>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "IN
WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK WISCONSIN BEES ARE
MYSTERIOUS LY DISAPPEARING.
DISCOVER HOW THIS MILWAUKEE
WOMAN HELPS PEOPLE INVOLVE BIG
HEALTH DILEMMAS BY CHANGING
LITTLE EVERYDAY HABITS.
FIND OUT HOW SCIENTISTS USED
THIS ODD-LOOKING CONTRAPTION TO
PROCESS THROUGH THE PROBLEM OF
INVASIVE SPECIES.
PLUS WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW SOME
SENIOR CITIZENS ARE REDUCING
THEIR PROPERTY TAXES BY GOING
BACK TO SCHOOL, GRADE SCHOOL,
THAT IS, "IN WISCONSIN."
>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN
WISCONSIN" IS PROVIDED BY THE
PEOPLE OF ALLIANT ENERGY, WHO
BRING SAFE, RELIABLE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY
TO KEEP HOMES, NEIGHBORHOODS
AND LIFE IN WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, OFFERING
ENERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
PAUL B. CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE
CANCER CENTERPROVIDING CANCER
RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
TREATMENT.
UW-PAUL B. CARBONE
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER.
COMPREHENSIVE AS DESIGNATED BY
THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE.
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE
WEB.
AND BY THE ANIMAL DENTAL CENTER
OF MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.
>> MOST OF US PROBABLY DON'T
GIVE MUCH THOUGHT TO BEES OTHER
THAN WHEN WE GET STUNG OR ENJOY
SOME GOOD HONEY.
WHILE BEES MAY FLY UNDER THE
RADAR THEY'RE ACTUALLY CRITICAL
TO OUR AGRICULTURE SYSTEM
POLLINATING VEGETABLE AND FRUIT
CROPS.
A RECENT PHENOMENON THAT HAS
BEES SUDDENLY DISAPPEARING FROM
THEIR HIVES HAS SCIENTISTS BOTH
PUZZLED AND ALARMED.
PRODUCER LIZ KOERNER REPORTS ON
HOW STATE BEE KEEPERS ARE
SEARCHING FOR CLUES TO THIS
MYSTERY.
>> CAN YOU SMELL IT?
IT SMELLS GOOD, HUH?
MEDICINAL.
FULL OF MAGIC.
>> SHE'S KNOWN AS THE BEE
CHARMER.
THE PRODUCTS OF MARY CELLEY'S
MAGICAL MINISTRATIONS ARE
OFFERED THIS WEEK AT THE DANE
COUNTY FARMER'S MARKET.
CELLEY HAS BEEN CARING FOR
HONEY BEES FOR 26 YEARS.
>> YOU JUST HAVE TO GO KIND OF
SLOW IN ORDER NOT TO KILL THE
BEES.
>> TO KEEP HONEY BEES HEALTHY
ISN'T EASY.
IN THE 1980s INSECTS BEGAN
ATTACKING THE BEES.
>> WE'VE LOST HALF OF THE HONEY
BEES IN THE LAST 30 YEARS IN
THE UNITED STATES.
>> IN THE SPRING OF 2007
WISCONSIN BEE KEEPERS BEGAN
LOSING THEIR COLONIES IN A VERY
MYSTERIOUS WAY.
>> NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO THEM AFTER THEY
LEAVE THE HIVE.
>> THIS IS A HIVE, THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO TO THEM.
THERE IS NOTHING HERE.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN IT WAS
QUEENLESS AND THEY JUST
DWINDLED BUT A LOT OF -- THERE
WAS A BROOD.
THEY ARE LEFT WITHOUT THESE
HATCHING OUT, SEE?
>> THIS IS A HIVE THAT HAS
ABSCONDED, WHICH MEANS THEY ALL
LEAVE, NOT JUST PART OF THEM,
ALL OF THEM.
>> IT'S CALLED COLONY COLLAPSE
DISORDER AND EVEN THOUGH MOST
BEES DON'T RETURN TO THE HIVE,
CELLEY SAYS SHE'S NOTICED
DISTURBING BEHAVIORS NEAR HER
BOXES.
>> THIS IS A BEHAVIOR I DON'T
LIKE.
THAT BEE IS NOT WELL.
IT'S STUMBLING AROUND.
ITS DISORIENTED.
>> COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER WAS
ALSO SEEN IN SOME SOUTHERN
STATES BACK IN THE FALL OF 2006.
>> THESE BEES ARE JUST WORN
OUT, TATTERED, TORN.
>> RESULTING IN LOSSES OF UP TO
90% OF THE HIVES.
>> THERE IS INDICATIONS THAT
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 20
YEARS OR MORE.
IN FACT, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
THAT SUGGEST THAT THEY HAVE
SEEN SIMILAR THINGS EVEN IN THE
1890s.
>> AS WITH ANY GOOD MYSTERY
THERE ARE MANY THEORIES
FLOATING AROUND.
>> ONE OF THE THEORIES IT'S IF
THE IMMUNE BECOMES WEAKENED AND
THEY BECOME SUSCEPTIBLE TO
INFECTIONS.
>> IT COULD BE A FUNGAL
DISEASE, A NEW INSECT, OR MAYBE
JUST --
>> ANOTHER THEORY POINTS TO A
NEWER CLASS OF PESTICIDES
CALLED NEONICOTINOIDS THAT WORK
SYSTEMICLY.
>> IN SOME EXPERIMENTS SOME
LETHAL DOSAGES OF THOSE HAVE
CAUSED BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN
THE BEES.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT FRANCE
HAS BANNED THE USE OF THIS IN
MANY AREAS IN USES BECAUSE OF
BEE LOSSES IN FRANCE AND THE
BEE KEEPERS PETITIONED TO TAKE
THE CHEMICALS AWAY.
THE CHEMICALS ARE GONE AND
THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THE SAME
PROBLEMS.
>> SOME FEEL THE BEES ARE
SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF
TRAVELING TO WORK.
THEY POLLINATE MORE THAN 130
CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES
INCLUDING CRANBERRIES IN
WISCONSIN.
THE BEES ARE SENT FROM CROP TO
CROP ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON
SEMIS, WHICH MAY STRESS THEIR
IMMUNE SYSTEMS.
CHRIS WERNER RUNS A BUSINESS
THAT PROVIDES RESPITE FOR BEES
IN THEIR OFF SEASON.
THE BEES IN HIS CARE SPENT THE
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR
WORKING IN ONE STATE AFTER
ANOTHER STARTING IN CALIFORNIA.
>> MOVING BEES IS DEFINITELY A
FACTOR IN COLONY COLLAPSE.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD SAY
THAT IT WAS MOVING BEES THAT
CAUSED ALL THESE COLONIES TO
COLLAPSE, NO, I DON'T THINK YOU
CAN DO THAT.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF FACTORS, SOME OF WHICH ARE
ENVIRONMENTAL THAT THE BEE
KEEPER HAS NO CONTROL OVER AND
SOME OF WHICH WE HAVE A GREAT
DEAL OF CONTROL OVER.
HOW WE MOVE THE BEES AND WHEN
WE MOVE THE BEES.
WE LEAVE THEM ENOUGH SPACE THAT
THEY HAVE ADEQUATE FOOD STORES.
>> TO DATE NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE
TO DEFINITIVELY PROVE ANY OF
THESE THEORIES BUT RESEARCHERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN
WORKING HARD TO SOLVE THE
MYSTERY OF COLONY COLLAPSE
DISORDER.
NOW A NEW STUDY SEEMS TO
PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT CLUE.
RESULTS PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER
2007 ON THE JOURNAL OF
SCIENCE'S WEBSITE SAID ONE
ORGANISM IS ACUTE PARALYSIS
VIRUS OF THE BEES WAS STRONGLY
CORRELATED WITH COLONY COLLAPSE
DISORDER.
THE STUDY POINTS TO BEES THAT
WERE IMPORTED FROM AUSTRALIA AS
A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF THE VIRUS.
THE RESEARCHERS ARE CONTINUING
THEIR WORK TRYING TO FIND OUT
WHETHER THE VIRUS MIGHT CAUSE
COLONY COLLAPSE BY ITSELF OR IN
COMBINATION WITH OTHER
PATHOGENS AND STRESSES.
MEANWHILE BEE KEEPERS ARE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP
THEIR BEES HEALTHY.
>> I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
LEAVING TODAY.
THEY SOUND HAPPY.
>> WE'LL BRING YOU AN UPDATE
WHEN AND IF SCIENTISTS ARE
DEFINITIVELY ABLE TO PINPOINT
THE CAUSE OF COLONY COLLAPSE.
THIS NEXT REPORT ALSO FEATURES
SCIENTISTS WHO ARE YOUR GENTLY
WORKING TO SOLVE AN
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM AND IT
ALSO INVOLVES TINY CREATURES.
THESE SCIENTISTS WORK BY SEA.
ANDY SOTH REPORTS.
>> A FOGGY DAY IN THE
DULUTH/SUPERIOR HARBOR.
DON REID IS TESTING A NEW
RESEARCH FACILITY.
THIS NETWORK OF TANKS AND PIPES
MAY HELP SCIENTISTS AND
ENGINEERS DEVISE NEW WAYS TO
KEEP INVASIVE SPECIES OUT OF
THE GREAT LAKES.
>> THE IMPACTS THAT ANY ONE OF
THESE SPECIES CAN HAVE ON THE
ECOLOGY OF THE GREAT LAKES CAN
BE DEVASTATING.
>> DEVASTATION BY INVASIVES
LIKE ZEBRA MUSSELS.
THERE WERE NO COMPETITORS.
IT BEGAN TO CROWD OUT THE
SPECIES AND CHANGE THE HABITAT.
>> THEY HAVE LATELY ENTERED THE
GREAT LAKES IN THE BALLAST
WATER OF SHIPS.
TAKING ON BALLAST IS A
NECESSARY WAY TO MANAGE A LARGE
SHIP'S WATER LEVEL AT SEA.
>> WHENEVER SHIPS GO BACK AND
FORTH THEY NEED A SYSTEM OF
BALLAST IN THEM TO HELP WHEN
THEY'RE NOT CARRYING ACTUAL
CARGO.
THE BIG GOAL THEN IS TO FIND
SOME WAY THEY CAN DO THIS
PROCESS SAFELY.
>> THAT'S THE BIG GOAL OF THE
NEW FACILITY.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY A SHIP'S
BALLAST SYSTEM PUT ON LAND.
>> THIS FACILITY IS KIND OF
DESIGNED TO MIMIC THE PLUMBING
AND PIPING ON SEA WAY SIZE
CARGO VESSELS.
THE PUMPS THAT WE HAVE ARE VERY
SIMILAR TO THE CARGO VESSELS
AND THE DISTANCE THE PIPES
TRAVEL THE WATER TRAVELS IS
VERY SIMILAR TO THAT ALSO.
>> THE IDEA IS TO GIVE
RESEARCHERS AND COMPANIES
DEVELOPING METHODS TO ELIMINATE
INVASIVES IN BALLAST WATER A
REALISTIC SIMULATION OF SHIP
CONDITIONS.
>> SOMETIMES A TEST IN A
LABORATORY MIGHT SHOW THAT A
SYSTEM HAS POTENTIAL FOR BEING
EFFECTIVE BUT WHEN YOU TAKE IT
OUT IN THE REAL WORLD SITUATION
WE FIND OUT THAT IT DOESN'T
WORK QUITE AS WELL.
>> IN LABORATORIES A NUMBER OF
POTENTIAL APPROACHES HAVE BEEN
EXPLORED.
METHODS SUCH AS FILTERING
BALLAST WATER TO GET INVASIVES
OUT.
DESTROYING THEM WITH
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND USING
CHEMICAL BIOSIDES TO KILL THEM.
THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE A
PROVING GROUND FOR RESEARCHERS
TO COME IN AND PERFORM
LARGE-SCALE TESTS TO DETERMINE
IF THE METHODS ARE SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE.
>> WHEN A TREATMENT SYSTEM
ARRIVES FOR INSTALLATION TO BE
TESTED THIS SECTION OF PIPE
THAT YOU SEE HERE WOULD BE
REMOVED.
AND THE TREATMENT SYSTEM
ARRIVING ON A PALLET OR SOME
KIND OF STRUCTURE AS A BASE
WOULD BE PUT RIGHT IN THIS SPOT.
>> SOURCE WATER FOR TESTING
POTENTIAL TREATMENTS WILL BE
TAKEN RIGHT OUT OF LAKE
SUPERIOR.
>> IN THE DULUTH/SUPERIOR
HARBOR WE HAVE A VARIETY OF
ORGANISMS.
ORGANISMS OF MANY OF THE SAME
TYPES THAT WOULD BE RELATIVES
OR SAME CLASSIFICATION OF
ORGANISMS.
THESE ORGANISMS WOULD BEHAVE
SIMILARLY.
IF YOU FIND A CHEMICAL THAT
WILL KILL ONE TYPE OF THEM IT
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO KILL
THE SAME TYPE OF ORGANISM
ELSEWHERE.
>> BEFORE A SYSTEM IS BROUGHT
IN FOR TRIAL THE SCIENTISTS
NEED TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE.
A SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WOULD
KILL NEARLY ALL ORGANISMS.
>> WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THE
NEEDLE IN A HAY STACK OF A LIVE
ORGANISM.
>> IF IT PROVES EFFECTIVE THE
NEXT THING IS TO TRY IT ON A
SHIP.
FOLLOWING SHIPS FROM PORT TO
PORT IT HITS THE ROAD.
>> OUR MOBILE LAB IS DESIGNED
TO MEET THOSE VESSELS AT THEIR
PORTS OF CALL AND WE CAN
ACTUALLY DO THE SAMPLING THERE
AND WORK ON OUR SAMPLES RIGHT
ON SITE.
>> THE CUSTOM RV IS PLASTERED
WITH SPONSOR DECALS.
UNIVERSITIES, GOVERNMENT GROUPS
AND SHIPPING INTERESTS HAVE
COME TOGETHER UNDER THE GREAT
SHIPS INITIATIVE TO FIND A
TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION TO
INVASIVE SPECIES.
THE WORK WILL BE LONG AND
PAINSTAKING BUT THE REWARDS
COULD BE GREAT.
>> THE SOONER WE CAN SLOW OR
HOPEFULLY EVEN STOP THAT INFLUX
OF ALIEN ORGANISMS, THE BETTER
OFF THE LAKES WILL BE.
>> THE FIRST TEST DRIVE ON A
BALLAST WATER TREATMENT METHOD
WAS PERFORMED EARLIER THIS
MONTH AT THE SUPERIOR HARBOR
FACILITY.
SCIENTISTS TESTED A MARINE
PESTICIDE THAT DEGRADES IN
SUNLIGHT AND HAS ALREADY BEEN
SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN
SALTWATER.
THE METHOD IS NOW AWAITING EPA
APPROVAL.
>> NOW SOME HEALTH NEWS.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT AND THAT'S
BAD NEWS FOR WISCONSINITES.
A 2005 STUDY BY THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
SHOWED THAT MORE THAN 60% OF
ADULTS IN WISCONSIN ARE EITHER
OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE.
THE CDC FOUND ONLY 22% OF
WISCONSIN ADULTS ARE GETTING
THEIR FIVE SERVINGS OF FRUITS
AND VEGGIES EACH DAY.
MANY POOR NUTRITIONAL HABITS
THAT LEAD TO WEIGHT PROBLEMS
LATER IN LIFE BEGIN IN
CHILDHOOD AND WHY A STATE
PROGRAM IS TARGETING YOUNG
PEOPLE AND FAMILIES IN ATTEMPTS
TO CREATE GOOD HABITS EARLY ON.
ART HACKETT REPORTS.
>> IN THIS KIND OF STUFF IT HAS
JUST WAY TOO MUCH SUGAR, OKAY?
>> TO CHILDREN AT A SUMMER DAY
CAMP IN MILWAUKEE CHERYL HORNS
IS THE LADY WITH THE BIG BOWL
OF PLASTIC FRUIT AND INFLATABLE
PYRAMID.
>> YOU'LL SEE THIS A LOT FOR A
LONG TIME, OKAY?
WE HAVE FIVE FOOD GROUPS.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU LEARNED
THIS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
>> SHE'S A NUTRITION EDUCATOR
WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN EXTENSION.
HORNS TALKS TO STUDENTS ABOUT
THE FIVE FOOD GROUPS IN THE
SCHOOL CAFETERIA.
IT'S GOT POSTERED BY THE DAIRY
INDUSTRY.
MILK IS OKAY, HORNS TELLS THE
STUDENTS BUT SOME MILK IS
BETTER THAN OTHERS.
>> SKIM MILK IS COMPLETELY FAT
FREE.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'VE EVER
TRIED SKIM MILK.
WE HAVE A FEW.
OKAY, BRAVE SOULS.
THIS IS GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, ALL OF THE MILK GIVES YOU
THE SAME VITAMINS AND NUTRIENTS.
HOWEVER, YOU ALL ARE YOUNG AND
I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO DRINK
REDUCED FAT OR LOW FAT OR
FAT-FREE MILK.
>> THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR
HEALTH CONSIDERS CHILDHOOD
OBESITY TO BE AN EPIDEMIC.
BEING OVERWEIGHT TRIGGERS TYPE
II DIABETES AND SETS CHILDREN
UP FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
AS ADULTS.
>> A LOT OF PARENTS DON'T HAVE
A LOT OF GOOD EATING HABITS
THEMSELVES SO IT TRICKLES
THROUGH THE FAMILY AND THE
CHILDREN ADAPT THOSE SAME
BEHAVIORS.
WELL, WE HAVE A VICIOUS CYCLE
GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> HORNS HAS BEEN WITH UW
EXTENSION FOR SIX YEARS.
HER INTEREST IN NUTRITION GOES
BACK MUCH FURTHER.
>> MY GRANDDADDY, HE HAD A
GARDEN.
A HUGE GARDEN.
ACTUALLY THE GARDEN WAS ABOUT
THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE LOT SO A
HUGE LOT AND HE ALWAYS HAD US
OUT IN THE GARDEN.
ALTHOUGH HE WORK AT A MEAT
PACKING COMPANY ALL OUR LIFE,
HE ALWAYS MADE SURE IS THAT WE
ALWAYS HAD PLENTY OF VEGETABLES
AND MY MOTHER WAS THE KIND THAT
WE HAD TO EAT OUR VEGETABLES.
>> LATER ON TODAY, IT WILL BE
GOOD IF YOU COULD HAVE
VEGETABLES FOR A SNACK AND
DEFINITELY HAVE VEGETABLES FOR
DINNER.
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU KNOW
YOU'LL HAVE VEGETABLES FOR
DINNER.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
THINK ABOUT IT.
>> HORNS JOB ALSO TAKES HER
INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES FOR
ONE-ON-ONE VISITS.
>> I WAS TALKING WITH BETTER
WAYS OF EATING BETTER FOR
MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN.
>> OFTEN HER CLIENT IS SOMEONE
LIKE MONIQUE ENROLLED IN A
PROGRAM TO IMPROVE NUTRITION
FOR MOTHERS OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
>> WHAT STORES DO YOU SHOP AT?
>> PICK AND SAVE, SAVE A LOT.
>> HORNS TEACHES FROM WORKBOOKS
PREPARED BY UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN EXTENSION STAFF.
SHE IS NOT A DIETITIAN, RATHER,
HER JOB IS TO SHARE THE
RESEARCH OF OTHERS WITH THE
PUBLIC.
THE CURRICULUM FOR ADULTS GOES
BEYOND THE FOOD PYRAMID.
TODAY WARRENS AND BREWER ARE
GOING OVER THE UNIT ON
STRETCHING THE FOOD BUDGET.
THE WORKBOOK HAS SAMPLE
SHOPPING LISTS, MENU PLANNERS
AND TIPS FOR SPENDING LESS AT
THE SUPERMARKET.
>> LARGE DISPLAYS AND END OF
AISLE DISPLAYS CAN MAKE YOU
THINK SOMETHING IS ON SALE EVEN
THOUGH IT REALLY ISN'T.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY PUT THE
STUFF ON DISPLAY BECAUSE THEY
NEED TO GET RID OF IT BEFORE
THE EXPIRATION DATE.
>> THERE IS AN EXERCISE IN
FIGURING OUT UNIT PRICING.
BREWER GRABS A BOX FROM THE
SHELF SO SHE AND HORNS CAN TALK
ABOUT LABEL READING.
HORNS SPENDS LOTS OF TIMES
TALKING ABOUT SERVING SIZES.
THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHEN CALCULATING
CALORIES.
>> LIKE WHEN PEOPLE BUY THE BIG
GRAB BAG OF CHIPS, YOU KNOW,
GENERALLY THE SMALL BAG IS ONE
OUNCE.
THE BIG GRAB IS PROBABLY LIKE
TWO OUNCES, IT CAN BE LARGER
BAGS, FOUR OUNCES AND SO ON AND
SO FORTH.
ALL THAT INFORMATION HAS TO BE
MULTIPLIED.
THAT'S WHY SOME PEOPLE LIKE OH,
ALL I HAD WAS A BAG OF CHIPS.
OKAY.
IF YOU ATE A BAG LIKE THIS,
THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD I'LL
SAY OVER 1,000 CALORIES IN THAT
ONE BAG.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WHY
THEY START TO PUT ON EXTRA
WEIGHT OR CAN'T MAINTAIN THEIR
WEIGHT.
>> MY FAMILY, WE COOKED A LOT
OF SOUL FOOD.
IT WASN'T PORTION SIZES, IT WAS
JUST EAT UNTIL IT IS GONE.
>> GREEN AND MEAT.
>> IN ADDITION TO SCHOOL
CHILDREN AND HOMEMAKERS, HORNS
ALSO WORKS WITH GROUPS OF
ADULTS.
>> TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT FOOD SAFETY, OKAY?
I REALLY LIKE THE ONE-ON-ONE
INTERACTION WITH THE HOMEMAKER
BUT THE GROUPS ARE REALLY NICE
BECAUSE I CAN GET SUCH A
DIVERSE POPULATION AND I CAN
WORK WITH ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE.
NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS THE BEST
WAY TO WATCH DISHES, THE FOUR
STEP METHOD.
>> HORNS TEACHES THE FOUR STEPS
TO THESE WOMEN CURRENTLY
WORKING ON THE 12 STEPS.
META HOUSE IS A RESIDENTIAL
TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR WOMEN WHO
ARE DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSERS.
IT OFFERS THE CLASSES BECAUSE
RECOVERING SUBSTANCE ABUSERS
ARE FACED WITH REBUILDING THEIR
ENTIRE LIFESTYLE.
>> IN THE CLASSES WE TALK ABOUT
HOW MILK AND STUFF HELPS YOU
LOSE WEIGHT OR GAIN WEIGHT OR
WHATEVER.
WE LEARN HOW TO COOK.
>> I ALSO LEARNED HOW FOODS
AFFECT ME.
>> HORNS ALSO TEACHES THE
NUTRITION CURRICULUM TO JAIL
INMATES AT THE MILWAUKEE HOUSE
OF CORRECTIONS.
BUT IT ALL TURNS BACK TO THE
NEXT GENERATION.
AS SHE WORKS THROUGH A KITCHEN
SAFETY EXERCISE WITH THE WOMEN
AT META HOUSE SHE QUESTIONS THE
WORKBOOK'S CRITICISM OF
ALLOWING CHILDREN IN THE
KITCHEN.
>> HOW OLD ARE YOUR CHILDREN?
>> 12.
>> OLD ENOUGH TO COOK.
MY CHILDREN THAT ARE STILL AT
HOME.
I HAVE THREE CHILDREN BUT I
HAVE TWO THAT ARE YOUNGER, 11
AND AGE 8.
THEY I WILL ALLOW TO COME INTO
MY KITCHEN WHEN I'M COOKING.
THEY USUALLY COME AND ASK CAN
THEY HELP DO SOMETHING.
THEY CAN STIR, THEY CAN SHRED,
CUT, WASH, OH, YES, THE KITCHEN
OR COOKING IS A JOB FOR THE
WHOLE FAMILY AS FAR AS I'M
CONCERNED.
WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THIS THING.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO EAT SO
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HELP.
>> BECAUSE AS SHE TELLS THE DAY
CAMPERS THERE IS ENOUGH WORK
AND OFTEN ENOUGH FOOD TO SHARE.
>> DO YOU THINK THIS IS ENOUGH
FOR TWO PEOPLE?
>> YOU BET IT IS.
OKAY.
>> AS ART POINTED OUT IN HIS
REPORT CHERYL HORNS DOES HER
WORK THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN EXTENSION.
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION IS
ALSO PART OF UW EXTENSION,
ALTHOUGH IN A DIFFERENT
DIVISION.
>> OUR FINAL REPORT THIS WEEK
DEALS WITH THE PAIN OF THE
PROPERTY TAX BILL.
IF YOU'RE A SENIOR LIVING ON A
FIXED INCOME, THAT TAX BILL
COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN BEING ABLE TO KEEP YOUR
HOME OR NOT.
ENTER AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM.
IT ALLOWS SENIOR CITIZENS TO
WORK IN SCHOOLS IN EXCHANGE FOR
A BREAK ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX
BILL.
FREDERICA FREYBERG TAKES US TO
PULASKI TO REPORT ON ONE OF THE
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
>> 83-YEAR-OLD JOANN
KOWALKOWSKI PUTS IN 500 HOURS A
YEAR.
>> SHE WAS GETTING 87 CENTS AN
HOUR.
>> UNDER THE CITY'S -- THE
SENIORS CAN EARN $430 TOWARD
THEIR TAX BILL.
ALL HOURS ABOVE THE MAX ARE
STRICTLY VOLUNTEER.
>> I STILL HAVE TO LOOK GOOD TO
SEE IF THEY GO IN THE RIGHT
PLACE.
>> MRS. KOWALKOWSKI OR GRANDMA
AS SHE'S KNOWN DOESN'T DO THE
WORK FOR THE MONEY ALONE.
>> I LIKE KIDS, YOU KNOW.
I LIKE KIDS.
>> AS A WIDOW NOW AFTER RAISING
SEVEN CHILDREN AND GROWING UP
IN AN EVEN BIGGER FAMILY, JOANN
KOWALKOWSKI LIKES TO GET OUT.
>> I'M NOT USED TO BEING ALONE.
THAT'S WHY I COME HERE.
>> SHE WAS FIRST ATTRACTED TO
THE WORK EXCHANGE PROGRAM
BECAUSE IT HELPS HER AFFORD TO
STAY IN HER HOME.
>> IT HELPS ME ON THE TAX
THING, OTHERWISE EVERYTHING
ELSE IS UP HIGH AND THAT SOCIAL
SECURITY THAT ISN'T THE
GREATEST NOT FOR NOWADAYS.
THAT'S HOW MUCH IT IS, REALLY.
BUT THEN THEY GIVE ME --
>> WHAT SHE EARNS AT GLENBROOK
ELEMENTARY COVERS MORE THAN
HALF HER PROPERTY TAX BILL.
THE LIBRARIAN AT THE SCHOOL
SAYS HER HELPER IS INVALUABLE.
>> WE WOULD REALLY STRUGGLE AND
HAVE TO FIND TWO OR THREE
VOLUNTEERS TO DO WHAT SHE DOES.
>> IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE
SHEER VOLUME OF WORK MRS.
KOWALKOWSKI PERFORMS.
IT'S HER INTERACTION WITH THE
STUDENTS.
>> SHE JUST KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT
SO MANY THINGS.
THE HISTORY OF PULASKI.
SHE'LL TELL THE KIDS ABOUT
THINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE.
JUST WONDERFUL TO HAVE HER HERE.
>> THE PULASKI DISTRICT EMPLOYS
ABOUT 20 TAX EXCHANGE WORKERS.
>> IT'S A REASON TO GET UP IN
THE MORNING, FOR ONE THING.
AND I LIKE THE KIDS.
I JUST LOVE THE KIDS.
EVERY YEAR I HAVE A DIFFERENT
GROUP OF KIDS.
>> IT'S REALLY FUN.
>> I GENERALLY TAKE THE SAME
FEW KIDS THAT NEED THE EXTRA
HELP AND THE OTHER KIDS CAN SAY
CAN WE READ WITH HER TODAY?
SHE'S A GREAT LADY AND WE LOVE
HAVING HER HERE.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE A BANANA?
HOW ABOUT JUICE?
YOU WANT SOME JUICE?
>> I THINK IT HELPS US CONNECT
AS A COMMUNITY, OUR SCHOOLS ARE
A VITAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THAT HUMAN CONTACT IS SO
VITAL.
>> THERE IS SO MUCH MORE THAT
EDUCATION CAN BE AND SO MUCH
MORE IT CAN DO FOR A COMMUNITY
AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO.
>> I WON'T BE LONG THERE.
>> AT PULASKI YOU COULD SAY THE
DISTRICT HAS HIT THE TRIFECTA,
EVERYONE INVOLVES DESCRIBES THE
SENIOR TAX EXCHANGE PROGRAM AS
A TRIPLE WIN, FOR SENIORS,
TAXPAYERS AND THE SCHOOL.
YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
TAX EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR
SENIORS BY LOGGING ONTO OUR
WEBSITE AT wpt.org/inwisconsin.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HOME
COMPUTER, MOST PUBLIC LIBRARIES
AROUND THE STATE DO OFFER FREE
INTERNET ACCESS.
AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR THIS
WEEK, JOIN US NEXT TIME WHEN WE
EXAMINE THE VERY CONTENTIOUS
ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT STATE
FORESTED AREAS SHOULD BE OPENED
UP TO ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES.
WE'LL ALSO SHOW YOU HOW THE
NATIONAL VETERAN'S WHEELCHAIR
GAMES FOREVER CHANGED THE CITY
OF MILWAUKEE.
AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHY THIS
VETERINARIAN MAY BE ONE OF A
DYING BREED.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
IN THE MEANTIME WE LEAVE YOU
WITH A TOUR THROUGH MIRROR LAKE
STATE PARK IN SAUK COUNTY WHERE
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO ENJOY
THE PARK ON A FALL DAY.
FOR "IN WISCONSIN" I'M PATTY
LOEW.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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