>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
NEW THIS WEEK, FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT'S VISION FOR AMERICA.
>> THIS IS THE ONLY MODEL B-1
OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM-BUILT
HOME TAKE WAS EVER BUILT.
>> SEE THE WAY THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING
TRANSFORMED AND A RARE LOOK AT
THE GHOSTS OF THE FOREST.
>> VISUALLY THEY'RE SO UNUSUAL
AND SO STARTLING.
>> WE'LL UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY OF
THE WHITE DEER HERD IN
WISCONSIN'S NORTHWOODS.
PLUS THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR
STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.
>> I COME AT THE POST WITH A
DIFFERENT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
>> I'VE WORKED IN AND FOR THE
SCHOOLS FOR THE PAST 34 YEARS.
>> SEE WHY TONY EVEERS AND ROSE
FERNANDEZ ARE DESCRIBED AS
POLAR OPPOSITES.
THOSE REPORTS HERE THIS WEEK 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 A
VISION FOR WISCONSIN'S PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS VOTERS
WILL ELECT A NEW STATE SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT.
BOTH ROSE FERNANDEZ TONY
EVERS SAY THEY WANT WHAT'S BEST
FOR OUR STUDENTS BUT HAVE VERY
DIFFERENT IDEA.
TONIGHT "IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER
FREDERICA FREYBERG PUTS BOTH
CANDIDATES TO THE TEST.
>> I'VE WORKED IN AND FOR THE
SCHOOLS FOR THE PAST 34 YEARS.
>> THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF
WHICH CANDIDATE TONY EVERS OF
MADISON HAS BEEN DEPUTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF WISCONSIN
SCHOOLS.
>> I COME AT THE POST WITH A
DIFFERENT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
I PUT CHILDREN FIRST MY ENTIRE
LIFE.
>> CANDIDATE ROSE FERNANDEZ OF
MUKWONAGO COMES TO THE RACE
HAVING BEEN A PEDIATRIC TRAUMA
NURSE AND VIRTUAL SCHOOL
ADVOCATE DESCRIBED AS POLAR
OPPOSITES.
ON THE TEACHERS UNION.
>> THE UNION HAS HAD UNDO
INFLUENCE ON POLICY AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE TO REMOVE THAT
INFLUENCE TO GET TO THE REAL
ANSWERS.
>> SHE'D LIKE TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR ADMINISTRATORS TO FIRE
MEDIOCRE TEACHERS.
EVERS IS ENDORSED BY THE
TEACHER'S UNION.
>> I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE
98,000 TEACHERS THAT ARE DOING
THE HARD WORK IN SCHOOL
SUPPORTING ME.
>> ON THE MATTER OF TEACHER
SALARY LIMITS KNOWN AS THE
QUALIFIED ECONOMIC OFFER, FOR
QEO.
>> IT'S PATENTLY UNFAIR.
THERE IS NO OTHER GROUP OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE SINGLED OUT TO
ENSURE THAT WAGE CONTROLS ARE
IN PLACE.
WISCONSIN HAS A PROUD TRADITION
OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
>> I SUPPORT RETENTION OF IT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE MEANS
TO SUPPORT OUR TAXPAYERS DURING
THESE CHALLENGING TIMES BUT I
THINK WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO
USE THE FUNDS OF THE QEO TO PUT
THINGS LIKE MERIT PAY IN PLACE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING
ON THE FIVE Ws.
>> AS FOR CLASS SIDES, TONY
EVERS BELIEVES FEWER STUDENTS
IN A CLASS MAKE FOR BETTER
LEARNING.
FERNANDEZ DOESN'T BELIEVE
THAT'S ALWAYS TRUE.
AND SAYS IT MIGHT COST TOO MUCH.
FERNANDEZ REALLY COMES OUT
SWINGING ON THE ISSUE OF
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
>> IT IS A DEPLORABLE SITUATION
THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION HAS TOLERATED FOR
WAY TOO LONG AND THE TIMAS
COME AND GONE FOR THAT PROBLEM
TO BE ADDRESSED.
>> FERNANDEZ HAS A PLAN THAT
WOULD GET RID OF THE MILWAUKEE
SCHOOL BOARD IN FAVOR OF A
BOARD APPOINTED THE CITY,
COUNTY AND D.P.I.
EVERS AGREES MORE NEEDS TO BE
DONE AND FAST AND SAYS HE WOULD
SEEK LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY TO
WITHHOLD FUNDING IF THE
DISTRICT DOES NOT MEET CERTAIN
STANDARDS.
>> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
THINGS IS TO MAKE THAT
INSTRUCTION IS CONSISTENT
ACROSS THETRICT.
WITH THE HIGH MOBILITY RATE OF
CHILDREN WE CAN'T HAVE THIRD
GRADERS GOING TO THREE OR FOUR
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN A YEAR
THEN ESSENTIALLY HAVING TO
START OVER EVERY TIME.
IT PUTS THEM BEHIND FOREVER.
>> MY BADGE -- BUDGET CEASED
INDICATION AS IMPORTANT.
>> IT CALLS FOR STRICTER RULES
FOR MILWAUKEE'S CHOICE SCHOOLS,
PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE CITY
PAID FOR BY PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS.
THE GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS
INCLUDE REQUIRING CHOICE
SCHOOLS TO HAVE ACADEMIC
STANDARDS, GIVE STANDARDIZED
TESTS AND MAKE SURE ALL
TEACHERS HAVE A BACHELOR'S
DEGREE.
>> THAT'S AN OLD FIGHT.
THE OPPONENTS OF THE MILWAUKEE
PARENTAL CHOIROGRAM HAVE
ALWAYS WANTED TO PUT
RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROGRAM AND
HAVE CALLED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY USE THE WORD
ACCOUNTABILITY ALL THE TIME.
MY POINT ON THAT THAT
PARENTS CHOOSE THCHOOLS
BASED ON THE MEASURES THAT ARE
VALUABLE TO THEM.
>> CONSIDERING IT'S A $100
MILLION PROGRAM AND IT RECEIVES
A FAIR AMOUNT OF PUBLIC MONEY
AND THERE IS 20,000 KIDS THE
PROGRAM ALMOST, I THINK WE
SHOULD HAVE SOME EXPECTATIONS
ABOUT KIND OF TEACHER -- LEVELS
OF TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS.
MAKE SURE THAT THE OPERATIONS
ARE FULLY TRANSPARENT.
>> WISCONSIN SCHOOLS AND
EDUCATION PRO ARE EXPECTED
TO GET SOME $800 MILLION IN
FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY OVER THE
NEXT THREE YEARS.
>> IT IS AN ABSOLUTE HISTORIC
MOMENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN
WISCONSIN.
>> TONY EVERS CALLS THE FUNDS A
TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO PUMP
MORE MONEY INTO SMALLER CLASS
SIZES AND ACADEMICS AND
COUNSELING.
HIS CHALLENGER CALLS IT A
POTENTIAL PITFALL.
>> THEY MAY BE A BAND-AID FOR
THIS PERIOD OF TIME AND WE MAY
HAVE A COUPLE YEARS OF BEING
ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT WE
FEARED WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO.
BUT WHEN THOSE FUNDS ARE GONE,
THOSE TOUGH CHOICES ARE STILL
GOING TO BE THERE AND THEY WILL
BE EVEN TOUGHER THEN.
>> FOR ALL THE TOUGH CHOICES
FACING WISCONSIN SCHOOLS,
WISCONSIN VOTERS SEEMINGLY HAVE
A CLEAR CHOICE.
AN INSIDER WITH AN EYE TOWARD
KINDER AND GENTLER.
>> WE HAVE LEFT SOME CHILDREN
BEHIND EMOTIONALLY AND SOCIALLY
AND WE REALLY DO NEED TO KIND
OF REEMPHASIZE THAT.
>> OR AN OUTSIDER.
>> MORE MONEY IS NOT ALWAYS THE
ANSWER.
>> LASERED IN ON FISCAL FOCUS.
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION AND
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ARE
JOINING FORCES TO BRING YOU
COMPREHENSIVE ELECTION COVERAGE.
YOU CAN LEARN MORE AT
WISCONSINVOTE.ORG.
EACH CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE
OFFICE IS OFFERED FREE UNEDITED
TIME TO TALK DIRECTLY TO VOTERS.
YOU CAN WATCH THOSE CANDIDATE
STATEMENTS AT WISCONSINVOTE.ORG.
ANOTHER STATEWIDE ELECTION
APRIL 7th IS FOR STATE SUPREME
COURT.
FRIDAY AT 7:00 ON WISCONSIN
PUBLIC TELEVISION, A LIVE WE
THE PEOPLE WISCONSIN CANDIDATE
DEBATE.
SHIRLEY ABRAMSON THE IS
INCUMBENT.
GIVE US YOUR QUESTIONS BY
CALLING OR GO TO THE WE THE
PEOPLE WEBSITE AT WT PEOPLE.COM
AND NEXT WEEK HERE ON "IN
WISCONSIN" WE'LL PROFILE BOTH
CANDIDATES AND TAKE A CLOSER
LOOK AT TWO CASES THAT MAY
DEFINE THEIR LEGAL THINKING.
THERE IS A DEBATE OVER TOUGH
NEW ENVIRONMENTAL RULES FOR
INTERNATIONAL SHIPS DOING
BUSINESS IN WISCONSIN PORTS.
THE PROPOSAL IS AIMED AT
GETTING RID OF INVASIVE SPECIES
THAT HITCH A RIDE FROM OVERSEAS
AND ARE DUMPED INTO THE GREAT
LAKES.
ONE CATCH, NO TESTED AND
APPROVED TECHNOLOGY CURRENTLY
EXISTS THAT KILLS THE FOREIGN
INVADERS.
EVEN BEFORE THE NEW PLAN OF
ATTACK, "IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER
ANDY SOTH DISCOVERED SCIENTISTS
SEARCHING FOR AN ANSWER IN
SUPERIOR HARBOR.
>> IT'S A FOGGY DAY IN THE
DULUTH/SUPERIOR HARBOR.
THAT DOESN'T BOTHER DON REID.
HE'S A BIOLOGIST TESTING A NEW
RESEARCH FACILITY.
THIS NETWORK OF TANKS AND PIPES
MAY HELP SCIENTISTS AND
ENGINEERS DEWAYS
KEEP INVASIVE SPECIES OUT OF
THE GREAT LAKES.
>> THE IMPACTS THAT ANY ONE OF
THESE SPECIES CAN HAVE ON THE
SURROUNDING AREA CAN BE
DEVASTATING.
>> DEVASTATION BY INVASIVES
LIKE ZEBRA MUSSELS.
>> THEY HAVE LIKELY ENTERED THE
GREAT LAKES IN THE BALLAST
WATER OF SHIPS TRAVELING
INTERNATIONALLY.
TAKING ON BALL YAFT IS A
NECESSARY WAY TO MANAGE A LARGE
SHIP'S WATER LEVEL AT SEA.
>> WHENEVER SHIPS GO BACK AND
FORTH THEY NEED TO BALLAST
THEMSELVES WHEN THEY'RE NOT
CARRYING CARGO.
THE GOAL IS TO FIND SOME WAY
THEY CAN DO THIS PROCESS SAFELY.
>> THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE NEW
FACILITY.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY A SHIP'S
BALLAST SYSTEM PUT ON LAND.
>> THIS FACILITY IS DESIGNED TO
MIMIC THE PLUMBING AND THE
PIPING ON SEA WAY SIZE CARGO
VESSELS.
THE PUMPS THAT WE HAVE ARE VERY
SIMILAR TO THE SEA WAY CARGO
VESSELS AND THE DISTANCE THE
WATER TRAVELS IS SIMILAR TO
THAT ALSO.
>> THE IDEA IS TO GIVE
RESEARCHERS AND COMPANIES
DEVELOPING METHODS TO ELIMINATE
INVASIVES IN BALLAST WATER A
SIMULATION.
>> SOMETIMES A LABORATORY MIGHT
SHOW A SYSTEM CAN BE EFFECTIVE
BUT WHEN YOU TAKE IT TO THE
REAL WORLD IT DOESN'T WORK
QUITE AS WELL.
>> IN LABORATORIES A NUMBER OF
APPROACHES HAVE BEEN EXPLORED.
METHODS SUCH AS FILTERING
BALLAST WATER TO GET INVASIVES
OUT.
DESTROYING THEM WITH
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND USING
CHEMICALS TO KILL THEM.
THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE A
PROVING GROUND FOR RESEARCHERS
TO COME IN AND PERFORM
LARGE-SCALE TESTS TO DETERMINE
IF THOSE METHODS ARE SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE.
>> WHEN A TREATMENT SYSTEM
ARRIVES FOR INSTALLATION TO BE
TESTED THIS SECTION OF PIPE
THAT YOU SEE HERE WOULD BE
REMOVED AND THE TREATMENT
SYSTEM ARRIVING ON A PALLET OR
SOME KIND OF STRUCTURE AS A
BASE WOULD BE PUT RIGHT IN THIS
SPOT.
>> SOURCE WATER TESTING
POTENTIAL TREATMENTS WILL BE
TAKEN RIGHT OUT OF LAKE
SUPERIOR.
>> IN THE HARBOR WE HAVE A
VARIETY OF ORGANISMS.
NOT ALL THE SAMECIES YOU
WOULD FIND IN A FAULT SYSTEM
BUT ORGANISMS OF THE SAME TYPE.
RELATIVES OR SAME
CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS.
THEY WOULD BEHAVE SIMILARLY.
IF YOU FIND A CHEMICAL THAT
WILL KILL ONE TYPE OF THEM IT
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO KILL
THE SAME TYPE OF ORGANISM
ELSEWHERE.
>> BEFORE ANY SYSTEM IS BROUGHT
IN FOR TRIAL THE FACILITY
SCIENTISTS NEED TO ESTABLISH A
BASELINE OF HOW MANY LIVING
ORGANISMS ARE IN UNTREATED
WATER.
KILL NEARLY ALL OF THEM.
>> AND SO WE WILL BE LOOKING
FOR THAT NEEDLE IN THE HAY
STACK OF A LIVE ORGANISM.
>> IT IS PROVED EFFECTIVE, THE
NEXT STEP IS TO TRY IT ON AN
ACTUAL SHIP.
THE SAME SORT OF RIGOROUS
TESTING NEEDS TO BE DONE SO IT
WILL FOLLOW SHIPS FROM PORT TO
PORT.
>> OUR MOBILE LAB IS DESIGNED
TO MEET THOSE VESSELS AT THEIR
PORTS OF CALL AND WE CAN DO THE
SAMPLING THERE AND WORK ON OUR
SAMPLES RIGHT ON SITE.
>> THE CUSTOM R.V. IS PLAST
WITH SPONSOR DECALS.
UNIVERSITIES, GOVERNMENT GROUPS
AND SHIPPING INTERESTS HAVE
COME TOGETHER UNDER THE GREAT
SHIPS INITIATIVE TO FIND A
TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION TO
INVASIVE SPECIES.
THE WORK INVOLVED WILL BE LONG
AND PAINSTAKING BUT REWARDS
COULD BE GREAT.
>> THE SOONER WE CAN SLOW OR
HOPEFULLY EVEN STOP THAT INFLUX
OF ALIEN ORGANISMS, THE BETTER
OFF THE GREAT LAKES WILL BE.
>> UNDER WISCONSIN'S NEW
SHIPPING RULES, ALL OCEAN GOING
VESSELS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO
CLEANSE BALLAST WATER AT 100
TIMES HIGHER THAN THE
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD.
THE STATE WOULD EARN $420,000 A
YEAR ON PERMITS.
RIGHT NOW IT SPENDS $20
MILLION A YEAR TO COMBAT THE
PROBLEM OF INVASIVE SPECIES.
THE DNR IS ACCEPTING FEEDBACK
ON THE PLAN THROUGH THE END OF
MARCH.
IN OUR NEXT REPORT, FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT'S VISION FOR AMERICA
GETS A FACE-LIFT.
HE DESIGNED DREAM HOMES FOR
WEALTHY CLIENTS BUT DID YOU
KNOW WRIGHT ALSO CREATED PLANS
FOR MORE MODEST NEIGHBORHOODS?
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER LIZ
KOERNER SHOWS YOU ONE STREET
BEING TRANSFORMED BACK TO THE
WAY WRIGHT HAD ORIGINALLY
INTENDED IN MILWAUKEE.
>> MIKE LILEK HAS HIS WORK CUT
OUT FOR HIM.
HE'S HEADING UP A HOUSE
RESTORATION PROJECT ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF MILWAUKEE.
>> HOW IS IT GOING?
>> IT'S NOT JUST ANY HOUSE.
IT WAS DESIGNED BY A MAN HE
DEEPLY ADMIRES.
>> FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HAS BEEN
A LIFE LONG PASSION GOING ALL
THE WAY BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL.
>> WE'RE GOING TO REDO THE
FOUNDATION WALL THAT SUPPORTS.
>> HE'S A MEMBER OF A GROUP
CALLED THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
WISCONSIN TOURISM PROGRAM.
THE GROUP BUILT THIS HOUSE
BUILT IN 1916 BECAUSE IT'S
ONE-OF-A-KIND.
>> THIS IS THE ONLY MODEL B-1
OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM-BUILT
HOMES THAT WAS EVER BUILT.
>> IT WAS WRIGHT'S WAY OF
DESIGNING HOUSES THATE
AFFORDABLE FOR THE WORKING
CLASS.
>> ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT
WAS TO GO INTO THE FACTORY AND
CUT ALL OF THE LUMBER.
YOU HAVE LESS WASTE.
YOU HAVE LESS ON SITE SKILLED
LABOR AND ULTIMATELY YOU CAN
BUILD ALDING A LITTLE
FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY.
>> WRIGHT WAS SO COMMITTED TO
CREATING LOW COST HOUSING HE
MADE MORE THAN 900 DRAWINGS
AVAILABLE TO BUILDERS FOR THE
AMERICAN SYSTEM-BUILT HOME
PROJECT.
HIS DESIGNS WERE LESS COSTLY TO
BUILD BUT THEY DIDN'T SCRIMP ON
FEATURES THAT MADE THE HOUSES
SEEM LUXURIOUS.
>> HE BELIEVED THAT EVERYBODY
SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT
WOULD ENHANCE THEIR LIVES.
>> ONE EXAMPLE OF ENHANCEMENT
IN THIS ECONOMICAL HOUSE IS THE
FIREPLACE.
>> THE FIREPLACES GIVE YOU A
SENSE LUXURY AND COZINESS
THAT YOU DON'T OTHERWISE FIND
IN MOST COMPACT SPACES.
>> WRIGHT ALSO FOUND WAYS TO
MAKE THESE SMALL HOUSES FEEL
LARGER.
ONE IDEA, A CENTRAL ATRIUM WITH
WINDOWS AT THE TOP OF THE WALL.
>> IT'S A VERY, VERY CLEVESE
OF LIGHT.
>> BEFORE STARTING THE
RESTORATION, LILEK AND THE
GROUP DID A GREAT DEAL OF
RESEARCH.
>> WE CAN TELL IN THIS
PARTICULAR ROOM THERE ARE EIGHT
FINISHES APPLIED OVER 90 OR SO
YEARS OF THE HOUSE STARTING
WITH THIS COLOR AND PROGRESSING
ON.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE 50s
WE WENT TO A GREEN AND A YELLOW
AND SO ON, SO FORTH.
THIS LITTLE HOLE IS DIFFERENT.
IN THIS WE DUG OUT SOME
PLASTER ITSELF AND SENT IT TO A
LAB FOR ANALYSIS WHEN IT COMES
TIME TO FIX THE CRACKS WE KNOW
WHAT MATERIALS TO USE.
>> THE HANDS ON WORK STARTED ON
THE EXTERIOR TURNING BACK THE
CLOCK IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
REMOVING A PORCH THAT WASN'T IN
THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.
EARLIER THEY REMOVED THE
WATER-DAMAGED ROOF.
THEY ALSO REMOVED THE ASBESTOS
LADEN STUCCO EXTERIOR WHICH HAD
TO BE DONE INSIDE THE
PROTECTION OF A PLASTIC SHELL.
THE STUC OTHER PROBLEMS
DUE TO POOR DESIGN.
>> THE ORIGINAL SO WAS ONLY
1/4 INCH THICK AND STUCCO
MOVES, BREATHES, LIVES, CRACKS
AND IT JUST FAILED.
PARTS OF IT FELL AWAY.
GOT WORN DOWN.
IT JUST DIDN'T WORK.
>> THEY'RE PLANNING TO REAPPLY
STUCCO BUT MAKE IT MORE WEATHER
PROOF.
THEY'RE ALSO PLANNING TO
RECREATE THE ORIGINAL LOOK OF
THIS EXTERIOR.
IT IS CALLED A PEBBLE DASH
FINISH.
>> INTO THE STUCCO THAT WAS
ADHERING TO THE WOOD LATHE YOU
HAVE THESE PEBBLES THAT WERE
PUSHED IN.
THEY ARE MADE OUT OF QUARTZITE
AND WHITE QUARTZ.
>> AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, THE TO
DO LIST IS QUITE LONG AND THE
COST OF THE PROJECT REFLECTS IT.
>> WELL, THE ORIGINAL HOME COST
$3,500 TO BUILD.
AND TODAY THE RESTORATION
PROJECT IS PEGGED AT $411,000
FOR THE EXTERIOR ALONE.
IT IS PRETTY PRICEY.
>> ONCE THE EXTERIOR IS
COMPLETED, LULL -- LILEK AND
HIS TEAM WILL TACKLE THE
INTERIOR AND OPEN THE HOUSE TO
THE PUBLIC.
TALKING ABOUT FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT AND HIS AMERICAN
SYSTEM-BUILT HOME.
MIKE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO
OPENING TODAY.
>> IT'S TOUGH.
I HAVE A REAL JOB.
THIS IS ALL VOLUNTEER WORK BUT
IT'S A PASSION AND I THINK THE
-- WHAT WE CAN GIVE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE THAT COME
HERE TO VISIT THE HOME DOWN THE
ROAD IS WELL WORTH IT.
>> THEY HOPE TO COMPLE
RESTORATION BY OCTOBER AND OPEN
IT TO THE PUBLIC.
LILEK KNOWS OF ONLY 13
SYSTEM-BUILT HOMES IN THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY.
SIX ARE IN THIS MILWAUKEE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE WISCONSIN HERITAGE TOURISM
PROGRAM HAS PURCHASED THREE
WITH HOPES THEIR PROJECT WILL
BE A CATALYST TO PRESERVE ALL
SIX BUILDINGS.
ONE IS A FORMER DUPLEX THE
OWNER HAS LOVINGLY RESTORED AND
AGREED THE TAKE US ON HER
PERSONAL TOUR.
HELLO.
I'M JILL.
WELCOME TO MY HOME.
DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
MILWAUKEE.
COME IN FOR A TOUR.
>> YOU CAN SEE IT BY GOING TO
OUR WEBSITE wpt.org/inwisconsin.
2009 MARKS THE 50th ANNIVERSARY
OF WRIGHT'S DEATH.
IN HIS HONOR, NEW YORK'S
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, WHICH HE
DESIGNED, IS STAGING A MAJOR
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
RETROSPECTIVE THIS SUMMER.
AS WINTE GIVES WAY TO SPRING
IN THE NORTHWOODS, WE TRACK
SOME STUNNING CREATURES
DESCRIBED AS THE GHOSTS OF THE
FOREST.
"IN WISCONSIN" JORETT GIVES
YOU A RARE LOOK AT THE ELUSIVE
WHITE DEER HERD NEAR BOLDER
JUNCTION.
>> VISUALLY THEY'RE SO UNUSUAL
AND SO STARTLING.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE A GHOST AT
TIMES JUST KIND OF DRIFTING
THROUGH THE WOODS.
>> RICHTER IS A NATURE
PHOTOGRAPHER BASED IN MERCER.
SOME TEN YEARS AGO RICHTER TOOK
HIS CAMERA AND WENT TO TRACK
DOWN A MYSTERY.
LOCAL STORIES OF A BAND OF
WHITE DEER NEAR BOULDER
JUNCTION.
HE SAW A FLASH OF WHITE.
>> AND SO I STOPPED AND GOTT
OF THE CAR AND HAD MY CAMERAS
WITH ME SO I EASED OVER THERE
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DEER
POPPED ITS HEAD UP AND I LOOKED
EYE-TO-EYE WITH THIS WHITE DEER
AND WAS INSTANTLY HOOKED BY
THEM.
>> SO BEGAN A DECADE-LONG QUEST
THAT HAS RESULTED IN RICHTER'S
RECENT BOOK, WHITE DEER.
>> MY HEADLIGHTS FLASH ONTO A
WHITE DOE STANDING BY THE ROAD.
WE WERE GOING SLOW ANYWAY BUT
THE BRAKES ARE ON AND 'S THE
INTAKE OF BREATH AND OH MY GOD,
A WHITE DEER.
>> THIS MAN IS THE AUTHOR OF
THE TEXT OF RICHTER'O
WAS HIS JOB T RESEARCH THE
DIST HEEM TO SOROFF THESE
HAHAVE BEEN HER AGES.
THEY AREYEY THECTCTFATIVE
AMICEENDS AND T''RE
NTNTIONED IN N N EXPLOR
>> THERE IS POCKET HERE
MANITOWSS A ARA
O'LAKES AREA ANDDIVALSS SEEN ALL AROU T THE STE.
THERE SEEMS TO BE AN UNUL
CONCENTRATION HERE IN NORTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
WHY I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA.
>> WHY THE WHITE DEER CAME TO
FLOURISH IN THESE PLACES NO ONE
KNOWS BUT THERE ARE AT LEAST
TWO REASONS WHY THEY'RE
THRIVING NOW.
>> LOCAL PEOPLE PROTECT THESE
DEER AND FEED THESE DEER.
WE HAVE LAWS NOW THAT PREVENT
PEOPLE A L LEAST -- COS-
DEARLY IF WISH TO SHOOT ONE
IN WISCONSIN, YOU'LL PAY.
>> THEY'RE PROTECTED BY STATE
LAW AND CHERISHED BY THE LOCAL
COMMUNITIES.
AND YES, THEY REALLY ARLBINO.
PINK EYES ARE NOT REQUIRED
ACCORDING TO BATES' RESEARCH.
>> I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT
ALBINO DEER HAD TO HAVE PINK
EYES.
I TT A PROFESSO OOF
G S STUDI AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WHO
TRIED HIS BEST TO EDUCATE ME.
THE BOTTOM LINE HE SAID THERE
ARE MANY FORMS OF ALBINOS AND
PINK EYES ARE A STRONG
LIKELIHOOD BUT NOT A NECESSITY.
>> SO WHAT WILL YOU SEE IN
WISCONSIN'S WHITE DEER?
>> PINK EARS, THEY'LL HAVE --
THEIR NOSES WILL BE PINK AND
THE EYE OF AN ALBINO DEER WILL
BE EITHER PINK OR LIGHT BLUE OR
LIGHT GRAY.
THEY ALMOST LOOK LIKE EYES OF A
GOAT.
VERY DIFFERENT LOOKING SO YOU
WOULD HAVE THIS BRILLIANT WHITE
ANIMAL WITH THESE PINK
CHARACTERISTICS, EARS, NOSE AND
HOOVES.
>> HOW MANY OF THESE WHITE DEER
DO WE HAVE IN WISCONSIN?
>> WELL, IF WE RAN THE NUMBERS
WE HAVE 1.5 MILLION MORE OR
LESS DEER, AND IF WE HAVE ONE
IN 20,000 CHANCE OF HAVING
ALBINOS,000 INTO 1.5
MILLION.
WHERE IS MY CALCULATOR?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S NOT A VERY BIG NUMBER.
>> THAT ROUGH NUMBER, THAT ROLL
OF THE GENETIC DICE, DOESN'T
SAY HOW MANY ANIMALS WILL
ACTUALLY SURVIVE.
BATES, THE NATURALIST, SPEC
LATER.
>> CERTAINLY IN THE SUMMER
THEY'LL BE FAR MORE OBVIOUS TO
A NATURAL PREDATOR BUT IN THE
WINTER, FIVE MONTHS OUT OF THE
YEAR THEY WOULD HAVE THE
ADVANTAGE.
FIVE MONTHS VERSUS SEVEN MONTHS.
MAYBE IT'S A TRADEOFF.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT ROLL OF THE
GENETIC DICE PLAYED OUT IN
INDIVIDUAL FAMILIES.
>> I'VE SEEN ALBINO DOES WITH
ALBINO AND BROWN FANS AND THEY
CAN HAVE BOTH AND THEY SEEM TO,
FROM THE OTHER DEER.RACIZED
AT TIMES THEY SEEM TO BE THE
DOMINANT ANIMAL AN O OTDER T
THEY SM
TO BE A MORE
SUBMISSIVE ANIMAL.
THEY JUST SEEM TO BE REGULAR
DEER AS FAR AS THE DEER ARE
CONCERNED.
>> REGULAR IN BEHAVIOR.
REMARKABLE IN APPEARANCE.
>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD A
COUPLE STORES WHERE CLERKS
OVERHEARD PEOPLE HAD PICKED UP
THE BOOK AND LOOKING AT IT AND
SAID BOY, THIS IS REALLY NEAT.
IF ONLY WERE REAL.
>> OH, THEY'RE REAL ALL RIGHT.
>> THEY JUST AT TIMES LOOK KIND
OF FUNNY OUT THERE, HONESTLY,
PARTICULARLY LIKE SUMMERTIME
WHERE THEY'RE SORT OF SNEAKING
AROUND IN THE WOODS AND CRIPE,
YOU CAN SEE THEM 100RDAYY.
THCUT SORE
THUMDDAHEY'RE DONG THEI
SNEAKING.
KND OF -- YOUYOYOURSELF.UR
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING, JUST A
LITTLE DIFFERENT ABOUT THEM AND
SPECIAL ABOUT THEM.
>> PHOTOGRAPHER JEFF RICHTER'S
PICTURES AND STORIES ARE
CONTAINED IN HIS BOOK "WHITE
DEER: GHOSTS OF THE FOREST."
NOW HERE IS A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE STTR RERS A
OFNSNSG ON F NEXT EDIT
>> THIS IS LIZ KOERNER.
IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT BUT
THIS BEE HIVE IS A NATURAL
PHARMACY AND WHAT IS BEING
DISPENSED MAY HELP MILLIONS WHO
SUFFER CRIPPLING SIDE EFFECTS
CAUSED BY DIABETES.
>> I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN
USING SUPERMARKET HONEY FOR
PATIENTS.
>> A NEW STUDY MIGHT PROVE
THERE ARE HEALINOIERSN
HOY.
IS JARRETT.
IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AG
EE CALL OF THE WILD.
AND TIME FOR THE COUNTING OF
THE CRANES.
>> ONCE YOU HEAR THE CALL OF
THE SAND HILL CRANE IT IS IN
YOUR BLOOD.
>> THIS BIRD NEARLY DISAPPEARED
FROM THE WISCONSIN LANDSCAPE
BACK IN THE 1930s.
W W ALLO AT HOW THEIR
NUMBERS ARE SOARING.
THERE IS A STATEWIDE ELECTION
FOR WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT
APRIL 7th.
>> I AM A JUDICIAL CONSERVATIVE.
>> I APPLY THE LAW TO THE FACTS
IN EACH CASE.
>> A CLASH OF IDEAS BETWEEN TWO
JUDGES WHO WANT YOUR VOTE.
NENEXT TNEURSDAY AT 70 0 O S
ONONSIN."
>> FINALLY THIS WEEK SPRING
RAINS AREING AWAY WINTER
AND SUMMER CAN'T E FAR BEHIN
I SO WE LEAVE YOU WITHH WIS
PIPIQQUE VIEW OF TROUAKE IN VILAS COUNTY WHERE THE ICE
WILL GIVE WAY TO THE SOUND OF
AASIOT T
RN LAKES.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
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>> MAJOR FINFOR " "IN
O OF ALLIANT ENE OVIDR BY THE
BRINGELAND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS
AND LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY OF THE ALLIANT ENERGY
OFFERING ERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON
THE WEB AND BY THE ANIMAL
DENTAL CENOF MILWAUKEE AND
OSHKOSH, A VETERINARY
SPECIALIST WORKING WITH PET
OWNERS AND FAMILY VETERINARIANS
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN P
CARE FOE ORALIISEASE AND
DENTAL PROBLEMS OF SMALL
COMPANION ANIMALS.