE IS A
FRAMED NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.
IT SAYS THE COBBLER TRADE IS
WANING.
THE DATE ON THAT ARTICLE IS
1993.
>> THAT WAS PROBABLY WHEN
SOMEONE NOTICED THAT THE SHOPS
WERE DISAPPEARING.
>> THE SAME NEWSPAPER CARRIED
THE MOST RECENT ARTICLE SAYING
THE COBBLER TRADE IS ON THE
MEND.
>> WE'RE TO FILL IN THE GAPS.
>> AN ECONOMIC GAP BETWEEN
CUSTOMERS WHO NEED FOOTWEAR AND
THEIR ABILITY TO AFFORD NEW
SHOES.
AND A GAP IN GENERATIONS
BETWEEN MARSHFIELD'S MAT RONS
OF THE 60s AND THE
GRANDCHILDREN.
>> I THINK YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
STARTING TO COME IN AND REPAIR
THINGS.
WE GET A LOT OF PURSE REPAIRS.
AND ACTUALLY WE'VE HEARD THEM
SAY THAT.
I USED TO THROW THEM AWAY AND
SOMEONE TOLD ME I COULD HAVE
THEM REPAIRED.
IF THEY FEEL TIGHT YOU CAN PUT
FILLERS IN THERE.
>> CAROL NELSON HAS SPENT A
LIFETIME IN THE SHOE BUSIN
>> WE WERE KIDS, WE WERE 19
WHEN WE STARTED.
>> AND 53 YEARS LATER SHE
HASN'T STOPPED.
EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE
EXPECTED THE RUN WOULD END WHEN
HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY.
>> I STARTED GETTING CALLS FROM
PEOPLE AND THEY SAID YOU KNOW,
ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN?
AND I SAID -- I TOLD MY KIDS
I'M OPENING THE STORE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS THAT ARE
INTERESTED.
>> BUT HER CUSTOMERS STILL ARE.
>> IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN ONLY
THREE SHOE REPAIR SHOPS ARE
STILL IN BUSINESS.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYS HIS
PRIORITY IS GETTING AMERICANS
BACK TO WORK.
BUT ONE OF HIS ADMINISTRATION'S
FIRST ACTIONS WILL BE TO WORK
OUT THE KINKS IN THE NATIONWIDE
MANDATORY SWITCH TO DIGITAL TV.
IT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
FEBRUARY 17th.
HOWEVER, CONGRESS IS
CONSIDERING PUSHING THAT DATE
BACK TO JUNE 12th.
THE PRIMARY REASON?
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AREN'T
READY.
REPORTER ANDY SOTH HAS BEEN
READY SINCE LAST SUMMER AND
TAKES YOUOUGH SOME EASY
STEPS TO GET CONNECTED.
>> MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD
ABOUT THE TRANSITION TO DIGITAL
TELEVISION.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THESE ABOUT
THE TRANSITION.
AS A PUBLIC TV EMPLOYEE I'VE
BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT FOR YEARS
BUT TODAY I CAN FINALLY DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AS A PUBLIC TELEVISION EMPLOYEE
I DON'T EXACTLY HAVE THE CASH
ON HANO GO OUT AND BUY NEW
DIGITAL TVs.
>> PEOPLE SHOULD WATCH
TELEVISION OVER THE AIR, WITH
AN ANTENNA, THE WAY GOD
INTENDED IT.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GET A BILL
FOR CABLE AND SATELLITE.
IF YOU SUBSCRIBE TO THOSE
SERVICES YOU DON'T NEED TO
WORRY.
YOUR PROVIDER WILL TAKE CARE OF
YOU.
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME AND GET YOUR
TELEVISION OVER THE AIR THROUGH
AN ANTENNA, YOU ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.
YOU'LL NEED TO GET ONE OF THESE
DIGITAL CONVERTER BOXES, THERE
ARE MANY TO CHOOSE FROM BUT
THEY ALL MAKE IT POSSIBLE
WATCH DIGITAL TV ON A
NON-DIGITAL SET.
I'VE BEEN WAITING TO BUY THE
CONVERTER BOX UNTIL I GOT THE
DISCOUNT COUPONS IN THE MAIL.
I SIGNED UP TOIVE THEM ON
THIS WEBSITE.
THESE COUPONS ARE MORE LIKE THE
GIFT CARDS CHAIN STORES SELL.
THEY COVER $40 OF THE COST OF
THE CONVERTER BOX.
EACH HOUSEHOLD IS QUAL --
QUALIFIED TO GET TWO OF THEM.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PROVIDES
THE COUPONS BECAUSE THE
TRANSITION IS A FEDERAL MANDATE.
A HUGE STEP UP IN QUALITY NOT
JUST ON HIGH DEFINITION SETS,
EVEN THE CONVERTER SIGNAL ON
OLD TVs WILL BE CLEARER.
PLUS MORE CHANNELS WILL BE
AVAILABLE OVER THE AIR.
LIKE THE DIGITAL TRANSITION IN
MUSIC FROM ALBUM TO CD TO MP3,
THE DIGITAL BROADCAST
TRANSITION CREATES OPPORTUNITY.
THE MOVE TO DIGITAL TV WILL
FREE UP SPACE FOR THE AIRWAVES
THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN LEASE
OUT FOR NEW COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY TO HAND HELD DEVICES
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE.
YOU CAN THINK OF THESE COUPONS
AS YOUR PERSONAL SLICE OF THAT
PIE.
OKAY, I HAVE MY COUPONS.
LET'S GO SHOPPING.
>> HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> GOOD.
>> I'VE GOT MY COUPONS SO I
WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT GETTING
A DIGITAL CONVERTER.
>> OKAY.
I'VE SEEN A FEW OF THOSE IN THE
LAST MONTH OR SO.
IT'S BEEN QUITE POPULAR.
STILL USE AN ANTENNA?
>> YES.
>> RABBIT EARS?
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER WE'LL
SHOW YOU THAT BOX.
WE CARRY A ZENITH BOX, A
DIGITAL-ANALOG CONVERTER BOX.
IT WILL ALLOW YOUR OLD TVs TO
WORK WITH THE NEW SIGNAL OVER
THE AIR.
YOU PLUG YOUR ANTENNA INTO HERE.
WHEN WE MAKE THE SWITCH IN
FEBRUARY 17th, 2009 IS WHAT
YOU'LL NEED FOR AN ANALOG TV
SET IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A
DIGITAL SIGNAL.
>> THE PRICE OF THIS BOX?
>> $49.95 PLUS TAX.
YOUR COUPON WILL BE FOR $40.
YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY THE
ADDITIONAL CHARGE WHICH WILL BE
ROUGHLY AFTER TAX AROUND $12
FOR THAT BOX.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE MY BOX.
DECIDED TO HOOK IT UP.
THE MANUAL PROVIDES CLEAR
INSTRUCTIONS.
PLUG MY ANTENNA.
AND THEN THIS WILL GO TO MY TV.
JUST MATCH THE COLORS.
PUT THE POWER IN THERE.
BACK INTO THE TV HERE.
THE CONVERTER BOX GENERATES AN
ON SCREEN MENU THAT SCANS AND
LOCATE THE DIGITAL CHANNELS.
OKAY, LOOK, I'M GETTING
MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF WISCONSIN
PUBLIC TELEVISION.
THIS IS GREAT.
I HAVE TWICE T CHANNELS I HAD
BEFORE, THE PICTURE ISSTER
TERRIFIC.
I DON'T HAVE PAY A MONTHLY
CABLE OR SATELLITE BILL AND A
ONE TIME INVESTMENT OF JUST
OVER $10 I'M READY FOR THE
DIGITAL TRANSITION.
REVIEW, IF YOU WATCH TELEVISION
OVER THE AIR WITH AN ANTENNA
HERE IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
LOG ONTO THE DTV WEBSITE, OR
CALL THE NUMBER AND WAIT FOR
YOUR COUPONS TO ARRIVE IN THE
MAIL.
THEN GO TO A RETAILER, PURCHASE
USE BOX.
COME BACK HOME, PLUG IT INTO
YOUR ANTENNA AND TV AND THE
LAST STEP, SIT, WATCH AND ENJOY.
>> IF YOU HAVEN'T APPLIED FOR
YOUR CONVERTER BOX COUPONS YOU
SHOULD KNOW THERE IS A WAITING
LIST.
THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM RAN OUT
OF MONEY AND A NEW COUPON
INITIATIVE IS IN THE WORKS BUT
CHANCES ARE YOU WON'T GET THE
COUPONS IN TIME FOR THE
FEBRUARY 17th SWITCH.
YOU CAN GET MUCH MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT DTV BY GOING
TO OUR WEBSITE AT
wpt.org/inwisconsin.
WATCHING TV THE REST OF THE
NATION MIGHT THINK PACKER FANS
IN BLAZE ORANGE AND CHEESE
HEADS ARE A BIT ODD BUT THERE
ARE A LOT MORE ODDITIES AND
HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT OUR
STATE THAT MAKE WISCONSIN STAND
OUT.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER LIZ
KOERNER SHOWS YOU AN INTRIGUING
EXHIBIT AT THE WISCONSIN
HISTORICAL MUSEUM WHERE ODD
WISCONSIN IS ON DISPLAY FOR ALL
TO SEE.
>> IN THE BASEMENT OF THE
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF PIECES OF OUR STATE'S
HISTORY.
ITEMS THAT ARE NORMALLY HIDDEN
FROM VIEW.
RECENTLY, A HANDPICKED
SELECTION OF THESE INTRIGUE ING
ITEMS HAVE BEEN PUT ON DISPLAY.
THE EXHIBIT IS CALLED ODD
WISCONSIN.
JOE KAPLER, EXHIBIT CURATOR,
TOOK US ON A TOUR STARTING WITH
AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ONLY ODD,
BUT DANGEROUS.
>> WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US
HERE IS SOMETHING MAYBE THAT
OLDER VISITORS TO THE
EXHIBITION ARE GOING TO
REMEMBER.
MAYBE WHEN THEY WENT TO GET
THEIR NEW SHOES THEY STEPPED UP
AND PUT THEIR FEET INTO A
FLUOROSCOPE, A SHOE X-RAY
MACHINE.
AND THROUGH THESE PORTALS AT
THE TOP YOU COULD SEE WHERE THE
SALESMAN WOULD LOOK IN AND
PERHAPS MOM OR A SPOUSE WO
LOOK IN ON THE OTHER AND LOOK
DOWN INTO AND GET A REALTIME
X-RAY VIEW OF THEIR FOOT.
THE IDEA WAS THAT THROUGH
CAREFUL VIEWING OF THE FOOT YOU
COULD GET A BETTER-FITTING SHOE.
>> WHAT THE CLERKS AND
CUSTOMERS DIDN'T KNOW WAS THAT
THE FLUOROSCOPE WAS SPITTING
OUT DANGEROUS LEVELS OF
RADIATION.
BY 196034 STATES, INCLUDING
WISCONSIN, HAD BANNED THEIR USE.
BY THAT TIME NEARLY 10,000
FLUOROSCOPES HAD BEEN SOLD IN
THE UNITED STATES ALONE.
ANOTHER ODD BUT HELPFUL DEVICE
WAS FOUND IN BEAUTY PARLORS
STARTING IN THE 1920s.
THIS CONTRAPTION IS A PERMAWAVE
MACHINE.
>> EACH OF THE ENDS OF THE
ELECTRICAL CORDS, LITTLE MINI
CURLING IRONS.
A ROD AND CLAMP WOULD BE HEATED
UP AND THE HAIR WOULD BE
WRAPPED AROUND THERE.
CHEMICALS AND HOURS, THOSE
CLAMPED TO YOUR HEAD YOU COULD
GET THE CURLY HAIRS YOU DESIRED.
>> ANOTHER ITEM THAT ATTRACTED
FEMALE CONSUMERS WAS THER
DRESS.
>> IN THE LATE 60s THAT HAD
BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL CRAZE
OF PAPER DRESSES AND EVEN SOME
OF THE MAJOR HIGH-END DRESS
MANUFACTURERS STARTED MA
SOME PAPER DS BUT THAT
IDEA CAME FROM A WISCONSIN
PAPER COMPANY.
>> THE DRESSES WERE MADE BY
SCOTT PAPER COMPANY AND COST
$1.25.
IT STARTED OUT AS A MARKETING
GIMMICK TO PROMOTE SCOTT TOILET
PAPER, NAPKINS AND PAPER TOWELS.
WITHIN SIX MONTHS ORDERS FOR
HALF A MILLION DRESSES FLOODED
THE COMPANY MAKING IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO PRODUCE THEIR
PRIMARY PRODUCTS.
THEY CHOSE TO END THEIR PAPER
DRESS PROMOTION.
>>E WE GO.
>> EVEN THOUGH THE EXHIBIT IS
CALLED ODD WISCONSIN, KAPLER
SAYS NOT ETEM IS OFF THE
WALL.
>> SOME THINGS WILL LAST
BECAUSE THEY'RE WHIMSICAL.
OTHER THINGS ARE A BIT MORE
SERIOUS.
YOU'LL BE HUM, WHAT, HUH?
>> ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR
PIECES IS A TUXEDO JACKET WORN
BY WISCONSIN'S OWN PIANO GREAT
LIBERACE.
>> THERE ARE TREASURES THAT
BELONG BACK IN WISCONSIN.
WE WERE ABLO PURCHASE THIS
THROUGH AN ENDOWMENT FUND WE
HAVE FOR PURCHASING ARTIFACTS.
ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE ITEMS THAT
COME TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS COME THROUGH
DONATION.
>> ONE OF THE ARTIFACTS WAS
DONATED BY ARTIST MARGE
ENGELMAN.
>> THE PIECE IS ENTITLED THE
LAND OF THE FREED-UP WOMAN.
>> SHE MADE IT IN 1971 IN THE
EARLY DAYS OF THE FEMINIST
MOVEMENT.
>> I WAS INSPIRED BY AT THE
TIME WE THOUGHT THE FEMINISTS
HAD BURNED THEIR BRAS.
THEY REALLY NEVER DID BUT IT
WAS STARTED BY THEM.
ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE PILL
CAME OUT AND THE PILL CAME IN
THE FORMAT THAT YOU SEE IN THE
FIELD OF BLUE.
IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE
SYMBOLS OF WOMEN'S HAVING MORE
FREEDOM.
I WAS IN GREEN BAY AT THE TIME
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF
POSITIVE REACTIONS, BUT THEN,
OF COURSE, THERE WERE PEOPLE
WHO THOUGHT I WAS DISCR
THE FLAG.
>> THIS WALLEYE MADE OUT OF
CONCRETE ALSO REPRESENTS A
PERIOD OF TIME IN WISCONSIN
HISTORY WHEN EMOTIONS RAN HIGH.
DURING THE LATE 1980s
PROTESTORS IN NORTHERN
WISCONSIN CONFRONTED NATIVE
AMERICANS AT BOAT LANDINGS.
THE INDIANS WERE EXERCISING
THEIR TREATY RIGHTS TO FISH FOR
WALLEYE WITH SPEARS.
GREG GUTHRIE IS A NATIVE
AMERICAN.
HE DONATED THIS ARTIFACT.
>> THE IDEA OF THE WALLEYE WAS
THAT THESE CONCRETE WALLEYES
WOULD BE PLANTED IN THES
AND THE INDIAN SPEARERS WOULD
MISTAKE IT FOR A REAL WALLEYE
AND SPEAR THE CONCRETE WALLEYE
AND BREAK THEIR SPEARS.
THE CONCRETE WALLEYES LIKE THE
REAL WALLEYES SO THEY WEREN'T
MUCH MUCH A REAL DECOY.
>> THE ODD WISCONSIN EXHIBIT
HAS MANY MORE INTRIGUING ITEMS
ON DISPLAY.
EACH WITH ITS OWN REMARKABLE
STORY.
CURATOR JOE KAPLER IS COUNTING
ON CURIOSITY TO HELP CONNECT
VISITORS WITH THEIR PAST.
>> THIS IS ALL PART OF OUR PAST
AND IT HELPS SHAPE THE WORLD WE
LIVE IN TODAY.
IF YOU CAN GET THAT IN THESE
KIND OF NEAT, TIDY LITTLE
STORIES I THINK THAT'S A GREAT
WAY TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO HISTORY.
>> THAT EXHIBIT WILL REMAIN AT
THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL MUSEUM
IN MADISON INTO NEXT YEAR, BUT
THIS SPRING SOME OF THE
MATERIAL WILL BE CHANGED OUT
FOR NEW ITEMS.
IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION,
JUST GO TO wpt.org/inwisconsin
FOR LINKS AND WEB RESOURCES.
THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEK.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH A NOW AT
THE HARBOR IN ALGOMA.
I'M PATTY LOEW.
HAVE A GREAT "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 SPRKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORALEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.