>> 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 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.
>> WE BEGIN THIS WEEK WITH A
LOOK AT WISCONSIN'S GOING
EN.ECOTOURISM IS BECOMING BIGGRE
BUSINESS.
ANDY SOTH SHOWS YOU HOW NEAR
BAYFIELD.
>> YOU COULD SPEND A WEEKEND AT
BAYFIELD'S PINEHURST INN AND NOT
REALIZE THAT YOUR CHOICE MAY BE
DOING A LITTLE BIT TO HELP THE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO
COME TO THIS TYPE OF BED AND
BREAKFAST DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT
UP.
>> BUT YOU MAY NOTICE THE SOLAR
COLLECTOR IN THE YARD OR HAPPEN
ON THE HIGH-EFFICIENCY HEATER.
YOU CAN TALK TO THE OWNERS.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE WAY OUT
THERE ON THE EDGE AS FAR AS
BUILDING DESIGN IN ORDER TO BE
GREEN.
YOU CAN STILL HAVE A BUILDING
THAT LOOKS VERY MUCH NORMAL AND
STILL CONSERVE A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF ENERGY.
>> THIS NORMAL-LOOKING BUILDING
IS THE GARDEN HOUSE.
ITS INSULATED WALLS, SOLAR WATER
HEATER, ENERGY-EFFICIENT WINDOWS
DEMONSTRATE THE COMMITMENT TO
CONSERVATION THAT'S MADE THE
PINEHURST INN ONE OF THE STATE'S
PREMIERE ECOTOURISM
DESTINATIONS.
>> WHEN I TRAVEL, I LIKE TO
SPEND MY DOLLARS IN THE SAME WAY
THAT I MAKE MY DECISIONS AT
HOME.
>> THAT MAKES JULIE STEWART AN
ECOTOURIST.
IT'S GROWING SEGMENT OF THE
TOURIST INDUSTRY.
>> TO THINK WISCONSIN IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT
OUR PHILOSOPHIES AND WE LOOK AT
OUR BRAND AND DOES OUR BRAND
EXPRESS ECOTOURISM.
WE'RE CLEARLY LOOKING AT THAT
RIGHT NOW AND WANTING TO ELEVATE
THE BRAND.
* *
>> TO ELEVATE THE BRAND AND MAKE
ECOTOURISM MORE VISIBLE, THE
TOURISM DEPARTMENT CREATED THE
TRAVEL GREEN PROGRAM, WHICH HAS
BEEN PILOTED IN BAYFIELD.
>> YOU WANT TO DO THINGS TO HELP
THE ENVIRONMENT, YOU WANT TO --
YOU RECYCLE AND YOU DO ALL THESE
THINGS.
TRAVEL GREEN WAS A LITTLE BIT OF
AN INCENTIVE TO BRING IT ALL
TOGETHER.
>> TRAVEL GREEN CERTIFICATION IS
BASED ON A POINT SYSTEM, WHERE
TOURIST BUSINESSES GET CREDIT
FOR ECOFRIENDLY PRACTICES AND
THEN ARE ALLOWED TO MARKET
THEMSELVES AS CERTIFIED
ECOTOURISM BUSINESSES.
A SAILBOAT MAY HAVE LESS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAN A
MOTORBOAT, BUT CAPTAIN JOHN
THIEL FOUND HE COULD DO MORE.
>> WE USED TO DO BOX LUNCHES ON
A FULL-DAY TRIP.
THAT PRODUCES A LOT OF WASTE.
SO WE TOOK THE SANDWICHES FROM A
LOCAL ORGANIC DELI AND WE CUT UP
THE SANDWICHES AND THEY PUT THEM
IN A TUPPERWARE FOOD BOX.
WE HAVE NO WASTE BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE ANY PACKAGING
MATERIALS WE HAVE TO THROW AWAY
AT THE END.
>> OTHER CHANGES HAVE BEEN MORE
PROFOUND.
>> I FOUND OUT THAT IF I IMPROVE
MY SAILING SKILLS, WE CAN SAIL
THE BOAT ALMOST AS FAST AS WE
USED TO MOTOR IT WHEN THE WIND
IS LIGHT.
IT WAS A GOOD INCENTIVE TO LEARN
HOW TO SAIL BETTER.
>> THAT'S GOOD RIGHT THERE.
>> BEFORE TRAVEL GREEN, IT MIGHT
HAVE MEANT A LONG TIME TO REACH
THE APOSTLE ISLANDS.
NOW IT'S MORE SAILING.
>> OVERALL, WE'RE MAKING MORE
MONEY AND WE'RE USING LESS FUEL.
PART OF THAT WAS THE TRAVEL
GREEN, JUST AN INCENTIVE TO GET
US THINKING AGAIN ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> IT'S A WIN/WIN FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMICALLY.
>> BUT IT'S NOT ONLY SAIL
ADVENTURERS AND INNKEEPERS
THINKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN BUSINESSES
HAVE BECOME TRAVEL GREEN
CERTIFIED.
>> I SAW A STUDY ONCE THAT SAID
SHOPPING IS THE NUMBER ONE
REASON PEOPLE TRAVEL.
NOW, THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE
NUMBER ONE REASON THEY COME TO
BAYFIELD, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR VISIT,
SEEING THE LOCAL SHOPS AND THE
LOCAL CULTURE.
SO I THINK IT IS A FIT.
>> WHAT THEY SEE AT WATER MUSIC
JEWELRY ARE ONE OF A KIND
PIECES, SPARKLING IN GLASS
DISPLAY CASES.
>> IN THE JEWELRY BUSINESS YOU
WANT YOUR GEMS TO SPARKLE.
THAT DRIVES SALES.
>> BUT AN ENERGY AUDIT REVEALED
THERE WAS PERHAPS TOO MUCH
SPARKLING.
THEY KEPT THE BRIGHT LIGHTS IN
THE SHOWCASES, BUT MADE CHANGES
ELSEWHERE.
>> WE SWITCHED MOST OF OUR
LIGHTING TO COMPACT FLUORESCENT.
REALIZED ABOUT A 13% ENERGY
SAVINGS LAST YEAR, WHICH AFFECTS
YOUR BOTTOM LINE.
>> BECAUSE MANY ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY PRACTICES REDUCE
RESOURCE USE, TRAVEL GREEN
MEMBERS FIND THEY SAVE MONEY.
THE QUESTION IS CAN THEY ALSO
INCREASE PROFIT BY APPEALING TO
TRAVELERS WHO THINK OF
THEMSELVES AS ECOTOURISTS?
>> CONSUMERS ARE CONSCIOUSLY
MAKING DECISIONS THAT THEY
THEMSELVES WANT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN LIMITING THE
IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, SO
THEY JOIN AND PARTNERSHIP WITH
THOSE BUSINESSES THAT DO.
>> WE'VE SEEN ABOUT 20% OF THE
GUESTS COMING IN MENTIONING THAT
THEY WERE VERY ATTRACTED TO OUR
SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS.
>> BUT THESE ECOTOURIST BUSINESS
OWNERS SAY INCREASED PROFIT IS
NOT THEIR ONLY FACTOR.
>> WHY NOT STEP IT UP.
IF YOU CAME TO LIVE IN THIS KIND
OF PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT IT AND
SUSTAIN IT, I THINK.
>> AT LEAST WITHIN MY LITTLE
WORLD I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING I
CAN TO LESSEN THAT IMPACT.
>> ONE FEEL THAT WE FEEL VERY
STRONGLY ABOUT HERE IS THE
ABILITY TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS
WITH A SENSE OF HONOR FOR THE
HISTORY OF THIS PLACE.
>> NANCY TELLS US THE WEBSITE
INDEPENDENTTRAVELER RECENTLY
NAMED THE PINEHURST INN TO ITS
TOP TEN LIST OF ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY ACCOMMODATIONS.
THAT LIST INCLUDES OTHER
ACCOMMODATIONS ALONG WITH THE
BAYFIELD BED AND BREAKFAST.
ONLY FIVE WILD RIVERS IN
WISCONSIN, THE BRUNSWEILLER AND
TOTAGATIC, JOIN AN ELITE GROUP
INCLUDING THE PINE, THE POPPLE
AND THE PIKE.
THE LAW WAS FIRST ENACTED IN
1965.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
THIS WEEK JO GARRETT TAKES YOU
FOR A SCENIC JOURNEY DOWN RIVER
IN ASHLAND COUNTY.
>> THIS IS THE BRUNSWEILLER
RIVER IN ASHLAND COUNTY.
THIS 10-MILE STRETCH RECENTLY
ARNERED A SECOND NAME, THEG
MARTIN HANSON RIVER.
HE PASSED AWAY IN 2008.
FOR DECADES, THIS RIVER AND
SURROUNDING TERRITORY WAS
HANSON'S HOME.
THIS PART OF THE BRUNSWEILLER IS
NOW PROTECTED AS PART OF
WISCONSIN'S WILD RIVERS SYSTEM.
IT'S A RARE HONOR.
WISCONSIN HAS JUST FIVE
DESIGNATED STATE WILD RIVERS.
>> THIS IS NAMED AFTER MARTIN
HANSON, WHICH WAS MY GREAT
UNCLE.
>> TOM ROSSBERGER SPENT HIS
SUMMERS HERE AND NOW LIVES ON
THE BRUNSWEILLER.
>> WE GOT TO GET YOU OUT.
>> WITH HIS CHILDREN, TOMMY AND
ELIZABETH IN TOW, ROSSBERGER GOT
US ALL SHIPSHAPE AND TOOK US
DOWNSTREAM TO SHOW US WHY HANSON
WAS SO DETERMINED TO KEEP THIS
RIVER WILD, PROTECTED FROM
DEVELOPMENT.
>> HE FELT THAT IT WAS HIS LIVE
MISSION TO PRESERVE IT.
MARTIN WAS WORKING ON IT REALLY
HARD.
HE WAS GETTING UP IN AGE AND HE
WAS WORRIED THAT IF IT DIDN'T
GET THAT DESIGNATION, THERE
WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING LEFT TO
PREVENT ANYTHING FROM HAPPENING.
>> IT'S A STUNNING PLACE.
* *
>> IN BIG WAYS.
AND SMALL.
>> IT'S SO UNIQUE.
IT'S SO STPERBL.
-- SPECIAL.
YOU'LL NEVER SEE ANOTHER PLACE
QUITE LIKE THIS PLACE.
>> THAT THIS MAN WILL BE
REMEMBERED BY A WILD RIVER IS
FITTING.
HANSON WAS LIKE A CURRENT IN THE
WISCONSIN CONSERVATION MOVEMENT,
UNSEEN, YET CONSTANT AND STRONG.
>> OVER HIS YEARS, HE HELPED TO
DO SO MANY THINGS.
HE ACTUALLY HELPED WITH GAYLORD
NELSON TO GET THE ST. CROIX
DESIGNATED.
>> HE WAS A FORCE BEHIND THE
NAMING OF THE ST. CROIX AND THE
APOSTLE ISLANDS.
AND NOW THIS RIVER BEARS HIS
NAME AND STAYS AS IT IS.
>> THERE'S NO MORE DEVELOPMENT
THAT CAN HAPPEN TO IT.
WHATEVER'S HERE CAN REMAIN, BUT
THERE CAN BE NO FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ENTIRE
LENGTH THAT'S BEEN DESIGNATED.
IT SHOWS FOLKS WHAT THIS LAND
CAN LOOK LIKE IF YOU TAKE CARE
OF IT AND YOU DON'T DEVELOP
EVERY CHUNK THAT YOU CAN.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WHAT MY
FAMILY HAS DONE TO PRESERVE IT,
AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING IT FOR MY LIFETIME AND MY
CHILDREN'S LIFETIME.
FOR AS LONG AS IT CAN REMAIN.
* *
>> WE MENTIONED THE OTHER NEW
WILD RIVER IN WISCONSIN, THE
TOTAGATIC.
NEXT WEEK THE JOURNEY CONTINUES
AS WE PADDLE DOWN THIS WILD GEM.
>> IT'S AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN
COME, I THINK, TO BEING TOTALLY
PRISTINE AS ANYTHING I'VE SEEN.
THIS IS HARDLY TOUCHED.
AND TO ME THAT IS A REMARKABLE
GIFT.
>> NATURE FLOWS AS FAR AS THE
EYE CAN SEE, THROUGH BAYFIELD,
WASHBURN, DOUGLAS AND BURNETT
COUNTIES.
COME ALONG FOR THE RIDE NEXT
THURSDAY AT 7:00 ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
SCENIC RIVERS, CHEESE AND THE
PACKERS ARE A FEW THINGS THAT
BRING WISCONSIN FAME.
BUT THERE ARE MANY MORE HIS
HISTORICAL FACTS THAT MAKE OUR
STATE UNIQUE.
LIZ KOERNER SHOWS YOU A POPULAR
EXHIBIT WHERE ODD WISCONSIN IS
ON DISPLAY F ALL TO SEE.
>> IN THE BASEMENT OF THE
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PIECES
OF STATE HISTORY, ITEMS THAT ARE
NORMALLY HIDDEN FROM VIEW.
RECENTLY, A HAND-PICKED
SELECTION OF THESE INTRIGUING
ITEMS HAVE BEEN PUT ON DISPLAY
AT THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL
PHAOU SEE EUPL.
SEE -- MUSEUM.
THE EXHIBIT IS CALLED ODD
WISCONSIN.
JOE KAPLAR TOOK US ON A TOUR
STARTING WITH AN ITEM THAT IS
ODD AND DANGEROUS.
>> WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US
HERE IS SOMETHING OLDER VISITORS
ARE GOING TO REMEMBER.
MAYBE WHEN THEY WENT TO GET
THEIR NEW SHOES THEY STEPPED UP
AND PUT THEIR FOOT INTO A SHOE
X-RAY MACHINE.
AND THROUGH THESE PORTALS AT THE
TOP YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE
SALESMAN WOULD LOOK IN AND
PERHAPS MOM OR A SPOUSE AND LOOK
DOWN IN AND GET A REALTIME X-RAY
VIEW OF THEIR FOOT.
THE IDEA WAS THAT THROUGH
CAREFUL VIEWING OF THE FOOT, YOU
COULD GET A BETTER-FITTING SHOE.
>> WHAT THE CLERKS AND CUSTOMERS
DIDN'T KNOW WAS THAT THE SCOPE
WAS SPITTING OUT DANGEROUS
LEVELS OF RADIATION.
BY 1960, 34 STATES, INCLUDING
WISCONSIN, HAD BANNED THEIR USE.
BUT BY THAT TIME NEARLY 10,000
FLUOROSCOPES HAD BEEN SOLD IN
THE UNITED STATES ALONE.
ANOTHER ODD BUT HELPFUL DESIZE
CE WAS FOUND IN BEAUTYDE--DEVI
PARLORS.
THIS IS A PERMAWAVE MACHINE.
>> LITTLE MINI CURLING IRONS.
THE HAIR WOULD BE WRAPPED AROUND
THAT.
A LITTLE BIT OF CHEMICALS AND
QUITE A BIT OF TIME, HOURS,
THOSE CLAMPED TO YOUR HEAD, YOU
COULD GET THOSE CURLY HAIRS YOU
DESIRED.
>> ANOTHER ITEM THAT ATTRACTED
FEMALE CONSUMERS WAS THE PAPER
DRESS.
>> AND IN THE LATE '60s, THAT
HAD BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL
CRAZE OF PAPER DRESSES.
EVEN SOME OF THE MAJOR HIGH-END
DRESS MANUFACTURERS STARTED
MAKING SOME PAPER DRESSES.
BUT THAT IDEA CAME FROM A
WISCONSIN PAPER COMPANY.
>> THE DRESSES WERE MADE BY
SCOTT PAPER COMPANY AND COST
$1.25.
IT STARTED OUT AS A MARKETING
GIMMICK TO PROMOTE SCOTT TOILET
PAPER, NAPKINS AND PAPER TOWELS.
WITHIN SIX MONTHS, ORDERS FOR A
HALF A MILLION DRESSES FLOODED
THE COMPANY, MAKING IT
IMPOSSIBLE TO PRODUCE THEIR
PRIMARY PRODUCTS.
THEY CHOSE TO END THEIR PAPER
DRESS PROMOTION.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> EVEN THOUGH THE EXHIBIT IS
CALLED ODD WISCONSIN, NOT EVERY
ITEM IS OFF THE WALL.
>> SOME THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO
LAUGH BECAUSE THEY'RE KHEUPL
L.OTHER THINGS ARE MORE SERIOUS.WHIMSICA
WHAT?
EWW.
>> ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR
PIECES IS A TUXEDO JACKET WORN
BY LIBRACE.
IT WEIGHS IN AT 6.5 POUNDS.
>> WE REGULARLY PERUSE AUCTION
CATALOGS.
THERE ARE TREASURES THAT BELONG
BACK IN WISCONSIN.
WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS
WITH AN ENDOWMENT FUND, ALTHOUGH
MOST OF THE ARTICLES COME
THROUGH DONATION.
>> ONE OF THE ARTIFACTS WAS
DONATED BY ARTIST MARGE
ENGLEMAN.
>> THE PIECE IS ENTITLED THE
LAND OF THE FREED-UP WOMAN.
>> SHE MADE IT IN 1971 IN THE
EARLY DAYS OF THE FEMINIST
MOVEMENT.
>> I WAS INSPIRED BY AT THE TIME
WE THOUGHT THE WOMEN, THE
FEMINISTS, HAD BURNED THEIR
BRAS.
THEY REALLY NEVER DID.
BUT IT WAS INSPIRED BY THEM.
AND THEN ABOUT THAT SAME TIME
THE PILL CAME OUT AND THE PILL
CAME IN THE FORMAT THAT YOU SEE
IN THE FIELD OF BLUE.
IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE SYMBOLS
OF WOMEN HAVING MORE FREEDOM.
I WAS IN GREEN BAY AT THE TIME,
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF POSITIVE
REACTIONS, BUT THEN, OF COURSE,
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT
THAT I WAS DESECRATING THE FLAG.
>> THIS WALLEYE, MADE OUT OF
CONCRETE, ALSO REPRESENTS A
PERIOD OF TIME IN WISCONSIN
HISTORY WHEN EMOTIONS RAN HIGH.
>> DURING THE LATE 1980s,
PROTESTORS IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN
CONFRONTED NATIVE AMERICANS AT
BOAT LANDINGS.
THE INDIANS WERE EXERCISING
THEIR TREATY RIGHTS TO FISH FOR
WALLEYE WITH SPEARS.
GREG GUTHRIE IS A NATIVE
AMERICAN WHO LIVES IN
LAC DU FLAMBEAU.
HE DONATED THIS ARTIFACT.
>> THE IDEA WAS THESE CONCRET
WALLEYES WOULD BE PLANTED IN THE
LAKES AND INDIAN SPEARERS WOULD
MISTAKE THAT FOR A REAL WALLEYE
AND SPEAR THE CONCRETE WALLEYES
AND BREAK THEIR SPEARS.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE CONCRETE
WALLEYES IS THEY DIDN'T MOVE
LIKE THE REAL WALLEYES MOVED, SO
THEY WEREN'T VERY MUCH OF A REAL
DECOY.
>> THE ODD WISCONSIN EXHIBIT HAS
MANY MORE INTRIGUING ITEMS ON
DISPLAY, EACH WITH ITS OWN
REMARKABLE STORY.
KAPLAR IS COUNTING ON CURIOSITY
TO HELP CONNECT VISITORS WITH
THEIR PAST.
>> IT SHAPES THE WORLD WE LIVE
IN TODAY.
IF YOU CAN GET THAT IN THESE
STORIES, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT
WAY TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO HISTORY.
>> SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE PLENTY
OF WISCONSIN ODDITIES TO GO
AROUND.
SINCE THE EXHIBIT FIRST OPENED
LAST YEAR, 40% OF THE ITEMS HAVE
BEEN SWITCHED OUT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, JUST GO TO
WPT.ORG, THEN CLICK ON "IN
WISCONSIN" FOR A CLOSER LOOK.
SO FAR NEARLY 100,000 PEOPLE
HAVE TOURED THE ODD WISCONSIN
DISPLAY.
IT WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH THIS
SUMMER.
FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS, "IN
WISCONSIN" HAS PROFILED SOME OF
THE OUTSTANDING COMPETITORS IN
THIS YEAR'S BOLD YOUNG ARTIST
COM PIGS.
THIS YEAR'S TEA MUSICIANS
ND HERE IS YOUR WINNER..A
>> GREG, A 17-YEAR-OLD MARIMBA
PLAYER, TOOK HOME TOP HONORS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THIS
YEAR'S FINALISTS.
OUR NEXT REPORT FEATURES ANOTHER
WINNER, A YOUNG STORYTELLER.
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION HAS
AIRED READING RAINBOW SINCE
1983.
LAST AUGUST, THE SERIES LEFT THE
AIR, BUT NOT BEFORE INSPIRING
LOTS OF KIDS TO READ BOOKS AND
SOME TO WRITE.
THAT'S HOW "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER ART HACKETT FOUND AN
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR FROM
PORTAGE.
>> AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR
STUDIOS AND THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL
HERE FOR YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> 8-YEAR-OLD ABIGAIL HELSER OF
PORT AGE HAS BEEN A FAN OF
READING RAINBOW FOR YEARS.
>> ABBY HAS TWO OLDER SIBLINGS
THAT ARE IN THEIR 20s AND THEY
WATCHED READING RAINBOW AND WHEN
ABBY GOT TO BE OLD ENOUGH TO
START GETTING INTERESTED, MY
OLDER KIDS ENCOURAGED ME TO MAKE
SURE ABBY WATCHED IT.
SO IT WAS A REGULAR EVENT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
* TAKE A LOOK, IT'S IN A BOOK,
OF READING RAINBOW.
>> READING RAINBOW BEGAN AS A
SUMMERTIME SERIES TO ENCOURAGE
CHILDREN TO READ DURING THEIR
VACATION.
LATER ON, THE SHOW SUGGESTS KIDS
TRY THEIR HAND AT CREATING THEIR
OWN STORY BOOKS.
>> IT'S A CHANCE FOR EVERYONE IN
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 3rd GRADE
TO CREATE YOUR VERY OWN STORY
AND WIN SOME GREAT PRIZES.
>> WHEN ABIGAIL WAS IN 1ST
GRADE, THAT'S WHAT SHE DID.
>> I ONLY ENTERED ONE OTHER
STORY AND THAT IS CALLED THE
POLKA DOT UMBRELLA.
THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO AND LAST
YEAR I DIDN'T ENTER.
>> ABBY'S FIRST EFFORT WON AN
OUTSTANDING STORY CERTIFICATE.
>> IT PRETTY MUCH STARTED RIGHT
ABOUT HERE, A FICTIONAL STORY
ABOUT A GIRL AND SHE USES HER
UMBRELLA FOR EVERYTHING.
AFTER A BIG RAIN, SHE FLOATS
ACROSS A POND IN IT AND SHE
SLEEPS WITH IT.
SHE DOES PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING
WITH IT.
>> AS ABBY SAID, IT WAS
FICTIONAL.
>> I ACTUALLY HAD A DREAM, AND
THAT WAS THE DREAM.
>> TWO YEARS LATER, AS A 3rd
GRADER, ABIGAIL TRIED AGAIN,
THIS TIME WITH A TRUE STORY, A
STORY THAT READS LIKE A SCRIPT
FOR ANOTHER PBS SERIES THAT
WOULD BE HISTORY DETECTIVES.
FINDING GRANDPA IS THE STORY OF
HER FATHER'S SEARCH FOR DETAILS
OF HIS FATHER'S EXPERIENCE
DURING WORLD WAR II.
>> THERE'S GRANDPA BERNIE.
>> BERNIE HELSER GREW UP ON A
DAIRY FARM IN SHAWANO COUNTY.
ABBY NEVER KNEW HER GRANDFATHER.
HER FATHER NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO
HEAR HIS FATHER'S STORIES.
>> DAD NEVER REALLY KNEW HIS
DAD.
>> BERNIE HELSER SUFFERED A
STROKE WHILE CHRIS WAS STILL
YOUNG.
>> I HAD ALWAYS HAD THE CREW
PHOTOGRAPH OF MY FATHER'S.
>> CHRIS HELSER SAID HIS MEMORY
OF HIS FATHER WAS KEPT ALIVE BY
THIS PHOTOGRAPH.
>> AND IN FACT IT'S UP IN MY
OFFICE.
IT'S HANGING UP THERE.
>> DAD WAS TRYING TO TRACK DOWN
SOMEONE WHO KNEW GRANDPA DURING
THE WAR.
SO HE FOUND SOMETHING IN AN OLD
LETTER THAT ONE OF THE CREW
MEMBERS HAD SENT TO MY GRANDMA.
HERE IS A COPY OF THE LETTER
THAT DAD FOUND.
>> THE BOOK IS THE STORY OF HOW
THAT LETTER LED CHRIS HELSER TO
ANOTHER CREW MEMBER, MARVIN
KING, WHO LIVES IN PENNSYLVANIA.
>> THEN LATER WE FLEW OUT AND WE
MET HIM.
WHEN WE WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE, HE
SAID WOULD YOU PLEASE ALLOW ME
TO ADOPT YOU AS MY
GRANDDAUGHTER?
I SAID YES.
AND WE'RE STILL VERY CLOSE TO
GRANDPA MARVIN.
>> AND WHAT A TREASURE.
>> THIS WAS GRANDPA MARVIN AND
GRANDPA BERNIE RIGHT THERE.
>> HER VISIT TO GRANDPA MARVIN
HAPPENED JUST AS SHE WAS TRYING
TO DECIDE ON A STORY TO ENTER IN
THE CONTEST.
>> DID HE KNOW YOU WERE WORKING
ON THIS?
>> WELL, WE ASKED HIS PERMISSION
TO USE HIS NAME IN THE BOOK, AND
HE SAID THAT HE WOULD BE HONORED
JUST TO HAVE HIS NAME MENTIONED.
BUT HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS ALL
ABOUT GRANDPA BERNIE AND DAD.
BUT HE DIDN'T QUITE REALIZE THAT
IT WAS ALL ABOUT HIM.
AND SO HE KNEW A LITTLE BIT THAT
HE WAS GOING TO BE IN IT.
>> SO NOW ABBY HAS TWO GRANDPAS.
THIS SUMMER, SHE GOT A PHONE
CALL SAYING HER BOOK WAS THE
NATIONAL 3rd GRADE 1ST PLACE
AWARD WINNER FROM AMONG MORE
THAN 35,000 ENTRIES FROM ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN YOU HEARD YOU WON 1ST
PLACE?
>> I SAID, OH, WOW, BECAUSE I
WAS PRETTY MUCH SPEECHLESS.
>> WE'RE JUST VERY PLEASED TO
SEE THAT THE BOOK HAS GOTTEN
SUCH WONDERFUL NATIONAL
ATTENTION BECAUSE OUR HOPE AND
EXPECTATION IS THAT AS OTHER
PEOPLE READ IT, THEY WILL THINK
ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE IN THEIR
LIVES THAT MAYBE THEY COULD MAKE
CONTACT WITH, TOUCH A LITTLE
MORE DEEPLY, DEVELOP A
RELATIONSHIP WITH.
>> ABBY AND HER MOM GOT TO COME
TO OUR STUDIOS, HEAR THE STAFF
SING THE READING RAINBOW THEME
SONG, COLLECT SOME PRIZES AND
SEE HER BOOK'S COVER ENSHRINED
IN ICING ON A CAKE.
BUT THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY.
ABOUT THE TIME ABBY WON THE
AWARD, SHE FOUND OUT SHE WOULD
BE MOVING.
HER FATHER GOT A JOB AT A NASA
RESEARCH CENTER IN MARYLAND.
SHE'S LEAVING HER HOME IN PORT
AGE, BUT HER NEW HOME WILL PUT
HER CLOSER TO GRANDMA MARVIN.
>> AND THAT'S A FITTING END TO
ABIGAIL'S STORY.
NOW HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
REPORTS WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE
NEXT EDITION OF "IN WISCONSIN."
>> THIS IS LIZ KOERNER.
IN 2008 HOLLYWOOD CAME TO
WISCONSIN TO FILM PUBLIC ENEMY.
THE STATE LURED THE FILMMAKERS
WITH INCENTIVES.
DID IT PAY OFF?
SEE HOW NEW RULES ARE PLAYING IN
WISCONSIN.
>> WHAT STARTED AS A SMALL
INCENTIVE HAS SORT OF TURNED
INTO A COMPETITIVE WHAT WE CALL
RACE TO THE BOTTOM.
>> THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN"'S
FREDERICA FREYBERG.
THE STATE'S BUDGET CRISIS COULD
INCREASE PROBLEMS IN OVERLOADED
COURTS.
>> I FEEL LIKE CONSTANTLY WE'RE
AGAINST THE GUN.
>> IN OUR ONGOING SERIES WE
EXAMINE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
SHORTAGE ACROSS WISCONSIN.
>> WE WOULD CALL THIS A VERY
SUCCESSFUL --
>> THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER ANDY SOTH.
COME WITH ME BACK TO THE DARK
AGES.
>> IT'S JUST SUCH A REMARKABLE
PIECE OF ENGINEERING.
>> AN OLD RULE TOOL WITH A
MODERN EDGE WHEN WE VISIT NEW
GLARUS.
>> I'M REPORTER JO GARRETT.
JOIN US FOR A TRIP DOWN THE
TOTAGATIC.
>> YOU CAN GO FOR A LONG STRETCH
ON THE RIVER AND FEEL LIKE, WOW.
>> THIS RIVER WAS RECENTLY
DESIGNATED A STATE WILD RIVER.
HOP ON BOARD AND YOU'LL FIND OUT
WHY.
>> THOSE REPORTS NEXT THURSDAY
AT 7:00
ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN HAITI.
FINALLY THIS WEEK, A CLOSER LOOK
AT TOFT POINT.
IT'S LOCATED ON AN ONE-MILE WIDE
PENINSULA ALONG DOOR COUNTY'S
RUGGED LAKE MICHIGAN COAST.
THIS SITE WAS DESIGNATED A STATE
NATURAL AREA IN 1967.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK IN WISCONSIN.
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