>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK THE LARGEST
ACTIVATION OF WISCONSIN
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS SINCE
WORLD WAR II.
>> IT WAS CALLED THE HARDEST
WORKED DIVISION ON THE WESTERN
FRONT.
>> TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
WISCONSIN'S LEGENDARY RED ARROW
DIVISION.
PLUS IN OUR MONEY MATTERS
SERIES ONE FAST FOOD GIANT SAYS
HOLD THE CHEESE, PLEASE, AS
MILK PRODUCERS FELTHE PINCH
OF PLUMMETING FINANCES ON THE
FARM.
A WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
WHO CAN REALLY TICKLE THE
IVORIES.
MEET HER NEXT ON "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.
>> WE BEGIN THIS WEEK WITH THE
STARK REALITIES OF HOW THE
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IS HITTING
WISCONSIN FARM FAMILIES.
IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO STILL
HAVE A JOB, IMAGINE OPENING
YOUR PAYCHECK AND SEEING IT CUT
IN HALF.
IN OUR CONTINUING MONEY MATTERS
SERIES, "IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER
FREDERICA FREYBERG HAVE HIT THE
SKIDS ALONG WITH THE REST OF
THE ECONOMY ON "IN WISCONSIN."
>> IF GENERATIONS OF DAIRY
FARMERS IN THE FAMILY MEANS THE
BUSINESS GETS IN YOUR BLOOD
THEN PAT O'BRIEN HAS MILK
RUNNING THROUGH HIS VEINS.
>> THIS FARM WAS BOUGHT IN 1898.
>> OF COURSE, THE OPERATION IS
BIGGER NOW.
HE COULD SOON BE FORCED THE
REDUCE THE HER
>> IT'S A SHOCK, ACTUALLY.
THERE IS A LOT OF DEPRESSION IN
THE DAIRY LAND THAT IT'S
HAPPENED.
>> WHAT'S HAPPENED IS WHAT'S
HAPPENED EVERYWHERE.
>> MILK PRICES HAVE DONE WHAT
THE OVERALL ECONOMY HAS DONE.
THEY'VE REALLY GONE INTO THE
TANK.
>> AN AG ECONOMIST SAYS MILK
PROVIDES HAVE BEEN CUT IN HALF.
FARMERS' OPERATING COSTS HAVE
NOT.
>> WE HAD $20 MILK PRICES AND
WE'RE TALKING $10 OR $9.
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN THE MILK
PRICE PLUMMET LIKE IT HAS
RECENTLY.
>> THERE IS GOOD SUPPLY AND
INCREASING DEMAND SHOWING THE
DROP IN PRICE FOR CHEESE FROM
DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY.
90% OF WISCONSIN MILK GOES INTO
CHEESE.
>> I WOULD LIKE THE McDOUBLE,
PLEASE.
>> TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE,
MCDONALD'S NEW McDOUBLE
CHEESEBURGER.
IT'S GOT ONE SLICE OF CHEESE
INSTEAD OF TWO.
IT REPORTEDLY SAVES THE COMPANY
6 CENTS PER SANDWICH AND IT
MEANS MCDONALDS IS BUYING 20
MILLION POUNDS LESS CHEESE IN A
YEAR.
A BIG BITE OUT OF DEMAND.
AT LEAST PEOPLE ARE STILL
EATING AT MCDONALDS.
SALES ARE STRONG BUT SPENDING
AT OTHER RESTAURANTS IS DOWN,
AS IS SPENDING GENERALLY.
>> PEOPLE HUNKERING DOWN
EATING OUT LESS, MAYBE GOING TO
LESS EXPENSIVE TYPES OF DAIRY
PRODUCTS, CHEESES AND THINGS
LIKE THAT TRYING TO SAVE WHERE
THEY CAN.
>> IT'S NOT JUST THAT.
WISCONSIN DAIRY EXPORTS HAVE
ALSO NOW TAKEN A HIT.
>> NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
ARE COMING BACK IN TERMS OF
THEIR PRODUCTION.
IN 2007 AND 2008 THEY HAD A
DROUGHT.
NOW THEY'RE GOING GANGBUSTERS
IN TERMS OF INCREASING THEIR
PRODUCTION.
SO THEY'RE GETTING BACK THEIR
MARKET SHARE THAT THEY USED TO
HAVE AND IT IS DISPLACING US.
>> WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS.
>> AGRICULTURE SECRETARY ROD
NILSETUEN SAYS A FEW YEARS AGO
CALIFORNIA WAS EATING OUR LUNCH
IN DAIRY PRODUCTION, TODAY
BECAUSE OF EXPANSIONS AND
INVESTMENTS ON WISCONSIN FARMS,
WE'RE PULLING AHEAD.
>> THAT ISN'T GOING TO TAKE
AWAY ALL THE PAIN THAT IS IN
THIS RECESSION, CERTAINLY, BUT
WE'RE A LOT BETTER POSITION
TODAY THAN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN.
>> STILL, NILSETUEN HE SAYS IN
THE MIDST OF LOW PRICES AND
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN FARM FAMILIES
IN INCREASING NUMBERS ARE
APPLYING FOR FOOD STAMPS.
>> IT'S IRONIC THAT PEOPLE
PRODUCING FOOD CAN BE HUNGRY
BUT THAT IS THE REALITY IN SOME
CASES.
>> THE SECRETARY SAYS IN THE
FARM CRISIS AND RECESSION OF
THE 1980s THE STATE LOST AN
ENTIRE GENERATION OF FARMERS
AND THEIR FARMS.
PAT O'BRIEN'S FAMILY HELD TIGHT.
>> WE SURVIVED THAT AND I'M
HOPING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS BUT IT'S A
CHALLENGE.
>> O'BRIEN JUST WISHES THE
DOMINO EFFECT IN THIS ECONOMY
WASN'T SO PLAIN.
>> YOU MAY BUY A DOUBLE BURGER
BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A
TRUE DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER.
I'M SORRY TO SEE THAT.
>> SOME ECONOMISTS BELIEVE
PRICES ARE ON THE REBOUND AND
THE RECENT SLUMP IS AN
OVERCORRECTION IN THE MARKET.
THERE IS A MILK INCOME LOSS
CONTRACT.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT WISCONSIN
DAIRY PRODUCERS WILL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FARM
SUPPORT PAYMENTS.
FOR MORE REPORTS IN OUR MONEY
MATTERS SERIES GO TO OUR
WEBSITE AT wpt.org/inwisconsin.
LEAVING JOBS AND FAMILIES WILL
BE DIFFICULT FOR THOUSANDS OF
WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD
MEMBERS SET TO DEPLOY FEBRUARY
17th TO IRAQ.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE ENTIRE
UNIT HAS BEEN MOBILIZED SINCE
1961 WHEN THE BERLIN WALL WENT
UP.
THE LAST TIME THEY ALL
PARTICIPATED IN A FULL SCALE
TRAINING EXERCISE, 1986 WHEN
THEY RETURNED TO WEST GERMANY
NOT LONG BEFORE THE WALL CAME
DOWN.
BUT THAT DOESN'T DIMINISH THE
LEGENDARY STATUS OF THE UNIT
THAT HE MERGED FROM THE RED
ARROW DIVISION IN WISCONSIN.
>> AS DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ
APPROACHED WISCONSIN NATIONAL
GUARD MEMBERS FROM THE 32nd
BRIGADE ASSEMBLED IN AN ARMORY.
IT HAD THE FEEL OF A 1950s ERA
HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
THE SOLDIERS WERE SURROUNDED BY
SYMBOLS OF THEIR DIVISION, A
FLAG, A WOODEN CUTOUT ON THE
WALL, A PLAQUE INSCRIBED WITH
THE NAME THE FRENCH GAVE THE
BADGER STATE'S GUARD UNIT
DURING WORLD W I.
THE 21 SOLDIERS DEPARTING FROM
MADISON ARE MANAGERS OF THE
HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENTS THE
105 CARVE ALL RE, THINK ALL
WEAR THE SAME SHOULDER PATCH
WITH THE RED ARROW.
>> IT'S FROM THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN AND TO WEAR THE PATCH
AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A HIGHWAY
NAMED AFTER YOU IT'S A BIG DEAL.
I WEAR IT PROUDLY.
>> WISCONSIN'S HIGHWAY 32 RUNS
FROM LAND O'LAKES TO KENOSHA.
IT WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE
DIVISION.
>> 32nd BRIGADE AS A HISTORY IN
WORLD WAR I AND II.
>> THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL IS
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
HE AND MANY COMRADES HAVE
ALREADY SERVED IN IRAQ.
>> OUR MISSIONS OVER THERE
PEOPLE SEE THE RED ARROW PATCH
AND WELL AWARE OF WHAT WE CAN
DO AND WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH.
>> WHY ARE THEY FAMOUS?
>> I'D SAY -- THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION.
>> THIS IS WHAT THEY CARRIED BY
THAT TIME.
STANDARD ISSUE 03 SPRINGFIELD.
>> TOM DOHERTY OF MADISON HAD
THE SAME QUESTION, WHY ARE THEY
FAMOUS?
HE SERVED IN THE 32nd FROM 1978
TO 1994.
HE HAD HEARD THE LEGENDS GOING
ALL THE WAY BACK TO WORLD WAR I.
THE 32nd CAME INTO BEING JUST
BEFORE SOLDIERS SHIPPED OFF TO
EUROPE.
>> 18 DIVISIONS, I BELIEVE,
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE
CALLED UP AND THEY ALL HAD TO
BE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN AN
ORGANIZATION AND GIVEN ARMY
DESIGNATIONS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT STUFF.
THEY WERE SIMPLY REGIMENTS.
>> IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
NATIONAL GUARDS TO GET INVOLVED.
THEY WERE THE FIRST AMERICANS
TO PIERCE THE HINDENBERG LINE.
DOHERTY BEGAN RESEARCHING THE
32nd DIVISION'S HISTORY AND
AUTHORED NUMEROUS ARTICLE IN
THE WISCONSIN MAGAZINE OF
HISTORY.
>> IT WAS CALLED THE HARDEST
WORKED DIVISION ON THE WESTERN
FRONT.
IT HAD THE FOURTH OR FIFTH
HIGHEST NUMBER OF DEAD AND
WOUNDED, 13,000 TOTAL OUT OF
THE 32nd DIVISION.
>> DOHERTY SAYS THE REAL FAME
CAME FROM THE UNIT'S ACTIONS
DURING WORLD WAR II.
>> BUNA BECAME THREE MONTHS OF
JUNGLE HELL.
>> BUNA IS ON THE ISLAND OF NEW
GUINEA BUT HE SAYS THE ACCOUNTS
OF BUNA DI'T MATCH SOME OF
THE THINGS HE WAS READING.
>> I CAME ACROSS A ROOM FULL OF
NEAT OLD STUFF.
AMONG THEM WERE THESE BOUND
VOLUMES OF THIS MAGAZINE I HAD
NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE.
THIS IS THE WISCONSIN NATIONAL
GUARD REVIEW, THE PERIODAL
THAT WENT OUT TO MEMBERS OF THE
GUARD THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
>> AND HE BEGAN TO WONDER HOW
THE SOLDIERS HE SAW IN THE
PICTURES WOUND UP AT THE TIP OF
THE ALLY'S SPEAR.
>> THE RED ARROW DIVISION WAS
TO STRIKE THE FIRST BLOW AND
TURN THE TIDE IN NEW GUINEA.
>> SMALL, HOMETOWN UNITS.
AMATEURS TRAINING AMATEURS.
THIS IS WHAT PASSED FOR
PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS IN THE
1930s.
>> HE SAYS AS THE INVASION OF
NEW GUINEA LOOMED ARMY TOP
BRASS AND THE 32nd LEADERSHIP
DISAGREED ON STRATEGY.
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR FELT
THE JAPANESE TROOPS WERE ON
THEIR LAST LEGS AND THE 32nd
COULD LEARN ON THE JOB.
>> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WALK
OVER.
THE 32nd WAS SENT THERE NOT
BECAUSE IT WAS THE BEST
EQUIPPED AND BEST TRAINED.
IT WAS SENT THERE BECAUSE IT
WASN'T THE BEST TRAINED.
>> HERE IS HOW THE 1952 FILE
FILM DESCRIBED THE EVENTS.
>> GENERAL MACARTHUR KEPT IN
CLOSE TOUCH.
HE NEW THE COSTS OF TAKING BUNA
AT ALL COSTS.
>> THIS MAN SERVED IN E 32nd
AT BUNA.
HE WAS INTERVIEWED IN 2002 FOR
WISCONSIN WORLD WAR II STORIES.
>> THE ONLY REALLY HARD
TRAINING WE HAD WAS A 100 MILE
HIKE OVER THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN
QUEENSLAND.
>> THEY WERE TOLD BY MACARTHUR
THEY SHOULD EXPECT A COUPLE
HUNDRED JAPANESE AND WHAT WAS
WAITING FOR THEM WAS INSTEAD
6,000 JAPANESE WHO WERE
VETERANS OF THE WAR IN CHINA
AND INDOCHINA AND THEY WERE DUG
INTO A VERY COMPLEX SYSTEMS OF
BUNKERS AND TRENCHES.
THE 32nd DIDN'T HAVE THE
WEAPONS TO REDUCE DEFENSES LIKE
THIS.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY JUNGLE
EQUIPMENT.
WE JUST HAD REGULAR LEATHER
SHOES WITH CANVAS LEGGINGS AND
HEAVY CANVAS FATIGUES.
AND WE HAD -- WE DIDN'T EVEN
HAVE NEW HELMETS.
WE HAD WORLD WAR I HELMETS.
>> THE DIVISION'S COMMANDER
GENERAL EDWARD HARDING ARGUED
THE 32nd NEEDED TANKS AND
HOWITZER TO DESTROY ENEMY
IMPLACEMENTS.
>> WE WERE UP AGAINST A STONE
WALL AND MACARTHUR DID NOT
REALIZE THIS.
HE WAS 140 MILES AWAY IN
MORESBY IN A HOTEL.
>> HE DIDN'T TAKE BUNA UNTIL HE
HAD THE MATERIAL AND THE
MANPOWER THAT HARDING HAD BEEN
ASKING FOR ALL ALONG.
>> 690 MEMBERS OF THE 32nd
DIVISION DIED AT BUNA.
1700 WERE WOUNDED.
THE BATTLE LASTED TWO MONTHS.
>> MACARTHUR APOLOGIZED TO THE
32nd DIVISION.
FOR BEING SO CRITICAL, TELLING
THEM THAT THEY COULDN'T FIGHT.
BUT ONE OFFICER SAID THE SAME
UNIT THAT WOULDN'T FIGHT AT
BUNA WON THE VICTORY THERE.
>> HERE THEY ARE COMING TO
MOBILIZATION IN LOUISIANA
DURING THE SUMMER OF 1941.
>> THE WISCONSIN TROOPS
DEPLOYING FOR IRAQ, ALL 3500 OF
THEM, ARE KNOWN AS THE 32nd
SEPARATE BRIGADE.
THEY'RE IS SUCCESSORS TO THE
UNITS DEPICTED IN A PHOTOGRAPH
AT THE WISCONSIN VETERAN'S
MUSEUM.
>> THERE WAS A BIG MANEUVER
ACROSS STATE LOUISIANA AND
TEXAS.
>> TODAY'S MISSION IS SIMILAR,
BUT TODAY'S TROOPS ARE
DIFFERENT.
>> THE ONES WHO ARE GOING FOR
TRAINING THIS SATURDAY ARE
ALREADY MUCH BETTER TRAINED
THAN THESE GUYS WERE BECAUSE
THEY'VE ALL BEEN ON ACTIVE DUTY.
THEY'VE ALL LEARNED THEIR
SOLDIER SKILLS AND MANY OF THEM
HAVE SERVED IN IRAQ OR
AFGHANISTAN ALREADY.
LIKELY EVERYONE IN THAT PICTURE
WAS A ROOKIE.
WHATEVER SKILLS HE HAD LEARNED
PRIOR TO MOBILIZATION HAD BEEN
IN THE LOCAL ARMORY FROM
SOMEONE KIND OF LIKE HIMSELF.
>> ONE OF THOSE GUYS HAPPENED
TO BE MY GRANDFATHER WHO WAS
ALSO A MEMBER OF THE RED ARROW
DIVISION IN A PREDOMINANTLY
NATIVE AMERICAN UNIT.
NEXT WEEK ON "IN WISCONSIN"
CONTINUING COVERAGE ON THE
WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD
DEPLOYMENT AS FREDERICA
FREYBERG PROFILES A SERGEANT
D SOLDIER WHO ARE FATHER AND
SON AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR
MISSION TOGETHER TO IRAQ.
AND WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION
IS PROUD TO BRING YOU LIVE
COVERAGE OF THE WISCONSIN GUARD
DEPLOYMENT CEREMONY ON TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 17th ON THE WISCONSIN
CHANNEL.
YOU CAN ALSO WATCH IT STREAMING
LIVE ONLINE AT
wpt.org/inwisconsin.
AND ON FEBRUAR18th WE'LL
REAIR THE DEPLOYMENT CEREMONY
RIGHT HERE ON WISCONSIN PUBL
TELEVISION'S MAIN CHANNEL
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 10:00.
OUR NEXT REPORT IS TIMED TO
COINCIDE'S WITH THE GREAT
BACKYARD BIRD COUNT.
ONE BIRD IN PARTICULAR, THE
EASTERN BLUEBIRD, HAWEATHERED
SOME TOUGH TIMES IN DECLINE.
COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES AND
HABITAT LOSS.
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE GORDON
LARSON HAS BUILT NESTING BOXES
AND BLUEBIRD HOUSES.
JO GARRETT SPENT A SUMMER DAY
WITH THE BLUEBIRD MAN OF
BLANCHARDVILLE.
>> I BUILD BLUEBIRD HOUSES UP
HERE.
BLUEBIRDS GOT TO BE WHERE THEY
WERE PRET' NEAR EXTINCT AROUND
HERE.
WHEN I WAS SMALL WHEN I USED TO
GO OUT AND GET THE COWS, YOU
WOULD SEE BLUEBIRDS ON EVERY
POST.
THAT WAS BACK IN THE 40s AND
EARLY 50s.
FROM THEN ON, THEY STARTED --
YEARS AGO THEY HAD ALL WOODEN
POSTS AND THEY USED TO MAKE THE
HOLES IN THE WOODEN POST.
ANYTHING THAT WAS ROTTED OUT
THEY WOULD BUILD A NEST THERE
JUST IN A LITTLE CAVITY.
THEY'RE A VERY PRETTY BIRD.
THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY AND I
LOVE TO SEE THEM HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS IN THIS
ONE HERE.
THIS IS A NEW HOUSE ABOUT THREE
WEEKS AGO I PUT IT UP HERE.
I'VE SEEN BLUEBIRDS AROUND HERE
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE
NESTING HERE OR NOT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND OUT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT'S IN THERE.
THAT'S A BLUEBIRD NEST.
LOOK AT THERE.
THREE NICE EGGS.
SHE'S STILL LAYING.
MAKES ME HAPPY.
I HAVE MADE OVER 2,700.
2715 THIS IS.
PUT THE RIGHT SIDE PANEL ON
FIRST.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT
THE LEFT SIDE ON.
I PUT THEM BLUEBIRD HOUSES OUT.
THE FIRST TIME I COME DOWN HERE
AND PUT ONE UP I HAD -- I THINK
I HAD TWO OF THEM UP HERE AND I
COME DOWN THERE AND THERE WAS
EIGHT BLUEBIRDS TRYING TO FIGHT
OVER THE FIRST HOUSE.
WELL, I WENT AND GOT THREE MORE
HOUSES A I PUT LIKE ONE UP
THERE, ONE THERE AND ONE UP
THERE.
THE NEXT DAY THEY WERE ALL
FILLED.
OKAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN
THIS ONE.
WE'LL CHECK IT AND SEE.
IT MIGHT BE NOTHING.
IT'S A BLUEBIRD.
FOUR EGGS, FOUR BLUE EGGS IN
THERE.
I JUST REDONE IT AND BROUGHT IT
OUT HERE A WEEK AGO AND IT'S
ALREADY GOT BLUEBIRDS IN IT.
THEY LIKE THAT OPEN AREA AND
THEM BEEF COWS KEEP IT DOWN.
THEY LIKE THAT.
OPEN AREA.
AS MUCH OPEN AS YOU CAN.
THEY LIKE THE OPEN FENCELINE.
SOMETHING HAS CRUSHED ALL THE
EGGS IN THERE.
THERE WAS FIVE EGGS IN THAT ONE
LAST WEEK.
A BLUEBIRD CAN'T FIGHT A
SPARROW OFF VERY GOOD.
SPARROWS ARE PRETTY MEAN.
THEY'LL GO RIGHT IN THE BOX AND
KILL THE YOUNG BLUEBIRDS.
MANY TIMES I WENT OUT CHECKING
THE HOUSES AND I FOUND OUT
MAYBE THEY'LL BE FIGHTING OVER
A HOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
BUT I JUST TAKE AND STICK
ANOTHER ONE UP THAT THEY CAN
SEE AND PRETTY SOON THE PROBLEM
IS OVER.
THEY ALL GOT A HOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT REALLY ENCOURAGED
ME TO DO MORE.
THIS ONE COULD HAVE A SPARROW
IN IT BECAUSE I SAW A SPARROW
FLY OFF THE TOP OF THE HOUSE
THERE.
IT'S A SPARROW.
I GIVE THEM AWAY.
I DON'T CHARGE BECAUSE I WANT
TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
NOW WE'RE READY FOR THE TOP.
IT'S COSTLY, ABOUT $2,000 A
YEAR.
THAT IS NO LABOR OR ANYTHING.
THAT'S JUST EXPENSE ON THE
TRUCK, MATERIAL AND NOW THEY'RE
FURNISHING THE MATERIALS.
I GET CALLS EVERYDAY.
THEY WANT ME TO KEEP ON DOING
THIS AS LONG AS THEY CAN.
THEY'LL BRING ME THE SUPPLIES
IF I DO IT.
I'M GLAD TO DO IT.
THEY'LL TELL ME EVER SINCE THAT
I PUT HOUSES UP THERE, THE
BLUEBIRDS IN QUANTITIES HAVE
JUST COME RIGHT BACK.
I THINK WE'RE IN LUCK.
FOUR NICE BLUEBIRD EGGS IN
THERE.
EVERYWHERE I GO NOW, THEY CALL
ME ONE THING, BOY, I SURE
BROUGHT OUR BLUEBIRDS BACK WITH
ALL OUR HOUSES.
JUST THE OTHER DAY A GUY COME
AND GOT A BUNCH OF HOUSES AND
HE TOLD HIS BUDDY UP BY
DODGEVILLE HE PUT UP A BLUEBIRD
HOUSE THERE.
HE SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANY BLUE
BIRDS.
HE SAID WHY DON'T YOU TAKE ONE
OF THESE HOUSES THAT I GIVE HIM
AND PUT IT UP D TWO DAYS
LATER HE HAD A BLUEBIRD IN IT.
AND HE WAS HAPPY.
HE WANTED MORE.
THE BLUEBIRD MAN.
>> MORE THAN 4,100 OF LARSON'S
BIRD HOUSES NOW DOT THE COUNTRY
SIDE AROUND BLANCHARDVILLE AND
HE GIVES THEM AWAY.
THE BLUEBIRD RESTORATION
ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN IS A
NON-PROFIT ORGIZATION
DEDICATED TO THE BLUEBIRD'S
REVIVAL.
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
ON OUR WEBSITE AT
wpt.org/WISCONSIN.
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US ON
SUNDAY, MARCH 1, FOR A ONE-HOUR
"IN WISCONSIN" SPECIAL
SHOWCASING THE GREAT WISCONSIN
BIRDING AND NATURE TRAIL.
REPORTER JO GARRETT WILL
PREMIER "ON THE TRAIL" MARCH 1
ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION IS
ALSO WORKING ON ANOTHER SPECIAL
SHOWCASING THE TALENTS OF FOUR
YOUNG MUSICIANS, ONE OF THEM IS
16-YEAR-OLD ALICE HUANG.
SHE IS A FINALIST IN THIS
YEAR'S BOLZ YOUNG ARTIST
COMPETITION.
WE INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS
ENERGETIC MADISON WEST HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT.
>> ALICE HUANG'S FRIENDS JUST
DON'T UNDERSTAND.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING LATER?
I'M BUSY.
>> THEY ALWAYS LAUGH AT ME WHEN
I HAVE TO DO COMPETITIONS.
THEY SAY ALICE, YOU'RE SO BUSY.
>> ALICE HAS BEEN BUSY WITH
COMPETITIONS.
SHE HAS EVEN PERFORMED IN
OVERTURE HALL BEFORE, TWICE.
SHE WON MADISON MPHONY
ORCHESTRA'S YOUTH CONCERTO
COMPETITION ON PIANO IN SEVENTH
GRADE.
THE NEXT YEAR SHE WON ON VIOLIN
AND CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF THE
WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA.
>> SOMETIMES I'M MORE TILTED
TOWARD THE ONE.
IF I HAVE A COMPETITION COMING
UP BUT I DON'T HAVE A
PREFERENCE.
>> ALICE PREPARED HER PIANO
PIECE FOR THIS COMPETITION WITH
THE HELP OF HER AUNT.
>> JUST RUNS AND TECHNICAL
PASSAGES.
>> ALICE'S AUNT IS ON THE MUSIC
FACULTY AT A UNIVERSITY IN
TAIWAN.
>> SOMETIMES I JUST LIKE I'M
NOT REALLY SURE WHETHER IT'S
THE RIGHT THING TO DO JUST
BECAUSE I HAVE MY OWN IDEAS,
BUT I USUALLY JUST TRY HER WAY
AND IT ALWAYS WORKS.
>> IT MAY SEEM LIKE MUSIC IN
ALICE'S ONLY INTEREST BUT SHE'S
ALSO AN AVID ATHLETE.
SHE'S PLAYED ON WEST HIGH
SCHOOL'S TENNIS TEAM FOR THE
LAST TWOEARS.
TO IMPROVE HER GAME, SHE SIGNED
UP FOR A WINTER TRAINING
PROGRAM.
>> IT'S A DRILL SESSION, JUST
WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF COACHES
AND THEY TEACH US DIFFERENT
THINGS, DIFFERENT STROKES.
>> SPORTS ADD BALANCE TO A
SCHEDULE THAT TENDS TO TIP
TOWARD MUSIC.
>> I LIKE TO HAVE A LOT OF
VARIETY.
I LIKE TO DO A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS.
>> FOR ALICE, HER HIGH SCHOOL
YEARS ARE ABOUT MORE THAN MUSIC
ALONE.
>> IT'S A BIG PART OF ME BUT
NOT ALL OF ME.
**
>> WHAT AN AMAZING MUSICIAN AT
SUCH A YOUNG AGE.
THAT REPORT ON ALICE HUANG WAS
PRODUCED BY LIZ KOERNER AND
NARRATED BY LORI SKELTON.
THREE OTHER STUDENTS WILL
COMPETE AND BE FEATURED IN A
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO AND
TELEVISION BROADCAST CALLED
"WISCONSIN YOUNG ARTISTS
COMPETE, THE FINAL FORTE."
IT WILL AIR ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION FEBRUARY 21st AT
7:00.
NEXT THURSDAY RIGHT HERE ON "IN
WISCONSIN" WE'LL HIGHLIGHT
ANOTHER 16-YEAR-OLD MUSICAL
MARVEL.
YOU'LL MEET ANSEL NORRIS NEXT
WEEK.
WE LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK WITH A
NOSTALGIC WINTER WALK THROUGH
THE NECEDAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE IN JUNEAU COUNTY.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK "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.