>> HI AND
WELCOME TO
"IN WISCONSIN." I''M PATTY LOEW. THIS
WEEK MEET
A FAMILY
THAT HEADS
TO GREEN
LAKE COUNTY
EACH YEAR FOR A
TREASURED GET
TOGETHER WITH
EACH OTHER
AND THESE COWS. FIND
OUT HOW
THIS WAUNAKEE
WOMAN IS COUNTING ON A
MAN SHE
BARELY KNOWS TO
SAVE HER LIFE.
THE SAND IS
ALIVE WITH MUSIC
FOUND IN
THE APOSTLE
ISLANDS PLUS DO
BIRD HOUSES AND
BOOKSHELVES COME TO MIND WHEN
YOU THINK OF
HIGH SCHOOL
WOOD SHOP PROJECTS?
A GROUP OF
DARLINGTON STUDENTS IS MOVING
BEYOND THAT
AND THINKING BIG,
REALLY BIG "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. THE
UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER
CENTER. COMPREHENSIVE AS DESIGNATED
BY THE NATIONAL
CANCER INSTITUTE
PROVIDING CANCER
RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.
UW CARBONE
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER
CENTER, CANCER CARE
FOR THE
GREATER GOOD 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. >> FAMILY
TRADITIONS SHAPE WHO
WE ARE. MAYBE YOU
GREW UP
SHARING A SPECIAL HOLIDAY MEAL OR
THERE WAS A
WELL--LOVED VACATION SPOT
THAT YOUR FAMILY RETURNED TO
AGAIN AND AGAIN.
OUR FIRST
REPORT THIS
WEEK DOES
FEATURE A FAMILY
TRADITION THAT
INVOLVES A TRIP
TO AN
ISLAND BUT
AS LIZ
KOERNER REPORTS,
IT''S LESS BUILDING CASTLES
IN THE SAND
AND MORE
OF A BOVINE BEACH DAY.
EVEN THE YOUNGEST
MEMBERS OF
THE ROWE FAMILY
GET ALL
DUDED UP ON
ONE SPECIAL
DAY EACH SPRING.
>> FROM
MY EARL IEST MEMORIES
ARE COMING UP HERE
WHEN I
WAS THREE, FOUR,
FIVE YEARS OLD. >>
THE VERY
LARGE EXTENDED
ROWE FAMILY HEADED
BY DAVE
AND CINDY
COME TOGETHER THIS TIME OF
YEAR FOR
AN UNUSUAL FAMILY GATHERING.
AND FAMILY
IS WHAT
IT''S ALL ABOUT. >>
IT SEEMS
TO GET
BIGGER AND BIGGER
EVERY YEAR. >>
THEY CALL IT
THE CATTLE
CROSSING AND IT IS
LIKE NOTHING
YOU''LL SEE ANYWHERE
ELSE IN
WISCONSIN. >> NOT
MANY PEOPLE
CROSS CATTLE
OUR WAY, THAT''S
FOR SURE.
>> THE ROWE
FAMILY, BROTHERS
AND SISTERS,
AUNTS AND
UNCLES ALL LEND
A HAND.
>> DENNIS,
WHY DON''T
YOU JUMP
ON FROM
LUKE. >> TO
FERRY BEEF
CATTLE ACROSS A NARROW STRETCH OF WATER
TO A GRASSY
ISLAND THEY
OWN. THE ISLAND
STRADDLES THE
MARQUETTE AND GREEN LAKE
COUNTY LINE. THE
FAMILY RENTS THIS
SUMMER RANCH
LAND TO
A RANCHER
WHO TRUCKS 100
OF HIS
ANIMALS FROM
THE STEVENS
POINT AREA AND HOUR AND
A HALF
AWAY. SUNNY
MARQUARD, THE
CATTLE OWNER, SAYS
THE LONG
DRIVE HAS
BECOME NECESSARY. >>
WHERE WE
COME FROM,
PASTURE LAND IS
HARD TO
COME BY. THERE IS
NOT A LOT
OF IT AVAILABLE. THERE IS A
LOT OF
LAND AROUND
BUT MOST OF
IT DOESN''T HAVE FENCES AND IN
ORDER TO FENCE
IT, IT
WOULD BE EXTREMELY
EXPENSIVE FOR A LOT
OF THIS
GROUND SO
GOOD CROPLAND
NOWADAYS, IT''S
USED FOR CROPLAND. NOBODY IS GOING TO
USE IT
FOR PASTURE. >> THEY SEND THE
CALVES ON
THE BARGE FIRST.
THAT WAY THEIR MOTHERS
ARE EAGER TO
FOLLOW. THEY USED
TO JUST
LET THE CATTLE SWIM ACROSS
TO THE
ISLAND BUT THE LAST
TIME THEY
DID THAT THEY
HAD A
PROBLEM. THE CATTLE
FIGURED OUT
THEY COULD
GET OFF THE
ISLAND THE
SAME WAY THEY
GOT ON.
>> THEY ENDED UP
AT ACTUALLY
A NEIGHBOR''S FARM EATING
CORN OUT
OF HIS CRIB. >> THE BARGE
ITSELF IS
AN INVENTION DREAMED
UP AND
HANDCRAFTED BY
THE ROWE
FAMILY. >>
IT''S GOT
54, 55 GALLON
DRUMS UNDER IT. I THINK WE
HAVE IT
FIGURED OUT
IT CAN HOLD
45,000 POUNDS.
>> IT''S THE JOB OF
THE ATHLETIC
YOUNGER COUSINS ON
TOP OF THE
BARGE TO HAUL
ON THE
OVERHEAD CABLE. ON THIS
DAY THEY
CAN CARRY
ONLY SEVEN COWS
AT A
TIME BECAUSE
OF WIND AND
THE CURRENT MAKE THE
BARGE HARD TO MANEUVER. >> BASICALLY WE HAVE
TO KEEP
THE BARGE
STRAIGHT. WE''RE GETTING PUSHED
BY THE
CURRENT AND IT
WAS WINDY
AND IT''S ALWAYS TRYING
TO PUSH
THE BARGE DOWNSTREAM. WE HAVE TO
KEEP IT
SO IT
KEEPS LESS TENSION
ON THAT
AND KEEPS IT
STRAIGHT BETWEEN
THE CORRALS. THE
GUYS AREN''T PULLING
THE BARGE ACROSS THE
WATER ON
THEIR OWN NOW BUT
THEY USED
TO. >> WHEN
WE FIRST
STARTED THIS
WE USED TO
MANUALLY PULL
THAT BARGE
ALL ACROSS
THE RIVER
AND A FRIEND WHO
LIVES IN
THE AREA
SAID HOW
ABOUT IF I
PUSH YOU GUYS
ACROSS WITH
A BOAT?
LIGHT BULB GOES
ON AND IT
SOUNDED GOOD.
>> EVEN WITH
A MOTOR BOAT
IT''S HARD WORK
FOR THE
GUYS ON
TOP. GREG ROWE EXPLAINS
WHY HE KEEPS
COMING BACK. >> IT''S
A GREAT
WEEKEND. >> GOOD
FOR THE FAMILY.
IT''S LIKE THE ISLAND
IS THE THING
THAT KEEPS
OUR FAMILY
CLOSE. EVERY WEEKEND EVERY SUMMER
WE''RE UP HERE AND
CATTLE MOVE
WEEKEND IS
JUST OUR
FUN, SPECIAL REALLY WEIRD ACTIVITY
THAT WE DO TOGETHER.
>> THERE ARE
17 COUSINS
IN THE ROWE FAMILY. SOME
TRAVEL UP
TO FIVE
HOURS TO
HELP OUT WITH
THE CATTLE CROSSING. SOME
EVEN GO
TO EXTREMES.
>> THEY SAID
MY NAME,
I WALKED
ACROSS THE
STAGE, KEPT WALKING
UNTIL I GOT TO MY CAR
AND GOT
TO THE ISLAND AS FAST
AS I COULD.
>> WHY? >> IT''S
MY FAMILY.
I LOVE
THIS. >> AFTER MANY,
MANY TRI
PS TO
THE ISLAND, ALL
THE MOTHERS ARE REUNITED WITH THEIR
CALVES AND
THEN THEY OPEN THE GATE
OF THE HOLDING CORRAL AND
THE CATTLE
HEAD FOR
HIGH PASTURE.
IT''S BEEN ANOTHER
SUCCESSFUL ROWE
FAMILY CATTLE CROSSING. >> IT''S
GREAT. IT''S GREAT.
WE LOVE DOING
IT EVERY YEAR
AND COMING UP
HERE. IT''S A SPECIAL PLACE
FOR OUR
ENTIRE FAMILY.
WE LOVE COMING UP HERE.
>> AFTER
THE CATTLE
CROSSING, ONE YOUNG MOTHER DECIDED
SHE HAD HAD ENOUGH
OF THE
ISLAND LIFE AND SWAM
BACK TO
THE MAIN
LAND. BUT
THE ROWES
QUICKLY ROUNDED
HER UP AND FERRIED HER
BACK TO
THE ISLAND
REUNITING HER WITH
HER FORLORN CALF.
WISCONSIN''S AIRPORTS COULD BE
BUSIER THAN USUAL
THIS WEEKEND AS
SCIENTISTS FROM
AROUND THE
GLOBE DESCEND ON
MADISON FOR
THE WORLD
STEM CELL
SUMMIT EARLY NEXT WEEK.
WISCONSIN IS AT
THE EPICENTER
OF STEM CELL
RESEARCH DUE
TO UW
MAD''S DISCOVERY
OF THE
CELLS TEN
YEARS AGO.
NOW WORK GOES ON
TRYING TO
TRANSLATE RESEARCH INTO CURES
OR TREATMENTS
FOR DISEASES.
IT COULD
LEAD TO
LIFESAVING ----
THIS WOMAN LIVES
LIFE NOW BUT
HAS A VERY
UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
FREDERICA FREYBERG REPORTS. ,,,,
>> LAURA
SOWINSKI FILLS
THE SCHOOL
HALLWAYS WITH
HER ENERGY, SUPERCHARGED FRIENDLY AND PUMPED
FOR THE DAY. TO
HER STUDENTS
SHE''S MS.
SOWINSKI, ASSOCIATE
PRINCIPAL AT WAUNAKEE
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> I''M HERE
AT 7:30
IN THE
MORNING AND DON''T
HEAD OUT UNTIL 5:00
WHEN THE DAY
IS DONE.
>> NOT
THAT HER
DAY IS
DONE THEN. SHE ALSO
HAS THREE
YOUNG CHILDREN
AT HOME. SO
WHEN DOCTORS
DIAGNOSED THIS SUPER
MOM WITH
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN
2001, IT
THREW HER
FOR A
LOOP. >>
MY INITIAL
REACTION WAS
DEVASTATION. I THOUGHT HOW CAN
THIS POSSIBLY
BE ME?
>> IT
SOON BECAME
CLEAR THIS
WAS THE
NEW HER.
>> A NUMBNESS IN
MY LEGS
AND TINGLING AND
THEN I
STARTED HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH
MY VISION. >> HER
MS IS
THE RELAPSING
AND REMITTING
TYPE. UNPREDICTABLE.
THIS PAST SUMMER
IT FLARED.
SHE HAD
DIFFICULTY WALKING,
SPEAKING. >> IT
WAS VERY SCARY AND
IT PUT
ME IN TEARS.
SOMETIMES IT WOULD MAKE ME
FEEL AS THOUGH THERE WAS
NOT A WHOLE
LOT THAT I
COULD DO
TO HELP MYSELF. >> IT IS
A DISEASE
WHERE THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM ATTACKS ITSELF AND THAT''S
WHEN THE
SCARS APPEAR ON
YOUR CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM. WHEN YOU
HAVE SCARRING
ON THAT
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IT IS
LIKE HAVING A BREAK IN A
WIRE. THE
MESSAGES FROM
YOUR BRAIN
THROUGHOUT YOUR
BODY GET
DISTORTED OR
REDIRECTED. >> COLLEEN KALT
OF THE
MS SOCIETY SAYS ITS MISSION
IS TO
END THE DEVASTATING
EFFECTS OF
THE DISEASE. TOWARD
THAT THE
SOCIETY HAS
PUMPED $15 1/2
MILLION INTO
NEW RESEARCH
INCLUDING UW--MADISON.
UW SCIENTISTS ARE AMONG
FOUR TEAMS
ACROSS THE WORLD
WORKING WITH THIS
GRANT MONEY
TO RESTORE
FUNCTION IN
MS PATIENTS.
WORKING TO FIND
WAYS TO
REPAIR NERVE FIBERS THAT
ARE DAMAGED BY MS. THIS
IS OF
URGENT INTEREST
EVERYWHERE, BUT ESPECIALLY IN
THIS STATE WHERE
THERE IS
HEIGHTENED INCIDENCE OF
MS. >> WE
HAVE HERE
IN WISCONSIN
ONE IN 500
PEOPLE IN
THE STATE
HAVE THE
DISEASE COMPARED
TO, FOR
EXAMPLE, ONE
IN 10,000
IN TEXAS. >> IT''S THOUGHT
THAT THE
GENETIC PRE--DISPOSITION TO MS AND THE
LACK OF
VITAMIN D IN
SUNLIGHT MAKE PEOPLE
IN NORTHERN
CLIMATES MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO
THE DISEASE.
GIVEN THE HIGH
INCIDENCE OF
MS IN
WISCONSIN AND THE
CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF
FAMILIES HOPING
AND WAITING
FOR A
CURE, IT
IS FITTING,
PERHAPS, THAT UW
IS AT
THE FOREFRONT
OF SUCH SCIENCE. BUT IMPORTANT
PARTS OF
THAT SEARCH INVOLVE
USING EMBRYONIC
STEM CELLS
AND EMBRYONIC
STEM CELLS
IS CONTROVERSIAL. >> THOSE PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO
FUND RESEARCH BUT
NOT THIS
PARTICULAR TYPE OF RESEARCH
HAVE EVERY OPTION TO
FUND THE
TYPE OF RESEARCH
WE WANT. SO
LESS THAN
3% OF
OUR CURRENT
RESEARCH BUDGET
IS USED
FOR STEM
CELL RESEARCH. >> WHAT
WE''RE TRYING
TO MAKE
---- >> SCIENTISTS
IN THIS
LAB ARE
DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES
FOR CELL
TRANSPLANTS THAT COULD
REPAIR AND PROTECT
THE NERVOUS
SYSTEMS OF
PEOPLE WITH
MS. NERVOUS SYSTEMS
DAMAGED BY
THE DISEASE. >>
MY HOPE AND
MY FERVENT
HOPE IS THE
WORK WE''RE
DOING RIGHT
NOW WILL TRANSLATE
INTO CLINICAL
THERAPY AND HELP
IMPROVE THE FUNCTION
OF PEOPLE
WITH MS. THAT WE''LL BE
ABLE TO TAKE
THE FRUITS OF OUR
LABORS OVER
THE YEARS
INTO CREATING FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT. I
THINK WE''RE
CLOSE. THE IDEAS
ARE THERE,
WE''VE DONE
THIS EXPE RIMENTALLY IN
ANIMALS. THE RESULTS
ARE GOOD
FROM OUR
LAB AND
ELSEWHERE SO THERE
IS LOTS OF PROMISE.
>> DUNCAN SAYS
THE FIRST
PHASE OF HUMAN
TRIALS COULD
BEGIN IN
ABOUT TWO YEARS.
>> I DON''T
WANT TO OFFER
FALSE HOPE BUT I
DO WANT
TO OFFER
SOME HOPE AND SAY
THAT WE''RE
MAKING PROGRESS
THAT IS SUFFICIENTLY
GREAT RATE. >>
WHAT KIND
OF PROMISE
DOES HIS
RESEARCH HOLD? >> HOPE.
>> HOPE
AND NEW
PHARMACEUTICAL TREATMENTS ARE
ABOUT ALL
THAT PEOPLE WITH
MS HAVE
TO HOLD
ONTO FOR
NOW. >> IF THE
COURSE OF
THIS DISEASE CONTINUES TO AFFECT
ME THE WAY IT
HAS THE LAST TEN
YEARS IT''S HARD FOR
ME TO KNOW
HOW EFFECTIVE I
WILL BE
AS A MOTHER
AND AS A
P ROFESSIONAL
AND AS A SPOUSE
IN THE GOAL
THAT I HAVE
FOR LIFE.
>> LOOKING FORWARD
TO AN
UNCERTAIN FUTURE,
PEOPLE LIKE
LAURA SOWINSKI HOLD OUT
FOR THE
ILLUSIVE CURE. >> I DO HOPE
THERE WILL
BE A CURE FOR THIS.
I JUST WANT TO
MAKE THE
BEST OF
LIFE AND ITS
OPPORTUNITIES. >> THIS EDUCATOR
SAYS WHILE
SHE WATCHES
AND WAITS
FOR TODAY''S RESEARCH
TO BRING NEW
ANSWERS, SHE''S ALSO PINNING HER
HOPES ON
THE NEXT
GENERATION OF
SCIENTISTS AND DOCTORS
WHO SHE SAYS
SHE PASSES
IN THE
HALLS EVERY DAY. >> KELLY, COME TELL
ME ABOUT
YOUR GAME TONIGHT. REEDSBURG? >>
DR. DUNCAN
IS AMONG
THE PANELISTS WHO WILL
DISCUSS SPECIFIC DISEASES AT
THE WORLD
STEM CELL SUMMIT.
YOU CAN GET
MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE SUMMIT
ON OUR
WEBSITE AT wpt.org/inwisconsin. OTHER PANELS AT
THE EVENT
WILL INCLUDE
THOSE ON
CANCER, DIABETES,
PARKINSON''S AND ALS. THERE
IS ALSO
A PUBLIC
DAY OF
SCIENCE OUTREACH CALLED LAB
ON THE
LAKE. OUR NEXT REPORT
TAKES US TO
THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF
OUR STATE TO
THE TOWN
OF DARLINGTON.
THAT''S WHERE RICHARD ANDERSON''S
WOOD SHOP
CLASS IS
TURNING OUT
SOME HEAVY
DUTY PROJECTS.
NOT BIRD
HOUSES OR
BOOKSHELVES LIKE
MOST SHOP
CLASSES. NO, THESE
STUDENTS ARE
THINKING BIG AND
THEIR WORK
JUST MAY
TURN LAFAYETTE COUNTY
INTO A TOURIST DESTINATION.
, >> STUDENTS
IN WOOD SHOP
TRADITIONALLY END THE YEAR
WITH A
PROJECT. >>
MY PROJECTS
WERE JUST
SMALLER LIKE
BOOKSHELVES, A CABINET. >> I DID
A GAZEBO
MY FRESHMAN
YEAR. >> THOSE PROJECTS
WERE DONE
BEFORE DARLINGTON HIGH
SCHOOL''S WOOD
TECH TEACHER,
RICHARD ANDERSON, PITCHED AN IDEA
THAT''S ON ITS
WAY TO
BECOMING A
DARLINGTON HIGH TRADITION. WHAT, YOU
ASK, WAS
THIS CLASS
PROJECT? WELL, THESE
STUDENTS ARE
STANDING ON IT.
>> IT''S
LIKE AN
OLD ROAD
HERE OR SOMETHING.
>> ANDERSON SAYS
IT BEGAN
WITH A
VISIT FROM A
LOCAL CONTRACTOR
BUILDING A CABIN
JUST OUTSIDE
OF TOWN. >>
HE STOPPED
IN AND ASKED
IF WE WOULD
BUILD HIM
A COVERED BRIDGE. >> WIEGEL
OFFERED TO
PAY FOR
THE MATERIALS IF ANDERSON''S STUDENTS WANTED TO PURSUE
IT AS
A CLASS
PROJECT. >> WHAT
I ENVISIONED
WAS A SMALL ONE
TO GO
OVER A
GARDEN, TYPE STRUCTURE. >> DID
YOU HAVE ANY
RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS?
>> I FOUND THAT
IF YOU THINK
THINGS OVER TOO
MUCH MAYBE YOU SPOIL IT.
>> PUT YOUR PIECE
UP THAT
YOU CUT, THE
PRACTICE ONE. OKAY. >> ANDERSON
AND THE
STUDENTS DIDN''T KNOW
THAT MUCH
ABOUT BUILDING COVERED BRIDGES
AT THE TIME. >> THIS IS
GOING THE FLIP
AROUND AND
GO UP
LIKE THAT,
RIGHT? >>
THE STUDENTS
SAY THEY USED
COMMON SENSE AND
TRIED TO
BUILD IN A SAFETY MARGIN.
>> WE DIDN''T JUST THROW
IT TOGETHER AND
SAY ----
WE MADE
SURE WE HAD THE
LEAST AMOUNT OF
JOINTS IN THE
SAME PIECE.
WE MADE SURE THAT
WE HAD
THE GREATEST SIZE
OF LUMBER
THAT WE
COULD GET IN
EACH PIECE.
WITH THE CROSS MEMBERS
AND WITH
ALL THE TRUSSES
UP HERE
IT MAKES IT
STRONGER AS WELL.
EACH BOTTOM BEAM THAT
WE MADE
IS 1,000 POUNDS
APIECE. >>
I THINK
AFTER WE
PLACED THIS
ONE AND SET
IT DOWN
IT SEEMED
LIKE THAT
COULDN''T BE THE END
OF THE PROCESS.
IT NEEDED TO
BE THE
BEGINNING. >> AND
IT WAS
THE BEGINNING
OF AN
ANNUAL EFFORT.
AS THE 2007/2008
SCHOOL YEAR
DREW TO A
CLOSE BRIDGE
NUMBER TWO WAS NEARING COMPLETION
IN THE
SCHOOL PARKING LOT. ASKED
ABOUT LESSONS
LEARNED FROM BRIDGE
NUMBER ONE,
THE STUDENTS
OFFERED ONE
WORD. >> ANGLES LIKE
YOU SAW
TODAY. WE STILL HAVE TROUBLE
WITH THEM.
>> ANGLES ARE
A BIG
ONE. >> EVERYWHERE
YOU LOOK
THERE ARE ANGLES.
TRUSSES, WALLS
STICK OUT 11 DEGREES.
>> THE PLANNING
OF BRIDGE
NUMBER TWO WAS
A LITTLE
MORE SOPHISTICATED. >> WE
MAINLY STARTED
THIS Y
EAR WITH
LOAD TESTING.
WE DID LOAD
TESTING THIS
YEAR. WE WENT
OVER TO
UW--PLATTEVILLE AND USED SOME MACHINES TO
TEST SOME
DIFFERENT KIND
OF DESIGNS
OF BEAMS FOR
UNDER THE FLOOR. >> THERE
ARE STILL
LOTS OF
ANGLES IN BRIDGE
NUMBER TWO.
THE STUDENTS ARE
FITTING THE
BOARDS WHICH
WILL TRIM THE
GABLES OF
THE ROOF.
THE GABLES STRETCH
OUTWARD. THE
BOARDS MEET
WITH A
COMPOUND ANGLE
SLANTING IN
TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. >> THAT''S
THE OBTUSE
ANGLE. >>
GEOMETRY WORD.
LET ME GET
MR. COHEN. SHOW ME WHAT
YOU HAD SET
THERE FIRST.
>> THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGE IN BUILDING BRIDGES
HASN''T BEEN
THE CUTTING, THE DRILLING
OR THE
HAMMERING. IT''S
BEEN THE THINKING. >>
THE THINKING
WAS REALLY
HARD. MR. ANDERSON DID A
LOT OF
THAT. HE''S REALLY GOOD AT
THAT AND
HE''S TRYING TO TEACH US
TO DO
THE SAME THING, WHICH
THAT''S ONE THING
THAT WE
HAVEN''T ENJOYED TO DO BUT
WE AT
LEAST ATTEMPT IT, MOST OF
THE PROBLEMS HE
THROWS OUR
WAY. >> I SUPPOSE ONE
OF YOU
GUYS WERE THINKING OF THIS
ALREADY UNTIL YOU SAID IF
THAT EDGE
IS NO GOOD THEN
WHY DON''T
WE MAKE
A NEW EDGE?
>> AFTER THE
BOARDS ARE
CUT, THE
STUDENTS LIFT
THEM INTO PLACE. >>
ONE OF
THESE CUT
BACKWARDS. >> THERE, YEAH, TAKE
THIS ONE
DOWN. >> LET IT DOWN
TO ME.
>> ONE STUDENT
SUMMED IT
UP SAYING THEY LEARNED THAT THERE IS A
LOT MORE
TO IT.
I THINK WE TEND
TO OVERSIMPLIFY A LOT
OF STUFF.
IT GOES
BOTH WAYS.
PROBABLY STUDENTS THINK THAT
LIFE IS
PRETTY EASY AND
THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE LIVING
LIFE THINK THAT GOING
TO SCHOOL A
PRETTY EASY AND
I THINK
THERE IS A
MOVEMENT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
>> IN A
BALLET OF
BOBCATS BRIDGE NUMBER
TWO WAS
LIFTED INTO
THE AIR
AND SETTLED
ONTO A
FLATBED TRAILER. IT THEN MADE
THE SHORT
TRIP TO
DARLINGTON''S NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK. THERE
A CRANE
PLACED BRIDGE
NUMBER TWO ON
FOOTINGS SPANNING
A STORM WATER
CHANNEL. IT WILL
BE PART
OF A
FOOT PATH
CONNECTING THE BUILDINGS.
IN A FEW
WEEKS, WORK WOULD
BEGIN ON
BRIDGE NUMBER
THREE. IT WILL
BE ABOUT THE
SAME SIZE
AS THIS ONE AND
WILL GO
IN ONE
OF DARLINGTON''S CITY PARKS.
IN THE LONG
TERM DICK
ANDERSON TALKS ABOUT HIS
DREAM PROJECT.
HE CALLS
IT THE
BIG BRIDGE.
OVER 50 FEET
LONG SPANNING
THE PECATONIC RIVER RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE
OF DOWNTOWN DARLINGTON. >> HOW
BIG IS
THE MARKET
FOR COVERED BRIDGES? >> IT''S YET TO
BE SEEN.
WE THINK
THAT EVERY
GOLF COURSE
NEEDS ONE, EVERY COUNTY SHOULD
HAVE A COUPLE ALSO.
, >>
RICHARD ANDERSON TELLS
US THAT BRIDGE
NUMBER THREE
WILL PRESENT AN
ADDED CHALLENGE
FOR HIS
STUDENTS. UNLIKE THE
FIRST BRIDGES
WHICH WERE
BUILT WITH
MODERN TECHNIQUES, THIS YEAR''S BRIDGE WILL
BE BUILT
USING TRADITIONAL
MORTISE AND TENON JOINTS HELD TOGETHER WITH
WOODEN PEGS.
NEXT UP
A MUSICAL
OF SORTS. THIS IS WITHIN
THE SANDS
OF THE
APOSTLE ISLANDS ON A
VERY SPECIAL
BEACH. JOIN REPORTER
JO GARRETT
AS SHE
LEARNS THE SECRET
BEHIND THE
SINGING SANDS OF JULIAN BAY.
>> THERE ARE COUNTLESS
REASONS TO COME HERE
TO THE
APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL LAKESHORE.
IT''S A
PLACE OF
CLEAR BLUE
WATERS AND WIDE OPEN SKY.
IT HAS SOME
OF THE
MOST WILD
AND PRISTINE
TERRITORY IN
WISCONSIN. TERRITORY THAT, IN TURN,
PROVIDES SOME OF
THE BEST
BIRDING AND WILDLIFE WATCHING IN THE STATE.
BUT BOB AND
PEGGY HOM
OF DULUTH WERE DRAWN
IF BY A
DIFFERENT SIREN SONG.
THIS COUPLE
CAME TO STOCKTON
ISLAND SPECIFICALLY TO JULIAN BAY FOR
THE SINGING
SANDS. >> HE WANTED
SEA CAVES
AND I
WANTED THE SINGING
SANDS. >>
NEIL HOWK. >> THERE
ARE SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE
IN A BEACH
SAND FOR
IT TO MAKE
SOUNDS. >>
WE''RE FROM
DULUTH. IT''S DIFFERENT SAND THAN THIS. YOU
CAN TELL
THE DIFFERENCE.
>> THE
SANDS OF
JULIAN BAY
ARE DIFFERENT
AND RELATIVELY
RARE. IT''S ESTIMATED
THAT ONLY
10 TO
20% OF
BEACHES WORLDWIDE
HAVE WHAT
SCIENTISTS CALL
S INGING
PROPERTIES. >>
IT CAN
BE CALLED WHISTLING
SAND OR WHISPERING SAND
OR BARKING SANDS. >> IT
TAKES A
BIT OF TECHNIQUE
TO MAKE THE
SAND SING.
HOWK DEMONSTRATES. >> IF YOU
JUST KIND
OF ----
THERE. >> YEAH. YOU
HEAR THAT
SQUEAK? >>
YOU SURE CAN. >>
IF YOU
LISTEN CLOSELY
IT SOUNDS
LIKE SHINE
ON HARVEST
MOON. >> VERY CLOSELY. [LAUGHTER]
>> OKAY, IT''S NOT THE
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC OR EVEN
HARVEST MOON. >>
SOUNDS LIKE
KORDUROY PANTS.
>> THERE IS
MORE TO SINGING
SANDS THAN MEETS
THE EAR. >>
IS IT
A PARTICULAR
TIME, A
PARTICULAR TIME OF YEAR
OR DAY
BETTER THAN THE OTHER?
>> THEY HAVE
TO CLEAR
THEIR THROAT FIRST. >> I HOOKED
UP WITH
HOWK TO
GET THE SCORE.
>> WHAT MAKES THE
SOUND IS
THE SAND GRAINS
RUBBING TOGETHER
LIKE HAVING
A BAG
OF GLASS MARBLES PUSHING
THEM AROUND.
YOU CAN EITHER
WALK ON
IT OR
JUST MOVE IT BACK
AND FORTH
WITH YOUR HAND
AND THAT
GETS THE
GRAINS TO
SLIDE PAST
ONE ANOTHER
AND ELICIT
THAT HIGH--PITCHED
SOUND. SOMETIMES
IT''S CALLED
SQUEAKING, SINGING OR WHISPERING.
>> TOO COOL.
IT MAKES YOUR
HANDS CLEAN, TOO. >>
ANOTHER FACTOR
IN MAKING
BEACH--BASED MUSIC IS THE SHAPE
OF THE
BEACH ITSELF.
JULIAN BAY
IS PERFECT. THIS MILE AND
A HALF LONG
CURVE SERVES AS
A KIND
OF CONVEYOR
BELT TO
MOVE AND
WORK AND
REWORK THE SAND.
>> WE
HAVE THIS
BEAUTIFUL LONG
CRESCENT--SHAPED BEACH AND THE SAND
IS TRAPPED
HERE. IT IS
NOT ERODING
OUT INTO THE
LAKE VERY FAST AND
IT MOVES BACK AND FORTH
UP AND
DOWN THE BEACH AND
IT IS
THAT ROLLING UP
AND DOWN THE
BEACH THAT
ROUNDS THE SAND
GRAINS AND
THAT''S IMPORTANT TO BEING
ABLE TO
PRODUCE THE
SOUND. >> JUST
AS CRITICAL
IS THE
KIND OF SAND. >> WHEN
YOU LOOK
AT THE
BEACH SAND HERE
AT JULIAN
BAY YOU
NOTICE THAT IT''S
VERY LIGHT
IN COLOR
AND ABOUT
90% OF
THIS IS
QUARTZ, WHICH IS MOSTLY
MADE OF
SILICA JUST LIKE
GLASS. SO BY
THE TIME THE
SAND HAS
COME THIS FAR
DOWN THE
BEACH THE WIND
AND WAVE ACTION
HAS ROUNDED
ALL THE
SAND GRAINS,
IT''S WORN AWAY A LOT
OF THE LIGHTER MATERIAL
SO IT
LEAVES THE QUARTZ
AND IT
ALSO HAS SORTED
THE MATERIAL
SO ALL THESE SAND
GRAINS ARE
VERY SIMILAR IN
SIZE. SO THE
SIMILAR SIZE, THE
ROUNDED NATURE OF THE SAND
GRAINS AND
THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF QUARTZ
ARE THE
THREE THINGS
THAT COME
TOGETHER TO CREATE
THE SOUND THAT
THE SAND
MAKES WHEN
THE SAND
GRAINS RUB TOGETHER. ,,,,
>> THIS
SONG IS
SPECIAL. AND IT''S NOT
GOING TO
STAY ON
THE CHARTS
FOREVER. GEOLOGICALLY
SPEAKING. >>
THE APOSTLE
ISLANDS ARE
TEMPORARY THINGS. WE LOOK AT
THEM AND WE THINK
THAT THEY''VE
ALWAYS LOOKED THIS
WAY AND THEY''VE
ONLY BEEN
HERE FOR
A FEW
THOUSAND YEARS AND THEY''RE IN THE
PROCESS OF
BEING ERODED AWAY.
THE LAKE ACTION, THE WIND
AND THE WAVES
IS CONSTANTLY CHIPPING AWAY AT
THE ISLAND
AND BREAKING
OFF PIECES
AND WASHING
IT OUT
AND FILLING
UP LAKE SUPERIOR. IF
YOU WERE
HERE 100 YEARS
AGO THERE WOULD
HAVE BEEN AT
LEAST ONE
MORE APOSTLE
ISLAND. THERE
WAS ONE
CALLED STEAMBOAT ISLAND ON THE
WEST SIDE.
A WINTER STORM AROUND THE
TURN OF THE
CENTURY WASHED
IT AWAY.
>> SINGING
SANDS FACE
ANOTHER THREAT. IT''S
MUCH MORE
IMMEDIATE. WHEN THERE IS
TOO MUCH ORGANIC
MATTER IN THE
WATER IT
CAN CLOG
THE SAND AND
DEGRADE THE
SINGING QUALITIES. SINGING SAND
BEACHES A
ROUND THE
WORD HAVE BEEN
SILENCED BY POLLUTION. SO MUSICAL
SANDS ARE
LIKE A
CANARY IN A
COAL MINE
AND THIS SONG SPEAKS
TO THE
HEALTH AND THE
CLARITY OF
THE WATERS
OF LAKE SUPERIOR. ,,,,
NEIL HOWK
EXPLAINE D
THE SECRETS
BEHIND JULIAN
BAY''S SINGING
SAND BUT STOCKTON
ISLAND IS
NOTABLE FOR A
TOMBOLO. WHAT IS
THAT? CHECK
OUT OUR
WEBSITE TO HEAR
HOWK''S EXPLANATION. ONCE THERE
YOU''LL FIND OTHER
LINKS FOR THIS
WEEK''S REPORTS AND MAKE SURE
TO TUNE
IN NEXT
TIME WHEN WE
SHOW YOU
HOW DESIGNING A HIKING TRAIL
IS MORE THAN
CREATING JUST
A PRETTY PATH.
WE''LL ALSO
HIT THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH
SOME APPLETON
CANDIDATES WHO ARE PART OF A
TIGHT RACE FOR PARTY
CONTROL OF OUR
STATE GOVERNMENT.
FIND OUT WHAT''S AT
STAKE. AND WISCONSIN
ISN''T ONLY
KNOWN FOR
ITS MICROBREWS ANYMORE. WINE
IS ON THE
MENU WH
EN WE HEAD OUT
TO THE
FALL HARVEST.
WE LEAVE YOU
WITH MORE
SCENES FROM
STOCK TON
ISLAND. I''M PATTY LOEW
AND WE''LL
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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