>> WELCOME TO "IN WISCONSIN."
HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK WAUKESHA WANTS WATER
BUT WHERE WILL IT COME FROM?
>> WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT GREAT
LAKES IS THE FOR SURE OPTION AT
THIS POINT.
>> SEE WHY LAKE MICHIGAN MIGHT
NOT BE THE ONLY OPTION.
WE ALSO TRAVEL TO DEVIL'S LAKE
STATE PARK NEAR BARABOO FOR AN
AMAZING IRE YAL DISPLAY AS
SWARMS OF TURKEY VULTURES
GATHER FOR MIGRATION.
PLUS FOOTBALL PRIDE RUNS DEEP
AT THIS PERENNIAL POWER HOUSE.
IT'S THE LITTLE CHURCH SCHOOL
THAT COULD IN CROSS PLAINS.
THOSE REPORTS COMING YOUR WAY
NEXT ON "IN WISCONSIN."
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, FOR
BRINGING 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 SPECIALISTS OF
MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY TEAM WORKING WITH
PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN, PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL, COMPANION
ANIMALS.
WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING
PROVIDED BY BIKE WISCONSIN.
>> EARLY NEXT MONTH THE CITY OF
WAUKESHA WILL FILE A FORMAL
REQUEST TO DIVERT WATER FROM
LAKE MICHIGAN TO DIVERT THE
CURRENT WATER SUPPLY FROM
SWELLS CONTAMINATED WITH CANCER
CAUSING RADIUM.
BECAUSE WAUKESHA IS JUST
OUTSIDE OF THE GREAT LAKES
BASIN, THE DIVERSION OF LAKE
WATER WAS VERY DIFFICULT UNTIL
LEADERS OF STATES AND PROVINCES
SURROUNDING THE LAKES SIGN THE
GREAT LAKES COMPACT.
IT SETS UP RULES WHICH, IF
WAUKESHA FOLLOWS, ALLOWS THEM
TO DIVERT WATER IF IT HAS NO
OTHER REASONABLE ALTER NA*FBL.
BUT WHAT CONSTES A
REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE?
IN WISCONSIN'S ART HACKETT
DISCOVERED INFORMATION SHOWING
THE BEST ALTERNATIVE MIGHT NOT
BE LAKE MICHIGAN.
>> THIS IS THE WATER WAUKESHA
WANTS, LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE
OTHER GREAT LAKES CONTAIN 20%
OF ALL OF THE FRESH WATER IN
THE WORLD.
>> WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT GREAT
LAKES IS THE FOR SURE OPTION AT
THIS POINT.
WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT IT'S
OUR PREFERRED OPTION, IT'S THE
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL BECAUSE WE
CAN RECYCLE AND REUSE THE WATER.
>> WAUKESHA WANTS TO BUY WATER
FROM MILWAUKEE OR SOME OTHER
LAKE SHORE CITY, AND RETURN THE
TREATED WATER TO A LAKE
MICHIGAN TRIBUTARY SUCH AS WAU
WAU TOES A'S UNDERWOOD CREEK.
BUT JUST PAST WAUKESHA'S
WESTERNMOST SUBDIVISIONS, ALONG
THE FOX RIVER, A TEAM OF
RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE IS
STUDYING A DIFFERENT OPTION.
>> THERE'S WATER IN THERE
ALREADY.
>> CITY OF WAUKESHA HAS
WELLS ALONG FOX RIVER AND WE'RE
TRYING TO DETERMINE TO
WHETHER THOSE WELLS ARE HAVING
ANY EFFECT ON FLOW IN THE FOX.
>> THE NEARBY WELLS
HYRDROGEOLOGIST DOUG CHERKAUER
IS TALKING ABOUT ARE SHALLOW
AND THUS, RADIUM FREE.
THE CITY ARGUES IF THEY WERE
PUMPED TOO HARD, THEY WOULD
REDUCE THE FLOWS IN THE FOX
RIVER AND POSSIBLY AFFECT
SPRINGS AND WETLANDS ALONG THE
RIVER.
OR PERHAPS, NOT.
>> WAUKESHA CURRENTLY TAKES
WASTE WATER, TREATS IT, PUTS IT
INTO THE FOX RIVER UPSTREAM
FROM THESE WELLS.
AND IF THEY'RE INDUCING SOME OF
THE OUT OF THE RIVER INTO
THOSE WELLS, THEN THEY ARE
RECYCLING THAT PART OF THE
WATER.
>> IF SOIL CONDITIONS ARE
RIGHT, DOUG CHERKAUER SAYS
THERE MAY BE AN OPTION WHICH
WOULD PROVIDE A PERPETUAL,
RADIUM FREE WATER SOURCE
WITHOUT HARMING THE SURROUNDING
ENVIRONMENT.
>> IT'S A PROCESS KNOWN AS
RIVER BANK FILTRATION.
IT'S FAIRLY WIDELY USED IN
EUROPE, FAIRLY WIDELY USED IN
WESTERN COMMUNITIES.
PUT A WELL DOWN NEXT TO A
RIVER, PUMP THE WELL HARD, DRAW
THE WATER, FILT IT THROUGH THE
AQUAQFER MATERIAL AND IF THE
WATER QUALITY IS PRETTY GOOD TO
BEGIN IT, YOU'RE PROBABLY OK.
>> SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT
WERE SCREENED OUT, INCLUDING
THE FOX RIVER
>> WHEN THE WATER UTILITY
PREVIEWED THE APPLICATION TO
DIVERT LAKE MICHIGAN WATER,
GENERAL MANAGER DAN DUCHNIAK
TOLD CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT
THE CONCTHE U.W.M. GROUP IS
STUDYING HAD ALREADY BEEN
STUDIED AND RULED OUT.
>> HALL OWE WELLS SOUTH AND
WEST OF THE CITY AND THE LAKE
MICHIGAN OPTION AND WE BELIEVE
LAKE MICHIGAN IS THE BEST
ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION AND IS THE
LOWEST COST ALTERNATIVE FOR US.
>> BUT OTHERS DISAGREE.
>> WE DON'T THINK THAT THE
INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN
COLLECTED SO FAR HAS BEEN
ASSEMBLED AND ANALYZED IN A WAY
THAT YOU CAN MAKE THAT
DETERMINATION.
>> PETER MCAVOY IS WITH THE
COALITION OF GROUPS WHO HAVE
LONG EXPRESSED CONCERNS WITH
WAUKESHA'S DIVERSION DREAMS.
>> WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE
WAUKESHA WATER UTILITY IS LET'S
SEE ALL OF THE OPTIONS THAT
YOU'VE ACTUALLY CONSIDERED AND
LET'S DO THIS SIDE BY SIDE
ANALYSIS.
THEY HAVE NEVER PROVIDED A SIDE
BY SIDE ANALYSIS FROM AN
ENVIRONMENTAL OR ECONOMIC
PERSPECTIVE.
>> THE COALITION PETER MCAVOY
PART OF HELPED OBTAIN THE GRANT
PAYING FOR THE CURRENT STUDY ON
THE FOX.
>> EVEN THOUGH THE STUDY COMES
NEAR THE END OF TE DIVERSION
DEBATE, THE CONCEPT IS NOT NEW.
DOCUMENTS OBTAINED BY WISCONSIN
PUBLIC TELEVISION SHOW THE THE
SAME CONCEPT WAS STUDIED AND
GIVEN FAVORABLE REVIEWS BY A
CONSULTANT HIRED BY THE CITY OF
WAUKESHA NEARLY 10 YEARS AGO.
>> THE STUDY RANKED THE FOX
WELLS AS HAVING THE HIGHEST
OVERALL BENEFITS.
LAKE MICHIGAN WATER WAS A CLOSE
SECOND.
IT WAS THE MOST RELIABLE OPTION
BUT WAS LOWEST IN TERMS OF
POTENTIAL TICAL HEADACHES.
IN 2005, ANOTHER STUDY FOR THE
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES ALSO PROMOTED RIVER
BANK FILTRATION.
WATER UTILITY GENERAL MANAGER
DAN DUCHNIAK SAYS FOLLOWUP
STUDIES FOUND THE CONCEPT
ENVIRONMENTALLY UNDESIRABLE.
>> THERE WOULD BE A DRAW DOWN
IN THE AQUIFERS IF WE STARTED
USING THEM FOR OUR SUPPLY
AND THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT
ON THE RIVERS IN THE COUNTY.
>> THE TESTS ARE INTENDED TO
SHOW IF THE WELLS ARE
DIMINISHING THE RIVER'S FLOWS.
OR WHETHER NEW WELLS COULD BE
DRILLED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
FILTRATION THROUGH SAND LAYERS
ALONG THE STREAM.
>> YOU'RE CONVINCED THAT THE
GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS TO ALLOW
TO YOU DRILL A WHOLE BUNCH MORE
SHALLOW WELLS, IT WILL DRAW
FROM THE FOX RIVER, THAT
DOESN'T EXIST?
>> WE BELIEVE THAT DOES NOT
EXIST.
IN FACT, WHEN WE HAD OUR
FEETING WITH DR. DOUG CHERKAUER
AND DAN FEINSTEIN AND OTHERS,
WHO WERE HERE MEETING WITH US,
THEY ALL PRETTY MUCH AGREED
WITH US THAT THOSE FEATURES DID
WANT EXIST NEAR THE CITY OF
WAUKESHA.
>> DOES THAT SAND CONNECTION
EXIST AS FAR AS YOU KNOW?
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
FIND OUT.
AND WE DON'T KNOW AT THE
PRESENT TIME.
>> UNDER A CONSENT DECREE WITH
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY, THE CITY OF WAUKESHA
HAS TO PROVIDE RADIUM FREE
WATER YEAR AROUND BY 2018.
>> WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD
BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE FIVE
YEARS TO DESIGN, BUILD,
CONSTRUCT AND PLACE INTO
SERVICE ACQUIRE THE LAND
NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT
ANY PROJECT THAT WE DO.
>> AND WAUKESHA HAS ONLY
STARTED TO NEGOTIATE WITH
CITIES TO PURCHASE WATER.
MILWAUKEE, RACINE AND OAK CREEK
ARE ALL POSSIBILITIES.
BUT PETER MCAVOY THINKS
RETURNING THE WATER TO
UNDERWOOD CREEK INSTEAD OF THE
FOX AS THEY DO NOW, POSES MORE
PROBLEMS THAN CITY REALIZES.
>> THE STREAM THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO DUMP THEIR WASTE WATER
IN IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT BODY
OF WATER.
YOU CAN'T --
>> THAN THE FOX RIVER?
>> THAN THE FOX RIVER.
IT'S A LOT SMALLER.
IT HAS SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEMS IF IT'S UNDERWOOD
CREEK.
BUT ALL OF THEIR OPTIONS MAY
WELL HAVE PROBLEMS.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT
THEY ARE AND THEN BE ABLE TO
MAKE A DETERMINATION.
>> AND CITY FIGURES SHOW THAT
IF THE WATER HAS TO BE PUMPED
ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
LAKEFRONT, THE COST NEARLY
TRIPLES.
>> WALK WAOESH A HOPES TO
UNVEIL ITS FORMAL WATER
DIVERSION APPLICATION IN A FEW
WEEKS.
THERE WILL BE HEARINGS ON THE
PLAN AND FINAL APPROVAL IS
REQUIRED BY OTHER STATES IN THE
GREAT LAKES REGION.
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS HAS
SPECIAL MEANING FOR 100 MEMBERS
OF WISCONSIN'S 951ST
ENGINEERING COMPANY OUT OF
RHINELANDER.
FOR THE PAST YEAR THEIR
FAMILIES HAVE BEEN COUNTING THE
DAYS UNTIL THEIR RETURN.
LIKE CHET MILLARD'S WIFE AND
FOUR KIDS WHO LIVE IN SPARTA.
CHET MILLARD LANDED ON THE
COVER OF "TIME" MAGAZINE AFTER
SUFFERING A BRAIN INJURY IN A
ROADSIDE BLAST.
WEEKS EARLIER, ANOTHER MEMBER
OF HIS TEAM, RYAN ADAMS, WAS
KILLED.
SEVEN OTHERS INJURED.
THEIR MISSION DISARMING BOMB AS
LONG ONE OF AFGHANISTAN'S
DEADLIEST HIGHWAYS.
THIS THANKSGIVING THEY ARE BACK
IN THE ARMS OF LOVED ONE.
>> THIS WEEK WE'RE ALSO TALKING
TURKEY BUT NOT THE TRADITIONAL
KIND YOU THINK OF AROUND
THANKSGIVING.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER JO
GARRETT SHOWS YOU WHERE TO FIND
THE LARGEST GATHERINGS OF
TURKEY VULTURES IN THE MIDWEST
AT DEVIL'S LAKE STATE PARK.
>> DEAF I WILL'S LAKE STATE
PARK IS ALWAYS A STUNNING PLACE.
AND ON AN 0 DEGREE DAY IN
OCTOBER, IT'S BUSTLING WITH
VISITORS.
IT'S A BIT OF A CLIMB TO THE
TOP OF OF THE BRIDGE.
BUT THE VIEW IS WORTH THE WALK.
BUT LOOK AGAIN.
THERE'S SOMETHING MORE, MANY
MORE.
>> LOOK AT ALL OF THEM.
>> THIS MORNING WE SAW 250 AT
ONCE.
>> WOW!
>> YOU'RE WATCHING AN ANNUAL
OCTOBER EVENT, TURKEY VULTURES
MASSING IN DEVIL'S LAKE STATE
PARK BEFORE THEIR FALL
MIGRATION.
>> 300 OR 400 BIRDS CONGREGATE
THERE.
>> MIKE MOSSMAN ORGANIZED THIS
FIELD TRIP ALONG WITH HIS WIFE,
LISA HARTMAN.
MOSS MAN WORKS AS A WILDLIFE
RESEARCHER FOR WISCONSIN'S
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
YET IT'S ON THEIR OWN TIME THAT
THIS COUPLE HAS SPENT DECADES
RESEARCHING THIS BIRD.
>> I MET MIKE IN 1981 AND I
GUESS IN 1983 IS WHEN I STARTED
GOING OUT TO DO TURKEY VULTURE
WORK WITH HIM.
SO I'VE BEEN WITH HIM FOR 25
YEARS.
I JUST LOVE WATCHING THEM FLY
IN.
>> IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY
MAGICAL AND STILL LIKE THAT FOR
ME.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE AT ALL.
THEY'RE JUST SO BEAUTIFUL TO
WATCH IN THE AIR.
THEY SEEM TO BE SO ADEPT AND
THEY CAN FLY LITERALLY FOR
HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS
WITHOUT FLAPPING THEIR WINGS.
THEY'RE VERY ADEPT AT JUST
SOARING.
I'M SURE WHEN THEY'RE SOARING,
THEY'RE AS RELAXED THEY WOULD
BE AS IF STANDING EXCEPT THEY
WOULD HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION AND
FOLLOW WHERE THE CURRENTS ARE
AND THEIR WINGS, INSTEAD OF A V
IN THE BODY, THAT'S A
CHARACTERISTIC OF THE BIRD IN
FLIGHT.
>> FLIGHT IS ONE THING.
DO THEY STILL COMPEL CLOSE UP?
FOR THIS COUPLE, THEY DO.
>> I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT THEM.
I JUST AM SO TAKEN THEM.
I COULD SPEND ALL MY DAYS JUST
STARING AT THAT BIRD.
WATCHING THEM COMING INTO
ROAST, WATCHING THEM FLYING,
WATCHING THEM SOCIALIZE WITH
ONE ANOTHER IN THE TREES IN THE
MORNING.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT I DON'T --
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN KNOWING
ABOUT THEM OR WATCHING THEM.
>> IT'S THIS PASSION THAT HAS
FUELED THEIR DECADES OF
RESEARCH.
THEIR YEARS OF KNOWLEDGE, WE
ASKED THE TWO TURKEY VULTURE
EXPERTS TO LOOK CLOSE, ANALYZE
FOOTING WE HAD SHOT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNEW THAT THE
TURKEY VULTURES ARE STARS AT
SOARING.
THEY CAN FLOAT FOR HOURS.
BUT HOW DO THEY CHANGE
DIRECTIONS IF THEY DON'T FLAP
THEIR WINGS?
>> THEIR WING TIPS, THEY HAD
MARGE NATURED PRIMARIES SO THE
FINGER-LIKE SPACE BETWEEN THE
TIPS OF THE PRIMARIES SO THEY
MANEUVER THOSE.
EACH FEATHER IS THE SHAPE OF A
WING IN ITSELF.
AND SO THEY USE JUST THE WING
TIPS TOEUVER AROUND THE
CURRENT.
>> THEY TALKED A FEATHERS.
AND BEHAVIORS.
THE PRAOENING OF FEATHERS.
>> THE SAME THINGS HE'S DOING
NOW.
>> THAT HE, WITH HIS HEAD
BURIED IN HIS FEATHERS, SITTING
ON A PERCH OVERLOOKING THEIR
KITCHEN TABLE IS THEIR TURKEY
VULTURE.
>> OK.
SO THIS IS OUR CAPTIVE TURKEY
VULTURE.
I NAMED HIM UNCLE BUTSIE WHO
ENCOURAGED MY INTEREST.
HIS LEFT WING IS BROKEN.
>> IT PROVIDES THE UP CLOSE
PORTION OF THEIR EDUCATION
PROGRAM.
>> WE HAVE LEARNED THAT OUR
BIRDS GO DOWN TO SOUTH AND
CENTRAL AMERICA FOR THE WINTER.
I WOULD DO SLIDE SHOWS,
EDUCATIONAL SLY SLIDE SHOWS FOR
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE STILL SAY
THEY ARE UGLY AND STINK.
I STARTED TAKING A LIVE BIRD
WITH ME.
THEN THE BIRD COULD DO IT BY
ITSELF.
>> IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL, YOU HAVE
TO LAKE-EFFECT AT THEM CLOSE UP.
THEY HAVE THIS IRIDESCENCE IN
THEIR FEATHERS AND I THINK IT'S
SO ANEMICKALLY DESCRIBED IN THE
LITERATURE AND FIELD GUIDES.
>> BOTH FEEL THAT THE TURKEY
VULTURE DOESN'T GET ITS DUE.
AND IT'S UNDULY DISSED FOR
CHEWING ON DEAD THINGS.
CONSIDER ANOTHER BIRD.
AN AMERICAN ICON THAT OFTEN
SHARES THE SAME DIET BUT HAS
MUCH BETTER P.R.
>> IN THE WINTER I KNOW BALD
EAGLES ARE FEEDING PRIMARILY ON
DEAD THINGS THE SAME WAY THAT
THE -- THE SAME FIELDS, SAME
TYPE OF CARCASSES THAT TURKEY
VULTURES WOULD BE IN ON IN THE
SUMMER, BALD EAGLES ARE IN THE
WINTER.
>> DEATH IS EVER PRESENT AND
VULTURES PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE,
DUE IN PART TO THEIR BIOLOGY.
>> THEY HAVE A SENSE OF SMELL
WHICH IS STRANGE FOR A BIRD TO
HAVE.
>> MAYBE IT WOULD HELP TO WATCH
THEM FOR A WHILE, TO GAIN AN
APPRECIATION OF THEIR PLACE.
JAN, ONE OF THE TRIP
PARTICIPANTS.
>> BEING ON A FARM AND SEEING
THEM, YOU KNOW, AND SOMETHING
DIES IN THE FIELD OR THE WOODS
AND YOU SEE THE TURKEY VULTURES
CLEANING IT UP, THEY DO A GOOD
JOB.
NATURE'S CLEANUP TOOL.
>> FOR ME THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL
BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF
CREATION.
THEY HAVE A PLACE IN NATURE.
WE LOOK UP AND THERE'S A WHOLE
BUNCH OF VULTURES FLYING AROUND.
WE FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE
WORLD IS OK.
EVERYTHING IS WORKING.
EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL.
NOTHING COULD EXPRESS THAT FOR
MAN THAT BIRD.
>> HARTMAN HAS BEEN WRITING A
MEMOIR ABOUT HER TIME AS A
TURKEY VULTURE RESEARCHER.
HERE IS A LITTLE BIT TO LEAVE
YOU WITH.
>> IT'S JUST THAT SORT OF DAY
WHERE THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES
SENSE TO DO IS TO STAND ON THE
HIGHEST POINT POSSIBLE, TO
GRAOETD MIGRANT VULTURES COMING
IN FROM THE SOUTH.
TO SEARCH AND WAIT LIKE THE
FAIRY YOUNG MAIDENS FOR THEIR
LOVERS TO RETURN OVER THE
DISTANT AND ROLLING SEAS.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT I
KNOW MY LOVE, THE VULTURES,
WILL ACTUALLY RETURN.
WHEREAS FOR THE YOUNG MAIDENS,
THIS WAS NOT THE CASE.
>> THERE IS BENEATH OUR
LIVES AN OLD CALL, PAINTED
STROKE AFTER STROKE ON THE SKY.
IT'S THE CALL OF MIGRATION,
THAT ANCIENT COMING AND GOING,
REMINDING US OF OUR OWN RISE
AND FALL.
>> HERE'S AN INTERESTINDE
NOTE.
THE TURKEY VULTURE HAS THE
LARGEST BREEDING RANGE OF ANY
BIRD IN NORTH AMERICA.
IT STRETCHES ALL THE WAY FROM
CENTRAL CANADA TO THE TIP OF
SOUTH AMERICA.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
REPORTS, GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
wpt.org/InWisconsin.
THAT STORY WAS PART OF OUR
LARGER SERIES.
JO GARRETT PRODUCED ON THE
GREAT WISCONSIN NATURE AND
BIRDING TRAIL.
AND YOU CAN WALK ON THE TRAIL
AND "IN WISCONSIN" SPECIAL THIS
SUNDAY AT 12:00 RIGHT HERE AT
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.
IT WOULDN'T BE THANKSGIVING
WITHOUT A LITTLE FOOTBALL.
FORMER PACKERS FOOTBALL COACH
VINCE LOMBARDI ONCE SAID A
SCHOOL WITHOUT FOOTBALL IS IN
DANGER OF DETEAR YOER ATING
INTO A MEDIEVAL STUDY HALL.
THIS WEEK THE STORY OF THE
LITTLE CHURCH SCHOOL THAT
EMBRACED THAT IDEA IN A BIG WAY
IN CROSS PLAINS.
>> AT THE END OF CHURCH STREET
IN THE QUIET VEIL AIN OF CROSS
PLAINS, YOU'LL FIND A HOUSE OF
PRAYER.
WHERE ON CERTAIN DAYS IN OUGHT
ALL, THE SPIRIT EMERGES.
HAIL MARY TAKES ON NEW MEANING.
WHERE THE E POINT IS TO
TRESPASS AGAINST OTHE
THIS IS ST. FRANCIS ORIOLE
FOOTBALL.
THAT BIG THINGS DO COME IN
SMALL PACK.
THE SCHOOL HAS FEWER THAN 200
STUDENTS AND AN EQUAL NUMBER OF
FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
THERE ARE JUST FIVE BOYS IN ONE
FIFTH GRADE CLASS BUT 34
FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
SO MANY, IN FACT, THE SCHOOL
HAS TWO FIFTH GRADE TEAMS.
>> ONE GREAT TE WE HAVE
KIDS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CROSS
PLAINS AREA THAT WANT TO PLAY
FOOTBALL FOR ST. FRANCIS.
THEY COME FROM MADISON, MT.
HOREB.
NOTHING AGAINST ANY OTHER
PROGRAMS BUT BECAUSE OF BUDDIES
THEY HAVE, POSSIBLY PLAYING ON
OTHER TEAMS BUT ALSO KNOWING
THAT ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, NOT
BECAUSE OF THE COOL NEW FIELD
WE HAVE BUT BECAUSE OF THE
PROGRAM WE HAVE, PEOPLE WANT TO
BE A PART OF IT.
>> WHAT'S THE MOST FUN THING
ABOUT FOOTBALL?
>> HIT PEOPLE.
YOU DON'T GET TO HIT PEOPLE AT
HOME
>> THE HIGHEST TOTAL WE HAVE,
WE HAD ABOUT 240 KIDS ONE
SEASON AND THAT WAS A REAL
CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US TO FIND
PRACTICE SPACE, GAME TIMES, ALL
OF THAT WAS A REAL CHALLENGE.
SINCE THEN IT'S LEVELED OFF TO
160 TO 190 KIDS PER YEAR.
>> THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1968.
SINCE THEN IT HAS BECOME ONE OF
THE STATE'S PREMIER YOUTH
SPORTS ORGANIZATION, AMONG THE
ALUMS, NUMEROUS ALL STATE HIGH
SCHOOL PLAYERS, BADGER
RECRUITS, EVEN ONE WHO MADE IT
TO THE BIG TIME.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT
PLAYERS.
ONE GAY MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO
THE NFL, CASEY CREMER, AND HE'S
CERTAINLY BEEN A NAME AND A
PERSON THAT A LOT OF THESE KIDS
STILL LOOK UP, EVEN THOUGH THEY
MAY NOT KNOW WHO HE IS.
THEY KNOW THAT SOMEBODY CAN BE
IN THE FOOTBALL FIELD IN CROSS
PLAINS AND MAKE THEIR WAY TO
THE NFL.
THAT'S COOL.
>> THE SAINT FRA*IS INS SUMMER
FOOTBALL CAMP LOOKS LIKE AN NFL
COMBINE.
MORE THAN 2250 BOYS AND GIRLS
SPENT TWO WEEKS HIGH STEPPING,
SHUFFLING AND BLOCKING THEIR
WAY TO THE SEASON.
>> I THINK THEY'VE GOT IT DOWN
TO A SCIENCE NOW.
THEIR THEIR STATIONS SET UP AND
HORN BLOWING AND THEY HAVE AN
EIGHTH GRADER IN EVERY GROUP
THAT SHOWS THE YOUNGER KIDS
WANT TO DO AND IT'S ORGANIZED.
>> THE ORIOLES ARE POWERED BY
PARENTS.
DADS AS COACHES, AND EVEN A MOM
OR TWO.
15 MINUTES LEARNING TO CATCH A
PASS.
THEN IT'S OFF TO THE ROPES AND
LEG STRENGTHENING.
15 MINUTES LATER, IT'S
THREE-POINT STANCE LAND.
THE GOAL HERE, LEARN TO DO UNTO
OTHERS BEFORE THEY DO UNTO YOU.
>> COME UP LIKE THIS, JUST LIKE
THIS AND YOU'RE HITTING THE GUY
RIGHT IN THE NUMBER.
>> WITH APOLOGIES TO VINCE
LOMBARDI WHO ONCE SAID WINNING
IS THE ONLY THING, SUCCESS IN
THE ST. FRANCIS PROGRAM IS NOT
MEASURED IN WINS AND LOSSES.
IT'S ABOUT BUILDING CHARACTER
AS WELL AS MUSCLES.
IT'S ABOUT GAINING CONFIDENCE
ALONG WITH YARDS.
IN THIS PROGRAM, NOBODY SITS.
EVERYBODY PLAYS.
>> YOU GET TO PLAY A LOT AND
YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU LIKE.
>> THEY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD
COACHES AND I JUST -- I PLAY
THIS LAST YEAR SO I THOUGHT --
I WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN.
>> NOBODY SITS.
NOPE.
THEY ALL WILL PLAY.
OUR PHILOSOPHY IS TO BE SAFE
ALSO.
THEY WILL PLAY IN A SAFE
POSITION BUT THEY ALWAYS PLAY.
THEY'LL ALWAYS PLAY SOMEWHERE.
>> AND AS THE ORIOLE BLACK TEAM
GOES TO WORK ON THE VIKINGS
FROM MOINT WHO ARE EBB, THEIR
PARENTS ALSO GO TO WORK.
>> THERE'S JOBS FOR PARENT TO
DO AND IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER WORK.
WE COME TO THE GAME AND USUALLY
A PARENT WILL PICK UP THE
SCOREBOARD, PICK UP THE MARKERS
AND GE GANG.
>> DOING THE TIME CLOCK AND
STORE AND CHAIN GANG.
I WOULDN'T CALL IT ROPED IN.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO KEEP
PLUGGED INTO THE ORGANION.
>> MANY 10-YEAR-OLDS WILL PLAY
FOR MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL.
THE WINGS THEY TEST AS ORIOLES
WILL HELP THEM FLY AS MIDDLE
TON CARDINALS, A POWER HOUSE.
>> IT'S CERTAINLY ONE OF THE
PREMIER FOOTBALL TEAMS IN THE
STATE.
THEY MADE IT TO THE SEMI FINALS
LAST YEAR.
THEY'RE ALWAYS IN THE PLAYOFFS
AND THEY'RE ALWAYS CONTENDING,
IF NOT WINNING AT THE BIG A
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP AND YOU
KNOW, IT ALL STARTS HERE.
>> THIS PROGRAM IN THIS SMALL
COMMUNITY WOULD THRIVE AS IT
DOES IN FOOTBALL IS BECAUSE OF
RELATIONSHIPS, GOOD COACHES,
GOOD MEN AND WOMEN TEACHING
THESE KIDS AND THE FUNDAMENTALS
OF FOOTBALL THAT THEY LEARN BUT
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF BEING GOOD
TEAMMATES AND BEING SPORTSMAN
LIKE ATHLETES, GOOD WORK
DISCIPLINE THAT PAYS OFF IN THE
CLASSROOM AND LIFE.
EMPLOYERS SAY YOU PLAYED
FOOTBALL AS A YOUTH?
YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO WORK
HARD.
>> AS FOR THIS GAME, WELL, ST.
FRANCIS NEEDED A MIRACLE AND IT
NEVER MATERIALIZED.
BUT IF YOU ASK THE FOLKS HERE,
FOOTBALL IN THE BIGGEST LITTLE
PROGRAM IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
WIN OR LOSE, IS STILL A
BLESSING.
>> ISN'T FRANCIS XAVIER IN
CROSS PLAINS HAVE A LOT OF
COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
IT HAS A NEW FOOTBALL FIELD AND
IT'S LOOKING TO ADD BLEACHERS
AND LIGHTS FOR NIGHT GAMES.
"IN WISCONSIN" WILL BE ON
HIATUS THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
WATCH FOR THESE REPORTS WHEN WE
RETURN IN EARLY JANUARY.
>> I'M ANDY SOTH AND I'LL SHOW
YOU HOW THIS SIMPLE SHACK HAS
INSPIRED AMERICA'S GREENEST
BUILDINGS.
>> IT'S REALLY A SHOWCASE.
WE WANTED TO SHOW WHAT WAS
POSSIBLE.
>> IT'S A BEACON IN THE NIGHT,
GUIDES SHIPS THROUGH THE PASSES.
>> WISCONSIN REALLY DOES HAVE A
RICH MARITI HISTORY AND THIS
IS PART OF IT.
>> NOW SELECT FEW GET TO LIVE
THE LIFE OF A LIGHT HOUSEKEEPER.
>> ROCKISLAND MIGHT BE ONE OF
WISCONSIN'S BEST KEPT SECRETS.
>> I'M ART HACKETT IN DEPERE
WHERE THE DREDGING OF P.C.V.S
FROM THE FOX RIVER HAS NOW
REACHED FULL SCALE.
>> THIS IS LIZ CONNER.
HMONG REFUSE GUYS ARRIVED IN
THE MID 1970'S.
SINCE THEN THE GAP HAS GROWN
WIDER.
A WISCONSIN WOMAN IS FIXING
THAT WITH FOOD.
>> I'M JO GARRETT AND I'M HERE
AT TENNISSON BAY AND BEHIND ME
IS A SCULPTURE CALLED WOOD WIND.
LOOKS NICE NOW BUT WAIT UNTIL
YOU SEE IT AT NIGHT.
>> IT'S ALIVE OUT THERE AND
THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
SFWLA WE TALK TO ARTIST DAN
ENGELKE OF SISTER BAY ABOUT THE
HOW AND WHY OF HIS SCULPTURE,
WOOD WIND.
>> PLUS IT'S A TUNE WITH A
SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEART OF
WISCONSIN.
BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A
MINNESOTA FAN FAVORITE.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE U.W. FOOT
SONG AS IT CELEBRATES 100 YEARS.
JOIN US FOR THOSE "IN
WISCONSIN" REPORTS BEGINNING IN
JANUARY RIGHT HERE ON WISCONSIN
PUBLIC TELEVISION.
THIS TIME OF YEAR DEER ARE ON
THE MOVE ACROSS WISCONSIN.
TRYING TO STAY ONE STEP AHEAD
OF HUNTERS.
WE CAPTURED THESE BUCKS ON
VIDEOTAPE AT THE NECEDAH
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IN
JUNEAU COUNTY.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND HAVE A
GREAT WEEK, IN WISCONSIN.
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" WAS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, FOR
BRINGING 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 DENTISAND
ORAL SURGERY SPECIALISTS OF
MILWAUKEE AND OSHK A
VETERINARY TEAM WORKING WITH
PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN, PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING