>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
MILLIONS OF MIGRATORY BIRDS
STREAM THROUGH OUR STATE.
>> THIS BIRD THAT WEIGHS 10
GRAMS HAS FLOWN FROM COSTA RICA
OR PANAMA TO WISCONSIN ACROSS
SO MANY HAZARDS.
>> AND DYING IN WISCONSIN'S
LARGEST CITY.
FIND OUT WHY.
THIS WEEK WISCONSIN CELEBRATES
A CENTURY OF FLIGHTS.
>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF MILITARY
HEROES AND PLENTY OF
EXTRAORDINARY PILOTS AND
INVENTIONS.
>> WHERE CAN YOU GO HIKING,
BOWLING, TO CHURCH AND GET A
TATTOO ON THE SAME TRAIL?
FIND OUT 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.
WE'RE ON FOR YOU.
AND THE ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND
ORAL SURGERY SPECIOF
MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH, A
VETERINARY TEAM WORKING WITH
PET OWNERS AND VETERINARIANS
THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN PROVIDING
TREATMENT OF TOOTH PROBLEMS FOR
SMALL COMPANION ANIMALS AND
ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY
BIKE WISCONSIN.
>> WE BEGIN THIS WEEK WITH AN
ANNUAL RITE OF PASSAGE.
MILLIONS OF MIGRATORY SONG
BIRDS FLY OVER WISCONSIN ON
THEIR WAY TO THEIRMER
BREEDING GROUNDS AND THEN BACK
AGAIN IN THE FALL.
EVERY THEY FACE A DEADLY
OBSTACLE.
SO COMMON THAT WE MAY NEVER
NOTICE.
SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE THAT EVERY
YEAR IN NORTH AMERICA UP TO A
BILLION BIRDS, THAT'S A BILLION
WITH A B, ARE KILLED BY FLYING
INTO WINDOWS.
"IN WISCONSIN"'S JO GARRETT
SHOWS YOU WHY THIS IS A BIG
PROBLEM IN MILWAUKEE.
>> IT'S A DAY IN MAY, A BLEAK
AND BLUSTERY DAY IN DOWNTOWN
MILWAUKEE.
>> WIND HAZARD.
>> IT IS EARLY MORNING AND
SCOTT DIEHL IS ON A SEARCH AND
RESCUE MISSION.
>> BUT NOW--
>> SEARCH AND RESCUE FOR SMALL
SURVIVORS LIKE THESE.
DIEHL IS THE DIRECTOR OF
WILDLIFE REHABILITATION FOR THE
WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY IN
MILWAUKEE.
>> A LOT OF GLASS.
I THINK THE BIRD COLLISION
ISSUE HAS BEEN ONE THAT HAS NOT
HAD MUCH AWARENESS TO DATE AND
WHEN THESE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT
THERE WASN'T AN AWARENESS ABOUT
THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS PROBLEM.
REASONABLE ESTIMATES PLACE THE
MORTALITY BETWEEN 100 MILLION
AND A BILLION NATIVE BIRDS
DYING IN NORTH AMERICA EACH
YEAR IN WINDOW COLLISIONS.
>> THEY HIT THE GLASS AND THEY
DIE.
IT'S A PHENOMENON CALLED WINDOW
STRIKES.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF SONG
BIRDS PERISH EVERY YEAR IN
NORTH AMERICA.
>> THIS BIRD THAT WEIGHS TEN
GRAMS HAS FLOWN FROM COSTA RICA
OR PANAMA TO WISCONSIN ACROSS
SO MANY HAZARDS.
AND THEY ARE AT ONCE AMAZING IN
THEIR CAPABILITY OF FLYING
THOSE DISTANCES AND TRAVERSING
THE MOUNTAIN RANGES AND RIVERS
AND OCEANS AND YET A 16th INCH
PIECE OF GLASS IS ENOUGH TO
STOP THEM PERMANTLY.
>> THE PROBLEM IS PARTICULARLY
ACUTE IN MILWAUKEE, WHICH IS
DEAD CENTER IN THE LAKE
MICHIGAN FLYWAY.
BIRD MIGRATION HIGHWAY AND SO
SO DIFFERENT FROM THE RAIN
FORESTS BACK HOME.
>> WHAT HAPPENS DOWN IN THIS
URBAN CANYON DOWN HERE,
DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE, IS THERE IS
SO MUCH CONFUSION.
THERE IS SO MUCH GLASS AND SO
MANY REFLECTIVE SURFACES THAT
THE BIRDS REALLY GEONFUSED.
THEY LAND IN THIS AREA AND THEN
IT'S LITERALLY A GAUNTLET OF
GLASS AND STEEL ANDRETE
THAT THEY JUST ARE NOT PREPARED
TO DEAL WITH.
>> AND ALL THESE REFLECTIONS
AND LIGHT IN THIS GLET OF
GLASS CAN CAUSE COLLISIONS.
>> THEY HIT THE BUILDING FOR
ONE OF TWO REASONS.
EITHER THEY SEE THE LIGHTS AT
NIGHT WHEN THEY'RE MIGRATING OR
GET CONFUSED BY THE LIGHT.
AND REFLECTIONS OF THE
LANDSCAPE ON THE GLASS IN THE
DAYTIME.
>> OR THE SONG BIRDS SEE
THROUGH THE WINDOWS TO GREENERY
BEYOND AND THINK THEY'VE FOUND
A PASSAGEWAY.
>> THEY HAVE NO CONCEPT OF
GLASS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE JUNGLE
OR THE FOREST WHERE THESE BIRDS
LIVE, IT IS MUCH LIKE FLYING
THROUGH THE TREES WHERE THERE
ARE GAPS AND SO ON AND WENDING
THEIR WAY THROUGH THE FO
AND SO THEY SEE IN ONE WINDOW
AND OUT ANOTHER THEY THINK THEY
CAN PASS THROUGH THERE.
WITH DEADLY CONSEQUENCES.
>> SO EVERY MORNING DURING
MIGRATION SEASON DIEHL AND A
TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS FAN OUT
ACROSS THE CITY.
IT IS SEARCH AND RESCUE.
BELOW BIG BUILDINGS WITH MANY
WINDOWS.
IT IS SEARCH AND RESCUE TO
COUNT THE DEAD AND SAVE THE
INJURED.
TO GET TO THAT MOMENT EVERY
REHABILITATOR LONGS FOR,
RELEASE.
REHABILITATOR.
>> THESE ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE
BIRDS.
THIS IS A CEDAR WAXWING.
IF YOU LOOK ON THEIR FEATHER
TIPS THEY HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL
YELLOW AND THE RED.
IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE NAIL
POLISH.
IT'S JUST -- I DON'T KNOW, I
THINK THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL AND
THEY MAKE KIND OF A ZINGING
NOISE AND THEY -- YEAH.
AND THESE WERE GROWING UP WHEN
MY FATHER AND I WOULD BIRD A
LOT.
THESE WERE ONE OF MY FAVORITE
BIRDS TO SEE.
I LOVE THE WAXWINGS.
>> WINGS IS THE NAME OF DIEHL'S
RESCUE GROUP.
>> WE HAVE A LITTLE BIRD UP
AHEAD HERE.
I'LL GO UP AND SEE IF I CAN
SNAG THE LITTLE GUY.
>> JUST OUTSIDE ONE OF THE
CITY'S BIGGEST SKYSCRAPERS
DIEHL FINDS HIS FIRST CASUALTY.
A BRIGHT YELLOW WARBLER LYING
STILL AGAINST THE GRAY CEMENT.
>> IT'S A CANADA WARBLER.
POOR LITTLE GUY, OR GIRL, AS
THE CASE MAY BE.
>> RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT ONE
OUT OF EVERY TWO WINDOW STRIKES
LEADS TO A FATALITY.
OFTEN BIRDS THAT MAY APPEAR
MERELY STUNNED HAVE INTERNAL
INJURIES THAT LEAD TO THEIR
DEMISE.
>> WE'VE GOT A NASHVILLE
WARBLER THAT WAS FOUND DEAD
DOWN AT U.S. BANK BETWEEN CASS
AND VAN BUREN.
LOOK AT THIS INDIGO BUNTING.
WINTERED IN PANAMA, COSTA RICA,
BELIZE, ECUADOR, WHATEVER.
MADE THIS ARDUOUS JOURNEY BACK
AND IT ENDS ON A WINDOW IN
MILWAUKEE IS TERRIBLY SAD.
THIS IS THIRD AND NATIONAL BUT
IT ILLUSTRATES IT'S NOT JUST
DOWNTOWN AND IT IS NOT JUST
TALL BUILDINGS.
IT IS ANY PLACE THERE IS GLASS.
THIS IS THE DEAD ONES THAT CAME
IN FROM ABOUT THREE WEEKS OF
MONITORING.
STAGGERING, STAGGERING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DUMP TRUCKS
FULL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS
JUST DYING SENSELESSLY AND
AGAIN MOST OF US AREN'T EVEN
AWARE OF THE ISSUE.
>> IT'S AN ENORMOUS PROBLEM IN
BIRD CONSERVATION.
AND EASILY OVERLOOKED.
>> THESE ARE SMALL BIRDS FOR
THE MOST PART.
THEY'RE EASILY MISSED.
PEOPLE STEP OVER THEM ON THE
STREET.
OTHERS FALL INTO LANDSCAPE
SHRUBBERY WHERE THEY'RE NEVER
SEEN AND OTHERS ARE--
>> IF SOMETHING THE SIZE OF A
DEER WAS LAYING DEAD OUTSIDE
THESE BUSIACH MORNING
OR 10 OR 20 OF THEM, YOU CAN
REALLY BELIEVE IT WOUL THAT
SOMEONE WOULD TAKE NOTICE.
>> I HEAR YOU.
THERE YOU ARE.
>> MOST ARE IN THE DARK ABOUT
THIS PROBLEM.
THE WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY IS
ON A MISSION TO CHANGE THAT.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO
TREAT THAT BIRD AND HOPEFULLY
REHABILITATE IT.
GET IT OUT AND RELEASED.
BUT HOW MUCH BETTER IS IT TO
PREVENT THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?
TO STOP THIS NEEDLESS DEATH AND
SUFFERING FOR BIRDS.
>> PREVENTION MAY BE THE KEY.
SO HOW CAN WINDOW COLLISIONS BE
AVOIDED?
SOME CITIES ARE TAKING
AGGRESSIVE MEASURES WITH A
LIGHTS OUT AT NIGHT POLICY LIKE
HERE IN TORONTO.
HOMEOWNERS CAN ALSO DO THEIR
PART TO HELP WISCONSIN SONG
BIRDS DURING MIGRATION SEASON.
"IN WISCONSIN"'S JO GARRETT
CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE THE
PHENOMENON KNOWN AS WINDOW
STRIKES NEXT THURSDAY AT 7:00
RIGHT HERE ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
AN UPDATE NOW ON A RURAL
WISCONSIN INITIATIVE DESIGNED
TO BRING HEALTHCARE TO FARMERS.
IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS A MODEL
FOR THE NATION AND AS A RESULT,
JUST WON THE PRESTIGIOUS
WISCONSIN IDEA AWARD.
SINCE 2004 THE NON-PROFIT
SHAWANO COUNTY RURAL HEALTH
INITIATIVE HAS PROVIDED FREE
PREVENTIVE SCREENING AND OTHER
HEALTH-RELATED SERVICES TO 300
FARM FAMILIES.
"IN WISCONSIN"'S ART HACKETT
FIRST INTRODUCED OUR VIEWERS TO
THE IDEA BACK IN 2007 WHEN HE
VISITED SHAWANO COUNTY.
>> OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS,
RHONDA STREBEL HAS MET A LOT OF
HER NEIGHBORS IN SHAWANO COUNTY.
>> WE'RE HEADING OUT TO MIKE'S
HOUSE LIVING OUT ON COUNTY C, A
100-YEAR-OLD DAIRY.
>> SHE'S THE FACE OF THE RURAL
HEALTH INITIATIVE.
AN EXPERIMENT WHICH GREW INTO
AN ONGOING, SELF-SUSTAINING
PROGRAM.
STREBEL GREW UP ON A DAIRY FARM
AND LATER WORKED AS A CHEF AND
WENT ON TO EARN A DEGREE IN
SPORTS MEDICINE.
STREBEL TRANSITIONED BACK TO
THE FARM WHEN SHE WAS HIRED AS
COORDINATOR OF THE SHAWANO
COUNTY RURAL HEALTH INITIATIVE.
THE INITIATIVE GREW OUT OF A
STUDY OF RURAL ISSUES FUNDED BY
A MEDICAL GROUP IN THE FOX
VALLEY.
THE TASK FORCE VISITED A NUMBER
OF FARMS.
>> THEY STARTED LOOKING INTO
HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT FARMERS
AND THEIR COST OF HEALTH
INSURANCE AND BECAUSE OF THEIR
COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE,
THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE
PREVENTIVE CARE AND IF THEY
AREN'T GETTING PREVENTIVE CARE
THEY AREN'T CATCHING THE
DISEASES AND EARLY AND IT IS
RAISING THE COST.
IN THREE YEARS WE'VE SEEN 43%
OF OUR FARMERS IN SHAWANO
COUNTY, WHICH IS ABOUT 250 FARM
FAMILIES.
>> THE INITIATIVE IS NOT A
SUBSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.
IN THE CASE OF THE RINDT
FAMILY, THEY HAVE HEALTH
INSURANCE BECAUSE MIKE'S WIFE
HAS AN OFF-THE-FARM JOB WHICH
PROVIDES COVERAGE.
>> YOU'RE LUCKY.
>> YES, I AM.
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TYPICAL
CHALLENGES FARMERS FACE WITH
HEALTHCARE?
>> JUST GETTING COVERAGE THAT
THEY CAN AFFORD.
FARM IS A HIGH-RISK BUSINESS
ANYWAY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOW IS IT GOING TODAY?
>> GOOD.
>> THE RURAL HEALTH INITIATIVE
IS A FREE OF CHARGE HEALTH
SCREENING PROGRAM.
A CHANCE FOR FARM FAMILIES TO
LEARN WHAT RISKS THEY'RE FACING.
THAT'S WHY MIKE RINDT IS
GETTING HIS FINGER STUCK,
CHOLESTEROL TESTED AND BODY FAT
MEASURED.
>> 18% BODY FAT AND YOUR BMI IS
23.
>> ALL WHILE SITTING AROUND THE
KITCHEN TABLE WITH HIS WIFE AND
TWO SONS.
>> EARLIER IN YOUR LIFE HOW
OFTEN DID YOU GO IN TO GET
THESE CHECKS.
>> I DIDN'T GO IN WHEN I WAS
YOUNGER.
JUST THE TEN YEARS OF MY LIFE
I'M STARTING TO GO IN FOR THING.
I'M IN MY 50s, YOU STARTING
THINGS YOU GO IN FOR.
OTHERWISE I NEVER WENT IN FOR
ANYTHING.
>> A LOT OF FARMERS DON'T HAVE
A NEED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
THE ONLY TIME THEY REALLY GO TO
THE DOCTOR IS IF THEY ARE GOING
IN THROUGH THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
AND SO THAT'S NOT A REGULAR
DOCTOR.
YOURS IS VERY GOOD.
YOUR HDL IS 70.
WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING BUT WHAT
IF WE CAUGHT DIABETES WHEN IT'S
IN THE PRE-DIABETES STAGE?
WHAT IF WE CAUGHT CHOLESTEROL
WHEN IT IS BORDERLINE?
DOING THESE SCREENINGS WE'RE
FINDING THESE THINGS SOONER.
>> THE NUMBER WAS 82.
>> I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH FOUR
OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WERE
SIMILAR IN NATURE.
>> RON HILLMAN IS PRESIDENT OF
THE MID COUNTY CO-OP IN WANO
AND PART OF THE ORIGINAL STUDY
GROUP.
>> NONE OF THEM EVER REALLY
WORKED.
THE SINGLE BIGGEST FACTOR
THAT'S DIFFERENT HERE, THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK THE
PERSON OR THE PROGRAM TO THE
FARM.
>> THEY GO THERE.
WE DON'T BRING OUR COWS IN.
THE MILK HAULER COMES TO THEM.
THE FEED, FUEL, TIRES,
EVERYTHING GETS DELIVERED TO
THE FARM BUT YET FOR HEALTHCARE
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE FARMERS
TO COME TO US.
OVERALL YOU'RE FEELING PRETTY
GOOD
>> OTHER THAN BACK TROUBLE.
OTHERWISE I'M HEALTHY.
>> YOU'RE MILKING WITH A
PIPELINE, RIGHT?
>> IT'S A TYPE OF MILKING
SYSTEM FOUND IN CONVENTIONAL
DAIRY BARNS.
THE SETUP IS KNOWN FOR TAKING A
TOLL ON FARMER'S BACKS AND
KNEES.
STREBEL, WHO GREW UP ON A DAIRY
FARM, SUGGESTED MIKE RINDT'S
SON, REAGAN, CONSIDER UPDATING
THE N WITH A MILK WHILE
STANDING SYSTEM KNOWN AS A
PARLOR.
>> YOU'RE SEEING YOUR DAD GO
THROUGH IT.
>> MOST PEOPLE IN THE HEALTH
INDUSTRY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
FARM INDUSTRY.
SOMEBODY TO COVER BOTH BASES.
IT IS VALUABLE TO HAVE THAT
KNOWLEDGE.
IT'S GREAT.
>> GROWING UP WE HAD A
BEAUTIFUL FARM.
THERE WAS MY PARENTS AND THREE
GIRLS.
WE WORKED THE FARM WITH THEM.
WE HAD ALL REGISTERED
HOLSTEINS, TWO HERDS, OVER 100
HEAD WE MILKED DAILY.
THEY GREW THE FARM IN THE 70s
AND 80s.
THERE WAS PROBABLY STRAY
VOLTAGE IN THE FEEDER BARN.
AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
WAS HAPPENING.
BUT CALVES WERE BEING BORN
STILL BORN.
WE WEREN'T GETTING OUR CALVES,
THE VET WAS OUT DOING SURGERIES.
WE ENDED UP LOSING THE WHOLE
FARM.
YOUR NUMBERS ARE LOOKING LIKE
YOU MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT
TOWARD YOUR MOM'S DISPOSITION
OF CHOLESTEROL.
EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE YOUNG AND
THINK OH, I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M LEAN
AND I EXERCISE A LOT, YOU ARE
STILL GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH
WHAT YOU EAT.
>> 20 YEARS AFTER STREBEL'S OWN
FAMILY'S FARM FAILED, SHE IS
WORKING WITH TODAY'S FARMERS
OFFERING ADVICE ON WELLNESS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS IN HERE
ABOUT SKIN CANCER.
WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS FARMERS SO
OFTEN WEAR BASEBALLS.
THEY'RE GREAT FOR PROTECTION
FROM THE BILL IN THE FRONT BUT
FARMERS SKIN CANCER ON
THEIR EARS AND BACK OF THE NECK.
>> SHE'S ON THE FARMS TO LISTEN
AND STAY IN TOUCH.
>> I WISH THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
SOMEBODY THERE FOR MYHER
AND MY FAMILY.
I FEEL LIKE HERE I AM YEARS
LATER, YES, I'M THAT PERSON
NOW.
YEAH.
>> THE SHAWANO RURAL HEALTH
INITIATIVE ALSO SERVES THE
AMISH COMMUNITY.
MOST AMISH FARMS DON'T HAVE
ELECTRICITY SO MEDICAL EXPERTS
BRING ALONG A GENERATOR TO
POWER TEST EQUIPMENT.
HARD ECONOMIC TIMES HAVE
FARMERS PUTTING OFF WORK UNTIL
NEXT SPRING AND THAT HAS SOME
ENVIRONMENTALISTS WORRIED.
DURING THE FARM SOME FARM
OPERATIONS HIRE PROFESSIONALS
TO SPREAD MANURE ONTO FIELD.
THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF LOW MILK
PRICES FEWER FARMERS ARE
SPENDING THE MONEY TO EMPTY
MANURE PITS.
THAT INCREASES THE CHANCE OF
SPILLS AND RUNOFF INTO NEARBY
LAKES AND STREAMS.
THE DNR AND THE CONSERVATION
BOARD HAVE LAUNCHED NEW
INITIATIVES REMINDING FARMERS
WHAT STEPS THEY MUST TAKE TO
MANAGE AND DISPOSE OF MANURE.
OUR NEXT REPORT IS ALL ABOUT
ADVENTURES IN AVIATION.
AMERICA'S DAIRY LAND MADE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS.
THIS WEEK MARKS THE 100th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST
AIRPLANE FLIGHT IN WISCONSIN.
AVIATION BUFFS GATHERED IN
BELOIT AT THE SITE OF THIS
HISTORIC FLIGHT TO MARK THE
OCCASION.
>> THE CENTENNIAL FLIGHT,
WISCONSIN, NOVEMBER 4th, 1909
THROUGH NOVEMBER 4th, 2009.
A.P. WARNER, WISCONSIN'S FIRST
AVIATOR.
>> THEY'RE NOW ENDING A
YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION.
100 YEARS THE MAKING.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER ANDY
SOTH SHOWS YOU WHAT ELSE
AVIATION BUFFS DID THIS YEAR TO
HONOR WISCONSIN'S CENTENNIAL OF
FLIGHT IN BELOIT.
>> AT THE BELOIT CHAPTER OF THE
EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT
ASSOCIATION MANY OF THE MEMBERS
HAVE BUILT AND FLOWN THEIR OWN
AIRPLANES.
WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON NOW IS
A MODEL.
>> IT SOUNDED LIKE AN
INTRIGUING ADV FOR US.
MAYBE WE TOOK OFF MORE THAN WE
THOUGHT BUT I THINK WE'LL GET
THROUGH IT.
>> SOME OF THE TEAM SAY A REAL
PLANE WOULD BE EASIER.
THERE WOULDN'T BE THE TINY
PIECES BUT THIS MODEL OF A 1909
CURTISS PUSHER HAS SPECIAL
SIGNIFICANCE FOR FLYERS FROM
BELOIT BECAUSE IT WAS HERE 100
YEARS AGO THAT THE FIRST
AIRPLANE FLEW IN WISCONSIN.
TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENNIAL OF
THE STATE'S FIRST AIRPLANE
FLIGHT THE AVIATION HALL OF
FAME INVITED THE BELOIT EAA TO
MAKE THIS MODEL.
MICHAEL DOCK TOLD ME MORE ABOUT
THE MAN WHO MADE THAT FLIGHT,
ARTHUR WARNER.
>> HE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL
ENTREPRENEUR.
HE HAD THIS INTRIGUING ABILITY
TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER, TO
DESIGN AND BUILD THINGS REALLY
ON THE CUTTIE OF THE
TECHNOLOGY OF HIS DAY.
>> WARNER MADE ONE OF THE FIRST
SUCCESSFUL AUTOMOBILE SPEED OM
TEARS BUILT IN HIS BELOIT FACT
TREE. HIS INTEREST IN AVIATION
WAS SPARKED WHEN A CAR DEALER
ADVERTISED AN AIRPLANE FOR SALE
AS A PUBLICITY STUNT.
>> ARTHUR WARNER SAW THIS AD
AND HE SAID I'LL BUY IT.
>> AVIATION PIONEER GLEN
CURTISS SHIPPED A PLANE TO
BELOIT.
>> THERE IT WAS, A COUPLE OF
BIG CRATES ON A FREIGHT CAR.
>> THE BELOIT EAA CHAPTER AT
LEAST HAS SOME INSTRUCTIONS
FROM A LATER CURTISS MODEL TO
GUIDE THEM BUT WARNER WAS
TOTALLY ON HIS OWN TO FIGURE IT
OUT.
ON THIS BELOIT FARM HE
ASSEMBLED THE PLANE BUT DIDN'T
INTEND TO FLY IT IMMEDIATELY.
JUST TAXI ALONG THE FIELD.
>> THAT'S WHAT HE WAS DOING AND
HE TURNED IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION AND THE WIND CAUGHT
THE AIRPLANE AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN AS HE SAID -- ALL OF A
SUDDEN HE SAID I WAS FLYING.
HE WAS UP IN THE AIR.
>> AND WITH THAT ARTHUR WARNER
FLEW.
SOMETHING ONLY TEN OTHER
AMERICANS HAD EVER DONE.
AND HE WAS THE FIRST TO DO IT
IN WISCONSIN.
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY THE GREAT
THING HE DID.
NOT THAT HE GOT IN THE AIR BUT
HE ACTUALLY LANDED WITHOUT
DAMAGING HIMSELF OR THE
AIRPLANE.
THAT HE SURVIVED.
>> AND AVIATION HAS SURVIVED
AND THRIVED IN WISCONSIN FROM
THAT HISTORIC FLIGHT A CENTURY
AGO.
ITS EARLY YEARS AS AN
ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION
ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE BOOK
"FORWARD IN FLIGHT" WHICH TELLS
THE STORIES OF THE STATE'S
PIONEERS OF MILITARY AVIATION
LIKE GENERAL BILLY MITCHELL.
>> THE PREMIER AVIATION
STRATEGISTS OF THE EARLY YEARS.
>> WORLD WAR II FIGHTER PILOT
RICHARD BONG.
BUT PERHAPS THE GREATEST
CONTRIBUTOR TO WISCONSIN'S
CENTURY OF FLIGHT IS NOT FROM
AN INDIVIDUAL BUT AN
ORGANIZATION.
>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF MILITARY
HEROES AND EXTRAORDINARY PILOTS
AND INVENTIONS BUT OVERALL THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL
EVENT IN WISCONSIN AVIATION
HISTORY IS THE ORGANIZATION OF
THE EAA.
>> THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT
ASSOCIATION STARTED IN
MILWAUKEE AND NOW BASED IN
OSHKOSH WHERE THOUSANDS OF
FLIGHT ENTHUSIASTS COME EVERY
YEAR TO ITS FLY-IN.
IT'S AN EAA CHAPTER THAT
COMPLETED THIS MODEL OF THE
FIRST AIRPLANE FLOWN IN
WISCONSIN.
>> TO MARK THE AVIATION
MILESTONE THE BELOIT EAA
CHAPTER PRESENTED THEIR MODEL
OF ARTHUR WAGNER'S 1909 CURTISS
PUSHER TO THE BELOIT HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
ACROSS ANY PART OF WISCONSIN
AND CHANCES ARE YOU'LL FLY OVER
THE ICE AGE NATIONAL SCENIC
TRAIL.
WE'VE ASKED OUR VIDEOGRAPHERS
TO SHOWCASE DIFFERENT FEATURES
ALONG THIS UNIQUE TRAIL THAT
MEANDERS THROUGH OUR STATE
ALONG THE EDGE OF WHERE THE
LAST GLACIER ADVANCED.
WE'VE SHOWN YOU THE TRAIL IN
THE DEAD OF WINTER IN LINCOLN
COUNTY AND JOURNEYED THROUGH
THE FORMER JOHN MUIR PROPERTY
IN MARQUETTE COUNTY.
THIS WEEK WE TAKE YOU TO A VERY
URBAN SECTION OF THE TRAIL AS
SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF
VIDEOGRAPHER MIKE EICHER IN
JANESVILLE.
>> I WANT TO SEE FOR MYSELF
WHAT DOES A HIKING TRAIL
THROUGH A CITY LOOK LIKE?
JANESVILLE IS THE LARGEST CITY
ON THE ICE AGE TRAIL AND IT
SITS AT THE SOUTHERN-MOST
REACHES OF THE TRAIL.
FOR ITS DIVERSITY ALONE THE
JANESVILLE SECTION PROUDLY
HOLDS THE MOST INTEREST.
HIKE THROUGH THIS LAKE UP TO
1,000 MILE WISCONSIN ICE AGE
TRAIL AND YOU CAN GO BOWLING,
ATTEND MASS, GET A TATTOO ALL
ON THE SAME DAY.
>> NICE.
>> THE TRAIL ALSO SKIRTS TWO
GOLF COURSES AND A RENOWNED
ROTARY GARDENS BOTANICAL WONDER.
THE TRAIL OFTEN FEELS LIKE ANY
CITY'S JOGGING PATH.
MOBS OF STROLLERS, RETIRED
FOLKS WALKING AND KIDS USING IT
AS THEIR MAIN MEANS OF
TRANSPORTATION.
THE TRAIL REFERRED TO AS THE
SOUTHERN GATEWAY TO THE ICE AGE
TRAIL IS A WORK IN PROGRESS
TAKING YOU DOWNTOWN FOLLOWING
THE ROCK RIVER, ANOTHER GIFT OF
A GLACIER THAT ENDED 00
YEARS AGO.
I STOPPED IN AT AAL COFFEE
SHOP FOR A QUICK PICK ME UP AND
IT DAWNED ON ME THE GLACIER
MADE THESE DRAMATIC CHANGES
WITH NOTHING MORE THAN FROZEN
WATER AND TIME.
AND I RECALL SOMETHING ABOUT
GLACIERS IN SCHOOL.
SCIENCE IN ACTION.
WE HAVE INVITED AS OUR SPECIAL
GUEST ON SCIENCE IN ACTION THE
FAMED GLACIER PRIEST.
>> THANK YOU.
IF WE STARTED TO STUDY THE
GLACIER WITH SUCHNGS AS ICE
CRYSTALS THEY WOULD LOOK
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
>> THAT'S WHERE THE MOVEMENT OF
ICE THEN BEGINS TO FORM WHAT WE
CALL A GLACIER.
>> EVENTUALLY, OF COURSE, IT
PACKS DOWN UNTIL YOU HAVE THE
FLOW STARTED.
>> ITS OSCILLATES UP AND DOWN
AND PUSHES UP LIKE A BULLDOZER
ALL THE TIME.
>> THE GLACIER, A SHEET OF ICE
OVER A MILE IN THICKNESS PUSHES
AND CARVES A NEW TERRAIN.
DEVILS STAIRCASE IN RIVERSIDE
PARK WHERE YOU CAN GET LOST IN
THE LUXURY OF NATURE.
FEEL THE COOLNESS OF A STONE
WALL SOFT WITH GREEN.
AND THERE IS A PROMISE OF WATER
FAR BELOW A CANOPY OF LEAVES.
AND SO I'VE DSCOVERED THE ICE
AGE TRAIL THAT RUNS THROUGH
JANESVILLE WAS A GIFT LEFT BY
THE LAST GLACIER.
>> FOR A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR
OTHER REPORTS ON THE ICE AGE
NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL, JUST GO
TO OUR WEBSITE wpt.org AND
CLICK ON IN WISCONSIN.
NOW HERE IS A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE REPORTS WE'RE WORKING ON
FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> I'M ART HACKETT.
WE'LL EXPLAIN WHY THE TERM TOWN
OF OASIS GIVES A SERIOUS
MISNOMER.
>> IT JUST KEPT GOING DOWN AND
DOWN AND DOWN AND IT WAS GONE.
>> THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER ANDY SOTH.
SACRED SYMBOLS FOR NATIVE
AMERICANS HAVE WITH STOOD THE
TEST OF TIME.
>> WE'RE THE PEOPLE OF THE
BEAR, PANTHERS AND BIRDS.
>> NOW THE STORIES OF LONG AGO
WILL BE PRESERVED FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS IN MADISON.
>> PLUS A TRIP TO JEAN GARVEY'S
ALPACA FARM AND SEE WHY SHE
THINKS ALPACAS ARE A GOOD
INVESTMENT.
>> THEY'RE ALL SPECIAL,
ACTUALLY.
>> JOIN US FOR THOSE REPORTS
NEXT THURSDAY AT 7:00 ON "IN
WISCONSIN" RIGHT HERE ON
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
>> THIS WEEK WE LEAVE YOU WITH
A LOOK AT ONE OF WISCONSIN'S
WILD RIVERS.
THE PINE RIVER IN FLORENCE
COUNTY IS WHERE YOU CAN
DISCOVER MEYERS WATERFALL.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A NEW WILD
RIVER DESIGNATION IN WISCONSIN
FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS UNTIL
THIS YEAR.
IN THE COMING MONTHS WE'LL
BRING YOU REPORTS ON THE TWO
NEWEST ADDITIONS.
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, WE'RE ON FOR
YOU.
AND THE ANIMAL DENTISTRY AND
ORAL SURGERY SPECIALTY OF
MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
DENTAL PROBLEMS OF SMALL
COMPANION ANIMALS AND
ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY BIKE
WISCONSIN.
>> HERE IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING
ON FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF
WATER WOES IN THIS COUNTY WHERE
LAKE LEVELS WENT DOWN AND
DISAPPEARED.
>> IT KEPT GOING DOWN AND DOWN
AND DOWN AND IT WAS GONE.
>> SACRED SYMBOLS FOR NATIVE
AMERICANS WITHSTAND THE TEST OF
TIME AND NOW PRESERVED FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
PLUS A TRIP TO JEAN GARVEY'S
ALPACA FARM THURSDAY AT 7:00.
>> HERE IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING
ON FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
WATER WOES IN WAUSHARA COUNTY
WHERE LAKE LEVELS WENT DOWN AND
DISAPPEARED.
>> IT JUST KEPT GOING DOWN AND
DOWN AND DOWN AND IT WAS GONE.
>> SACRED SYMBOLS FOR NATIVE
AMERICANS WITHSTAND THE TEST OF
TIME AND NOW PRESERVED FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
PLUS A TRIP TO JEAN GARVEY'S
ALPACA FARM TONIGHT AT 7:00.
>> I'M ART HACKETT IN WAUSHARA
COUNTY WHERE WE'LL EXPLAIN WHY
THE TOWN OF OASIS IS A SERIOUS
MISNOMER.
>> IT JUST KEPT GOING DOWN AND
DOWN AND DOWN AND IT WAS GONE.
>> "IN WISCONSIN" THURSDAY
NIGHT AT 7:00 ON WISCONSIN
PUBLIC TELEVISION.
>> ON THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN," THE TRIP TO JEAN
GARVEY'S ALPACA FARM.
SEE WHY SHE THINKS ALPACAS ARE
A GOOD INVESTMENT.
>> "IN WISCONSIN" THURSDAY
NIGHT AT 7:00 ON WISCONSIN
PUBLIC TELEVISION.