LIGHTHOUSES.
>> MIGHT BE ONE OF WISCONSIN'S
BEST KEPT SECRETS.
>> AND SOME POETIC STREETS.
WE'LL VIS THE ONE OF MILWAUKEE'S
FAMI BAKERIES.
AND YOU'LL MEET WISCONSIN'S NEW
POET LAUREATE 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.
WE'RE ON FOR YOU.
AND ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND ORAL
SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF
MILWAUKEE, OSHKOSH, AND
MINNEAPOLIS, A VETERINARY TEAM
WORKING WITH PET OWNERS AND
FAMILY VETERINARIANS, PROVIDING
CARE FOR ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.
>> EVERY YEAR, THOUSANDS OF
PACKER FANS HEAD TOAU
FIELD, A REVERED FOOTBALL
SHRINE.
BUT ABOUT 15 MILES TO THE NORTH
SITS A LITERAL SHRINE.
IT'S NOT VISITED AS MUCH AS THE
HOUSE GREEN BAY BUILT, BUT THAT
MAY SOON CHANGE THANKS TO A
DECLARATION BY THE CLIC
CHURCH.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER ADAM
SCHRAGER TAKES YOU THERE BY WAY
OF GREEN BAY.
>> IT'S BEEN SAID THAT YOUTH
ISN'T ALWAYS ALL IT'S TOUTED TO
BE.
>> HE'S GOT THIS CHARM WILL
REACH OUT AND GRAB YOU.
>> THREER-OLD JOE ANDERSON
IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.
WITH AN AGGRESSIVE FORM OF
LEUKEMIA.
>> CHANCE OF SURVIVAL WAS PRETTY
LOW.
>> FOR SEVEN M THE ANDERSON
FAMILY BASICALLY MOVED INTO THE
ONCOLOGY WING AT GREEN BAY'S
ST. VINCENT HOSPITAL.
>> EVERYBODY FELL IN LOVE WITH
HIM.
>> SPEND EVEN A LITTLE TIME
JOE AND YOU SEE
BUT NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES
STRIKE THOSE EVEN WITH
INFECTIOUS PERSONALS.
>> SCARED THE HECK F US.
>> AND LEFTSE PACKERS FANS
TO PRAY FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
HAIL MARY.
>> HOW YOU FEEL?
>> GOOD.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY LEUKEMIA
ANYMORE?
>> NOPE.
>> WHY DON'T YOU?
WHY NOT?
>> BECAUSE JESUS HEALED ME.
>> JESUS HEALED YOU.
>> I THINK THE BLESSED MOTHER
HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HERRT
HERE FOR CHILDREN.
YOU ARE AT A PLACE THAT'S KNOWN
AS THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF
GOOD HELP.
>> THE SHRINE WAS OPENED FOR THE
ANDERSON FAMILY AS THEY SOUGHT A
MIRACLE, AS SHE HAS FOR NOOM ARE --
NUMEROUS PILGRIMS FOR THE LAST
28 YEARS.
>> IT BECAME SUCH A GREAT PLACE
OF DEVOTION.
>> DEVOTION BASED ON DE
INTERVENTION.
>> IN 1859 THAT WAS YEAR
THAT THE BLESSED MOTHER APPEARED
TO ADELE BRIS.
>> A BELGIAN IMMIGRANT, HER
FAITH REMAINS CELEBRATED IN THIS
CRYPT DUE TO THREE SEPARATE
SIGHTINGS OF THE VIRGIN MARY.
>> THIS BEAUTIFUL LADY SPOKE TO
HER AND SAID I AM THE QUEEN OF
HEAVEN WHO PRAYS FOR THE
CONVERSION OF SINNERS.
I WANT YOU TO DO THE SAME.
SHE SAID WHAT MORE CAN I DO,
DEAR LADY?
GATHER THE CHILDREN IN THIS WILD
COUNTRY AND TEACH THEM WHAT THEY
SHOULD KNOW SALVA.
>> SO THAT IS WHAT SISTER ADELE
DID, TEACHING AREA CHILDREN THE
CATECHISM FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS
ON THIS SITE, UNTIL ITS
SIGNIFICANCE WAS FELT AGAIN.
>> THE PESTIGO FIRE KNOWN AS
THE MOST DEVASTATING FIRE IN
U.S. HISTORY, CONSUMED 1.2
MILLION ACRES OF LAND AND KILLED
AS AS 2400 PEOPLE.
THE CHAPEL STOOD IN THE WAY OF
ITS PATH.
THE WALL OF FLAME WAS SOMETIMES
A MILE HIGH, JUST A HORRIFIC
FIRE.
>> NEIGHBORS PRA THE ROSARY
AND MARCHED AROUND THE GROUNDS
TRYING TO SAVE THEIR HOLY PLACE.
>> WHEN WIND AND FLAME AND FIRE
WOULD CONSUME THEM IN ONE
DIRECTION, THEY WOULD GO IN
ANOTHER DIRECTION.
THEY NEVER GAVE UP.
>> THE SKIES OPENED UP, A
DRIVING RAIN FELL AND EXACTLY
TWELVE OCTOBERS TO THE DAY AFTER
SISTER ADEING THE
MOTHER --
>> WHEN DAWN BROKE ON OCTOBER #
-- 9 THEY WITNESSEDOCTOBER #
THE MIRACLE OF WHAT HAD
HAPPENED.
AS FAR AS YOU COULD SEE IN EVERY
DIRECTION OF THIS SPOT WAS
NOTHING BUT ASHES.
BUT THIS WAS AN EMERALD SEA OF
GREEN IN A SEA OF ASHES.
AND ALL WHO WERE HERE THAT NIGHT
WERE SPARED FROM THE FIRE.
>> SINCE THEN, LOCALS LIKE
CHARLOTTE GILSON HAVE BELIEVED
IN THE CURATIVE POWER OF THE
SHRINE.
>> I WAS A KID, CRIPPLED AND
CAMEE, THEIR PARENUGHT
THEM AND THEY WERE HEALED.
>> HEALED LIKE LITTLE JOE
ANDERSON.
>> MEDICALLY THEY'LL TELL YOU
THAT THERE'S A CHANCE OF IT
COMING BACK.
WE ARE TOTALLY CDENT THAT
IT'S GONE.
I MEAN, WE DON'T EVEN QUESTION
IT.
IT'S GONE.
WE RECEIVEIS AMERICA CEL.
>> BISHOPS HAVE CELEBRATED MASS
AT THE SHRINE THROUGH THE YEARS,
VALIDATING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
WHAT HAPPENED.
IN 2010 THAT VALIDATION BECAME
OFFICIAL.
>> TO DECLARE A MORAL CERTAINTY
AND IN ACCORD WITH THE NORMS OF
THE CHURCH, THAT THE EVENTS,
APPARITIONS AND LOCUTIONS GIVEN
TO ADELE BRISE IN OCTOBER OF
1859 DO EXHIBIT THE SUBSTANCE
SUPERNATURAL CHARACTER AND I DO
HEREBY APPROVE THESE
APPARITIONS.
>> IT WAS FINALLY AN AFFIRMATION
OF EVERYTHING THAT WE BELIEVE.
IN THE CHURCH'S EYES, THAT FINAL
DECREE IS WHAT MAKES IT ALL
ACCESSIBLE AND APPROVED.
THAT'S WHAT IT NEEDED.
>> IMPACT OF BEING THE ONLY
APPROVED SITE IN AMERICA
MEANT --
>> LOTS OF BUSES COMING FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
>> WHEN THE SPRING SNOW MELTS,
THERE ARE CONCERNS THE NEW
75-SPACE PARKING LOT MAY NOT BE
ENOUGH.
>> WE'RE HAVING TO RELOOK AT
EVERYTHING WE DO HERE IN ORDER
TO ACCOMMODATE THE INTEREST AND
REACTION OF PEOPLE.
>> ALREADY, DEVELOPERS HAVE
BOUGHT A NEARBY RESTAURANT,
LEADING TO A FEAR THE SHRINE'S
NEIGHBORING FARMLAND COULD TURN
INTO A DIFFERENT KIND OF
GRACELAND.
>> WE WANT TONTAIN THIS AS A
BEAUTIFUL, SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
FOR EVERYBODY THAT COMES HERE.
>> A DELICATE BALANCE THAT COMES
WITH A REALIZATION.
>> WE HAD IT ALL TO OURSELVES
ALL THESE YEARS, BUT NOW WE NEED
TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY.
>> BUT WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND
HOW IT HAPPENED.
>> JOE ANDERSON'S FAMILY WANTS
TO SHARE THEIR STORY AND THEIR
FAITH.
>> I CAN ONLY TELL THE TRUTH
ABOUT OUR FAMILY.
>> UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTIONING
WORLD WE LIVE IN.
>> HE'S HEALED.
HE'S GOOD.
THE LEUKEMIA IS GONE.
>> AND A LEGEND AND A BELIEF
CONTINUE.
* *
>> IT'S A SPIRITUAL GOLD MINE
RIGHT IN OUR MIDST.
* *
>> THE ANDERSONS CONTINUE TO
TAKE JOE TO THE HOSL EACH
MONTH TO MEET WITH HIS DOCTORS
AND FOR CHECKUPS TO SEE IF THE
LEUKEMIA HAS RETURNED.
SO FAR, IT HAS NOT.
APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
AND THAT SEEMED LIKE A PERFECT
REASON TO MEET WISCONSIN'S
NEWEST POET LAUREATE, BRUCE
ETHLEFSEN OF WESTFIELD.D
HE STARTED HIS POST IN
JANUARY AFTER AN APPOINTMENT BY
GOVERNOR JIM DOYLE.
HE'S A RETIRED TEACH COAMP -- COACH
AND LIBRARIAN.
>> HE JOINS US THIS WEEK IN OUR
STUDIO.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
CURIOUS.
WHAT EXACTLY IS A P LAUREATE?
>> POET LAUREATE IS A PERSON
THAT GOES AROUND THE STATE AS AN
AMBASSADOR FOR THE ARTS AND
POETRY VISITING LIBRARIES
WRITING GROUPS AND STUDENTS IN
SCHOOLS AND PROMOTING ARTS,
BASICALLY.
>> WELL, YOU WEREN'T IN THAT
POSITION VERY LONG BEF
GOVERNOR WALKER CUT THE FUNDING
FOR THIS POSITION.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?
>> EVEN THOUGH I'LL CONTINUE TO
BE POET LAUREATE, THE COMMISSION
WAS DECOMMISSIONED AND IS
LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME.
I THINK THEY'LL FIND ONE, A
SPONSORSHIP IN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
>> WAS IT DISAPPOINTING?
>> YEAH.
BEING APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR
LENDS A CERTAIN AUTTY TO MY
WORK, AND EVEN THOUGH I'M MY
OWN NOW, BASICALLY, IT'S A GOOD
THING.
>> HOW DO YOU GET TO BE POET
LAUREATE?
>> YOU HAVE TO APPLY.
YOU SEND IN SAMPLES OF YOUR
WORK, A RESUME AS FAR AS POETRY
IS CONCERNED AND A PROPOSAL FOR
SOME KIND OF PROJECT TO DO
DURING TWO YEARS.
>> AND YOUR PROJECT IS?
>> WORKING WITH LIBRARIES TO SET
UP SELF-SUSTAINING POETRY
READINGS, MAYBE MONTHLY
READINGS.
I WOULD START THE FIRST TIME AND
THEN HELP THEM GET POETS TO COME
IN ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
AND I KNOW THAT IN EVERY
COMMUNITY THERE ARE JUST --
WISCONSIN IS LOUSY WITH POETS.
IT REALLY IS.
THEY COME OUT AND THEY LOVE TO
READ.
>> YEAH.
AND YOU'VE BROUGHT A POEM TO
READ FOR US.
>> YES, I HAVE.
THIS IS CALLED ARTISTS AND I
WROTE IT FOR DENISE WHO DIED A
COUPLE YEARS AGO.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST MEMBERS
OF OUR AUDIENCE AT THE POETRY
READINGS.
SHE WAS QUITE AN ARTIST.
ARTISTS.
WE CHASE THE MOON TOO HARD
SOMETIMES AND STUMBLE IN THE
STARS THAT SPARKLE ALWAYS BLINDS
US.
WE TRIP AND TUMBLE DOWN.
WE SUFFOCATE IN STARDUST, DROWN
IN FLOODLIGHT AND STILL WE
RECREATE.
WE SING, WE WRITE, WE DANCE, WE
PAINT, WE ONE MORE TIME IN SPACE
OURSELVES REMAKE.
RETURN, RETUNE.
GRACEFULLY WE RISE AGAIN.
WE'RE ARTISTS.
GRATEFUL FOR ANOTHER DREADFUL
CHANCE TO CHASE THE MOON.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR
ASPIRING POETS, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN POETRY?
>> READ POETRY.
READ EVERYTHING YOU CAN.
ATTEND POETRY READINGS.
HANG AROUND WITH PEOPLE WHO LIKE
POETRY.
WRITE, WRITE EVERY DAY.
IF YOU WANTED TO BE THE BEST
BOWLER IN THE WORLD, YOU WOULD
PRACTICE.
THAT'S MY ADVICE FOR THEIR ART.
>> DO YOU STILL HAVE TO WORK AT
POETRY?
>> YEAH.
SOHE --
>> THE MUSE IS THERE AND
SOMETIMES NOT?
>> SOMETIMES THEY LIVE ON YOUR
SHOULDERS AND SAY YES AND NO.
THOSE ARE YOUR EDITORS AND YOU
WANT TO GET RID OF THEM.
INSPIRATION COMES EASILY, BUT
REVISION, THE SOUNDS OF THE
WORDS, REPEATING IT OVER AND
OVER UNTIL FINALLY YOU FIGURE
OUT MAYBE IT'S DONE.
>> AND IT'S WONDERFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BRUCE DETHLEFSEN, WISCONSIN'S
NEWEST POET LAUREATE.
THERE ARE LOTS OF PLACES IN
WISCONSIN THAT CAN INSPIRE
POETRY.
PRODUCER JO GARRETT AND
IDEOGRAPHER WENDY WOODARDV
TEAMED UP SPRIGGS.N
>> AT THE BAKERY, I CAN SMELL
THEM BAKING BEYOND THE MOSAIC OF
WHEAT THAT PILES OUTSIDE OF THE
BUILDING.
BEYOND THE SEA FOAM INTR AND
THE STRINGS OF LIGHT AND VINES
THAT ILLUMINATE MARIA DELL L
AND PORTICELLO.
THE VOTIVE CANDLE BLURS INTO
MAPS OF HOMES AND THE BEAMING
FACES OF ORIGINAL OWNERS.
THEIR FACE ISGRANT.
HAS KEPT THE NAME OUTSIDE FOR
ALMOST 60 YEARS.
HAS KEPT THE DISPLAY CASES WITH
THEIR SLIDING DOORS SO A
CUSTOMER MAY GAPE AT THE SWEET
SINS AND INDULGENCES ALIKE,
CREAM PUFFS, AMARETTO
CHEESECAKE, PIN WHEELS,ONS,
CASSATAS, CRY SANTS, MACAROONS,
MUFFINS, MADE-TO-ORDER CANNOLI
AND HUNDREDS MORE LOOM AND
SWELTER BENEATH THE PATRON'S
GAZE.
BUT I CAN SMELL THEM BAKING
BEYOND ALL OF THIS, IN THE METAL
DRUM AND HEAT OF THE KITCHEN.
THEY RISE BEFORE THE BREAD TO
MIX AND ROLL AND MARCH LEGIONS
ONTO METAL SHEETS, JOIN THE
BAKING ROLLS WITH THE PRECISION
OF A PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE.
* *
>> SCRAPING AND SLICING AND
STACKING, THEY TASTE FROM THE
OVENS TO WORKTABLES OVER
HARDWOOD FLOORS.
* *
>> THEIR FOREARMS ARE THE SIZE
OF LOAVES, AND A GLINT OF GOLD
GLIMMERS FROM THEIR THIRD LEFT
FINGER BENEATH THE FLOUR AND
DOUGH.
THEY REMAIN THE FAMILY RECIPE.
I CAN SMELL THEM BAKING FROM THE
STREET, THE WARM BLAST OF YEAST
AND SWEET, THE SCENT OF HOME AND
TIME THAT DONS THE WALLS.
HERE AT PETER SCIORTINO'S BAKERY
I CAN SMELL SO MUCH MORE RISING
THAN THE BREAD.
* *
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
* *
>> YOU CAN READ MISS SPRIGGS'
POEM BY LOGGING ON TO wpt.org
AND CLICKING ON INCONSIN.
YOU CAN ALSO READ THE OTHER
REPORTS FROM OUR POEMS ABOUT
PLACES SERIES AND FIND OUT MORE
ABOUT ALL OF THE POETS INVOLVED.
LOOKING TO BE INSPIRED TO WRITE
POETRY?
WE'VE GOT THE PLACE.
WISCONSIN'S OLDEST LIGHTHOUSE
STILL STANDS AS A BEACON ON THE
BLUFF NEARLY 160 FEET ABOVE LAKE
MICHIGAN.
TODAY, IT'S ON THE NATIONAL
REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
ONE MAN-MADE IT HIS MISSION TO
OPEN THE LIGHTHOUSE DOORS TO THE
PUBLIC.
IT'S A DOORWAY TO WISCONSIN'S
RICH MARITIME PAST IN DOOR
COUNTY.
>> ROCK ISLAND MIGHT BE ONE OF
WISCONSIN'S BKEPT SECRETS.
>> LOCATED ON THE STATE'S
NORTHEASTERNMOST TIP, ROCK
ISLAND RESTS AT THE VERY EDGE OF
DOOR COUNTY.
>> YOU HAVE TO WANT TO GET HER
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME TO ROCK ISLAND.
>> BEC IT'S A COUPLE FERRY
BOAT RIDES MILE AND
QUARTER HIKE.MOSTLY
>> HERE IS POTTAWATOMIE POINT,
AN UP HILL JOURNEY FOR TIM
SWEET.
>> COME RIGHT IN, PLEASE.
>> HE USED TO HEAD THE GROUP
FRIENDS OF ROCK ISLAND THAT TOOK
THIS RUN DOWN LIGHTHOUSE AND
MADE IT A DESTINATION.
>> IT'S ON AN ISLAND.
IT'S ON TOP OF 110-FOOT CLIFF.
IT MARKS THE ROCK ISLAND
PASSAGE.
I MEAN, T JUST HAS -- TO ME,
THAT JUST HAS A COOL SOUND TO
IT.
>> BUT IN 1945 THE BEACON
AUTOMATED AND THE LIGHTHOUSE
ABANDONED, EXCEPT FOR A COLONY
OF BATS IN THE ATTIC AND SNAKES
IN THE BASEMENT.
>> IT WAS UNOCCUPIED FOR 58
YEARS, AND IMAGINE YOUR OWN
HOUSE NOT HAVING ANYBODY LIVING
IN IT OR REALLY DOING A WHOLE
LOT TO MAINTAIN IT.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT IT'S GOING
TO REQUIRE A LOT TONG A
PLACE LIKEACK.
>> A LOT TO BRING BACK WAS AN
UNDERSTATEMENT.
>> THERE WERE SOME TIMES WHEN,
YOU KNOW, I'D LOOK BACK AND
THINK, BOY, THIS IS -- THIS
ISN'T ALL THAT EASY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON RESTO
THE LIGHT SINCE '99 WHEN WE
FIRST GOT THE LANTE BACK
IN PLACE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE
FELL INTO PLACE OVER THE COURSE
OF THE NEXT FEW YEARS SO THAT BY
2004 WE WERE READY TO OPEN THE
PLACE UP TO TOURS.
>> BUT THERE WAS ONE PROBLEM.
>> WITH THE BUDGETS THE WAY THEY
ARE NOW, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY
THAT WE COULD HIRE THE STAFF TO
BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO HAVE THAT
OPEN.
>> SO THE FRIENDS OF ROCK ISLAND
FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES, WHICH RUNS ROCK
ISLAND STATE PARK, TO CREATE A
LIVE-IN MUSEUM.
>> NOW WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE
VOLUNTEERS ARE ABLE TO COME AND
LIVE IN THE LIGHTHOUSE, TAKE
CARE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE, DO THE
CLEANING, GIVE THE TOURS AND
STUFF IN EXCHANGE FOR THE FREE
BED AND BREAKFAST.
>> NO ELECTRICITY, NO PHONE AND
NO INDOOR PLUMBING.
THIS WEEK IT'S TIM AND JULIE
SWEET'S HOME AWAY FROM HOME AS
TOUR GUIDES.
>> IT'S REALLY A WIN/WIN
SITUATION.
THE DOCENTING COME UP.
THEY GET A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE.
AND THE PARK GETS TO HAVE PEOPLE
LIVING IN A LIGHTHOUSE AND
GIVING THE HISTORY.
>> THE LANTERN ROOM IS UP THREE
FLIGHTS OF STAIRS, STRAIGHT UP,
BUT IT'S WELL WORTH THE C.
>> WATCH YOUR HEAD HERE AND WHEN
WE GO IN THROUGH THE OPENING.
>> IT'S THE CROWN JEWEL ATOP THE
LIGHTHOUSE.
>> PEOPLE WHO LOOK OUT AT THE
VIEW AND SAY, WOW, BOY, THIS IS
BEAUTIFUL, WHAT AN INSPIRATIONAL
VIEW.
>> VISITORS ARE AWESTRUCK AS
THEY TAKE IN THE HISTORY AND
PANORAMIC VIEWS.
WHERE YOU CAN CAPTURE A SUNRISE
OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.
AND A SUNSET OVER GREEN BAY.
>> AND IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE
HISTORIC PHOTOS ABOVE THE LIGHT
STATION TOO, YOU'LL SEE ALL
THESE TREES WERE CUT DOWN SO
THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING TO
OBSCURE THE VIEW DOWN ON THE
WATER.
>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUT
DOWN THE LIGHTHOUSE WHEN THEY
AUTOMATED THE LIGHTT GUIDES
SHIPS THROUGH THE SPELLBINDING
DARKNESS.
>> THEY TOOK THE LANTERN OFF OF
THE LANTERN DECK.
THEY TOOK THE ORIGINAL LENSE AND
PUT IT THE BASEMENT AND T
SOMEHOW THAT LENSE MYSTERIOUSLY
DISAPPEARED.
>> IT WAS REB, ALONG WITH A
NEW FH ORDER FRENELL LENSE
RECONSTRUCTED BY A DISNEY WORLD
ENGINEER, ALL PAID FOR WITH
GRANTS AND PRIVATE FUNDS RAISED
BY THE FRIENDS OF ROCK ISLAND.
>> THESE LENSES TAKE A
RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF LIGHT
AND SOMEHOW THE PRISMS ALL WORK
TO TAKE THAT LIGHT AND
CONCENTRATE IT AND SHINE IT
THROUGH THE MAGNIFYING LENSE.
>> THAT'S THE ACTUAL LIGHTHOUSE
NOW.
>> OKAY.
>> THE NEW TOWER IS SOLAR
POWERED TO KEEP THE BEACON
BURNING.
>> PRETTY MUCH TAKES CARE OF
ITSELF.
>> THE TOUR IS DONE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BUT THE DOCENTS' WORK IS NOT.
>> HAVING CHICKEN ALFREDO.
>> VOLUNTEERS LIVING IN THE
LIGHTHOUSE COOK THEIR OWN MEALS
WITHOUT A REFRIGERATOR, WITHOUT
A MICROWAVE.
AND WITHOUT RUNNING WATER.
>> WE APPRECIATE HAVING RUNNING
WATER AT HOME.
>> PUMPING THEIR OWN WATER,
HAVING NO ELECTRICITY SO YOU
HAVE TO USE FLASHLIGHTS AND
STUFF, IT'S A COOL WAY OF LIVING
THAT MOST MODERN PEOPLE DON'T
GET TO DO.
>> THERE IS NO COST.
NO.
THE VOLUNTEERS DON'T HAVE TO PAY
ANYTHING TO STAY HERE.
>> WELL, SORT OF.
>> FREE SOMETIMES HAS
CONNOTATIONS AFTER YOU CLEAN THE
BATHROOM AFTER 300 PEOPLE, BUT
IT'S A COOL PROGRAM.
YOU CAN KIND OF GET A SENSE OF
WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEENE TO
HAVE BEEN A LHOUSE KEEPER ON
AN ISLAND HERE ON LAKE
MICHIGAN.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT OURG OVER
HERE, WE'VE GOT A 1858 REPLICA
UNITED STATES FLAG.
IT ONLY HAS 31 STARS ON IT.
>> THAT DATES BACK TO 1836.
THAT'S 12 YEARS BEFORE WISCONSIN
EVEN BECAME A STATE.
>> IN A WAY, THIS ISLAND HAS
STOOD STILL, ETCHED IN THAT
AND EACH EVENING AS VISITORS
SEEMINGLY FADE INTO THE WOODS,
THIS 900-ACRE ISLAND QUICKLY
REVERTS BACK TO A QUIET, NATURAL
LANDSCAPE.
>> I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO COME
TO ROCK ISLAND WHO WOULD RATHER
THAT WE PROBABLY WEREN'T EVEN
TALKING ABOUT ROCK ISLAND
BECAUSE THEY'DHER JUST KIND
OF KEEP IT TO THEMSELVES.
>> WHAT THEY WANT TO KEEP TO
THEMSELVES ARE THE CRYSTAL CLEAR
WATERS AND UNCUT FORESTS,
UNDISTURBED SINCE THE FIRST
NATIVE AMERICANS HUNTED HERE.
THE POTTAWATOMIE LIGHTHOUSE IS
NAMED IN THEIR HONOR.
FITTINGLY, THE POTTAWATOMIE
REFER TO THEMSELVES AS KEEPERS
OF THE FIRE.
IT'S A FLAME THAT NOW BURNS
TIM SWEET TO PRESERVE THIS PIECE
OF THE PAST.
>> WISCONSIN REALLY DOES HAVE A
RICH MARITIME HISTORY AND THIS
IS PART OF IT.
THE BEST THING ABOUT IT IS BEING
ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH OTHER
PEOPLE.
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY TO
GET TO THIS POINT, AND IT'S
BECOME PERSONAL.
>> I SOMETIMES ACTUALLY GET
CHOKED UP WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS
PLACE BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES
MEAN A LOT TO ME.
ROCK ISLAND IS PROBABLY ONE OF
MY MOSTITE PLACES.
I C REALLY THINK OF ANOTHER
PLACE THAT I'D RATHER BE THAN A
PLACE LIKE THIS.
>> THE FIRST KEEPER OF THE LIGHT
WAS A BACHELOR, DAVID CORBIN
RECEIVED JUST $1 A DAY JUST FOOD
AND HOUSING IN 1837.
CORBIN IS BURIED A FEW HUNDRED
FEET FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE IN THIS
SMALL CEMETERY.
IT HAS 12 BURIAL SITES AND IT'S
BELIEVED SEVEN OF THOSE BELONG
TO VICTIMS OF SHIPWRECKS.
THE LIGHT WILL OPEN ITS
DOORS FOR THE SEASON ON MEMORIAL
DAY WEEKEND AND REMAIN OPEN
THROUGH COLUMBUS DAY IN OCTOBER.
IF YOU CAN'T WAIT, YOU CAN GET A
VIDEO TOUR OF THE POTTAWATOMIE
LIGHTHOUSE.
JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE,
wpt.org.
THEN CLICK ON IN WISCONSIN.
ON THE FAR WESTERN SIDE OF THE
STATE, EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY FOR
TWO MORE LIGHT STATIONS ON LAKE
SUPERIOR TO GET A MAKEOVER.
THE PROCESS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO
THIS RESTORATION THAT TOOK PLACE
AT THE RASPBERRY ISLAND
LIGHTHOUSE IN 2007, WHICH IS
PART OF THE APOSTLES ISLANDS
NATIONAL LAKESHORE.
RENOVATIONS ON THE TWO MICHIGAN
ISLAND LIGHT STATIONS COULD
INCLUDE CULTURAL LANDSCAPES AND
RECONSTRUCTED GARDENS.
TO WATCH OUR FULL REPORT ON THE
RASPBERRY LIGHTHOUSE
RESTORATION, JUST GO TO
wpt.org AND CLICK ON IN
WISCONSIN.
NEXT WEEK, WE SALUTE A TEAM OF
JOURNALISTS WHO IS RETIRING, THE
TEAM OF JO GARRETT, FRANK BOLL
AND BRAD WRAY HAVE TRAVELED THE
WORLD TO BRING YOU REPORTS THAT
MATTER CLOSE TO HOME.
HERE'S A PREVIEW OF THE REPORTS
AIRING NEXT W ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
[ BELLS RINGING ]
>> DING DONG AND DONNA.
>> HI.
I'M JO GARRETT, HERE AT JURUSTIC
PARK.
IT'S NOT LIKE OTHER PARKS.
>> CLASSICAL ARTISTS.
>> HE'S CATCHING THE ATTENTION
OF POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINES AND
EVOLUTIONIZING FISHING.R
>> WHEN THEY END UP IN THE
BOTTOM OF THE RIVER, THEY WILL
NOT DEGRADE.
>> YOU'LL MEET MILWAUKEE'S TREE
COP.
AND WE'RE GOING OUT ON A LIMB
WITH A MAN ON A MISSION.
>> WE GOT 284,000 TREES IN THE
CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
>> THOSE "IN WISCONSIN"TS
NEXT THURSDAY AT 7:30 RIGHT HERE
ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
>> WE INVITE TO CHECK OUT
OUR INTERACTIVE BLOG CALLED "THE
PRODUCER'S JOURNAL."
IT'S UPDATED WEEKDAYS BY PEOPLE
WHO WORK IN FRONT OF THE CA
AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
YOU CAN FIND THE BLOG AT
wpt.org.
THEN CLICK ON "IN WISCONSIN."
GET A SNEAK PEEK AT THE PROJECTS
WE'RE WORKING ON AND THE PLACES
WE'VE BEEN.
WE LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK WITH THE
MAGIC OF THE MARSH.
JUST NORTH OF MADISON, THE
CHEROKEE MARSH COVERS MORE THAN
4,000 ACRES.
IT'S THE LARGEST WETLAND IN DANE
COUNTY AND CREATED BY THE
FORMER GLACIAL LAKE MENDOTA.
ENJOYS DIVERSE LANDSCAPE
HAVE A GREAT WEEK IN WISCONSIN.
CAPTIONS PRODUCED BY
RIVERSIDE CAPTIONING COMPANY
WWW.CLOSED-CAPTIONING.COM
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>> 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.
WE'RE ON FOR YOU.
AND ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND ORAL
SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF
MILWAUKEE, OSHKOSH, AND
MINNEAPOLIS, A VETERINARY TEAM
WORKING WITH PET OWNERS AND
FAMILY VETERINARIANS, PROVIDING
CARE FOR ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.