the
Senate is now
much more
.% Senate Republicans
are largely,% much
more in line with
Trump% than they were
when he came into
office. Back in 2017. And
I willsay
one question that is loomingfor me is
there still has not been a memorandum of
understanding signed between theDepartment of
Justice and theTrump transition
to begin the FBI background
checks andvetting that are a traditionalpart
of the confirmation
process. We also don't knowwhether
the Trumpadministration, the incomingadministration, is going
toparticipate with the Office of
Government Ethics and that sortof
conflict of
interest vettingthat is normally a part of
theprocess. And whether senators
,Republican senators will
demandthat those are still really
openquestions about this process
andabout 30s left, what's your take
on this?>> Yeah
. So, senators are as
Tamsaid, there's a lot of deference
to the president, to
fill hiscabinet positions. There's a lot
of pressure from
senators ,voters
, Republican base votersto do
what the president wants
.Everyone is going to have totake
in their own political calculations
and .
There's a phone call
.>> So you can start taking
.>> That's cool too. There's
plenty of opportunity for yeah,you're
right .
>> So especially if you
Ellingham plan and
maybe youhave already .>> Okay
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Wisconsin Lighthouses this is a world
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For like I feel like telling you
today .
>> Shares intimate details oflives
lost . Specialcorrespondent
Jared Bowen of GBHBoston
has the story for ourarts
and Culture series canvas
.>> They are the essence
of homeproud structures with peakedroofs
and smiling faces
withintheir glass bricks
, the stuff of home a
treasured ball cap, a
beloved comic book hero, a
triangle of toy trucks
, objects, all left behind
when theirowners lost their lives
to gunviolence .>> We're unable
to see a little bit more into the
personalities,the interests, the
passions ofthose folks who
are no longerhere, who have been taken
due togun violence . And so the gun
Violence Memorial Project is a
living and participatory
memorial to victims of gun
violence .>> Architect JD
Amazi is one of
the designers of the gunviolence Memorial Project
, atraveling memorial
. Right nowit's in Boston, on view
at CityHall. The Institute of
Contemporary Art and theArchitecture
firm Mass Design Group. It's
comprised of fourhouses, each
with 700 glassbricks
. That was the number ofAmericans killed
by guns on a weekly
basis in 2018, when
thememorial was conceived
.>> My most heartwarmingexperience
of this memorial is hearing families
say , come lookat
my house , come
, come look at my
child. Come see what Icontributed that
level ofengagement that level of love
.It has really become as
it wasintended to be, a
vehicle forhealing .>> The memorial
has beenpopulated by objects received
atnationwide Collection
events,where the families
of gun violence victims
contributepersonal belongings
.>> Well, I chose the computermouse
because he was always onthe computer, Lynette
Alameddine's only child, Ross,was
killed in the
2007 VirginiaTech shooting .
>> A nine minute
rampage thatleft 32 people dead and
morethan a dozen wounded. Next
toher son's computer mouse. The
belongings of Bristol Jones
killed instantly in a
2010 driveby shooting in Washington, D.C.
That left four people
dead. Thememorial has brought Alameddineand
Jones's mother together
.>> I can call
anyone at any
hour ,and I've
met a lot of people
from like mass shootings
andthings , and I can
just see if they're
online and say, hey, you
know , are you up
? Yep . So that
helps a lot. Do you do that a
fair amount? Yeah. Oh,
yeah.Since we lost Ross
, I haven'tslept .>> There's a
natural path ofwalking through
the doorways .>> Ruth Erickson
is the chiefcurator of Boston's Institute
ofContemporary Art. The
memorial,she says , is a way
for visitorsto understand gun violencevictims
as people , as more than
the headlines and statisticsthat pile
up annually in the United States
.>> We talk with the familymember
about how they want those
objects displayed. You know whatthey want
them to convey, and very often a Jersey
will befolded in such a way so
that theteam's logo can be shown
, or aguitar pick will be angled
insuch a way
so that one can seethe make of the guitar. So I
really take each brick as a kindof
portrait.>> They can no longer speak, sowe must
speak for the dead
in1993, Clementina Shari's
15 yearold son Lewis was caught
infatal crossfire in Boston.>> He'd
been on his way to ateens against
Gang violence ,meeting
a year later , Sharifounded the
Lewis D Brown Peace Institute in her
son's name .Lewis's brick
includes aChristmas hat and library
card for both the holiday
and books.He loved. What is the
experience of
interacting with these
homes?>> It's a mixed emotion.
The sadness
. It's anger that
thishas to happen
at the same time,it's a
sense of I want to say,celebration
. Celebration thatthey
are not forgotten
.>> Installations like this onemark an
evolution in what public memorials can be. The
GunViolence Memorial Project was a
collaborative effort, including
architects at Mass Design Group
.The artist Hank Willis Thomas
and Victims family members.>> We
are responding to callsand
responding to asks of
how dowe tell this
story in a way thatallows more of
us to seeourselves represented
in it.>> Mass design Group is also
the firm behind the
NationalMemorial for Peace and Justicein Montgomery
, Alabama , whichimmerses
visitors in thecountry's history of
lynchings .It teamed
with Hank WillisThomas
for the embrace , Boston's
memorial to Martin Luther KingJr
and Coretta Scott King,
witha focus on their love and the
firm is now working on memorialsto both
Emmett Till and the peaceful protesters
attacked asthey began a now
historic march in Selma. Nearly
60 years ago.Jean Demasi, who
leads thefirm's public memory and
memorials lab , says these
sitesshould be galvanizing
ones ,especially
for future generations
. In this case ,wanting to see
an end to gun violence
.>> And we continue
to insert these
houses in the public
sphere so that we are
having a conversation
about the impact ofgun
violence so that people just
demand more
.>> For the PBS NewsHour, I'm
Jared Bowen in Boston
, and that is the NewsHour
for tonight.>> I'm Geoff Bennett and I'm
Amna Nawaz on behalf of theentire
NewsHour team .>> Thank you
for joining us.[MUSIC] >> Major funding for
the PBSNewsHour has been provided by
. And supported by
the John D and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation committed to buildinga
more just , verdant and
peaceful world. More informationat
macfound.org .[MUSIC]
And with the ongoing support
ofthese institutions
. This programwas made
possible by the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting
and bycontributions to your
PBSstation from viewers like
you. Thank
you .[MUSIC]
>> You're watching
PBS.>> Thanks to the
amazing support from local businesses
, clubs andschools,
PBS Wisconsin can continue bringing quality
programing to you. Your
groupcan make a difference to visit
pbswisconsin.org . Slash
volunteer to get
involved. >> Towering
pillars of light Wisconsin Lighthouses
sparklingover the horizon.
These beacons
dazzle many lighthouses
The little guy? Yeah . So it's
the same image that's on
here.So look at this
little guy.Cool. There's a guy i n
thetower. cool.
>> Let's see if you can workthat
in there.>> Wrote articles on Ojibwe
folklore that were published inanthropological journals over
inGermany. [MUSIC]
was absolutely
a Renaissance man
.[MUSIC] one thing he wasn't
verygood at was operating a boat
.[MUSIC] In
September of 1887, a
stormblew up and he had left
the boattied up to the dock.>>
He hadn't put it away in theboathouse,
so he jumped out ofbed
, runs down to the dock,
andhe jumps into the boat with the
intention of salient to the
boathouse. The problem is that
he got pushed a little bit toofar
offshore.[MUSIC] loses
control of the boat.Next thing you
know, he's washedup on the beach at
Oak Island .[MUSIC]
>> The wind wrapped around andit swamped
the boat on the beachand filled it
up with sand.
Itwas unusable
.>> Marooned on nearby oak
Island. Yonker was
surrounded byan uninhabited
, densely wooded no man's
land. >> So he's out
there all byhimself , wet and cold
in hisjammies. >> He had no
shoes. He had noshirt. He had no
food. He was ina pickle. >>
The storm raged for threedays.
>> Meanwhile , his wife and
oneof his sons made an
unexpectedvisit to Raspberry Island to
seetheir father. It's a real
flukebecause she only did this,
like,once or twice a year, and
theyget there and there's nobody
there with a darkened
towerlooming over her.>> Catherine
had no time tocontemplate her
husband's disappearance
. She knew she had
to act fast.[MUSIC]
>> She took charge. She went
upthe tower of stairs
and figuredout how to light the
lamp . Even
there, in the dire distress ofthinking
her husband has lost somewhere in the lake.
Her firstthought is really?
We need toget the light
going again forthe safety of the Mariners
.[MUSIC] >> By day
three, Francis wasfiguring out
that if he wasgoing to
be seen , he
needed toget to a different
part of the
island. ob bound up
his feetbushwhacked across the islandand tied what was
left of thesail high in a tree
.[MUSIC] Desperate
, alone , Yonkers's
lastbit of
hope was fluttering in
the storm. But
in that dark tempest
night , hope
prevailed .[MUSIC]
signal was spotted
,taken back to raspberry
Island.The warm glow of the
lighthouse welcomed the
ragged Yorker home
.[MUSIC]
And .
It .
>> Was .
Then that
One-day Passes or
any one of the 100.
>> Hi , I'm James Steinbach.
I'ma volunteer here at PBS Wisconsin
. Taking just a quickbreak from this
remarkable program. And you
know, thelighthouses have a
special placein our imagination of
course,and also in the history of the
state. And this is somethingwhich I
thought I knew a littlebit about
lighthouses. Butwatching this program
andlooking at the book that it was
based on is really a great way
to understand much more aboutnot just
the lighthouses, but the people who kept
them, thefamilies that lived there, the
people who made this work, thepeople
who were dedicated to saving lives. And that's what
it's all about. And
this programhere is an important thing.
This program was made right here at
PBS Wisconsin with a producerfrom the station
, which isroutine of
course, for us to dothese great
shows. But everytime a new one
comes up, likethis, which is about
Wisconsin, I think this is only going
tohappen here at PBS Wisconsin . Noplace else
is going to do this.And for that,
it's worth mysupport. And I think
yours too.Call us at
one (800) 236-3636.>> Well, thank you James. I'm
Kerman Eckes I'm on the staffhere at
Wisconsin PublicTelevision and I am so
excited to be part of
bringing thisWisconsin Lighthouse s
to youthis evening and to give you
this opportunity to show your support for us
here . And when
you do, we have some wonderful,wonderful
thank you gifts. Letme run through those
briefly foryou right now. If you can
joinus at the $15 a month donation
level, you have your choice ofthree. Absolutely
fantastic items.
First of all, you canchoose the
copy of the show
thatwe've just that we're watchingright now. Wiscon
sinLighthouses. So you can go back
and see that wonderful footage again and
hear those storiesagain that James was talking
about, about the people thatmade lighthouses
so real and so important for us here
at theState of Wisconsin
. Or you can choose the book
that the show is based on. Again, that's
Wisconsin Lighthouses by Ken.And
Barb Wardius, and
fantasticbook. I've been
paging throughit and there are t he
photos arewonderful. There's
so many different stories. So
much morein depth
information that youcan get. So that's a wonderful
thing that you can choose or finally,
the third thing is this
great tote bag and it's a nice large
sized tote bag. It's veryheavy
weight and it has the CanaIsland
Lighthouse in the day inthe
daytime on one side and
thenin the evening when it's lit
upon the other side. So it'sperfect
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The book, and the tote bag. So we
have many waysto say thank you to
you forjoining us, but now we need
youto go to those phones and dial
one (800) 236-3636. , I'm David Hoffert,
a volunteer here at PBS Wisconsin,
and I want
to pick up onsomething. James just
said about no one else besides
PBSWisconsin would make
a show likethis . I'm sure there
aredocumentaries about lighthous es
out there right? But thereprobably, I
don't know, New England lighthouses. And yet
, asthis show talks
about the great Lakes, really these
inland seas ,right, are are
such an importantpart of the history of
thiscountry and such
an importantpart of the
story of Wisconsin .And so what
this program isreally doing
is, is capturing
that history that story
for us to remember and
enjoy andappreciate for generations
tocome. And it's a lot of
work,right? This this program tookyears
to make between theresearch and the
filming and theinterviewing , the experts
andthe editing, it's
a big deal to get something like this
over thefinish line and
we're able to do that at
PBS Wisconsin because weknow tha t
you have our back
and that's what happens when
you call
one (800) 236-3636 .
>> One of the things that Ireally
love about PBS Wisconsin is that
we can take you
places that you wouldn't be
able to getto. Perhaps
on your own either,because you have
little childrenthat can't get in there or
because you're not able yourself.And the
lighthouse on RockIsland is a
great example ofthat , because
you may not makethat
trek. You may not be ableto do
that, but you can go therewith PBS
Wisconsin and you cango
there with this terrificbook, wh ich
is from the from from Ken and Barb
Wardius. Andthis book is the basis
for theprogram that you're watchingnow. It's
a beautiful book
,beautifully researched, really
in-depth research. You
know, afriend of mine
talks about TV shows as the executive summary
of a book sometimes, and in a
way that's true. The show,wonderful as it
is, doesn't go into anywhere near the detail
that it does because
it can't.But it can still bring
you to a place,
invite you to share it,and you can
share it with your kids
and with your family. Sothat's w orth
something . Call usnow at
one (800) 236-3636.>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling,director
of friends of PBSWisconsin
. Ken and Barb , thanksfor coming
to in the PBS
Wisconsin studios. Thank you Eric. We've been enjoying
yourbook Wisconsin Lighthouses
aphotographic and historical
guide . So tell us
what inspiredyour
interest in lighthouses .>> Oh my
goodness. Over 40 yearsago
we visited Cana Island Lighthouse
in Door County, andwe were hooked on the
place.Just a magical
place. We wantedto learn
more about the historyand the
people, especially who tended the light. So
it allstarted for from
a request fromour friends
, go visit Cana Island
and we did .
And we've
been back dozens and
dozens oftimes since.
>> So it started with Cana
Island. Do you know how manylighthouses you've
visited ?>>
Well, all of them inWisconsin,
all 48.>> And how many times?>> Some
only once . And
some .
Oh,multiple times multiple
times,yeah .>> And how
did it become a
shared project for both of you?Was it
just something youarrived at together
?>> Yeah, it kind of was byaccident.
Barb and I neither oneof us are
writers . We always hada camera when
we traveled aroundthe
state , just mostly snapshot
for family type photos
. As we visited a
lighthouse or two, wetook some
pictures, some friendsof ours said
, hey, you got really
nice pictures here. Whydon't you write
a book ? We
knewno better again, neither
one ofus are experts
in that. But Barband I have
always been a team ona lot of
things that we do , andit just
went went from there. >> Well, that's
great . Was itvery difficult to research
thisbook ?>> The
research took a lot oftime. We were
still working atthe time when we did
all the research, so it would be after
work at night, doing that. Andthe int
ernet isn't what it is now, which is
fine . We had moreluck and more
accurateinformation from descendants
,historical societies
, librariesthat would furnish
us withinformation great great
.>> Well, we're going to hearmore
from Barb and Ken throughout the
program. Andright now we're goi ng
to go backand please make a
call and showyour support
for WisconsinLighthouses and
we'd like to say thank you with a
gift of Wisconsin Lighthouses
.>> Well, it was absolutelyfabulous to
hear that. That
partof that interview with Ken andBarb
Wardius , the authors of thebook
Wisconsin Lighthouses therewill b e
hearing more from them later on. But in
the meantime,we have plenty of time for
youright now to go to the phones
and talk to one
of ourvolunteers and also take takepart in some of these
wonderfulthank you gifts that we can send
you when you join us as a member
of PBS Wisconsin. So if you join
us at the $15 a month level, you
have your choice of
one of threeitems you can pick up
the DVD orBlu ray of the show
that we'vebeen watching . WisconsinLighthouses. Or you
can take acopy of the
book that everythingis based on. With
all thosegreat illustrations and extrastories or
for your thirdchoice, you can take the
wonderful tote bag that we have.The nice
large sized tote bag with illustrations of the
CanaIsland Lighthouse at night and
during the
daytime. So wonderfulgifts at tha t
level. You could also
join us at the $25 a monthlevel.
And we will send you all
three of those. So you'll getthe book,
the DVD, and the totebag. But
I want to spend alittle time talking
about a veryspecial gift level that would
beperfect for the young. Theyoungster in
your life, andthat's if you join us at the
$20 a month level. We
will send youa copy of the book.
Hellolighthouse. This is by SophieBlackall and
it is an absolutely
gorgeous book. I've been havinga chance to
page through it.Wonderful , wonderfulillustrations
in this book. A perfect
to fire the imaginationof the
youngster in your life
.But to come with that we
alsohave this wonderful night
light.And if you look at
thatnightlight, you can see it hasthis
wonderful illustration of alighth ouse in the daytime.
Butthen at night the lights come on
and the lighthouse and I just love
this. And then again in thedaytime it
will go back to
thedaytime view . Wonderful
for anyyoungster in your life. So
again, that's at that $20 amonth level.
So we have many different things to encourage
you to join us this evening.Like the
people that already have. If
you're one of those thank you. So much.
If you'renot, if
you haven't done that yet, please give
us a call at
one (800) 236-3636. You know, Ihave to
say, I have a youngsterin my lif e
and Berman wasletting me page t hrough the
bookearlier. , I happen to
be a sustaining member at the $20 a
month level. So this this seemslike this
could be kismet,right? But but I'll I'll
dealwith that after I'm done. I'mdone
talking to you. You know, Ithink
what matters most about aprogram like this
and a pledgebreak like this, is that
you feel a sense of ownership of
this kind of programing on
PBSWisconsin, and you want
tosupport it, and you find thelevel
that's right for you .Maybe it's one
of the giftpackages . Kerman Eckes was
talking about. Maybe it's justmaking a
donation to PBSWisconsin. What matters is th
atyou give us a call and show that
support at one (800) 236-3636.[MUSIC]
>> Intricate layers of
sandstone
Fog. Everyone on the ship was brought safely back
to shore.[MUSIC] The ship itself
was damaged beyond
repair and would remainthere
for nearly two years. Asit was cut
into scrap
.[MUSIC] salvaged long ago.
TheBartlemy still makes her
presence known today
, depending on how the waves
are coming in.>> You can still find
some coalon the beach from the wreck
ofthe Bartlemy.
>> Cana Island Lighthouse was
constructed to be a titan amongthe door
County lighthouses.
[MUSIC] reaches
89ft into the sky, with its
walls nearly fourfeet thick.
At the base .[MUSIC]
from Milwaukee, Cream Citybrick, the
lighthouse stood firm on the exposed
island while repeatedly put
to the test by fierce and
unpredictable storms.
>> Ten years into the life ofthe
lighthouse, they noticed it was weathering much faster
thanwas anticipated.
In the early1900s,
they put the metal cladding around it to
protect it, and
it's still there today, so like a countdown to the
rolling or you know, so I have a
sense of I don't
want to launchand go.>> Yeah.
>> Three minutes later check inwith them
. They're wondering,are you going to say
this verbatim? No. Okay. You will not
be saying that
verbatim. No.Deb, how would you like the
intro to go? I can give her a
countdown or.
I. >> So challenge
break right ? Weactually
have .>> Is
15 seconds enough for youto lead into
it should beperfect. >> Yeah.
>> So you have about 45 secondsto go
through the premiums and then 15 seconds to
lead in. Yep. Okay.
>> I want to show I watch
theshow. No, it's a
it's a have you have you seen it
David. It'slike a oh
yeah.>> Just so
I can wrap. I mean,how
would you like something
sothat you know
.>> Yeah . If you want
to do the 15, you want a
15 hand cut?>> Yeah. Yeah, I can
totally dothat. Yeah. >> Why don't we
do that?>> Perfect. All right. Twominute
warning, guys. Two minute warning. Thank you
. >>
Oh, yeah .
Huffaker Business, Badgers, andBeyond.
Lots of
.>> Hi. I'm James Steinbach. I'ma
volunteer here at PBSWisconsin. We're taking
just aquick break. Well, actually
,this might be a little bitlonger.
Break, because it's achallenge break. This
traordinary program thatyou're watching
now , made hereat the station
, made here in
Wisconsin, made for you. And this
is the premiere. So
this isreally something
to see. And this is a critical
t ime
to callus at one (800) 236-3636. And
make your pledge of support
because it's a challenge breakand your
pledge will be doubled .Call us now.
One (800) 236-3636and is a reason to call
us now,partly because it's a challenge
break, but also because thisprogram, I
hope, is really inviting you to explore
Wisconsin in ways
you may nothave thought of. You've
probablydriven by lighthouses. You'veprobably maybe even
seen a bookabout lighthouses. Maybe you've
visited 1 or 2. But to be able
to see so many in this oneprogram
is really an extraordinary opportunity. And
that's why we're asking you to
call one (800) 236-3636.
>> Well, hello, I'm Kerman Eckesand I'm
on the staff here at PBSWisconsin.
And now is the
perfect time as James mentioned, for you
to call and become amember of PBS Wisco
nsin becauseyour pledge, your donation willbe
matched dollar for dollar .It's a great
time for you to call and really,
really have awonderful impact. A nd show your
support for us here at PBSWisconsin. And
of course, whenyou do, we have some
thank yougifts that we'd like to send
your way at a $15 level. That's$15
a month. You have yourchoice of
three different items.You can
decide to choose a
copyeither in DVD or Blu
ray of Wisconsin Lighthouses
. The showthat we've been watching as
James mentioned, that's a
PBSWisconsin production
. Wonderful people from the station
herehave worked on this show
. It's areally beautiful show that 'sbeen
put together and again, that's at
$15 a month or you
canchoose a copy of the book
thatthe show is based on. Wisconsin
Lighthouses. That's by Ken andBarb Wardius,
a beautiful book with wonderful
illustrations.It's really more
much more indepth information about the
lighthouses . A great thing
foryou to add to your library
orfor your third choice, you canchoose this huge t
ote that wehave right here.
It's got theCana Island Lighthouse in the
daytime, and then on the otherside, the Cane Isla
nd Lighthouse at night
. So those are allfantastic. If you can't choose
between those, go ahead and joinus
at $25 a month and
we willsend you both the DVD, the
bookand the tote. So
we have many,many ways to say tha nk you whenyou
join us here at PBSWisconsin. Now go
to thosephones and call us at one
(800) 236-3636. , I'm David Hoffert,
avolunteer here at PBS Wisconsin,and I
don't think we've actually said this yet. We've said it's
achallenge break, but our goal is50
calls during this break
. Now,that's that's a pretty audaciousgoal
, right. But we have thatgoal
because we know that a
program like this means so
much to so many people
in this state,because it's personal. This is
our story
brought to your
airwaves because of our
collective work together
now,now, Kerman was just talking
about those gift levels, and you and you noticed she
kept saying, $20
per month
or $25 per month.That's
because the best way thatyou can support
programing likethis is
to become a sustaining member of
PBS Wisconsin . Give onthat
monthly basis. So that your
support doesn't run out. Justlike this
incredible programing
won't ever run out.
Give us a call
one (800) 236-3636.>> Helping you explore
Wisconsinis really at the heart of
ourmission. It's built
into what PBS Wisconsin is about.
And always has been
from thebeginning . And if you
thinkabout that , not every
PBSstation is able to do
this kindof work. Everyone would like to.
But not everyone is able to. And
the reason that we're able to isbecause
we have your support.And for generations,
people havesupported PBS Wisconsin and
that's what makes the difference. That's what makes
itpossible for us to do this program
and all the programsthat you enj oy. Some
are national that we
bring in, butmany of them are local
programs ,whether they're
documentaries or histories
or news and public
affairs, like here. And now.This is something
which every week you can count
on programsfrom PBS Wisconsin that
will take you
places you may not havebeen
. We'll reveal things youmay not have
thought about.That's really worth something,especially
during this challengebreak
. We want 50
calls. We'reat 11. We can do better
thanthat. Give us a
call one(800) 236-3636.
thank you James. And don't forget when you
do calland join us as a member
of PBSWisconsin this evening. We have
some. Thank you gifts that wecan send
you your way at. If youjoin us
at that $15 a monthlevel, you
have your choice of three different items. You
cantake a copy either in DVD or Bluray of the
show that we've been watching. So a
great way to go back and visit the
visit. Thoselighthouses once again. Or youcan
take a copy of the book byKen
and Barbara's WisconsinLighthouses. And this i
s thebook that everything
is basedon. So much more in depth
.Writing about the different lighthouses. There's some
greathistorical and current daypictures
of the lighthouses. So that's a wonderful addition
toyour library . Or you can
choosethis beautiful tote. It's a nice
large sized tote, a heavy canvas,and
it's a great way to showyour support.
So talk to one
ofour volunteers about that andthey can
help you on your way tobecoming a
member. In the meantime, we're going
to go backand see some more of
theinterview with Ken andBarbatteius. They have
somegreat more great informationabout the creation
of their book
.Wisconsin Lighthouses . So here'sKen
and Barb .>> Hi, I'm
Eric Greiling,director of
friends of PBSWisconsin. We're back
in thestudio with Ken and
Barb . Yourbook
was really
important to ourresearch, to make thisdocumentary
WisconsinLighthouses, and it really
is a companion
to the documentary.Can you give us a
bit of anoverview of your book?>>
Oh, it's broken down
geographically to different
sections of Wisconsin Lake
Superior Lake
Winnebago. We had no idea there were
lighthouseson Lake Winnebago when we
beganour research. And
then all therest
of the lighthouses are onsome
portion of Lake Michigan
. One one portion is
called the Bay of
Green Bay , and
then therest of the
coastline all theway down to the state line inLake
Michigan are there some
highlights of the book you'dlike to call
out?>> Any special features?>> One of our fa
vorite stories involves the Lueck family
atSand Island Lighthouse . EmmanuelLuke
was the keeper there, andhe brought his
bride , Miss Ella,
at 16 years of
age , to live on
the island with him. Well, lighthouse
life was difficult.She
lasted about ten years and
left Mr. Lueck went out east,remarried
and became aregistered nurse, but don'tdespair
, Mr. Luke found love anddid
remarry and have two children on sand Island
, andthat's not the only
story abouta
woman being in a
lighthouse ora lighthouse keeper.>> Is it
? No, no, it's not Barband I grew up
in Milwaukee
.There's a lighthouse in Lake
Park , Milwaukee, North Point
Light. When we went there to
doresearch, we learned of a lady
by the name of Georgia
Stebbins .Once we
learned a little bit ofher story
, fascinating woman, ahead
lighthouse keeper for over
30 years at Milwaukee NorthPoint. That was
very, very rareduring
that era . Just
a fabulous
,hard working mother
, wife andlighthouse keeper and
we'regoing to hear more about GeorgiaStebbins
in this next segment. >> So let's
go back to theprogram
. We'll come back to Barband Ken
later. And if you wantto have
a copy of WisconsinLighthouses as your tha
nk yougift, please give
us a call at one (800) 236-3636.
gain, this is a challenge break
. Our goal is
50calls. We're at 31. But I bet
we're actually at more than thatbecause the
phone lines arebusy. If you are currently
waiting to get through
pleasestay on the line. You
can alsogo to pbswisconsin.org , but your
call will be answered and itwill count
towards thatchallenge break. We
just need a little patience because there
isa great response , which ofcourse
is incredible. We just heard a bunch of
informationabout the stories in this
book.I want to point out. It's
alsojust a great like road tripguide
, right ? My wife and
I havehosted exchange students for afew
years, and we've planned these epic road trips
and we'vebeen saying
we should do more inWisconsin
. What a great opportunity to kind of
have ahave ideas
planted of where weshould
go and what we shouldexplore right in
our ownbackyard. But whatever your
motivation , maybe it's
the book,maybe it's
supporting a programlike this
. We are now up to
36calls going for 50. Give us a
call one (800) 236-3636.>> You
know, PBS Wisconsin is
all about Wisconsin. That's
whatwe're here for. That's why it'sin
our name . And
you know, ifyou think
about the programsthat carry the name
, you know,Wisconsin from the air Wisconsin
Hometown Stories Wisconsin odie
, that's not an
accident.It's because
we are focused resolutely
laser focused onWisconsin
stories. And in fact ,Wisconsin stories. There
we go.So that's
something which youcan really count on. And
isdifferent from any otherstation. Certainly
becausethey're not in Wisconsin. Buteven
with that, we do anextraordinary
amount of localproduction and
production thatis for us by
us, about us . Thisprogram is
a terrific example of
that. And it's made possiblebecause
generations of folkshave
supported PBS Wisconsin and
I kind of think of
it becausethere was a
time when I was notable to support
something likethis, and now I can and
I thinkabout the people now who are
watching and enjoying, and they'd like to do
it, but maybethey
just can't do it now. Andso my
contribution is sort of away of paying
it forward for,
for the time that they will do it.
So meet us at this challengebreak. If
you can,
at one(800) 236-3636.
now, I like what Jameswas just saying
about paying itforward. I like
I'm a member of
PBS Wisconsin and I like tothink that
when I do that, I'mhelping to bring
all of theseshows to people all across
thestate. And to me, that'ssomething
that's very important. So if that's something
that'simportant to you , call us right
now during this challenge breakand we
will put your your
pledgeof support to work
immediately.And we'll also send you
somewonderful thank you gifts andlet me run
through these again briefly. If you join us
at that$15 level, a
month, the $15 amonth level,
you have your choice
of three different items. You can
have a copy of the DVD
or Blu ray of
the show thatwe've been watching. Or you canhave a
copy of the book , whichagain, is
this fabulous book. Wisconsin Lighthouses by Ken
andBarb Wardius. We've been hearingfrom
them and the book I likewhat David
said about it being ait could be
a road guide for youas you're t ouring
Wisconsin andlooking at lighthouses, but no
matter how you use it, it's afabulous
book and it's something you'll want in your
library. Oryou can choose to take
thisbeautiful canvas tote. It's anice large
sized tote on one side side. It has
the CanaIsland Lighthouse at night
andon the other side is
the CaneIsland Lighthouse. At daytime.So
these are all great. Or youcan
take all three of
these ifyou call and become a member
atthe $25 a month level
or so.That's something you canconsider
. Then we also have
onespecial level that I'd like
totalk to you about. And this isfor
$20 a month. And we'recalling it kind
of thechildren's level because itincludes a
fabulous book calledHello Lighthouse
withillustrations by Sophie
Sophie Blackall
and the illustrationsare
absolutely beautiful, butthe
story is beautiful too. Ittells about
a lighthouse keeperthat comes. It t
alks about theday to
day life in the lighthouse, the lighthouse
keeper's family comes . There aregood
things that happen and badthings that happen.
So this is a fabulous book. But we
alsoinclude this wonderfulnightlight
and the nightlight isin the
daytime. It's a lighthouse in the daytime
. Andthen when the lights go out
, thelights come up on the on
thelighthouse in the in the
nightlight. So I think it'sabsolutely any
child would love this. I would
love to have this nightlight at my house.
I justthink it's absolutely wonderful.But
you would get that that bookand
the and the
nightlight for$20 a month.
So we have manyways to say thank you to youwhen
you join us here at PBSWisconsin
. But it starts with
you going to the phone anddialing
one (800) 236-3636.>> So I don't know if
you caughtthat right. As the camera cutaway from Kerm
it, but we havereached our goal of 50 ca
lls. We're
at 52. That's okay. Thechallenge break
continues andyour
donation will still bematched
. We're going to we'regoing to bump
up the goal. Let's say 70 calls during this break
.It's really
incredible to see the level of
excitement that we
have for such a unique
programlike this . Now I
have to admit, one
of my favorite experienceswatchi ng
PBS Wisconsin is I
comehome . I just, you
know, sit downon the
couch, turn on the TV. Ihave no idea
what to expect, butI turn to PBS Wisconsin and
justI just get sucked in. Right.There's
something so compelling,so interesting that I'm
justthere . That's a pretty
coolexperience. It's also
a coolexperience to have known inadvance.
So , for example, if
youhad your "Airwaves" magazine,you
wouldn't even have to openit this time. You'd just be
on the cover. You would
know thatthis premiere was happe ning
tonight. That's one of the member benefits you get
when you donate any amount to
PBSWisconsin of course, you mightalso
be interested in thosethank you gifts,
but we aregoing for 70 calls. We're
at 55.Give us a call
one(800) 236-3636. we're going to be
back tothe next segment of the
lighthouses show WisconsinLighthouses
in just a minute. But
one thing that you may notknow is
that even after the program is done, there's
anopportunity to explore in depth.If you
go to the PBS Wisconsin
website , you'll be
able to see a virtual tour of the
Cana light,which lets you
inside the light
,and also you can walk up the
stairs without actually walkingup the
stairs, which is kind ofcool
, especially if you're notgoing to be
able to get there.Maybe tomorrow. So you
can goand check that out. This is
thekind of thing that is importantto
us at PBS Wisconsin . Theprogram is
important, but the program is a way
for us to give you something of
value. And when there are things
in additionthat we can do, like that,
likethis virtual tour or the
educational programs that wethat
we provide for schools andteachers, whether it's
homeschool or public schools orprivate schools or
parents athome , these are really
importantpieces of what
PBS Wisconsindoes. It's not it's not just
TVanymore. It's pretty broad, but
at the heart of it, at the heart
of it are these extraordinaryprograms and right n
ow, duringthis challenge break, and we're
at 63
on our way to 70, keep
oncalling. If you get if you don't
get through right away, stickwith it.
Call us at
one(800) 236-3636. when you do call
us andbecome a member here at PBS
Wisconsin, we have some fabulousthank you gifts
. Let me very quickly run through these
foryou. If you call and become
a member at the $15 a month level,
you have
your choice of threedifferent items.
You can take a copy of either a
DVD or Blu rayof
Wisconsin Lighthouses. Thewonderful
program that we'rewatching this evening, or you
can take a copy of the book
Wisconsin Lighthouses by Ken and
Barbatteius . This is
where everything came from.
This isthe inspiration for the programthat
we've been watching or youcan also have thi
s wonderful
canvas tote , and it's a
niceheavyweight canvas tote. Butwhat
really makes it stand out
are these beautiful illustrations. These
are also by Sophie
Blackall , the wonderfulartist
that has done so much forus here
at PBS Wisconsin. But
onone side is the Cana Island
Lighthouse in the daytime and onthe other
side is the CaneIsland
Lighthouse at night. So it's an absolutely
beautifultote. If you would like
allthree of those items, call
andbecome a member at the
$25 amonth level and we will send
youthe DVD. The book
, and the tote.And don't forget, we have that
special children's level as well
that features the copy of the book.
Hello Lighthouse. Againwith those by Sophie Blackall
,and that nightlight.
So many,many thank you
gifts. Ourvolunteers can go ove r thoseagain
with you . So
give them acall at
one (800) 236-3636.>> And we are about to
go back to the program to
the to thefinal segment of the prog
ram tonight we just hit
our goal of70 calls. But
keep calling aslong as you
are waiting to talk
to a volunteer. When the
programresumes , your
gift will bedoubled
. Making a program likethis is a risk
, right? What if people don't want it?
Well,clearly you do. That's reallyimportant to
know. Give us a
call one (800) 236-3636.[MUSIC]
And thank you
. For.
Cleaning their hard
work wouldnot be in vain.
>> The pride of place theBenton's
imbued in raspberry isa
legacy that continues
today .[MUSIC]
>> Raspberry Island is
a tributeto the keepers that came before
there were stewards of the light. The
tower , the home
.[MUSIC] think they would be
pleasedto know that it's been welltaken
care of. It's been restored and
company is welcome because there's something
to see .[MUSIC]
a new purpose
. A secondlife, lighthouses
themselves have now become
keepers of history.
>> It's important to preservethat
maritime legacy and
heritage . It gives you
aconnection to the
history, the people
really takes you back
intime .
[MUSIC] lighthouses
have aconnection to an
era that is
long gone , but it's
important tokeep that
history alive
.[MUSIC] it's individuals
orthe park Service, there
arecustodians of these lights who
continue to maintain them
forthe historic resources
they are
being able to see this
span of a century and a
half of thehistory of
Wisconsin, allencompassed
in the buildings .>> Those people
are gone, butthe stories still
remain .>> Stories
of courage , duty
and family.
Lighthouses continue
toinspire and capture the
imagination. >> I think what
draws people tolighthouses .
Is a lot of .>> Thank you
.
>> Hi, I'm James Steinbach. I'ma volunteer.
Here at PBSWisconsin
. And this
extraordinary program, which Iknow. I know
you're enjoyingbecause here you are at the
endof it and you're still listening
to us ask you for money, whichis a
good thing to do because itisn't just
about the money we need that
. Absolutely need that.That's why we ask. But it's
alsoabout the support, the mostimportant thing
you can do as aperson in Wisconsin
is to watch PBS Wisconsin
and to share thatwith other
folks, to tell them about the show you watched, to
sit down with other folks and
watch it. That's really whatwe're about. It's
community.It's about Wisconsin . We are
here because of you
. We are here because you and
I support
PBSWisconsin and we support it withour
dollars. We support it with
our thoughts. We support it with
our eyeballs. It's all animportant part of
PBS Wisconsin .So keep
on doing those things.
Keep on, keep on sending themoney, keep on sending
yourselves. Keep on sharing withyour kids
and call us
at one(800) 236-3636.
thank you James.>> I'm Kerman Ec kes on
the staffhere at PBS Wisconsin. And if
you've already called us this
evening, thank you so much. Ifit's
something you've beenthinking about
doing, now's the perfect time to go
to those phones and talk to
one of ourvolunteers . And of course,
don'tforget , when you do join us
hereat PBS Wisconsin this evening.We
have some fabulous thank yougifts that,
and I'll run throughthese briefl y
for you right now.If you call and become
a memberat the $15 a month level,
youhave your choice of one of three
items you can take a copy of on
either DVD or Blu ray. WisconsinLighthouses
. The fabulous show that
we've just finished watching, so you
can go throughthat again. Or you
can get a copy
of Wisconsin Lighthousesthe book by Ken and
BarbWardius. So a great way to
goback and get some more in-depthinformation
about those lighthouses
. And finally , foryour third
choice, we have thisabsolutely fabulous tote and
Ilove this tote. It's a niceheavyweight
canvas tote. Butwhat really makes it stand
outis the artwork. That's
on thetote itself. The artwork i s
doneby artist Sophie
Blackall andshe has
done a beautiful illustration of
Cana IslandLighthouse in the daytime
on oneside, and then on the other
side is the Cana
Island Lighthouse.At night . So
absolutely beautiful tote
a great way if you're into lighthouses. This
issomething that you're going towant to
add to your collection .Or you can
get all three ofthese
with a commitment at
$25 amonth here for PBS Wisconsin
. Soit all starts with you
going toyour phone and dialing
one(800) 236-3636. I'm
David Hoffert. I'm avolunteer here at
PBS Wisconsin,and I get to say, but
wait,there's more because there'sanother gift
level that I didn't have time to talk
about. They're right in between the
two. At $20a month, where you get
more ofthat. Sophie Blackall Art. So
this is a children's book. Hello
,lighthouse, with a lot of herillustrations
and also
a nightlight
. And this is the thisis the
same artwork that was onthe tote
bag that Kermit wasjust showing you. This
one'spretty cool though, because it'sthe daytime
artwork now, and I can't show this to you in the
moment, but if it got
dark, itwould be the nighttime artworkon
that same bag . And this isart
that that Sophie Blackallmade
for PBS Wisconsin for
this,that tote bag and thatnightlight.
You cannot get that anywhere
else. So this is agreat time
to show your support. Give us a call
one(800) 236-3636. in this
last segment wewere watching, we heard the
story of Georgia Stebbins and
this is a woman you
saw theshow. You know that. Who dedicated her
life to keepingthe
light. And she stayed there.What did
it say? She stayed there
never spending a nightaway from the
lighthouse. Never spending a night away
from thelighthouse. Is that thededication
of that is really
worth knowing
and telling these stories. Telling these
storiesabout Wisconsin folks
who youmay never have heard of, who
have done these extraordinary things.
It's one of the
thingsthat I really value about
PBSWisconsin. It's great to have the celebrities and all
thethings that we do when we do
music. But the greatest thing iswhen
we see our neighbors
andour friends and the historiesfrom the
past that really reveal to us something about
wherewe've come from and perhaps
where we're going as well,because it
all connects. And I think that that's something
thatPBS Wisconsin really
celebrates and encourages
you and engagesyou
and invites you to
share. So give us,
give us a call.
One(800) 236-3636. s
, James. And when youcall us this
evening here at PBS Wisconsin and become a
member,we have those. Thank you gifts.
Let me run through thesebriefly. One more time for
you.If you call and become a member
at the $15 a month level, you
have your choice
of one
of threeitems you can take a DVD or Bluray copy
of the program that we've just watched, so
thatfabulous show on WisconsinLighthouses
. Or you can take acopy of
the book that everything is based on. Wisconsin
Lighthouses by Ken and Barb Wardius. So that's a
great indepth look at at
otherlighthouses . More information
.Fabulous photographs
are also included and
your third
choiceat that
$15 a month level isthis tote
bag by with
art bySophie Blackall. A
beautifultote , a nice heavy
weight, buton
one side it has the Cana
Island Lighthouse and that Sophie did specifically for
ushere at PBS Wisconsin. We have
it at night or during the
day,so talk to one of
ourvolunteers. They can run throughthose levels
and thatinformation for
you once againin the meantime, we're going
togo back one more time to talk
toKen and Barbatteius again. Theauthors of
the book that end thebook
of Wisconsin Lighthouses
and the inspiration for
the show. So enjoy hearing
from Kenand Barb
.>> Hi, I'm Eric Greiling,director of
friends of PBSWisconsin. We're
back with Barband Ken
now .
You two areprobably the experts on
Wisconsin Lighthouses for folkswho are
just inspired by the
program, they just watched, what
kind of tips do you have
forvisiting lighthouses aroundWisconsin
?>> Lighthouse festivals are agreat
time to go the ApostleIslands has
one in the fall around labor Day and
Door Countyhas one in
the spring and in thefall, and there
are lighthousesthat are often open th
at are notopen to the public during th
erest of the year.
It's a goodchance to go and a
lot of thoselighthouses are not open to
thepublic, but some are.>> What kind
of guidance do you have of
the 48 lights in thestate?
>> Eric? Less than a
third ofthem are open to the public
andonly a portion of those are in
any kind of form of
, you know, good
restoration where you'dwant to go
in and really look atwhat life was
like back in the1800s. For
example , there's anumber of
lighthouses that havefriends
, organizations involvedwith
them. Those are very, very
helpful to check their resourcesout
as well .>> Speaking of
resources, inaddition to your boo k, what
kinds of additional resourceswould you
recommend? >> Oh my goodness
, we were so blessed by so many people and so
many organizations
helping withresearch, public
libraries ,historical
societies . There's a
number of lighthouse researchers throughout the United
States, acouple names come to mind
TerryPepper . Com
and Lighthouse
Friends dot
org are a
wealth of information of
lighthousesthroughout the Great Lakes, aswell
as the entire country, andwe
should say you also have a
lecture on our
university place series, which folks can
findonline .>> We do
. That's great. That's great.
you so much for
coming into the studio . Thankyou for
watching. I hope you've enjoyed
Wisconsin Lighthouses.If you
want to make a gift tosupport this
program, takeadvantage of some of our thank
you gifts . Like this bookWisconsin Lighthou
ses . You canmake
that call right
now at one(800) 236-3636.
now I'm going to say butwait, there's
more . Again
, youknow , the
program is over and maybe you'll be getting
a Bluray or
DVD of it with your withyour thank you
gift. But we actually are going
to havecoming up here a behind the
scenes of how this
program wasmade . I mentioned this
at an earlier break. It took years
tomake this between the researchand the
filming and the interviewing, I
mean, this is a major undertaking
, and you'regoing to get to see
kind ofbehind the scenes how that all
works. So stick for
around that .But
you know, it's important
toremember that a program likethis is
a big risk for
PBSWisconsin again, took
years tomake this
. We need to know that
it matters to you. We need to know
that this is the thing thatyou want
us to keep doing, andwe're going to
know that whenyou give us a
call, one(800) 236-3636, you know, tomake a
show like this takes
a lot of people.
clearly the peoplewho you see in the
show, thepeople who make the show and
Kerman has been very modestabout this because
Kerman, whoyou've been hearing from, was
akey part of the crew that made
this show. I'm just going to say that
because she won't she didall the sound
work on it. Thank you. Kerman, but
it also takespeople who give the financial
support, which is why we havethese pledge
breaks. There are some folks who are
in a positionin their lives
where they canmake a really gen erous donation,and
perhaps that's true for younow. And if
you are in a position where you could
give$1,000 a year as part of our
leadership circle, this is agreat time to do it. There'
s never been a better
time toexpress your support for PBSWisconsin
now , whatever you
give, whether
it's $20 or $1000,that's
what is correct for youto do.
And that's what the
bestthing to do is. But if you' re
ina position where you're able togive
it that higher level ,please think about
it. It'ssomething really , I believe,worth
supporting. And I hope youdo too. So
call us at
one(800) 236-3636. no matter what level
you can join us this evening,whether it's,
as James said,that $1,000 level or any
otherlevel that you that you can
manage to do , it is a
wonderfulthing for us here at PBSWisconsin.
And it's so very important and when you
do that,we have some thank you gifts
that will send your way. Let me run
through these again for youbriefly. If you
call and becomea
member at the $15 a monthlevel, you
have your
choice ofthree items. The DVD or Blu
rayof the show that we've justwatched
. Wisconsin Lighthouses .Or you can
take a copy of theWisconsin Lighthouses book
byKen and Barbatteius
. Or you can have the fabulous tote bag with
that art by Sophie Blackall
.That has the
Cana IslandLighthouse in the daytime.
Onone side, and a beautiful
Cana Island lighthouse
at night . Ifyou would
like all three of these, call
and join us at the$25 level. A
month. A monthlevel
a month point and we
willsend you
all three of theseitems. So that's
a fabulous wayto say
thank you. We also have
one more special group that I'dlike to
tell you about. And this
is at $20 a month. We will
sendyou a copy of hello lighthouse.This
is a Caldecott winning bookby S ophie
Blackall. The art inthis book
is absolutely
fabulous. It is absolutelygorgeous
to look at, but also ittells a wonderful story
ofpeople trying to tend the
lighthouse and keep the lighthouse going. Plus, we'll
send you this wonderful
night,nighttime Nightlight that
has the
called the lighthouse in
thedaytime and then it
lights upand you see the lighthouse at
night. And again, the art isalso
by Sophie Blackall. Sothat's at
$20 a month. So wehave many
wonderful gifts thatwe can send
your way. You cantalk to
our one of our volunteers and get some
moreinformation about them. And itall starts
by dialing one(800) 236-3636.
you know, I know thatthat last
package that Kermitwas just talking about with
thewith the children's book and thenightlight,
I mean, it sounds like it's geared for
kids, right?But like, let's be
honest, Ihave a nightlight in mybathroom,
right? So that when Iwake up
in the middle of thenight, I can
see something andlike, yeah, I can
g o on Amazonand
I can buy like one of thosejust blank circular lights. Butbut th
is is a piece of
art. Thisis a way to have art i n
mybathroom. As well as thefunction of
a nightlight. So I think all of those
gift levelsare really appropriate foranybody at
any phase of life .And of course, that's the point
,is that we're talking about
things that are meaningful
across generations . A
programlike this brings us
together asa state and
a community. Jameswas talking about people who can
afford to give a larger gift. If
that's out of reach for you,right now
, maybe you can put usin your
estate plan and become apart of the
Heritage Society.There's all sorts of ways
to bea part of the PBS Wisconsin
community. What matters is thatyou
call and start that process.
One (800) 236-3636 we've talked about about all the
work thatgoes into making a program like
this. , it takes
years ofresearch
, production , editing
,writing , re-editing
, sometimes it really is a
labor of love and ,you know, in
your own life that things that are good
take time.Things that are
good are not easy.
And that's something whichwe kno w
here. And we appreciate
,we appreciate in craftspeople.We appreciate
it in our own crew
.It's something that really makesa difference.
We think and so wewant to take
just a few minutesnow to show you
a behind thescenes look at
some of the workthat went
into making this a really extraordinary show that
brings a show like WisconsinLighthouses
to life, made it come to life because
of you. Sothank
you for that. Take a look
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It's that easy, kids
. >> Well, we hope
you enjoyedthat. Behind the
scenes look,giving you just a little
tasteof some of the work that thefabulous
field crew that went out and brought back
theseimages and these sounds of theselighthouses
just to give a
shoutout, you saw the two primary
videographers, James Donovan and
Mike Barron, and then
also EmilyJulka, who did some ad ditional
photography on the show. You sawJeff Pfeiffer, he
is theproducer of the show. And of
course, there were many otherpeople that
were so involved in the, the, the post-production
work grant Fenster and so many
others that were were involved
.So but this fabulous show ishere
because of you and otherpeople from
around the state whosay
PBS Wisconsin is something that I value. I
love seeingshows that are so Wisconsin
specific and that's because of
your support. So if it'ssomething you've been
thinkingabout doing, now's the perfect
time for you to call us right now
and join us here duringduring our last
minute or twohere
before we go on to our nextshow
and talk to one of ourvolunteers. Don't
forget, wehave some fabulous thank yougifts
for you. We have. If youjoin
us at that $15 level, amonth, you
can take your choice
of the DVD or Blu ray of the show that we've just
watched.You can take the book WisconsinLighthouses
or the absolutelybeautiful Tote with the artwork
by Sophie Blackall, or you cantake
all three if you join us atthe
$25 a month level. You canhave both
the book, the DVD andof course
the beautiful canvas tote
. Don't forget, we also havethat children's
level. If that's something that you're interested
in and that's at $20 a month.We'll
send you the copy of theFabulous
book hello , lighthousesor
the wonderful Night Light
that you can enjoy . So
we hopethat you've enjoyed this
show .We were
so pleased. Thank you for everybody that has
joined usthis evening . But please give
usa call at
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>> In the afternoon, a
tailwindkicked up with
gusts greaterthan 20 knots. The
NationalWeather Service declared a
smallcraft advisory
that kept Paul Vogue and his kayak out of the
water. The waves grew
to fivefeet and began
pushing thesailboat ahead of the swimmers.
>> It's looking pretty choppy tome
, so we'll see how it goes.
Man, you just . Don't
fight it.Don't fight the lake.
So try and find a rhythm where
you're insync with what's going on. And
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>> As darkness approached
thewind and waves
persisted. Out ofconcern
for the swimmers
safety,the captains began discussingthe
possibility of aborting the
swim .
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you look down into .>> And you
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. >> Swimmer
on deck .
Oh, yeah. I'm sure .
Ten.
Four. >> Hi. I'm
James Steinbach. I'ma volunteer here at
PBSWisconsin. We're taking a breakfrom
this show. This is reallyan extraordinary
show because
itnot only tells you
the story ofthe lake, but it tells
you thestories of the
lake and thatlast
guy, the fisherman . I wasthinking
about that and thinking about. He said
this wonderful statement about how
you alwayswork with
the wind. You know
, Idon't have it exactly right
, butit was such
a great reminderthat everybody
, everybody whoknows the
outdoors, which is so many people
in Wisconsin, know that you you can
never fightthat. You have to understand
it.You have to live in it.
You haveto be
respectful of it and this
program is all about being
respectful. It's all about that
.And speaking of that, we
have achallenge break coming up. Sothis is a really important
timeto call. And pledge becauseright now
your your support yourpledge has doubl
ed dollar fordollar. Call
us at one(800) 236-3636. And
make yourpledge of support
. >> Well, hello, my
name is Kerman Eckes
and I'm on the staff here at PBS
Wisconsin. AndJames mentioned that this is
achallenge break. And we have a
goal of 20 people calling
induring this break. So it's theperfect
time for you to showyour support for
PBS Wisconsinand for
quality programing ,like, like the
show that we'rewatching right now, this
this ispossible because
of people likeyou that call in and
say, yes,this is something I value.
AndI'm willing to make a financialcommitment
to support. And when you do that, we
also have somewonderful thank you gifts for
you. Let me run through those for you.
If you call and becomea member at
the $10 a month level, we will send
you thiswonderful iHeart PBS Wisconsin
Cap . It's in the
blue and white,which are
the colors for
PBSWisconsin. So it's a great way
to show your support. Plus,we'll send a
vinyl window cling that shows the outline
of theGreat Lakes . So that's
really ,really a nice
thing. At the
$10a month level, if you
call andjoin us at the
$14 level, a month level, we
will send youthe copy of the book,
The Deathand Life of the Great Lakes.
Andthat's by author Dan Egan. Thisbook
is absolutely wonderful and
again, to really go into some ofthe
concepts and the ideas andreally keeping a
tab on what'sgoing on
with the great Lakesand
especially Lake Superior. Sothat's
at that $14 a monthlevel.
And then we also have
the $20 a month level
in which we'llsend you the cap, the
decal, andthe book . So many
ways to saythank you to you. But
now weneed you to go to this
phone anddial one (800) 236-3636.>> Hi, I'm
David Hoffert, a volunteer here at
PBS Wisconsin .This program is
kind of kind of cool for me in
particular, Icouldn't I honestly can't tellyou
why . I've always
had a thing for
Lake Superior. It's there'slike a lore.
There's a myth of it. I was doing
some hiking afew years ago in the
Porcupine Mountains and on
day two, wehiked up to the lake
and thenall the way along the l ake,
andI just, I got to Lake Superior,
and I just had
this, like, spiritual moment of, like
, wow.Right. And honestly
, that's Ithink what
PBS Wisconsin captures
for me so often is
thatthat just sense of awe
and wonder. Right. And,
and I wasfortunate enough to be up thereand actual
ly see it and put
my toes in it.
But like PBSWisconsin
takes us to these places, even if you
don't havethe luxury of driving up there
and doing it yourself , that'sthe
kind of programing that you're supporting when you call
during this
challenge break.Give us a call one(800) 236-3636.
this program comes from
usfrom PBS North
, which is inDuluth. And
that's one of the strengths of the
PBS system isthat is it stations share with
each other. Speaking of sharing,can I have
that hat ? Carmen,
would you please give me that
hat? Thank you. I had no hat
. Ihave a hat now
. I feel better. Ifeel
better, I do ,
and this isone
of the things about PBS isthat each
station is responsible to its
community. So PBS North
what they focus on is a Dulutharea
and that we focus on thestate
of Wisconsin. But we
recognize that there areprograms
that cross over , and it
isn't something where then somebody just hangs on
to it anddoesn't let anybody else haveit. And
the lawyers go get at it.It's really a question of
whatmakes sense for our community.And this
program clearly makes sense for us as
much as it does
in Duluth, which is why we'reasking you
to support us duringthis challenge break. So
call us. We're at
five calls. We'reon our way to 20.
I know we can do that.
Call us at one(800) 236-3636.
And I'm going togive Carmen
back her hat .>> Well, thank
you , James.
Andagain this hat
is something thatwe can
send to you when you joinus here at PBS Wisconsin.
This evening
, if you call
it that, $10
a month level, we will sendyou not
only the very stylish
hat that you saw, James wearingthat says,
I heart PBS Wisconsin ,but we also
have a wonderfulvinyl decal. It's a window
clingthat it says it's for cars
, laptops and water bottles,
butit shows the outline of thegreat Lakes. So t
hat's a greatsomething
, especially if you
youlove the great
Lakes. And ifthey're important to
your lifethat might be a wonderful thing
for you to have. If you call andbecome a member
at the
$14level, we have the absolutely fabulous book The Death and
Lifeof the Great Lakes. This is
byauthor Dan Egan. He's aMilwaukee reporter
, has this.The
book was actually a finalistfor the Pulitzer
Prize, whichtells you
something of the impact that this book
has andthe information that's there.And
the stories that it'stelling.
It's certainlysomething that if you'reconcerned about
the environmentand the Great Lakes, it'ssomething
that you're going towant, want t o
have in yourlibrary
. If you would like allof these
items, call and become
a member at $20
a month andwe'll send you the hat
, thewindow cling, and the book
. Butwhatever level you
choose, itall starts with a phone
call toone (800) 236-3636.
You know, if you watch thenews
regularly and probably you watch PBS NewsHour
regularly,you know , they're always talking
about ecological crises
in inbodies of water
in particular,you know, coral reefs dying
and,and pollution. And so
on . What Ithink
is so powerful about aprogram like
this is it makes it
personal. It reminds us thatit's not
just out there in theocean somewhere
. It's
our lakes,right here in the
Midwest , right
.And you
know, studies have shownthat
when the news is personal
,when it matters to you
, that'swhen we do something about it.And so we
need programs likethis to kind of keep
us grounded .And you're only
going to findthem on PBS Wisconsin.
Give us acall one (800) 236-3636.>> Every
gift is an important gift. And
whatever you feel
isthe appropriate amount
for you,that's that's what you should
do .
Whether it's $20 a month or. Butbut
I do want to talk aboutpeople who
are in a position intheir lives where
they can makea really generous gift every
gift is generous, but a verygenerous
gift of $1,000, a year.These supporters, the
leadership ,supporters
, make it possible forus to
have that much more toinvest i n our
programs. Now,that's not going to be
everybodywe totally get that. But if
you're in a position whereyou're saying, you know, we
could do that now, we
couldn'thave done it 20 years, or we
cando that now. Consider makingthat gift
, especially during a challenge thing. We're not
goingto be able to well, I don' t
knowif we can get you. That's a
goodquestion. If you make achallenge gift of $1,00
0 rightnow , I guess
we put in $1,000more. That's pretty good. Call
us at one (800) 236-3636.>> And
remember as Jamesmentioned, this is a
challengebreak. So far we've had sixpeople call
us this evening. Thank you so very
much . Weappreciate your support. But
wehave a goal of 20 people callingus
and becoming members. So please step forward. If
you canand call the number on your
screen and talk to one of ourvolunteers.
They'll tell youabout our thank you
gifts. Ihave them here and I'll talkabout
them very briefly. If youcall and
become a member at the$10 a mont h
level, we'll sendyou the iHeart PBS Wisconsin
cap. It's a nice warm it's goingto
keep you warm on those thosecold winter
days. But it willalso show your support
for PBSWisconsin and along with that,we'll
also include a vinyl decal. It's an outline
of theGreat Lakes . Again, it's a
greatway to show that this issomething
that's important toyou in your life. With
both ofthose items. So
that's $10 a month if you call
and join us at the $14 a month
level, we havethe fabulous book, The Death
andLife of the Great Lakes. Andthis is by Milw
aukee JournalSentinel reporter Dan Ega
n . Andit was
the book was also afinalist for the
Pulitzer Prize.And it's going through and
talking about some of many ofthe stories
about the greatLakes, the environmental
impacts, things that are
affecting the Great Lakes. Rightnow, things that
will take usinto
the future with our greatLakes, a
great addition to yourlibrary and
then again, that's
$14 a month or if you wouldlike,
all of these, call andbecome a
member at the
$20 a month level and we'll
send youthe hat. The decal, and the
book. So we have many
ways tosay thank you to you when youjoin us. This
evening. But nowwe need you to take the step of
going to your phone and dialing
one (800) 236-3636. now
, I feel like a
program like this kind of defies
categorization. But if I had
topick one genre, I would probablycall
this an educational
program. Right? And what what
PBS Wisconsin is so
good at isthe
variety of educationalprograms
that that honestly don't feel
educational, like ,like you're just
as entertained and enthralled
by this asanything else you're watching on
TV. And yet you're also walking
away learning something . Andwhen you
support PBS Wisconsin,you're
not only allowing foreducational programs, but
alsoour educational mission in theclassroom
and beyond . What
matters is that we continue to do that. With your
support. One(800) 236-3636 thank you
.
Five four. >> Hi, I'm
James Steinbach. I'ma
volunteer here at PBSWisconsin
. And you know , it's so
fun to see those
kids doing that radio show
. And who knows with
any luck, they'll be part ofWisconsin
public media down the road. But, well,
they are sortof right now doing this
, andthey're doing something reallyimportant becaus
e they're doingsomething for
their community.And that is
exactly why
PBSWisconsin is here. Now thecommunity is
the state , but it'sstill
our community and theprograms that
we do programslike this, which
which actuallywas done by the folks in
Duluthand they shared it with usbecause
we knew that you wouldcare about it
. The programs that we're able to
bring, you are programs that are
reallydesigned their only purpose is
to bring you somethingworthwhile
. We want to make surethat we're
respecting your intelligence. We're
respectingyour thoughts and a
program likethis really is
part of that.It's part of how we
I think, canreally
make sure that we're giving you something worth
yourtime. So if you think so,
and Ihope you do call us at
one(800) 236-3636. thank you James. I'm
Kerman Eckes on the staff hereat
PBS Wisconsin. And when
youcall us this evening and showyour
support for programs likethe
one that we just watched,you'll talk
to one of ourvolunteers and we have somelevels at which
we'll send you athank
you gifts. Let me runthrough those for
you right now.If you call and become
a memberat the $10 level, we'll send
youtwo different things. We'll send
you a PBS Wisconsin I heart PBSWisconsin
cap. It's great forthe winter
months. They'll keepyou warm if you're up
by LakeSuperior, you're going to need
something like this, but it'llshow your support
for PBSWisconsin. We'll also send you
avinyl decal that you can put on
your car or your laptop, or your water
bottle, and it shows the
outline of the great Lakes. So if
the Great Lakes are importantto you in
your life, that'ssomething you might want to
consider. You could also join usat the
$14 a month level, andwe'll send you
a copy of the book, The Death and
Life of theGreat Lakes by Dan Egan
. He's aMilwaukee Journal Sentine lreporter
and has written a very comprehensive book here about
the Great Lakes. It's reallysomething a
great addition toanybody's library. And then if
you would like all of these,call and become a mem
ber at the$20 a month
level and we'll send you the cap,
the decal, and thebook
. So many ways to say
thankyou to you , but it all
startswith a phone call at one(800) 236-3636.
>> Hi, I'm David Hoffert. I'm avolunteer
here at PBS Wisconsinand I
want you to pay attentionto
two things that Kerman justsaid.
The first was differentpledge amounts
. There was $10 amonth,
$14 a month, $20 a month.There's
no one amount that is
the membership level
for PBSWisconsin
. The amount that is
right for you is the amountthat's
right for us. There are
75,000 families in Wisconsin that contribute
to make PBSWisconsin possible. Some
of themgive a lot, some give
a little,and it all adds up to
thequality programing that you'reenjoying h
ere tonight.
Thesecond thing I want you to pay
attention to is the fact thatshe said $10 per month,
$14 permonth, $20 per month. That's
because the best way to support
PBS Wisconsin is by becoming a
sustaining member, giving that
monthly gift and having
it continue
until you ask us tostop. That's
how these programs keep coming
to you
reliably.Give us a call
one(800) 236-3636 .
>> One of the best elements inthis
in this program, I think,is the
way it weaves together these diverse
, differentstories, whether whether it'sabout the
fond du Lac band orfishing
or sporting swimming,certainly
into a
, a program, a tapestry
that has all these different
strands, all of whichfocus on the lake
and on theneed to care about the
lake. Andthat, that that I think
isreally critical. I also want to
mention the volunteers that wehave here tonight,
the volunteers are from the
ersity League. We could notdo
these programs without the volunteers because who
would beanswering the phones
, which you should be calling
right now
tothank? Yep, yep
. There we go. Wegot a
call. You could be next
. Call
us at one (800) 236-3636.These
people are giving their time
and it is part of what
makes it possible for
PBSWisconsin to keep doing what wedo
. So give us a
call one(800) 236-3636.
be going on to our nextprogram in
just a few minutes. But you still have
plenty oftime, as James said, to give usa call
, talk to
one of ourvolunteers and
they will takeyour information and
help youbecome a member of here at
PBSWisconsin. You can also
goonline and you can take a look
at our thank you gifts and ourdifferent
levels that we have,where you can show
your supportor you could scan the QR codethat's at
the bottom of yourscreen right there
. If that's something that you would
like todo. So there are lots
of ways to join us, but it all
starts withyou going to the phone and
giving us a call when you do, we
have some thank you gifts thatwe can
send your way. Let me runthrough those
once again,briefly for you at the $10
amonth level. We have this wonderful I
heart PBS hat. It'sin PBS blue
and white are kindof our unofficial
colors here atPBS Wisconsin
, and we will alsosend you a
vinyl decal thatshows the outline of the
GreatLakes. So again, if the Gr eatLakes
are important to you,that's something you might wantto consi
der. If you join us at
the $14 a month level, we
willsend you a copy of the book, TheDeath
and Life of the GreatLakes by Dan
Egan, a MilwaukeeJournal Sentinel reporter. Andit
was also a finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize. So a fantastic book then, if you would
like allof these, call and join us
atthe $20 a
month level and we'll send you the cap,
the decal, and the book
. So again, we have
manyways to thank you , but it all
starts with you. So please dialone (800) 236-3636.
>> And at any of those levels
ofgiving, you get additional
membership benefits for
PBSWisconsin, you get the monthly
"Airwaves" magazine , which willtell
you about what's coming uplive on the
air, and you get access to PBS Passport.
So , youknow,
"Airwaves" is good for what's going to be
on TV tonight. But in this modern
age of streaming, you
know, maybeyou're watching
Superior LakeSuperior and you're like, youknow,
I never got around towatching the Ken
Burns NationalParks documentari es
. Well,actually, right now for alimited
time, that's availableon PBS,
Passport, and you can stream it on
demand as part ofyour membership benefit with
P BSWisconsin
. What matters is thatyou are
contributing to this community and making
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givingus a call. One (800) 236-3636.>> You
know, another way that you can
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great way for people who havesupported
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long time. Or maybe itisn't a l ong time. But say
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along time. It's something thatmatters to
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something to think about. But
in the meantime, call us
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, that's that'swhat's important. However
youdecide to do it in terms of
yourgift, the most important thing
is that you're watching and thatyou share
what you see with somebody else
. Talk about it . Isaw this
great show on PBSWisconsin last
night, or theother
day , and here it
is .Here's the
name . And as
we justtalked about with
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But callus now.
One (800) 236-3636.>> Thank you James. And of
course when you do call us,you'll talk
to one of our volunteers. You can
also takepart in one
of our thank you gifts. Let
me very briefly runthrough those one more time for
you. If you call and become amember
at the $10 a
month level,you can take the wonderful
PBS Iheart PBS Wisconsin Cat hat andwe'll a
lso send you the vinyldecal that
shows the outline ofthe Great Lakes.
So that's at $10
a month. If you call andbecome a
member at $14 a month,we'll send you
a copy of the book. The Death and Life of the
Great Lakes. This is by
authorDan Egan, who's a reporter forthe
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. As I mentioned earlier,
it was a finalist
for the Pulitzer Prize,a very c omprehensive book
talking about the some of the
many, many elements that arefacing
the great Lakes today . Orif you
would like all of these,call and become
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evening, thank you so much. Weappreciate
your support. So verymuch.
You still have time tocall and
talk to one of our volunteers. So please dial
one(800) 236-3636. Thank
you so much .