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 w
ants .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 .
Hi, I'm James Steinbach. I'm a volunteer.
Hereat PBS Wisconsin. We're just taking a quick break
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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 c
ontributepersonal 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 t
hem 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]
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This programwas made possible by the
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Thank you
.[MUSIC] >> You're
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andschools, PBS Wisconsin can
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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
f ast.[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
a ny 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
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but now we need youto go to
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, 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
p hotos
. 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
a nd all the programsthat you enjoy
. 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
c opy 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
o f 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] l
ighthouses 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
o f 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, r
ight? 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
y ears
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 .>> All right,
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.>> I gotta say, I've never had
anything this ridiculous on mybody before
, but, man, this is alifesaver
.
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
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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 go
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. >> As
darkness approached thewind and
waves persisted.
Out ofconcern for
the swimmers safety,the captains began
discussingthe possibility of
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. Just
a black abyss that you look down into
.>> And you got to pay attention
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>> Swimmer on deck
.
Oh, yeah. I'm sure .
Ten. F
our. >> 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
a nd 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
i t'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 t
onight. 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
s trands, 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
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One (800) 236-3636.>> You know, another way that
you can support PBS Wisconsin
isthrough a state plans
. This is a great way for people
who havesupported PBS Wisconsin, perhapsfor
a long time. Or maybe itisn't a l
ong time. But say you've been
supporting for 30 or40
or 50 years. You can ensurethat tha
t legacy will
continuethrough your state plans. And
that's something which, if that
interests you, give us a calland we will make
sure to hookyou up
with somebody who can kind of walk
you through the insand outs of that. It's
notsimple, but it's not hard
. Andthis is something which reallyjust requires simply
making a decision and saying you know, I
supported PBS Wisconsin for along time. It's
something thatmatters to me
. This is anotherway that I can guarantee
thatthis is going to continue intothe
future. So something to
think about. But in the meantime,
call us now at one
(800) 236-3636 and make your pledge of support because
however you decide to support
PBS Wisconsin , 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
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assport, youcan even see it agai n.
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
a member at the $20 level and we'll
send all ofthese to you. For
those of youthat have joined us this
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 .