>> FROM TEE TIME TO TWEET TIME.
I'M FREDERICA FREYBERG FILLING
IN FOR PATTY LOEW.
>> THE OWNERS HAD COME TO US
AND SAID THEY WERE INTERESTED
IN PERHAPS SELLING THE PROPERTY
AND WE THOUGHT WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO WITH A GOLF COURSE?
>> SEE HOW FEDERAL STIMULUS
DOLLARS WILL HELP PAY FOR THE
GOLF COURSE MAKEOVER.
>> FOR MOST KIDS VIOLIN LESSONS
ARE A DREAM.
WE'LL INTRODUCE YOU TO A WOMAN
WHO MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE.
AND THEY'RE JUMPING, VAULTING
AND FLIPPING THEIR WAY ACROSS
THE UW-MADISON CAMPUS.
>> YOU SEE THE WORLD AS
PLAYGROUND.
>> "IN WISCONSIN" EXPLORES THE
UNUSUAL SPORT THAT GETS YOU
FROM HERE TO THERE.
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED 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.
>> SPRING IS IN THE AIR.
GOLF SEASON IS HERE AND SO IS
THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF SONG
BIRDS.
THIS WEEK "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER JO GARRETT SHOWS YOU
HOW WARBLERS, TEE TIME AND
FEDERAL STIMULUS DOLLARS ARE
ALL COMING TOGETHER IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
>> THIS IS THE 18-HOLE SQUIRES
GOLF COURSE IN PORT WASHINGTON.
>> THE OWNERS SAID THEY WERE
INTERESTED IN PERHAPS SELLING
THE PROPERTY AND WE THOUGHT
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH A
GOLF COURSE?
>> AT 5,823 YARDS FROM THE TIPS
THE COURSE PLAYS TO A PAR 70.
>> THEY SAID WOU LIKE TO
BUY OUR PROPERTY AND TURN SBIET
A PRESERVE?
>> WE WERE LEERY AT FIRST AS
WHAT WE WERE GETTING OURSELVES
INTO.
>> IN 2008 THE SQUIRES GOLF
COURSE WENT FROM SWING TIME TO
SING TIME.
THIS 116-ACRE PARCEL WAS
PURCHASED BY THE
OZAUKEE/WASHINGTON LAND TRUST.
>> WE PURCHASED THE SITE WITH
THE IDEA IT'S NUMBER ONE
FUNCTION IS FOR THE BIRDS.
LITERALLY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT WE CHANGED
THE NAME FROM SQUIRES COUNTRY
CLUB TO FOREST BEACH MIGRATORY
PRESERVE.
>> WHATES IT SEEM BIRD
PRESERVE POSSIBLE?
START WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
>> WE'RE WITHIN HALF MILE OF
HAIRINGTON BEACH STATE PARK.
>> PARK LAND RIGHT ON LAKE
MICHIGAN AND BIRDS LOVE IT.
AND FOREST BEACH MIGRATORY
PRESERVE IS ALSO RIGHT NEXT
DOOR TO LAKE MICHIGAN.
44 FEET OF THE PROPERTY ADJOINS
THE LAKE AND THE REST IS JUST A
QUICK WING IN.
>> THIS A REAL OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST
REMAINING 100 PLUS ACRE SITES
THAT WAS NOT DEVELOPED ON LAKE
MICHIGAN.
>> THIS LAKE IS A CRITICAL
FLYWAY FOR MIGRATING BIRDS.
BIRDS NEED THE LAKE AND THE
LAND ALONG IT.
KIM, A BIOLOGIST FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
AND ONE OF THE ADVISORS TO THE
FOREST BEACH PROJECT.
>> THEY MIGRATE AT NIGHT AND
FLY ALL NIGHT.
MANY FLOCKS WILL FIND
THEMSELVES OVER LA MICHIGAN
WHEN DAWN
THEY CAN'T PUT DOWN THE
WATER.
TH FIND HABITAT QUICKLY
BECAUSE THEY COULD EASILY GET
PICKED OFF BY A HAWK ALSO
MIGRATING AT THAT TIME OF THE
YEAR.
>> THEY NEED PROTECTION AND
THEY NEED FOOD.
>> WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT A
STOPOVER SITE OFTEN THEIR
ENERGY STORES HAVE BEEN
DEPLETED THEY'RE VERY
HUNGRY AND ACTIVELY FORAGING
AND FEEDING AND MOVING AROUND
IN THE TREES AND SHRUBS AND
GRABBING WHAT INSECTS THEY CAN
FIND.
>> BIRDS TOUCHDOWN AND BULK UP
ALL ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN.
BIOLOGISTS DESCRIBE THE QUALITY
OF THE LANDING SPOTS THIS WAY.
>> THE FIRE ESCAPES, THE
CONVENIENCE STORE, THE FULL
SERVICE HOTEL.
A FIRE ESCAPE IS A PLACE THAT
WILL SAVEE BIRD'S LIFE WHEN
IT'S MIGRATING AND IT IS GOING
TO BE A VERY NOMINAL HABITAT
SUCH AS A HEDGEROW IN A BOX
STORE OR EVEN THE RAILING OF A
SHIP ON LAKE MICHIGAN.
IT GIVES THE BIRD A PLACE TO
PUT DOWN AND REST.
>> NEXT UP.
THE CONVENIENCE STORE.
KIND OF WHAT IS HERE NOW.
>> CONVENIENCE STORE WOULD BE
THE NEXT BEST FOR A BIRD
AND IT MAY NOT REPLACE A THE
ENERGY THAT THE BIRD HAS SPENT
BUT IT WILL GIVE IT SOME
REPLACEMENT.
FULL SERVICE HOTEL WOULD BE A
LARGE LANDSCAPE WITH A MOSAIC
OF DIFFERENT HABITAT TYPES.
THAT WOULD GIVE THEM EVERYTHING
THEY NEED TO BUILD UP THE
ENERGY STORES FOR A LONG FLIGHT.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE TREES AND
BUSHES AND DIFFERENT KINDS.
A BIRD FEEDER FULL OF SEED JUST
DOESN'T DO IT FOR A MIGRATING
SONG BIRD.
>> THE HOLE REASON THAT THE
BIRDS MIGRATE IS THEY'RE --
THEY MUST EAT INSECTS.
>> OF COURSE, INSECTS HAVE
THEIR FAVORITE FOODS.
>> DIFFERENT SPECIES NEED
DIFFERENT HABITAT.
WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE WOODS,
GRASSLAND, SAVANNAH, SHRUB
LAND, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF
AREAS FOR DIFFERENT SPECIES TO
HAVE THEIR BEST SHOT AT
SURVIVING AT THENEY THEY
TAKE ALONG THE FLYWAY.
>> THIS FORMER GOLF COURSE HAS
A HUGE ADVANTAGE WHEN IT COMES
TO RESTORATION.
>> IT IS ALMOST A CLEAN SLATE
IN WHAT TYPE OF HABITAT WE CAN
RESTORE IT TO.
WE'RE TOLD BY SOME OF OUR
EXPERTS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME THAT THEY'VE HEARD OF A
PRESERVE THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED
SPECIFICALLY FOR MIGRATORY
STOPOVER HABITAT.
THEY HAVEN'T HEARD IN WISCONSIN
OR ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
IT'S EXCITING TO THINK WE'RE
BREAKING SOME NEW GROUND HERE.
>> AND THEY'RE DOING THAT AT
RECORD SPEED.
>> IN 18 MONTHS WE'LL GET 10
YEARS WORTH OF RESTORATION
ACTIVITY ACCOMPLISHED.
18 MONTHS FROM NOW THIS WILL BE
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PROPERTY
THAN IT IS TODAY.
>> OKAY.
THEY'RE VERY ORGANIZED AND THEY
HAVE VERY DEDICATED VOLUN
BUT HOW DO YOU GET TEN YEARS
WORTH OF WORK DONE IN 18 MONTHS?
HOW DOES THAT EQUATION WORK?
YOU ADD MONEY, FEDERAL STIMULUS
DOLLARS.
>> I BELIEVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT
IS $454,000.
>> GARY VAN BREEDY OF U.S. FISH
AND WILDLIFE IS THE PROJECT
SUPERVISOR.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST GOLF
COURSE PROJECT I'VE EVER WORKED
ON, YES.
>> NOT THE EXPECTED STIMULUS
PROJECT BUT IT MET THE
REQUIREMENTS.
IT WAS SHOVEL READY AND IT WILL
CREATE JOBS.
>> WE HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT
WILL BE INVOLVED WITH THE
WETLAND RESTORATION.
HIRING PEOPLE TO DO
HERBICIDEING, A LOT OF GRASS
PLANTING, PEOPLE WILL BE
MOWING, TREE AND SHRUB PLANTING.
AS LONG AS IT'S PUTTING PEOPLE
TO WORK, THAT'S THE PRIMARY
GOAL AND IF WE CAN GET SOME
HABITAT BENEFITS OUT OF IT AT
THE SAME TIME, IT'S A WIN/WIN.
>> STEVEN OF MANITOWOC WAS ONE
OF THE WINNERS.
HE PICKED UP A CONTRACT.
GOOD NEWS FOR HIS EMPLOYEES.
>> I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THREE
WEEKS FOR FOUR OR FIVE GUYS.
PUTS EXTRA CASH IN THE
EMPLOYEES' POCKET.
>> THIS IS JUST THE FIRST LEG
OF THE PLANNED RESTORATION.
>> THIS IS OF THOSE
PROJECTS WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THOUGHT YOU'RE CRAZY, BUYING
THIS GOLF COURSE AND TRYING TO
TURN IT INTO AERVE.
THEY THOUGHT I HAD GONE CUCKOO.
IT IS A PLEASURE AND REWARDING
THAT WE'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN.
>> FROM BIRDIES TO BIRD.
FROM TEE TIME TO TWEET TIME.
FROM THE SQUIRES TO THE FOREST
BEACH MIGRATORY PRESERVE.
>> THEY'VE ADDED 20 NEW PONDS
AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TREES
AND BUSHES WILL BE PLANTED IN
THE COMING MONTHS.
THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION
NEXT SUMMER.
IN THE LAST BIRD COUNT, THEY
SPOTTED BOBOLINKS A
MEADOWLARKS FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME.
WE MOVE NOW TO A MANMADE COURSE
OF ANOTHER KIND WHERE THE
UNUSUAL SPORT OFRKOUR IS
PLAYED OUT.
CLIMBING AND LEAPING ARE THE
BASIC ELEMENTS OF THIS ATHLETIC
DISCIPLINE THAT COMBINES
RUNNING AND GYMNASTICS.
"IN WISCONSIN" REPORTER ANDY
SOTH SHOWS YOU HOW PARKOUR IS
PLAYED IN MADISON.
>> THIS IS NO QUIET STROLL
THROUGH THE PARK.
ON AN OTHERWISE QUIET SUMMER
DAY ON THE UW CAMPUS PEOPLE ARE
JUMPING, VAULTING AND FLIPPING.
AS RISKY AS THIS MAY APPEAR
THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT WHAT
THEY'RE DOING IS FAR FROM
RECKLESS.
IT IS A DISCIPLINE LIKE DANCE
OR A MARTIAL ARTS.
IT IS A TECHNIQUE FOR MOVING
QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY THROUGH
SPACE NO MATTER WHAT OBSTACLE
MIGHT BE IN YOUR PATH.
IT IS CALLED PARKOUR.
>> DERIVED FROM THE FRENCH WORD
PAR COURIER.
TO RUN THROUGH A COURSE OR
ROUTE.
>> ALISSA BRATZ WOULD KNOW.
>> I ACTUALLY FIRST SAW IT IN
THE FRENCH FILM DISTRICT B-13.
>> THE FILM STARS THE FATHER OF
PARKOUR.
EVEN BEFORE THE MOVIE, HIS
ATHLETIC FETES WERE AN INTERNET
SENSATIONS.
DOZENS OF TOP PRACTITIONERS
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
GATHERED IN MADISON FOR A
PARKOUR JAM THAT BRATZ HELPED
ORGANIZE.
>> A PARKOUR IS LIKE--
>> ONCE YOU'VE DONE EVEN THE
SMALLEST PART OF IT YOU'RE
ALWAYS LOOKING AROUND AND
SAYING I COULD LAUNCH OFF THAT
ROCK OR CLIMB UP THAT POLE OR
CLIMB THAT TREE AND YOU SEE THE
WORLD AS A PLAYGROUND.
>> THEY MAY SEE THE WORLD AS A
PLAYGROUND BUT THEY'LL ALSO
TELL YOU THEY TREAT THAT WORLD
WITH RESPECT.
>> OUR FIRST ETHOS IS LEAVE NO
TRACE.
WHEN WE GO TO AN AREA WE'RE NOT
HARMING IT OR DESTROYING IT.
WE'RE NOT HOOLIGANS.
>> PARKOUR ENTHUSIASTS ARE
MINDFUL OF THE REPUTATION
SKATEBOARDERS HAVE GOTTEN OVER
THE YEARS AND THE RE
IMPOSED UPON THEM.
BUT THEY ALSO REJECT
TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY EVEN
SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A BOARD
WITH WHEELS.
AND SEE PARKOUR AS A WAY TO
CONNECT WITH THE MOST BASIC
ANCIENT SKILLS OF HUMAN
SURVIVAL.
>> ORIGINALLY WE TO RUN,
CRAWL, JUMP, CLIMB, SWIM AND DO
THESE THINGS JUST TO EXIST.
TO EITHER GO GET OUR FOOD OR TO
RUN FROM SOMETHING THAT THOUGHT
WE WERE FOOD.
>> THE FLIPS AND SPINS MEET
ANOTHER BASIC HUMAN NEED, THE
DESIRE FOR SELF-EXPRESSION.
THIS MORE PLAYFUL FORM OF
PARKOUR IS CALLED FREE RUNNING
BUT BOTH THOSE WHO DO PARKOUR
AND FREE RUNNING WILL TELL YOU
IT HAS TO START WITH THE BASICS.
>> THERE IS AONG, STRONG
FEELING IN THE PARKOUR
COMMUNITY THAT YOU DON'T WANT
TO PRACTICE JUMPING OFF OF
ANYTHING HIGHER THAN ONE, MAYBE
TWO FEET FOR PROBABLY YOUR
FIRST YEAR.
>> THE MADISON PARKOUR GROUP
ALWAYS STARTS ITS WEEKLY
PRACTICE WITH A SERIES OF
WARM-UPS.
THEN IT IS ON TO MORE
CHALLENGING DRILLS AND SOON
THEY'RE GETTING THE ATTENTION
OF PASSERSBY.
>> PARKOUR WOULD IMPLY GETTING
FROM POINT A TO POINT B AS FAST
AND FLUIDLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE TRAIN OUR BODIES AND MINDS
TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FLUIDLY OVER
THE OBSTACLES WITHOUT HAMMERING
US.
>> EVEN THKATEBOARD DUDES
ARE INTR
BRATZ GIVES ONE AN IMPROMPTU
LESSON.
>> YOU WANT TO DO THAT SAME
LANDING ON THIS WALL AND GET A
RUNNING START.
>> OKAY.
>> AWESOME, DUDE, GOOD.
>> IT'S HARD TO HANG ON.
>> SOONEST OWE WANTING TO TRY
SOMETHING MORE RADICAL.
>> I HAVE TO DO THAT ONE NOW.
>> THE IDEA IS NOT ABOUT HOW
CAN WE BE MORE EXTREME, IT IS
NOT ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
THE IDEA IS HOW CAN I MAKE
MYSELF STRONGER.
PARKOUR HAS REALLY TAUGHT ME TO
HARNESS MY OWN STRENGTH.
>> THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
CHOOSE TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES.
>> I CAN FIND MY OWN PATH
WHETHER IT'S THROUGH ANEA OR
JUST THROUGH LIFE IN GENERAL.
>> THERE IS A NEW STATEWIDE
ORGANIZATION CALLED WISCONSIN
MARK.
TO FIND OUT MORE JUST GO TO OUR
WEBSITE AT wpt.org AND THEN
SCROLL DOWN AND CLICK ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
ALISSA BRATZ STARTED A PARKOUR
GROUP AT THE SCHOOL WHERE SHE
TEACHES AND IT'S ALSO OFFERED
AT JEFFERSON SHOOL IN MADISO AN INMENT W
HELPS TO START LESSOS AT A
YOUNG AGE.
BUT PAYING FOR THE C
LESSONS CAN BE EXPENSIVE NOT TO
MENTION THE COST OF BUYING OR
RENTING AN INSTRUMENT.
ONE MUSIC TEACHER IS WORKING
HARD TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE
EQUATION FOR LOW INCOME
FAMILIES IN MADISON.
[VIOLIN PLAYING]
>> BONNIE GREENE HAS BEEN
GIVING PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS
SINCE SHE MOVED TO MADISON IN
2000.
BEFORE THAT SHE TAUGHT MUSIC IN
MILWAUKEE'S POOREST INNER CITY
SCHOOLS.
NOW MOST OF HER STUDENTS COME
FROM MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT THIS RHYTHM
SOUNDS LIKE?
>> LEXUS CARTER IS AS EXCEPTION.
>> WHEN I'M HAVING TROUBLE
THEY'RE THERE TO HELP.
>> LEXUS IS GETTING FREE
LESSONS IN PART BECAUSE SHE
STARTED OUT THREE YEARS AGO IN
A PROGRAM CREATED BY GREENE
CALLED MUSIC MAKERS.
>> A, G, F, E.
>> MUSIC MAKERS IS DESIGNED TO
REACH OUT TO LOW INCOME KIDS
LIKE THE ONES GREENE USED TO
TEACH IN MILWAUKEE.
>> I WENT FROM YEARS OF WORKING
WITH URBAN KIDS, MANY YEARS, TO
SITTING THIS ROOM MAKING MY
LIVING TEACHING ONE CHILD AT A
TIME WHOSE MOTHER OR FATHER WAS
SITTING RIGHT HERE WITHIR
CHECKBOOK.
AND THE OTHER CHILDREN HAUNTED
ME.
>> PRIVATE MUSIC TEACHERS IN
MADISON CHARGE ON AVERAGE ABOUT
$50 AN HOUR.
VIOLINS CAN BE RENTED BUT TO
BUY ONE COSTS FROM $300 TO $500.
THESE EXPENSES ARE BEYOND THE
MEANS OF FAMILIES LIKE LEXUS'S.
ANOTHER OBSTACLE IS
TRANSPORTATION.
>> A LOT OF CHILDREN DON'T HAVE
SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WHO CAN
CHAUFFEUR THEM ALL OVER DOWN
LIKE SO MANY MIDDLE CLASS KIDS
ARE CHAUFFEURED.
>> SO GREENE BROUGHT THE
LESSONS RIGHT TO THE KIDS.
MUSIC MAKERS IS OFFERED AFTER
SCHOOL AT THREE NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMUNITY CENTERS.
THE LESSONS ARE OFFERED FREE OR
AT REDUCED RATES AND THE
VIOLINS ARE ON LOAN TO THE KIDS.
GREENE USUALLY HIRES GRADUATE
LEVEL COLLEGE STUDENTS LIKE
CAROL CARLSON AS TEACHERS.
CARLSON HAS BEEN TEACHING THIS
GROUP FOR TWO YEARS.
SHE SAYS IT'S CRITICAL TO START
VIOLIN LESSONS AS EARLY AS
SECOND AND THIRD GRADE, WELL
BEFORE ORCHESTRA CLASSES ARE
OFFERED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
>> THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PICK
UP VIOLIN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN
A PUBLIC SCHOOL ORCHESTRA OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THERE
ARE A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS OUT
THERE THAT DO THAT BUT THE
SETUP AND THE BACKGROUND THAT
YOU GET FROM STARTING YOUNG AND
STARTING IN A MUCH SMALLER
GROUP IS TREMENDOUSLY ADD VANT
AGEOUS.
>> MUSIC MAKERS MEETS TWICE A
WEEK.
ONCE IN A SMALL GROUP LIKE THIS
AND ONCE WITH ONLY TWO STUDENTS
AT A TIME.
THIS ALLOWS FOR HANDS-ON HELP
WITH THINGS LIKE ARM AND FINGER
PLACEMENT, AS WELL AS ATTENTION
TO BOWING AND GOOD TONE.
GREENE SAYS THIS INDIVIDUAL
ATTENTION MAY HELP THESE KIDS
FROM GETTING DISCOURAGED AND
DROPPING OUT WHEN THEY GET INTO
ORCHESTRA CLASS IN SCHOOL.
>> THE DEFINITION OF A GOOD
LIFE IS HAVING CHOICES AND WHEN
YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR
LESSONS AND THEN YOU SIT THERE
AND TRY TO COMPETE WITH PEOPLE
WHO DO, YOU DON'T HAVE A PRAYER.
THERE IS J NO WAY.
EVEN IF YOUR TALENT IS LARGER
THAN THEIRS.
YES, MY WHOLE MISSION HAS TO DO
WITH EQUITY.
>> STUDENTS WHO STARTED LESSONS
WITH MUSIC MAKERS THREE YEARS
AGO ARE NOW STARTING ORCHESTRA
CLASSES AT SCHOOL.
GREENE'S HOPE IS THAT THESE
TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS DO
WELL IN THE LARGER GROUP AND
ACT AS ROLE MODELS IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
HER HOPES SEEM LIKE A SURE
THING ITH LEXUS CARTER.
>> I HOPE TO PLAY THE VIOLIN
FOR A LONG TIME.
IT IS RE
>> THERE ARE 50 STUDENTS
CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN MUSIC
MAKERS.
GREENE HAS BEEN ABL RAISE
PRIVATE FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM.
IF SHE CAN FIND
FINANCING SHE WOULD LIKE TO
EXPAND TO OTHER LOW INCOME
MADISON NEIGHBORHOODS AND OFFER
LESSONS ON OTHER INSTRUMENTS.
KIDS HAVE BEEN ENJOYING
"READING RAINBOW" ON WISCONSIN
PUBLIC TELEVISION SINCE 1983.
LAST AUGUST THE SERIES LEFT THE
AIR BUT NOT BEFORE INSPIRING
LOTS OF KIDS TO READ BOOKS AND
SOME TRITE.
THAT'S HOW "IN WISCONSIN"
REPORTER ART HACKETT FOUND AN
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR FROM
PORTAGE.
>> 8-YEAR-OLD ABIGAIL HELSER OF
PORTAGE HAS BEEN A FAN OF
"READING RAINBOW" FOR YEARS.
>> ABBY TWO OLDER SIBLINGS
THAT ARE IN THEIR 20s AND THEY
WATCHED "READING RAINBOW" AND
WHEN ABBY GOT TO BE ENOUGH
TO START GETTING INTERESTED MY
OLDER KIDS REALLY ENCOURAGED ME
TO MAKE SURE ABBY WATCHED IT
AND SO IT WAS A REGULAR EVENT
IN THE AFTERNOON.
**
>> "READING RAINBOW" BEGAN AS A
SUMMERTIME SERIES TO ENCOURAGE
CHILDREN TO READ DURING THEIR
VACATION.
LATER ON THE SHOW SUGGESTED
KIDS TRY THEIR HAND AT CREATING
THEIR OWN STORYBOOKS.
>> IT'S A CHANCE FOR EVERYONE
FROMNDERGARTEN TO THIRD
GRADE TO CREATE YOUR OWN STORY
AND WIN GREAT PRIZES.
>> WHEN ABIGAIL WAS IN FIRST
GRADE THAT'S WHAT SHE DID.
>> I ENTERED THE STORY 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 WITH IT.
SHE SLEEPS WITH IT AND 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 THIRD
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 AS A
B-26 CREW MEMBER DURING WORLD
WAR II.
>> THERE IS GRANDPA BERNIE.
>> BERNIE HELSER GREW UP ON A
DAIRY FARM IN SHAN OWE COUNTY.
ABBY NEVER KNEW HER GRANDFATHER
AND AS IT TURNS OUT, CHRIS
HELSER, 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 ALWAYS HAD THE CREW
PHOTOGRAPH OF MY FATHER'S.
>> CHRIS HELSER SAID HIS MEMORY
OF HISTHER WAS KEPT ALIVE BY
THIS PHOTOGRAPH.
>> IN FACT, IT'S UP IN MY
OFFICE.
IT IS HANGING UP THERE.
>> DAD TRYING TO TRACK DOWN
SOMEONE WHO KNEW GRANDPA DURING
THE WAR.
SO HE FOUND SOMETHING IN AN OLD
LETTER THAT ALL 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 WISH WE WERE VERY CLOSE TO
GRANDPA MARVIN.
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 FELT THAT IT WAS ALL
ABOUT GRANDPA BERNIE AND DAD.
BUT HE DIDN'T QUITE REALIZE
THAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT HIM
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 THIRD GRADE FIRST
PLACE AWARD WINNER FROM AMONG
MORE THAN 35,000 ENTRIES FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN YOU HEARD YOU WON
FIRST PLACE?
>> I SAID, OH, WOW.
BECAUSE I WAS PRETTY MUCH
SPEECHLESS.
>> WE'RE JUST VERY PLE
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 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 "READING RAINBOW"
THEME SONG, COLLECT SOME PRIZES
AND SEE HER BOOK'S COVER
ENSHRINED IN ICING ON A CAKE.
THERE IS MORE TO THIS 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 INLAND.
SHE IS LEAVING HER HOME IN
PORTAGE BUT HER NEW HOME WILL
PUT HER CLOSER TO GRANDPA
MARVIN.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER CONTEST
WINNER TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
BACK IN MARCH, "IN WISCONSIN"
BROUGHT YOU THE HISTORY OF THE
UW FIGHT SONG ON WISCONSIN AS
IT CELEBRATED 100 YEARS.
TO MARK THE OCCASION THE
UNIVERSITY HELD A COMPETITION
TO FIND THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF
THAT SONG.
IN THE END ANRY FOR
HIP-HOP.COM WON TOP HONORS FOR
THIS VERSION.
**
>> TO SEE THE FULL VERSION OF
THE HIP-HOP SONG AND OTHER
WINNING ENTRIES JUST GO TO OUR
WEBSITE AT wpt.org, THEN SCROLL
DOWN 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."
>> VETERANS COURT IN ROCK
COUNTY GIVES COMBAT VETS IF
TROUBLE WITH THE LAW A SECOND
CHANCE.
>> OUR GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE IT
SO--
>> I'LL SHOW YOU HOW SOME
VETERANS CAN AVOID JAIL IN
RETURN FOR GETTING TREATMENT.
>> I'M JO GARRETT TH. IS THE
CHEQUAMEGON NATIONAL FOREST.
>> TWO FRONT TOES.
>> THERE IS A GROWING CONFLICT
BETWEEN BEAR HUNTERS WHO HUNT
WITH HOUNDS AND ANOTHER CANINE,
THE GRAY WOLF.
WHAT IS THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE
STORY OF WOLVES IN WISCONSIN?
>> LAKE SUPERIOR IS HOME TO THE
APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL
LAKESHORE WHERE THIS NATIVE
AMERICAN PARK RANGER FINDS HIS
INSPIRATION.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN NATIVE FOLKS
LIVING IN THIS AREA AS FAR AS
WE KNOW AT LEAST 10,000 YEARS.
>> COME EXPLORE THE PLACE WHERE
THE LAND AND WATERKY.
>> THOSE REPORTS NEXT THURSDAY
AT 7:00 ON OUR STATEWIDE NEWS
PROGRAM "IN WISCONSIN" RIGHT
HERE ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
A QUICK REMINDER ABOUT OUR
INTERACTIVE BLOG CALLED "THE
PRODUCER'S JOURNAL."
IT IS UPDATED EACH WEEK DAY BY
THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN FRONT OF
AND BEHIND THE SCENES ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
WE HOPE YOU'LL CHECK IT OUT AT
wpt.org AND CLICK ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
FINALLY THIS WEEK A DRIVE INTO
THE COUNTRYSIDE ON WISCONSIN'S
RUSTIC ROADS.
THIS TRIP HIGHLIGHTS RUSTIC
ROADS MEANDERING THROUGH VERNON
AND GREEN COUNTIES.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE
ESTABLISHED THE RUSTIC ROADS
PROGRAM IN 1973 TO HELP
PRESERVE WHAT REMAINS OF
WISCONSIN'S SCENIC, LIGHTLY
TRAVELED COUNTRY ROADS.
ENJOY THE VIEW AND 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 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 ADDITINDING
PROVIDED BY BIKE WISCONSIN.
>> HERE IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING
ON FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
HUNT OR BE HUNTED.
AN UPDATE ON THE CONTROVERSY
SURROUNDING WISCONSIN'S BLACK
BEAR HUNT.
PLUS A COURTROOM SET UP TO
HANDLE THE LEGAL PROBLEMS OF
VETERANS.
WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW IT'SING.
AND LAKE SUPERIOR IS HOME TO
THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL
LAKESHORE.
IT'S ALSO WHERE THISVE
AMERICAN PARK RANGER FINDS HIS
INSPIRATION.
THURSDAY AT 7:00 ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> HERE IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING
ON FOR THE NEXT EDITION OF "IN
WISCONSIN."
HUNT OR BE HUNTED.
AN UPE ON THE CONTROVERSY
SURROUNDING WISCONSIN'S BLACK
BEAR HUNT.
PLUS A COURTROOM SET UP TO
HANDLE THE LEGAL PROBLEMS OF
VETERANS.
WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW IT'S WORKING.
AND LAKE SUPERIOR IS HOME TO
THE APOSTLE ISLANDS NATIONAL
LAKESHORE.
IT IS ALSO WHERE THIS NATIVE
AMERICAN PARK RANGER FINDS HIS
INSPIRATION.
TONIGHT AT 7:00 ON "IN
WISCONSIN."
>> VETERANS COURT IN ROCK
COUNTY GIVES COMBAT VETS IN
TROUBLE WITH LAW A SECOND
CHANCE.
>> THIS ISN'T A FREE PASS, IT
IS -- OUR GOAL HERE IS TO GET
THE TREATMENT YOU NEED SO YOU
DON'T SLIP AGAIN.
>> THIS IS "IN WISCONSIN"
WISCONSIN REPORTER FREDERICA
FREYBERG.
I'LL SHOW YOU HOW SOME VETERANS
CAN AVOID JAIL IN RETURN FOR
GETTING TREATMENT THURSDAY AT
7:00 ON "IN WISCONSIN."